Duane Kuiper
1974–1985 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, San Francisco Giants
1,057G
.271AVG
.325OBP
.316SLG
More career statistics
917H
1HR
263RBI
52SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,057 | 3,754 | 3,379 | 329 | 917 | 91 | 29 | 1 | 263 | 248 | 255 | 52 | 71 | 28 | 17 | 1,069 | .271 | .325 | .316 | .641 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1976-07-16 to 1976-08-02
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1975-08-29 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1978-07-27 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1976-05-18 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 532 | 1854 | 462 | 1 | 129 | 132 | 122 | .280 | .320 | .323 |
| Away | 525 | 1900 | 455 | 0 | 134 | 116 | 133 | .263 | .301 | .310 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 131 | 461 | 100 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 39 | .244 | .291 | .271 |
| May | 200 | 704 | 176 | 0 | 43 | 44 | 48 | .275 | .312 | .316 |
| June | 179 | 639 | 155 | 0 | 46 | 42 | 37 | .269 | .308 | .316 |
| July | 175 | 654 | 169 | 0 | 49 | 49 | 53 | .287 | .333 | .338 |
| August | 187 | 681 | 181 | 1 | 48 | 41 | 44 | .296 | .326 | .357 |
| September | 177 | 589 | 128 | 0 | 41 | 36 | 32 | .241 | .278 | .275 |
| October | 8 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .348 | .385 | .478 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 90 | 376 | 106 | 0 | 37 | 26 | 22 | .314 | .351 | .373 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 76 | 317 | 78 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 18 | .267 | .284 | .291 |
| detroit-tigers | 72 | 279 | 59 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 18 | .234 | .272 | .258 |
| new-york-yankees | 68 | 250 | 70 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 9 | .302 | .320 | .371 |
| baltimore-orioles | 66 | 258 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 21 | .236 | .252 | .269 |
| california-angels | 63 | 253 | 68 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 24 | .294 | .332 | .333 |
| texas-rangers | 58 | 236 | 63 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 21 | .303 | .339 | .351 |
| kansas-city-royals | 53 | 213 | 53 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 15 | .270 | .291 | .301 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 |  Cleveland Guardians | 10 | 22 | 11 | – | 4 | 1 | .500 | – | – |
| 1975 | Cleveland Guardians | 90 | 346 | 101 | – | 25 | 19 | .292 | – | – |
| 1976 | Cleveland Guardians | 135 | 506 | 133 | – | 37 | 10 | .263 | – | – |
| 1977 | Cleveland Guardians | 148 | 610 | 169 | 1 | 50 | 11 | .277 | – | – |
| 1978 | Cleveland Guardians | 149 | 547 | 155 | – | 43 | 4 | .283 | – | – |
| 1979 | Cleveland Guardians | 140 | 479 | 122 | – | 39 | 4 | .255 | – | – |
| 1980 | Cleveland Guardians | 42 | 149 | 42 | – | 9 | – | .282 | – | – |
| 1981 | Cleveland Guardians | 72 | 206 | 53 | – | 14 | 1 | .257 | – | – |
| 1982 |  San Francisco Giants | 107 | 218 | 61 | – | 17 | 2 | .280 | – | – |
| 1983 | San Francisco Giants | 72 | 176 | 44 | – | 14 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1984 | San Francisco Giants | 83 | 115 | 23 | – | 11 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1985 | San Francisco Giants | 9 | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | .600 | – | – |