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Bill Kuehne
William J. Kuehne
born William J. Knelme

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.

Debut May 1, 1883
Final Game September 29, 1892
Born October 24, 1858 in Leipzig, Germany
Died October 27, 1921 in Sulphur Springs, OH

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1883 24 COL AA  95  374   38   85   8 14   1    0   0      2      .227  .231  .332   85  124                    
 1884 25 COL AA 110  415   48   98  13 16   5    0   0      9      .236  .254  .381  112  158               1    
 1885 26 PIT AA 104  411   54   93   9 19   0   43   0     15      .226  .257  .341   88  140               2    
 1886 27 PIT AA 117  481   73   98  16 17   1   48  26     19      .204  .237  .314   74  151               2    
 1887 28 PIT NL 102  402   68  120  18 15   1   41  17     14  39  .299  .324  .425  112  171               1    
 1888 29 PIT NL 138  524   60  123  22 11   3   62  34      9  68  .235  .250  .336   92  176               2    
 1889 30 PIT NL  97  390   43   96  20  5   5   57  15      9  36  .246  .263  .362   81  141               0    
 1890 31 PBB PL 126  528   66  126  21 12   5   73  21     28  37  .239  .277  .352   73  186               0    
 1891 32 TOT AA 109  420   60  100  12  1   3   40  31     18  35  .238  .271  .293   64  123               1    
         COL AA  68  261   32   56   9  0   2   22  21     10  22  .215  .244  .272   51   71               0    
         LOU AA  41  159   28   44   3  1   1   18  10      8  13  .277  .315  .327   86   52               1    
 1892 33 TOT NL  89  339   26   57   6  5   1   40   7  0  14  45  .168  .203  .224   33   76   0   0   0   1    
         LOU NL  76  287   22   48   4  5   0   36   6     13  36  .167  .203  .216   32   62               0    
         STL NL   6   24    1    4   1  0   0    0   1  0   0   3  .167  .200  .208   21    5   0   0   0   1    
         CIN NL   6   24    3    5   1  0   1    4   0      1   5  .208  .240  .375   86    9               0    
         STL NL   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons         4284       996    115      404      0     260  .232  .258  .338   82        0   0   0  10   0
               1087       536      145     25      151    137                            1446
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        638   80  148  22 17   4   60  23  0  20  39  .232  .258  .338   82  216   0   0   0   1   0
 Career High    138  528   73  126  22 19   5   73  34  0  28  68  .299  .324  .425  112  186   0   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1883 24 COL AA  376  289   29   2.7    64| .227  .248| .231  .277| .332  .327| .563  .604|  85  .374  -7.4  -0.8     
 1884 25 COL AA  425  317   40   3.3    62| .236  .236| .254  .273| .381  .321| .635  .594| 112  .510   3.4   0.4     
 1885 26 PIT AA  428  318   35   2.9    73| .226  .251| .257  .297| .341  .337| .598  .634|  88  .430  -7.9  -0.9     
