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Joel Kuhnel

#54 - Relief Pitcher

San Francisco Giants

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 2/19/1995 (31)
Height, Weight 6'5", 290 lb
Hometown Goldsboro, NC

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
7 39.0 4.85 1.51 13.1% 8.0%
35th 3
Sv
219th 49.0
IP
234th 4.25
ERA
264th 1.35
WHIP
331st 22.5%
K%
94th 9.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
95.1 10.3% 25.1% 43.9% 6.7% 4.88 3.64
115th 94.7
FB MPH
255th 12.1%
SwStr%
293rd 28.5%
CSW%
343rd 51.1%
Str-ICR
325th 4.7%
MTK%
220th 4.94
PLV
200th 3.49
PLA

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Joel Kuhnel Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR% GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR% PLV
2019 CIN 11 0 9.2 1-0 0 1 4.66 1.34 - 4.30 - 0.00 21.4% 11.9% 7.4 0.93 .259 - 69.0% - - 15.1% 25.3% 0.41 -
2020 CIN 3 0 3.0 1-0 0 0 6.00 1.33 3.59 9.86 7.80 2.35 23.1% 0.0% 12.0 6.00 .250 28.6% 100.0% 20.0% 30.0% 5.3% 29.8% 0.40 5.23
2022 CIN 53 0 58.0 2-3 1 5 6.36 1.40 3.45 3.96 3.70 2.94 22.0% 5.5% 10.4 1.24 .347 20.5% 60.2% 35.0% 52.3% 12.5% 28.5% 0.50 5.12
2023 CIN/HOU 9 0 13.0 0-0 0 0 5.54 1.62 6.09 6.18 5.94 3.57 5.2% 8.6% 11.1 1.38 .298 22.2% 72.9% 30.6% 58.3% 9.7% 22.1% 0.21 4.88
2024 HOU/TB 6 0 10.0 0-0 0 0 4.50 0.80 3.87 3.77 4.13 3.11 12.8% 0.0% 7.2 0.90 .219 14.3% 52.6% 42.4% 48.5% 11.4% 25.3% 0.39 5.05
2026 ATH/SF/MIL 39 0 39.0 1-3 7 6 4.85 1.51 5.75 5.64 4.84 3.64 13.1% 8.0% 10.4 1.62 .299 28.0% 75.2% 41.8% 53.8% 10.3% 25.1% 0.31 4.88
RP MLB Percentile 49 0 37 13-26 89 53 33 23 11 17 27 42 5 71 11 27 36 15 55 13 85 25 15 6 34
RP MLB AVG 39 2 49.0 3-3 3 7 4.25 1.35 4.21 4.24 4.30 3.49 22.5% 9.8% 8.3 1.11 .290 17.6% 72.5% 36.9% 43.8% 12.1% 28.5% 0.50 4.94
Career 121 0 132.2 5-6 8 12 5.56 1.40 4.50 4.81 4.43 2.99 17.0% 6.5% 10.0 1.42 .309 24.1% 67.4% 34.6% 52.6% 11.5% 26.4% 0.40 5.02

Joel Kuhnel Repertoire

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Joel Kuhnel Game Log

Joel Kuhnel Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2019 CIN 11 0 9.2 1-0 0 0 1 166 103 63 42 8 6 1 0 1 9 5 0 0
2020 CIN 3 0 3.0 1-0 0 0 0 57 33 24 13 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0
2022 CIN 53 0 58.0 2-3 0 1 5 934 613 321 255 67 43 16 0 8 56 14 5 1
2023 CIN/HOU 9 0 13.0 0-0 0 0 0 195 124 71 58 16 11 3 0 2 3 5 1 0
2024 HOU/TB 6 0 10.0 0-0 0 0 0 158 103 55 39 8 5 2 0 1 5 0 1 0
2026 ATH/SF/MIL 39 0 39.0 1-3 0 7 6 638 392 246 175 45 30 8 0 7 23 14 4 1
RP MLB Percentile 49 0 37 13-26 0 89 53 37 35 60 40 38 36 37 47 34 18 69 15 47
RP MLB AVG 39 2 49.0 3-3 0 3 7 818 523 295 210 44 29 8 1 6 47 20 3 2
Career 121 0 132.2 5-6 0 8 12 2,148 1,368 780 582 148 97 30 0 21 99 38 11 2

