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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	SFG		SDP	L,13-16	CG	54	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
2	2	Apr 6	SFG		SDP	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
3	3	Apr 8	SFG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 9	SFG		PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 10	SFG		PHI	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
6	6	Apr 12	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
7	7	Apr 13	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
8	8	Apr 14	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
9	9	Apr 15	SFG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
10	10	Apr 16	SFG		CIN	L,3-8	CG	51	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
11	12 (1)	Apr 17 (2)	SFG		CIN	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
12	13	Apr 18	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
13	14	Apr 20	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
14	15	Apr 22	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS	24	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
15	17 (1)	Apr 24	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-5	GF	7	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
16	19 (1)	Apr 27	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
17	21 (1)	Apr 30	SFG	@	STL	W,5-0	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	22	May 1	SFG	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
19	24 (1)	May 4	SFG		CHC	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
20	26 (1)	May 7	SFG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
21	27	May 8	SFG		PIT	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
22	28	May 9	SFG		STL	W,5-4	GF	19	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
23	29	May 10	SFG		STL	L,4-8	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
24	30	May 12	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
25	31	May 13	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
26	32	May 14	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
27	33	May 15	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
28	34	May 17	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
29	35	May 18	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
30	36	May 20	SFG	@	MON	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
31	39 (2)	May 23	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
32	40	May 24	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
33	41	May 25	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
34	42	May 26	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
35	43	May 27	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	80 (36)	Jul 8	SFG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
37	81	Jul 9	SFG		CHC	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
38	82	Jul 10 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,10-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
39	83	Jul 10 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,4-2	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
40	84	Jul 11	SFG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
41	85	Jul 12	SFG		PIT	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
42	89 (3)	Jul 16	SFG		STL	L,3-9	GS	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
43	90	Jul 17	SFG		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
44	91	Jul 19	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	3	2	1	6	2	2B
45	93 (1)	Jul 21	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
46	94	Jul 22	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
47	95	Jul 23	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
48	101 (5)	Jul 29	SFG		LAD	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
49	103 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	SFG		LAD	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	105 (1)	Aug 1	SFG		ATL	L,3-8	GS	23	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
51	108 (2)	Aug 4	SFG		ATL	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
52	110 (1)	Aug 6	SFG		HOU	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
53	111	Aug 7	SFG		HOU	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
54	112	Aug 9	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-7	GS	30	5.2	2	3	0	5	0	2B
55	114 (1)	Aug 11	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-6	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
56	115	Aug 12	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
57	116	Aug 13	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
58	118 (1)	Aug 15	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
59	120 (1)	Aug 17	SFG		MON	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
60	121	Aug 18	SFG		MON	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
61	122	Aug 19	SFG		NYM	L,6-7	GS	28	6.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
62	125 (2)	Aug 22	SFG		PHI	W,11-5	GS	28	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
63	126	Aug 23	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	144 (17)	Sep 11	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	GS	31	7.2	2	0	0	2	0	2B
							64gm		469.1	107	140	3	250	17