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Joe Kuhel

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 25, 1906 in Cleveland, OH us

Died: February 26, 1984 in Kansas City, KS

Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

High School: Brooklyn Heights HS (Cleveland, OH)

Debut: July 31, 1930 (Age 24-036d, 7,113th in major league history)
vs. PHA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 11, 1947 (Age 40-320d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Joseph Anthony Kuhel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.3

7984

2212

131

.277

1236

RBI

1049

178

OBP

.359

SLG

.406

OPS

.765

OPS+

104

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1930	24	WSH	AL	18	70	63	9	18	3	3	0	17	1	0	5	6	.286	.348	.429	.776	95	27		1	1		0	3/H
1931	25	WSH	AL	139	578	524	70	141	34	8	8	85	7	5	47	45	.269	.335	.410	.745	94	215		5	2		2	*3
1932	26	WSH	AL	101	380	347	52	101	21	5	4	52	5	2	32	19	.291	.353	.415	.768	100	144		1	0		1	3H
1933	27	WSH	AL	153	674	602	89	194	34	10	11	107	17	8	59	48	.322	.385	.467	.851	126	281		2	11		6	*3	MVP-15
1934	28	WSH	AL	63	299	263	49	76	12	3	3	25	2	7	30	14	.289	.364	.392	.756	98	103		1	5		1	3
1935	29	WSH	AL	151	723	633	99	165	25	9	2	74	5	4	78	44	.261	.345	.338	.684	80	214		4	8		0	*3/H
1936	30	WSH	AL	149	660	588	107	189	42	8	16	118	15	7	64	30	.321	.392	.502	.893	125	295		4	3		2	*3	MVP-6
1937	31	WSH	AL	136	614	547	73	155	24	11	6	61	6	3	63	39	.283	.357	.400	.758	94	219		0	4		3	*3
1938	32	CHW	AL	117	492	412	67	110	27	4	8	51	9	7	72	35	.267	.376	.410	.786	95	169		0	8		1	*3/H
1939	33	CHW	AL	139	624	546	107	164	24	9	15	56	18	5	64	51	.300	.376	.460	.836	110	251	7	2	11		1	*3/H	MVP-21
1940	34	CHW	AL	155	703	603	111	169	28	8	27	94	12	5	87	59	.280	.374	.488	.861	120	294	11	3	10		1	*3	MVP-13
1941	35	CHW	AL	153	678	600	99	150	39	5	12	63	20	5	70	55	.250	.331	.392	.723	91	235	17	3	5		8	*3/H
1942	36	CHW	AL	115	482	413	60	103	14	4	4	52	22	9	60	22	.249	.347	.332	.679	94	137	5	2	7		4	*3/H
1943	37	CHW	AL	153	617	531	55	113	21	1	5	46	14	8	76	45	.213	.319	.284	.604	78	151	8	7	3		8	*3/H
1944	38	WSH	AL	139	597	518	90	144	26	7	4	51	11	6	68	40	.278	.364	.378	.742	117	196	12	2	9		3	*3/H
1945	39	WSH	AL	142	615	533	73	152	29	13	2	75	10	5	79	31	.285	.378	.400	.778	135	213	7	1	2		5	*3/H	MVP-12
1946	40	TOT	AL	78	288	258	26	68	9	3	4	22	4	4	26	26	.264	.333	.368	.702	99	95	7	1	3		1	3H
1946	40	WSH	AL	14	25	20	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	.150	.320	.150	.470	38	3	0	0	0		0	H/3
1946	40	CHW	AL	64	263	238	24	65	9	3	4	20	4	4	21	24	.273	.335	.387	.721	104	92	7	1	3		1	3/H
1947	41	CHW	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0	/H
18 Yrs				2104	9097	7984	1236	2212	412	111	131	1049	178	90	980	612	.277	.359	.406	.765	104	3239	74	39	92		47
162 Game Avg.				162	700	615	95	170	32	9	10	81	14	7	75	47	.277	.359	.406	.765	104	249		3	7		4
				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
WSH (11 yrs)				1205	5235	4638	713	1338	250	77	56	667	79	47	530	318	.288	.364	.412	.776	107	1910		21	45		23
CHW (8 yrs)				899	3862	3346	523	874	162	34	75	382	99	43	450	294	.261	.352	.397	.749	100	1329	55	18	47		24