Harvey Kuenn was born on Thursday, December 4, 1930, in West Allis, Wisconsin. Kuenn was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 6, 1952, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Harvey Kuenn baseball stats page.
"If that guy (Harvey Kuenn) was hurt, his team might be hurt, but the pitching all over the league will improve." - Stengel, Casey. Hall of Fame Manager. Out of My League: The Classic Hilarious Account of an Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball. Plimpton, George. Author. The Lyons Press. 1 October 2003. Page 74.
Harvey KuennHarvey Kuenn Autograph on a 1955 Bowman Baseball Card (#132) |
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Harvey KuennHarvey Kuenn Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Harvey KuennHarvey Kuenn Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1952 | 22 | Tigers | 19 | 80 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .325 | .349 | .400 |
1953 | 23 | Tigers | 155 | 679 | 94 | 209 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 50 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .308 | .356 | .386 |
1954 | 24 | Tigers | 155 | 656 | 81 | 201 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 29 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | .306 | .335 | .390 |
1955 | 25 | Tigers | 145 | 620 | 101 | 190 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 62 | 40 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | .306 | .347 | .423 |
1956 | 26 | Tigers | 146 | 591 | 96 | 196 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 88 | 55 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | .332 | .387 | .470 |
1957 | 27 | Tigers | 151 | 624 | 74 | 173 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 44 | 47 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .277 | .327 | .388 |
1958 | 28 | Tigers | 139 | 561 | 73 | 179 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 54 | 51 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | .319 | .373 | .442 |
1959 | 29 | Tigers | 139 | 561 | 99 | 198 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 71 | 48 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .353 | .402 | .501 |
1960 | 30 | Indians | 126 | 474 | 65 | 146 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 55 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .308 | .379 | .416 |
1961 | 31 | Giants | 131 | 471 | 60 | 125 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 47 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | .265 | .329 | .361 |
1962 | 32 | Giants | 130 | 487 | 73 | 148 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 68 | 49 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .304 | .365 | .433 |
1963 | 33 | Giants | 120 | 417 | 61 | 121 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 44 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .290 | .358 | .374 |
1964 | 34 | Giants | 111 | 351 | 42 | 92 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 35 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .262 | .329 | .353 |
1965 | 35 | Giants | 23 | 59 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .237 | .352 | .237 |
1965 | 35 | Cubs | 54 | 120 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .217 | .336 | .258 |
1966 | 36 | Cubs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
1966 | 36 | Phillies | 86 | 159 | 15 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .296 | .333 | .352 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
15 Years | 1,833 | 6,913 | 951 | 2,092 | 356 | 56 | 87 | 1 | 671 | 594 | 45 | 404 | 44 | 52 | 15 | 143 | .303 | .357 | .408 |
Harvey KuennHarvey Kuenn Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1952 Tigers | SS | 19 | 19 | 513 | 106 | 5.6 | 102 | 39 | 63 | 4 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 5.37 |
1953 Tigers | SS | 155 | 155 | 4,152 | 767 | 4.9 | 746 | 306 | 440 | 21 | 78 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 4.85 |
1954 Tigers | SS | 155 | 155 | 4,095 | 815 | 5.3 | 787 | 296 | 491 | 28 | 84 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 5.19 |
1955 Tigers | SS | 140 | 139 | 3,710 | 659 | 4.7 | 630 | 250 | 380 | 29 | 83 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 4.58 |
1956 Tigers | LF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1956 Tigers | SS | 141 | 140 | 3,543 | 624 | 4.4 | 604 | 214 | 390 | 20 | 87 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 4.60 |
1957 Tigers | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 18.00 |
