Jack Kucek
John Andrew Charles Kucek
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 8, 1953 in Warren, OH
High School: Newton Falls (Newton Falls, OH)
School: Miami University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1974
Final Game: October 1, 1980
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1974 21 CHW AL 1 4 .200 5.26 9 7 2 0 0 0 37.2 48 25 22 3 21 0 25 1 0 0 175 72 1.832 11.5 0.7 5.0 6.0 1.19
1975 22 CHW AL 0 0 4.91 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 9 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 22 80 3.545 22.1 0.0 9.8 4.9 0.50
1976 23 CHW AL 0 0 9.64 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 9 5 5 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 26 37 2.786 17.4 3.9 7.7 3.9 0.50
1977 24 CHW AL 0 1 .000 3.63 8 3 4 0 0 0 34.2 35 20 14 4 10 0 25 2 0 1 148 113 1.298 9.1 1.0 2.6 6.5 2.50
1978 25 CHW AL 2 3 .400 3.29 10 5 2 3 0 1 52.0 42 23 19 5 27 2 30 0 0 1 223 117 1.327 7.3 0.9 4.7 5.2 1.11
1979 26 TOT MLB 1 0 1.000 7.20 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 8 4 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 26 54 2.000 10.8 3.6 7.2 3.6 0.50
1979 26 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.500 0.0 0.0 40.5 0.0 0.00
1979 26 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 8.31 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 20 46 1.615 12.5 4.2 2.1 4.2 2.00
1980 27 TOR AL 3 8 .273 6.75 23 12 5 0 0 1 68.0 83 56 51 9 41 1 35 1 0 3 325 64 1.824 11.0 1.2 5.4 4.6 0.85
7 Seasons 7 16 .304 5.12 59 27 14 3 0 2 205.2 232 139 117 25 111 4 121 4 0 6 945 79 1.668 10.2 1.1 4.9 5.3 1.09
162 Game Avg. 6 13 .304 5.12 47 21 11 2 0 2 163 183 110 93 20 88 3 96 3 0 5 747 79 1.668 10.2 1.1 4.9 5.3 1.09
CHW (6 yrs) 3 8 .273 4.18 32 15 9 3 0 1 133.1 143 79 62 14 69 2 84 3 0 3 600 93 1.590 9.7 0.9 4.7 5.7 1.22
PHI (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 8.31 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 20 46 1.615 12.5 4.2 2.1 4.2 2.00
TOR (1 yr) 3 8 .273 6.75 23 12 5 0 0 1 68.0 83 56 51 9 41 1 35 1 0 3 325 64 1.824 11.0 1.2 5.4 4.6 0.85
AL (7 yrs) 6 16 .273 5.05 55 27 14 3 0 2 201.1 226 135 113 23 110 3 119 4 0 6 925 80 1.669 10.1 1.0 4.9 5.3 1.08
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 8.31 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 20 46 1.615 12.5 4.2 2.1 4.2 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 21 CHW AL 9 175 150 25 48 7 4 3 3 7 21 25 .320 .402 .480 .882 .363 72 2 1 1 2 0
1975 22 CHW AL 2 22 18 2 9 3 0 0 1 2 4 2 .500 .591 .667 1.258 .563 12 0 0 0 0 0
1976 23 CHW AL 2 26 21 5 9 0 0 2 4 0 4 2 .429 .500 .714 1.214 .389 15 0 0 0 1 0
1977 24 CHW AL 8 148 131 20 35 5 0 4 3 1 10 25 .267 .324 .397 .721 .298 52 3 2 3 2 0
1978 25 CHW AL 10 222 190 23 42 4 1 5 9 3 27 30 .221 .317 .332 .648 .237 63 1 0 4 1 2
1979 26 CHW AL 1 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 PHI NL 4 20 18 4 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .368 .722 1.091 .286 13 0 0 1 0 1
1979 26 TOT MLB 5 26 21 8 6 1 0 2 1 0 4 2 .286 .400 .619 1.019 .235 13 0 0 1 0 1
1980 27 TOR AL 23 325 277 56 83 13 1 9 3 2 41 35 .300 .391 .451 .842 .316 125 8 1 5 1 1
7 Seasons 59 944 808 139 232 33 6 25 24 15 111 121 .287 .373 .436 .809 .309 352 14 4 14 7 4
162 Game Avg. 47 746 639 110 183 26 5 20 19 12 88 96 .287 .373 .436 .809 .309 278 11 3 11 6 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1974 21 CHW AL 9 7 1 4 2 0 1 2 5 .286 1 0 0 0 2 29% 43 67 21 13 4 4 3 3.0 3.9 4.8
1977 24 CHW AL 8 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 40 64 23 3 1 1 2 8.0 7.3 5.6
1978 25 CHW AL 10 5 2 3 0 0 2 2 3 .400 0 0 3 0 4 80% 58 76 23 5 2 0 5 2.7 2.7 7.0
1980 27 TOR AL 23 12 2 6 4 0 0 4 8 .333 0 3 0 0 2 17% 39 61 10 23 11 4 4 4.0 2.8 4.0
4 Seasons 50 27 5 14 8 0 4 9 18 .333 1 3 3 0 9 33% 44 76 10 44 18 9 14 4.0 3.6 4.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 21 CHW AL 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 5 0.985 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 6.0
1975 22 CHW AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 7 0.069 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 5.5
