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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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	DET	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
2	2	Apr 13	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
3	3	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 15	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
5	5	Apr 16	DET		KCA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 17	DET		KCA	W,16-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
8	8	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
9	9	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
10	10	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
11	11	Apr 26	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 27	DET		BAL	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
13	13	Apr 28	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
14	14	Apr 29	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
15	15	Apr 30	DET		WSH	W,11-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	DET		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
17	17	May 2	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	18	May 3	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
19	19	May 4	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
20	20	May 5	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
21	21	May 6	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
22	22	May 7	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
23	23	May 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	47	10.1	0	5	0	5	2	SS
24	24	May 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
25	25	May 10	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
26	26	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
27	27	May 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	28	May 14	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	2	3	0	5	1	SS
29	29	May 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	1	4	2	7	1	SS
30	30	May 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
31	31	May 17	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
32	32	May 18	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	3	5	2	10	3	SS
33	33	May 20	DET		CLE	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
34	34	May 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
35	35	May 22	DET		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	45 (9)	Jun 3	DET		BAL	W,7-2		10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH SS
37	49 (3)	Jun 6	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	9.0	3	5	2	10	1	SS
38	50	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	45	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
39	51	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	3	SS
40	52	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
41	53	Jun 10	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	7	1	8	2	SS
42	54	Jun 11	DET		BOS	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
43	55	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	49	9.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
44	56	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
45	57	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	1	4	0	5	2	SS
46	58	Jun 17	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	10.1	1	2	1	4	2	SS
47	61 (2)	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	47	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
48	62	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
49	63	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	W,18-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
50	64	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
51	65	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	42	10.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
52	66	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
53	67	Jun 28	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
54	68	Jun 29	DET	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
55	69	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	70	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
57	71	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
58	72	Jul 2	DET	@	KCA	L,10-11	CG	55	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
59	73	Jul 3	DET	@	KCA	L,8-9	CG	59	13.1	3	3	1	7	0	SS
60	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	62	14.2	1	6	0	7	0	SS
61	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
62	76	Jul 6	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	2	6	1	SS
63	77	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,1-12	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	78	Jul 8	DET		KCA	W,11-8	CG	48	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
65	79	Jul 9	DET		KCA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
66	80	Jul 10 (1)	DET		KCA	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
67	81	Jul 10 (2)	DET		KCA	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
68	82	Jul 14 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
69	83	Jul 14 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
70	84	Jul 16 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
71	85	Jul 16 (2)	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
72	86	Jul 17	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
73	87	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
74	88	Jul 20	DET		BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
75	89	Jul 21	DET		BAL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
76	90	Jul 22	DET		WSH	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
77	91	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
78	92	Jul 24 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
79	93	Jul 24 (2)	DET		WSH	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
80	94	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-6	CG	52	12.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
81	95	Jul 26 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
82	96	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
83	97	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
84	98	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
85	99	Jul 29	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
86	100	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	2	SS
87	101	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
88	102	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	103	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	W,13-10	CG	48	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
90	104	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
91	105	Aug 4	DET	@	WSH	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
92	106	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
93	107	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
94	108	Aug 7 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
95	109	Aug 7 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	3	6	0	9	0	SS
96	110	Aug 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
97	111	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
98	112	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
99	113	Aug 12	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
100	114	Aug 13	DET		CHW	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
101	115	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
102	116	Aug 16	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
103	117	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
104	118	Aug 18	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
105	119	Aug 19	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
106	120	Aug 20	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
107	121	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
108	122	Aug 21 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
109	123	Aug 23	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
110	124	Aug 24	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
111	125	Aug 25 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
112	126	Aug 25 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
113	127	Aug 26	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
114	128	Aug 27	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
115	129	Aug 29 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
116	130	Aug 29 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	SS
117	131	Aug 30	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
118	132	Aug 31	DET		WSH	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	133	Sep 2	DET	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
120	134	Sep 3	DET	@	KCA	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
121	135	Sep 4	DET	@	KCA	W,17-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
122	136	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
123	137	Sep 5 (2)	DET		CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
124	138	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
125	139	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
126	140	Sep 9	DET	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
127	141	Sep 10	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
128	142	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
129	143	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	39	8.2	5	4	0	9	1	SS
130	144	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
131	145	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
132	146	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
133	147	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
134	148	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
135	149	Sep 19	DET		KCA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
136	150	Sep 20	DET		KCA	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
137	151	Sep 21	DET		KCA	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
138	152	Sep 24 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
139	153	Sep 24 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
140	154	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
							141gm		1236.2	253	378	29	660	83