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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	DET		BAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
2	2	Apr 14	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
3	3	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
4	4	Apr 17	DET	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
5	5	Apr 18	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS
6	6	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
7	7	Apr 20	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
8	8	Apr 23	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 24	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,9-10	CG	49	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
11	11	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	43	12.0	0	9	0	9	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
13	13	May 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	47	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
14	14	May 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
15	15	May 8	DET	@	CHW	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
16	16	May 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
17	17	May 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,0-0	CG	35	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
18	18	May 11	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
19	19	May 12	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	2	8	0	SS
20	20	May 13	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
21	21	May 14	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
22	22	May 15	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
23	23	May 16 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
24	24	May 16 (2)	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG	63	14.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
25	25	May 17	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
26	26	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
27	27	May 19	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 21	DET		CHW	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
29	29	May 22	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
30	30	May 23	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
31	31	May 25	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
32	32	May 26	DET		BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
33	33	May 27	DET		BAL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
34	34	May 28	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
35	35	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	0	2	2	4	0	SS
36	36	May 30	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
37	37	May 31 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	47	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
38	38	May 31 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
40	40	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
41	41	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
42	42	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
43	43	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
44	44	Jun 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
45	45	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
46	46	Jun 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
47	47	Jun 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	53	11.1	0	3	0	3	1	SS
48	48	Jun 8	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
49	49	Jun 9	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
50	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
51	51	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,16-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
52	52	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
53	53	Jun 12	DET	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
54	54	Jun 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
55	55	Jun 13 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
56	56	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
57	57	Jun 16	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
58	58	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
59	59	Jun 18	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
60	60	Jun 19	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	8	0	12	1	SS
61	61	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
62	62	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
63	63	Jun 24	DET		NYY	L,2-11	CG	50	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
64	64	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
65	65	Jun 26	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
66	66	Jun 27	DET		WSH	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
67	67	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
68	68	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	7.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
69	69	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
71	71	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
72	72	Jul 4	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
73	73	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CLE	L,6-13	CG	53	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
74	74	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
75	75	Jul 6	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
76	76	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
77	77	Jul 8	DET		CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
78	78	Jul 9	DET		BAL	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
79	79	Jul 10	DET		BAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
80	80	Jul 11	DET		BAL	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
81	81	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
82	82	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
83	83	Jul 16	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
84	84	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
85	85	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
86	86	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
87	87	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
88	88	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,12-0	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
89	89	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
90	90	Jul 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
91	91	Jul 22	DET	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
92	92	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
93	93	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	94	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
95	95	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
96	96	Jul 27 (2)	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	4	5	1	10	2	SS
97	97	Jul 28	DET		PHA	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
98	98	Jul 29 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
99	99	Jul 29 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
100	100	Jul 30	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
101	101	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	102	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,8-10	CG	43	9.0	0	7	0	7	2	SS
103	103	Aug 2	DET		WSH	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
104	104	Aug 3	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
105	105	Aug 4	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
106	106	Aug 5	DET		WSH	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
107	107	Aug 6	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
108	108	Aug 7	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
109	109	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,10-8	CG	48	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
110	110	Aug 10	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
111	111	Aug 11	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	4	5	2	11	0	SS
112	112	Aug 12	DET		CLE	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
113	113	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	57	15.1	4	5	0	9	1	SS
114	114	Aug 14	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
115	115	Aug 15 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
116	116	Aug 15 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
117	117	Aug 17	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	SS
118	118	Aug 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
119	119	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
120	120	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
121	121	Aug 20	DET		CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
122	122	Aug 21	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	1	10	3	SS
123	123	Aug 22	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
124	124	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
125	125	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
126	126	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
127	127	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
128	128	Aug 28	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
129	129	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
130	130	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
131	131	Aug 31	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	132	Sep 1	DET	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
133	133	Sep 2	DET	@	WSH	L,6-16	GS	28	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
134	134	Sep 3	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	4	1	8	3	SS
135	135	Sep 4	DET		BAL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
136	136	Sep 5	DET		BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
137	137	Sep 6 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-1	GS	19	5.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
138	138	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
139	139	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	SS
140	140	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
141	141	Sep 10	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
142	142	Sep 11	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
143	143	Sep 12 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
144	144	Sep 12 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
145	145	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
146	146	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
147	147	Sep 17	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
148	148	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
149	149	Sep 19	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
150	150	Sep 20	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
151	151	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
152	152	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
153	153	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
154	154	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-11	GS	26	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
155	155	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	52	13.0	6	5	0	11	3	SS
							155gm		1365.0	294	496	28	818	85