Joe Cunningham
Joseph Robert Cunningham Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 27, 1931 in Paterson, NJ
High School: Lodi (Lodi, NJ)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1954
Final Game: April 17, 1966
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 STL NL 22 1B 85 84 751.0 892 814 68 10 96 .989 5.8 9.3 5.8 3.3 2.5 0 10.57 10.38 .991 9.81 9.26
1956 STL NL 24 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.70
1957 STL NL 25 1B 57 22 270.0 296 279 17 0 17 1.000 5.4 24.0 5.4 1.9 3.5 0 9.87 5.19 .990 9.67 8.82
1957 STL NL 25 RF 47 42 344.0 81 78 1 2 0 .975 3.6 12.6 4.6 2.1 2.6 -1 2.07 1.68 .972 1.98 1.72
1957 STL NL 25 OF 46 42 344.0 85 81 1 3 0 .965 3.6 12.6 4.6 2.1 2.6 -1 2.15 1.78 .980 2.29 2.07
1958 STL NL 26 1B 67 31 343.2 352 328 23 1 19 .997 4.8 16.8 4.8 1.2 3.5 0 9.19 5.24 .990 9.54 8.11
1958 STL NL 26 OF 66 60 502.2 95 90 3 2 2 .979 -6.4 -15.3 -5.4 -2.0 -3.4 -1 1.67 1.41 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 STL NL 26 RF 42 40 326.2 58 54 2 2 1 .966 -5.8 -21.3 -4.8 -1.8 -2.9 -1 1.54 1.33 .978 2.02 1.73
1958 STL NL 26 LF 24 20 176.0 33 32 1 0 1 1.000 -0.6 -4.1 -0.6 -0.2 -0.5 0 1.69 1.38 .976 2.00 1.54
1959 STL NL 27 OF 121 117 966.2 212 201 5 6 1 .972 -11.2 -13.9 -5.2 -1.8 -3.5 -6 1.92 1.70 .977 2.21 1.90 AS,MVP-13
1959 STL NL 27 RF 109 104 850.1 188 179 4 5 1 .973 -8.7 -12.3 -3.7 -1.1 -2.6 -5 1.94 1.68 .978 1.96 1.64 AS,MVP-13
1959 STL NL 27 1B 35 10 144.0 168 158 9 1 22 .994 1.1 9.2 1.1 0.5 0.6 0 10.44 4.77 .988 9.58 8.04 AS,MVP-13
1959 STL NL 27 LF 21 13 116.1 20 18 1 1 0 .950 -2.5 -25.8 -1.5 -0.7 -0.9 -1 1.47 0.90 .970 2.04 1.59 AS,MVP-13
1960 STL NL 28 OF 116 108 944.1 200 184 6 10 1 .950 -6.8 -8.6 -1.8 1.2 -3.0 -5 1.81 1.64 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 STL NL 28 RF 116 108 944.1 198 182 6 10 1 .949 -6.8 -8.6 -1.8 1.2 -3.0 -5 1.79 1.62 .980 1.99 1.76
1960 STL NL 28 1B 15 14 122.0 124 114 10 0 7 1.000 0.8 7.9 0.8 0.3 0.5 0 9.15 8.27 .990 9.57 8.20
1961 STL NL 29 OF 86 77 649.1 138 131 2 5 1 .964 -2.6 -4.8 0.4 -0.5 0.9 -3 1.84 1.55 .978 2.16 1.86
1961 STL NL 29 RF 85 76 640.2 139 132 2 5 1 .964 -2.8 -5.2 0.2 -0.7 0.9 -3 1.88 1.58 .974 1.93 1.60
1961 STL NL 29 1B 10 6 62.0 70 69 1 0 8 1.000 -2.0 -38.7 -2.0 -1.2 -0.8 0 10.16 7.00 .990 9.81 8.57
1961 STL NL 29 LF 1 1 8.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 27.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.08 2.00 .950 1.87 1.50
1962 CHW AL 30 1B 143 142 1259.2 1380 1282 90 8 118 .994 6.7 6.4 7.7 5.5 2.3 -1 9.80 9.59 .990 7.14 6.99 MVP-18
1962 CHW AL 30 OF 5 3 22.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 27.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.05 1.00 .980 2.21 1.92 MVP-18
1962 CHW AL 30 RF 5 3 22.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 27.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.45 1.20 .983 2.00 1.72 MVP-18
1963 CHW AL 31 1B 58 57 492.1 565 535 24 6 39 .989 0.9 2.2 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 1 10.22 9.64 .990 9.48 8.59
1964 TOT AL 32 1B 74 63 569.1 611 580 29 2 53 .997 0.2 0.4 -0.8 -0.2 -0.7 1 9.63 8.23 .991 9.43 8.12
1964 CHW AL 32 1B 33 30 259.0 281 264 16 1 25 .996 0.7 3.2 0.7 -0.3 1.0 0 9.73 8.48 .991 9.43 8.12
1964 WSA AL 32 1B 41 33 310.1 330 316 13 1 28 .997 -0.5 -1.9 -1.5 0.1 -1.7 1 9.54 8.02 .991 9.43 8.12
1965 WSA AL 33 1B 59 43 412.2 423 393 24 6 44 .986 -0.2 -0.6 -1.2 -4.0 2.8 1 9.09 7.07 .991 9.56 7.88
1966 WSA AL 34 1B 3 3 21.0 14 10 4 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -28.6 -0.5 -0.2 -0.2 0 6.00 4.67 .993 9.60 8.17
12 Seasons 1B 607 475 4449.2 4897 4564 299 34 424 .993 22.8 6.1 20.8 8.2 12.6 2 9.84 8.01 .990 8.90 8.11
6 Seasons OF 440 407 3429.0 735 692 17 26 5 .965 -22.9 -8.0 -6.9 -0.5 -6.4 -16 1.86 1.61 .978 2.21 1.92
6 Seasons RF 404 373 3128.0 670 631 15 24 4 .964 -20.0 -7.7 -5.0 0.2 -5.0 -15 1.86 1.60 .977 1.97 1.69
3 Seasons LF 46 34 301.0 55 52 2 1 1 .982 -2.9 -11.6 -1.9 -0.7 -1.4 -1 1.61 1.17 .973 2.01 1.56
12 Seasons TOT 1047 882 7878.2 5632 5256 316 60 429 .989 -0.1 -0.0 13.9 7.7 6.2 -16 2 6.37 5.32 .978 5.99 5.51
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 STL NL 22 85 84 85 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 24 4 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1957 STL NL 25 122 64 122 122 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 47 46 38 3
