Bill Kunkel

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 187lb (185cm, 84kg)

Born: July 7, 1936 in Hoboken, NJ us

Died: May 4, 1985 in Red Bank, NJ

Buried: Cremated

Debut: April 15, 1961 (Age 24-282d, 11,819th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1963 (Age 27-076d)
vs. KCA 2.0 IP, 0 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: William Gustave James Kunkel

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Relatives: Father of Jeff Kunkel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

ERA

4.29

142.2

WHIP

1.416

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

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	6 (3)	Apr 23	KCA		CLE	L,8-10		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7	Apr 24	KCA		MIN	L,6-10		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	9 (1)	Apr 27	KCA		CHW	L,1-9		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	11 (1)	Apr 29	KCA		CHW	W,13-9		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	19 (7)	May 10	KCA		NYY	L,4-9	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	21 (1)	May 13	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-10		14	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
8	29 (7)	May 21	KCA		DET	L,3-5		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	32 (2)	May 24	KCA		WSA	W,6-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
10	34 (1)	May 27	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5		14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
11	37 (2)	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,3-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	38	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,9-3	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	39	May 31	KCA	@	DET	W,6-4	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	44 (4)	Jun 5 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
15	45	Jun 5 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,10-6	GF	12	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	46	Jun 6	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	48 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
18	50 (1)	Jun 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-8	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	51	Jun 10	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	53 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	54	Jun 12	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	55	Jun 13	KCA	@	MIN	L,6-8		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	57 (1)	Jun 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,3-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	62 (4)	Jun 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	67 (4)	Jun 25 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-7	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	70 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	KCA		BAL	L,2-7		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	71	Jun 28	KCA		BAL	L,4-5		19	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	73 (1)	Jun 30	KCA		MIN	L,2-8	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	74	Jul 1	KCA		MIN	L,3-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	76 (1)	Jul 3	KCA	@	LAA	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	78 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	L,5-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	86 (7)	Jul 14 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	W,9-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	88 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,1-11		6	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	90 (1)	Jul 17	KCA	@	DET	L,4-7	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	91	Jul 18	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	8	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	P
36	92	Jul 19	KCA	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	95 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	KCA		DET	L,14-17		3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	96	Jul 25	KCA		CLE	W,3-2		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	97	Jul 26	KCA		CLE	L,5-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	99 (1)	Jul 28	KCA		WSA	L,6-10		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	103 (3)	Aug 2 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-12	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
42	106 (2)	Aug 5	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-10	GF	18	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
43	113 (6)	Aug 10	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-8	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	118 (4)	Aug 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-9		10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
45	121 (2)	Aug 19	KCA		CHW	L,3-5		4	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
46	125 (3)	Aug 23	KCA		BAL	L,5-7	GF	14	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
47	126	Aug 24	KCA		BAL	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	129 (2)	Aug 27	KCA		NYY	L,7-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	132 (2)	Aug 30	KCA		BOS	L,3-9		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
50	134 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	136 (1)	Sep 2	KCA	@	LAA	L,3-6		4	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
52	137	Sep 4 (1)	KCA		LAA	L,3-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	140 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	KCA		LAA	W,13-12		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	144 (3)	Sep 10 (2)	KCA		MIN	L,0-7	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
55	149 (4)	Sep 16	KCA	@	WSA	L,0-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	152 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	155 (2)	Sep 23	KCA		CLE	L,5-9		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	156	Sep 25 (1)	KCA		DET	L,4-6		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							58gm		88.2	10	13	3	26	2