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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%
8 42.1 4.68 1.54 13.0% 8.3%
33rd 3
Sv
201st 51.0
IP
223rd 4.21
ERA
249th 1.35
WHIP
338th 22.6%
K%
136th 9.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
95.2 10.1% 24.8% 43.2% 6.2% 4.89 3.70
111th 94.7
FB MPH
272nd 12.2%
SwStr%
320th 28.5%
CSW%
347th 51.2%
Str-ICR
298th 4.7%
MTK%
217th 4.94
PLV
209th 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 42 0 42.1 1-3 8 6 4.68 1.54 5.88 5.50 4.87 3.70 13.0% 8.3% 10.4 1.49 .300 25.9% 70.9% 42.9% 52.4% 10.1% 24.8% 0.30 4.89
RP MLB Percentile 52 0 41 13-28 90 53 35 28 7 11 17 39 3 60 21 21 55 13 56 14 85 21 8 2 35
RP MLB AVG 41 2 51.0 3-3 3 7 4.21 1.35 4.18 4.20 4.26 3.49 22.6% 9.8% 8.3 1.10 .291 17.7% 72.6% 36.8% 44.0% 12.2% 28.5% 0.50 4.94
Career 124 0 136.0 5-6 9 12 5.49 1.41 4.57 4.78 4.45 3.03 16.9% 6.7% 10.1 1.39 .309 23.6% 66.2% 35.1% 52.2% 11.4% 26.3% 0.39 5.01

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 42 0 42.1 1-3 0 8 6 706 431 275 192 49 33 9 0 7 25 16 4 1
RP MLB Percentile 52 0 41 13-28 0 90 53 41 36 52 45 39 38 41 48 25 18 59 16 48
RP MLB AVG 41 2 51.0 3-3 0 3 7 850 543 307 218 46 31 9 1 6 49 21 3 2
Career 124 0 136.0 5-6 0 9 12 2,216 1,407 809 599 152 100 31 0 21 101 40 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 13.0% 8.3% .290 .467 .826 .358 .300 .333 .304 .381 .316 .405 89.2 90.9 8.7 5.88
RP MLB Percentile 3 60 17 20 19 19 55 50 3 7 23 20 25 26 77 7
RP MLB AVG 22.6% 9.8% .241 .390 .713 .315 .291 .321 .235 .315 .280 .359 87.7 89.2 13.0 4.18
Career 16.9% 6.7% .282 .456 .796 .346 .309 .342 .258 .333 .282 .370 89.2 90.9 7.8 4.57

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/MIL6.7% (95.3)53.1% (95.2)28.5% (90.5)2.0% (86.7)-4.0% (83.5)5.8% (90.3)-- 59.8% 40.2%
RP MLB Percentile 0 (56) 92 (67) 78 (65) 0 (54) - 9 (79) 12 (89) - - 81.4% 18.3%
RP MLB AVG 38.7% (94.7) 26.6% (94.0) 19.7% (89.4) 25.8% (86.1) 21.0% (82.4) 15.4% (80.3) 17.5% (86.1) 18.6% (86.6) 42.7% (61.5) 48.7% 51.2%
Career21.9% (95.6)35.1% (95.4)9.1% (90.5)21.3% (87.0)-1.4% (83.3)10.5% (90.0)-- 57.0% 42.2%

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/MIL19.1% (5)21.3% (24)33.3% (30)21.4% (2)-35.7% (5)14.6% (5)-- 21.1% 30.3%
RP MLB Percentile 5 (4) 16 (13) 83 (14) 10 (4) - 88 (53) 15 (63) - - 2.9% 62.6%
RP MLB AVG 27.1% (31) 27.4% (12) 26.8% (14) 29.7% (27) 28.2% (19) 27.1% (14) 22.3% (19) 22.2% (20) 19.3% (9) 27.9% 28.8%
Career28.4% (69)19.9% (50)33.3% (30)35.5% (71)-35.5% (5)17.7% (26)-- 23.2% 30.6%

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 52.4% 23.4% 18.6% 5.5% 35.2% 48.3% 34.7% 17.0% 15.4% 56.5% 26.2% 11.7% 5.5% 42.9%
RP MLB Percentile 85 50 17 13 55 93 57 3 9 12 41 2 60 14
RP MLB AVG 44.0% 21.7% 24.2% 10.1% 34.7% 41.0% 33.6% 25.4% 18.2% 62.9% 24.6% 5.8% 6.8% 36.8%
Career 52.2% 20.4% 21.6% 5.8% 34.7% 43.7% 33.4% 22.9% 17.0% 61.9% 23.5% 8.5% 6.1% 35.1%

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/SF/MIL .290 .358 .300 .333 .304 .381 .316 .405 89.2 90.9 8.7 25.9% 42.9% 32.8%
RP MLB Percentile 17 19 55 50 3 7 23 20 25 26 77 13 14 4
RP MLB AVG .241 .315 .291 .321 .235 .315 .280 .359 87.7 89.2 13.0 17.7% 36.8% 24.4%
Career .282 .346 .309 .342 .258 .333 .282 .370 89.2 90.9 7.8 23.6% 35.1% 26.2%

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 45.6% 61.0% 46.3% 28.6% 21.7% 15.4% 78.3% 89.9% 55.5% 14.7% 10.1% 24.8% 20.8% 54.1% 0.30 43.2%
RP MLB Percentile 65 14 32 21 22 9 22 6 64 25 21 8 93 7 2 1
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.8% 47.4% 31.7% 25.6% 18.2% 74.4% 84.0% 58.5% 16.4% 12.2% 28.5% 17.1% 58.4% 0.50 51.2%
Career 43.0% 63.5% 48.6% 29.4% 23.5% 17.0% 76.5% 86.1% 58.2% 14.9% 11.4% 26.3% 20.2% 56.6% 0.39 49.3%

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 45.6% 44.6% 24.8% 30.6% 28.6% 23.4% 48.0% 33.0% 42.2% 7.5%
RP MLB Percentile 65 95 72 9 16 41 83 78 40 81
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.6% 27.0% 38.4% 36.2% 22.9% 40.9% 29.9% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 43.0% 44.2% 25.9% 29.9% 30.6% 25.1% 44.3% 30.4% 43.7% 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 58.6% 13.7% 28.0% 17.6% 57.2% 43.8% 19.6% 23.2% 12.6%
RP MLB Percentile 48 21 23 88 16 5 32 16 5
RP MLB AVG 58.6% 12.1% 29.9% 14.5% 61.1% 50.3% 21.2% 26.8% 19.3%
Career 60.1% 11.4% 28.9% 17.1% 59.3% 47.2% 20.3% 22.5% 15.8%

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 706 4.89 40.9% 21.1% 38.0% 3.0% 6.2% 8.3 +3 3.70
RP MLB Percentile 41 35 7 91 36 36 13 23 45 39
RP MLB AVG 850 4.94 45.9% 17.4% 36.7% 9.1% 4.7% 0.7 0 3.49
Career 2,216 5.01 44.9% 19.9% 35.2% 9.7% 6.3% 25.9 +14 3.03
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