Eric
Kuiper
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 235
 
Born: September 18, 1980 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2013   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 20 NRW GL $ 842,000 2 4 3 4 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 4 6 4 5
2002 21 NRW GL $ 842,000 2 4 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5
2003 22 NRW GL $ 842,000 2 4 4 4 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5
2004 23 NRW GL $ 842,000 2 5 4 5 6 5 2 2 2 4 6 5 4 5 5 6 5 5
2005 24 NRW GL $ 842,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 5 7 5 6
2006 25 ATL GL $ 850,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 6 7 6 6
2007 26 ATL GL $ 850,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 6 7 6 6
2008 27 ATL GL $ 850,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 6 7 5 6
2009 28 KEN VL $ 950,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 6
2010 29 KEN VL $ 950,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 5 6
2011 30 KEN VL $ 950,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 6 7 5 6
2012 31 KEN VL $ 800,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 6 7 5 6
2013 32 KEN VL $ 800,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 6 7 6 6
2014 33 DES GL $ 800,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 5 6
2015 34 LAS GL $ 130,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 6 6
2016 35 LAS GL $ 130,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 5 5 7 5 6
2017 36 LAS GL $ 130,000 2 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 5 4 2 3 3 6 4 5
Min Ratings $ 130,000 2 4 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 5 4 2 3 3 6 4 5
Max Ratings $ 950,000 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 20 NRW GL 82 68 9 15 3 2 2 11 1 0 5 14 .221 .284 .412 .696 7.0 0.2
2002 21 NRW GL 81 224 43 66 16 2 7 30 7 2 12 47 .295 .344 .478 .822 34.9 3.5
2003 22 NRW GL 132 439 72 103 21 1 16 64 7 10 50 86 .235 .323 .396 .719 58.0 5.5
2004 23 NRW GL 26 48 13 9 1 0 4 7 0 0 6 5 .188 .278 .458 .736 6.6 0.0
    AAA   94 377 59 125 29 1 13 56 8 3 38 44 .332 .393 .517 .910 70.8  
2005 24 NRW GL 69 248 46 67 12 2 13 35 4 3 21 28 .270 .338 .492 .830 39.2 4.8
    AAA   59 186 31 44 16 0 6 27 6 0 22 28 .237 .317 .419 .737 26.1  
2006 25 ATL GL 136 419 44 88 24 0 7 47 14 3 50 60 .210 .304 .317 .622 42.9 1.2
2007 26 ATL GL 144 467 53 105 34 2 11 53 21 8 52 68 .225 .309 .377 .686 54.7 8.4
2008 27 ATL GL 149 493 68 105 32 0 14 54 15 8 59 73 .213 .309 .363 .672 58.5 7.4
2009 28 KEN VL 131 414 67 110 23 1 14 67 18 9 41 45 .266 .340 .428 .767 59.0 13.0
2010 29 KEN VL 135 408 66 112 19 0 17 71 16 8 46 46 .275 .351 .446 .797 65.2 12.3
2011 30 KEN VL 129 390 52 94 24 2 13 59 10 7 50 55 .241 .337 .413 .750 53.6 10.7
2012 31 KEN VL 126 409 70 102 25 1 25 91 13 8 62 63 .249 .353 .499 .852 72.1 17.9
2013 32 KEN VL 144 480 60 113 26 3 17 67 0 0 43 70 .235 .313 .408 .721 62.8 14.9
2014 33 DES GL 136 394 65 99 29 2 11 54 0 2 37 64 .251 .327 .419 .745 52.7 8.3
2015 34 LAS GL 142 462 51 102 21 1 16 57 23 7 37 79 .221 .286 .374 .660 47.6 6.3
2016 35 LAS GL 57 165 17 40 8 0 5 25 3 0 12 25 .242 .294 .382 .676 17.1 2.8
    AAA   72 276 46 86 11 0 12 45 12 3 40 35 .312 .399 .482 .881 53.3  
2017 36 AAA   95 144 20 46 15 0 2 27 2 0 11 21 .319 .368 .465 .833 22.9  
16 Years Sim 1819 5528 796 1330 318 19 192 792 152 75 583 828 .241 .322 .409 .731 731.8 117.4
4 Years AAA 320 983 156 301 71 1 33 155 28 6 111 128 .306 .382 .481 .863 173.1  
162 Game Average 492 70 118 28 1 17 70 13 6 51 73 .241 .322 .409 .731 65.2  
Career Highs 149 493 72 113 34 3 25 91 23 10 62 86 .295 .353 .499 .852 72.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4935 712 1214 295 14 173 710 137 67 553 766 .246 .330 .417 .747 676.1
vs LH   593 84 116 23 5 19 82 13 8 30 62 .196 .247 .347 .595 47.8
Home 905 2702 362 623 158 11 82 342 74 34 287 404 .231 .316 .388 .704 329.7
