Jeff Kunkel
Jeffrey William Kunkel
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 25, 1962 in West Palm Beach, FL
School: Rider University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1984
Final Game: September 14, 1992
Relatives: Son of Bill Kunkel
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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
1984 22 TEX AL 50 150 142 13 29 2 3 3 7 4 3 2 35 .204 .218 .324 .542 46 46 2 1 3 2 0 6/D
1985 23 TEX AL 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1986 24 TEX AL 8 13 13 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .462 .692 82 6 0 0 0 0 0 /6D
1987 25 TEX AL 15 34 32 1 7 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 10 .219 .242 .313 .555 46 10 0 1 1 0 0 4/583D76
1988 26 TEX AL 55 161 154 14 35 8 3 2 15 0 1 4 35 .227 .250 .357 .607 67 55 5 1 1 1 1 465/7D81
1989 27 TEX AL 108 326 293 39 79 21 2 8 29 3 2 20 75 .270 .323 .437 .760 111 128 6 3 10 0 0 68/4D7591
1990 28 TEX AL 99 218 200 17 34 11 1 3 17 2 1 11 66 .170 .221 .280 .501 40 56 7 2 5 0 0 654/89D7
1992 30 CHC NL 20 29 29 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .138 .138 .207 .345 -4 6 1 0 0 0 0 /647
8 Seasons 357 935 867 88 192 44 9 18 73 9 8 37 234 .221 .259 .355 .614 69 308 21 8 20 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 424 393 40 87 20 4 8 33 4 4 17 106 .221 .259 .355 .614 69 140 10 4 9 1 0
TEX (7 yrs) 337 906 838 88 188 42 9 18 72 9 8 37 226 .224 .263 .360 .623 72 302 20 8 20 3 1
CHC (1 yr) 20 29 29 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .138 .138 .207 .345 -4 6 1 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 337 906 838 88 188 42 9 18 72 9 8 37 226 .224 .263 .360 .623 72 302 20 8 20 3 1
NL (1 yr) 20 29 29 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .138 .138 .207 .345 -4 6 1 0 0 0 0

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
1984 22 TEX AL 150 123 9 2.0 99 .245 .204 .267 .218 .330 .324 .403 .542 .733 46 .178 -11.4 -1.2 .424 .141 .120 3.4
1985 23 TEX AL 4 3 0 0.0 100 1.000 .250 .262 .250 .328 .250 .408 .500 .736 37 .000 -0.4 0.0 .333 .000 .000
1986 24 TEX AL 13 10 1 2.7 102 .200 .231 .264 .231 .332 .462 .412 .692 .744 82 .264 -0.5 0.0 .600 .231 .231 .0
1987 25 TEX AL 34 27 2 2.0 106 .286 .219 .265 .242 .333 .313 .426 .555 .759 46 .156 -2.7 -0.3 .385 .063 .094 .0
1988 26 TEX AL 161 127 12 2.5 96 .280 .227 .262 .250 .327 .357 .394 .607 .721 67 .266 -7.6 -0.8 .472 .149 .130 .0
1989 27 TEX AL 326 232 41 4.7 95 .338 .270 .263 .323 .328 .437 .387 .760 .715 111 .539 3.6 0.4 .685 .239 .167 4.4
1990 28 TEX AL 218 179 11 1.6 95 .237 .170 .259 .221 .327 .280 .388 .501 .715 40 .142 -16.9 -1.7 .402 .170 .110 2.4
1992 30 CHC NL 29 26 1 1.0 94 .190 .138 .261 .138 .327 .207 .385 .345 .712 -4 .074 -4.0 -0.4 .231 .069 .069
8 Seasons 935 727 77 2.8 96 .282 .221 .263 .259 .328 .355 .393 .614 .721 69 .308 -39.9 -4.0 .503 .178 .134 12.0
162 Game Avg. 424 330 35 2.8 96 .282 .221 .263 .259 .328 .355 .393 .614 .721 69 .308 -39.9 -4.0 .503 .178 .134 5
TEX (7 yrs) 906 701 76 2.9 96 .285 .224 .263 .263 .328 .360 .393 .623 .722 72 .316 -35.9 -3.6 .513 .181 .136 12.0
CHC (1 yr) 29 26 1 1.0 94 .190 .138 .261 .138 .327 .207 .385 .345 .712 -4 .074 -4.0 -0.4 .231 .069 .069
AL (7 yrs) 906 701 76 2.9 96 .285 .224 .263 .263 .328 .360 .393 .623 .722 72 .316 -35.9 -3.6 .513 .181 .136 12.0
NL (1 yr) 29 26 1 1.0 94 .190 .138 .261 .138 .327 .207 .385 .345 .712 -4 .074 -4.0 -0.4 .231 .069 .069

