Complex sentence: Plagued with numerous potential career-ending injuries, Kunkel worked hard to rehabilitate himself to finish an 11 year professional baseball career with 5 1/2 in the major leagues, playing 8 or the 9 position on the field while pitching 3 times in mop-up stints.
Split into simpler sentences: Plagued with numerous potential career-ending injuries, Kunkel worked hard to rehabilitate himself to finish an 11 year professional baseball career with 5 1/2 in the major leagues. A versitale player with the ability to play 8 or the 9 position on the field while pitching 3 times in mop-up stints.