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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 21 (1)	SFG		CHC	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	15 (3)	Apr 24	SFG		STL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	18 (2)	Apr 27	SFG		MLN	L,5-6	GS	50	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	21 (2)	May 1	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	22	May 2	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS	23	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
6	23	May 3	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-3	GS	22	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
7	24	May 4	SFG	@	NYM	W,17-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
8	25	May 5 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
9	26	May 5 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	31 (4)	May 11	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	39 (7)	May 19 (2)	SFG		PHI	W,6-5	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
12	41 (1)	May 22	SFG		PHI	W,10-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
13	43 (1)	May 25	SFG		LAD	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	45 (1)	May 28	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
15	47 (1)	May 30	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	48	May 31	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	49	Jun 1	SFG	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	50	Jun 2	SFG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	51	Jun 4	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	52	Jun 5 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-9	GS	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF 3B
21	53	Jun 5 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	55 (1)	Jun 7	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	56	Jun 8	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	62 (5)	Jun 14	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B LF
25	65 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,4-3	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
26	67 (1)	Jun 18	SFG		LAD	W,9-3	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
27	68	Jun 19	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
28	69	Jun 21	SFG	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	70	Jun 22	SFG	@	MLN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
30	71	Jun 23	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	72	Jun 24	SFG	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	73	Jun 25	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
33	74	Jun 26	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	75	Jun 28	SFG		CIN	W,7-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
35	76	Jun 29	SFG		CIN	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
36	77	Jun 30	SFG		CIN	W,7-3	GS	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	78	Jul 1	SFG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
38	79	Jul 2	SFG		MLN	W,1-0	CG	59	16.0	5	2	1	8	0	3B
39	80	Jul 3	SFG		MLN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	81	Jul 4	SFG		MLN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
41	82	Jul 5	SFG		STL	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	83	Jul 6	SFG		STL	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	84	Jul 7 (1)	SFG		STL	W,4-3	CG	58	15.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
44	85	Jul 7 (2)	SFG		STL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	86	Jul 10	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	87	Jul 11	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
47	88	Jul 12	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
48	94 (5)	Jul 17	SFG	@	NYM	L,7-9	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B RF
49	95	Jul 18	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-5	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B LF
50	96	Jul 19	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	97	Jul 20	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
52	98	Jul 21	SFG	@	CIN	W,10-5	GS	26	5.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
53	99	Jul 23	SFG		NYM	W,9-1	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
54	100	Jul 24	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
55	101	Jul 25	SFG		NYM	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	102	Jul 26	SFG		PIT	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	103	Jul 27	SFG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	104	Jul 28	SFG		PIT	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	105	Jul 29	SFG		PIT	W,5-4	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	106	Jul 30	SFG		PHI	W,5-0	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
61	107	Jul 31	SFG		PHI	L,3-7	GS	23	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	108	Aug 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,11-12	GS	52	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
63	109	Aug 3	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-5	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
64	114 (4)	Aug 9	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-0	GS	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
65	115	Aug 10	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B LF
66	116	Aug 11	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B LF
67	117	Aug 12	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
68	118	Aug 13	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-4	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
69	119	Aug 14	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	47	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
70	120	Aug 15	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	121	Aug 16	SFG	@	STL	L,0-13	CG	50	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	122	Aug 17	SFG	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	32	7.0	1	0	2	3	0	3B
73	123	Aug 19	SFG	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	44	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
74	124	Aug 20	SFG		MLN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
75	125	Aug 21	SFG		MLN	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
76	126	Aug 22	SFG		MLN	W,8-6	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
77	127	Aug 23	SFG		CIN	W,11-3	GS	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B LF
78	128	Aug 24	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	44	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	129	Aug 25	SFG		CIN	L,7-8	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
80	130	Aug 26	SFG		STL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	3B
81	131	Aug 27	SFG		STL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	132	Aug 28	SFG		STL	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
83	133	Aug 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-11	GS	41	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B RF
84	134	Aug 30	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	135	Aug 31	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	45	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	136	Sep 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	137	Sep 2 (1)	SFG		CHC	L,5-7	GS	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
88	138	Sep 2 (2)	SFG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
89	139	Sep 3	SFG		CHC	W,16-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
90	140	Sep 4	SFG		HOU	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
91	141	Sep 5	SFG		HOU	L,2-5	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
92	142	Sep 6	SFG		LAD	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
93	143	Sep 7	SFG		LAD	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B LF
94	148 (4)	Sep 13	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
95	149	Sep 14	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS	32	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
96	151 (1)	Sep 16	SFG	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
97	152	Sep 17	SFG	@	MLN	W,11-3	GS	25	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
98	154 (1)	Sep 20	SFG		NYM	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
99	155	Sep 21	SFG		NYM	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
100	156	Sep 22	SFG		NYM	W,13-4	GS	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	157	Sep 24	SFG		PHI	L,4-5	GS	29	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
102	159 (1)	Sep 26	SFG		PHI	W,10-0	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
103	160	Sep 27	SFG		PIT	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
104	161	Sep 28	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							125gm		830.1	115	60	13	188	3