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
1984 22 TEX AL 150 2.0% 23.3% 1.3% 5.3% 28% 17.50 4.1 47.3 20.3 1.00 71%
1985 23 TEX AL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.3 25%
1986 24 TEX AL 13 7.7% 15.4% 0.0% 7.7% 33% 6.5 13.0 6.5 1.67 77%
1987 25 TEX AL 34 2.9% 29.4% 0.0% 2.9% 14% 3.2 32.0 16.0 3.00 62%
1988 26 TEX AL 161 1.2% 21.7% 2.5% 8.1% 37% 8.75 4.4 77.0 10.3 0.82 1.07 73% 21% 5.0% 38%
1989 27 TEX AL 326 2.5% 23.0% 6.1% 9.5% 39% 3.75 3.9 36.6 10.1 0.67 1.18 64% 22% 7.2% 11%
1990 28 TEX AL 218 1.4% 30.3% 5.1% 6.9% 44% 6.00 3.0 66.7 11.8 0.88 1.24 60% 15% 5.2% 16%
1992 30 CHC NL 29 0.0% 27.6% 0.0% 6.9% 50% 3.6 29.0 0.62 1.13 72% 24% 0.0% 15%
8 Seasons 935 1.9% 25.0% 4.0% 7.6% 37% 6.32 3.7 48.2 11.9 0.76 1.18 66% 20% 5.9% 19%
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
1984 22 TEX AL 1 0 35% 30 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 70% 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 0 4
1985 23 TEX AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1986 24 TEX AL 0 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1987 25 TEX AL 0 0 0% 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1988 26 TEX AL 4 0 32% 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 46% 6 3 3 3 1 2 4 3 1
1989 27 TEX AL 7 0 33% 138 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 46% 11 8 3 3 3 0 10 2 8
1990 28 TEX AL 2 0 32% 78 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 53% 11 7 4 3 0 3 5 2 3
1992 30 CHC NL 1 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
8 Seasons 15 0 32% 309 9 8 53% 9 7 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 17 49% 34 22 12 10 4 6 27 10 17
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
1984 22 TEX AL 150 37% 29 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 100% 25 2 8% 17 5 29% 93 4 4% 6 2 33% 7 1 14% 0
1985 23 TEX AL 4 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 24 TEX AL 13 31% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1987 25 TEX AL 34 74% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 2 1 50% 17 1 6% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1988 26 TEX AL 161 48% 35 4 0 3 0 0 0 0.56 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 50% 37 5 14% 9 4 44% 106 14 13% 7 4 57% 4 2 50% 0
1989 27 TEX AL 326 46% 79 10 4 5 1 0 1 0.76 8 0 1 5 3 8 0 0 15 10 67% 55 6 11% 32 15 47% 166 21 13% 12 4 33% 22 11 50% 0
1990 28 TEX AL 218 60% 34 6 2 6 1 0 1 0.60 3 0 6 1 2 1 2 0 7 5 71% 52 7 13% 26 6 23% 147 15 10% 8 3 38% 8 2 25% 0
1992 30 CHC NL 29 76% 4 1 0 8 1 0 0 1.68 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 3 0 0% 17 1 6% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
8 Seasons 935 50% 192 21 6 22 3 0 2 1.02 18 0 17 10 8 13 5 0 28 20 71% 190 21 11% 91 32 35% 553 57 10% 34 14 41% 45 19 42% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 TEX AL 158 515 3.26 365 71% 18% 24% 26% 32% 82% 3% 58% 71% 47% 2% 3 0 6% 10 3 3% 4 3 20% 3 2 0
1989 27 TEX AL 319 1162 3.64 786 68% 16% 23% 33% 29% 84% 0% 57% 73% 50% 2% 6 0 8% 27 14 5% 16 11 18% 7 0 4
1990 28 TEX AL 207 715 3.45 486 68% 19% 26% 29% 27% 81% 0% 55% 68% 48% 2% 4 0 8% 16 6 3% 6 5 29% 11 0 0
1992 30 CHC NL 29 96 3.31 74 77% 7% 31% 34% 28% 93% 0% 72% 67% 66% 0% 0 0 3% 1 1 7% 2 2 25% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 713 2488 3.49 1711 69% 17% 24% 30% 29% 83% 1% 57% 71% 49% 2% 13 0 8% 54 24 4% 28 21 23% 21 2 4
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
1984 22 50 150 142 13 29 2 3 3 7 4 3 2 35 .204 .218 .324 .542 46 46 2 1 3 2 0
1985 23 52 154 146 14 30 2 3 3 7 4 3 2 38 .205 .219 .322 .540 46 47 2 1 3 2 0
1986 24 60 167 159 17 33 2 3 4 9 4 3 2 40 .208 .220 .333 .553 49 53 2 1 3 2 0
1987 25 75 201 191 18 40 2 3 5 11 4 4 2 50 .209 .223 .330 .553 48 63 2 2 4 2 0
1988 26 130 362 345 32 75 10 6 7 26 4 5 6 85 .217 .235 .342 .577 57 118 7 3 5 3 1
1989 27 238 688 638 71 154 31 8 15 55 7 7 26 160 .241 .276 .386 .662 82 246 13 6 15 3 1
1990 28 337 906 838 88 188 42 9 18 72 9 8 37 226 .224 .263 .360 .623 72 302 20 8 20 3 1
1991 29 337 906 838 88 188 42 9 18 72 9 8 37 226 .224 .263 .360 .623 72 302 20 8 20 3 1
1992 30 357 935 867 88 192 44 9 18 73 9 8 37 234 .221 .259 .355 .614 69 308 21 8 20 3 1

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
1984 22 50 147 142 14 29 2 3 3 8 4 2 35 .204 .218 .324 .542 10 50
1985 23 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1986 24 8 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 8
1987 25 15 33 32 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 .000 .030 .000 .030 2 15
1988 26 55 159 153 15 34 8 3 2 16 0 4 35 .222 .245 .353 .598 13 55
1989 27 108 321 297 42 83 22 2 8 31 3 21 75 .279 .333 .448 .781 44 108
1990 28 99 213 200 18 34 11 1 3 18 2 11 66 .170 .221 .280 .501 12 99
1992 30 20 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 20
8 Seasons 357 919 870 92 180 43 9 16 78 9 38 234 .207 .246 .332 .578 83 357
162 Game Avg. 162 417 395 42 82 20 4 7 35 4 17 106 .207 .246 .332 .578 38 357

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