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Kenny Kuhn

Kenneth Harold Kuhn

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Shortstop and Pinch Runner
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 20, 1937 in Louisville, KY
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1955
Team: Indians 1955-1957

Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: July 16, 2010 in Layton, UT
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Standard Batting

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
1955 18 CLE AL 4 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 104 2 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1956 19 CLE AL 27 22 22 7 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .273 .273 .318 .591 54 7 0 0 0 0 0 6/4
1957 20 CLE AL 40 59 53 5 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 9 .170 .228 .170 .398 11 9 1 0 2 0 0 4/56
3 Seasons 71 88 81 12 17 1 0 0 7 1 1 5 13 .210 .256 .222 .478 30 18 1 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 201 185 27 39 2 0 0 16 2 2 11 30 .210 .256 .222 .478 30 41 2 0 5 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1955 18 CLE AL 7 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /6
1956 19 CLE AL 23 -1 1 0 0 -3 0 1 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ 6/4
1957 20 CLE AL 59 -6 0 -1 0 -3 0 2 -7 -0.8 -5 -0.5 -0.3 $ 4/56
3 Seasons 89 -7 1 -1 0 -6 0 3 -10 -1.1 -4 -0.4 -0.7 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1955 18 CLE AL 7 4 1 6.7 106 .333 .333 .271 .429 .351 .333 .404 .762 .755 104 .667 0.1 0.0 1.000 .333 .000 .0
1956 19 CLE AL 22 17 2 3.2 109 .333 .273 .271 .273 .353 .318 .413 .591 .767 54 .316 -1.6 -0.2 .353 .000 .045
1957 20 CLE AL 59 47 2 1.2 99 .205 .170 .263 .228 .335 .170 .397 .398 .733 11 .079 -6.7 -0.7 .289 .075 .000
3 Seasons 88 68 5 2.0 102 .250 .210 .266 .256 .341 .222 .402 .478 .743 30 .181 -8.2 -0.8 .348 .074 .012 .0
162 Game Avg. 201 155 11 2.0 102 .250 .210 .266 .256 .341 .222 .402 .478 .743 30 .181 -8.2 -0.8 .348 .074 .012

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1955 18 CLE AL 7 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 86%
1956 19 CLE AL 22 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 4.6% 17% 5.5 11.0 1.75 82%
1957 20 CLE AL 59 0.0% 15.3% 6.8% 0.0% 0% 2.25 5.9 10.6 2.88 75%
3 Seasons 88 0.0% 14.8% 5.7% 1.1% 6% 2.60 6.2 11.6 2.83 77%
MLB Averages 2.4% 12.0% 9.2% 6.6% 29% 1.31 7.4 37.6 8.2 0.97 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 18 CLE AL 0.1 0.0 8 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .60 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.90 0.1 0
1956 19 CLE AL -1.6 -0.2 25 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 .90 -0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.0 0.89 -0.5 0.65 5
1957 20 CLE AL -6.7 -0.7 50 -0.3 0.5 -0.7 .98 -0.2 -0.0 -2.6 -0.3 0.99 -2.9 1.23 15
3 Seasons -8.2 -0.8 83 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .92 -0.3 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.95 -3.3 1.09 20

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 18 CLE AL 0 0 0% 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 19 CLE AL 1 0 117% 20 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 83% 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1
1957 20 CLE AL 0 0 39% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
3 Seasons 1 0 55% 59 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 44% 11 8 3 1 0 1 4 1 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 18 CLE AL 7 71% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 19 CLE AL 23 70% 6 5 2 0 1 0.65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 3 100% 11 2 18% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0
1957 20 CLE AL 49 94% 9 15 1 0 0 1.23 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 1 14% 9 5 56% 30 5 17% 3 1 33% 6 3 50% 10
3 Seasons 79 85% 17 20 3 0 1 1.09 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 11 1 9% 12 8 67% 44 7 16% 4 2 50% 8 3 38% 10
MLB Averages 48% 81% 11% 31% 14% 49% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 18 4 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 104 2 0 0 0 0 0
1956 19 31 29 28 7 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 .286 .310 .321 .632 66 9 0 0 0 0 0
1957 20 71 88 81 12 17 1 0 0 7 1 1 5 13 .210 .256 .222 .478 30 18 1 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1955 18 4 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 1 4
1956 19 28 23 23 8 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 .261 .261 .304 .565 2 27
1957 20 42 59 55 5 9 0 0 0 5 0 4 9 .164 .220 .164 .384 2 40
3 Seasons 74 89 84 13 17 1 0 0 7 1 5 13 .202 .247 .214 .461 5 71
162 Game Avg. 162 195 184 28 37 2 0 0 15 2 11 28 .202 .247 .214 .461 11 71

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1955 AL  born 1937-03-20 (5th)
1956 AL  born 1937-03-20 (6th)
1957 AL  born 1937-03-20 (9th)

                                         

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