Kent
Tekulve
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 5, 1947 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 27 BOS AL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1975 28 BOS AL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 9 9
1976 29 BOS AL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 9 9
1977 30 BOS AL $ 350,000 4 3 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1978 31 BOS AL $ 350,000 3 3 4 4 6 7 7 8 9 9
1979 32 BOS AL $ 514,286 3 3 4 4 6 7 6 8 9 9
1980 33 BOS AL $ 977,143 3 3 4 4 6 7 6 8 9 9
1981 34 PHN NL $ 1,250,000 2 3 4 4 6 7 6 8 9 9
1982 35 PHN NL $ 1,250,000 2 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
1983 36 PHN NL $ 1,250,000 2 3 4 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
1984 37 CLE AL $ 1,250,000 1 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 9 9
1985 38 MIN AL $ 408,000 1 2 3 2 6 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 1 2 3 2 6 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,250,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 27 BOS AL 7 0 1.000 46 0 0 0 13 52.0 55 13 0 17 24 2.25 .276 .332 .307 .638 10.8
1975 28 BOS AL 8 10 .444 59 0 0 0 15 69.3 78 31 6 28 29 4.02 .281 .344 .399 .743 8.5
1976 29 BOS AL 3 5 .375 36 1 0 0 2 51.7 58 32 0 30 20 5.57 .283 .370 .351 .721 2.2
1977 30 BOS AL 5 8 .385 29 1 0 0 2 56.0 62 36 3 38 17 5.79 .278 .382 .368 .749 1.5
1978 31 BOS AL 8 9 .471 55 0 0 0 5 87.7 104 41 4 40 24 4.21 .290 .359 .365 .724 5.3
1979 32 BOS AL 5 3 .625 69 0 0 0 2 90.7 91 36 2 38 29 3.57 .265 .337 .343 .680 7.6
1980 33 BOS AL 5 5 .500 61 0 0 0 3 82.0 85 42 3 27 20 4.61 .266 .319 .351 .670 4.3
1981 34 PHN NL 6 2 .750 63 0 0 0 9 78.7 72 32 7 15 31 3.66 .238 .272 .348 .620 6.8
1982 35 PHN NL 7 6 .538 59 0 0 0 20 67.7 85 37 5 24 15 4.92 .310 .365 .409 .773 4.3
1983 36 PHN NL 1 1 .500 25 0 0 0 2 32.3 39 11 3 15 12 3.06 .300 .377 .385 .761 2.2
1984 37 CLE AL 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 1 14.7 7 3 0 2 4 1.84 .152 .180 .196 .376 1.8
    AAA   2 0 1.000 43 0 0 0 2 24.3 21 14 3 16 15 5.18 .244 .363 .430 .793  
1985 38 MIN AL 0 2 .000 12 0 0 0 4 12.0 18 10 0 6 2 7.50 .353 .421 .529 .950 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 1 10.0 11 3 0 3 6 2.70 .289 .341 .368 .710  
12 Years Sim 55 51 .519 525 2 0 0 78 694.6 754 324 33 280 227 4.20 .276 .341 .363 .704 55.4
2 Years AAA 2 1 .667 56 0 0 0 3 34.3 32 17 3 19 21 4.46 .258 .357 .411 .768  
Season Average 4 4 .500 43 0 0 0 6 57.9 62 27 2 23 18 4.20 .276 .341 .363 .704  
Career Highs 8 10 1.000 69 1 0 0 20 90.7 104 42 7 40 31 7.50 .353 .421 .529 .950  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   366 138 14 134 133   .264 .329 .343 .672
vs LH   388 186 19 146 94   .289 .358 .383 .742
Home 35 16 .686 292 0 0 0 42 387.6 422 176 20 151 133 4.09 .277 .342 .371 .714
Away 20 35 .364 233 2 0 0 36 307.0 332 148 13 129 94 4.34 .275 .345 .352 .697
Mar/Apr 4 10 .286 83 0 0 0 12 95.0 99 44 7 42 33 4.17 .272 .347 .387 .735
May 11 6 .647 70 0 0 0 6 114.0 124 49 7 39 34 3.87 .277 .335 .368 .703
June 8 7 .533 102 1 0 0 17 145.6 184 94 8 78 42 5.81 .311 .391 .392 .783
July 9 6 .600 71 0 0 0 14 86.0 104 43 2 32 37 4.50 .299 .358 .368 .726
August 13 7 .650 102 0 0 0 14 127.3 115 35 4 38 37 2.47 .234 .289 .303 .593
Sep/Oct 10 15 .400 97 1 0 0 15 126.6 128 59 5 51 44 4.19 .263 .333 .359 .692
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1974 27 BOS AL P 46 0 52.0 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1975 28 BOS AL P 59 0 69.3 7 17 1 2 .960 3.12    
1976 29 BOS AL P 36 1 51.7 4 5 1 1 .900 1.57    
1977 30 BOS AL P 29 1 56.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.93    
1978 31 BOS AL P 55 0 87.7 8 21 0 1 1.000 2.98    
1979 32 BOS AL P 69 0 90.7 9 25 1 3 .971 3.38    
1980 33 BOS AL P 61 0 82.0 6 15 1 1 .955 2.30    
1981 34 PHN NL P 63 0 78.7 6 15 1 0 .955 2.40    
1982 35 PHN NL P 59 0 67.7 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.86    
1983 36 PHN NL P 25 0 32.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.11    
1984 37 CLE AL P 11 0 14.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.84    
1985 38 MIN AL P 12 0 12.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.75    
Career Totals   525 2 694.6 53 136 5 10 .974 2.45    
Career Highs   69 1 90.7 9 25 1 3 1.000 3.75    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1978 31 BOS AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 2 0 2 1 6.00 .429 .500 .500 1.000
1979 32 BOS AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 3 0 3 1 5.40 .348 .423 .391 .814
1981 34 PHN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
1983 36 PHN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 11.0 15 5 0 7 2 4.09 .319 .407 .362 .769
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1974-6-13
1975-2-15
1982-9-20
Games Pitched
1975-6-59
1978-7-55
1979-5-69
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1974
Earned first career win on 4/2/1974
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/29/1977 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $514,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $977,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/3/1981 to a 4-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year