Joe Kuhel stats
Last played for the Chicago White Sox, 1947
Bio
- Debut
- 1930
Bio
- Debut
- 1930
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,104
- AB
- 7,984
- R
- 1,236
- H
- 2,212
- HR
- 131
- RBI
- 1,049
- SB
- 178
- AVG
- .277
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | MIN | 18 | 63 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | .286 |
| 1931 | MIN | 139 | 524 | 70 | 141 | 8 | 85 | 7 | .269 |
| 1932 | MIN | 101 | 347 | 52 | 101 | 4 | 52 | 5 | .291 |
| 1933 | MIN | 153 | 602 | 89 | 194 | 11 | 107 | 17 | .322 |
| 1934 | MIN | 63 | 263 | 49 | 76 | 3 | 25 | 2 | .289 |
| 1935 | MIN | 151 | 633 | 99 | 165 | 2 | 74 | 5 | .261 |
| 1936 | MIN | 149 | 588 | 107 | 189 | 16 | 118 | 15 | .321 |
| 1937 | MIN | 136 | 547 | 73 | 155 | 6 | 61 | 6 | .283 |
| 1938 | CHW | 117 | 412 | 67 | 110 | 8 | 51 | 9 | .267 |
| 1939 | CHW | 139 | 546 | 107 | 164 | 15 | 56 | 18 | .300 |
| 1940 | CHW | 155 | 603 | 111 | 169 | 27 | 94 | 12 | .280 |
| 1941 | CHW | 153 | 600 | 99 | 150 | 12 | 63 | 20 | .250 |
| 1942 | CHW | 115 | 413 | 60 | 103 | 4 | 52 | 22 | .249 |
| 1943 | CHW | 153 | 531 | 55 | 113 | 5 | 46 | 14 | .213 |
| 1944 | MIN | 139 | 518 | 90 | 144 | 4 | 51 | 11 | .278 |
| 1945 | MIN | 142 | 533 | 73 | 152 | 2 | 75 | 10 | .285 |
| 1946 |  MIN/CHW | 78 | 258 | 26 | 68 | 4 | 22 | 4 | .264 |
| 1947 | CHW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- AB
- 20
- R
- 1
- H
- 3
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .150
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 9,095
- TB
- 3,239
- XBH
- 654
- HBP
- 39
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | MIN | 70 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | MIN | 578 | 215 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | MIN | 380 | 144 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | MIN | 674 | 281 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | MIN | 299 | 103 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | MIN | 723 | 214 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | MIN | 659 | 295 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | MIN | 614 | 219 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHW | 492 | 169 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CHW | 623 | 251 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CHW | 703 | 294 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHW | 678 | 235 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | CHW | 482 | 137 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | CHW | 617 | 151 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | MIN | 597 | 196 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | MIN | 615 | 213 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | MIN/CHW | 288 | 95 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | CHW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 21.8
- RC
- 1250.4
- RC/27
- 5.70
- ISOP
- .129
- SECA
- .262
- BB/K
- 1.60
- AB/HR
- 60.9
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | MIN | 0.0 | 10 | 5.9 | .143 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | MIN | 0.8 | 75.3 | 5.2 | .141 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 65.5 | 0 |
| 1932 | MIN | 0.8 | 53.4 | 5.8 | .124 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 86.8 | 0 |
| 1933 | MIN | 3.4 | 110.9 | 7 | .145 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 54.7 | 0 |
| 1934 | MIN | 0.1 | 38.2 | 5.2 | .103 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 87.7 | 0 |
| 1935 | MIN | -1.0 | 82.1 | 4.6 | .077 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 316.5 | 0 |
| 1936 | MIN | 3.5 | 117.2 | 7.7 | .180 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 36.8 | 0 |
| 1937 | MIN | 1.0 | 83.7 | 5.7 | .117 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 91.2 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHW | 0.6 | 69.4 | 5.9 | .143 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 51.5 | 0 |
| 1939 | CHW | 2.3 | 99.8 | 6.8 | .159 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 36.4 | 0 |
| 1940 | CHW | 3.1 | 115.2 | 6.9 | .207 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 22.3 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHW | 1.4 | 85.8 | 5 | .142 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 50 | 0 |
| 1942 | CHW | 0.7 | 55.3 | 4.6 | .082 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 103.3 | 0 |
| 1943 | CHW | -0.5 | 55.6 | 3.5 | .072 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 106.2 | 0 |
| 1944 | MIN | 1.6 | 78.3 | 5.4 | .100 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 129.5 | 0 |
| 1945 | MIN | 3.7 | 88.1 | 6.1 | .114 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 266.5 | 0 |
| 1946 | MIN/CHW | 0.4 | 33.3 | 4.6 | .105 | 0.2 | 1 | 64.5 | 0 |
| 1947 | CHW | -0.1 | -0.3 | -2.9 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Joe Kuhel's career stats?
Joe Kuhel played 18 seasons for the Twins and the White Sox. He was a career .277 hitter with 2,212 hits, 131 home runs and 1,049 RBI. His best season was 1933: a .322 batting average, 11 home runs and 107 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 1 postseason, 1930 to 1947
All-time career rank
- 186th in hits (2,212)
- 235th in rbi (1,049)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.