Duane Kuiper

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: June 19, 1950 in Racine, WI us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 12th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from J. I. Case HS (Racine, WI), the Seattle Pilots in the 9th round of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (5th) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1970 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL) and the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (21st) of the 1972 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL).

High School: J. I. Case HS (Racine, WI)

Schools: Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)

Debut: September 9, 1974 (Age 24-082d, 13,561st in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 27, 1985 (Age 35-008d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Duane Eugene Kuiper

Nicknames: Kuip or Smoothie

Pronunciation: \KYE-per\

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Relatives: Cousin of Dick Bosman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.0

3379

917

.271

329

RBI

263

OBP

.325

SLG

.316

OPS

.641

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
3	3	Apr 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
4	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
5	5	Apr 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	23	4.1	2	1	0	3	0	2B
6	6	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
7	7	Apr 20	CLE		TEX	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
8	8	Apr 23	CLE		OAK	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
9	9	Apr 24	CLE		OAK	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
10	10	Apr 25	CLE		OAK	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
11	11	Apr 27	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
12	12	Apr 28	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
13	13	Apr 30	CLE		CAL	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CLE		CAL	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
15	15	May 2 (1)	CLE		CAL	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
16	16	May 2 (2)	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
17	17	May 3	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
18	18	May 4	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
19	19	May 5	CLE	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
20	20	May 7	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
21	21	May 8	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	60	12.2	6	2	1	9	0	2B
22	22	May 9	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
23	23	May 11	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
24	24	May 12	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	CG	49	12.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
25	25	May 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
26	26	May 14	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
27	27	May 15	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
28	28	May 16	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
29	29	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,6-11	CG	73	16.0	4	8	1	13	2	2B
30	32 (2)	May 22	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
31	33	May 23 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	9	0	12	2	2B
32	34	May 23 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
33	35	May 24	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
34	36	May 25	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	4	2B
35	37	May 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
36	39 (1)	May 29	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	35	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
37	42 (2)	May 31 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	43	Jun 2	CLE		BAL	L,0-2	CG	52	14.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
39	44	Jun 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
40	46 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
41	48 (1)	Jun 7	CLE		MIN	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
42	49	Jun 8	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
43	50	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
44	52 (1)	Jun 12	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
45	53	Jun 13 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
46	54	Jun 13 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	GS	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
47	55	Jun 15	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
48	56	Jun 16	CLE	@	TEX	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
49	57	Jun 18	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
50	58	Jun 19	CLE		KCR	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
51	59	Jun 20	CLE		KCR	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
52	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
53	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
54	63 (1)	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	35	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
55	65 (1)	Jun 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
56	68 (2)	Jun 28	CLE		MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	70 (1)	Jul 1	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
58	71	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
59	73 (1)	Jul 4	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
60	74	Jul 5	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
61	76 (1)	Jul 7	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
62	77	Jul 9	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
63	79 (1)	Jul 11	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
64	80	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
65	81	Jul 16	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
66	82	Jul 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
67	83	Jul 18	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
68	84	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
69	85	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
70	86	Jul 20	CLE		OAK	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
71	87	Jul 21	CLE		CAL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	2B
72	90 (2)	Jul 24	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
73	91	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	2B
74	92	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
75	93	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
76	94	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
77	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
78	96	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
79	97	Jul 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
80	98	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
81	99	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	47	11.1	1	2	0	3	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	100	Aug 1	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
83	101	Aug 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS	40	9.0	4	2	2	8	2	1B 2B
84	102	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
85	103	Aug 4	CLE		BAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	7	3	0	10	3	2B
86	104	Aug 5	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
87	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
88	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
89	107	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
90	108	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-15	CG	47	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
91	110 (1)	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
92	111	Aug 12	CLE		TEX	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B 1B
93	113 (1)	Aug 14	CLE		TEX	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
94	114	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
95	115	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		TEX	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
96	116	Aug 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
97	117	Aug 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	40	9.2	3	2	0	5	0	2B 1B
98	118	Aug 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
99	119	Aug 19	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
100	120	Aug 20	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
101	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
102	122	Aug 22	CLE	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	1	2B
103	123	Aug 23	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
104	124	Aug 24	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
105	126 (1)	Aug 27	CLE		MIN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
106	127	Aug 28	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	67	17.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
107	128	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	W,7-4	GF	11	3.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
108	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	42	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	130	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
110	131	Sep 3	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
111	132	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
112	134 (1)	Sep 5	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
113	135	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	6	0	7	0	2B
114	136	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	2B
115	137	Sep 7	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-17	CG	51	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
116	138	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
117	142 (3)	Sep 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
118	143	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	GF	14	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
119	145 (1)	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
120	146	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
121	148 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
122	149	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GF	24	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
123	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
124	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
125	152	Sep 24	CLE		MIL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
126	153	Sep 25	CLE		MIL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
127	154	Sep 28 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
128	156 (1)	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
129	157	Sep 30	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
130	158	Oct 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
							133gm		1106.1	321	367	11	699	95