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Joel Kuhnel

#47 - Relief Pitcher

Oakland Athletics

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%
4 12.2 2.13 1.11 10.2% 8.2%
17th 1
Sv
183rd 12.0
IP
81st 5.20
ERA
91st 1.53
WHIP
326th 22.2%
K%
75th 10.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
94.3 10.7% 23.3% 41.5% 6.9% 4.93 2.59
110th 94.0
FB MPH
182nd 11.9%
SwStr%
312th 28.5%
CSW%
326th 49.9%
Str-ICR
308th 4.2%
MTK%
176th 4.97
PLV
41st 3.49
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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 0.00 12.8% 0.0% 7.2 0.90 .219 14.3% 52.6% 42.4% 48.5% 11.4% 25.3% 0.39 -
2026 OAK 12 0 12.2 0-1 4 1 2.13 1.11 3.62 3.31 4.42 2.59 10.2% 8.2% 7.1 0.00 .250 0.0% 78.6% 42.5% 50.0% 10.7% 23.3% 0.22 4.93
RP MLB Percentile 52 0 43 0-14 93 48 76 73 63 74 58 88 7 76 57 72 60 72 62 28 74 47 11 7 47
RP MLB AVG 9 0 12.0 1-1 1 2 5.20 1.53 4.75 4.81 4.60 3.49 22.2% 10.8% 9.1 1.24 .306 18.8% 71.1% 38.4% 43.5% 11.9% 28.5% 0.49 4.97
Career 94 0 106.1 4-4 5 7 5.42 1.33 3.88 4.33 4.26 2.42 17.8% 6.1% 9.6 1.18 .306 20.6% 65.4% 32.6% 51.8% 11.9% 26.7% 0.42 5.06

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 OAK 12 0 12.2 0-1 0 4 1 159 100 59 49 10 9 1 0 0 5 4 0 1
RP MLB Percentile 52 0 43 0-14 0 93 48 29 29 70 36 47 25 56 15 72 16 68 44 13
RP MLB AVG 9 0 12.0 1-1 0 1 2 211 133 78 54 12 8 2 0 1 12 6 1 1
Career 94 0 106.1 4-4 0 5 7 1,669 1,076 593 456 113 76 23 0 14 81 28 7 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 OAK 10.2% 8.2% .233 .256 .542 .250 .250 .250 .268 .302 .285 .299 89.4 91.5 12.6 3.62
RP MLB Percentile 7 76 49 80 81 82 60 75 24 63 43 72 27 24 52 63
RP MLB AVG 22.2% 10.8% .254 .412 .753 .335 .306 .337 .243 .332 .289 .378 88.2 89.5 13.3 4.75
Career 17.8% 6.1% .274 .431 .757 .333 .306 .334 .239 .310 .267 .347 89.2 91.0 8.0 3.88

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 CIN 35.5% (96.3) 24.1% (95.6) - 30.1% (86.2) - - 4.8% (89.3) - - 59.6% 34.9%
2020 CIN 38.6% (95.4) 22.8% (94.6) - 35.1% (86.6) - - 3.5% (89.2) - - 61.4% 38.6%
2022 CIN 25.4% (96.1) 29.9% (95.9) - 29.8% (86.8) - - 14.1% (90.1) - - 55.2% 43.9%
2023 CIN/HOU 39.5% (94.2) 22.6% (94.8) - 22.6% (85.5) - - 15.4% (89.1) - - 62.1% 37.9%
2024 HOU/TB 27.8% (94.4) 17.1% (94.0) - 41.1% (89.5) - 1.9% (81.3) 12.0% (90.4) - - 44.9% 55.1%
2026 OAK 1.9% (95.0) 56.6% (94.3) 31.4% (90.9) 0.6% (81.3) - - 9.4% (90.3) - - 58.5% 41.5%
RP MLB Percentile 0 (61) 91 (55) 80 (74) 0 (6) - - 24 (88) - - 80.1% 19.9%
RP MLB AVG 35.1% (94.0) 26.7% (93.9) 21.0% (89.2) 27.5% (85.6) 23.2% (82.4) 17.9% (80.7) 18.7% (86.0) 19.4% (86.4) 42.4% (55.9) 47.4% 52.4%
Career 26.5% (95.6) 29.5% (95.3) 3.0% (90.9) 27.4% (87.0) - 0.2% (81.3) 12.3% (89.9) - - 56.0% 43.0%

