Are Glen Kuiper and Duane Kuiper related?

Glen Kuiper a highly respected sports broadcaster and announcer is the younger brother of Duane Kuiper.

Glen Kuiper’s brother Duane Kuiper is a former Major League player and current broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants.

Duane Eugene Kuiper was a second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and the San Francisco Giants. He batted.255 in three-plus seasons platooning at second for the Giants before being released on June 28, 1985.

Duane Kuiper backed up Hall of Famer Joe Morgan his first season in San Francisco. From 1983 to 1985, he and future broadcast partner Mike Krukow were both on the Giants, where they met.

Duane Kuiper has been a Giants television and radio broadcaster since 1986, with the exception of one year, and is one-half of the popular “Kruk and Kuip” duo with his friend and former teammate Mike Krukow.

Duane Kuiper left the Giants for a short time in 1993 to work for the expansion Colorado Rockies but returned in 1994.