Bill Kunkel
William Gustave James Kunkel
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: July 7, 1936 in Hoboken, NJ
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1961
Final Game: September 21, 1963
Died: May 4, 1985 in Red Bank, NJ
Relatives: Father of Jeff Kunkel
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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
1961 24 KCA AL 3 4 .429 5.18 58 2 26 0 0 4 88.2 103 58 51 11 32 2 46 0 0 8 396 80 1.523 10.5 1.1 3.2 4.7 1.44
1962 25 KCA AL 0 0 3.52 9 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 8 7 3 3 4 0 6 0 0 0 36 119 1.565 9.4 3.5 4.7 7.0 1.50
1963 26 NYY AL 3 2 .600 2.72 22 0 11 0 0 0 46.1 42 15 14 3 13 3 31 0 0 0 191 129 1.187 8.2 0.6 2.5 6.0 2.38
3 Seasons 6 6 .500 4.29 89 2 39 0 0 4 142.2 153 80 68 17 49 5 83 0 0 8 623 92 1.416 9.7 1.1 3.1 5.2 1.69
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .500 4.29 67 1 29 0 0 3 107 114 60 51 13 37 4 62 0 0 6 466 92 1.416 9.7 1.1 3.1 5.2 1.69
KCA (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 5.04 67 2 28 0 0 4 96.1 111 65 54 14 36 2 52 0 0 8 432 82 1.526 10.4 1.3 3.4 4.9 1.44
NYY (1 yr) 3 2 .600 2.72 22 0 11 0 0 0 46.1 42 15 14 3 13 3 31 0 0 0 191 129 1.187 8.2 0.6 2.5 6.0 2.38

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
1961 24 KCA AL 58 397 356 58 103 16 7 11 3 3 32 46 .289 .345 .466 .812 .305 166 5 0 6 3 2
1962 25 KCA AL 9 31 26 7 8 0 0 3 0 0 4 6 .308 .387 .654 1.041 .278 17 0 0 0 1 0
1963 26 NYY AL 22 192 176 15 42 8 1 3 1 0 13 31 .239 .289 .347 .636 .273 61 5 0 2 1 3
3 Seasons 89 620 558 80 153 24 8 17 4 3 49 83 .274 .330 .437 .767 .294 244 10 0 8 5 5
162 Game Avg. 67 463 417 60 114 18 6 13 3 2 37 62 .274 .330 .437 .767 .294 182 7 0 6 4 4
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
1961 24 KCA AL 58 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 33 23 17 11 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.7
1 Season 58 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 33 23 17 11 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.7
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
1961 24 KCA AL 58 56 26 3 2 7 4 3 57% 10 0 45 17 38% 7 0.840 20 6 29 10 9 37 24 32 24 14 27 20 4.6
1962 25 KCA AL 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 7 0.318 1 0 7 1 0 7 2 6 2 4 1 1 2.6
1963 26 NYY AL 22 22 11 3 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 7 64% 6 0.875 4 5 13 3 3 16 7 15 17 3 17 1 6.3
3 Seasons 89 87 39 6 4 8 4 4 50% 12 0 59 26 44% 0.825 25 11 49 14 12 60 33 53 43 21 45 22 4.8

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%
1961 24 KCA AL 397 32% 2.8% 11.6% 8.1% 8.6% 33% 1.42 76% 78 5 6%
1962 25 KCA AL 30 27% 9.7% 19.4% 12.9% 9.7% 38% 0.44 58% 6 0 0%
1963 26 NYY AL 192 35% 1.6% 16.2% 6.8% 6.3% 29% 1.27 74% 39 5 13%
3 Seasons 619 33% 2.7% 13.4% 7.9% 7.9% 32% 1.31 75% 123 10 8%
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
1961 24 KCA AL 383 103 11 1 14 9 2 3 8 30 17 2 57% 5 8 0 150 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 14
1962 25 KCA AL 30 8 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1963 26 NYY AL 192 42 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 14 7 1 50% 4 0 0 70 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons 605 153 17 1 19 13 4 6 11 47 26 3 55% 10 8 0 227 4 3 57% 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 14
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+
1961 24 3 4 .429 5.18 58 2 26 0 0 4 88.2 103 58 51 11 32 2 46 0 0 8 396 80 1.523 10.5 1.1 3.2 4.7 1.44 80
1962 25 3 4 .429 5.04 67 2 28 0 0 4 96.1 111 65 54 14 36 2 52 0 0 8 432 82 1.526 10.4 1.3 3.4 4.9 1.44 82
1963 26 6 6 .500 4.29 89 2 39 0 0 4 142.2 153 80 68 17 49 5 83 0 0 8 623 92 1.416 9.7 1.1 3.1 5.2 1.69 92

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1961 24 3 6 .333 5.07 87.0 102 54 49 11 32 45 0 1.540 10.6 3.3 4.7 1.41 1.1 58
1962 25 0 0 3.38 8.0 8 3 3 3 4 6 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 6.8 1.50 3.4 9
1963 26 2 2 .500 3.27 44.0 45 18 16 3 14 29 0 1.341 9.2 2.9 5.9 2.07 0.6 22
3 Seasons 5 8 .385 4.40 139.0 155 75 68 17 50 80 0 1.475 10.0 5.2 1.60 1.1 89

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1961 AL--58--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1961 AL--8--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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