Kent Tekulve

Positions: Relief Pitcher and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 180lb (193cm, 81kg)

Born: March 5, 1947 in Cincinnati, OH us

High School: Catholic HS (Hamilton, OH)

School: Marietta College (Marietta, OH)

Last Game: July 16, 1989 (Age 42-133d)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Kenton Charles Tekulve

Nicknames: Teke

Pronunciation: \teh-KULL-vee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.5

ERA

2.85

1050

184

1436.2

779

WHIP

1.250

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1969	22	1.8	Geneva	NYPL	A-	PIT	6	2	.750	1.70	2.55	9	7		6	2	0	53.0	40	15	10	1	22	1	60	3	0	4		1.170	6.8	0.2	3.7	10.2	2.73
1970	23	0.5	Salem	CARL	A	PIT	4	6	.400	1.94	3.30	41	0		0	0	7	79.0	68	29	17	3	51	6	75	6	0	8		1.506	7.7	0.3	5.8	8.5	1.47
1971	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	PIT	11	5	.688	3.35	4.15	49	1		0	0	11	78.0	80	36	29	5	33	8	62	2	0	5		1.449	9.2	0.6	3.8	7.2	1.88
1971	24	0.9	Waterbury	EL	AA	PIT	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0		0	0	1	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
1971	24	2.0	Salem	CARL	A	PIT	11	5	.688	3.48	4.32	47	1		0	0	10	75.0	77	36	29	5	31	8	62	2	0	5		1.440	9.2	0.6	3.7	7.4	2.00
1972	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	PIT	9	7	.563	2.97	3.26	40	2		0	0	9	94.0	83	34	31	5	32	4	63	0	1	5		1.223	7.9	0.5	3.1	6.0	1.97
1972	25	0.0	Charleston	IL	AAA	PIT	2	1	.667	4.09	4.09	9	0		0	0	0	22.0	22	10	10	2	10	1	9	0	1	2		1.455	9.0	0.8	4.1	3.7	0.90
1972	25	2.7	Sherbrooke	EL	AA	PIT	7	6	.538	2.63	3.00	31	2		0	0	9	72.0	61	24	21	3	22	3	54	0	0	3		1.153	7.6	0.4	2.8	6.8	2.45
1973	26	3.5	Sherbrooke	EL	AA	PIT	12	4	.750	1.53	2.30	57	0		0	0	18	94.0	70	24	16	5	35	7	89	1	2	3		1.117	6.7	0.5	3.4	8.5	2.54
1974	27	1.7	Charleston	IL	AAA	PIT	6	3	.667	2.25	3.00	35	3		1	0	7	60.0	50	20	15	4	21	4	38	0	0	1		1.183	7.5	0.6	3.2	5.7	1.81
1974	27	-0.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	1	.500	6.00	6.00	8	0	5	0	0	0	9.0	12	6	6	1	5	2	6	1	0	0	44	1.889	12.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.20
1975	28	3.4	Charleston	IL	AAA	PIT	5	4	.556	1.77	2.92	24	5		2	0	4	71.0	47	23	14	2	19	2	46	3	0	5		0.930	6.0	0.3	2.4	5.8	2.42
1975	28	0.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	2	.333	2.25	3.21	34	0	9	0	0	5	56.0	43	20	14	2	23	6	28	1	0	3	232	1.179	6.9	0.3	3.7	4.5	1.22
1976	29	1.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	5	3	.625	2.45	2.63	64	0	33	0	0	9	102.2	91	30	28	3	25	7	68	0	0	0	409	1.130	8.0	0.3	2.2	6.0	2.72
1977	30	2.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	1	.909	3.06	3.58	72	0	35	0	0	7	103.0	89	41	35	5	33	6	59	1	1	2	422	1.184	7.8	0.4	2.9	5.2	1.79
1978	31	3.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	7	.533	2.33	2.93	91	0	65	0	0	31	135.1	115	44	35	5	55	18	77	2	0	5	573	1.256	7.6	0.3	3.7	5.1	1.40
1979	32	3.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	8	.556	2.75	3.08	94	0	67	0	0	31	134.1	109	46	41	5	49	20	75	2	0	4	550	1.176	7.3	0.3	3.3	5.0	1.53
