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Harvey Kuenn    \KEEN\

Harvey Edward Kuenn

Positions: Outfielder, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: December 4, 1930 in West Allis, WI
School: University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1952 (Age 21)   vs. CHW 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Giants/Indians/Phillies/Cubs 1952-1966

Final Game: October 2, 1966 (Age 35)   vs. LAD 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Died: February 28, 1988 in Peoria, AZ
Buried: Sun Land Memorial Park, Sun City, AZ
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Harvey Kuenn: 87 Career Home Runs

9 leading off, 3 walk-off, 9 tying, 32 go ahead
3 Tms
DET53
SFG25
CLE9
 
vs RHP55
vs LHP32
 
Home45
Away42
 
Leverage
High Lev15
Medium Lev35
Low Lev37
15 Opps
PHA/KCA14
CHW13
CLE10
NYY7
BAL7
WSH6
MLN6
PHI4
STL4
BOS4
CHC4
NYM3
LAD2
CIN2
DET1
63 Pitchers
Cal McLish6
Dick Donovan4
Warren Spahn3
Billy Pierce3
Ray Sadecki2
Denny Lemaster2
Ralph Terry2
Glen Hobbie2
Bob Chakales2
Dick Ellsworth2
Pedro Ramos2
Art Mahaffey2
Ron Perranoski2
Bill Fischer2
Tom Morgan2
Jack McMahan2
Chris Short1
Ken Lehman1
Howie Pollet1
Cloyd Boyer1
15 Parks
DET0430
SFO0211
CLE079
CHI108
PHI116
KAN055
STL073
CHI113
BOS072
NYC142
BAL112
MIL052
WAS092
LOS031
NYC161
Where Hit
775
95
Unk4
782
81
General field locations when available.
 
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms85
2·HR gms1
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
1st52
3rd19
2nd9
6th4
4th2
7th1
Outs
135
229
023
 
