Duane Kuiper
Duane Eugene Kuiper
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 19, 1950 in Racine, WI
High School: Case (Racine, WI)
School: Southern Illinois University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1974
Final Game: June 27, 1985
Relatives: Cousin of Dick Bosman
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Standard Batting

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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
1974 24 CLE AL 10 24 22 7 11 2 0 0 4 1 1 2 2 .500 .542 .591 1.133 228 13 1 0 0 0 0 /4
1975 25 CLE AL 90 388 346 42 101 11 1 0 25 19 18 30 26 .292 .362 .329 .691 98 114 9 8 4 0 0 4/D
1976 26 CLE AL 135 555 506 47 133 13 6 0 37 10 17 30 42 .263 .303 .312 .615 83 158 13 1 14 4 2 *4/3D
1977 27 CLE AL 148 679 610 62 169 15 8 1 50 11 11 37 55 .277 .324 .333 .656 83 203 9 7 21 4 1 *4
1978 28 CLE AL 149 589 547 52 155 18 6 0 43 4 9 19 35 .283 .311 .338 .649 84 185 11 4 16 3 1 *4
1979 29 CLE AL 140 528 479 46 122 9 5 0 39 4 9 37 27 .255 .313 .294 .608 65 141 14 4 8 0 7 *4
1980 30 CLE AL 42 166 149 10 42 5 0 0 9 0 1 13 8 .282 .337 .315 .653 80 47 1 0 3 1 3 4
1981 31 CLE AL 72 219 206 15 53 6 0 0 14 1 1 8 13 .257 .284 .286 .570 65 59 1 0 4 1 2 *4
1982 32 SFG NL 107 257 218 26 61 9 1 0 17 2 2 32 24 .280 .375 .330 .706 101 72 8 2 4 1 0 4
1983 33 SFG NL 72 211 176 14 44 2 2 0 14 0 1 27 13 .250 .353 .284 .637 81 50 7 2 4 2 6 4
1984 34 SFG NL 83 130 115 8 23 1 0 0 11 0 1 12 10 .200 .273 .209 .482 40 24 2 0 2 1 5 4/3
1985 35 SFG NL 9 8 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .600 .667 .600 1.267 266 3 0 0 2 0 0
12 Seasons 1057 3754 3379 329 917 91 29 1 263 52 71 248 255 .271 .325 .316 .641 82 1069 76 28 82 17 27
162 Game Avg. 162 575 518 50 141 14 4 0 40 8 11 38 39 .271 .325 .316 .641 82 164 12 4 13 3 4
CLE (8 yrs) 786 3148 2865 281 786 79 26 1 221 50 67 176 208 .274 .320 .321 .641 82 920 59 24 70 13 16
SFG (4 yrs) 271 606 514 48 131 12 3 0 42 2 4 72 47 .255 .348 .290 .638 82 149 17 4 12 4 11
AL (8 yrs) 786 3148 2865 281 786 79 26 1 221 50 67 176 208 .274 .320 .321 .641 82 920 59 24 70 13 16
NL (4 yrs) 271 606 514 48 131 12 3 0 42 2 4 72 47 .255 .348 .290 .638 82 149 17 4 12 4 11

