Joe Cunningham

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 27, 1931 in Paterson, NJ us

Died: March 25, 2021 in Chesterfield, MO

Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, MO

High School: Lodi HS (Lodi, NJ)

Debut: June 30, 1954 (Age 22-307d, 11,152nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 17, 1966 (Age 34-233d)
vs. DET 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Joseph Robert Cunningham

Nicknames: Smokey Joe

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.2

3362

980

.292

525

RBI

436

OBP

.404

SLG

.417

OPS

.820

OPS+

120

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	42-25 / in Starts: 37-20
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	19 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 11 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 252 PAs	31
Actual Runners on Base	183 (92-61-30)
Avg. MLBer w/ 252 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	148 (77-47-24)

Most Driven In
P Ward	6
N Fox	5
M Hershberger	3
J Landis	3
R Hansen	2
G Peters	2
D Nicholson	2
F Robinson	1

Most Driven In By
R Hansen	6
P Ward	5
D Nicholson	3
F Robinson	3
C Maxwell	3
D Buford	2
J Landis	2
J Martin	2

1963 Batting Game Log

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1963 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	888	1	Apr 9	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800	3	1.42	0.215	3.05	0.28%	2.14	1B
2	889	2	Apr 10	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.375	.597	3	1.15	-0.014	2.73	-0.02%	-0.35	1B
3	890	3	Apr 11	CHW	@	LAA	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.364	.671	5	1.05	0.169	2.34	0.23%	1.18	1B
4	891	4	Apr 13	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG(15)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.294	.557	5	1.49	-0.080	3.57	-0.12%	-0.47	1B
5	892	5	Apr 16	CHW		KCA	L,4-7	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.348	.400	.748	6	.45	0.031	1.01	0.04%	0.55	1B
6	893	6	Apr 18	CHW		KCA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	3	.51	-0.047	1.06	-0.06%	-0.25	1B
7	894	7	Apr 19	CHW		MIN	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.346	.679	5	1.16	-0.009	2.46	-0.01%	-0.23	1B
8	895	8	Apr 20	CHW		MIN	W,10-7	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.258	.343	.387	.730	5	.78	0.116	1.75	0.15%	0.86	1B
9	896	9	Apr 21 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,0-7	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.385	.375	.760	5	.79	0.047	2.03	0.07%	0.80	1B
10	897	10	Apr 21 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,8-0	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.270	.386	.378	.765	2	.26	0.023	.62	0.03%	0.93	1B
11	898	11	Apr 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.375	.350	.725	5	.53	0.001	1.47	0.00%	-0.08	1B
12	899	12	Apr 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.377	.378	.755	5	.74	-0.025	2.10	-0.04%	0.82	1B
13	900	13	Apr 28 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(12)	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.407	.375	.782	3	1.51	0.120	3.91	0.19%	0.62	1B
14	901	14	Apr 28 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.413	.442	.855	3	.47	0.017	1.14	0.02%	1.15	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	902	15	May 1 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.403	.429	.832	5	.41	0.002	.92	0.00%	-0.56	1B
16	903	16	May 1 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-4	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.423	.450	.873	3	.59	0.039	1.36	0.05%	0.52	1B
17	904	17	May 2	CHW		BAL	L,7-8	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.421	.453	.874	5	1.63	0.054	4.05	0.08%	1.42	1B
18	905	18	May 3	CHW		WSA	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.413	.433	.845	5	.95	-0.062	1.99	-0.08%	-0.43	1B
19	906	19	May 4	CHW		WSA	W,8-1	CG	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.412	.414	.826	3	.83	-0.015	1.68	-0.02%	0.41	1B
20	907	20	May 5 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.393	.392	.785	3	.33	-0.032	.67	-0.04%	-0.74	1B
21	908	21	May 5 (2)	CHW		WSA	L,7-8	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.409	.395	.803	2	1.36	0.253	3.07	0.34%	2.19	1B
22	909	22	May 6	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.402	.388	.790	5	.39	-0.027	.98	-0.04%	-0.28	1B
23	910	23	May 7	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.396	.381	.777	3	.83	-0.079	2.24	-0.13%	-0.91	1B
24	911	24	May 8	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.385	.368	.752	3	.96	-0.019	2.76	-0.03%	-0.51	1B
25	912	25	May 9	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.264	.380	.363	.742	3	.49	0.003	1.56	0.01%	0.16	1B
26	913	26	May 10	CHW		LAA	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.366	.347	.713	3	.73	-0.098	2.50	-0.20%	-1.20	1B
27	914	27	May 11	CHW		LAA	W,4-2	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.368	.337	.704	3	.64	-0.036	2.37	-0.08%	-0.50	1B
28	915	28	May 12 (1)	CHW		LAA	W,14-2	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.242	.364	.333	.698	3	1.25	0.019	4.73	0.04%	0.22	1B
29	916	33 (4)	May 16	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.364	.333	.698	8						1B
30	917	34	May 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.361	.324	.684	7	1.35	0.009	5.10	0.02%	-0.27	1B
31	918	35	May 19 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.349	.311	.661	3	1.33	-0.114	4.74	-0.24%	-0.71	1B
