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
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 CLE AL 24 2B 8 5 50.0 35 16 19 0 3 1.000 -0.3 -7.2 0.7 0.1 0.5 -1 6.30 4.38 .974 5.36 4.56
1975 CLE AL 25 2B 87 87 777.0 434 192 230 12 65 .972 -1.1 -1.7 -2.1 -0.9 -1.3 1 4.89 4.85 .975 5.40 4.73
1975 CLE AL 25 DH 1
1976 CLE AL 26 2B 128 119 1083.2 674 300 365 9 92 .987 1.3 1.4 0.3 -5.1 5.4 1 5.52 5.20 .975 5.40 4.64
1976 CLE AL 26 1B 5 2 22.2 25 21 2 2 3 .920 -0.3 -15.9 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 0 9.13 4.60 .992 9.85 8.88
1976 CLE AL 26 DH 2
1977 CLE AL 27 2B 148 148 1322.0 795 334 449 12 104 .985 1.2 1.1 -0.8 -4.8 4.0 2 5.33 5.29 .978 5.42 4.76
1978 CLE AL 28 2B 149 149 1305.1 765 341 408 16 91 .979 -2.0 -1.8 -3.0 -4.6 1.6 1 5.16 5.03 .980 5.47 4.74
1979 CLE AL 29 2B 140 137 1196.0 734 345 380 9 89 .988 -0.8 -0.8 -1.8 -1.9 0.1 1 5.46 5.18 .978 5.50 4.80
1980 CLE AL 30 2B 42 42 354.1 199 87 111 1 28 .995 -1.6 -5.4 -2.6 -4.3 1.6 1 5.03 4.71 .981 5.60 4.91
1981 CLE AL 31 2B 72 59 527.1 297 118 174 5 24 .983 -6.6 -15.0 -4.6 -6.3 1.7 -2 4.98 4.06 .982 5.54 4.93
1982 SFG NL 32 2B 51 44 400.0 230 101 124 5 24 .978 -9.1 -27.3 -7.1 -4.2 -2.9 -2 5.06 4.41 .978 5.42 4.75
1983 SFG NL 33 2B 64 57 469.1 250 107 140 3 17 .988 -9.1 -23.3 -7.1 -4.9 -2.3 -2 4.74 3.86 .978 5.34 4.46
1984 SFG NL 34 2B 31 18 174.2 129 59 66 4 14 .969 -0.8 -5.5 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 0 6.44 4.03 .979 5.41 4.71
1984 SFG NL 34 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.90 8.20
11 Seasons 2B 920 865 7659.2 4542 2000 2466 76 551 .983 -28.9 -4.5 -28.9 -37.0 7.7 0 5.25 4.85 .978 5.45 4.74
2 Seasons 1B 6 2 24.2 28 24 2 2 3 .929 -0.4 -19.5 -0.4 0.0 -0.3 0 9.49 4.33 .993 9.85 8.77
2 Seasons DH 3
12 Seasons TOT 926 867 7684.1 4570 2024 2468 78 554 .983 -29.3 -4.6 -29.3 -37.0 7.4 0 5.26 4.85 .961 5.46 4.76

Appearances

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 CLE AL 24 10 5 10 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1975 CLE AL 25 90 87 90 87 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1976 CLE AL 26 135 121 135 130 0 0 5 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1977 CLE AL 27 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CLE AL 28 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CLE AL 29 140 137 140 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CLE AL 30 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CLE AL 31 72 59 72 72 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1982 SFG NL 32 107 45 107 52 0 0 0 51 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 58 0
1983 SFG NL 33 72 57 72 64 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1984 SFG NL 34 83 18 83 32 0 0 1 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 2
1985 SFG NL 35 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
12 Seasons 1057 868 1057 924 0 0 6 920 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 145 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 CLE AL 24 219 47% 83% 33% 22 100% 0 16 5 9 2 19 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 25 3428 60% 79% 25% 276 93% 1 193 72 91 30 231 203 23 1 2 12 0 9 3 7 65 29 11 12 0 58 16 42 5 2 3
1976 CLE AL 26 4786 56% 77% 24% 426 97% 8 305 102 127 76 366 310 43 7 7 9 0 8 1 7 92 37 15 23 3 81 28 53 6 3 3
1977 CLE AL 27 5909 51% 77% 25% 527 96% 4 332 123 135 74 445 383 47 1 8 12 0 9 3 10 104 36 17 24 10 89 35 53 12 6 4
1978 CLE AL 28 5879 59% 79% 26% 503 93% 1 343 117 150 76 411 358 46 1 8 16 0 14 2 13 94 25 23 25 6 81 31 49 10 3 7
1979 CLE AL 29 5424 58% 79% 24% 480 95% 0 346 134 154 58 378 325 46 0 7 9 0 9 0 8 88 31 20 21 5 81 26 53 5 2 3
1980 CLE AL 30 1607 62% 77% 24% 123 98% 1 88 28 44 16 111 88 19 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 28 10 6 9 2 28 11 16 0 0 0
1981 CLE AL 31 2351 54% 76% 26% 217 94% 0 120 39 63 19 181 150 26 0 5 5 1 4 0 3 24 10 2 5 1 19 7 12 5 1 4
1982 SFG NL 32 1785 52% 78% 25% 161 89% 0 102 36 38 28 121 98 21 0 4 5 1 4 0 3 24 10 3 9 0 22 9 13 2 0 1
1983 SFG NL 33 2138 55% 78% 24% 171 95% 0 102 40 33 29 138 116 17 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 17 9 3 4 0 16 4 12 0 0 0
1984 SFG NL 34 809 61% 77% 22% 89 96% 0 56 23 25 8 67 49 16 0 2 4 0 4 0 4 14 4 0 7 0 12 7 4 2 1 1
11 Seasons 34335 56% 78% 25% 2995 95% 15 2003 719 869 416 2468 2095 307 11 48 76 2 64 10 56 553 202 100 140 28 490 176 308 47 18 26
MLB Averages 58% 79% 26% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1976 CLE AL 26 97 59% 73% 25% 6 83% 0 21 1 20 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SFG NL 34 12 75% 83% 17% 1 100% 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 109 61% 74% 24% 7 86% 0 24 1 23 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 26% 94% 90%

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Duane Kuiper    

Viewed 58,023 times through November 16, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Duane Duane Eugene Kuiper

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.