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Joel Kuhnel

#59 - Relief Pitcher

Milwaukee Brewers

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%
6 35.1 4.84 1.47 14.0% 7.6%
26th 2
Sv
119th 30.0
IP
230th 4.37
ERA
238th 1.38
WHIP
323rd 22.2%
K%
90th 10.1%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
95.1 10.7% 25.6% 44.7% 6.6% 4.86 3.63
115th 94.4
FB MPH
230th 12.1%
SwStr%
287th 28.4%
CSW%
327th 50.7%
Str-ICR
308th 4.7%
MTK%
234th 4.93
PLV
196th 3.60
PLA
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Rank
115th

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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/MIL 35 0 35.1 1-3 6 5 4.84 1.47 5.64 5.44 4.60 3.63 14.0% 7.6% 10.2 1.53 .301 30.0% 73.5% 41.2% 53.0% 10.7% 25.6% 0.33 4.86
RP MLB Percentile 77 0 65 31-11 91 61 34 32 14 18 36 44 8 74 19 26 44 13 53 23 85 33 18 8 30
RP MLB AVG 24 1 30.0 2-2 2 4 4.37 1.38 4.34 4.37 4.42 3.60 22.2% 10.1% 8.4 1.13 .291 18.0% 72.2% 37.1% 43.6% 12.1% 28.4% 0.49 4.93
Career 117 0 129.0 5-6 7 11 5.58 1.39 4.43 4.73 4.35 2.97 17.4% 6.4% 10.0 1.40 .310 24.4% 66.7% 34.1% 52.3% 11.7% 26.6% 0.41 5.01

Joel Kuhnel Repertoire

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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/MIL 35 0 35.1 1-3 0 6 5 562 349 213 157 40 27 7 0 6 22 12 4 1
RP MLB Percentile 77 0 65 31-11 0 91 61 63 59 32 72 14 16 21 35 13 35 43 7 34
RP MLB AVG 24 1 30.0 2-2 0 2 4 516 328 188 132 28 19 5 0 4 30 13 2 1
Career 117 0 129.0 5-6 0 7 11 2,072 1,325 747 564 143 94 29 0 20 98 36 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/MIL 14.0% 7.6% .288 .468 .825 .357 .301 .336 .298 .374 .314 .402 89.1 90.4 9.7 5.64
RP MLB Percentile 8 74 18 22 22 22 44 41 7 14 20 21 28 40 72 14
RP MLB AVG 22.2% 10.1% .243 .393 .721 .318 .291 .322 .237 .319 .281 .360 87.8 89.3 13.3 4.34
Career 17.4% 6.4% .281 .456 .794 .345 .310 .343 .254 .328 .279 .366 89.1 90.8 8.0 4.43

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/MIL5.5% (95.1)51.4% (95.1)31.7% (90.5)1.4% (86.8)-3.2% (81.9)6.8% (90.1)-- 56.9% 43.1%
RP MLB Percentile 0 (58) 92 (67) 81 (60) 1 (58) - 7 (62) 19 (87) - - 77.6% 22.2%
RP MLB AVG 38.2% (94.4) 25.2% (94.0) 20.9% (89.4) 26.1% (85.0) 21.3% (82.5) 17.2% (79.6) 17.5% (86.2) 18.8% (86.4) 31.8% (68.1) 48.1% 51.7%
Career22.7% (95.6)33.4% (95.4)8.6% (90.5)22.4% (87.0)-1.0% (81.8)11.1% (90.0)-- 56.1% 43.1%

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/MIL19.4% (4)21.8% (20)33.1% (26)25.0% (1)-44.4% (4)15.8% (5)-- 21.6% 31.0%
RP MLB Percentile 9 (12) 20 (9) 77 (6) 25 (85) - 95 (52) 22 (51) - - 8.5% 68.2%
RP MLB AVG 27.0% (18) 27.3% (7) 27.3% (9) 29.5% (16) 28.2% (13) 27.5% (9) 21.4% (12) 23.8% (15) 23.3% (6) 27.6% 28.7%
Career28.7% (68)19.9% (46)33.1% (26)35.7% (70)-42.9% (4)17.9% (26)-- 23.5% 30.8%

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/MIL 53.0% 23.1% 17.1% 6.8% 31.6% 49.6% 32.8% 17.6% 15.3% 58.1% 26.5% 11.1% 4.3% 41.2%
RP MLB Percentile 85 39 10 23 66 90 45 11 17 22 32 6 81 23
RP MLB AVG 43.6% 21.7% 24.4% 10.4% 34.4% 41.2% 33.7% 25.1% 17.9% 62.6% 24.4% 5.9% 7.1% 37.1%
Career 52.3% 20.1% 21.4% 6.3% 33.6% 43.7% 32.7% 23.5% 17.1% 62.8% 23.4% 8.1% 5.7% 34.1%

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/MIL .288 .357 .301 .336 .298 .374 .314 .402 89.1 90.4 9.7 30.0% 41.2% 31.2%
RP MLB Percentile 18 22 44 41 7 14 20 21 28 40 72 13 23 9
RP MLB AVG .243 .318 .291 .322 .237 .319 .281 .360 87.8 89.3 13.3 18.0% 37.1% 24.7%
Career .281 .345 .310 .343 .254 .328 .279 .366 89.1 90.8 8.0 24.4% 34.1% 25.4%

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/MIL 45.7% 62.1% 47.2% 29.8% 22.6% 15.3% 77.4% 89.7% 53.8% 14.9% 10.7% 25.6% 21.2% 55.0% 0.33 44.7%
RP MLB Percentile 65 30 48 35 31 17 31 10 70 27 33 18 94 17 8 7
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.4% 47.1% 31.3% 25.6% 17.9% 74.4% 83.9% 58.5% 16.3% 12.1% 28.4% 17.1% 58.0% 0.49 50.7%
Career 42.9% 63.9% 49.0% 29.9% 23.8% 17.1% 76.2% 85.8% 57.9% 15.0% 11.7% 26.6% 20.2% 57.0% 0.41 50.1%

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/MIL 45.7% 44.0% 24.0% 32.0% 28.5% 23.8% 47.7% 32.2% 43.8% 7.8%
RP MLB Percentile 65 94 81 15 13 36 83 69 53 84
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.5% 27.0% 38.5% 36.5% 22.8% 40.7% 29.9% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 42.9% 43.9% 25.8% 30.3% 30.7% 25.3% 43.9% 30.0% 44.3% 7.4%

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/MIL 59.6% 12.5% 28.5% 18.5% 58.5% 43.4% 20.0% 23.1% 13.8%
RP MLB Percentile 65 45 35 92 31 11 39 23 14
RP MLB AVG 58.6% 12.3% 29.6% 14.4% 60.6% 49.8% 21.0% 26.3% 19.2%
Career 60.5% 10.9% 29.1% 17.3% 59.8% 47.3% 20.4% 22.4% 16.3%

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/MIL 562 4.86 42.3% 19.2% 38.4% 3.9% 6.6% 6.1 +3 3.63
RP MLB Percentile 63 30 18 74 33 33 12 16 27 44
RP MLB AVG 516 4.93 45.8% 17.3% 36.9% 8.9% 4.7% 0.8 +0 3.60
Career 2,072 5.01 45.6% 19.3% 35.1% 10.5% 6.4% 23.7 +14 2.97
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