Kent Tekulve
Kenton Charles Tekulve (Teke)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 5, 1947 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Catholic (Hamilton, OH)
School: Marietta College
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1974
Final Game: July 16, 1989
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 PIT NL 27 P 8 0 9.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 0.63 .940 1.90 0.71
1975 PIT NL 28 P 34 0 56.0 23 5 17 1 1 .957 3.54 0.65 .943 1.86 0.72
1976 PIT NL 29 P 64 0 102.2 31 6 24 1 0 .968 2.63 0.47 .948 1.88 0.72
1977 PIT NL 30 P 72 0 103.0 39 7 32 0 1 1.000 3.41 0.54 .946 1.85 0.67
1978 PIT NL 31 P 91 0 135.1 50 8 38 4 1 .920 3.06 0.51 .952 1.91 0.72 CYA-5,MVP-13
1979 PIT NL 32 P 94 0 134.1 36 7 28 1 0 .972 2.34 0.37 .950 1.80 0.66 CYA-5,MVP-8
1979 PIT NL 32 LF 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 1080.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.60 CYA-5,MVP-8
1979 PIT NL 32 OF 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 1080.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.00 CYA-5,MVP-8
1980 PIT NL 33 P 78 0 93.0 24 5 18 1 1 .958 2.23 0.29 .950 1.91 0.69 AS
1981 PIT NL 34 P 45 0 65.0 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 2.77 0.44 .955 1.97 0.68
1982 PIT NL 35 P 85 0 128.2 39 11 27 1 2 .974 2.66 0.45 .951 1.96 0.70
1983 PIT NL 36 P 76 0 99.0 23 3 20 0 2 1.000 2.09 0.30 .948 1.92 0.68
1984 PIT NL 37 P 72 0 88.0 31 6 25 0 3 1.000 3.17 0.43 .952 1.88 0.67
1985 TOT NL 38 P 61 0 75.2 18 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.14 0.30 .956 1.91 0.68
1985 PIT NL 38 P 3 0 3.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.33 1.000 1.89 0.67
1985 PHI NL 38 P 58 0 72.1 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.12 0.29 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 PHI NL 39 P 73 0 110.0 29 4 22 3 2 .897 2.13 0.36 .959 1.94 0.66
1987 PHI NL 40 P 90 0 105.0 32 11 20 1 0 .969 2.66 0.34 .953 1.91 0.62
1988 PHI NL 41 P 70 0 80.0 21 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.36 0.30 .952 1.96 0.69
1989 CIN NL 42 P 37 0 52.0 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.90 0.30 .945 1.87 0.63
16 Seasons P 1050 0 1436.2 432 92 327 13 17 .970 2.62 0.40 .951 1.90 0.68
1 Season LF 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 1080.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.60
1 Season OF 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 1080.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 27.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.00
16 Seasons TOT 1051 0 1437.0 433 93 327 13 17 .970 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.63 0.40 .921 1.90 0.68
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1974 PIT NL 27 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PIT NL 28 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PIT NL 29 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 30 72 0 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 31 91 0 91 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 32 94 0 94 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 33 78 0 78 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 PIT NL 34 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PIT NL 35 85 0 85 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PIT NL 36 76 0 76 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PIT NL 37 72 0 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 PHI NL 38 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 PIT NL 38 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 PHI NL 39 73 0 73 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 PHI NL 40 90 0 90 90 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 PHI NL 41 70 0 70 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CIN NL 42 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 1050 0 1050 1050 1050 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1974 PIT NL 27 48 75% 23% 4 100% 1 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 PIT NL 28 242 79% 38% 16 94% 0 4 1 2 17 14 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 75%
1976 PIT NL 29 421 78% 36% 30 87% 0 6 0 6 26 20 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1977 PIT NL 30 434 79% 35% 31 100% 0 8 0 7 32 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1978 PIT NL 31 598 78% 34% 43 91% 0 8 0 5 36 30 3 4 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1979 PIT NL 32 572 78% 34% 32 94% 0 8 1 3 27 20 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1980 PIT NL 33 430 80% 33% 21 90% 0 6 1 4 18 17 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 100%
1981 PIT NL 34 280 81% 40% 17 94% 0 5 1 4 17 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 5 80%
1982 PIT NL 35 557 79% 42% 30 93% 0 11 1 8 27 23 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1983 PIT NL 36 412 79% 38% 23 96% 1 3 1 2 21 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1984 PIT NL 37 381 82% 39% 23 100% 1 7 1 4 22 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 100%
1985 PHI NL 38 316 80% 36% 13 100% 0 4 0 4 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1985 PIT NL 38 22 59% 18% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 PHI NL 39 474 83% 37% 23 91% 0 5 0 5 22 18 2 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 6 83%
1987 PHI NL 40 443 80% 39% 24 88% 0 10 0 8 20 19 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1988 PHI NL 41 359 81% 42% 16 100% 2 7 0 5 14 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1989 CIN NL 42 248 78% 40% 11 91% 0 2 0 1 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
16 Seasons 6237 79% 37% 358 94% 5 96 7 69 326 264 25 15 1 9 5 7 18 10 14 4 57 93%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

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%
1979 PIT NL 32 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 1 0% 100% 100% 1 100%
1 Season 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 1 0% 100% 100% 1 100%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.7% 57% 78% 28% 51%

* 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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