Harvey Kuenn

Positions: Outfielder, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 187lb (188cm, 84kg)

Born: December 4, 1930 in West Allis, WI us

Died: February 28, 1988 in Peoria, AZ

Buried: Sun Land Memorial Park, Sun City, AZ

Schools: Luther College (Decorah, IA), University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)

Debut: September 6, 1952 (Age 21-277d, 10,957th in major league history)
vs. CHW 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1966 (Age 35-302d)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Harvey Edward Kuenn

Pronunciation: \KEEN\

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Rookie of the Year
10x All-Star
Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.0

6913

2092

.303

950

RBI

671

OBP

.357

SLG

.408

OPS

.765

OPS+

108

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	51	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	W,7-0	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
6	6	Apr 22	DET		KCA	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 23	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
8	8	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
9	9	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS	12	3.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	14 (4)	May 1	DET		NYY	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
11	15	May 2	DET		BOS	W,7-5	GS	25	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
12	16	May 3	DET		BOS	W,6-0	GS	27	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
13	17	May 4	DET		BAL	W,3-0	GS	28	7.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
14	18	May 5	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
15	19	May 6	DET		BAL	L,6-8	CG	55	13.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
16	20	May 7	DET		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
17	21	May 8	DET		WSH	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
18	22	May 9	DET		WSH	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
19	23	May 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
20	24	May 12	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	25	May 14	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
22	26	May 15	DET	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
23	27	May 16	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
24	28	May 17	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
25	29	May 18	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	5	5	1	11	3	SS
26	30	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
27	31	May 20	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	3	2	0	5	2	SS
28	32	May 21	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	58	16.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
29	33	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
30	34	May 25	DET	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	35	May 26	DET	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
32	36	May 27	DET		CLE	W,11-5	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
33	37	May 28	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
34	38	May 29	DET		KCA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
35	39	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	W,6-5	GS	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS 1B
36	40	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
37	41	May 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	42	Jun 1	DET	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
39	43	Jun 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
40	44	Jun 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
41	45	Jun 4	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
42	46	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
43	47	Jun 6	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
44	48	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
45	49	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	50	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
47	51	Jun 10	DET		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
48	52	Jun 11	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
49	53	Jun 12	DET		BAL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
50	54	Jun 13	DET		BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
51	55	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
52	56	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	4	SS
53	57	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	58	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
55	59	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
56	60	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
57	61	Jun 21	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.2	3	2	1	6	0	SS
58	62	Jun 22	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	50	13.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
59	63	Jun 23	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
60	64	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
61	65	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
62	66	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
63	67	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
64	68	Jun 28	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
65	69	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,4-12	GS	47	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS 3B
66	70	Jun 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	71	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
68	72	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
69	73	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
70	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
72	76	Jul 5	DET		KCA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
73	77	Jul 6	DET		KCA	L,1-3	CG	49	12.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
74	78	Jul 7	DET		KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	79	Jul 11	DET		BOS	L,7-9	GS	47	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
76	80	Jul 12	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
77	81	Jul 13	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
78	82	Jul 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,10-2	GS	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	83	Jul 14 (2)	DET		BAL	W,7-6	GS	49	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B SS
80	84	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,4-10	CG	47	10.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
81	85	Jul 17	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
82	86	Jul 18	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
83	87	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
84	88	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	3	SS
85	89	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
86	90	Jul 23	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
87	91	Jul 24	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
88	92	Jul 25	DET	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
89	93	Jul 26	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
90	94	Jul 27	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	0	4	0	4	1	SS
91	95	Jul 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
92	96	Jul 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
93	97	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
94	98	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	99	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	2	7	0	SS
96	100	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	0	4	0	4	0	SS
97	101	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
98	102	Aug 4	DET	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
99	103	Aug 6	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
100	104	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
101	105	Aug 8	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
102	106	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
103	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	108	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
105	109	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
106	110	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
107	111	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	54	13.1	2	10	0	12	2	SS
108	112	Aug 14	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
109	113	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
110	114	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
111	115	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
112	116	Aug 18 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
113	117	Aug 18 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
114	118	Aug 20	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
115	119	Aug 21	DET		BAL	L,3-9	GS	37	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
116	120	Aug 22	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
117	121	Aug 23	DET		WSH	W,13-4	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
118	122	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
119	123	Aug 25	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	3	SS
120	124	Aug 26	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
121	125	Aug 27	DET		BOS	L,5-7	CG	54	11.0	5	2	1	8	0	SS
122	126	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
123	127	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
124	128	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
125	129	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	50	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	130	Sep 1	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
127	131	Sep 2 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
128	132	Sep 2 (2)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
129	133	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
130	134	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
131	135	Sep 7	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
132	136	Sep 8	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
133	137	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
134	138	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,12-2	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
135	139	Sep 12	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	GS	37	8.0	0	2	2	4	0	SS
136	140	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
137	141	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	SS
138	142	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
139	143	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
140	144	Sep 17	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	2	5	1	SS
141	145	Sep 18	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
142	146	Sep 21	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
143	147	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	SS
144	148	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
145	149	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	43	10.1	2	5	0	7	0	SS
146	150	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
147	151	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
148	152	Sep 27	DET		KCA	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
149	153	Sep 28	DET		KCA	L,3-5	CG	51	13.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
150	154	Sep 29	DET		KCA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
							154gm		1331.0	251	387	30	668	91