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Duane Kuiper
Duane Eugene Kuiper

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School Southern Illinois University

Debut September 9, 1974
  vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 27, 1985
Born June 19, 1950 in Racine, WI

Cousin of Dick Bosman

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 24 CLE AL  10   22    7   11   2  0   0    4   1  1   2   2  .500  .542  .591  228   13   0   0   0   0   1
 1975 25 CLE AL  90  346   42  101  11  1   0   25  19 18  30  26  .292  .362  .329   98  114   4   0   0   8   9
 1976 26 CLE AL 135  506   47  133  13  6   0   37  10 17  30  42  .263  .303  .312   83  158  14   4   2   1  13
 1977 27 CLE AL 148  610   62  169  15  8   1   50  11 11  37  55  .277  .324  .333   83  203  21   4   1   7   9
 1978 28 CLE AL 149  547   52  155  18  6   0   43   4  9  19  35  .283  .311  .338   84  185  16   3   1   4  11
 1979 29 CLE AL 140  479   46  122   9  5   0   39   4  9  37  27  .255  .313  .294   65  141   8   0   7   4  14
 1980 30 CLE AL  42  149   10   42   5  0   0    9   0  1  13   8  .282  .337  .315   80   47   3   1   3   0   1
 1981 31 CLE AL  72  206   15   53   6  0   0   14   1  1   8  13  .257  .284  .286   65   59   4   1   2   0   1
 1982 32 SFG NL 107  218   26   61   9  1   0   17   2  2  32  24  .280  .375  .330  101   72   4   1   0   2   8
 1983 33 SFG NL  72  176   14   44   2  2   0   14   0  1  27  13  .250  .353  .284   81   50   4   2   6   2   7
 1984 34 SFG NL  83  115    8   23   1  0   0   11   0  1  12  10  .200  .273  .209   40   24   2   1   5   0   2
 1985 35 SFG NL   9    5    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .600  .667  .600  266    3   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1057 3379  329  917  91 29   1  263  52 71 248 255  .271  .325  .316   82 1069  82  17  27  28  76
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        518   50  141  14  4   0   40   8 11  38  39  .271  .325  .316   82  164  13   3   4   4  12
 Career High    149  610   62  169  18  8   1   50  19 18  37  55  .292  .375  .338  101  203  21   4   7   8  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 24 CLE AL   24   13    6  12.4    88| .500  .257| .542  .322| .591  .370|1.133  .691| 228  .882   3.8   0.4  50%
 1975 25 CLE AL  388  276   39   3.8    92| .292  .257| .362  .326| .329  .377| .691  .704|  98  .443   0.2   0.0  51%
 1976 26 CLE AL  555  421   43   2.8    84| .263  .254| .303  .318| .312  .358| .615  .675|  83  .338 -12.0  -1.3  37%
 1977 27 CLE AL  679  486   66   3.6    96| .277  .261| .324  .325| .333  .398| .657  .723|  83  .391 -13.9  -1.4  50%
 1978 28 CLE AL  589  431   54   3.4    93| .283  .260| .311  .325| .338  .383| .649  .708|  84  .386 -13.2  -1.4  30%
 1979 29 CLE AL  528  388   41   2.8   103| .255  .271| .313  .336| .294  .410| .607  .746|  65  .281 -24.4  -2.4  30%
 1980 30 CLE AL  166  113   17   4.0   100| .282  .270| .337  .333| .315  .401| .652  .734|  80  .442  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1981 31 CLE AL  219  160   17   2.9    89| .257  .256| .284  .321| .286  .373| .570  .693|  65  .341  -9.6  -1.0  50%
 1982 32 SFG NL  257  172   28   4.4    94| .280  .264| .375  .327| .330  .384| .705  .712| 101  .519   2.0   0.2  50%
 1983 33 SFG NL  211  146   18   3.3    94| .250  .260| .353  .328| .284  .385| .637  .712|  81  .389  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1984 34 SFG NL  130   98    7   1.9    91| .200  .260| .273  .324| .209  .378| .482  .702|  40  .194  -9.0  -0.9   0%
