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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 TEX AL 22 SS 48 43 366.2 218 81 120 17 22 .922 -3.6 -11.8 -3.6 -1.7 -1.9 0 4.93 4.19 .964 4.76 3.93
1984 TEX AL 22 DH 1
1985 TEX AL 23 SS 2 1 7.2 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 0.5 78.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 8.22 3.50 .957 4.70 3.95
1986 TEX AL 24 SS 5 4 36.0 13 4 6 3 0 .769 -0.1 -3.3 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 0 2.50 2.00 .977 4.53 3.94
1986 TEX AL 24 DH 1
1987 TEX AL 25 2B 10 9 71.0 44 17 25 2 8 .955 -0.1 -1.7 -0.1 1.1 -1.3 0 5.32 4.20 .980 5.12 4.48
1987 TEX AL 25 3B 3 1 8.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 75.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 3.38 1.00 .933 2.81 2.30
1987 TEX AL 25 OF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1987 TEX AL 25 CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.35
1987 TEX AL 25 1B 1 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.5 -600.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.50
1987 TEX AL 25 DH 1
1987 TEX AL 25 LF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.70
1987 TEX AL 25 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.00
1988 TEX AL 26 2B 28 22 194.2 118 42 70 6 15 .949 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0 5.18 4.00 .982 5.12 4.40
1988 TEX AL 26 SS 19 12 110.0 64 28 34 2 8 .969 -1.4 -15.3 -1.4 -0.4 -1.0 0 5.07 3.26 .970 4.69 4.14
1988 TEX AL 26 3B 10 5 46.0 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 2.0 52.2 2.0 1.0 0.9 0 3.72 1.90 .953 2.72 2.36
1988 TEX AL 26 OF 6 2 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -19.2 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 1.44 0.67 .975 2.48 2.13
1988 TEX AL 26 LF 4 2 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.2 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 1.57 1.00 .975 2.27 1.85
1988 TEX AL 26 DH 3
1988 TEX AL 26 CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1988 TEX AL 26 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1989 TEX AL 27 SS 59 53 469.0 233 68 150 15 21 .936 -5.1 -13.0 -4.1 -0.2 -3.9 -1 4.18 3.69 .972 4.79 4.11
1989 TEX AL 27 OF 30 23 193.0 63 59 1 3 0 .952 4.2 26.1 3.2 0.4 2.8 1 2.80 2.00 .981 2.42 2.12
1989 TEX AL 27 CF 24 22 174.0 59 56 1 2 0 .966 3.8 26.2 2.8 -0.2 3.0 1 2.95 2.38 .985 2.78 2.46
1989 TEX AL 27 2B 8 4 41.0 26 14 12 0 6 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.71 3.25 .981 5.25 4.51
1989 TEX AL 27 DH 5
1989 TEX AL 27 LF 5 1 14.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.6 51.4 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 1.29 0.40 1.000 2.19 1.84
1989 TEX AL 27 3B 4 1 20.0 10 1 5 4 0 .600 -0.7 -42.0 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 0 2.70 1.50 .960 2.74 2.35
1989 TEX AL 27 RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.34 1.90
1989 TEX AL 27 P 1 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 1.00 1.000 2.16 0.70
1990 TEX AL 28 SS 67 42 364.1 212 77 126 9 28 .958 3.1 10.2 3.1 0.2 2.9 0 5.01 3.03 .974 4.74 4.00
1990 TEX AL 28 3B 15 12 105.0 40 10 28 2 3 .950 1.7 19.4 1.7 0.5 1.2 0 3.26 2.53 .943 2.75 2.32
1990 TEX AL 28 2B 13 4 59.0 30 12 18 0 3 1.000 1.6 32.5 1.6 1.7 -0.1 0 4.58 2.31 .983 5.23 4.53
1990 TEX AL 28 OF 5 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -180.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 2.25 0.40 1.000 2.36 2.04
1990 TEX AL 28 CF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.40
1990 TEX AL 28 RF 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -312.0 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 3.60 1.00 1.000 2.16 1.80
1990 TEX AL 28 DH 1
1990 TEX AL 28 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1992 CHC NL 30 SS 6 1 18.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 7.00 2.33 .971 4.60 3.87
1992 CHC NL 30 2B 3 1 16.0 10 5 4 1 1 .900 -0.3 -22.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 5.06 3.00 .980 5.18 4.27
1992 CHC NL 30 LF 3 2 20.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 78.0 1.3 0.3 1.0 0 4.05 3.00 .978 2.16 1.63
1992 CHC NL 30 OF 3 2 20.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 78.0 1.3 0.3 1.0 0 4.05 3.00 .978 2.34 1.97
8 Seasons SS 207 156 1372.2 761 264 451 46 81 .940 -6.4 -5.6 -5.4 -1.9 -3.4 -1 4.69 3.45 .970 4.75 4.02
5 Seasons 2B 62 40 381.2 228 90 129 9 33 .961 1.2 3.8 1.2 3.3 -2.2 0 5.16 3.53 .982 5.15 4.45
5 Seasons OF 47 27 252.0 78 74 1 3 0 .962 3.9 18.6 2.9 -0.3 3.2 1 2.68 1.60 .981 2.41 2.10
4 Seasons 3B 32 19 179.0 72 16 50 6 3 .917 3.5 23.5 3.5 2.2 1.2 0 3.32 2.06 .947 2.75 2.33
4 Seasons CF 30 22 182.0 60 57 1 2 0 .967 3.6 23.7 2.6 -0.1 2.7 1 2.87 1.93 .985 2.77 2.45
5 Seasons LF 14 5 60.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 1.8 36.0 1.8 1.1 0.7 0 2.40 1.14 .982 2.20 1.78
6 Seasons DH 12
2 Seasons RF 4 0 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -180.0 -1.5 -1.3 -0.2 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.85
2 Seasons P 2 0 2.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.50 1.000 2.03 0.70
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.5 -600.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.50
8 Seasons TOT 351 242 2189.0 1142 446 631 65 117 .943 1.7 0.9 1.7 3.3 -1.7 1 -1 4.43 3.07 .915 4.39 3.68
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 TEX AL 22 50 43 50 48 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1985 TEX AL 23 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TEX AL 24 8 4 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1987 TEX AL 25 15 10 15 14 0 0 1 10 3 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 0
1988 TEX AL 26 55 43 55 51 1 0 0 28 10 19 4 2 0 6 2 3 4
1989 TEX AL 27 108 82 108 97 1 0 0 8 4 59 5 24 2 31 1 7 6
1990 TEX AL 28 99 58 99 96 0 0 0 13 15 67 1 2 2 5 0 7 9
1992 CHC NL 30 20 4 20 12 0 0 0 3 0 6 3 0 0 3 0 9 0
8 Seasons 357 245 357 325 2 0 1 62 32 207 14 30 4 48 3 28 24
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 -- SS*

