Joel Kuhnel

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 290lb (196cm, 131kg)

Team: Houston Astros (minors, 40-man)

Born: February 19, 1995 in Goldsboro, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 11th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX).

High School: Sunrise Mountain HS (Peoria, AZ)

School: University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2022 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.097 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Full Name: Joel Kenneth Kuhnel

Pronunciation: \COO-null\

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.1

-0.6

ERA

18.00

6.30

2.0

85.2

WHIP

2.000

1.436

2019 Player Pitching Game Log

2019 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2019-04-05	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Montgomery Biscuits	8-9		1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	11	1	3	2	2	0	0
2	2019-04-07	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Montgomery Biscuits	7-8		2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	28	20	6	4	3	1	0	0
3	2019-04-11	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Jackson Generals	8-9		2.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	32	23	4	11	1	0	0	0
4	2019-04-16	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Mississippi Braves	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	8	1	4	2	1	0	0
5	2019-04-19	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Mississippi Braves	8-9	S	2.0	2	1	1	0	5	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	26	20	6	7	0	3	1	1
6	2019-04-22	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Tennessee Smokies	6-7	L	1.2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	36	19	4	0	3	5	2	0
7	2019-04-25	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Biloxi Shuckers	8-9	S	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	26	14	4	3	1	5	4	1
8	2019-04-28	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Biloxi Shuckers	9-9	S	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	9	0	4	1	4	1	0
9	2019-05-02	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Birmingham Barons	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	6	1	0	2	1	0	0
10	2019-05-04	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Birmingham Barons	7-7		0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	5	0	1	0	1	0	0
11	2019-05-06	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Tennessee Smokies	8-9	S	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6					1	2	0	0
12	2019-05-09	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Tennessee Smokies	7-8		2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	27	16	2	3	2	5	0	0
13	2019-05-14	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Pensacola Blue Wahoos	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	18	11	2	3	1	1	0	0
14	2019-05-17	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Biloxi Shuckers	8-8		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	11	7	0	2	1	1	0	0
15	2019-05-19	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Biloxi Shuckers	6-7	L	1.2	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	33	22	1	3	1	8	5	1
16	2019-05-22	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Birmingham Barons	8-9	S	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	15	9	3	0	2	4	0	1
17	2019-05-25	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Birmingham Barons	8-9	S	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	25	16	3	5	2	3	1	0
18	2019-05-28	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Jackson Generals	8-9	S	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	11	3	2	3	1	0	0
19	2019-05-29	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Jackson Generals	7-7	S	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	20	14	3	1	1	2	0	0
20	2019-05-31	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Jackson Generals	9-9	W	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	28	19	2	6	1	2	0	0
21	2019-06-02	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Mobile BayBears	10-10	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	5	0	1	2	1	0	0
22	2019-06-04	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts		Mobile BayBears	8-9	S	1.1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	29	21	2	2	4	5	4	1
23	2019-06-08	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Tennessee Smokies	8-9	S	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	26	20	1	6	1	3	1	0
24	2019-06-13	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Montgomery Biscuits	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	15	8	2	2	2	1	1	0
25	2019-06-15	AA-SOUL	Chattanooga Lookouts	@	Montgomery Biscuits	8-9	W	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	21	16	3	1	2	4	0	1
		Player Moved from AA-SOUL to AAA-IL
26	2019-06-21	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats	@	Charlotte Knights	7-7		1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	25	15	2	2	3	1	1	0
27	2019-06-24	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats	@	Indianapolis Indians	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	11	9	3	1	2	1	1	0
28	2019-06-27	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats		Toledo Mud Hens	7-8		1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	12	2	2	1	2	1	0
29	2019-06-29	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats		Columbus Clippers	9-9	W	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	7	1	1	3	0	0	0
30	2019-07-02	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats		Indianapolis Indians	8-9		2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	26	15	5	4	1	2	1	1
31	2019-07-06	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats	@	Columbus Clippers	7-7		1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	19	15	2	4	2	2	1	0
32	2019-07-12	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats		Toledo Mud Hens	9-9	S	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	22	15	4	3	2	2	0	0
33	2019-07-16	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats	@	Pawtucket Red Sox	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	10	2	5	0	1	0	0
34	2019-07-18	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats	@	Pawtucket Red Sox	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	17	9	2	2	0	1	0	0
35	2019-07-23	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats		Gwinnett Stripers	9-9	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	7	2	1	0	3	0	1
36	2019-07-26	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats		Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	9-9	S	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	13	3	5	0	3	2	0
37	2019-07-29	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats	@	Toledo Mud Hens	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	6	1	2	1	1	0	0
38	2019-07-31	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats	@	Columbus Clippers	9-10		1.1	1	2	1	3	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	37	18	4	6	0	3	0	1
39	2019-08-03	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats		Toledo Mud Hens	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	8	3	3	0	1	0	0
40	2019-08-07	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats	@	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	7-8	L	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	17	12	3	0	1	4	2	1
41	2019-08-11	AAA-IL	Louisville Bats	@	Rochester Red Wings	9-9	S	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	7	3	1	1	1	1	0
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to Maj-NL
42	2019-08-16	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds		St. Louis Cardinals	7-7		1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	12	3	1	1	3	1	0
43	2019-08-18	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds		St. Louis Cardinals	6-7		2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	30	19	4	4	3	2	1	0
44	2019-08-24	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	8-8		0.1	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	22	12	3	3	3	0	0	0
45	2019-08-31	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds	@	St. Louis Cardinals	7-7		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
46	2019-09-02	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds		Philadelphia Phillies	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	11	2	5	1	0	0	0
47	2019-09-05	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds		Philadelphia Phillies	10-11		1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	21	11	3	2	0	3	0	2
48	2019-09-07	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds		Arizona Diamondbacks	8-9		0.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	22	9	1	3	0	1	1	0
49	2019-09-14	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	9	1	1	1	1	0	0
50	2019-09-16	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds	@	Chicago Cubs	6-6		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	8	0	2	3	1	0	0
51	2019-09-21	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds		New York Mets	8-8	W	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	0	2	1	0	0	0
52	2019-09-29	Maj-NL	Cincinnati Reds	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	7-7		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	4	0	0	1	2	1	1