DefPos
SS35
RF24
LF12
CF8
3B8
Bases
---50
1--21
12-6
-2-5
--33
1231
1-31
 
133 RBI
RISP16
0 on50
1 on29
2 on7
3 on1
Any on37
Inning
117
23
317
44
513
610
710
88
92
Extra3
 
1-337
4-627
7-end23
RelScore
+4..8
+33
+24
+115
Tied27
-111
-24
-36
-4..9
 
Ahead30
Tied27
Behind30
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation
1953 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1953-05-10 (1) DET @ CHW Gene Bearden behind 0-4 t 3 2 1-- 2 1 6 0.124 25% Home Run; Hoeft Scores
2 2 2 1 1953-06-24 DET @ PHA Frank Fanovich ahead 5-0 t 4 1 --- 1 1 6 0.032 95% Home Run
1954 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
3 3 1 1 1954-06-24 DET NYY Tom Morgan behind 0-3 b 3 0 --- 1 1 6 0.094 31% Home Run
4 4 2 1 1954-06-29 (1) DET @ CHW Billy Pierce tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 6 0.100 60% Lead-Off Home Run
5 5 3 1 1954-07-05 (2) DET CLE Don Mossi tied 0-0 b 11 1 --- 1 1 6 0.425 100% Walk-Off Home Run
6 6 4 1 1954-07-20 (1) DET @ PHA Johnny Gray ahead 5-0 t 1 1 123 4 1 6 0.058 98% Home Run; Wilson Scores; Bolling Scores; Gromek Scores
7 7 5 1 1954-07-22 DET @ PHA Charlie Bishop behind 0-1 t 3 2 1-- 2 1 6 0.230 58% Home Run; Herbert Scores
1955 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
8 8 1 1 1955-04-13 DET @ KCA Arnie Portocarrero behind 0-1 t 3 1 --- 1 1 6 0.115 47% Home Run
9 9 2 1 1955-04-16 DET KCA Marion Fricano ahead 2-1 b 3 0 --- 1 1 6 0.098 77% Home Run (LF-CF)
10 10 3 1 1955-06-09 DET NYY Whitey Ford behind 2-7 b 5 1 --- 1 1 6 0.039 10% Home Run
11 11 4 1 1955-07-10 (2) DET KCA Vic Raschi tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 6 0.101 65% Lead-Off Home Run
12 12 5 1 1955-07-23 DET WSH Bob Chakales ahead 7-0 b 5 2 -2- 2 1 6 0.008 100% Home Run; Wilson Scores
13 13 6 1 1955-09-02 DET @ KCA Art Ceccarelli behind 3-7 t 8 1 12- 3 1 6 0.136 20% Home Run; Malmberg Scores; Coleman Scores
14 14 7 1 1955-09-21 DET KCA Cloyd Boyer ahead 6-0 b 1 2 1-- 2 1 6 0.036 97% Home Run; Marlowe Scores/unER; Kuenn Scores/unER
15 15 8 1 1955-09-25 DET CLE Bud Daley ahead 2-1 b 5 2 --- 1 1 6 0.118 79% Home Run
1956 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
16 16 1 1 1956-04-22 (1) DET @ CLE Bob Feller behind 3-4 t 6 1 --- 1 4 6 0.159 47% Home Run
17 17 2 1 1956-05-12 DET CHW Dick Donovan behind 1-4 b 2 2 12- 3 1 6 0.261 51% Home Run; Maxwell Scores; Hoeft Scores
18 18 3 1 1956-06-07 DET @ BOS Frank Sullivan tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 6 0.089 59% Lead-Off Home Run
19 19 4 1 1956-06-28 DET @ KCA Jack McMahan tied 0-0 t 3 2 --- 1 1 6 0.116 57% Home Run
20 20 5 2 1956-06-28 DET @ KCA Jack McMahan ahead 1-0 t 8 2 --- 1 1 6 0.137 84% Home Run
21 21 6 1 1956-07-02 DET CHW Howie Pollet behind 0-1 b 5 1 1-- 2 1 6 0.262 68% Home Run; Trucks Scores/unER
22 22 7 1 1956-07-05 DET CLE Cal McLish ahead 8-4 b 3 1 12- 3 1 6 0.067 97% Home Run; Bolling Scores; Lary Scores
23 23 8 1 1956-07-07 DET @ CHW Dick Donovan behind 1-2 t 5 1 1-- 2 1 6 0.244 61% Home Run; Hoeft Scores
24 24 9 1 1956-07-26 DET BAL Bill Wight behind 5-8 b 7 1 --- 1 1 6 0.082 18% Home Run
25 25 10 1 1956-07-29 (1) DET WSH Bunky Stewart ahead 2-0 b 3 0 --- 1 1 6 0.074 84% Home Run
26 26 11 1 1956-09-03 (1) DET @ CHW Jim McDonald ahead 8-5 t 7 2 --3 2 1 6 0.075 96% Home Run; Bolling Scores
27 27 12 1 1956-09-29 DET @ CLE Art Houtteman tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 6 0.094 59% Lead-Off Home Run