Advanced Batting

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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
1974 24 CLE AL 24 13 6 12.4 88 .550 .500 .257 .542 .322 .591 .370 1.133 .691 228 .882 3.8 0.4 1.154 .182 .091 .0
1975 25 CLE AL 388 276 39 3.8 92 .316 .292 .257 .362 .326 .329 .377 .691 .704 98 .443 0.2 0.0 .563 .127 .038 .0
1976 26 CLE AL 555 421 43 2.8 84 .284 .263 .254 .303 .318 .312 .358 .615 .675 83 .338 -12.0 -1.3 .452 .095 .049 .0
1977 27 CLE AL 679 486 66 3.6 96 .301 .277 .262 .324 .325 .333 .398 .656 .723 83 .391 -13.9 -1.4 .536 .116 .056 1.8
1978 28 CLE AL 589 431 54 3.4 93 .301 .283 .260 .311 .325 .338 .383 .649 .708 84 .386 -13.2 -1.4 .493 .080 .055 .0
1979 29 CLE AL 528 388 41 2.8 103 .270 .255 .271 .313 .336 .294 .410 .608 .746 65 .281 -24.4 -2.4 .466 .106 .040 .0
1980 30 CLE AL 166 113 17 4.0 100 .296 .282 .270 .337 .333 .315 .401 .653 .734 80 .442 -3.8 -0.4 .541 .114 .034
1981 31 CLE AL 219 160 17 2.9 89 .273 .257 .256 .284 .321 .286 .373 .570 .693 65 .341 -9.6 -1.0 .432 .068 .029 .0
1982 32 SFG NL 257 172 28 4.4 94 .313 .280 .264 .375 .327 .330 .384 .706 .712 101 .519 2.0 0.2 .635 .197 .050 .0
1983 33 SFG NL 211 146 18 3.3 94 .267 .250 .260 .353 .328 .284 .385 .637 .712 81 .389 -3.1 -0.3 .557 .182 .034
1984 34 SFG NL 130 98 7 1.9 91 .217 .200 .260 .273 .324 .209 .378 .482 .702 40 .194 -9.0 -0.9 .368 .104 .009
1985 35 SFG NL 8 4 2 13.5 91 .600 .600 .254 .667 .321 .600 .379 1.267 .700 266 .894 1.2 0.1 2.000 .200 .000
12 Seasons 3754 2708 338 3.4 94 .292 .271 .261 .325 .326 .316 .385 .641 .711 82 .381 -81.8 -8.3 .508 .113 .045 2.0
162 Game Avg. 575 415 52 3.4 94 .292 .271 .261 .325 .326 .316 .385 .641 .711 82 .381 -81.8 -8.3 .508 .113 .045
CLE (8 yrs) 3148 2288 283 3.3 94 .294 .274 .261 .320 .326 .321 .386 .641 .711 82 .375 -72.9 -7.4 .500 .102 .047 2.0
SFG (4 yrs) 606 420 55 3.5 93 .278 .255 .262 .348 .327 .290 .383 .638 .710 82 .419 -8.8 -0.9 .552 .171 .035 .0
AL (8 yrs) 3148 2288 283 3.3 94 .294 .274 .261 .320 .326 .321 .386 .641 .711 82 .375 -72.9 -7.4 .500 .102 .047 2.0
NL (4 yrs) 606 420 55 3.5 93 .278 .255 .262 .348 .327 .290 .383 .638 .710 82 .419 -8.8 -0.9 .552 .171 .035 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1974 24 CLE AL 24 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 8.3% 18% 1.00 11.0 5.5 1.25 83%
1975 25 CLE AL 388 0.0% 6.7% 7.7% 3.1% 12% 0.87 13.3 13.8 1.86 82%
1976 26 CLE AL 555 0.0% 7.6% 5.4% 3.4% 14% 1.40 12.0 13.7 1.93 84%
1977 27 CLE AL 679 0.2% 8.1% 5.5% 3.5% 14% 1.49 11.1 610.0 12.2 2.15 82%
1978 28 CLE AL 589 0.0% 5.9% 3.2% 4.1% 16% 1.84 15.6 12.7 2.02 87%
1979 29 CLE AL 528 0.0% 5.1% 7.0% 2.7% 12% 0.73 17.7 12.3 1.57 86%
1980 30 CLE AL 166 0.0% 4.8% 7.8% 3.0% 12% 0.62 18.6 16.6 1.51 86%
1981 31 CLE AL 219 0.0% 5.9% 3.7% 2.7% 11% 1.63 15.8 14.7 1.57 89%
1982 32 SFG NL 257 0.0% 9.3% 12.5% 3.9% 16% 0.75 9.1 12.8 2.11 76%
1983 33 SFG NL 211 0.0% 6.2% 12.8% 1.9% 9% 0.48 13.5 12.6 1.51 78%
1984 34 SFG NL 130 0.0% 7.7% 9.2% 0.8% 4% 0.83 11.5 10.5 1.64 82%
1985 35 SFG NL 8 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 0.00 63%
12 Seasons 3754 0.0% 6.8% 6.6% 3.2% 13% 1.03 13.3 3379.0 12.8 1.84 84%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1974 24 CLE AL 1 0 54% 19 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 71% 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2
1975 25 CLE AL 3 0 30% 171 19 18 51% 17 15 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 10 58% 21 8 13 8 4 3 11 4 7
1976 26 CLE AL 7 0 29% 218 10 17 37% 9 15 1 1 0 1 5 1 2 18 44% 34 23 11 4 2 2 14 4 10
1977 27 CLE AL 7 0 29% 305 11 11 50% 11 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 14 46% 51 34 17 5 2 3 18 4 14
1978 28 CLE AL 8 0 29% 229 4 9 31% 4 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 17 47% 26 18 6 6 4 2 21 3 17
