Joe Kuhel

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 25, 1906 in Cleveland, OH us

Died: February 26, 1984 in Kansas City, KS

Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

High School: Brooklyn Heights HS (Cleveland, OH)

Debut: July 31, 1930 (Age 24-036d, 7,114th in major league history)
vs. PHA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 11, 1947 (Age 40-320d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Joseph Anthony Kuhel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.3

7984

2212

131

.277

1236

RBI

1049

178

OBP

.359

SLG

.406

OPS

.765

OPS+

104

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

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
2	2	Apr 20	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	10	1	1	12	0
3	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 22	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 24	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
6	6	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
7	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
8	8	Apr 27	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
9	9	Apr 28	CHW		SLB	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
12	12	May 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
13	13	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
14	14	May 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
15	15	May 6	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
16	16	May 7	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
17	17	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
18	18	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	19	May 10	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
20	20	May 11	CHW	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
21	21	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
22	22	May 14	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	9	1	0	10	1
23	23	May 17	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
24	24	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
25	25	May 19	CHW		WSH	L,10-12	CG	51	9.0	7	1	2	10	0
26	26	May 20	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
27	27	May 21	CHW		WSH	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
28	28	May 22	CHW		PHA	W,10-1	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	29	May 23	CHW		PHA	W,13-4	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
30	30	May 24	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	31	May 25	CHW		DET	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	8	0	1	9	1
32	32	May 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	40	8.0	8	2	0	10	2
34	34	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	35	May 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
36	36	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
37	37	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
39	39	Jun 2 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
40	40	Jun 2 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	2
41	41	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
42	42	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
43	43	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
44	44	Jun 6	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
45	45	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
46	46	Jun 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
47	47	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
49	49	Jun 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
50	50	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
51	51	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	52	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	44	12.0	11	0	0	11	1
53	53	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-14	CG	53	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
54	54	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
55	55	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
56	56	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	T,1-0	CG	38	11.0	13	0	0	13	0
57	57	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	L,1-12	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
58	58	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
59	59	Jun 26	CHW		WSH	W,7-6	CG	47	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
60	60	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
61	61	Jun 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
62	62	Jun 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	64	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
65	65	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
66	66	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	67	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
68	68	Jul 5	CHW		SLB	W,10-8	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
69	69	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	4
70	70	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
71	71	Jul 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	52	12.0	6	2	1	9	0
72	72	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
73	73	Jul 13 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
74	74	Jul 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	5
75	75	Jul 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
77	77	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
78	78	Jul 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	1	7	1
79	79	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	9	3	0	12	1
80	80	Jul 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,19-7	CG	44	9.0	6	1	1	8	2
81	81	Jul 21 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	9	2	1	12	0
82	82	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	1	12	2
83	83	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
84	84	Jul 24	CHW		BOS	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
85	85	Jul 25	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
86	86	Jul 26	CHW		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
87	87	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	12	0	1	13	1
88	88	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,9-10	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	89	Jul 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
90	90	Jul 30	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	91	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	92	Aug 1	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	1
93	93	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
94	94	Aug 3	CHW		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
95	95	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	1
96	96	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
97	97	Aug 5	CHW		CLE	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
98	98	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
99	99	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
100	100	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	9	0	2	11	1
101	101	Aug 9	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
102	102	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	103	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
104	104	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
105	105	Aug 12	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
106	106	Aug 13	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
107	107	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
108	108	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
109	109	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	W,13-4	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
110	110	Aug 17	CHW	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
111	111	Aug 18	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
112	112	Aug 20 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
113	113	Aug 20 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	6	1	0	7	0
114	114	Aug 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
115	115	Aug 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	12.0	8	3	1	12	2
116	116	Aug 24 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
117	117	Aug 24 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
118	118	Aug 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
119	119	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
120	120	Aug 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	13	0	0	13	1
121	121	Aug 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
122	122	Aug 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	9	0	0	9	1
123	123	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
124	124	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	55	12.0	11	0	0	11	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	125	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
126	126	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
127	127	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
128	128	Sep 3	CHW		DET	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
129	129	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
130	130	Sep 5	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
131	131	Sep 6	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
132	132	Sep 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
133	133	Sep 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	43	9.1	7	0	0	7	1
134	134	Sep 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	1	9	2
135	135	Sep 10	CHW		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
136	136	Sep 11	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
137	137	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	138	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	139	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
140	140	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
141	141	Sep 14	CHW		PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
142	142	Sep 15 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
143	143	Sep 15 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
144	144	Sep 16	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
145	145	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
146	146	Sep 18 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
147	147	Sep 19	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
148	148	Sep 20	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
149	149	Sep 21	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
150	150	Sep 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
151	151	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	50	9.1	9	0	0	9	2
152	152	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
153	153	Sep 27	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	8	2	0	10	2
154	154	Sep 28	CHW		SLB	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
155	155	Sep 29	CHW		SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
							155gm		1386.0	1395	91	18	1504	112