1980	33	4.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	12	.400	3.39	3.77	78	0	57	0	0	21	93.0	96	39	35	6	40	16	47	1	0	0	407	1.462	9.3	0.6	3.9	4.5	1.18
1981	34	5.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	5	5	.500	2.49	2.63	45	0	27	0	0	3	65.0	61	19	18	1	17	5	34	1	0	1	268	1.200	8.4	0.1	2.4	4.7	2.00
1982	35	6.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	8	.600	2.87	3.29	85	0	64	0	0	20	128.2	113	47	41	7	46	23	66	3	0	1	541	1.236	7.9	0.5	3.2	4.6	1.43
1983	36	7.5	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	7	5	.583	1.64	2.45	76	0	56	0	0	18	99.0	78	27	18	1	36	12	52	0	0	1	398	1.152	7.1	0.1	3.3	4.7	1.44
1984	37	8.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	3	9	.250	2.66	3.07	72	0	51	0	0	13	88.0	86	30	26	4	33	12	36	1	0	0	370	1.352	8.8	0.4	3.4	3.7	1.09
1985	38		2 Teams	NL	Maj	PHI-PIT	4	10	.286	3.57	4.16	61	0	42	0	0	14	75.2	74	35	30	5	30	10	40	2	0	0	327	1.374	8.8	0.6	3.6	4.8	1.33
1985	38	9.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	0		16.20	18.90	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	7	7	6	1	5	1	4	0	0	0	21	3.600	18.9	2.7	13.5	10.8	0.80
1985	38	9.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	4	10	.286	2.99	3.48	58	0	41	0	0	14	72.1	67	28	24	4	25	9	36	2	0	0	306	1.272	8.3	0.5	3.1	4.5	1.44
1986	39	10.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	11	5	.688	2.54	2.86	73	0	34	0	0	4	110.0	99	35	31	2	25	10	57	0	1	3	446	1.127	8.1	0.2	2.0	4.7	2.28
1987	40	11.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	6	4	.600	3.09	3.26	90	0	38	0	0	3	105.0	96	38	36	8	29	13	60	0	0	2	432	1.190	8.2	0.7	2.5	5.1	2.07
1988	41	12.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	7	.300	3.60	3.83	70	0	35	0	0	4	80.0	87	34	32	3	22	11	43	2	0	0	347	1.363	9.8	0.3	2.5	4.8	1.95
1989	42	13.2	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	3	.000	5.02	6.06	37	0	20	0	0	1	52.0	56	35	29	5	23	8	31	0	1	1	235	1.519	9.7	0.9	4.0	5.4	1.35
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		94	90	.511	2.85	3.30	1050	0	638	0	0	184	1436.2	1305	526	455	63	491	179	779	17	3	23	6001	1.250	8.2	0.4	3.1	4.9	1.59
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		53	31	.631	2.25	3.08	255	18		9	2	56	529.0	438	181	132	25	213	32	433	15	3	31		1.231	7.5	0.4	3.6	7.4	2.03
All Levels (21 Seasons)							147	121	.549	2.69	3.24	1305	18	638	9	2	240	1965.2	1743	707	587	88	704	211	1212	32	6	54	6001	1.245	8.0	0.4	3.2	5.5	1.72

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		13	8	.619	2.29	3.12	68	8		3	0	11	153.0	119	53	39	8	50	7	93	3	1	8		1.105	7.0	0.5	2.9	5.5	1.86
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		19	10	.655	1.97	2.56	90	2		0	0	28	169.0	134	48	37	8	59	10	143	1	2	6		1.142	7.1	0.4	3.1	7.6	2.42
A (2 seasons)					Minors		15	11	.577	2.69	3.80	88	1		0	0	17	154.0	145	65	46	8	82	14	137	8	0	13		1.474	8.5	0.5	4.8	8.0	1.67
A- (1 season)					Minors		6	2	.750	1.70	2.55	9	7		6	2	0	53.0	40	15	10	1	22	1	60	3	0	4		1.170	6.8	0.2	3.7	10.2	2.73