Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1974
- College
- Marietta
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1974
- College
- Marietta
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,050
- W
- 94
- L
- 90
- ERA
- 2.85
- IP
- 1436.1
- K
- 779
- BB
- 491
- WHIP
- 1.25
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | PIT | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 | 9.0 | 6 | 5 | 1.89 |
| 1975 | PIT | 34 | 1 | 2 | 2.25 | 56.0 | 28 | 23 | 1.18 |
| 1976 | PIT | 64 | 5 | 3 | 2.45 | 102.2 | 68 | 25 | 1.13 |
| 1977 | PIT | 72 | 10 | 1 | 3.06 | 103.0 | 59 | 33 | 1.18 |
| 1978 | PIT | 91 | 8 | 7 | 2.33 | 135.0 | 77 | 55 | 1.26 |
| 1979 | PIT | 94 | 10 | 8 | 2.75 | 134.1 | 75 | 49 | 1.18 |
| 1980 | PIT | 78 | 8 | 12 | 3.39 | 93.0 | 47 | 40 | 1.46 |
| 1981 | PIT | 45 | 5 | 5 | 2.49 | 65.0 | 34 | 17 | 1.20 |
| 1982 | PIT | 85 | 12 | 8 | 2.87 | 128.2 | 66 | 46 | 1.24 |
| 1983 | PIT | 76 | 7 | 5 | 1.64 | 99.0 | 52 | 36 | 1.15 |
| 1984 | PIT | 72 | 3 | 9 | 2.66 | 88.0 | 36 | 33 | 1.35 |
| 1985 |  PIT/PHI | 61 | 4 | 10 | 3.57 | 75.2 | 40 | 30 | 1.37 |
| 1986 | PHI | 73 | 11 | 5 | 2.54 | 110.0 | 57 | 25 | 1.13 |
| 1987 | PHI | 90 | 6 | 4 | 3.09 | 105.0 | 60 | 29 | 1.19 |
| 1988 | PHI | 70 | 3 | 7 | 3.60 | 80.0 | 43 | 22 | 1.36 |
| 1989 | CIN | 37 | 0 | 3 | 5.02 | 52.0 | 31 | 23 | 1.52 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 9
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 3.46
- IP
- 13.0
- K
- 14
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 1.15
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 4.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | PIT/PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Kent Tekulve's career stats?
Kent Tekulve played 16 seasons for the Pirates, the Phillies and the Reds. He had 94 wins and 779 strikeouts with a 2.85 ERA over 1,436.1 innings. His best season was 1982: 12 wins, a 2.87 ERA and 66 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1974 to 1989
Kent Tekulve finished top 10 in a stat 6 times.
Championships
- 1979 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
All-time career rank
- 64th in saves (184)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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