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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CLE		KCR	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
2	2	Apr 9	CLE		KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
3	3	Apr 10	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
4	4	Apr 12	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
5	5	Apr 14	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
6	6	Apr 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
7	7	Apr 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
8	8	Apr 17	CLE		TEX	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
9	9	Apr 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
10	10	Apr 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
11	11	Apr 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
12	12	Apr 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	52	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
13	13	Apr 24	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
14	14	Apr 25	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
15	15	Apr 26	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
16	16	Apr 27	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
17	17	Apr 28	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
18	18	Apr 29	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
19	19	Apr 30	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 2	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	2B
21	21	May 3	CLE	@	SEA	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
22	22	May 5	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
23	23	May 6	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
24	24	May 7	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-16	CG	51	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
25	25	May 9	CLE		SEA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
26	26	May 10	CLE		SEA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
27	27	May 12	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
28	28	May 13	CLE		CAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
29	29	May 14	CLE		CAL	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
30	32 (2)	May 17	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	3	6	2	11	1	2B
31	33	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
32	34	May 19	CLE		BAL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
33	35	May 20	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
34	36	May 21 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
35	37	May 21 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
36	38	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
37	39	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
38	40	May 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	0	2	1	3	1	2B
39	41	May 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
40	42	May 28 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
41	43	May 28 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
42	44	May 29	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
43	45	May 30	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
45	47	Jun 3	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
46	48	Jun 4 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
47	49	Jun 4 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
48	50	Jun 5	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
49	52 (1)	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	2B
50	53	Jun 10	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
51	54	Jun 11	CLE		MIN	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
52	56 (1)	Jun 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
53	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
54	58	Jun 16	CLE		MIL	L,6-8	CG	46	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
55	59	Jun 17	CLE		MIL	L,3-4	GS	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
56	60	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
57	61	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
58	62	Jun 19	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
59	63	Jun 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
60	64	Jun 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
61	65	Jun 23	CLE		TOR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
62	66	Jun 24	CLE		TOR	W,12-3	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
63	67	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		TOR	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
64	68	Jun 25 (2)	CLE		TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
65	69	Jun 26	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
66	70	Jun 27	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	2B
67	71	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
68	72	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
69	73	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
70	74	Jun 30	CLE	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	75	Jul 1	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
72	76	Jul 2 (1)	CLE	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
73	77	Jul 2 (2)	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
74	78	Jul 3	CLE		BAL	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
75	79	Jul 4	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
76	80	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
77	81	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	GS	36	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
78	82	Jul 7	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
79	83	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
80	84	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
81	85	Jul 9	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
82	86	Jul 13	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
83	87	Jul 14	CLE	@	OAK	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
84	88	Jul 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	2B
85	89	Jul 16	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
86	90	Jul 17	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
87	91	Jul 18	CLE	@	CAL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
88	92	Jul 19	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
89	93	Jul 21	CLE		SEA	W,11-0	GS	17	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
90	94	Jul 22	CLE		SEA	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
91	95	Jul 24	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	CG	63	16.0	6	4	0	10	0	2B
92	96	Jul 25	CLE		CAL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	7	0	12	3	2B
93	97	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.1	1	4	0	5	0	2B
94	98	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
95	99	Jul 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,17-5	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
96	100	Jul 28	CLE		OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
97	101	Jul 29	CLE		OAK	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
98	102	Jul 30	CLE		OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
99	103	Jul 31	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	104	Aug 1	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
101	105	Aug 2	CLE		KCR	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
102	106	Aug 4	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
103	107	Aug 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	45	11.2	3	4	0	7	1	2B
104	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
105	109	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
106	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
107	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	55	12.1	3	2	0	5	1	2B
108	112	Aug 11	CLE		TEX	L,2-8	GS	36	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
109	118 (5)	Aug 16	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
110	119	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
111	120	Aug 18	CLE		CHW	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
112	121	Aug 19	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
113	122	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
114	123	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
115	124	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	4	3	0	7	1	2B
116	125	Aug 23	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
117	126	Aug 24	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-8	CG	50	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
118	127	Aug 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
119	128	Aug 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
120	129	Aug 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
121	130	Aug 29	CLE		MIL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	2B
122	131	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		MIL	L,0-1	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	133 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	2B
124	134	Sep 2	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
125	135	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
126	136	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	2	1	5	1	2B
127	137	Sep 4	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
128	138	Sep 5	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
129	139	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	4	4	1	9	0	2B
130	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
131	141	Sep 10	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	9	0	11	0	2B
132	142	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		TOR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
133	143	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		TOR	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
134	144	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
135	145	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
136	146	Sep 15	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
137	147	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
138	148	Sep 17	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
139	149	Sep 18	CLE		BAL	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
140	150	Sep 19	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
141	151	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
142	152	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
143	153	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
144	154	Sep 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
145	155	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
146	156	Sep 28	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
147	157	Sep 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
148	158	Sep 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
149	159	Oct 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
							149gm		1305.1	341	408	16	765	91