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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	DET		KCA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 19	DET		KCA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 24	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	4	10	0	14	3	SS
9	9	Apr 29 (1)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
10	10	Apr 29 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	DET	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
12	12	May 2	DET	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	2	7	1	SS
13	13	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
14	14	May 4	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
15	15	May 5	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
16	16	May 6 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
17	17	May 6 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
18	18	May 7	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	1	2	0	3	1	SS
19	19	May 8	DET	@	WSH	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
20	20	May 9	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
21	21	May 11	DET		CHW	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
22	22	May 12	DET		CHW	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
23	23	May 13	DET		CHW	L,1-8	GS	19	5.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
24	24	May 15	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 16	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
26	26	May 18	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
27	27	May 19	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG	47	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
28	28	May 20 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
29	29	May 20 (2)	DET		WSH	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
30	30	May 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
31	31	May 23	DET		NYY	L,5-13	CG	50	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
32	32	May 24	DET		NYY	L,4-11	CG	50	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
33	33	May 25	DET		KCA	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
34	34	May 26	DET		KCA	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
35	35	May 27 (1)	DET		KCA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	3	SS
36	36	May 27 (2)	DET		KCA	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
37	37	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
38	38	May 30 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
39	39	May 30 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
41	41	Jun 3 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
42	42	Jun 3 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
43	43	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,14-11	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
44	44	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	2	5	0	SS
45	45	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	36	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
46	53 (7)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,5-2	GS	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
47	59 (5)	Jun 22	DET		BAL	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
48	62 (2)	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
49	63	Jun 26	DET		WSH	T,2-2	CG	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
50	64	Jun 27	DET		WSH	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
51	65	Jun 28	DET	@	KCA	W,4-0	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
52	66	Jun 29	DET	@	KCA	W,5-0	GS	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	67	Jun 30	DET	@	KCA	W,14-2	GS	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	68	Jul 1	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
55	69	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,3-9	GS	29	7.0	2	2	2	6	2	SS
56	70	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
57	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
58	72	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
59	73	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,13-7	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
60	74	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	L,0-14	GS	36	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
61	75	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	W,12-8	GS	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
62	76	Jul 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,17-5	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
63	77	Jul 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	GS	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
64	78	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
65	79	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	L,11-12	GS	35	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
66	80	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
67	81	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
68	82	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
69	83	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
70	84	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
71	85	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
72	86	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
73	87	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
74	88	Jul 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
75	89	Jul 22	DET	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	45	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
76	90	Jul 24 (1)	DET		BAL	W,9-7	GS	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
77	91	Jul 24 (2)	DET		BAL	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
78	92	Jul 25	DET		BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
79	93	Jul 26	DET		BAL	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	1	9	1	11	1	SS
80	94	Jul 27	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
81	95	Jul 28	DET		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
82	96	Jul 29 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-0	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
83	97	Jul 29 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
84	98	Jul 30	DET		BOS	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
85	99	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,6-4	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	100	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
87	101	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,3-18	GS	33	6.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
88	102	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,10-4	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	103	Aug 4	DET		NYY	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
90	104	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,8-5	GS	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
91	105	Aug 6	DET		CLE	W,9-0	GS	29	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
92	106	Aug 7	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
93	107	Aug 8	DET		KCA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	108	Aug 9	DET		KCA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
95	109	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
96	110	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
97	111	Aug 12	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
98	112	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS	69	15.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS LF
99	113	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
100	114	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
101	115	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	3	4	0	7	1	SS
102	116	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
103	117	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	47	11.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
104	118	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
105	119	Aug 21	DET	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
106	120	Aug 22	DET	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
107	121	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
108	122	Aug 24	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
109	123	Aug 25	DET	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
110	124	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
111	125	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
112	126	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
113	127	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
114	128	Aug 31	DET		KCA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	129	Sep 1	DET		KCA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
116	130	Sep 2	DET		KCA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
117	131	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
118	132	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
119	133	Sep 4	DET	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	45	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
120	134	Sep 6	DET	@	KCA	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
121	135	Sep 7	DET	@	KCA	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
122	136	Sep 8	DET	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
123	137	Sep 9	DET	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
124	138	Sep 11	DET		WSH	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
125	139	Sep 12	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
126	140	Sep 13	DET		WSH	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
127	141	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
128	142	Sep 15	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
129	143	Sep 16 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
130	144	Sep 16 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
131	145	Sep 18	DET		BAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
132	146	Sep 19	DET		BAL	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
133	147	Sep 21	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
134	148	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
135	149	Sep 23	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
136	150	Sep 24	DET		CHW	L,11-14	CG	52	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
137	151	Sep 25	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
138	152	Sep 26	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
139	153	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
140	154	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
141	155	Sep 30	DET	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
							142gm		1182.0	219	388	20	627	86