1979 29 CLE AL 10 0 28% 181 4 9 31% 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 13 41% 21 15 5 1 1 0 15 3 10
1980 30 CLE AL 3 0 18% 75 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 38% 14 11 3 2 1 1 5 1 4
1981 31 CLE AL 3 0 25% 87 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 24% 13 12 1 1 1 0 11 6 5
1982 32 SFG NL 2 0 27% 122 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 38% 17 11 6 3 3 0 4 1 3
1983 33 SFG NL 1 0 19% 97 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 44% 10 8 2 1 1 0 7 1 6
1984 34 SFG NL 1 0 23% 41 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 23% 6 5 1 4 3 1 3 2 1
1985 35 SFG NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 46 0 28% 1548 52 71 42% 48 62 2 6 2 3 14 3 35 100 44% 217 146 67 36 22 13 111 29 79
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1974 24 CLE AL 24 79% 11 1 1 0 0 0.45 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 20 4 20% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1975 25 CLE AL 388 65% 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 56 9 16% 34 13 38% 195 25 13% 16 9 56% 22 14 64% 0
1976 26 CLE AL 555 83% 133 3 0 0 0 1.24 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 18 14 78% 82 13 16% 48 24 50% 277 37 13% 32 17 53% 31 21 68% 0
1977 27 CLE AL 679 66% 169 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 1 0 1 0 0 25 21 84% 111 9 8% 65 35 54% 364 53 15% 34 25 74% 42 25 60% 0
1978 28 CLE AL 589 73% 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 17 16 94% 100 11 11% 49 24 49% 331 46 14% 25 17 68% 32 18 56% 0
1979 29 CLE AL 528 75% 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 62% 101 14 14% 45 17 38% 317 44 14% 26 13 50% 27 12 44% 0
1980 30 CLE AL 166 79% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 32 1 3% 13 7 54% 95 10 11% 10 5 50% 11 6 55% 0
1981 31 CLE AL 219 87% 53 4 2 0 0 0.64 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 33 1 3% 24 8 33% 136 14 10% 16 7 44% 18 9 50% 0
1982 32 SFG NL 257 68% 61 44 14 0 4 1.62 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 36 8 22% 22 9 41% 126 17 13% 10 5 50% 13 6 46% 0
1983 33 SFG NL 211 83% 44 10 2 0 0 0.77 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 34 7 21% 15 8 53% 111 16 14% 10 7 70% 13 6 46% 0
1984 34 SFG NL 130 92% 23 47 9 0 6 1.68 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 18 2 11% 12 5 42% 84 12 14% 8 5 63% 6 1 17% 0
1985 35 SFG NL 8 100% 3 5 3 0 0 1.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 3754 75% 917 114 31 0 10 1.52 1 0 82 1 0 1 0 0 100 82 82% 611 76 12% 332 153 46% 2059 278 14% 190 112 59% 217 118 54% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1974 24 10 24 22 7 11 2 0 0 4 1 1 2 2 .500 .542 .591 1.133 228 13 1 0 0 0 0
1975 25 100 412 368 49 112 13 1 0 29 20 19 32 28 .304 .373 .345 .718 106 127 10 8 4 0 0
1976 26 235 967 874 96 245 26 7 0 66 30 36 62 70 .280 .333 .326 .659 93 285 23 9 18 4 2
1977 27 383 1646 1484 158 414 41 15 1 116 41 47 99 125 .279 .329 .329 .658 89 488 32 16 39 8 3
1978 28 532 2235 2031 210 569 59 21 1 159 45 56 118 160 .280 .324 .331 .656 87 673 43 20 55 11 4
1979 29 672 2763 2510 256 691 68 26 1 198 49 65 155 187 .275 .322 .324 .647 83 814 57 24 63 11 11
1980 30 714 2929 2659 266 733 73 26 1 207 49 66 168 195 .276 .323 .324 .647 83 861 58 24 66 12 14
1981 31 786 3148 2865 281 786 79 26 1 221 50 67 176 208 .274 .320 .321 .641 82 920 59 24 70 13 16
1982 32 893 3405 3083 307 847 88 27 1 238 52 69 208 232 .275 .325 .322 .646 83 992 67 26 74 14 16
1983 33 965 3616 3259 321 891 90 29 1 252 52 70 235 245 .273 .326 .320 .646 83 1042 74 28 78 16 22
1984 34 1048 3746 3374 329 914 91 29 1 263 52 71 247 255 .271 .324 .316 .640 82 1066 76 28 80 17 27
1985 35 1057 3754 3379 329 917 91 29 1 263 52 71 248 255 .271 .325 .316 .641 82 1069 76 28 82 17 27