Joel Kuhnel Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2019 CIN 21.4% 11.9% .216 .324 .634 .282 .259 .286 - - - - - - - -
2020 CIN 23.1% 0.0% .308 .769 1.077 .440 .250 .400 .186 .284 .129 .369 88.3 93.1 16.1 3.59
2022 CIN 22.0% 5.5% .291 .465 .805 .347 .347 .376 .228 .294 .261 .343 89.5 91.6 7.4 3.45
2023 CIN/HOU 5.2% 8.6% .308 .481 .860 .368 .298 .327 .304 .377 .293 .366 88.7 93.3 1.7 6.09
2024 HOU/TB 12.8% 0.0% .211 .342 .573 .248 .219 .242 .261 .305 .272 .339 88.5 81.9 12.1 3.87
2026 ATH/SF/MIL 13.1% 8.0% .290 .477 .837 .363 .299 .336 .298 .377 .309 .401 89.3 90.4 9.4 5.75
RP MLB Percentile 5 71 12 19 17 18 36 34 4 11 16 23 20 47 74 11
RP MLB AVG 22.5% 9.8% .241 .390 .713 .314 .290 .320 .235 .315 .280 .358 87.7 89.3 13.2 4.21
Career 17.0% 6.5% .282 .459 .799 .347 .309 .343 .255 .330 .279 .367 89.2 90.8 8.0 4.50

Joel Kuhnel Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2019 CIN35.5% (96.3)24.1% (95.6)-30.1% (86.2)--4.8% (89.3)-- 59.6% 34.9%
2020 CIN38.6% (95.4)22.8% (94.6)-35.1% (86.6)--3.5% (89.2)-- 61.4% 38.6%
2022 CIN25.4% (96.1)29.9% (95.9)-29.8% (86.8)--14.1% (90.1)-- 55.2% 43.9%
2023 CIN/HOU39.5% (94.2)22.6% (94.8)-22.6% (85.5)--15.4% (89.1)-- 62.1% 37.9%
2024 HOU/TB27.9% (94.4)17.1% (94.0)-41.1% (89.5)-1.9% (81.3)12.0% (90.4)-- 44.9% 55.1%
2026 ATH/SF/MIL5.5% (95.0)52.8% (95.1)28.8% (90.4)2.0% (86.8)-4.4% (83.5)6.4% (90.3)-- 58.3% 41.7%
RP MLB Percentile 0 (52) 92 (65) 77 (64) 0 (56) - 11 (79) 17 (89) - - 78.0% 21.7%
RP MLB AVG 38.5% (94.7) 26.5% (94.0) 19.9% (89.4) 25.8% (85.9) 21.0% (82.4) 15.5% (80.1) 17.1% (86.1) 18.5% (86.6) 42.5% (61.5) 48.5% 51.3%
Career22.1% (95.5)34.5% (95.4)8.6% (90.4)21.9% (87.0)-1.4% (83.3)10.8% (90.0)-- 56.5% 42.7%

Joel Kuhnel Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2019 CIN32.2% (12)10.0% (2)-32.0% (9)--25.0% (1)-- 23.2% 31.0%
2020 CIN31.8% (2)0.0% (0)-50.0% (1)--0.0% (0)-- 20.0% 45.5%
2022 CIN31.2% (36)22.6% (23)-34.9% (40)--22.0% (17)-- 26.6% 30.7%
2023 CIN/HOU23.4% (10)15.9% (1)-34.1% (6)--10.0% (2)-- 20.7% 24.3%
2024 HOU/TB25.0% (4)3.7% (0)-40.0% (13)-33.3% (0)5.3% (1)-- 16.9% 32.2%
2026 ATH/SF/MIL20.0% (4)21.7% (23)33.2% (27)23.1% (2)-35.7% (5)14.6% (5)-- 21.5% 30.1%
RP MLB Percentile 8 (2) 16 (13) 82 (14) 16 (5) - 88 (50) 17 (61) - - 4.6% 66.9%
RP MLB AVG 27.0% (29) 27.4% (12) 26.8% (14) 29.7% (25) 28.1% (18) 26.9% (13) 22.0% (18) 22.0% (19) 19.4% (9) 27.8% 28.8%
Career28.7% (68)20.0% (49)33.2% (27)35.5% (71)-35.5% (5)17.7% (26)-- 23.4% 30.5%

