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Kent Tekulve

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 180lb (193cm, 81kg)

Born: March 5, 1947 in Cincinnati, OH us

High School: Catholic HS (Hamilton, OH)

School: Marietta College (Marietta, OH)

Debut: May 20, 1974 (Age 27-076d, 13,491st in major league history)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 16, 1989 (Age 42-133d)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Kenton Charles Tekulve

Nicknames: Teke

Pronunciation: \teh-KULL-vee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.5

ERA

2.85

1050

184

1436.2

779

WHIP

1.250

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

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	PIT		MON	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
2	2	Apr 7	PIT		MON	W,7-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	3	Apr 8	PIT		MON	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	4	Apr 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	GF	10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	7 (2)	Apr 13	PIT		STL	W,7-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	9 (1)	Apr 15	PIT		STL	L,4-9	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	10	Apr 17	PIT		PHI	L,2-13	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	11	Apr 18	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	12	Apr 20	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	13	Apr 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	14	Apr 22	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	16 (1)	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	10	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	17	Apr 27	PIT		HOU	L,8-9		7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
14	18	Apr 29	PIT		HOU	W,10-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	19	May 1	PIT		ATL	L,2-5		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	23 (3)	May 6	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	24	May 7	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	26 (1)	May 9	PIT	@	ATL	W,17-9	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	27	May 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	GF	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	28	May 12	PIT		CIN	W,3-2		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	30 (1)	May 15	PIT		NYM	L,0-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	31	May 16	PIT		NYM	W,4-3		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	32	May 17	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	35 (2)	May 20	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	36	May 21	PIT	@	MON	W,4-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	38 (1)	May 23	PIT	@	MON	L,0-3	GF	11	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
27	39	May 25	PIT	@	NYM	T,3-3		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	40	May 26	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	46 (5)	Jun 1	PIT		SDP	W,9-8	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	49 (2)	Jun 4	PIT		LAD	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	50	Jun 5	PIT		LAD	W,3-1	GF	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	51	Jun 6	PIT		LAD	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	53 (1)	Jun 9	PIT		SFG	L,2-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	56 (2)	Jun 13	PIT	@	SDP	L,2-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	57	Jun 14	PIT	@	SDP	L,1-2		6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	58	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-2	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	60 (1)	Jun 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-1	GF	5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	62 (1)	Jun 20	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	63	Jun 22	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	69 (5)	Jun 27	PIT		NYM	L,9-12		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	70	Jun 28	PIT		NYM	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	71	Jun 29	PIT		MON	W,6-5	GF	7	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	77 (5)	Jul 6	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	4	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
44	79 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	80	Jul 8 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	81	Jul 10	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
47	83 (1)	Jul 12	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-3	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	86 (2)	Jul 15	PIT	@	ATL	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
49	87	Jul 19 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
50	90 (2)	Jul 21	PIT		HOU	W,6-5	GF	2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
51	91	Jul 22 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	92	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		ATL	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	95 (2)	Jul 24	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	96	Jul 25	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	98 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	MON	W,5-4		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	100 (1)	Jul 28	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	102 (1)	Jul 30	PIT		NYM	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	104 (1)	Aug 1	PIT		STL	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	105	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	108 (2)	Aug 4	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
61	109	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,12-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	110	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	112 (1)	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
64	114 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	115	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	116	Aug 11	PIT	@	PHI	W,14-11	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
67	117	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-1	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
68	121 (3)	Aug 17	PIT		LAD	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
69	123 (1)	Aug 19	PIT		LAD	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	124	Aug 20	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
71	126 (1)	Aug 22	PIT		SFG	W,8-6	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
72	128 (1)	Aug 25	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3		9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
73	130 (1)	Aug 27	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
74	132 (1)	Aug 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	GF	5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
75	133	Aug 31	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	134	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P LF
77	138 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,7-3	GF	10	2.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
78	139	Sep 5	PIT	@	STL	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
79	141 (1)	Sep 7	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-4		8	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
80	142	Sep 8	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
81	143	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
82	145 (1)	Sep 12	PIT		STL	W,2-0	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
83	146	Sep 15	PIT		NYM	W,5-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
84	147	Sep 16	PIT		NYM	L,0-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
85	149 (1)	Sep 18	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3		7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
86	150	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-6		2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
87	151	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
88	152	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
89	154 (1)	Sep 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
90	156 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		MON	W,5-2	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
91	157	Sep 24 (2)	PIT		MON	L,6-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
92	160 (2)	Sep 27	PIT		STL	L,5-9		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
93	162 (1)	Sep 29	PIT		CHC	L,6-7		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
94	163	Sep 30	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							95gm		134.2	8	28	1	37	0