Away 914 2826 434 707 160 8 110 450 76 41 296 424 .250 .327 .429 .757 394.2
RISP   1429 0 364 88 8 53 567 0 0 192 235 .255 .349 .439 .788 218.5
Pinch Hitting   267 36 69 15 2 11 49 3 1 29 48 .258 .344 .453 .797 40.3
Close/Late   695 87 158 34 0 24 94 0 0 77 117 .227 .311 .380 .691 83.7
Mar/Apr 287 914 112 203 54 2 24 108 28 14 86 155 .222 .297 .364 .661 98.6
May 296 880 113 203 57 2 29 140 14 9 77 146 .231 .298 .399 .697 103.2
June 262 793 129 202 49 5 28 123 26 9 89 128 .255 .334 .435 .769 116.1
July 240 734 108 181 40 3 26 100 20 15 93 104 .247 .347 .416 .762 102.7
August 290 909 125 217 47 2 31 124 24 9 88 113 .239 .313 .397 .710 114.0
Sep/Oct 444 1298 209 324 71 5 54 197 38 19 150 182 .250 .339 .437 .776 189.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 20 NRW GL 1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 10 0 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 5.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2002 21 NRW GL LF 8 7 63.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2003 22 NRW GL LF 3 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
2004 23 NRW GL LF 8 5 52.7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.37 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2005 24 NRW GL LF 12 0 22.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2006 25 ATL GL LF 130 107 958.0 239 5 8 2 .968 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0  
2007 26 ATL GL LF 140 127 1137.0 315 12 8 3 .976 2.59 0 0 .000 0 1.7
2008 27 ATL GL LF 141 134 1206.0 258 5 9 1 .967 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.8
2009 28 KEN VL 3B 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 126 116 1020.3 248 9 10 3 .963 2.27 0 0 .000 0 2.6
2010 29 KEN VL CF 5 0 7.7 3 0 1 0 .750 3.52 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 118 110 973.0 259 5 3 0 .989 2.44 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2011 30 KEN VL LF 108 106 948.7 252 5 8 1 .970 2.44 0 0 .000 0 2.9
2012 31 KEN VL LF 114 112 975.7 275 8 5 1 .983 2.61 0 0 .000 0 4.0
2013 32 KEN VL LF 127 126 1107.3 288 8 5 1 .983 2.41 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    SS 1 0 6.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2014 33 DES GL LF 117 107 937.7 249 5 8 1 .969 2.44 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2015 34 LAS GL LF 132 127 1143.3 291 8 12 2 .961 2.35 0 0 .000 0 3.8
2016 35 LAS GL LF 47 44 395.3 93 2 2 1 .979 2.16 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  LF 1341 1228 10966.7 2803 72 79 16 .973 2.36 0 0 .000 0 29.8
  RF 4 1 24.0 9 0 1 0 .900 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 4 0 9.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 5 0 7.7 3 0 1 0 .750 3.52 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1359 1229 11016.4 2818 75 81 18 .973 2.36 0 0 .000 0 29.9
Career Highs   141 134 1206.0 315 12 12 3 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2009 28 KEN VL 18 60 5 9 1 0 1 2 0 2 7 8 .150 .261 .217 .478
2011 30 KEN VL 13 47 4 10 1 0 2 3 2 0 5 7 .213 .302 .362 .664
2012 31 KEN VL 11 43 7 12 2 0 1 7 0 1 3 9 .279 .354 .395 .750
2013 32 KEN VL 2 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .444 .545 .444 .990
Career Post-Season Batting 44 159 16 35 4 0 4 12 2 3 17 25 .220 .315 .321 .636
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History
Drafted in 19th round, 677th overall pick, by Columbia in 2001
Injured on 4/15/2005 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Injured on 9/18/2005 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Richmond on 6/30/2008
Injured on 6/27/2010 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
Injured on 4/14/2011 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for one week
Won Solecismic Series with Kentucky in 2011
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Essex on 6/6/2012