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Joe Kuhel
Joseph Anthony Kuhel
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 25, 1906 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1930
Final Game: May 11, 1947
Died: February 26, 1984 in Kansas City, KS
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1930 24 WSH AL 18 70 63 9 18 3 3 0 17 1 0 5 6 .286 .348 .429 .776 96 27 1 1 3
1931 25 WSH AL 139 578 524 70 141 34 8 8 85 7 5 47 45 .269 .335 .410 .745 94 215 5 2 *3
1932 26 WSH AL 101 380 347 52 101 21 5 4 52 5 2 32 19 .291 .353 .415 .768 99 144 1 0 3
1933 27 WSH AL 153 674 602 89 194 34 10 11 107 17 8 59 48 .322 .385 .467 .851 125 281 2 11 *3 MVP-15
1934 28 WSH AL 63 299 263 49 76 12 3 3 25 2 7 30 14 .289 .364 .392 .756 98 103 1 5 3
1935 29 WSH AL 151 723 633 99 165 25 9 2 74 5 4 78 44 .261 .345 .338 .684 80 214 4 8 *3
1936 30 WSH AL 149 659 588 107 189 42 8 16 118 15 7 64 30 .321 .392 .502 .893 124 295 4 3 *3 MVP-6
1937 31 WSH AL 136 614 547 73 155 24 11 6 61 6 3 63 39 .283 .357 .400 .758 94 219 0 4 *3
1938 32 CHW AL 117 492 412 67 110 27 4 8 51 9 7 72 35 .267 .376 .410 .786 95 169 0 8 *3
1939 33 CHW AL 139 623 546 107 164 24 9 15 56 18 5 64 51 .300 .376 .460 .836 110 251 7 2 11 *3 MVP-21
1940 34 CHW AL 155 703 603 111 169 28 8 27 94 12 5 87 59 .280 .374 .488 .861 120 294 11 3 10 *3 MVP-13
1941 35 CHW AL 153 678 600 99 150 39 5 12 63 20 5 70 55 .250 .331 .392 .723 91 235 17 3 5 *3
1942 36 CHW AL 115 482 413 60 103 14 4 4 52 22 9 60 22 .249 .347 .332 .679 93 137 5 2 7 *3
1943 37 CHW AL 153 617 531 55 113 21 1 5 46 14 8 76 45 .213 .319 .284 .604 77 151 8 7 3 *3
1944 38 WSH AL 139 597 518 90 144 26 7 4 51 11 6 68 40 .278 .364 .378 .742 116 196 12 2 9 *3
1945 39 WSH AL 142 615 533 73 152 29 13 2 75 10 5 79 31 .285 .378 .400 .778 134 213 7 1 2 *3 MVP-12
1946 40 TOT AL 78 288 258 26 68 9 3 4 22 4 4 26 26 .264 .333 .368 .702 99 95 7 1 3 3
1946 40 WSH AL 14 25 20 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 .150 .320 .150 .470 38 3 0 0 0 /3
1946 40 CHW AL 64 263 238 24 65 9 3 4 20 4 4 21 24 .273 .335 .387 .721 104 92 7 1 3 3
1947 41 CHW AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 2104 9095 7984 1236 2212 412 111 131 1049 178 90 980 612 .277 .359 .406 .765 104 3239 74 39 92
162 Game Avg. 162 700 615 95 170 32 9 10 81 14 7 75 47 .277 .359 .406 .765 104 249 3 7
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
WSH (11 yrs) 1205 5234 4638 713 1338 250 77 56 667 79 47 530 318 .288 .364 .412 .776 107 1910 19 21 45
CHW (8 yrs) 899 3861 3346 523 874 162 34 75 382 99 43 450 294 .261 .352 .397 .749 99 1329 55 18 47