32	919	36	May 19 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.344	.306	.650	2	.61	-0.051	2.12	-0.11%	-0.60	1B
33	920	37	May 20	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.341	.313	.654	5	1.25	0.089	3.95	0.17%	0.47	1B
34	921	38	May 21	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.235	.345	.328	.673	2	1.05	0.012	3.58	0.03%	0.21	1B
35	922	39	May 22	CHW	@	WSA	W,9-3	CG	5	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.361	.350	.711	5	.55	0.139	2.00	0.30%	2.19	1B
36	923	40	May 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.365	.349	.714	7	1.29	0.013	4.93	0.03%	0.09	1B
37	924	41	May 25	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.362	.341	.703	5	.99	-0.036	3.59	-0.08%	-0.81	1B
38	925	42	May 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.372	.353	.725	5	1.41	0.202	4.60	0.40%	1.50	1B
39	926	43	May 28	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.270	.375	.358	.733	7	2.17	0.265	6.23	0.46%	1.25	1B
40	927	44	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.270	.370	.355	.724	2	1.06	0.089	2.68	0.13%	0.75	1B
41	928	45	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.367	.347	.714	5	.91	0.007	2.47	0.01%	0.09	1B
42	929	46	May 31	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.364	.345	.709	5	.46	0.019	1.46	0.04%	-0.05	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	930	47	Jun 1	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.362	.342	.704	5	1.14	-0.088	3.98	-0.18%	-0.72	1B
44	931	48	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,9-11	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.359	.346	.705	5	.64	-0.005	2.27	-0.01%	0.34	1B
45	932	49	Jun 2 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,10-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.357	.344	.701	7	.90	0.099	2.95	0.19%	0.54	1B
46	933	50	Jun 3	CHW	@	LAA	W,4-0	GS-5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.258	.351	.337	.688	5	1.02	-0.017	3.98	-0.04%	-0.29	1B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	934	137 (86)	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		LAA	L,5-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.349	.335	.685	6	1.60	-0.039	.05	0.00%	-0.21	PH
48	935	138	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		LAA	W,8-7	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.353	.335	.688	8	4.84	0.052	.07	0.00%	0.22	PH
49	936	139	Sep 4 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.356	.339	.695	8	2.43	0.091	.07	0.00%	0.50	PH
50	937	140	Sep 4 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,3-7	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.357	.333	.690	2	.58	-0.011	.01	0.00%	-0.19	1B
51	938	141	Sep 5	CHW		KCA	W,4-1	GS-8	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.365	.355	.720	2	.47	0.102	.00	0.00%	1.40	1B
52	939	142	Sep 6	CHW		MIN	L,8-9	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.368	.355	.723	9	8.02	0.287	.04	0.00%	1.00	PH
53	940	143	Sep 7	CHW		MIN	L,2-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.371	.354	.725	2	1.27	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.19	1B
54	941	144	Sep 8 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,5-2	GS-8	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.371	.356	.727	1	.94	0.143	.00	0.00%	2.28	1B
55	942	145	Sep 8 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.374	.356	.730	6	3.50	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.11	PH
56	943	146	Sep 9	CHW		BAL	W,9-4	GS-6	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.377	.361	.737	2	.45	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.62	1B
57	944	147	Sep 10	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.373	.356	.729	2	1.98	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.29	1B
58	945	149 (1)	Sep 13	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.266	.364	.349	.713	7	1.14	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-1.84	1B
59	946	150	Sep 14	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.367	.352	.720	9	4.11	0.147	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
60	947	151	Sep 17	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.276	.374	.362	.736	2	1.76	0.227	.00	0.00%	1.44	1B
61	948	152	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,8-3	GS-8	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.278	.379	.364	.742	5	1.39	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.50	1B
62	949	153	Sep 18 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.381	.367	.748	1	5.87	0.172	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
63	950	155 (1)	Sep 21	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.380	.365	.745	9	.50	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
64	951	156	Sep 22	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.386	.366	.752	7	.66	0.085	.00	0.00%	1.13	1B
65	952	157	Sep 24	CHW	@	BAL	W,15-0	5-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.388	.369	.758	8	.43	0.015	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
66	953	159 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,11-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.390	.372	.762	7	.59	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.63	1B
67	954	160	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.388	.367	.755	5	.71	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.39	1B
							42-25		252	210	32	60	12	1	1	31	33	2	23	4	2	3	7	4	1	0	.286	.388	.367	.755		1.03	2.498	1.97	1.79%	21.62

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