Joe Kuhel
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Joseph Anthony Kuhel (June 25, 1906 – February 26, 1984) was an American professional baseball player and manager.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a first baseman for the Washington Senators (1930–37; 1944–46) and Chicago White Sox (1938–47).
He batted and threw left-handed, stood 6 foot (1.8 meters) tall, and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).
Kuhel coached the Senators (1948–49), following his playing career (1948–49).
Kuhel had 131 home runs and 1,049 RBI in 2,104 games played during his 18-season career.
He had a.992 field percentage when he started his career. Kuhel was the best defensive first baseman in the American League during the 1930s, but he was also a volatile player who suffered with injuries for the bulk of his career.
His power numbers were never as strong as they should have been in a more awaited park for long-ball hitters, owing to his time in Griffith Stadium the majority of his career.
Career
Kuhel began his major league career with the Washington in 1930 and replaced Joe Judge on a regular basis a year later. He appeared in 139 games, batting.269 with eight home runs and 85 RBI. Kuhel hit 11 home runs with 107 RBIs and career-highs in batting average (3.22) and hits (194) in the Senators' pennant year (1933). He was also one of the first basemen to put out 1,498 putouts.
Kuhel had a great season in 1934, scoring.289 with three homers in 63 games, but he was forced to miss the remainder of the season due to a broken ankle in July. He was healthy in 1935, leading to a.261 with 74 RBIs in 151 games. His best season came in 1936, when he hit.321 with 16 home runs and set career-bests in doubles (118), RBIs (118), and slugging percentage (.502) while striking out just 30 runs. He finished fifth in the American League MVP Award voting along with Vern Kennedy, Luke Appling, Earl Averill, Charlie Gehringer, and Bill Dickey, as well as Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Bridges, Hal Trosky, and Jimmie Foxx.
Kuhel came back in 1937, batting.283, but with poor numbers in home runs, RBIs, and slugging (6, 61, 400). In a trade of first basemen, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox before the 1938 season for slugger Zeke Bonura. Kuhel hit for more power in Comiskey Park, from 1939 to 1941, tying Bonura's franchise record of 27 home runs in 1940. However, Kuhel was allowed to go to.249, four homers, 52 RBIs in 1942, and.213, 5, 46 in 1943, after struggling to.249, four homers, 46 RBIs, and.213, 5, 46 in 1943.
Kuhel returned to Washington before the 1944 war. In his first two seasons in a Senators' uniform, he hit.282, but when Mickey Vernon returned from World War II in 1946, he was expendable and was sold back to the White Sox in the midseason. After three pinch-hit appearances in 1947, he retired as a player to lead the Class C Hot Springs Bathers.
Kuhel was sent back to Washington to rule the Senators in 1948. He had a 106–201 (.345) record in two seasons, winning seventh and eighth positions. He was fired from his position as a manager for the Kansas City Blues in the American Association after being fired.
At the age of 77, Kuhel died in Kansas City, Kansas.