Duane Kuiper

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: June 19, 1950 in Racine, WI us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 12th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from J. I. Case HS (Racine, WI), the Seattle Pilots in the 9th round of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (5th) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1970 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL) and the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (21st) of the 1972 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL).

High School: J. I. Case HS (Racine, WI)

Schools: Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)

Debut: September 9, 1974 (Age 24-082d, 13,561st in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 27, 1985 (Age 35-008d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Duane Eugene Kuiper

Nicknames: Kuip or Smoothie

Pronunciation: \KYE-per\

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Relatives: Cousin of Dick Bosman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.0

3379

917

.271

329

RBI

263

OBP

.325

SLG

.316

OPS

.641

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
2	2	Apr 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,19-9	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
3	3	Apr 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	3	1	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 13	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
5	5	Apr 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
6	6	Apr 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
7	7	Apr 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,10-5	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
8	8	Apr 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
9	9	Apr 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
10	10	Apr 20	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
11	11	Apr 23	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	2B
12	12	Apr 24 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
13	13	Apr 24 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
14	14	Apr 27	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	GS	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
15	15	Apr 28	CLE		TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
16	17 (1)	Apr 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19 (1)	May 1 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
18	20	May 3	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
19	21	May 4	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
20	22	May 6	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
21	23	May 7	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
22	24	May 8	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
23	25	May 10 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
24	26	May 10 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
25	28 (1)	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
26	30 (1)	May 15	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
27	32 (1)	May 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
28	33	May 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
29	34	May 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,12-7	CG	53	12.0	7	6	0	13	4	2B
30	35	May 22	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
31	36	May 24	CLE		SEA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
32	37	May 25	CLE		SEA	W,2-1	CG	41	12.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
33	38	May 27	CLE		OAK	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
34	39	May 28	CLE		OAK	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
35	40	May 29	CLE		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
36	41	May 30	CLE		CAL	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
37	42	May 31	CLE		CAL	L,6-7	CG	48	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	43	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
39	44	Jun 2	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
40	45	Jun 3	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
41	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	2	9	0	2B
42	47	Jun 5	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
43	48	Jun 6	CLE	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
44	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
45	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
46	51	Jun 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
47	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
48	53	Jun 13	CLE		TEX	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
49	54	Jun 14	CLE		TEX	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
50	55	Jun 15	CLE		TEX	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
51	56	Jun 17	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	46	12.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
52	57	Jun 18	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
53	58	Jun 19 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
54	59	Jun 19 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
55	60	Jun 20	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	46	11.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
56	61	Jun 21	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
57	62	Jun 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	49	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
58	63	Jun 23	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
59	64	Jun 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
60	65	Jun 25	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
61	66	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
62	67	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	3	3	0	6	1	2B
63	68	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
64	69	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
65	70	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
66	71	Jun 30	CLE		BAL	W,4-2	CG	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	72	Jul 1	CLE		KCR	L,2-12	GS	38	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
68	73	Jul 2	CLE		KCR	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
69	74	Jul 3	CLE		KCR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	3	2B
70	75	Jul 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
71	76	Jul 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
72	77	Jul 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
73	78	Jul 8	CLE		TOR	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
74	80 (1)	Jul 10	CLE		TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
75	81	Jul 11	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
76	82	Jul 12	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
77	83	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,7-9	CG	45	10.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
78	84	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
79	85	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	4	5	1	10	1	2B
80	86	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
81	87	Jul 16	CLE	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
82	88	Jul 17	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-1	GS	28	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
83	89	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
84	90	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
85	91	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
86	92	Jul 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
87	93	Jul 24	CLE		TEX	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
88	94	Jul 25	CLE		TEX	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
89	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
90	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	45	10.2	5	0	0	5	0	2B
91	97	Jul 29	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
92	98	Jul 30	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG	61	14.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
93	99	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	11	0	12	0	2B
94	100	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	101	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
96	102	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
97	103	Aug 3	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	6	4	0	10	0	2B
98	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	MIN	L,10-14	GS	38	7.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
99	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	3	7	1	11	1	2B
100	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
101	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
102	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
103	109	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
104	110	Aug 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
105	111	Aug 12 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
106	112	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
107	113	Aug 13	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
108	114	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,12-4	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
109	115	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
110	116	Aug 15	CLE		OAK	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	6	0	13	3	2B
111	117	Aug 16	CLE		OAK	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
112	118	Aug 17	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
113	119	Aug 18	CLE		KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
114	120	Aug 19	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
115	122 (1)	Aug 21	CLE	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
116	123	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	SEA	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
117	124	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
118	125	Aug 24 (1)	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
119	126	Aug 24 (2)	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
120	127	Aug 26	CLE		SEA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
121	128	Aug 27	CLE		SEA	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
122	129	Aug 28	CLE		SEA	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
123	130	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
124	131	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
125	132	Aug 31	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	133	Sep 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
127	134	Sep 2	CLE		CAL	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
128	135	Sep 3	CLE		CAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
129	136	Sep 4	CLE		CAL	L,3-7	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
130	137	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
131	138	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
132	139	Sep 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
133	140	Sep 7	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
134	141	Sep 8	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
135	142	Sep 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
136	143	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	10.1	8	7	0	15	5	2B
137	144	Sep 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
138	145	Sep 12	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
139	146	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
140	147	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
141	148	Sep 17 (1)	CLE		TOR	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
142	149	Sep 17 (2)	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
143	150	Sep 18	CLE		TOR	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
144	151	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
145	152	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	3	2	0	5	1	2B
146	153	Sep 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
147	154	Sep 24	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
148	155	Sep 25	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	GS	21	5.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
							148gm		1322.0	334	449	12	795	104