Duane Kuiper | Baseball Prospectus

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
12	3754	.271	.325	.316	.238	-2.5

Birth Date	6-19-1950
Height	6' 0"
Weight	175 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1974	CLE	24	10	24	22	7	11	2	0	0	13	2	2	0	0	0	4	1	1	.500	.542	.591	.410	3.5	-0.0	0.4
1975	CLE	25	90	388	346	42	101	11	1	0	114	30	26	8	0	4	25	19	18	.292	.362	.329	.256	10.9	-8.0	0.3
1976	CLE	26	135	555	506	47	133	13	6	0	158	30	42	1	4	14	37	10	17	.263	.303	.312	.232	3.0	3.1	0.7
1977	CLE	27	148	679	610	62	169	15	8	1	203	37	55	7	4	21	50	11	11	.277	.324	.333	.239	-1.7	-1.6	-0.3
1978	CLE	28	149	589	547	52	155	18	6	0	185	19	35	4	3	16	43	4	9	.283	.311	.338	.243	5.6	-9.8	-0.5
1979	CLE	29	140	528	479	46	122	9	5	0	141	37	27	4	0	8	39	4	9	.255	.313	.294	.226	-9.9	-7.0	-1.7
1980	CLE	30	42	166	149	10	42	5	0	0	47	13	8	0	1	3	9	0	1	.282	.337	.315	.246	1.0	-2.7	-0.2
1981	CLE	31	72	219	206	15	53	6	0	0	59	8	13	0	1	4	14	1	1	.257	.284	.286	.215	-6.0	-0.1	-0.7
1982	SFN	32	107	257	218	26	61	9	1	0	72	32	24	2	1	4	17	2	2	.280	.375	.330	.257	7.8	-4.5	0.4
1983	SFN	33	72	211	176	14	44	2	2	0	50	27	13	2	2	4	14	0	1	.250	.353	.284	.238	-0.2	-4.4	-0.5
1984	SFN	34	83	130	115	8	23	1	0	0	24	12	10	0	1	2	11	0	1	.200	.273	.209	.184	-6.8	2.7	-0.4
1985	SFN	35	9	8	5	0	3	0	0	0	3	1		0	0	2	0	0	0	.600	.667	.600	.416	1.3	0.0	0.1
Career			1057	3754	3379	329	917	91	29	1	1069	248	255	28	17	82	263	52	71	.271	.325	.316	.238	8.6	-32.2	-2.5

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1974	CLE	MLB	10	24	.410	.269	.324	.378	.000	.550	105	3.5	0.6	0	-0.0	-0.0	3.5	0.4	3.5	0.4
1975	CLE	MLB	90	388	.256	.256	.318	.379	.000	.316	101	-1.5	10.2	-0.5	-8.0	2.4	10.9	0.3	10.9	0.3
1976	CLE	MLB	135	555	.232	.252	.307	.355	.000	.284	99	-14.5	14.0	-0.8	3.1	-3.6	3.0	0.7	3.0	0.7
1977	CLE	MLB	148	679	.239	.263	.321	.398	.000	.301	100	-14.5	19.0	-0.9	-1.6	-6.5	-1.7	-0.3	-1.7	-0.3
1978	CLE	MLB	149	589	.243	.257	.315	.379	.000	.301	99	-9.7	15.3	-0.7	-9.8	2.5	5.6	-0.5	5.6	-0.5
1979	CLE	MLB	140	528	.226	.268	.326	.404	.000	.270	100	-18.8	14.8	-0.7	-7.0	-2.5	-9.9	-1.7	-9.9	-1.7
1980	CLE	MLB	42	166	.246	.271	.331	.401	.000	.296	103	-2.3	4.5	-0.2	-2.7	-0.4	1.0	-0.2	1.0	-0.2
1981	CLE	MLB	72	219	.215	.253	.311	.368	.000	.273	101	-9.2	5.5	-0.2	-0.1	-1.6	-6.0	-0.7	-6.0	-0.7
1982	SFN	MLB	107	257	.257	.250	.309	.366	.000	.313	97	-0.9	6.9	-0.2	-4.5	0.1	7.8	0.4	7.8	0.4
1983	SFN	MLB	72	211	.238	.257	.318	.380	.000	.267	99	-4.6	5.7	-0.2	-4.4	-0.2	-0.2	-0.5	-0.2	-0.5
1984	SFN	MLB	83	130	.184	.254	.312	.370	.000	.217	97	-9.9	3.5	-0.1	2.7	-0.7	-6.8	-0.4	-6.8	-0.4
1985	SFN	MLB	9	8	.416	.225	.294	.338	.000	.000	92	1.2	0.2	0	0.0	-0.1	1.3	0.1	1.3	0.1
Career		MLB		3754	.238	.259	.317	.381	.257	.292	100	-81.2	100.2	-4.5	-32.2	-10.9	8.6	-2.5	8.6	-2.5

