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Jeff Kunkel

Jeffrey William Kunkel

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 25, 1962 in West Palm Beach, FL
School: Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1984
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Cubs 1984-1992

Final Game: September 14, 1992
Relatives: Son of Bill Kunkel
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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
1983	21	TEX-min	AA,A	68	266	252	43	72	21	1	11	43	10	2	5	43	.286	.309	.508	.817		128		5	1	3	0		TUL,BUR · TL,MIDW
1984	22	TEX-min	AA	47	188	177	30	56	16	1	4	22	7	2	6	32	.316	.351	.486	.837		86		4	0	1	0		TUL · TL
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-min	AAA	99	400	370	40	72	8	6	5	43	8	9	20	81	.195	.239	.289	.528		107		3	2	5	0		OKC · AA
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-min	AAA	111	442	409	50	100	16	4	11	51	10	6	18	101	.244	.282	.384	.666		157		5	6	4	0		OKC · AA
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-min	AAA	58	219	193	31	49	9	3	9	34	2	4	20	58	.254	.338	.472	.809		91		5	0	1	0		OKC · AA
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-min	AAA	56	220	203	28	44	11	4	5	21	7	2	12	50	.217	.255	.384	.639		78		0	0	5	1		OKC · AA
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-min	AAA	4	19	19	0	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.421	.421	.474	.895		9		0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
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
1991		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1992	30	CHC-MIL-min	AAA	75	312	291	44	80	13	4	9	51	5	5	12	56	.275	.302	.440	.742		128	13	1	4	4	1		IWA,DEN · AA
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
1993	31	CLE-min	AAA	115	457	430	65	121	34	3	11	46	12	8	13	104	.281	.316	.451	.768		194	10	9	5	0	0		CHR · IL
1994	32	DET-min	AAA	103	362	346	46	86	17	1	11	45	21	5	7	82	.249	.269	.399	.668		138	13	3	5	1	0		TOL · IL
8 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1984	22	TEX	AL	50	150	-12	-0	1	-4	2	-12	-1.3	5	-8	-0.8	.474	.492	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	6/D
1985	23	TEX	AL	2	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.511	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/6
1986	24	TEX	AL	8	13	-0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/6D
1987	25	TEX	AL	15	34	-3	-1	0	-0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.480	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	4/583D76
1988	26	TEX	AL	55	161	-6	-1	-0	0	2	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.1	.491	.497	0.0	0.2	0	$67,500	465/7D81
1989	27	TEX	AL	108	326	7	-1	-0	-2	3	8	1.0	10	18	1.9	.507	.505	2.1	0.3	19	$80,000	68/4D7591
1990	28	TEX	AL	99	218	-16	0	-0	5	4	-8	-0.8	7	-0	-0.1	.492	.495	-0.6	1.0	-5	$140,000	654/89D7

1992	30	CHC	NL	20	29	-3	-0	-0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.3	0.2	-2	$	/647
8 Seasons				357	935	-33	-2	-0	2	12	-22	-2.0	29	7	0.8	.493	.498	0.5	1.6	6	$287,500

TEX (7 yrs)				337	906	-30	-2	0	0	11	-20	-1.8	29	9	0.9	.494	.498	0.8	1.5	8	$287,500
CHC (1 yr)				20	29	-3	-0	-0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.3	0.2	-2	$

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	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
1988	26	TEX	AL	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1989	27	TEX	AL	0	0	21.60	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	4	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	23	4.200	21.6	5.4	16.2	0.0	0.00
1991		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1994	32	DET-min	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12		1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	TOL · IL
2 Yrs				0	0	13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	4	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	15	38	2.625	13.5	3.4	10.1	3.4	0.33
162 Game Avg.				0	0	13.50	68	0	68	0	0	0	92	136	136	136	34	102	0	34	0	0	0	510	38	2.625	13.5	3.4	10.1	3.4	0.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1988	26	TEX	AL	1.0	1	0	0.00	4.72	0.11	-0.38	104.0	4.40	0	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.554	.500	$67,500
1989	27	TEX	AL	1.2	1	4	21.60	4.35	-0.01	-0.33	104.0	4.18	-3	-0.3	.0	0.1	-0.1	-3	.244	.498	$80,000
2 Seasons				2.2	2	4	13.50	4.49	0.04	-0.35	104.0	4.26	-3	-0.2	.0	0.1	-0.1	-2	.399	.499	$147,500

