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Duane Kuiper
Duane Eugene Kuiper

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School Southern Illinois

MLB Debut September 9, 1974
Final Game June 27, 1985
Born June 19, 1950 in Racine, WI (age 73)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 25 MON NL  105  395   49  110  14   2   0   28   1   1   19   35  .278  .320  .324  .644    89   128  11   2   0   6   8  
 1976 26 MON NL  155  535   52  137  14   6   0   44   1   1   36   48  .256  .300  .305  .605    90   163   0   5   2   0  14  
 1977 27 MON NL  162  656   91  170  18  11   3   57   0   0   45   68  .259  .318  .334  .652    90   219   4   5   0  14   7  
 1978 28 MON NL  135  486   43  135  18   5   0   42   2   2   17   31  .278  .308  .335  .644    92   163   5   6   2   7   4  
 1979 29 OAA AL   74  158   13   36   6   0   0   16   0   1   12   10  .228  .287  .266  .553    75    42   0   2   0   2   5  
 1980 30 OAA AL   76  109   15   36   7   0   0   11   0   0   14    6  .330  .403  .394  .798   112    43   0   1   2   0   2  
 1981 31 OAA AL  123  313   37   90   7   0   0   22   1   0   14   22  .288  .316  .310  .626    89    97   1   2   1   0   9  
 1982 32 MLA AL   16   49    4   14   4   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .286  .364  .367  .731   100    18   4   0   0   1   3  
         SFN NL   75  143   29   45   7   3   0   16   0   0   26   15  .315  .415  .406  .821   118    58   1   2   0   0   1  
         TOT      91  192   33   59  11   3   0   19   0   0   31   20  .307  .403  .396  .798          76   5   2   0   1   4 
 1983 33 SFN NL   89  184   17   44   7   6   0   13   0   0   11   11  .239  .293  .342  .635    89    63   3   0   0   3   7  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  9 Seasons     1010 3028  350  817 102  33   3  252   5   5  199  251  .270  .319  .328  .648         994  29  25   7  33  60
 Per 600 PA           548   63  148  18   6   1   46   1   1   36   45                                 180   5   5   1   6  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MON      557 2072  235  552  64  24   3  171   4   4  117  182  .266  .312  .325  .636         673  20  18   4  27  33
   With OAA      273  580   65  162  20   0   0   49   1   1   40   38  .279  .325  .314  .639         182   1   5   3   2  16
   With SFN      164  327   46   89  14   9   0   29   0   0   37   26  .272  .350  .370  .720         121   4   2   0   3   8
   With MLA       16   49    4   14   4   0   0    3   0   0    5    5  .286  .364  .367  .731          18   4   0   0   1   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1057 3379  329  917  91  29   1  263  52  71  248  255  .271  .325  .316  .641        1069  82  17  27  28  76
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1975 25 MON NL  36   41   3.6   2   2   0 1.000  13   98   58  .592    0    0  .000  2B   3e25      -48   
 1976 26 MON NL  28   47   3.1   2   1   0  .500  11  145  112  .772    0    0  .000  2B   2e11      -10   
 1977 27 MON NL  27   73   3.9   1   1   1 1.000  20  173  127  .734    0    0  .000  2B   2e13       -5   
 1978 28 MON NL  26   51   3.8   2   0   0  .000  20  147  111  .755    0    0  .000  2B   2e17       -5   
 1979 29 OAA AL  14   11   2.5   6   0   0  .000   4   42   34  .810    0    0  .000  2B   2e11      -55   
 1980 30 OAA AL  11   18   6.4  16   5   0  .312   0   24   20  .833    0    0  .000  2B   2e4       145   
 1981 31 OAA AL   6   29   3.4   5   2   0  .400   6   93   69  .742    0    0  .000  2B   3e13       56   
 1982 32 MLA AL  54    6   4.0   1   0   0  .000   4   20   12  .600    0    0  .000  2B   3e18       25   
         SFN NL  29   26   7.1  33   8   0  .242   5   37   24  .649    0    0  .000  2B   3e18      115   
         TOT                    34   8   0  .235   9   57   36  .632    0    0  .000
 1983 33 SFN NL   9   17   3.1  35  12   0  .343   2   38   21  .553    0    0  .000  2B   4e10       -1   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  9 Seasons          323   3.8 103  31   1  .301  85  817  588  .720    0    0  .000                   4   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 17.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1975 25 MON NL  2B   104   297   242   13   67   .976    93   873.1   5.55
 1976 26 MON NL  2B   154   415   379   11   74   .986   145  1325.1   5.39
                 1B     2    13     1    0    2  1.000     1    14.0   9.00
 1977 27 MON NL  2B   162   429   436   20  125   .977   158  1447.1   5.38
 1978 28 MON NL  2B   134   387   387   20   83   .975   131  1189.0   5.86
 1979 29 OAA AL  2B    68   101   127    4   32   .983    37   373.0   5.50
 1980 30 OAA AL  2B    56    58    55    0   13  1.000    33   231.0   4.40
 1981 31 OAA AL  2B   115   234   203    6   55   .986   104   723.1   5.44
 1982 32 MLA AL  2B    16    50    39    4    7   .957    15   136.2   5.86
         SFN NL  2B    34    84    82    5   19   .971    33   293.1   5.09
 1983 33 SFN NL  2B    54   118    97    2   27   .991    38   343.0   5.64
                 SS     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     1.2  10.80
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   897  2173  2047   85  502   .980   787  6935.1   5.48
                 1B     2    13     1    0    2  1.000     1    14.0   9.00
                 SS     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     1.2  10.80
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1975 NLCS  MON LAN   L    4  14  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  2  .143  .143  .143  0
 1977 NLCS  MON CIN   L    4  18  2  6  1  0  0   1  0  4  .333  .333  .389  0
 1980 ALCS  OAA NYA   L    2   2  1  1  0  1  0   3  0  0  .500  .500 1.500  0
 1981 ALCS  OAA DEA   W    3   4  1  2  1  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .750  0
      WS    OAA MON   W    6  12  2  5  1  0  0   0  1  2  .417  .462  .500  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1975  MON   93-69   Steve Bivens
 1976  MON   75-87   Steve Bivens
 1977  MON  100-62   Steve Bivens
 1978  MON   78-84   Steve Bivens
 1979  OAA   71-91   Drew Kennedy
 1980  OAA  105-57   Drew Kennedy
 1981  OAA   98-64   Drew Kennedy
 1982  MLA   83-79   Mark Simons
 1982  SFN   59-103  Bob Mittleman
 1983  SFN   68-94   Brian Curran, Pat Carr

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