 1886 27 PIT AA  502  383   35   2.4    73| .204  .243| .237  .306| .314  .324| .551  .631|  74  .335 -17.1  -1.9     
 1887 28 PIT NL  417  282   55   5.1    91| .299  .266| .324  .323| .425  .379| .749  .702| 112  .564   5.1   0.5     
 1888 29 PIT NL  535  401   44   2.9    66| .235  .237| .250  .284| .336  .324| .586  .608|  92  .446  -6.2  -0.7     
 1889 30 PIT NL  399  294   37   3.3    88| .246  .262| .263  .331| .362  .357| .625  .688|  81  .383 -12.1  -1.2     
 1890 31 PBB PL  556  402   52   3.4    98| .239  .271| .277  .348| .352  .377| .629  .725|  73  .344 -22.9  -2.2     
 1891 32 TOT AA  439  320   33   2.7    88| .238  .257| .271  .339| .293  .346| .564  .686|  64  .323 -21.2  -2.2     
         COL AA  271  205   17   2.2    87| .215  .255| .244  .338| .272  .345| .516  .682|  51  .242 -17.5  -1.8     
         LOU AA  168  115   16   3.6    89| .277  .259| .315  .342| .327  .349| .642  .691|  86  .452  -3.6  -0.4     
 1892 33 TOT NL  354  282   16   1.5    75| .168  .243| .203  .315| .224  .326| .427  .641|  33  .163 -28.0  -3.2 100%
         LOU NL  300  239   13   1.4    74| .167  .241| .203  .313| .216  .323| .419  .636|  32  .153 -24.1  -2.7     
         STL NL   25   20    1   1.3    85| .167  .257| .200  .331| .208  .344| .408  .676|  21  .134  -2.4  -0.3 100%
         CIN NL   25   19    2   2.8    80| .208  .250| .240  .324| .375  .335| .615  .659|  86  .376  -0.6  -0.1     
         STL NL    4    4    0   0.0    85| .000  .257| .000  .332| .000  .344| .000  .676|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4431 3288  376   3.0    78| .232  .252| .258  .310| .338  .342| .596  .652|  82  .392 -114.2 -12.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1883 24 COL AA 3B 69 61 133 39 11 .833 .840 2.81 3.28 2B 18 56 58 30 5 .792 .878 6.33 6.01 SS 7 10 20 3 5 .909 .836 4.29 3.84 OF 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 .845 2.00 1.73 1 2 0 1884 25 COL AA 3B 110 120 219 46 13 .881 .848 3.08 2.94 1885 26 PIT AA 3B 97 102 187 45 14 .865 .860 2.98 2.97 SS 7 7 27 6 2 .850 .879 4.86 4.67 1886 27 PIT AA OF 54 87 11 11 0 .899 .877 1.81 1.75 24 5 24 3B 47 44 88 16 5 .892 .849 2.81 3.14 1B 18 172 0 2 7 .989 .968 9.56 10.11 1887 28 PIT NL SS 91 136 310 59 29 .883 .890 4.90 4.94 1B 4 23 0 1 2 .958 .975 5.75 10.40 3B 4 4 11 0 0 1.000 .872 3.75 3.38 OF 3 3 0 2 0 .600 .882 1.00 1.93 0 1 2 1888 29 PIT NL 3B 75 96 168 26 10 .910 .877 3.52 3.11 SS 63 112 159 25 19 .916 .881 4.30 4.45 1889 30 PIT NL 3B 75 89 157 32 14 .885 .885 3.28 3.52 OF 13 27 1 0 1 1.000 .909 2.15 1.97 8 1 4 2B 5 8 13 0 0 1.000 .925 4.20 6.08 1B 2 18 2 0 1 1.000 .976 10.00 10.30 SS 2 5 14 2 1 .905 .888 9.50 4.85 1890 31 PBB PL 3B 126 159 304 82 18 .850 .854 3.67 3.48 1891 32 TOT AA 3B 109 141 241 46 23 .893 .872 3.50 3.58 COL AA 3B 68 85 146 30 15 .885 .872 3.40 3.58 LOU AA 3B 41 56 95 16 8 .904 .872 3.68 3.58 1892 33 TOT NL 3B 86 116 186 41 20 .880 .879 3.51 3.53 LOU NL 3B 76 104 160 38 16 .874 .879 3.47 3.53 STL NL 3B 5 5 12 2 0 .895 .881 3.40 3.52 SS 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 5.30 CIN NL 3B 4 7 9 1 2 .941 .879 4.00 3.52 2B 2 12 6 5 3 .783 .928 9.00 5.60 STL NL 3B 1 0 5 0 2 1.000 .877 5.00 3.50