 1985 35 SFG NL    8    4    2  13.5    91| .600  .254| .667  .321| .600  .379|1.267  .700| 266  .894   1.2   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3754 2708  338   3.4    94| .271  .261| .325  .326| .316  .385| .641  .711|  82  .381 -81.8  -8.4  42%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 24 CLE AL 2B 8 16 19 0 3 1.000 .975 4.38 4.56 6.30 5.36 5 50.0 1975 25 CLE AL 2B 87 192 230 12 65 .972 .975 4.85 4.73 4.89 5.40 87 777.0 DH 1 1976 26 CLE AL 2B 128 300 365 9 92 .987 .975 5.20 4.64 5.52 5.40 119 1083.7 1B 5 21 2 2 3 .920 .991 4.60 8.88 9.12 9.83 2 22.7 DH 2 1977 27 CLE AL 2B 148 334 449 12 104 .985 .978 5.29 4.76 5.33 5.42 148 1322.0 1978 28 CLE AL 2B 149 341 408 16 91 .979 .980 5.03 4.74 5.16 5.47 149 1305.3 1979 29 CLE AL 2B 140 345 380 9 89 .988 .978 5.18 4.80 5.46 5.50 137 1196.0 1980 30 CLE AL 2B 42 87 111 1 28 .995 .981 4.71 4.91 5.03 5.60 42 354.3 1981 31 CLE AL 2B 72 118 174 5 24 .983 .982 4.06 4.93 4.98 5.54 59 527.3 1982 32 SFG NL 2B 51 101 124 5 24 .978 .978 4.41 4.75 5.06 5.42 44 400.0 1983 33 SFG NL 2B 64 107 140 3 17 .988 .978 3.86 4.46 4.74 5.34 57 469.3 1984 34 SFG NL 2B 31 59 66 4 14 .969 .979 4.03 4.71 6.44 5.41 18 174.7 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.20 13.50 9.90 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 26 CLE AL 1B 5 21 2 2 3 .920 .991 4.60 8.88 9.12 9.83 2 22.7 1984 34 SFG NL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.20 13.50 9.90 0 2.0 1974 24 CLE AL 2B 8 16 19 0 3 1.000 .975 4.38 4.56 6.30 5.36 5 50.0 1975 25 CLE AL 2B 87 192 230 12 65 .972 .975 4.85 4.73 4.89 5.40 87 777.0 1976 26 CLE AL 2B 128 300 365 9 92 .987 .975 5.20 4.64 5.52 5.40 119 1083.7 1977 27 CLE AL 2B 148 334 449 12 104 .985 .978 5.29 4.76 5.33 5.42 148 1322.0 1978 28 CLE AL 2B 149 341 408 16 91 .979 .980 5.03 4.74 5.16 5.47 149 1305.3 1979 29 CLE AL 2B 140 345 380 9 89 .988 .978 5.18 4.80 5.46 5.50 137 1196.0 1980 30 CLE AL 2B 42 87 111 1 28 .995 .981 4.71 4.91 5.03 5.60 42 354.3 1981 31 CLE AL 2B 72 118 174 5 24 .983 .982 4.06 4.93 4.98 5.54 59 527.3 1982 32 SFG NL 2B 51 101 124 5 24 .978 .978 4.41 4.75 5.06 5.42 44 400.0 1983 33 SFG NL 2B 64 107 140 3 17 .988 .978 3.86 4.46 4.74 5.34 57 469.3 1984 34 SFG NL 2B 31 59 66 4 14 .969 .979 4.03 4.71 6.44 5.41 18 174.7 1975 25 CLE AL DH 1 1976 26 CLE AL DH 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 920 2000 2466 76 551 .983 .978 4.85 4.74 5.25 5.45 865 7659.7 1B* 6 24 2 2 3 .929 .992 4.33 8.77 9.47 9.84 2 24.7 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 926 2024 2468 78 554 .983 .978 4.85 4.76 5.26 5.46 867 7684
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats
1977 AL-610-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1977 AL-679-8

Singles
1977 AL-145-6
1978 AL-131-6

Hit By Pitch
1975 AL-8-5
1977 AL-7-10

Sac. Hits
1976 AL-14-6
1977 AL-21-2
1978 AL-16-6

Caught Stealing
1975 AL-18-4
1976 AL-17-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1978 AL-15.6-4
1979 AL-17.7-2

Outs
1977 AL-486-4

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2307) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.9 (1398) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 12th round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign.

February 1, 1969: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 9th round of the 1969 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 17, 1970: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 12, 1972: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

November 14, 1981: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the San Francisco Giants for Ed Whitson.

June 28, 1985: Released by the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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