Harvey Kuenn
Harvey Kuenn
Full name: Harvey Edward Kuenn Born: December 4, 1930, West Allis, Wisconsin Died February 28, 1988, Peoria, Arizona Buried at Sun Land Memorial Park, Sun City, Arizona First Game: September 6, 1952; Final Game: October 2, 1966 Managed First Game: September 28, 1975 ; Managed Final Game: October 2, 1983 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 187 AL Rookie of the Year TSN AL Rookie of the Year SS on TSN All-Star Team
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Harvey Kuenn
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1952 DET A 1952 DET A 1953 DET A 679 94 209 33 7 2 48 50 31 1 1 10 6 5 .308 .356 .386 -1.0 1953 DET A 1954 DET A 155 656 81 201 28 6 5 48 29 13 1 6 4 19 9 9 .306 .335 .390 1.5 1954 DET A 1955 DET A 38 5 8 62 40 3 27 1 0 5 7 8 3 .306 .347 .423 -0.6 1955 DET A 1956 DET A 196 32 7 12 88 55 3 34 3 0 8 11 9 5 .332 .387 .470 1.9 1956 DET A 1957 DET A 1957 DET A 1958 DET A 39 3 8 54 51 8 34 0 3 4 13 5 10 .319 .373 .442 0.9 1958 DET A 1959 DET A 198 42 7 9 71 48 1 37 1 3 4 6 7 2 .353 .402 .501 2.6 1959 DET A 1960 CLE A Daily Splits 126 474 65 146 24 0 9 54 55 6 25 1 4 3 0 8 10 3 0 .308 .379 .416 0.9 1960 CLE A 1961 SF N Daily Splits 131 471 60 125 22 4 5 46 47 2 34 1 3 7 0 7 15 5 4 .265 .329 .361 -1.9 1961 SF N 1962 SF N Daily Splits 130 487 73 148 23 5 10 68 49 3 37 1 6 5 0 8 9 3 6 .304 .365 .433 0.0 1962 SF N 1963 SF N Daily Splits 120 417 61 121 13 2 6 31 44 3 38 2 2 4 0 8 10 2 1 .290 .358 .374 -1.2 1963 SF N 1964 SF N Daily Splits 111 351 42 92 16 2 4 22 35 4 32 1 1 2 0 7 5 0 1 .262 .329 .353 -1.6 1964 SF N 1965 SF N Daily Splits 23 59 4 14 0 0 0 6 10 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 3 1 .237 .352 .237 -0.3 1965 SF N 1965 CHI N Daily Splits 54 120 11 26 5 0 0 6 22 1 13 0 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 .217 .336 .258 -0.6 1965 CHI N 1965 TOT N 77 179 15 40 5 0 0 12 32 1 16 1 2 2 0 6 5 4 1 .223 .341 .251 -0.9 1965 TOT N
1966 CHI N Daily Splits 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0.0 1966 CHI N 1966 PHI N Daily Splits 86 159 15 47 9 0 0 15 10 1 16 0 5 2 0 4 5 0 0 .296 .333 .352 -0.6 1966 PHI N 1966 TOT N 89 162 15 48 9 0 0 15 10 1 17 0 5 2 0 4 5 0 0 .296 .333 .352 -0.6 1966 TOT N
Total NL 658 2067 266 574 88 13 25 194 217 14 174 6 19 22 0 40 49 14 13 .278 .345 .369 -6.2 Total NL
Total AL 1175 4846 685 1518 268 43 62 477 377 25i 230 9 25 30i 0i 8i 94 54 43 .313 .362 .425 1.9 Total AL
Total Splits 1833 6913 951 2092 356 56 87 671 594 39i 404 15 44 52i 0i 48i143 68 56 .303 .357 .408 -4.3 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1962 SF N Daily Splits 3 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .154 .083 1962 SF N
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1953 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1953 AL
1955 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1955 AL
1956 AL Daily Splits 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 1956 AL
1957 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 1957 AL
1959 AL Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1959 AL
1960 AL Daily Splits 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1960 AL
Total Splits 7 16 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .188 .278 .188 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1952 DET A 1953 DET A 155 308 441 21 78 .973
1954 DET A 155 294 496 28 85 .966
1955 DET A 1956 DET A .968
1956 DET A 1957 DET A 27 86 .955
1957 DET A 1957 DET A 1958 DET A 358 9 6 1 .984 0 138 0
