Duane Kuiper

Full Name: Duane Eugene Kuiper	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: September 9, 1974
Birthdate: June 19, 1950	Final Game: June 27, 1985
Birthplace: Racine, Wisconsin	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Duane Kuiper (Duane Eugene Kuiper) was born on June 19, 1950 in Racine, Wisconsin. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1974 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1975, his rookie year, he hit .292 with 0 home runs and 25 RBI. Kuiper played for the Cleveland Indians and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Duane Kuiper's best season was 1977, when he hit for a .277 average and knocked in 50 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1974	CLE	A	10	22	7	11	0	4	.500	.542	.591	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1
1975	CLE	A	90	346	42	101	0	25	.292	.362	.329	11	1	30	26	8	4	19	0	9
1976	CLE	A	135	506	47	133	0	37	.263	.303	.312	13	6	30	42	1	14	10	2	13
1977	CLE	A	148	610	62	169	1	50	.277	.324	.333	15	8	37	55	7	21	11	1	9
1978	CLE	A	149	547	52	155	0	43	.283	.311	.338	18	6	19	35	4	16	4	1	11
1979	CLE	A	140	479	46	122	0	39	.255	.313	.294	9	5	37	27	4	8	4	7	14
1980	CLE	A	42	149	10	42	0	9	.282	.337	.315	5	0	13	8	0	3	0	3	1
1981	CLE	A	72	206	15	53	0	14	.257	.284	.286	6	0	8	13	0	4	1	2	1
1982	SF	N	107	218	26	61	0	17	.280	.375	.330	9	1	32	24	2	4	2	0	8
1983	SF	N	72	176	14	44	0	14	.250	.353	.284	2	2	27	13	2	4	0	6	7
1984	SF	N	83	115	8	23	0	11	.200	.273	.209	1	0	12	10	0	2	0	5	2
1985	SF	N	9	5	0	3	0	0	.600	.667	.600	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		271	514	48	131	0	42	.255	.348	.290	12	3	72	47	4	12	2	11	17
Total	AL		786	2865	281	786	1	221	.274	.320	.321	79	26	176	208	24	70	50	16	59
Total			1057	3379	329	917	1	263	.271	.325	.316	91	29	248	255	28	82	52	27	76

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1974	CLE	A	2B	8	5	50	16	19	0	3	1.000
1975	CLE	A	2B	87	87	777	192	230	12	65	.972
1975	CLE	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	CLE	A	2B	128	119	1083.2	300	365	9	92	.987
1976	CLE	A	1B	5	2	22.2	21	2	2	3	.920
1976	CLE	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	CLE	A	2B	148	148	1322	334	449	12	104	.985
1978	CLE	A	2B	149	149	1305.1	341	408	16	91	.979
1979	CLE	A	2B	140	137	1196	345	380	9	89	.988
1980	CLE	A	2B	42	42	354.1	87	111	1	28	.995
1981	CLE	A	2B	72	59	527.1	118	174	5	24	.983
1982	SF	N	2B	51	44	400	101	124	5	24	.978
1983	SF	N	2B	64	57	469.1	107	140	3	17	.988
1984	SF	N	1B	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	1.000
1984	SF	N	2B	31	18	174.2	59	66	4	14	.969
Total			DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	6	2	24.2	24	2	2	3	.929
Total			2B	920	865	7659.2	2000	2466	76	551	.983

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Selected by New York Yankees in the 12th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1968).
Selected by Seattle Pilots in the 9th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (February 1, 1969).
Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (5th pick overall) of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 17, 1970).
Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1970).
Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1971).
Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (21st pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 12, 1972).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Ed Whitson (November 14, 1981).
Released by San Francisco Giants (June 28, 1985).

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