 As a batter, he hit 3-for-14 (.214) with an RBI and two runs scored.Kunkel worked as a referee in the National Basketball Association for two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68, and in the American Basketball Association during the 1968–69 season.Kunkel was an umpire in the Florida State League in 1966, and in the Southern League during 1967 and 1968.