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 CIN 32.2% (12) 10.0% (2) - 32.0% (9) - - 25.0% (1) - - 23.2% 32.8%
2020 CIN 31.8% (2) 0.0% (0) - 50.0% (1) - - 0.0% (0) - - 20.0% 45.5%
2022 CIN 31.2% (36) 22.6% (23) - 34.9% (40) - - 22.0% (17) - - 26.6% 31.5%
2023 CIN/HOU 23.4% (10) 15.9% (1) - 34.1% (6) - - 10.0% (2) - - 20.7% 24.3%
2024 HOU/TB 25.0% (4) 3.7% (0) - 40.0% (13) - 33.3% (0) 5.3% (1) - - 16.9% 32.2%
2026 OAK 0.0% (0) 21.1% (5) 28.0% (10) 100.0% (0) - - 20.0% (2) - - 20.4% 27.3%
RP MLB Percentile 0 (0) 18 (23) 50 (8) 100 (0) - - 38 (63) - - 11.9% 47.7%
RP MLB AVG 26.4% (7) 28.2% (4) 27.9% (5) 30.4% (8) 28.6% (7) 27.2% (5) 21.7% (6) 25.1% (8) 20.0% (1) 28.1% 28.3%
Career 29.2% (64) 19.1% (31) 28.0% (10) 36.0% (69) - 33.3% (0) 18.4% (23) - - 23.9% 31.0%

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 OAK 50.0% 25.0% 15.0% 10.0% 27.5% 50.0% 27.5% 22.5% 14.5% 57.5% 32.5% 10.0% 0.0% 42.5%
RP MLB Percentile 74 36 12 56 78 86 23 35 17 28 17 16 87 28
RP MLB AVG 43.5% 22.0% 24.5% 10.1% 35.2% 42.0% 33.6% 24.4% 17.5% 61.4% 24.8% 6.0% 7.8% 38.4%
Career 51.8% 19.5% 22.1% 6.5% 33.6% 42.3% 32.1% 25.6% 17.4% 63.9% 23.5% 7.2% 5.5% 32.6%

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 OAK .233 .250 .250 .250 .268 .302 .285 .299 89.4 91.5 12.6 0.0% 42.5% 34.7%
RP MLB Percentile 49 82 60 75 24 63 43 72 27 24 52 72 28 7
RP MLB AVG .254 .335 .306 .337 .243 .332 .289 .378 88.2 89.5 13.3 18.8% 38.4% 25.2%
Career .274 .333 .306 .334 .239 .310 .267 .347 89.2 91.0 8.0 20.6% 32.6% 24.3%

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 OAK 44.0% 62.9% 50.3% 34.8% 21.3% 14.5% 78.8% 93.9% 54.8% 12.6% 10.7% 23.3% 25.2% 56.6% 0.22 41.5%
RP MLB Percentile 35 52 82 74 35 17 35 8 66 8 47 11 98 39 7 7
RP MLB AVG 44.1% 62.9% 46.4% 30.8% 25.6% 17.5% 74.4% 83.7% 59.1% 16.6% 11.9% 28.5% 17.0% 57.3% 0.49 49.9%
Career 42.0% 64.5% 49.7% 30.4% 24.0% 17.4% 76.0% 85.3% 59.0% 14.7% 11.9% 26.7% 20.4% 57.7% 0.42 51.2%

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 OAK 44.0% 34.0% 25.8% 40.3% 26.4% 23.9% 49.7% 39.0% 35.2% 10.1%
RP MLB Percentile 35 43 46 57 14 39 81 92 10 93
RP MLB AVG 44.1% 35.0% 26.5% 38.5% 36.2% 22.9% 41.0% 30.6% 42.9% 6.3%
Career 42.0% 42.9% 26.4% 30.7% 31.1% 25.8% 43.1% 30.1% 43.5% 7.5%

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 OAK 57.9% 14.5% 27.7% 27.2% 64.6% 39.6% 15.2% 27.3% 11.4%
RP MLB Percentile 45 22 28 99 67 11 6 59 13
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.9% 29.2% 14.1% 59.7% 49.5% 21.1% 26.3% 19.6%
Career 60.5% 10.7% 29.1% 17.8% 60.7% 47.8% 20.1% 22.6% 16.7%

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 - - - - - - - - 0.00
2026 OAK 159 4.93 45.9% 17.0% 37.1% 8.8% 6.9% -1.5 +2 2.59
RP MLB Percentile 29 47 51 38 41 41 12 77 34 88
RP MLB AVG 211 4.97 46.3% 17.6% 36.1% 10.1% 4.2% 1.7 +2 3.49
Career 1,669 5.06 47.3% 18.3% 34.4% 13.0% 6.5% 18.4 +15 2.42
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