Joe Kuhel

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 180 lb

BornJune 25, 1906 · Cleveland, OH, USA

MLB debutJuly 31, 1930

Final gameMay 11, 1947

Seasons18 (1930–1947)

Washington Senators 1930–1937; Chicago White Sox 1938–1943; Washington Senators 1944–1945; Chicago White Sox 1946; Washington Senators 1946; Chicago White Sox 1947

Percentile snapshot

1945 season — qualified batters

142

65.8

615

80.2

533

68.5

72.1

152

75.7

97.3

35.1

RBI

78.4

90.1

47.7

79.3

17.1

.285

62.2

OBP

.378

76.6

SLG

.400

59.5

OPS

.778

70.3

wRC+

136.9

84.7

OPS+

133.8

84.7

wOBA

.376

74.8

sWAR

3.5

79.3

of 112 qualified 1945 batters (min 483 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

105.6

52.9

OPS+

104.9

51.9

sWAR

19.0

93.1

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1930	18	70	63	9	18	3	3	0	17	5	6	1	0	.286	.348	.429	.776	96.5	96.8	.351	0.1
1931	139	578	524	70	141	34	8	8	85	47	45	7	5	.269	.335	.410	.745	95.8	96.8	.344	0.5
1932	101	380	347	52	101	21	5	4	52	32	19	5	2	.291	.353	.415	.768	101.2	101.6	.352	0.6
1933	153	674	602	89	194	34	10	11	107	59	48	17	8	.322	.385	.467	.851	125.9	127.1	.391	3.1
1934	63	299	263	49	76	12	3	3	25	30	14	2	7	.289	.364	.392	.756	99.3	98.3	.355	0.4
1935	151	723	633	99	165	25	9	2	74	78	44	5	4	.261	.345	.338	.684	82.2	79.7	.327	-0.5
1936	149	659	588	107	189	42	8	16	118	64	30	15	7	.321	.392	.502	.893	121.5	123.9	.405	2.8
1937	136	614	547	73	155	24	11	6	61	63	39	6	3	.283	.357	.400	.758	94.9	94.4	.350	0.5
1938	117	492	412	67	110	27	4	8	51	72	35	9	7	.267	.376	.410	.786	98.7	96.3	.368	0.7
1939	139	623	546	107	164	24	9	15	56	64	51	18	5	.300	.376	.460	.836	112.7	113.3	.382	2.0
1940	155	703	603	111	169	28	8	27	94	87	59	12	5	.280	.374	.488	.861	122.2	122.4	.386	3.0
1941	153	678	600	99	150	39	5	12	63	70	55	20	5	.250	.331	.392	.723	92.2	93.0	.336	0.3
1942	115	482	413	60	103	14	4	4	52	60	22	22	9	.249	.347	.332	.679	97.9	94.4	.332	0.5
1943	153	617	531	55	113	21	1	5	46	76	45	14	8	.213	.319	.284	.604	80.7	77.4	.303	-0.8
1944	139	597	518	90	144	26	7	4	51	68	40	11	6	.278	.364	.378	.742	119.7	116.8	.357	2.1
1945	142	615	533	73	152	29	13	2	75	79	31	10	5	.285	.378	.400	.778	136.9	133.8	.376	3.5
1946	78	288	258	26	68	9	3	4	22	26	26	4	4	.264	.333	.368	.702	98.4	98.3	.331	0.3
1947	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-133.5	-100.0	.000	-0.1

Career totals

2,104

192nd-most career G

9,095

152nd-most career PA

7,984

154th-most career AB

1,236

164th-most career R

2,212

187th-most career H

412

172nd-most career 2B

111

127th-most career 3B

131

RBI

1,049

267th-most career RBI

980

134th-most career BB

612

178

444th-most career SB

.2771

OBP

.3589

SLG

.4057

OPS

.7646

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1933-05-16	CLE @ MIN Gameday	8	1	5	0	1	1	5	10
1940-05-21	MIN @ CWS Gameday	5	4	5	2	0	1	2	10
1937-05-13	MIN @ CWS Gameday	5	3	4	0	3	0	3	10
1932-07-27	MIN @ BAL Gameday	5	2	4	0	1	1	2	9
1940-09-11	MIN @ CWS Gameday	4	3	4	0	1	1	2	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1930-04-14	BOS @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1930-04-15	MIN @ BOS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1930-04-16	MIN @ BOS Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1930-04-19	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1930-04-20	NYY @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.