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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	May 2	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
2	16 (1)	May 6	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
3	17	May 7	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
4	18	May 8	CLE	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	47	8.2	4	2	0	6	1	2B
5	19	May 9	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
6	22 (2)	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-7	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
7	23	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	22	5.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
8	24	May 15	CLE		TOR	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
9	25	May 16	CLE		TOR	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
10	26	May 17 (1)	CLE		TOR	W,1-0	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
11	28 (1)	May 18	CLE		CAL	L,2-7	GS	33	8.0	6	5	0	11	4	2B
12	29	May 19	CLE		CAL	W,7-3	GF	22	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	PH 2B
13	30	May 20	CLE		SEA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
14	31	May 21	CLE		SEA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
15	32	May 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-3	GF	12	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
16	33	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
17	34	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-5	GF	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
18	35	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
19	36	May 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
20	37	May 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-10	GF	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
21	39 (1)	May 30	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	41 (1)	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	2B
23	42	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
24	44 (1)	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
25	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
26	46	Jun 6	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
27	47	Jun 7	CLE	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
28	49 (1)	Jun 9	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
29	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	51	Aug 10	CLE		MIL	L,2-5	GS	29	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
31	53 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
32	55 (1)	Aug 13	CLE		MIL	L,5-8	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
33	56	Aug 14	CLE		KCR	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
34	57	Aug 15	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	2B
35	59 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		KCR	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
36	60	Aug 18	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
37	62 (1)	Aug 20	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-5	GS	30	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
38	63	Aug 21	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
39	64	Aug 22	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	2	3	0	5	0	2B
40	65	Aug 23	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
41	66	Aug 24	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-16	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
42	67	Aug 25	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
43	68	Aug 27	CLE		SEA	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
44	69	Aug 28	CLE		SEA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
45	71 (1)	Aug 30	CLE		SEA	W,17-11	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
46	72	Aug 31	CLE		OAK	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	73	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
48	74	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		OAK	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
49	76 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CAL	W,4-2	GS	25	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
50	77	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CAL	W,4-2	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
51	78	Sep 6	CLE		CAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
52	79	Sep 7	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
53	80	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-14	CG	47	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
54	81	Sep 9	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
55	82	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
56	83	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	2B
57	84	Sep 12	CLE	@	DET	L,9-11	GS	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
58	85	Sep 13	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
59	86	Sep 15	CLE		BAL	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
60	88 (1)	Sep 18	CLE		DET	W,8-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
61	89	Sep 19	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
62	90	Sep 20	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
63	91	Sep 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
64	92	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
65	93	Sep 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
66	94	Sep 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
67	96 (1)	Sep 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
68	97	Sep 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
69	98	Sep 28	CLE		NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
70	100 (1)	Oct 2	CLE		BOS	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
71	102 (1)	Oct 4	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	GS	28	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
72	103	Oct 5	CLE		KCR	L,0-9	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
							72gm		527.1	118	174	5	297	24