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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
2	2	Apr 7	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
3	3	Apr 8	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	CG	53	12.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
4	4	Apr 10	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
5	5	Apr 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
6	6	Apr 12	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
7	7	Apr 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
8	8	Apr 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
9	9	Apr 17	CLE		TEX	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
10	10	Apr 18	CLE		TEX	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
11	11	Apr 20	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
12	12	Apr 21	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
13	13	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
14	14	Apr 24	CLE		MIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
15	15	Apr 25	CLE		MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
16	16	Apr 26	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	5	4	0	9	2	2B
17	17	Apr 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,7-15	CG	51	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
18	18	Apr 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
19	19	Apr 29	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
20	20	Apr 30	CLE		MIL	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	CLE		MIL	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
22	22	May 2	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
23	23	May 4	CLE		KCR	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
24	24	May 5	CLE		KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	2B
25	25	May 6	CLE		KCR	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
26	26	May 8	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
27	27	May 9	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
28	28	May 10	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
29	29	May 11	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
30	30	May 12	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
31	31	May 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
32	32	May 14	CLE		TOR	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
33	33	May 15	CLE		TOR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
34	34	May 16	CLE		TOR	L,3-4	GS	23	4.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
35	36 (1)	May 18	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
36	37	May 19	CLE		DET	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
37	38	May 20	CLE		DET	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
38	39	May 21	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
39	40	May 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
40	41	May 23	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
41	42	May 26	CLE		NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
42	43	May 27 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
43	44	May 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
44	45	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS	33	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
45	46	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
46	47	May 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	48	Jun 1	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
48	49	Jun 2	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
49	50	Jun 3	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
50	51	Jun 4	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	59	14.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
51	52	Jun 5	CLE	@	OAK	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
52	53	Jun 6	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
53	54	Jun 8	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
54	55	Jun 9	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	7	0	10	0	2B
55	56	Jun 10	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
56	57	Jun 11	CLE		CAL	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
57	58	Jun 12	CLE		CAL	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
58	59	Jun 13	CLE		OAK	W,6-4	GS	25	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
59	61 (1)	Jun 15	CLE		SEA	W,13-3	GS	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
60	62	Jun 16	CLE		SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
61	63	Jun 17	CLE		SEA	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
62	64	Jun 18	CLE		BAL	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
63	65	Jun 19	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
64	66	Jun 20	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	CG	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
65	67	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
66	68	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	2	2	0	4	0	2B
67	69	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
68	70	Jun 25	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
69	71	Jun 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
70	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
71	73	Jun 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
72	74	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
73	75	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	76	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	46	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
75	77	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	GF	20	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
76	78	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	3	1	9	2	2B
77	79	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	L,4-16	CG	50	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
78	80	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
79	81	Jul 6	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
80	82	Jul 7	CLE		MIN	W,9-3	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
81	83	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
82	84	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	2B
83	85	Jul 9	CLE		KCR	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
84	86	Jul 10	CLE		KCR	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
85	87	Jul 11	CLE		KCR	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
86	88	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	67	16.2	3	5	0	8	0	2B
87	89	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
88	90	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
89	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
90	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
91	93	Jul 21	CLE		MIL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
92	94	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		MIL	L,5-14	GS	22	4.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
93	95	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
94	96	Jul 23	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
95	97	Jul 24	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
96	98	Jul 25	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
97	99	Jul 26	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
98	100	Jul 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	2B
99	101	Jul 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
100	102	Jul 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
101	103	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
102	104	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,11-10	GS	37	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
103	105	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	106	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
105	107	Aug 3	CLE		TEX	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
106	108	Aug 4	CLE		TEX	W,12-8	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
107	109	Aug 5 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
108	110	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,3-14	CG	46	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
109	111	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
110	112	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
111	113	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
112	114	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
113	115	Aug 10	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	2B
114	116	Aug 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
115	117	Aug 12	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
116	118	Aug 13	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
117	119	Aug 14	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
118	120	Aug 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	2B
119	121	Aug 17	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
120	122	Aug 18	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
121	123	Aug 19	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
122	124	Aug 20	CLE	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
123	125	Aug 21	CLE	@	CAL	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
124	126	Aug 22	CLE	@	CAL	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
125	127	Aug 23	CLE		OAK	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
126	128	Aug 24	CLE		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
127	129	Aug 25	CLE		OAK	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
128	130	Aug 26	CLE		OAK	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
129	131	Aug 27	CLE		SEA	L,5-6	CG	55	12.0	4	4	1	9	1	2B
130	132	Aug 29 (1)	CLE		SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
131	133	Aug 29 (2)	CLE		SEA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
132	134	Aug 30	CLE		CAL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	2B
133	135	Aug 31	CLE		CAL	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
134	136	Sep 1	CLE		CAL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
135	137	Sep 2	CLE		CAL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
136	138	Sep 3	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
137	139	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
138	149 (9)	Sep 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
139	150	Sep 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
140	152 (1)	Sep 19	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
							140gm		1196.0	345	380	9	734	89