1976 23 CHW AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 0.100 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 7.0
1977 24 CHW AL 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 4 0.925 1 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 4 1 4 0 10.8
1978 25 CHW AL 10 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 12 3 25% 1 0.932 2 2 1 1 0 4 4 1 4 1 4 0 10.2
1979 26 TOT MLB 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0.284 0 1 4 0 0 5 1 4 1 3 1 1 3.0
1979 26 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.271 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
1979 26 PHI NL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0.288 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 3.3
1980 27 TOR AL 23 11 5 1 2 1 1 0 100% 2 0 11 2 18% 3 1.078 4 2 5 2 3 6 6 5 5 4 6 1 5.5
7 Seasons 59 32 14 2 2 2 2 0 100% 3 0 44 18 41% 0.930 7 7 18 3 3 26 20 12 17 10 20 2 6.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 21 CHW AL 175 54% 1.7% 14.3% 12.0% 8.0% 29% 1.16 71% 37 2 5%
1975 22 CHW AL 22 50% 0.0% 9.1% 18.2% 13.6% 33% 0.40 73% 6 0 0%
1976 23 CHW AL 26 31% 7.7% 7.7% 15.4% 7.7% 22% 0.33 69% 4 0 0%
1977 24 CHW AL 148 41% 2.7% 16.9% 6.8% 6.1% 26% 1.20 70% 33 3 9%
1978 25 CHW AL 223 65% 2.3% 13.5% 12.2% 4.5% 24% 0.86 70% 33 1 3%
1979 26 TOT MLB 26 27% 7.7% 7.7% 15.4% 11.5% 50% 1.17 65% 4 0 0%
1979 26 CHW AL 6 50% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.00 50% 1 0 0%
1979 26 PHI NL 20 20% 10.0% 10.0% 5.0% 15.0% 50% 1.75 70% 3 0 0%
1980 27 TOR AL 325 48% 2.8% 10.8% 12.6% 7.1% 28% 0.82 72% 73 8 11%
7 Seasons 945 51% 2.7% 12.8% 11.8% 6.8% 28% 0.92 71% 190 14 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1974 21 CHW AL 175 48 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 11 7 3 64% 2 0 2 78 3 7 30% 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1975 22 CHW AL 22 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 100% 0 1 0 13 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 23 CHW AL 26 9 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 6 1 2 17% 0 0 0 12 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 24 CHW AL 148 35 4 0 2 2 2 2 2 8 7 0 88% 2 1 0 55 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1978 25 CHW AL 223 42 5 0 8 3 2 4 1 17 7 4 41% 3 1 2 75 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1979 26 TOT MLB 26 6 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 CHW AL 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 26 PHI NL 20 6 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 27 TOR AL 325 83 9 0 9 5 4 3 6 21 11 4 52% 5 3 0 137 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
7 Seasons 945 232 25 1 29 15 10 13 12 68 37 14 54% 13 6 4 379 24 15 62% 23 14 1 0 0 1 3 0 22 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1974 21 1 4 .200 5.26 9 7 2 0 0 0 37.2 48 25 22 3 21 0 25 1 0 0 175 72 1.832 11.5 0.7 5.0 6.0 1.19 72
1975 22 1 4 .200 5.23 11 7 3 0 0 0 41.1 57 27 24 3 25 0 27 1 0 1 197 72 1.984 12.4 0.7 5.4 5.9 1.08 72
1976 23 1 4 .200 5.67 13 7 3 0 0 0 46.0 66 32 29 5 29 0 29 1 0 1 223 66 2.065 12.9 1.0 5.7 5.7 1.00 66
1977 24 1 5 .167 4.80 21 10 7 0 0 0 80.2 101 52 43 9 39 0 54 3 0 2 371 82 1.736 11.3 1.0 4.4 6.0 1.38 82
1978 25 3 8 .273 4.21 31 15 9 3 0 1 132.2 143 75 62 14 66 2 84 3 0 3 594 92 1.575 9.7 0.9 4.5 5.7 1.27 92
1979 26 4 8 .333 4.31 36 15 9 3 0 1 137.2 149 83 66 16 70 3 86 3 0 3 620 90 1.591 9.7 1.0 4.6 5.6 1.23 90
1980 27 7 16 .304 5.12 59 27 14 3 0 2 205.2 232 139 117 25 111 4 121 4 0 6 945 79 1.668 10.2 1.1 4.9 5.3 1.09 79

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1974 21 1 2 .333 6.35 34.0 50 27 24 3 22 23 1 2.118 13.2 5.8 6.1 1.05 0.8 9
1975 22 0 0 6.00 3.0 9 2 2 0 4 2 0 4.333 27.0 12.0 6.0 0.50 0.0 2
1976 23 0 0 13.50 4.0 10 7 6 2 4 2 0 3.500 22.5 9.0 4.5 0.50 4.5 2
1977 24 2 1 .667 3.82 33.0 36 16 14 4 10 24 2 1.394 9.8 2.7 6.5 2.40 1.1 8
1978 25 3 2 .600 3.78 50.0 45 23 21 5 29 29 0 1.480 8.1 5.2 5.2 1.00 0.9 10
1979 26 0 0 7.20 5.0 6 4 4 2 4 2 0 2.000 10.8 7.2 3.6 0.50 3.6 5
1980 27 2 5 .286 6.72 67.0 83 56 50 9 41 34 1 1.851 11.1 5.5 4.6 0.83 1.2 23
7 Seasons 8 10 .444 5.56 196.0 239 135 121 25 114 116 4 1.801 11.0 5.3 1.02 1.1 59

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