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Duane
Kuiper		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 19, 1950 in Usa, WI, RACINE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 24 BSN NL     6 6 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 3 9 10 10
1975 25 BSN NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 9 9 9
1976 26 BSN NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 5 4 3 4 4 9 9 9
1977 27 BSN NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 9 9 9
1978 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 3 9 9 9
1979 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 9 9 9
1980 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 9 9 9
1981 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 3 9 9 9
1982 32 OAK AL $ 350,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 3 9 9 9
1983 33 OAK AL $ 350,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 3 9 9 9
1984 34 OAK AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 3 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 3 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4 9 10 10
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
1974 24 AAA   123 373 47 103 13 2 1 32 12 11 31 17 .276 .332 .330 .661 39.6  
1975 25 AAA   137 564 81 179 19 4 3 40 11 13 36 15 .317 .358 .381 .740 71.8  
1976 26 AAA   135 540 67 169 21 6 5 65 17 11 42 36 .313 .363 .402 .764 75.3  
1977 27 AAA   137 556 81 180 19 6 7 54 22 11 46 32 .324 .375 .417 .793 84.0  
1978 28 OAK AL 106 349 36 95 7 1 1 23 8 5 17 22 .272 .307 .307 .614 32.1 4.5
    AAA   25 98 16 26 5 0 1 9 4 1 11 6 .265 .339 .347 .686 12.3  
1979 29 OAK AL 153 565 60 166 12 4 3 49 7 9 28 21 .294 .329 .345 .674 56.6 8.6
1980 30 OAK AL 48 169 16 28 5 1 0 14 2 1 8 11 .166 .202 .207 .409 4.6 0.0
    AAA   64 121 18 38 3 1 1 13 1 3 14 3 .314 .385 .380 .765 17.2  
1981 31 OAK AL 54 85 12 26 4 1 0 9 4 1 2 9 .306 .315 .376 .691 10.9 3.1
    AAA   25 98 18 27 1 1 2 9 3 2 10 5 .276 .343 .367 .710 12.6  
1982 32 OAK AL 37 59 7 18 1 0 0 7 0 1 1 3 .305 .339 .322 .661 5.9 0.8
    AAA   33 109 10 31 3 1 2 16 4 1 10 7 .284 .345 .385 .730 14.9  
1983 33 OAK AL 40 120 18 30 3 0 0 18 2 3 5 7 .250 .280 .275 .555 7.9 0.0
    AAA   94 348 38 101 16 2 4 38 6 8 35 20 .290 .355 .382 .737 45.6  
1984 34 OAK AL 62 93 22 20 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 7 .215 .232 .237 .468 2.7 0.0
7 Years Sim 500 1440 171 383 32 8 4 121 24 22 63 80 .266 .298 .308 .606 120.7 17.0
9 Years AAA 773 2807 376 854 100 23 26 276 80 61 235 141 .304 .360 .384 .744 373.2  
162 Game Average 466 55 124 10 2 1 39 7 7 20 25 .266 .298 .308 .606 39.1  
Career Highs 153 565 60 166 12 4 3 49 8 9 28 22 .306 .339 .376 .691 56.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1120 129 308 26 6 3 103 15 16 51 53 .275 .308 .317 .625 102.7
vs LH   320 42 75 6 2 1 18 9 6 12 27 .234 .263 .275 .538 21.1
Home 254 725 81 190 14 3 3 58 11 13 33 36 .262 .295 .302 .597 60.2
Away 246 715 90 193 18 5 1 63 13 9 30 44 .270 .301 .313 .615 63.6
RISP   332 0 82 9 2 0 111 0 0 15 19 .247 .276 .286 .562 25.2
Pinch Hitting   17 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .412 .389 .412 .801 2.5
Close/Late   154 32 39 3 0 0 8 0 0 7 9 .253 .286 .273 .558 11.5
Mar/Apr 64 205 19 43 3 4 0 20 2 3 7 13 .210 .236 .263 .499 10.5
May 100 264 32 68 8 0 1 20 3 5 13 14 .258 .292 .299 .591 21.2
June 82 207 30 53 2 0 1 9 3 3 5 13 .256 .276 .280 .556 14.4
July 70 213 27 69 5 2 0 17 8 0 10 8 .324 .357 .366 .723 27.7
August 101 311 37 78 5 0 1 28 7 6 19 18 .251 .298 .277 .575 24.5
Sep/Oct 83 240 26 72 9 2 1 27 1 5 9 14 .300 .324 .367 .691 25.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1978 28 OAK AL 2B 92 85 760.7 196 323 7 75 .987 6.14 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    SS 11 5 52.0 7 24 0 6 1.000 5.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 29 OAK AL 2B 150 148 1280.0 355 626 19 166 .981 6.90 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    SS 3 0 6.0 1 5 0 3 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1980 30 OAK AL 2B 44 42 382.0 82 165 5 36 .980 5.82 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    SS 2 2 17.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 5.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 31 OAK AL 2B 34 18 181.0 44 78 2 23 .984 6.07 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 15 0 22.7 2 9 0 1 1.000 4.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 32 OAK AL 2B 14 10 95.0 23 46 1 7 .986 6.54 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 8 1 32.0 3 15 0 2 1.000 5.06 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 3 0 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 33 OAK AL 2B 39 38 305.3 78 120 3 23 .985 5.84 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 34 OAK AL 2B 27 18 173.3 32 63 4 13 .960 4.93 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 9 6 60.0 3 20 2 3 .920 3.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  2B 400 359 3177.3 810 1421 41 343 .982 6.32 0 0 .000 0 13.4
  SS 49 14 190.7 18 81 2 16 .980 4.67 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  3B 3 0 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   455 373 3384.0 830 1503 43 359 .982 6.20 0 0 .000 0 14.2
Career Highs   153 148 1286.0 356 631 19 169 .989 6.91 0 0 .000 0  
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.
Singles
1979-4-147
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Rocky Bridges (965)
  2. Pat Rockett (960)
  3. Pepe Frias (960)
  4. Horace Clarke (957)
  5. Jack Saltzgaver (953)
  6. Jimmy Jordan (952)
  7. Julio Gonzalez (952)
  8. Carl Lind (951)
  9. Larvell Blanks (951)
  10. Heinie Mueller (947)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 72nd overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1974
Injured on 7/15/1974 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/25/1974 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 7/31/1974 (Going to TAM: P Jim Brewer. Going to BSN: 2B Duane Kuiper, RF Dick Sharon)
Traded from Boston (N) to Oakland on 2/2/1978 (Going to OAK: P Darrell Osteen, 2B Duane Kuiper. Going to BSN: 1B George Scott)
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/4/1978, off Rich Gossage (NYA)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1979
 
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