1957 Tigers | 3B | 17 | 16 | 432 | 57 | 3.4 | 54 | 22 | 32 | 3 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .947 | 3.38 |
1957 Tigers | SS | 136 | 134 | 3,558 | 607 | 4.5 | 580 | 227 | 353 | 27 | 85 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 4.40 |
1958 Tigers | CF | 138 | 138 | 3,619 | 370 | 2.7 | 364 | 355 | 9 | 6 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .984 | 2.72 |
1959 Tigers | CF | 24 | 22 | 620 | 58 | 2.4 | 57 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .983 | 2.48 |
1959 Tigers | RF | 115 | 115 | 2,977 | 196 | 1.7 | 194 | 189 | 5 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 1.76 |
1960 Indians | 3B | 6 | 4 | 111 | 11 | 1.8 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .909 | 2.43 |
1960 Indians | CF | 2 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.50 |
1960 Indians | LF | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1960 Indians | RF | 116 | 115 | 3,028 | 225 | 1.9 | 217 | 211 | 6 | 8 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 1.93 |
1961 Giants | 3B | 32 | 29 | 762 | 74 | 2.3 | 66 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .892 | 2.34 |
1961 Giants | LF | 67 | 64 | 1,644 | 124 | 1.9 | 122 | 115 | 7 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .984 | 2.00 |
1961 Giants | RF | 32 | 27 | 698 | 44 | 1.4 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.70 |
1961 Giants | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1962 Giants | 3B | 30 | 29 | 615 | 63 | 2.1 | 60 | 18 | 42 | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .952 | 2.63 |
1962 Giants | LF | 98 | 82 | 2,301 | 160 | 1.6 | 156 | 154 | 2 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 1.83 |
1962 Giants | RF | 11 | 6 | 173 | 14 | 1.3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .929 | 2.03 |
1963 Giants | 3B | 53 | 52 | 1,201 | 103 | 1.9 | 92 | 41 | 51 | 11 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .893 | 2.07 |
1963 Giants | LF | 45 | 25 | 762 | 51 | 1.1 | 50 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .980 | 1.77 |
1963 Giants | RF | 27 | 22 | 528 | 29 | 1.1 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 1.43 |
1964 Giants | 1B | 12 | 2 | 129 | 48 | 4.0 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 9.84 |
1964 Giants | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 13.50 |
1964 Giants | LF | 66 | 45 | 1,248 | 61 | 0.9 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 1.28 |
1964 Giants | RF | 36 | 33 | 810 | 42 | 1.2 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .929 | 1.30 |
1965 Giants | 1B | 7 | 2 | 90 | 33 | 4.7 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.90 |
1965 Cubs | LF | 31 | 25 | 621 | 38 | 1.2 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 1.61 |
1965 Giants | LF | 12 | 11 | 279 | 13 | 1.1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.26 |
1965 Cubs | RF | 4 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.95 |
1965 Giants | RF | 2 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.00 |
1965 Cubs | 1B | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .667 | 7.20 |
1966 Cubs | LF | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1966 Phillies | 1B | 13 | 12 | 243 | 105 | 8.1 | 104 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 11.56 |
1966 Phillies | 3B | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1966 Phillies | LF | 30 | 23 | 546 | 29 | 1.0 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.43 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
SS Totals | 747 | 742 | 19,574 | 3,578 | 4.8 | 3,449 | 1,332 | 2,117 | 129 | 429 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 4.76 | |
LF Totals | 353 | 275 | 7,428 | 476 | 1.3 | 466 | 450 | 16 | 10 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 1.69 | |
RF Totals | 343 | 322 | 8,298 | 553 | 1.6 | 538 | 524 | 14 | 15 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 1.75 | |
CF Totals | 164 | 161 | 4,293 | 431 | 2.6 | 424 | 414 | 10 | 7 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .984 | 2.67 | |
3B Totals | 141 | 130 | 3,136 | 309 | 2.2 | 283 | 115 | 168 | 26 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .916 | 2.44 | |
1B Totals | 34 | 16 | 480 | 194 | 5.7 | 190 | 176 | 14 | 4 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 10.69 | |
15 Years | 1,782 | 1,646 | 43,209 | 5,541 | 3.1 | 5,350 | 3,011 | 2,339 | 191 | 464 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 3.34 |
Harvey KuennHarvey Kuenn Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1952 Tigers | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 80.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - |