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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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1984 TEX AL 22 1662 54% 77% 23% 152 93% 0 80 38 35 7 119 98 18 0 0 17 0 13 4 9 22 4 2 10 2 1 20 6 14 2 1 1
1985 TEX AL 23 32 84% 75% 38% 5 100% 0 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1986 TEX AL 24 156 37% 66% 26% 11 73% 0 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TEX AL 25 3 33% 0% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TEX AL 26 494 56% 77% 29% 44 89% 1 29 12 15 2 34 25 7 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 8 1 1 4 1 0 8 2 5 0 0 0
1989 TEX AL 27 2089 56% 72% 30% 175 87% 0 67 22 40 5 149 125 21 0 5 15 2 7 6 10 22 4 0 10 1 3 19 4 14 3 1 1
1990 TEX AL 28 1606 57% 76% 31% 165 87% 0 81 39 30 12 124 99 23 0 2 9 0 7 2 8 28 6 2 8 6 1 26 9 16 2 0 2
1992 CHC NL 30 92 53% 73% 36% 17 65% 0 4 2 2 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 6134 55% 75% 28% 569 88% 1 267 116 124 27 447 364 73 0 9 46 2 30 14 29 82 16 5 33 10 5 75 22 50 7 2 4
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1987 TEX AL 25 351 55% 67% 27% 27 93% 0 16 6 9 1 25 22 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 8 5 1 2 0 8 2 6 0 0 0
1988 TEX AL 26 868 57% 76% 30% 77 92% 0 42 13 27 2 71 65 5 0 1 6 0 6 0 6 15 7 3 3 0 15 3 11 0 0 0
1989 TEX AL 27 183 57% 68% 25% 17 100% 0 14 8 4 2 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 2 0 5 2 3 1 1 0
1990 TEX AL 28 252 55% 74% 37% 24 96% 0 12 7 4 1 18 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
1992 CHC NL 30 76 47% 75% 32% 9 67% 0 5 2 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1730 56% 73% 30% 154 92% 0 89 36 46 7 130 113 14 0 2 9 1 7 1 7 33 16 4 9 0 31 9 21 2 2 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1987 TEX AL 25 38 42% 76% 16% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TEX AL 26 220 50% 74% 31% 21 90% 0 4 4 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1989 TEX AL 27 96 52% 73% 33% 10 60% 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1990 TEX AL 28 477 56% 75% 33% 41 90% 0 10 9 1 0 28 19 9 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 831 53% 74% 32% 75 87% 0 16 15 1 0 50 36 14 0 0 6 0 4 2 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 50%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 89% 72%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 79% 64% 21% 0
1988 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 22% 100% 33% 0
1989 TEX AL 27 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 6 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 3 0 23 11 47.8% 12 0 0.0% 1 741 50% 73% 38% 89 64%
1990 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 63% 88% 63% 1 100%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 6 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 3 0 23 11 47.8% 12 0 0.0% 1 772 50% 74% 38% 90 64%
MLB Averages 41.7% 2.0% 56% 77% 34% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 73% 82% 18% 1 100%
1988 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 102 55% 79% 40% 11 36%
1989 TEX AL 27 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 61 72% 70% 33% 6 33%
1990 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 67% 33% 0
1992 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 40% 83% 40% 10 90%
5 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 258 55% 78% 37% 28 57%
MLB Averages 59.6% 2.6% 56% 77% 34% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 28 61% 71% 36% 2 0%
1990 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 27 33% 81% 52% 6 33%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 55 47% 76% 44% 8 25%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.8% 56% 77% 34% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1988 TEX AL 26 3 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TEX AL 27 12 75% 17% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 15 73% 20% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 77% 29% 93% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1987 TEX AL 25 7 71% 71% 43% 1 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 71% 71% 43% 1 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 87%

* 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.

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