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

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 87 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

9 leading off, 3 walk-off, 9 tying, 32 go ahead

3 Tms
DET	53
SFG	25
CLE	9

Platoon
vs RHP	55
vs LHP	32

Home/Road
Home	45
Away	42

Outs
1	35
2	29
0	23

15 Opps
PHA/KCA	14
CHW	13
CLE	10
NYY	7
BAL	7
WSH	6
MLN	6
PHI	4
STL	4
BOS	4
CHC	4
NYM	3
LAD	2
CIN	2
DET	1

63 Pitchers
Cal McLish	6
Dick Donovan	4
Billy Pierce	3
Warren Spahn	3
Ralph Terry	2
Denny Lemaster	2
Dick Ellsworth	2
Ray Sadecki	2
Art Mahaffey	2
Bill Fischer	2
Jack McMahan	2
Tom Morgan	2
Ron Perranoski	2
Bob Chakales	2
Glen Hobbie	2
Pedro Ramos	2
Art Ceccarelli	1
Vic Raschi	1
Billy Loes	1
Bunky Stewart	1
Frank Fanovich	1
Bob Shaw	1
Mike Fornieles	1
Frank Sullivan	1
Arnie Portocarrero	1
Craig Anderson	1
Bud Daley	1
Jim McDonald	1
Chuck Estrada	1
Ken Lehman	1
Joe Nuxhall	1
Dave Sisler	1
Bob Buhl	1
Don Larsen	1
Johnny Gray	1
Connie Johnson	1
Ted Wills	1
Jim Bunning	1
Roger Craig	1
Art Houtteman	1
Howie Pollet	1
Jim Wilson	1
Charlie Bishop	1
Dick Hall	1
Marion Fricano	1
Art Ditmar	1
Don Mossi	1
Hal Brown	1
Bob Feller	1
Chris Short	1
Ken Johnson	1
Barry Latman	1
Whitey Ford	1
Hoyt Wilhelm	1
Gerry Staley	1
Bill Wight	1
Cloyd Boyer	1
Curt Simmons	1
Gene Bearden	1
Sal Maglie	1
Bobby Locke	1
Willard Hunter	1
Bobby Shantz	1

15 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	30
3Com Park (SFO)	11
ClevelandStd (CLE)	9
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	8
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	6
Munic. Stad (KAN)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	2
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
7	75
9	5
78	2
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	85
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	50
1--	21
12-	6
-2-	5
--3	3
123	1
1-3	1

133 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	50
1 on	29
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	37

Inning
1	17
2	3
3	17
4	4
5	13
6	10
7	10
8	8
9	2
Extra	3

1-3	37
4-6	27
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	3
+2	4
+1	15
Tied	27
-1	11
-2	4
-3	6
-4..	9

Ahead	30
Tied	27
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	35
RF	24
LF	12
CF	8
3B	8

OrderPos
1st	52
3rd	19
2nd	9
6th	4
4th	2
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	35
Low Lev	37

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1953	#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	0.125	25%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. 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 (Deep LF)
1954	#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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
6	6	4	1	1954-07-20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	Johnny Gray	ahead 5-0	t 1	1	123	4	1	6	0.059	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Wilson Scores; F. Bolling Scores; S. 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 (Deep LF); R. Herbert Scores
1955	#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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); R. 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 (Deep LF); H. Malmberg Scores; J. 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 (Deep LF); D. Marlowe Scores/unER; H. 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 (Deep LF)
1956	#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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); C. Maxwell Scores; B. 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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); V. 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 (Deep LF); F. Bolling Scores; F. 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 (Deep LF); B. 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 (Deep RF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); F. Bolling Scores
27	27	12	1	1956-09-29	DET	@	CLE	Art Houtteman	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	6	0.095	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1957	#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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); R. 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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); S. Boros Scores
1958	#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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); F. Bolling Scores; B. 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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); C. Veal Scores; T. 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 (Deep LF)
1959	#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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); F. 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); E. 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; E. 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; F. 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; E. 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); J. Bunning Scores; G. Harris Scores
1960	#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); J. Temple Scores/unER; J. Piersall Scores/unER; H. 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); K. 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); J. Temple Scores
57	57	4	1	1960-06-25	CLE		NYY	Ralph Terry	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	1--	2	3	9	0.163	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. 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); M. 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 (Deep LF)
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); K. 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); K. Aspromonte Scores
1961	#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 to Deep LF)
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	#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	0.087	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
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 (Deep RF); S. 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 (Deep LF); J. Pagán 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 (Deep LF); B. 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 (Deep RF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); J. 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 (Deep LF); J. Pagán Scores
1963	#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 (Deep LF); J. Pagán 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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); J. 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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF)
1964	#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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); B. 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 (Deep LF)
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 (Deep LF); D. Crandall Scores

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