Joel Kuhnel Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR%
2019 CIN - - - - - - - - 19.9% - - - - -
2020 CIN 30.0% 0.0% 70.0% 0.0% 60.0% 20.0% 40.0% 40.0% 10.5% 80.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 20.0%
2022 CIN 52.3% 19.9% 22.2% 5.7% 33.5% 41.7% 32.8% 25.6% 17.9% 64.2% 22.7% 6.8% 6.3% 35.0%
2023 CIN/HOU 58.3% 18.8% 18.8% 4.2% 33.3% 40.8% 34.7% 24.5% 16.4% 68.8% 22.9% 4.2% 4.2% 30.6%
2024 HOU/TB 48.5% 18.2% 21.2% 12.1% 33.3% 45.5% 27.3% 27.3% 19.0% 57.5% 24.2% 12.1% 6.1% 42.4%
2026 ATH/SF/MIL 53.8% 21.2% 18.9% 6.1% 32.6% 50.7% 32.1% 17.2% 15.4% 57.6% 26.5% 11.4% 4.5% 41.8%
RP MLB Percentile 85 47 14 15 68 93 46 4 12 12 24 2 85 13
RP MLB AVG 43.8% 21.7% 24.3% 10.3% 34.7% 40.9% 33.7% 25.4% 18.2% 62.9% 24.5% 5.8% 6.8% 36.9%
Career 52.6% 19.5% 21.8% 6.0% 33.8% 44.3% 32.5% 23.2% 17.0% 62.4% 23.6% 8.3% 5.8% 34.6%

Joel Kuhnel Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR% IPA%
2019 CIN .216 .282 .259 .286 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 CIN .308 .440 .250 .400 .186 .284 .129 .369 88.3 93.1 16.1 28.6% 20.0% 15.4%
2022 CIN .291 .347 .347 .376 .228 .294 .261 .343 89.5 91.6 7.4 20.5% 35.0% 24.7%
2023 CIN/HOU .308 .368 .298 .327 .304 .377 .293 .366 88.7 93.3 1.7 22.2% 30.6% 25.9%
2024 HOU/TB .211 .248 .219 .242 .261 .305 .272 .339 88.5 81.9 12.1 14.3% 42.4% 35.9%
2026 ATH/SF/MIL .290 .363 .299 .336 .298 .377 .309 .401 89.3 90.4 9.4 28.0% 41.8% 32.0%
RP MLB Percentile 12 18 36 34 4 11 16 23 20 47 74 15 13 5
RP MLB AVG .241 .314 .290 .320 .235 .315 .280 .358 87.7 89.3 13.2 17.6% 36.9% 24.5%
Career .282 .347 .309 .343 .255 .330 .279 .367 89.2 90.8 8.0 24.1% 34.6% 25.8%

Joel Kuhnel Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR% Str-ICR
2019 CIN - 62.0% 51.8% - 29.1% 19.9% 70.9% - - 10.2% 15.1% 25.3% 16.9% 57.2% 0.41 -
2020 CIN 47.4% 57.9% 33.3% 13.3% 15.8% 10.5% 84.2% 93.3% 50.0% 24.6% 5.3% 29.8% 17.5% 50.9% 0.40 50.9%
2022 CIN 45.8% 65.6% 49.7% 31.6% 25.2% 17.9% 74.8% 83.9% 57.5% 16.0% 12.5% 28.5% 19.3% 58.5% 0.50 52.1%
2023 CIN/HOU 49.7% 63.6% 51.3% 25.5% 19.0% 16.4% 81.0% 84.0% 72.0% 12.3% 9.7% 22.1% 25.1% 55.4% 0.21 48.2%
2024 HOU/TB 50.0% 65.2% 51.3% 30.4% 22.2% 19.0% 77.8% 84.2% 62.5% 13.9% 11.4% 25.3% 20.9% 60.1% 0.39 47.5%
2026 ATH/SF/MIL 45.3% 61.4% 46.7% 29.5% 22.1% 15.4% 77.9% 89.7% 55.3% 14.7% 10.3% 25.1% 21.0% 54.4% 0.31 43.9%
RP MLB Percentile 70 28 43 31 25 12 25 5 71 31 25 15 93 12 6 2
RP MLB AVG 44.4% 63.8% 47.4% 31.7% 25.5% 18.2% 74.5% 84.0% 58.6% 16.4% 12.1% 28.5% 17.1% 58.3% 0.50 51.1%
Career 42.8% 63.7% 48.8% 29.8% 23.7% 17.0% 76.3% 86.0% 58.2% 14.9% 11.5% 26.4% 20.2% 56.8% 0.40 49.7%

