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.

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	SFG		PIT	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 12	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
3	3	Apr 13	SFG		PIT	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 14	SFG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 15	SFG		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 16	SFG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 18	SFG		CIN	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 19	SFG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
9	9	Apr 20	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
10	10	Apr 23 (1)	SFG		STL	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 23 (2)	SFG		STL	L,4-7	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	12	Apr 25	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-1	GS	31	7.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 26	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-5	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	14	Apr 28	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
15	15	Apr 29	SFG	@	MLN	W,7-3	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	22 (6)	May 9	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	24 (1)	May 12	SFG		MLN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	27 (2)	May 15	SFG		CHC	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	28	May 16	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	29	May 17	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	30	May 19	SFG		LAD	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	31	May 20	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	32	May 21	SFG		LAD	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	33	May 22	SFG	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	34	May 23	SFG	@	STL	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	35	May 24	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
27	36	May 26	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	44	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
28	37	May 27	SFG	@	CHC	W,8-2	GS	25	6.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
29	38	May 28	SFG	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
30	39	May 29	SFG		CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
31	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	SFG		CIN	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	42	May 31	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	45 (2)	Jun 3	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	47 (1)	Jun 5	SFG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
35	49 (1)	Jun 7	SFG		PHI	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
36	50	Jun 8	SFG		PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
37	51	Jun 9	SFG		PIT	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	52	Jun 10	SFG		PIT	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	55 (2)	Jun 13	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
40	56	Jun 14	SFG		MLN	W,11-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	57	Jun 15	SFG		MLN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	58	Jun 16	SFG		CHC	L,6-12	GS	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
43	59	Jun 17	SFG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
44	60	Jun 18	SFG		CHC	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	61	Jun 20	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	62	Jun 21	SFG	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	63	Jun 22	SFG	@	MLN	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	64	Jun 23	SFG	@	STL	L,5-10	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	65	Jun 24	SFG	@	STL	W,6-1	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
50	66	Jun 25 (1)	SFG	@	STL	W,6-4	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF RF
51	67	Jun 25 (2)	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	68	Jun 26	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	69	Jun 27	SFG	@	PHI	W,12-5	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	70	Jun 28	SFG	@	PHI	T,7-7	CG	66	15.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
55	71	Jun 29 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	72	Jun 29 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
57	73	Jun 30	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	37	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	74	Jul 1	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	75	Jul 2 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	76	Jul 2 (2)	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-9	CG	37	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	77	Jul 4 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,19-3	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	78	Jul 4 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	79	Jul 5	SFG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	80	Jul 6	SFG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	81	Jul 7	SFG		STL	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	82	Jul 8	SFG		STL	L,7-9	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
67	83	Jul 9 (1)	SFG		STL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
68	84	Jul 9 (2)	SFG		STL	W,6-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
69	85	Jul 13	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
70	86	Jul 14	SFG		PIT	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
71	87	Jul 15	SFG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	88	Jul 16	SFG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	89	Jul 17	SFG		PHI	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
74	90	Jul 19	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
75	91	Jul 20	SFG	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	92	Jul 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	93	Jul 23 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	94	Jul 23 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	LF
79	95	Jul 25	SFG	@	PIT	W,16-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	96	Jul 26	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
81	97	Jul 27	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-0	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	98	Jul 28 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B LF
83	99	Jul 28 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	100	Jul 29	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	101	Jul 30	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	102	Aug 2	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	103	Aug 3	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	104	Aug 4	SFG		MLN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	106 (1)	Aug 6	SFG		MLN	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	107	Aug 8	SFG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	108	Aug 9	SFG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	109	Aug 11	SFG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	110	Aug 12	SFG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
94	111	Aug 13	SFG		CIN	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	112	Aug 15	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	113	Aug 16	SFG		STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	114	Aug 17	SFG		STL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
98	115	Aug 18	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF LF
99	125 (9)	Aug 29	SFG	@	MLN	L,6-7	GS	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	126	Aug 30	SFG	@	MLN	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
101	127	Aug 31	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	128	Sep 1	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
103	129	Sep 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
104	130	Sep 3	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	LF
105	131	Sep 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
106	132	Sep 5	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B LF
107	133	Sep 6	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
108	134	Sep 8	SFG		LAD	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	136 (1)	Sep 10	SFG		LAD	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	137	Sep 11	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	138	Sep 12	SFG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	142 (3)	Sep 16	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
113	143	Sep 17	SFG		CHC	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
114	144	Sep 18	SFG		MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
115	145	Sep 19	SFG		MLN	W,11-10	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	146	Sep 20	SFG		MLN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	148 (1)	Sep 23	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
118	149	Sep 24	SFG	@	CIN	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	150	Sep 25	SFG	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
120	152 (1)	Sep 28	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
121	153	Sep 29	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	22	4.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	155 (1)	Oct 1 (2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,2-3	GF	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS RF
							132gm		1035.2	191	42	10	243	5