Duane Eugene Kuiper

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

Debut: September 9, 1974
Final Game: June 27, 1985
Born: June 19, 1950 in Racine, WI

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

  

BATTING 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   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   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  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  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  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  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  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   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   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   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   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   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    3   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1057 3379  329  917  91 29   1  263  52 71 248 255  .271  .325  .316 1069  82  17  27  28  76
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        518   50  141  14  4   0   40   8 11  38  39  .271  .325  .316  164  13   3   4   4  12
 Career High    149  610   62  169  18  8   1   50  19 18  37  55  .292  .375  .338  203  21   4   7   8  14

SPECIAL BATTING NUMBERS 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/27  OWP    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+ psOPS  SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+----+
 1974 24 CLE AL   24   13    7 14.54      | .500  .257| .542  .322| .591  .370|1.133  .691| 228        50%
 1975 25 CLE AL  388  276   40  3.91      | .292  .258| .362  .328| .329  .379| .691  .707|  97        51%
 1976 26 CLE AL  555  421   48  3.08      | .263  .255| .303  .319| .312  .359| .615  .678|  82        37%
 1977 27 CLE AL  679  486   65  3.61      | .277  .263| .324  .326| .333  .400| .656  .726|  82        50%
 1978 28 CLE AL  589  431   57  3.57      | .283  .260| .311  .325| .338  .383| .649  .708|  84        30%
 1979 29 CLE AL  528  388   43  2.99      | .255  .270| .313  .334| .294  .408| .608  .743|  66        30%
 1980 30 CLE AL  166  113   16  3.82      | .282  .269| .337  .331| .315  .399| .653  .730|  81         0%
 1981 31 CLE AL  219  160   17  2.87      | .257  .255| .284  .319| .286  .371| .570  .690|  66        50%
 1982 32 SFG NL  257  172   27  4.24      | .280  .266| .375  .329| .330  .386| .706  .715| 100        50%
 1983 33 SFG NL  211  146   17  3.14      | .250  .260| .353  .328| .284  .385| .637  .712|  81         0%
 1984 34 SFG NL  130   98    7  1.93      | .200  .260| .273  .324| .209  .378| .482  .702|  40         0%
 1985 35 SFG NL    8    4    2 13.50      | .600  .254| .667  .321| .600  .379|1.267  .700| 266         0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3754 2708  346  3.45      | .271  .261| .325  .326| .316  .386| .641  .712|  82        42%

* indicates the value is park adjusted

FIELDING NUMBERS

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 1974 24 CLE AL  2B    8     16   19    0    3 1.000  .975  4.38  4.56            
 1975 25 CLE AL  2B   87    192  230   12   65  .972  .975  4.85  4.73            
                 DH    1
 1976 26 CLE AL  2B  128    300  365    9   92  .987  .975  5.20  4.64            
                 1B    5     21    2    2    3  .920  .992  4.60  8.88            
                 DH    2
 1977 27 CLE AL  2B  148    334  449   12  104  .985  .978  5.29  4.76            
 1978 28 CLE AL  2B  149    341  408   16   91  .979  .980  5.03  4.74            
 1979 29 CLE AL  2B  140    345  380    9   89  .988  .978  5.18  4.80            
 1980 30 CLE AL  2B   42     87  111    1   28  .995  .981  4.71  4.91            
 1981 31 CLE AL  2B   72    118  174    5   24  .983  .982  4.06  4.93            
 1982 32 SFG NL  2B   51    101  124    5   24  .978  .978  4.41  4.75            
 1983 33 SFG NL  2B   64    107  140    3   17  .988  .978  3.86  4.46            
 1984 34 SFG NL  2B   31     59   66    4   14  .969  .979  4.03  4.71            
                 1B    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .992  3.00  8.20            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  2B  920   2000 2466   76  551  .983  .978  4.85  4.74            
                 1B    6     24    2    2    3  .929  .992  4.33  8.77            
                 DH    3   Games not counted in Overall Total below
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       926   2024 2468   78  554  .983  .978  4.85  4.76


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.