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Joe
Kuhel		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: June 25, 1906 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 24 SLB NL     48 48 44 25 28 27 61 70 67 49 59 56 77 81 80
1931 25 SLB NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1932 26 DET AL     6 6 5 3 3 3 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1933 27 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1934 28 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1935 29 DET AL $ 457,143   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1936 30 DET AL $ 457,143   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1937 31 MON NL $ 1,035,000   6 6 5 3 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1938 32 MON NL $ 1,035,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1939 33 MON NL $ 750,000   6 6 5 3 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1940 34 MON NL $ 750,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1941 35 MON NL $ 750,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 6
1942 36 MON NL     2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,035,000   48 48 44 25 28 27 61 70 67 49 59 56 77 81 80
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 24 AAA   136 526 91 166 44 3 17 85 11 14 82 25 .316 .408 .508 .915 101.1  
1931 25 SLB NL 156 545 83 155 29 6 6 82 9 3 76 26 .284 .374 .393 .767 79.2 15.9
1932 26 AAA   135 530 103 164 30 7 12 78 27 6 64 30 .309 .384 .460 .844 93.2  
1933 27 DET AL 64 52 9 12 2 0 0 7 0 0 6 3 .231 .310 .269 .580 3.5 0.0
1934 28 DET AL 56 93 22 35 5 1 2 24 3 1 12 3 .376 .449 .516 .965 16.7 3.3
1935 29 DET AL 81 104 12 23 6 2 1 21 2 2 15 6 .221 .320 .346 .666 11.8 0.9
1936 30 DET AL 101 232 39 74 12 2 6 42 4 1 26 11 .319 .385 .466 .851 39.2 7.2
1937 31 DET AL 36 51 4 12 5 1 1 14 0 0 6 6 .235 .310 .431 .742 7.1 1.1
  MON NL 41 113 17 38 8 1 2 20 0 0 13 5 .336 .398 .478 .876 20.5 4.4
  TOT   77 164 21 50 13 2 3 34 0 0 19 11 .305 .371 .463 .834 27.6 5.5
    AAA   25 85 15 18 2 1 3 12 2 2 15 8 .212 .330 .365 .695 11.2  
1938 32 MON NL 124 360 49 99 19 6 4 52 1 0 30 26 .275 .327 .394 .722 45.3 6.4
1939 33 MON NL 125 356 46 108 14 4 6 45 12 5 34 34 .303 .365 .416 .780 52.7 11.0
1940 34 MON NL 146 452 65 127 20 8 10 62 5 2 49 47 .281 .350 .427 .777 64.5 11.6
1941 35 MON NL 36 30 4 13 5 0 1 11 0 0 4 3 .433 .500 .700 1.200 7.7 2.0
    AAA   26 42 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 9 5 .262 .392 .333 .725 6.2  
1942 36 AAA   130 427 30 94 16 1 0 41 7 4 27 84 .220 .267 .262 .529 28.3  
10 Years Sim 966 2388 350 696 125 31 39 380 36 14 271 170 .291 .363 .419 .782 348.1 63.9
5 Years AAA 452 1610 244 453 95 12 32 219 47 26 197 152 .281 .360 .415 .774 240.0  
162 Game Average 400 58 116 20 5 6 63 6 2 45 28 .291 .363 .419 .782 58.4  
Career Highs 156 545 83 155 29 8 10 82 12 5 76 47 .433 .500 .700 1.200 79.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2024 303 610 107 24 38 349 33 13 235 144 .301 .373 .434 .807 323.2
vs LH   364 47 86 18 7 1 31 3 1 36 26 .236 .306 .332 .638 37.5
Home 476 1160 171 329 57 15 14 175 19 8 122 94 .284 .351 .395 .746 160.9
Away 490 1228 179 367 68 16 25 205 17 6 149 76 .299 .374 .441 .815 199.7
RISP   700 0 215 40 10 10 314 0 0 88 37 .307 .379 .436 .814 114.5
Pinch Hitting   308 40 91 22 4 4 69 1 1 38 23 .295 .369 .432 .801 48.2
Close/Late   379 60 126 15 7 8 67 0 0 49 28 .332 .408 .472 .880 70.0
Mar/Apr 176 399 49 102 27 5 4 56 6 3 40 31 .256 .327 .378 .705 48.6
May 165 371 56 111 17 5 9 65 5 3 32 28 .299 .355 .445 .800 56.3
June 167 413 64 136 25 6 9 82 6 1 53 34 .329 .404 .484 .889 77.4
July 138 375 58 106 21 5 6 56 5 2 47 33 .283 .361 .413 .774 56.4
August 162 428 59 128 19 5 4 63 7 2 45 20 .299 .363 .395 .758 61.8
Sep/Oct 158 402 64 113 16 5 7 58 7 3 54 24 .281 .364 .398 .762 60.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1931 25 SLB NL 1B 150 147 1314.3 1641 134 12 163 .993 12.15   2.6
1934 28 DET AL 1B 25 16 158.3 218 30 1 35 .996 14.10   0.4
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1935 29 DET AL 1B 45 9 148.0 199 18 2 12 .991 13.20   0.3
    RF 1 0 8.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1936 30 DET AL 1B 55 49 444.3 590 49 5 53 .992 12.94   0.8
    RF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1937 31 DET AL 1B 19 17 98.3 124 10 1 13 .993 12.27   0.3
    RF 2 0 4.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
  MON NL 1B 21 19 215.0 270 23 1 30 .997 12.27   0.5
    RF 2 1 9.6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.0
  TOT   1B 40 36 313.3 394 33 2 43 .995 12.27   0.7
      RF 4 1 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1938 32 MON NL 1B 115 98 893.3 1070 77 3 102 .997 11.56   1.7
    RF 2 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1939 33 MON NL 1B 111 98 858.0 965 67 3 104 .997 10.83   1.6
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1940 34 MON NL 1B 134 109 993.0 1170 89 7 94 .994 11.41   2.3
    RF 7 2 29.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.21   0.0
1941 35 MON NL RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
  1B 676 562 5123.6 6250 497 35 606 .995 11.85   10.5
  RF 21 3 67.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.1
  CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   701 565 5194.6 6263 498 35 606 .995 11.71   10.6
Career Highs   150 147 1314.3 1641 134 12 163 1.000 14.01    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1933 27 DET AL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
1934 28 DET AL 16 45 10 8 1 1 1 2 1 0 7 4 .178 .283 .311 .594
1937 31 MON NL 7 28 5 14 5 1 0 7 0 0 1 2 .500 .517 .750 1.267
Career Post-Season Batting 27 76 15 22 6 2 1 9 1 0 9 6 .289 .360 .461 .821
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1931-4-156
 Triples
1940-3-8
 Stolen Bases
1939-7-12
 Walks
1931-9-76
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 23rd overall pick, by St. Louis (B) in 1930
Had first career hit on 4/1/1931, off Jess Doyle (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1931, off Guy Cantrell (TAM)
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/23/1931
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $457,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $457,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,035,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1937 (Going to PIT: RF Babe Herman, 1B Joe Kuhel. Going to DET: CF Johnny Frederick, P Johnny Allen)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Montreal on 7/31/1937 (Going to PIT: P Lee Grissom. Going to MON: 1B Joe Kuhel)
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,035,000 through salary arbitration
8/16/1938: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $750,000 per year, for 3 years
4/2/1941: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
 
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