1957 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
28 28 1 1 1957-05-05 DET BAL Connie Johnson tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 6 0.102 65% Lead-Off Home Run
29 29 2 1 1957-05-30 (1) DET KCA Tom Morgan tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 6 0.102 65% Lead-Off Home Run
30 30 3 1 1957-06-10 DET NYY Don Larsen ahead 5-1 b 6 1 --- 1 6 6 0.023 97% Home Run
31 31 4 1 1957-06-14 DET BOS Bob Chakales ahead 4-3 b 7 1 --- 1 6 6 0.107 88% Home Run
32 32 5 1 1957-06-16 DET BOS Mike Fornieles tied 1-1 b 10 1 --- 1 6 6 0.423 100% Walk-Off Home Run
33 33 6 1 1957-07-14 (2) DET BAL Billy Loes behind 3-5 b 7 2 1-- 2 1 5 0.353 52% Home Run; Wilson Scores
34 34 7 1 1957-08-11 (2) DET @ CHW Jim Wilson behind 1-10 t 7 1 --- 1 2 6 0.001 0% Home Run
35 35 8 1 1957-09-02 (2) DET CHW Dick Donovan ahead 3-0 b 2 0 --- 1 7 6 0.056 89% Home Run
36 36 9 1 1957-09-29 DET KCA Ralph Terry tied 4-4 b 6 2 1-- 2 3 6 0.296 83% Home Run; Boros Scores
1958 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
37 37 1 1 1958-04-15 DET @ CHW Billy Pierce behind 2-3 t 6 0 --- 1 3 8 0.171 50% Home Run
38 38 2 1 1958-04-19 DET CLE Cal McLish ahead 3-0 b 4 2 12- 3 3 8 0.105 97% Home Run; Bolling Scores; Martin Scores
39 39 3 1 1958-05-24 DET NYY Sal Maglie tied 1-1 b 3 2 --- 1 3 8 0.123 64% Home Run
40 40 4 1 1958-06-04 DET @ BAL Ken Lehman tied 3-3 t 6 2 --- 1 3 8 0.194 64% Home Run (Deep LF)
41 41 5 1 1958-07-19 DET @ BOS Dave Sisler behind 2-3 t 7 2 --- 1 1 8 0.204 43% Home Run
42 42 6 1 1958-08-03 (2) DET BAL Hal Brown ahead 2-1 b 5 1 --- 1 1 8 0.112 80% Home Run
43 43 7 1 1958-08-14 DET @ CLE Cal McLish ahead 4-3 t 6 1 12- 3 1 8 0.213 92% Home Run; Veal Scores; Morgan Scores
44 44 8 1 1958-09-19 DET CLE Cal McLish behind 0-1 b 4 1 --- 1 1 8 0.138 53% Home Run
1959 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
45 45 1 1 1959-06-14 (2) DET @ NYY Bobby Shantz ahead 6-2 t 8 2 --- 1 2 9 0.019 98% Home Run
46 46 2 1 1959-06-15 DET @ BAL Hoyt Wilhelm ahead 3-1 t 7 2 --3 2 2 9 0.118 94% Home Run; Bolling Scores
47 47 3 1 1959-06-21 (2) DET @ WSH Pedro Ramos tied 0-0 t 3 2 --- 1 3 9 0.122 58% Home Run
48 48 4 1 1959-07-12 (1) DET @ CLE Bobby Locke ahead 4-0 t 5 0 1-- 2 2 9 0.050 97% Home Run (Deep LF); Yost Scores
49 49 5 1 1959-07-21 DET WSH Bill Fischer tied 0-0 b 1 1 -2- 2 3 9 0.151 72% Home Run; Yost Scores
50 50 6 1 1959-08-12 DET CHW Barry Latman behind 0-3 b 4 0 1-- 2 3 9 0.171 43% Home Run; Bolling Scores
51 51 7 1 1959-08-14 DET CLE Cal McLish tied 0-0 b 1 1 -2- 2 3 9 0.151 72% Home Run; Yost Scores
52 52 8 1 1959-09-20 DET @ CHW Billy Pierce ahead 2-1 t 3 1 --- 1 3 9 0.108 70% Home Run (Deep LF)
53 53 9 1 1959-09-22 DET KCA Ken Johnson behind 0-2 b 3 1 12- 3 3 9 0.273 65% Home Run (Deep LF); Bunning Scores; Harris Scores
1960 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
54 54 1 1 1960-05-15 (2) CLE CHW Gerry Staley tied 3-3 b 10 2 1-3 3 3 5 0.366 100% Walk-Off Home Run (Deep CF); Temple Scores/unER; Piersall Scores/unER; Kuenn Scores/unER
55 55 2 1 1960-05-28 CLE @ DET Jim Bunning tied 0-0 t 1 1 1-- 2 3 9 0.168 67% Home Run (Deep LF); Aspromonte Scores
56 56 3 1 1960-06-21 CLE WSH Pedro Ramos tied 0-0 b 1 1 1-- 2 3 9 0.176 73% Home Run (Deep LF); Temple Scores
57 57 4 1 1960-06-25 CLE NYY Ralph Terry ahead 1-0 b 6 1 1-- 2 3 9 0.162 91% Home Run; Power Scores
