Bill Kunkel

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Full Name: William Gustave James Kunkel	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/187	First Game: April 15, 1961
Birthdate: July 7, 1936	Final Game: September 21, 1963
Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 3 years
Died: May 4, 1985
Deathplace: Red Bank, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 7, 1936 in Hoboken, New Jersey, Bill Kunkel (William Gustave James Kunkel) played for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees over the course of his 3 year career. Kunkel broke into the bigs on April 15, 1961 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 5.18 ERA in 88.2 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1961	KC	A	58	2	3	4	5.18	46	58	51	0	0	4	88.2	103	11	32	2	8	0
1962	KC	A	9	0	0	0	3.52	6	7	3	0	0	0	7.2	8	3	4	0	0	0
1963	NY	A	22	0	3	2	2.72	31	15	14	0	0	0	46.1	42	3	13	3	0	0
Total			89	2	6	6	4.29	83	80	68	0	0	4	142.2	153	17	49	5	8	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1961	KC	A	P	58	2	88.2	10	13	3	2	0	0	3	3	0	.885
1962	KC	A	P	9	0	7.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	A	P	22	0	46.1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	89	2	142.2	12	18	3	2	0	0	4	3	0	.909

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1961	KC	A	58	8	2	1	0	0	.125	.222	.125	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
1962	KC	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	NY	A	22	6	0	2	0	1	.333	.429	.333	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total			89	14	2	3	0	1	.214	.313	.214	0	0	2	7	0	1	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1955).
Selected by Kansas City Athletics from Los Angeles Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 28, 1960).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Leo Posada to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Orlando Pena (August 3, 1962).
Selected by New York Yankees from Milwaukee Braves in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 26, 1962).

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