1959 DET A 1960 CLE A Daily OF 118 116 106 1032.1 222 7 8 3 0 .966 2 2 116
1960 CLE A 1960 CLE A 1960 CLE A 1960 CLE A 1961 SF N Daily OF 93 91 70 780.2 157 9 2 0 0 .988 67 0 32
1961 SF N 1961 SF N 1961 SF N 1961 SF N 1962 SF N Daily OF 105 88 77 824.2 160 3 5 1 0 .970 98 0 11
1962 SF N 1962 SF N 1962 SF N 1963 SF N Daily OF 64 47 31 430 74 4 2 2 0 .975 45 0 27
1963 SF N 1963 SF N 1963 SF N 1964 SF N Daily OF 88 78 42 686 97 2 5 0 0 .952 66 0 36
1964 SF N 1964 SF N 1964 SF N 1964 SF N 1965 SF N Daily OF 14 13 9 102 14 0 0 0 0 1.000 12 0 2
1965 SF N 1965 SF N 1965 SF N 1965 CHI N Daily OF 35 27 16 226 36 3 1 1 0 .975 31 0 4
1965 CHI N 1965 CHI N 1965 CHI N 1965 TOT N 1B 8 2 2 35 31 5 2 0 0 .947
1965 TOT N LF 43 36 23 300 48 3 1 1 0 .981
1965 TOT N RF 6 4 2 28 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 TOT N OF 49 40 25 328 50 3 1 1 0 .981 43 0 6
1966 CHI N Daily OF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1966 CHI N 1966 PHI N Daily OF 31 24 7 182 31 0 0 0 0 1.000 31 0 0
1966 PHI N 1966 PHI N 1966 PHI N 1966 TOT N LF 32 24 7 185 29 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 TOT N OF 32 24 7 185 31 0 0 0 0 1.000 32 0 0
Total OF 825 484i 358i 4266.2i 1396 43 32 8 0i .978 354 163 344
Total SS 748 0i 0i 1 i 1343 2116 129 431 0i .964
Total LF 353i 276i 204i 2475 i 451i 16i 10i 3i 0i .979
Total RF 228i 207i 153i 1773.2i 335i 9i 12i 3i 0i .966
Total 3B 141 114i 54i 901.1i 119 171 26 13 0i .918
Total 1B 34 16i 8i 159 i 170 15 4 16 0i .979
Total CF 2i 1i 1i 18 i 3i 0i 0i 0i 0i1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1962 SF N Daily OF 3 3 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 1
1962 SF N LF 2 2 1 17 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 SF N RF 1 1 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1955 AL Daily SS 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 AL Daily SS 1 1 1 9 2 3 0 0 0 1.000
1957 AL Daily SS 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1959 AL Daily OF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
1959 AL CF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1960 AL Daily OF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1960 AL RF 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 3 3 1 17 3 4 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1
Total CF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total RF 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1975 MIL A 1982 MIL A 1983 MIL A Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
League Championship Series Managerial Record League Championship Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1982 MIL A 5 3 2 .600 23 23
World Series Managerial Record World Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1982 MIL A 7 3 4 .429 33 39
All-Star Game Managerial Record All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1983 AL 1 1 0 1.000 13 3
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1952).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Rocky Colavito (April
17, 1960 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Johnny Antonelli
and Willie Kirkland (December 3, 1960 ).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Ed Bailey and Bob Hendley to Chicago Cubs in
exchange for Dick Bertell and Len Gabrielson (May 29, 1965 ).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies (April 23, 1966 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 7, 1966 ).
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