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Duane Kuiper

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: June 19, 1950 in Racine, WI us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 12th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from J. I. Case HS (Racine, WI), the Seattle Pilots in the 9th round of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (5th) of the 1970 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1970 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL) and the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (21st) of the 1972 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL).

High School: J. I. Case HS (Racine, WI)

Schools: Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)

Debut: September 9, 1974 (Age 24-082d, 13,561st in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 27, 1985 (Age 35-008d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Duane Eugene Kuiper

Nicknames: Kuip or Smoothie

Pronunciation: \KYE-per\

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Relatives: Cousin of Dick Bosman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.0

3379

917

.271

329

RBI

263

OBP

.325

SLG

.316

OPS

.641

OPS+

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

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	48 (47)	Jun 6	CLE		TEX	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
2	49	Jun 7	CLE		TEX	L,4-5	CG	53	12.0	5	3	1	9	1	2B
3	50	Jun 8 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
4	51	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,6-7	CG	71	17.0	9	5	0	14	4	2B
5	52	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	L,10-11	CG	54	11.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
6	53	Jun 10	CLE		MIN	L,3-5	CG	50	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
7	54	Jun 11	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
8	55	Jun 12	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	2B
9	56	Jun 13	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
10	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
11	58	Jun 15	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
12	59	Jun 16	CLE		BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
13	60	Jun 17	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
14	61	Jun 18	CLE		BAL	L,6-13	CG	49	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
15	62	Jun 20	CLE		MIL	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
16	63	Jun 21	CLE		MIL	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
17	64	Jun 22	CLE		MIL	W,3-2	CG	46	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
18	65	Jun 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
19	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	3	2B
20	67	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
21	68	Jun 26	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
22	69	Jun 27	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
23	70	Jun 28	CLE	@	MIL	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
24	71	Jun 29	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	2B
25	72	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
26	73	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS	27	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	74	Jul 1	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
28	75	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
29	76	Jul 3	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
30	77	Jul 4	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
31	78	Jul 5	CLE		BOS	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
32	79	Jul 6 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
33	80	Jul 6 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,11-10	CG	43	9.0	1	4	2	7	0	2B
34	81	Jul 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
35	82	Jul 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-15	CG	44	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
36	83	Jul 9	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
37	84	Jul 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
38	85	Jul 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
39	86	Jul 13	CLE	@	CAL	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
40	87	Jul 17	CLE		OAK	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
41	88	Jul 18	CLE		OAK	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
42	89	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		CAL	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
43	91 (1)	Jul 20	CLE		CAL	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
44	92	Jul 21	CLE		CAL	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
45	93	Jul 22	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-4	GS	18	3.1	1	2	1	4	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	116 (22)	Aug 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
47	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	4	6	1	11	2	2B
48	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,14-5	CG	43	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	2B
49	119	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
50	120	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
51	121	Aug 19	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
52	122	Aug 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
53	123	Aug 22	CLE	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
54	124	Aug 23	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-1	GS	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
55	126 (1)	Aug 25	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
56	127	Aug 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
57	128	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
58	129	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	W,9-6	GS	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	130	Sep 2 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	47	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	2B
60	131	Sep 2 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
61	132	Sep 3	CLE	@	MIL	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
62	133	Sep 4	CLE	@	MIL	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
63	134	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,2-11	GS	30	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
64	135	Sep 6	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	2B
65	136	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
66	137	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		DET	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
67	138	Sep 8	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
68	139	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
69	140	Sep 10 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,7-1	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
70	141	Sep 10 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	CG	54	13.0	7	2	0	9	1	2B
71	142	Sep 11	CLE		BAL	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
72	143	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
73	144	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
74	145	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
75	146	Sep 16	CLE	@	DET	W,9-2	GS	21	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
76	147	Sep 17	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
77	148	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
78	149	Sep 19	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
79	150	Sep 20	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	2B
80	151	Sep 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
81	152	Sep 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	2B
82	153	Sep 22	CLE		MIL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
83	154	Sep 23	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
84	155	Sep 24	CLE		MIL	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
85	156	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	2B
86	157	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
87	158	Sep 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
							87gm		777.0	192	230	12	434	65