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 24 10 24 22 8 11 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 .500 .542 .591 1.133 7 10
1975 25 91 394 354 46 107 12 1 0 28 20 32 26 .302 .373 .342 .715 43 90
1976 26 136 552 515 57 140 14 6 0 45 11 32 42 .272 .313 .322 .636 52 135
1977 27 148 671 621 67 180 16 9 1 54 12 39 55 .290 .337 .349 .686 72 148
1978 28 149 582 555 59 163 19 6 0 49 4 20 35 .294 .321 .350 .671 62 149
1979 29 141 518 478 46 119 9 5 0 39 4 36 27 .249 .307 .289 .596 41 140
1980 30 42 166 151 10 44 5 0 0 9 0 14 8 .291 .349 .325 .674 17 42
1981 31 109 336 321 26 89 10 0 0 25 2 13 20 .277 .304 .308 .612 30 72
1982 32 107 262 224 29 67 10 1 0 19 2 35 24 .299 .397 .353 .750 31 107
1983 33 72 213 180 15 48 2 2 0 15 0 29 13 .267 .371 .300 .671 20 72
1984 34 83 133 118 9 26 1 0 0 13 0 14 10 .220 .301 .229 .530 8 83
1985 35 9 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .600 .667 .600 1.267 2 9
12 Seasons 1097 3857 3544 372 997 100 30 1 300 56 267 262 .281 .335 .327 .662 385 1057
162 Game Avg. 162 570 523 55 147 15 4 0 44 8 39 39 .281 .335 .327 .662 57 1057

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

At Bats s c a p y
1977 AL--610--10th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1977 AL--679--8th

Singles s c a p y
1977 AL--145--6th
1978 AL--131--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 AL--8--5th
1977 AL--7--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 AL--14--6th
1977 AL--21--2nd
1978 AL--16--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1975 AL--18--4th
1976 AL--17--7th

AB per SO s c a p y
1978 AL--15.6--4th
1979 AL--17.7--2nd

Outs Made s c a p y
1977 AL--486--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1373), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Emil Verban (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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