Joe Cunningham

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 27, 1931 in Paterson, NJ us

Died: March 25, 2021 in Chesterfield, MO

Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, MO

High School: Lodi HS (Lodi, NJ)

Debut: June 30, 1954 (Age 22-307d, 11,152nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 17, 1966 (Age 34-233d)
vs. DET 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Joseph Robert Cunningham

Nicknames: Smokey Joe

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.2

3362

980

.292

525

RBI

436

OBP

.404

SLG

.417

OPS

.820

OPS+

120

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

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 13	STL	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	3	Apr 14	STL		CIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	4	Apr 15	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	20	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	5	Apr 16	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 17	STL	@	LAD	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	7	Apr 18	STL	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	8	Apr 19	STL	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
9	9	Apr 20	STL	@	LAD	W,11-2	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	RF 1B
10	10	Apr 23 (1)	STL	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
11	11	Apr 23 (2)	STL	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	12	Apr 25	STL		MLN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	13	Apr 26	STL		MLN	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	14	Apr 28	STL		PHI	W,10-9	GS	56	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF 1B
15	15	Apr 29	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
16	16	Apr 30	STL		PHI	L,7-11	GS	51	10.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 2	STL		PIT	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	18	May 3	STL		PIT	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	RF 1B
19	19	May 6	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
20	20	May 7	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	21	May 10	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	22	May 12	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	23	May 13	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	24	May 14	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 1B
25	25	May 16	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	26	May 17	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B RF
27	27	May 19	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	28	May 20	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
29	29	May 21 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	30	May 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	31	May 22	STL		SFG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
32	32	May 23	STL		SFG	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	33	May 24	STL		LAD	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	34	May 25	STL		LAD	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	35	May 26	STL		PIT	W,12-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	36	May 27	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	37	May 28	STL		PIT	W,8-4	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	39 (1)	May 30	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	40	May 31	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	41	Jun 1	STL	@	SFG	W,7-6	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	42	Jun 2	STL	@	MLN	W,3-1	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	43	Jun 3	STL	@	MLN	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
43	50 (6)	Jun 10	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
44	51	Jun 11 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
45	52	Jun 11 (2)	STL		CIN	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	57 (4)	Jun 18 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	59 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
48	60	Jun 20 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	61	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	72 (10)	Jul 2	STL	@	CHC	L,9-10	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	74 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	STL		PHI	L,6-10	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
52	76 (1)	Jul 6	STL	@	LAD	L,1-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	77	Jul 7	STL	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	83 (5)	Jul 15	STL		MLN	W,12-4	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	85 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	STL		CHC	W,10-6	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
56	87 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	STL		CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	88	Jul 18 (2)	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	89	Jul 19	STL		SFG	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
59	90	Jul 20	STL		SFG	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	91	Jul 21	STL		LAD	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	92	Jul 22	STL		LAD	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	95 (2)	Jul 26	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	54	11.2	2	0	1	3	0	RF
63	96	Jul 27	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	98 (1)	Jul 29	STL	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	3	0	1	4	0	RF
65	99	Jul 30 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,5-3	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	101 (1)	Aug 2	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	103 (1)	Aug 4	STL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
68	104	Aug 5	STL		PHI	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	105	Aug 6 (1)	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	106	Aug 6 (2)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
71	107	Aug 7	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
72	112 (4)	Aug 13	STL	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	113	Aug 14	STL	@	LAD	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	114	Aug 15	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
75	115	Aug 16	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	117 (1)	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
77	119 (1)	Aug 20	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	121 (1)	Aug 23	STL		LAD	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	122	Aug 24	STL		LAD	W,10-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	124 (1)	Aug 26	STL		SFG	W,8-5	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
81	125	Aug 27	STL		SFG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
82	126	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	127	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	141 (13)	Sep 14 (1)	STL		CHC	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
85	143 (1)	Sep 16	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	RF
86	144	Sep 17	STL	@	PIT	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
87	148 (3)	Sep 22	STL		LAD	L,3-6	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	149	Sep 23	STL		LAD	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
89	152 (2)	Sep 26	STL	@	MLN	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
90	154 (1)	Sep 30	STL	@	PHI	W,12-2	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR RF
							96gm		711.1	203	3	5	211	9