1958 STL NL 26 131 91 131 131 0 0 67 0 0 0 24 0 42 66 29 1
1959 STL NL 27 144 127 144 144 0 0 35 0 0 0 21 0 109 121 11 1
1960 STL NL 28 139 122 139 139 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 116 116 13 0
1961 STL NL 29 113 83 113 113 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 85 86 27 2
1962 CHW AL 30 149 145 149 149 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 4 0
1963 CHW AL 31 67 57 67 67 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1964 WSA AL 32 49 33 49 49 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
1964 CHW AL 32 40 30 40 40 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1965 WSA AL 33 95 43 95 95 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 2
1966 WSA AL 34 3 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 1141 882 1141 1141 0 0 607 0 0 0 46 0 404 440 187 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 STL NL 22 2184 62% 80% 29% 143 92% 0 546 31 508 5 59 46 35 7 0 1 6 0 4 2 3 73 1 0 1 69 2 4 1 3 7 100%
1956 STL NL 24 12 58% 75% 8% 3 33% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 25 1166 58% 78% 27% 82 98% 0 279 28 249 2 35 17 14 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 19 0 0 0 16 1 3 1 2 0
1958 STL NL 26 1513 59% 77% 25% 104 95% 1 331 27 300 3 48 25 16 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 22 0 0 0 19 0 3 0 3 8 100%
1959 STL NL 27 625 51% 77% 30% 39 92% 0 158 12 146 1 16 9 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 22 2 0 0 21 2 1 1 0 1 100%
1960 STL NL 28 503 56% 78% 30% 29 97% 0 117 8 105 4 9 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1961 STL NL 29 285 59% 71% 27% 8 75% 0 69 4 63 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 2 1 0%
1962 CHW AL 30 5467 61% 78% 27% 304 95% 0 1284 61 1205 19 143 90 67 18 0 2 8 2 5 1 5 118 2 0 0 102 2 16 2 14 14 71%
1963 CHW AL 31 2056 64% 77% 29% 99 95% 0 537 26 504 7 44 25 18 5 1 1 6 1 5 0 4 39 2 1 0 36 3 3 0 3 4 75%
1964 WSA AL 32 1361 59% 78% 25% 69 97% 0 319 26 286 6 31 13 6 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 29 4 0 0 27 4 2 0 2 3 100%
1964 CHW AL 32 1087 63% 77% 27% 53 94% 0 261 12 246 3 25 15 10 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 25 0 2 0 25 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 WSA AL 33 1834 60% 76% 23% 115 91% 0 407 38 360 8 48 25 12 8 0 1 6 0 6 0 4 45 2 1 1 41 5 4 2 2 5 80%
1966 WSA AL 34 96 64% 72% 10% 1 100% 0 11 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 18189 61% 78% 27% 1049 94% 1 4321 274 3983 61 461 276 193 58 3 7 31 4 24 3 19 411 13 4 3 373 22 38 7 31 46 85%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 STL NL 25 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 18 6 1 14 4 0 7 4 0 4 3 0 5 4 0 48 21 43.8% 26 1 2.1% 0 1504 60% 79% 29% 173 46%
1958 STL NL 26 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 15 6 0 9 1 0 5 2 0 3 1 1 5 4 0 37 14 37.8% 22 1 2.7% 1 1518 61% 77% 24% 135 41%
1959 STL NL 27 5 0 5 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 62 21 1 31 9 0 15 11 0 14 1 0 18 11 0 140 53 37.9% 86 1 0.7% 3 3881 57% 76% 27% 407 44%
1960 STL NL 28 10 0 7 3 2 6 0 1 1 2 43 15 1 33 7 0 22 11 1 10 1 0 14 12 0 122 46 37.7% 74 2 1.6% 4 4112 60% 75% 27% 404 46%
1961 STL NL 29 5 0 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 24 9 0 7 0 0 12 8 0 12 3 1 15 10 0 70 30 42.9% 39 1 1.4% 1 2869 60% 76% 27% 256 52%
1962 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 106 54% 75% 20% 10 60%
6 Seasons 24 0 20 4 5 15 0 4 2 5 163 57 3 94 21 0 61 36 1 43 9 2 57 41 0 418 164 39.2% 248 6 1.4% 9 13990 59% 76% 27% 1385 46%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 62% 78% 28% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 8 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 5 5 0 22 13 59.1% 8 1 4.5% 0 782 57% 74% 26% 74 43%
1959 STL NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 6 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 7 38.9% 11 0 0.0% 1 531 58% 76% 29% 50 38%
1961 STL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 83% 70% 30% 2 100%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 17 14 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 6 6 0 40 20 50.0% 19 1 2.5% 1 1353 58% 75% 27% 126 42%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.3% 62% 78% 28% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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