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1886 27 PIT AA 1B 18 172 0 2 7 .989 .968 9.56 10.11 1887 28 PIT NL 1B 4 23 0 1 2 .958 .975 5.75 10.40 1889 30 PIT NL 1B 2 18 2 0 1 1.000 .976 10.00 10.30 1883 24 COL AA 2B 18 56 58 30 5 .792 .878 6.33 6.01 1889 30 PIT NL 2B 5 8 13 0 0 1.000 .925 4.20 6.08 1892 33 CIN NL 2B 2 12 6 5 3 .783 .928 9.00 5.60 1883 24 COL AA 3B 69 61 133 39 11 .833 .840 2.81 3.28 1884 25 COL AA 3B 110 120 219 46 13 .881 .848 3.08 2.94 1885 26 PIT AA 3B 97 102 187 45 14 .865 .860 2.98 2.97 1886 27 PIT AA 3B 47 44 88 16 5 .892 .849 2.81 3.14 1887 28 PIT NL 3B 4 4 11 0 0 1.000 .872 3.75 3.38 1888 29 PIT NL 3B 75 96 168 26 10 .910 .877 3.52 3.11 1889 30 PIT NL 3B 75 89 157 32 14 .885 .885 3.28 3.52 1890 31 PBB PL 3B 126 159 304 82 18 .850 .854 3.67 3.48 1891 32 TOT AA 3B 109 141 241 46 23 .893 .872 3.50 3.58 COL AA 3B 68 85 146 30 15 .885 .872 3.40 3.58 LOU AA 3B 41 56 95 16 8 .904 .872 3.68 3.58 1892 33 TOT NL 3B 86 116 186 41 20 .880 .879 3.51 3.53 LOU NL 3B 76 104 160 38 16 .874 .879 3.47 3.53 STL NL 3B 5 5 12 2 0 .895 .881 3.40 3.52 CIN NL 3B 4 7 9 1 2 .941 .879 4.00 3.52 STL NL 3B 1 0 5 0 2 1.000 .877 5.00 3.50 1883 24 COL AA OF 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 .845 2.00 1.73 1 2 0 1886 27 PIT AA OF 54 87 11 11 0 .899 .877 1.81 1.75 24 5 24 1887 28 PIT NL OF 3 3 0 2 0 .600 .882 1.00 1.93 0 1 2 1889 30 PIT NL OF 13 27 1 0 1 1.000 .909 2.15 1.97 8 1 4 1883 24 COL AA SS 7 10 20 3 5 .909 .836 4.29 3.84 1885 26 PIT AA SS 7 7 27 6 2 .850 .879 4.86 4.67 1887 28 PIT NL SS 91 136 310 59 29 .883 .890 4.90 4.94 1888 29 PIT NL SS 63 112 159 25 19 .916 .881 4.30 4.45 1889 30 PIT NL SS 2 5 14 2 1 .905 .888 9.50 4.85 1892 33 STL NL SS 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .909 3.00 5.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 798 932 1694 373 128 .876 .863 3.29 3.29 SS 171 270 533 95 56 .894 .884 4.70 4.70 OF 73 122 13 13 1 .912 .882 1.85 1.80 33 9 30 2B 25 76 77 35 8 .814 .890 6.12 5.99 1B 24 213 2 3 10 .986 .969 8.96 10.17 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1091 1613 2319 519 203 .883 .874 3.60 3.63
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.

Games
1884 AA-110-6
1888 NL-138-1

At Bats
1888 NL-524-8

Doubles
1888 NL-22-7

Triples
1883 AA-14-2
1884 AA-16-6
1885 AA-19-2
1886 AA-17-2
1887 NL-15-10
1888 NL-11-9

Home Runs
1884 AA-5-10

Strikeouts
1888 NL-68-6

Outs
1888 NL-401-5
1890 PL-402-5

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (723) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1156) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.9 (1700) (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 

October 30, 1884: Purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys from the Columbus Buckeyes.

July 27, 1891: Released by the Columbus Solons.


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