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 27 WSH AL WS NYG L 5 21 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 .150 .190 .150 .340 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 21 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 .150 .190 .150 .340 3 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1930 WSH AL 24 1B 16 160 149 8 3 10 .981 9.81 .989 9.53
1931 WSH AL 25 1B 139 1324 1255 57 12 119 .991 9.44 .991 7.19
1932 WSH AL 26 1B 85 811 761 45 5 64 .994 9.48 .989 9.83
1933 WSH AL 27 1B 153 1566 1498 61 7 126 .996 10.19 .989 6.54 MVP-15
1934 WSH AL 28 1B 63 645 618 23 4 62 .994 10.17 .991 9.91
1935 WSH AL 29 1B 151 1526 1425 87 14 150 .991 10.01 .992 6.62
1936 WSH AL 30 1B 149 1535 1452 73 10 138 .993 10.23 .991 6.71 MVP-6
1937 WSH AL 31 1B 136 1336 1242 85 9 141 .993 9.76 .991 7.35
1938 CHW AL 32 1B 111 1209 1136 59 14 97 .988 10.77 .990 9.01
1939 CHW AL 33 1B 136 1339 1256 72 11 113 .992 9.76 .990 7.35 MVP-21
1940 CHW AL 34 1B 155 1504 1395 91 18 112 .988 9.59 .989 6.45 MVP-13
1941 CHW AL 35 1B 151 1562 1444 108 10 113 .994 10.28 .990 6.62
1942 CHW AL 36 1B 112 1166 1085 70 11 94 .991 10.31 .989 8.93
1943 CHW AL 37 1B 153 1585 1471 106 8 143 .995 10.31 .991 6.54
1944 WSH AL 38 1B 138 1351 1251 83 17 119 .987 9.67 .990 7.25
1945 WSH AL 39 1B 141 1433 1323 94 16 101 .989 10.05 .989 7.09 MVP-12
1946 TOT AL 40 1B 68 670 625 41 4 67 .994 9.79 .989 9.24
1946 WSH AL 40 1B 5 32 29 3 0 2 1.000 6.40 .988 9.24
1946 CHW AL 40 1B 63 638 596 38 4 65 .994 10.06 .989 9.24
17 Seasons 1B 2057 20722 19386 1163 173 1769 .992 9.99 .990 7.41
18 Seasons TOT 2057 20722 19386 1163 173 1769 .992 9.99 .982 7.41
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1933-AL-15-6%
1936-AL-6-34%
1939-AL-21-2%
1940-AL-13-5%
1945-AL-12-9%
0.56 Career Shares (392nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1933 AL--.322--6th

On-Base% s c a p y
1945 AL--.378--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1945 AL--.778--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1933 AL--153--3rd
1935 AL--151--5th
1940 AL--155--1st
1941 AL--153--6th
1943 AL--153--8th
Career--2104--168th

At Bats s c a p y
1933 AL--602--6th
1935 AL--633--3rd
1940 AL--603--6th
1941 AL--600--4th
Career--7984--133rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1933 AL--674--8th
1935 AL--723--1st
1940 AL--703--4th
1941 AL--678--7th
1945 AL--615--10th
Career--9095--134th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1939 AL--107--10th
1940 AL--111--5th
1941 AL--99--10th
1944 AL--90--9th
1945 AL--73--10th
Career--1236--147th

Hits s c a p y
1933 AL--194--8th
Career--2212--164th

Total Bases s c a p y
1933 AL--281--7th
1940 AL--294--8th
Career--3239--201st

Doubles s c a p y
1936 AL--42--8th
1941 AL--39--4th
1945 AL--29--7th
Career--412--140th

Triples s c a p y
1937 AL--11--8th
1945 AL--13--3rd
Career--111--122nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1940 AL--27--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1933 AL--107--5th
1945 AL--75--6th
Career--1049--230th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1935 AL--78--10th
1940 AL--87--8th
1943 AL--76--9th
1944 AL--68--9th
1945 AL--79--5th
Career--980--116th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1933 AL--17--4th
1936 AL--15--8th
1939 AL--18--5th
1940 AL--12--10th
1941 AL--20--2nd
1942 AL--22--3rd
1943 AL--14--8th
1944 AL--11--8th
1945 AL--10--9th

Singles s c a p y
1933 AL--139--6th
Career--1558--163rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1945 AL--134--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1933 AL--108--7th
1940 AL--109--7th
1945 AL--81--6th
Career--1163--199th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1945 AL--25--7th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1945 AL--2.7--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1933 AL--55--10th
1945 AL--44--8th
Career--654--209th

Times On Base s c a p y
1933 AL--255--7th
1940 AL--259--9th
1945 AL--232--6th
Career--3231--140th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1945 AL--.655--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1931 AL--5--8th
1935 AL--4--7th
1936 AL--4--10th
1940 AL--3--8th
1941 AL--3--10th
1943 AL--7--2nd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1940 AL--10--7th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1941 AL--17--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1934 AL--7--9th
1938 AL--7--10th
1942 AL--9--10th
1943 AL--8--9th
Career--90--152nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1933 AL--13.4--5th
1936 AL--15.5--4th
1939 AL--16.4--2nd
1940 AL--16.6--3rd
1941 AL--15.0--3rd
Career--150.9--161st

Outs Made s c a p y
1933 AL--427--8th
1935 AL--480--1st
1940 AL--460--8th
1941 AL--477--3rd
Career--6028--131st

Oldest s c a p y
1946 AL--born 1906-06-25--8th
1947 AL--born 1906-06-25--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (983), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 79 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (613), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

March 18, 1938: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Zeke Bonura.

November 24, 1943: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Chicago White Sox.

June 12, 1946: Released by the Washington Senators.

June 12, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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