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Bill Kunkel
William Gustave James Kunkel

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 187 lb.

Debut April 15, 1961
  vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER
Final Game September 21, 1963
Born July 7, 1936 in Hoboken, NJ
Died May 4, 1985 in Red Bank, NJ

Father of Jeff Kunkel

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1961 24 KCA AL   3   4  58   2   0   0  26  4   88.7  103   58   51  11   32   46   0   8   396   2   0  5.18  4.15   80 1.523
 1962 25 KCA AL   0   0   9   0   0   0   2  0    7.7    8    7    3   3    4    6   0   0    36   0   0  3.52  4.21  119 1.565
 1963 26 NYY AL   3   2  22   0   0   0  11  0   46.3   42   15   14   3   13   31   0   0   191   3   0  2.72  3.52  129 1.187
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .500   6   6  89   2   0   0  39  4  142.7  153   80   68  17   49   83   0   8   623   5   0  4.29  3.95   92 1.416
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   4  66   1   0   0  29  2  106.3  114   59   50  12   36   62   0   5   465   3   0  4.29  3.95   92 1.416
 Career High      3   4  58   2   0   0  26  4   88.7  103   58   51  11   32   46   0   8   396   3   0  2.72  4.15  129 1.187

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 24 KCA AL  58    8    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .125  .222  .125   -4    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1963 26 NYY AL  22    6    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .333  .429  .333  118    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       89   14    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   7  .214  .313  .214   47    3   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         25    4    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  13  .214  .313  .214   47    5   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     58    8    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   4                           2   1   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 24 KCA AL   10    8    0   0.0   105| .125  .265| .222  .340| .125  .412| .347  .753|  -4  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1963 26 NYY AL    7    4    1   6.8    94| .333  .255| .429  .321| .333  .394| .762  .716| 118  .704   0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        17   12    1   2.2   100| .214  .261| .313  .332| .214  .405| .527  .737|  47  .221  -1.0  -0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1961 24 KCA AL P 58 10 13 3 2 .885 .954 0.40 0.83 2.33 2.05 2 88.7 1962 25 KCA AL P 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.11 0.79 1.17 2.10 0 7.7 1963 26 NYY AL P 22 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.27 0.79 1.17 1.98 0 46.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 24 KCA AL P 58 10 13 3 2 .885 .954 0.40 0.83 2.33 2.05 2 88.7 1962 25 KCA AL P 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.11 0.79 1.17 2.10 0 7.7 1963 26 NYY AL P 22 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.27 0.79 1.17 1.98 0 46.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 89 12 18 3 2 .909 .955 0.34 0.82 1.89 2.03 2 142.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 89 12 18 3 2 .909 .955 0.34 0.82 1.89 2.03 2 143
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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
1961 AL-58-4

Wild Pitches
1961 AL-8-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1955 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

Before 1956 Season: Sent from the Boston Red Sox to the Brooklyn Dodgers in an unknown transaction.

November 28, 1960: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1960 rule 5 draft.

August 3, 1962: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Leo Posada to the Milwaukee Braves for Orlando Pena.

November 26, 1962: Drafted by the New York Yankees from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1962 rule 5 draft.


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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