Joel Kuhnel Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2019 CIN - - - - - - - - - -
2020 CIN 47.4% 36.8% 28.1% 35.1% 36.8% 21.1% 42.1% 43.9% 28.1% 5.3%
2022 CIN 45.8% 41.0% 28.0% 31.0% 31.4% 25.9% 42.7% 27.8% 44.3% 6.9%
2023 CIN/HOU 49.7% 59.0% 21.0% 20.0% 33.8% 30.3% 35.9% 32.3% 46.7% 6.7%
2024 HOU/TB 50.0% 44.9% 24.1% 31.0% 28.5% 22.8% 48.7% 27.2% 48.7% 10.1%
2026 ATH/SF/MIL 45.3% 44.2% 24.8% 31.0% 28.2% 23.7% 48.1% 33.9% 41.4% 7.7%
RP MLB Percentile 70 94 77 11 17 32 79 80 38 86
RP MLB AVG 44.4% 34.5% 27.0% 38.5% 36.3% 22.9% 40.8% 29.9% 43.2% 6.6%
Career 42.8% 44.0% 25.9% 30.0% 30.5% 25.2% 44.2% 30.6% 43.5% 7.3%

Joel Kuhnel Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2019 CIN 58.4% 15.7% 25.9% 14.4% 69.0% 54.8% 14.4% - 20.9%
2020 CIN 54.4% 14.0% 31.6% 9.7% 69.2% 53.8% 29.0% 11.1% 16.7%
2022 CIN 61.8% 8.5% 30.2% 17.5% 58.6% 48.0% 22.4% 25.5% 19.9%
2023 CIN/HOU 63.1% 12.3% 25.1% 20.3% 58.6% 46.6% 16.3% 22.4% 6.1%
2024 HOU/TB 57.0% 12.0% 31.6% 13.3% 61.5% 48.7% 18.9% 26.0% 10.0%
2026 ATH/SF/MIL 59.1% 12.9% 28.5% 18.0% 57.6% 43.5% 19.6% 23.6% 12.6%
RP MLB Percentile 59 40 35 91 26 7 40 21 7
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.1% 29.9% 14.5% 61.0% 50.1% 21.1% 26.8% 19.2%
Career 60.3% 11.1% 29.1% 17.2% 59.5% 47.2% 20.3% 22.6% 15.9%

Joel Kuhnel PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2019 CIN 166 - - - - - - - - 0.00
2020 CIN 57 5.23 48.9% 11.1% 40.0% 8.9% 0.0% 1.9 +1 2.35
2022 CIN 934 5.12 48.8% 18.4% 32.8% 16.1% 6.2% 13.6 +10 2.94
2023 CIN/HOU 195 4.88 41.0% 20.5% 38.5% 2.6% 8.7% 4.4 +4 3.57
2024 HOU/TB 158 5.05 43.0% 25.3% 31.6% 11.4% 5.7% -2.3 -3 3.11
2026 ATH/SF/MIL 638 4.88 40.6% 21.3% 38.1% 2.5% 6.7% 8.2 +3 3.64
RP MLB Percentile 37 34 4 95 36 36 6 20 29 42
RP MLB AVG 818 4.94 45.9% 17.4% 36.7% 9.2% 4.7% 0.6 -1 3.49
Career 2,148 5.02 44.9% 19.9% 35.1% 9.8% 6.4% 25.8 +14 2.99
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