2019 Player Pitching Splits

2019 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	52	257	231	20	47	7	0	7	3	0	21	59	.204	.265	.325	.589	.235	75	3	0	0	5	3

Home	26	135	125	6	23	5	0	4	2	0	9	32	.184	.237	.320	.557	.211	40	0	0	0	1	1
Away	26	122	106	14	24	2	0	3	1	0	12	27	.226	.295	.330	.625	.263	35	3	0	0	4	2

April	8	54	50	4	11	0	0	2	1	0	4	18	.220	.278	.340	.618	.300	17	0	0	0	0	0
May	12	59	52	4	10	3	0	3	0	0	3	8	.192	.220	.423	.643	.156	22	0	0	0	4	2
June	9	47	43	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	.209	.255	.209	.465	.243	9	1	0	0	1	1
July	9	43	38	3	7	3	0	1	0	0	5	14	.184	.279	.342	.621	.261	13	0	0	0	0	0
August	7	30	27	6	7	1	0	1	0	0	3	6	.259	.333	.407	.741	.300	11	1	0	0	0	0
September	7	24	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	.143	.250	.143	.393	.200	3	1	0	0	0	0

As Reliever	52	257	231	20	47	7	0	7	3	0	21	59	.204	.265	.325	.589	.235	75	3	0	0	5	3

vs RHB as RHP	52	148	134		29	4	0	4			11	37	.216	.270	.336	.606	.260	45	2	0	0	3	0
vs LHB as RHP	47	109	97		18	3	0	3			10	22	.186	.257	.309	.566	.203	30	1	0	0	2	3

Bases Empty	45	139	131		28	4	0	6			8	37	.214	.259	.382	.641	.250	50	0	0	0	0	0
Runners On	42	118	100		19	3	0	1			13	22	.190	.271	.250	.521	.220	25	3	0	0	5	3

vs. Younger Batters	37	82	74		10	2	0	0			6	17	.135	.195	.162	.357	.170	12	0	0	0	2	3
vs. Older Batters	52	175	157		37	5	0	7			15	42	.236	.297	.401	.698	.270	63	3	0	0	3	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	6	3	.667	2.56	52	0	14	63.1	47	20	18	7	21	3	59	0	0	0	257	1.074	8.4	2.81

Home	4	0	1.000	1.59	26	0	9	34.0	23	6	6	4	9	1	32	0	0	0	135	0.941	8.5	3.56
Away	2	3	.400	3.68	26	0	5	29.1	24	14	12	3	12	2	27	0	0	0	122	1.227	8.3	2.25

April	0	1	.000	2.70	8	0	3	13.1	11	4	4	2	4	0	18	0	0	0	54	1.125	12.2	4.50
May	1	1	.500	2.40	12	0	5	15.0	10	4	4	3	3	2	8	0	0	0	59	0.867	4.8	2.67
June	3	0	1.000	1.54	9	0	2	11.2	9	3	2	0	3	1	7	0	0	0	47	1.029	5.4	2.33
July	1	0	1.000	1.74	9	0	3	10.1	7	3	2	1	5	0	14	0	0	0	43	1.161	12.2	2.80
August	0	1	.000	7.71	7	0	1	7.0	7	6	6	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	30	1.429	7.7	2.00
September	1	0	1.000	0.00	7	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	24	1.000	9.0	2.00

As Reliever	6	3	.667	2.56	52	0	14	63.1	47	20	18	7	21	3	59	0	0	0	257	1.074	8.4	2.81

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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