58 58 5 1 1960-07-03 (1) CLE @ WSH Bill Fischer ahead 3-1 t 5 2 1-- 2 4 9 0.152 89% Home Run (Deep LF); Keough Scores
59 59 6 1 1960-07-09 CLE @ CHW Dick Donovan behind 2-8 t 3 2 --- 1 3 9 0.026 7% Home Run (Deep LF)
60 60 7 1 1960-07-20 CLE NYY Art Ditmar ahead 3-2 b 5 1 --- 1 3 9 0.114 81% Home Run
61 61 8 1 1960-08-05 CLE BAL Chuck Estrada tied 1-1 b 3 1 1-- 2 3 9 0.202 76% Home Run (Deep RF); Aspromonte Scores
62 62 9 1 1960-09-02 CLE @ KCA Dick Hall tied 2-2 t 8 2 1-- 2 3 9 0.402 85% Home Run (Deep LF); Aspromonte Scores
1961 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
63 63 1 1 1961-05-19 SFG LAD Ron Perranoski behind 6-8 b 9 2 --- 1 6 5 0.031 5% Home Run (Line Drive)
64 64 2 1 1961-05-23 SFG @ STL Ray Sadecki tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 9 0.094 57% Home Run (Deep RF)
65 65 3 1 1961-07-19 SFG @ STL Ray Sadecki behind 1-2 t 9 0 --- 1 2 9 0.326 50% Home Run (Deep LF)
66 66 4 1 1961-09-01 SFG @ CHC Glen Hobbie behind 0-3 t 6 1 --- 1 2 9 0.076 19% Home Run (Deep LF)
67 67 5 1 1961-09-16 SFG CHC Dick Ellsworth ahead 1-0 b 5 1 --- 1 1 7 0.113 80% Home Run (Deep LF)
1962 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
68 68 1 1 1962-05-06 SFG @ CHC Bob Buhl ahead 2-0 t 3 1 --- 1 1 7 0.086 78% Home Run
69 69 2 1 1962-06-02 (2) SFG @ NYM Craig Anderson tied 4-4 t 8 2 1-- 2 1 9 0.399 84% Home Run; Miller Scores
70 70 3 1 1962-06-27 SFG CIN Ted Wills tied 0-0 b 1 0 1-- 2 2 7 0.153 74% Home Run; Pagan Scores
71 71 4 1 1962-07-15 (2) SFG @ NYM Willard Hunter ahead 3-2 t 2 2 -2- 2 1 9 0.167 76% Home Run; Bolin Scores
72 72 5 1 1962-08-07 SFG PHI Art Mahaffey behind 1-2 b 6 0 --- 1 1 7 0.184 57% Home Run
73 73 6 1 1962-08-08 SFG NYM Roger Craig tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 7 0.100 65% Lead-Off Home Run
74 74 7 1 1962-08-20 SFG @ MLN Warren Spahn behind 1-3 t 6 2 --- 1 1 5 0.110 27% Home Run
75 75 8 1 1962-08-24 SFG @ PHI Cal McLish ahead 1-0 t 5 1 --- 1 1 5 0.122 74% Home Run
76 76 9 1 1962-08-28 SFG MLN Bob Shaw ahead 1-0 b 5 1 1-- 2 1 5 0.166 88% Home Run; Marichal Scores
77 77 10 1 1962-09-01 SFG CIN Joe Nuxhall behind 0-8 b 7 2 -2- 2 1 7 0.006 1% Home Run; Pagan Scores
1963 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
78 78 1 1 1963-06-05 (1) SFG @ CHC Dick Ellsworth behind 2-9 t 8 0 1-- 2 2 7 0.008 1% Home Run; Pagan Scores
79 79 2 1 1963-06-23 SFG @ MLN Warren Spahn tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 5 0.110 61% Lead-Off Home Run
80 80 3 1 1963-07-03 SFG MLN Denny Lemaster ahead 1-0 b 3 0 1-- 2 1 5 0.149 86% Home Run; Sanford Scores
81 81 4 1 1963-07-07 (1) SFG STL Curt Simmons ahead 1-0 b 7 2 --- 1 1 7 0.110 89% Home Run
82 82 5 1 1963-07-12 SFG @ PHI Art Mahaffey behind 2-7 t 8 0 --- 1 1 9 0.014 3% Home Run (LF-CF)
83 83 6 1 1963-09-01 SFG @ LAD Ron Perranoski tied 2-2 t 7 0 --- 1 1 7 0.228 73% Home Run
1964 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
84 84 1 1 1964-06-11 SFG MLN Warren Spahn behind 1-5 b 8 2 --- 1 1 9 0.020 4% Home Run
85 85 2 1 1964-06-12 SFG MLN Denny Lemaster behind 0-3 b 5 1 1-- 2 1 7 0.191 37% Home Run; Bolin Scores
86 86 3 1 1964-06-20 SFG @ STL Glen Hobbie tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 7 0.100 60% Lead-Off Home Run
87 87 4 1 1964-09-06 SFG @ PHI Chris Short behind 0-1 t 3 1 --3 2 1 7 0.169 60% Home Run; Crandall Scores

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.