1953 Tigers | 6 | 5 | .545 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 339.5 | 21.9 | 14.1 | - | - | - |
1954 Tigers | 9 | 9 | .500 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 131.2 | 50.5 | 13.7 | - | - | - |
1955 Tigers | 8 | 3 | .727 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 77.5 | 23.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - |
1956 Tigers | 9 | 5 | .643 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 49.3 | 17.4 | 6.7 | - | - | - |
1957 Tigers | 5 | 8 | .385 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 69.3 | 22.3 | 14.2 | - | - | - |
1958 Tigers | 5 | 10 | .333 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 70.1 | 16.5 | 10.4 | - | - | - |
1959 Tigers | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 62.3 | 15.2 | 7.9 | - | - | - |
1960 Indians | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 52.7 | 19.0 | 8.8 | - | - | - |
1961 Giants | 5 | 4 | .556 | 10 | 0 | n/a | 94.2 | 13.9 | 10.2 | - | - | - |
1962 Giants | 3 | 6 | .333 | 11 | 0 | n/a | 48.7 | 13.2 | 7.2 | - | - | - |
1963 Giants | 2 | 1 | .667 | 17 | 0 | n/a | 69.5 | 11.0 | 13.5 | - | - | - |
1964 Giants | 0 | 1 | .000 | 20 | 1 | n/a | 87.8 | 11.0 | 16.0 | - | - | - |
1965 Giants | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 19.7 | 9.8 | - | - | - |
1965 Cubs | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 26 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 9.2 | 20.0 | - | - | - |
1966 Cubs | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1966 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 49 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 9.9 | 10.6 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
15 Years | 68 | 56 | .548 | 162 | 1 | n/a | 79.5 | 17.1 | 10.3 | - | - | - |
Harvey KuennHarvey Kuenn Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1952 Detroit Tigers | 26 | $15,000.00 | - | - |
1953 Detroit Tigers | 26 | $15,750.00 | Stats | - |
1954 Detroit Tigers | 26 | $16,500.00 | Stats | - |
1955 Detroit Tigers | 7 | $22,000.00 | Stats | - |
1956 Detroit Tigers | 7 | $27,500.00 | Stats | - |
1957 Detroit Tigers | 7 | $32,000.00 | Stats | - |
1958 Detroit Tigers | 7 | $33,500.00 | Stats | - |
1959 Detroit Tigers | 7 | $35,000.00 | Stats | - |
1960 Cleveland Indians | 7, 6 | $40,000.00 | Stats | - |
1961 San Francisco Giants | 7 | $42,000.00 | - | - |
1962 San Francisco Giants | 7 | $45,000.00 | - | Stats |
1963 San Francisco Giants | 7 | $45,000.00 | - | - |
1964 San Francisco Giants | 7 | $40,000.00 | - | - |
1965 San Francisco Giants | 7 | $35,000.00 | - | - |
1965 Chicago Cubs | 7 | " " | - | - |
1966 Chicago Cubs | 7 | $30,000.00 | - | - |
1966 Philadelphia Phillies | 22 | " " | - | - |
Harvey Kuenn Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Harvey Edward Kuenn was a Major League Baseball player with the Detroit Tigers (1952-1959), Cleveland Indians (1960), San Francisco Giants (1961-1965), Chicago Cubs (1965-1966), and Philadelphia Phillies (1966). When Harvey made his big league debut on September 6, 1952 (2 hits & 2 double plays), he became the first former student from Milwaukee Lutheran High School (Milwaukee, WI) to play in the majors. Twenty-six years later, the second former Red Knight broke into the big leagues. Who was it? [Answer]
Harvey Kuenn Rookie Card | 1952 Topps Baseball Card (#25 | Checklist)
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Did you know that Harvey Kuenn, during his rookie season, had a Major League leading 209 hits (as well as a rookie record 167 singles), earning him the American League Rookie of the Year — the first recipient in baseball history from either league with a 200-hit season?
Harvey Kuenn was the ninth American League player to record 200-or-more hits during their rookie season, joining Shoeless Joe Jackson (233 hits in 1911), Earle Combs (203 hits in 1925), Roy Johnson (201 hits in 1929), Dale Alexander (215 hits in 1929), Hal Trosky (206 hits in 1934), Joe DiMaggio (206 hits in 1936), Johnny Pesky (205 hits in 1942) and Dick Wakefield (200 hits in 1943).
In 1959, Harvey Kuenn led every major league player in batting average (.353), easily capturing the American League batting crown. The Detroit Tigers had their seventh batting champion, joining Al Kaline, George Kell, Charlie Gehringer, Harry Heilmann, Heinie Manush, and Ty Cobb (all hall of famers)! Following that season, the seven time All-Star was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Rocky Colavito — the home run champion!