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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
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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1954 22 STL NL 85 356 310 40 88 11 3 11 50 1 1 43 40 .284 .375 .445 .820 113 138 3 2 1 0 3
1956 24 STL NL 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -24 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1957 25 STL NL 122 329 261 50 83 15 0 9 52 3 3 56 29 .318 .439 .479 .918 145 125 3 5 1 6 6 39
1958 26 STL NL 131 424 337 61 105 20 3 12 57 4 4 82 23 .312 .449 .496 .945 147 167 9 3 1 1 3 397
1959 27 STL NL 144 556 458 65 158 28 6 7 60 2 6 88 47 .345 .453 .478 .931 143 219 9 5 2 3 9 *937 AS,MVP-13
1960 28 STL NL 139 563 492 68 138 28 3 6 39 1 7 59 59 .280 .363 .386 .749 99 190 8 6 3 3 4 *93
1961 29 STL NL 113 390 322 60 92 11 2 7 40 1 0 53 32 .286 .403 .398 .801 106 128 1 11 3 1 3 93/7
1962 30 CHW AL 149 652 526 91 155 32 7 8 70 3 3 101 59 .295 .410 .428 .837 127 225 8 7 10 8 3 *3/9 MVP-18
1963 31 CHW AL 67 252 210 32 60 12 1 1 31 1 0 33 23 .286 .388 .367 .755 116 77 4 4 2 3 2 3
1964 32 TOT AL 89 278 234 28 54 11 0 0 17 0 2 37 28 .231 .348 .278 .626 78 65 4 5 2 0 1 3
1964 32 CHW AL 40 126 108 13 27 7 0 0 10 0 1 14 15 .250 .352 .315 .667 90 34 0 3 1 0 1 3
1964 32 WSA AL 49 152 126 15 27 4 0 0 7 0 1 23 13 .214 .344 .246 .590 68 31 4 2 1 0 0 3
1965 33 WSA AL 95 249 201 29 46 9 1 3 20 0 1 46 27 .229 .375 .328 .703 104 66 7 1 1 0 0 3
1966 34 WSA AL 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3
12 Seasons 1141 4061 3362 525 980 177 26 64 436 16 27 599 369 .291 .403 .417 .820 120 1401 56 49 26 25 31
162 Game Avg. 162 577 477 75 139 25 4 9 62 2 4 85 52 .291 .403 .417 .820 120 199 8 7 4 4
STL (7 yrs) 738 2622 2183 345 664 113 17 52 298 12 21 382 231 .304 .413 .443 .856 124 967 33 32 11 14 25
WSA (3 yrs) 147 409 335 44 74 13 1 3 27 0 2 69 41 .221 .359 .293 .651 88 98 11 3 2 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 256 1030 844 136 242 51 8 9 111 4 4 148 97 .287 .397 .398 .795 119 336 12 14 13 11 6
AL (5 yrs) 403 1439 1179 180 316 64 9 12 138 4 6 217 138 .268 .386 .368 .754 111 434 23 17 15 11 6
NL (7 yrs) 738 2622 2183 345 664 113 17 52 298 12 21 382 231 .304 .413 .443 .856 124 967 33 32 11 14 25
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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games
1959-1
1959-2 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1959-NL-13-4%
1962-AL-18-3%
0.07 Career Shares (993rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1959 NL--.345--2nd

On-Base% s c a p y
1959 NL--.453--1st
1962 AL--.410--3rd
Career--.403--52nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1959 NL--.931--6th

Doubles s c a p y
1960 NL--28--7th
1962 AL--32--10th

Triples s c a p y
1962 AL--7--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL--82--4th
1959 NL--88--2nd
1962 AL--101--5th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1959 NL--143--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1959 NL--104--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1958 NL--29--6th
1959 NL--35--6th
1962 AL--27--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1957 NL--2.2--10th
1958 NL--2.8--6th
1959 NL--3.4--6th
1962 AL--2.6--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1959 NL--251--6th
1962 AL--263--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1959 NL--.760--3rd
1962 AL--.679--7th
Career--.663--158th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL--5--9th
1959 NL--5--7th
1960 NL--6--3rd
1961 NL--11--1st
1962 AL--7--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1962 AL--10--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL--6--8th
1962 AL--8--7th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1960 NL--7--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1159), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (985), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (654), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

November 27, 1961: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Minnie Minoso.

July 13, 1964: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later to the Washington Senators for a player to be named later, Carl Bouldin and Bill Skowron. The Chicago White Sox sent Frank Kreutzer (July 28, 1964) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

April 29, 1966: Released by the Washington Senators.

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