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1974	CLE	MLB	24	7	11	2	0	0	4	2	2	1	1	.500	.542	.591	.091	.410	3.5	-0.0	0.4
1975	CLE	MLB	388	42	101	11	1	0	25	30	26	19	18	.292	.362	.329	.038	.256	10.9	-8.0	0.3
1976	CLE	MLB	555	47	133	13	6	0	37	30	42	10	17	.263	.303	.312	.049	.232	3.0	3.1	0.7
1977	CLE	MLB	679	62	169	15	8	1	50	37	55	11	11	.277	.324	.333	.056	.239	-1.7	-1.6	-0.3
1978	CLE	MLB	589	52	155	18	6	0	43	19	35	4	9	.283	.311	.338	.055	.243	5.6	-9.8	-0.5
1979	CLE	MLB	528	46	122	9	5	0	39	37	27	4	9	.255	.313	.294	.040	.226	-9.9	-7.0	-1.7
1980	CLE	MLB	166	10	42	5	0	0	9	13	8	0	1	.282	.337	.315	.034	.246	1.0	-2.7	-0.2
1981	CLE	MLB	219	15	53	6	0	0	14	8	13	1	1	.257	.284	.286	.029	.215	-6.0	-0.1	-0.7
1982	SFN	MLB	257	26	61	9	1	0	17	32	24	2	2	.280	.375	.330	.050	.257	7.8	-4.5	0.4
1983	SFN	MLB	211	14	44	2	2	0	14	27	13	0	1	.250	.353	.284	.034	.238	-0.2	-4.4	-0.5
1984	SFN	MLB	130	8	23	1	0	0	11	12	10	0	1	.200	.273	.209	.009	.184	-6.8	2.7	-0.4
1985	SFN	MLB	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	.600	.667	.600	.000	.416	1.3	0.0	0.1

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Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Title	Author	Date
What You Need to Know: Raking in the Gold	Daniel Rathman	2013-05-07
Playoff Prospectus: NLDS Game Three Recap: Giants 2, Reds 1	Sam Miller	2012-10-10
Pebble Hunting: 30 Teams, 30 Home Run Calls	Sam Miller	2012-07-23
Pebble Hunting: The Best Pitches Thrown This Week	Sam Miller	2012-06-29
Prospectus Game of the Week: Bullpens, Banana Suits, and Ryan Braun	Sam Miller	2012-05-25
Prospectus Game of the Week: The Accounts and Descriptions of this Game	R.J. Anderson	2012-04-24
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 7	Larry Granillo	2011-08-08
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for June 5	Larry Granillo	2011-06-06
BP Unfiltered: Walk of Life	Colin Wyers	2011-06-01
Wezen-Ball: Duane Kuiper Talks Home Run Trots	Larry Granillo	2011-05-14
Prospectus Hit and Run: Are The Indians For Real?	Jay Jaffe	2011-04-22
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for March 31	Larry Granillo	2011-04-01
Wezen-Ball: A Solo Shot	Larry Granillo	2011-03-30
Schrodinger's Bat: Reminiscing with SFR, the Sequel	Dan Fox	2008-04-03
You Could Look It Up: The Tribe's Troubles	Steven Goldman	2007-10-15
Transaction Analysis: April 28-May 1	Christina Kahrl	2006-05-02
Prospectus Game of the Week: Tampa Bay Devil Rays @ Boston Red Sox, 4/17/05	Jonah Keri	2005-04-19
Breaking Balls: Barry's World	Derek Zumsteg	2002-06-13
Fun and Games in the Cactus League: A History of Baseball Futility	Jonathan Bernstein	1997-03-24

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Date	Question	Answer
2011-11-16 13:30:00	Who was your favorite baseball player growing up? (Steve from Ireland)	Bernie Williams. Wish I could say my favorite player was someone more obscure, like, I don't know, Duane Kuiper, but unlike Joe Posnanski, I grew up not far from Yankee Stadium in the mid- to late-90s, so marginally talented players were in pretty short supply. The first autograph I ever got was by Clay Bellinger, so I suppose I could have formed an unhealthy attraction to him. (Joe Torre did.) Bernie was a great hitter, graceful in the field (at least until his later years, or until he tried to throw the ball) and on the bases (I miss seeing him go first-to-third), and to the extent that you can determine these things from afar, seemed to have a softer side than the typical ballplayer who spends his offseason huntin' and fishin', which also appealed to me. Good guitar player, too. (Ben Lindbergh)
2011-08-17 13:00:00	Who are your favorite broadcasters to listen to/watch on TV? Let's say top three. (Staufferinthetrunk from San Jose, CA)	1. Jon Miller 2. Mike Krukow 3. Duane Kuiper and that's not to slight Dave Flemming, the fourth member of the Giants crew. I'm a Giants fan, so that's an easily discounted opinion, but the Giants have had such great broadcasters for the past two decades (Hank Greenwald before them) that I can hardly listen to other broadcasts. Of course, I do listen to other broadcasts, five or six some days, and my favorites outside of those guys are probably Ron Darling (Mets) as a color guy and Len Casper (Cubs) as a play-by-play guy. Among announcers without jobs, I really liked Josh Lewin before the Rangers fired him, and I thought Dennis Eckersley did an tremendous job filling in for Jerry Remy earlier this year. Dennis Eckersley should have a full-time job. The Rangers have the best reporter-in-the-stands guy. The Red Sox have the on-field microphone most likely to pick up profanity. Minnesota has the best center-field camera. The Giants don't use a pitch-tracker, ever, which is obnoxious, but they have a particularly good Coors Light Freeze Cam. The Angels' announcers are the best in a blow-out, because they get silly. The Rays have the best announcing crew if you want to pretend that Mark McGrath is describing a baseball game to you. The Phillies have the most fans who wave at the camera from behind home plate. The Marlins have the lowest production values -- I wish I'd recorded the time that they interviewed John Dewan in the middle of an inning to talk about the Marlins' defense, but it was a phone interview so he had no idea what was going on in the game. It was about unfollowable as a pre-taped call-in talk show. (which is a reference to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrlS9_n8GX4) (Sam Miller)

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