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1984	TEX	AL	22	SS	48	43	31	366.2	218	81	120	17	22	.922	-4	-12	4.93	4.19	.962	4.76	4.72
1984	TEX	AL	22	DH	1	0
1985	TEX	AL	23	SS	2	1	0	7.2	7	2	5	0	1	1.000	0	78	8.22	3.50	.964	4.70	4.60
1986	TEX	AL	24	SS	5	4	2	36.0	13	4	6	3	0	.769	-0	-3	2.50	2.00	.967	4.53	4.50
1986	TEX	AL	24	DH	1	0
1987	TEX	AL	25	2B	10	9	4	71.0	44	17	25	2	8	.955	-0	-2	5.32	4.20	.980	5.12	5.06
1987	TEX	AL	25	3B	3	1	0	8.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0	75	3.38	1.00	.953	2.81	2.73
1987	TEX	AL	25	OF	3	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.30
1987	TEX	AL	25	CF	2	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
1987	TEX	AL	25	1B	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	-0	-600	9.00	1.00	.990	9.90	9.50
1987	TEX	AL	25	DH	1	0
1987	TEX	AL	25	LF	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.50	1.00	.970	2.25	2.10
1987	TEX	AL	25	SS	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		4.50	4.50
1988	TEX	AL	26	2B	28	22	14	194.2	118	42	70	6	15	.949	0	0	5.18	4.00	.982	5.12	5.08
1988	TEX	AL	26	SS	19	12	6	110.0	64	28	34	2	8	.969	-1	-15	5.07	3.26	.971	4.69	4.65
1988	TEX	AL	26	3B	10	5	2	46.0	19	4	15	0	0	1.000	2	52	3.72	1.90	.954	2.72	2.69
1988	TEX	AL	26	OF	6	2	2	25.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-19	1.44	0.67	.980	2.48	2.45
1988	TEX	AL	26	LF	4	2	2	23.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-5	1.57	1.00	.978	2.27	2.25
1988	TEX	AL	26	DH	3	2
1988	TEX	AL	26	CF	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-180	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.90
1988	TEX	AL	26	P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80	0	0			0
1989	TEX	AL	27	SS	59	53	42	469.0	233	68	150	15	21	.936	-5	-13	4.18	3.69	.971	4.79	4.74
1989	TEX	AL	27	OF	30	23	12	193.0	63	59	1	3	0	.952	4	26	2.80	2.00	.980	2.42	2.39
1989	TEX	AL	27	CF	24	22	11	174.0	59	56	1	2	0	.966	4	26	2.95	2.38	.984	2.78	2.75
1989	TEX	AL	27	2B	8	4	3	41.0	26	14	12	0	6	1.000	0	0	5.71	3.25	.981	5.25	5.18
1989	TEX	AL	27	DH	5	1
1989	TEX	AL	27	LF	5	1	1	14.0	3	2	0	1	0	.667	1	51	1.29	0.40	.977	2.19	2.14
1989	TEX	AL	27	3B	4	1	1	20.0	10	1	5	4	0	.600	-1	-42	2.70	1.50	.943	2.74	2.70
1989	TEX	AL	27	RF	2	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-48	0.00	0.00		2.34	2.30
1989	TEX	AL	27	P	1	0	0	1.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			5.40	1.00	.960	2.16	1.80	0	0			0
1990	TEX	AL	28	SS	67	42	17	364.1	212	77	126	9	28	.958	3	10	5.01	3.03	.973	4.74	4.69
1990	TEX	AL	28	3B	15	12	10	105.0	40	10	28	2	3	.950	2	19	3.26	2.53	.944	2.75	2.73
1990	TEX	AL	28	2B	13	4	4	59.0	30	12	18	0	3	1.000	2	33	4.58	2.31	.984	5.23	5.18
1990	TEX	AL	28	OF	5	0	0	8.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-180	2.25	0.40	.980	2.36	2.36
1990	TEX	AL	28	CF	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	60	4.50	0.50	.980	2.70	2.70
1990	TEX	AL	28	RF	2	0	0	5.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-312	3.60	1.00	.980	2.16	2.20
1990	TEX	AL	28	DH	1	0
1990	TEX	AL	28	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1992	CHC	NL	30	SS	6	1	0	18.0	14	4	10	0	1	1.000	0	13	7.00	2.33	.969	4.60	4.60
1992	CHC	NL	30	2B	3	1	1	16.0	10	5	4	1	1	.900	-0	-23	5.06	3.00	.981	5.18	5.17
1992	CHC	NL	30	LF	3	2	1	20.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	1	78	4.05	3.00	.979	2.16	2.17
1992	CHC	NL	30	OF	3	2	1	20.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	1	78	4.05	3.00	.983	2.34	2.33
	8 Seasons			SS	207	156	98	1372.2	761	264	451	46	81	.940	-6	-6	4.69	3.45	.969	4.75	4.70
	5 Seasons			2B	62	40	26	381.2	228	90	129	9	33	.961	1	4	5.16	3.53	.982	5.15	5.11
	5 Seasons			OF	47	27	15	252.0	78	74	1	3	0	.962	4	19	2.68	1.60	.980	2.41	2.39
	4 Seasons			3B	32	19	13	179.0	72	16	50	6	3	.917	4	23	3.32	2.06	.947	2.75	2.72
	4 Seasons			CF	30	22	11	182.0	60	57	1	2	0	.967	4	24	2.87	1.93	.984	2.77	2.75
	5 Seasons			LF	14	5	4	60.0	17	16	0	1	0	.941	2	36	2.40	1.14	.978	2.20	2.18
	2 Seasons			RF	4	0	0	10.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-180	1.80	0.50	.980	2.25	2.25
	2 Seasons			P	2	0	0	2.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			3.38	0.50	.960	2.03	1.80	0	0			0
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	-0	-600	9.00	1.00	.990	9.90	9.50
	8 Seasons			TOT	351	242	152	2189.0	1142	446	631	65	117	.943	2	1	4.43	3.07	.971	4.39	4.28	0	0			0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Errors Committed† s c a p y 1989 AL 22 (2nd)	Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1989 AL 4 (5th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1989 AL 22 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1989 AL 4 (5th)

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Transactions

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.
December 20, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
January 26, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
July 7, 1992: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Chicago Cubs for Ced Landrum.
September 19, 1992: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
November 16, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1988	26	Texas Rangers	$67,500	12/13/88 NYT
1989	27	Texas Rangers	$80,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	28	Texas Rangers	$140,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$287,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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