Harvey Kuenn

Full Name: Harvey Edward Kuenn	Primary Position: OF,SS,LF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/187	First Game: September 6, 1952
Birthdate: December 4, 1930	Final Game: October 2, 1966
Birthplace: West Allis, Wisconsin	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: February 28, 1988
Deathplace: Peoria, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Harvey Kuenn (Harvey Edward Kuenn) was born on December 4, 1930 in West Allis, Wisconsin. He made his Major League debut on September 6, 1952 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1953, his rookie year, he hit .308 with 2 home runs and 48 RBI. Kuenn played for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that Harvey Kuenn's best season was 1956, when he hit for a .332 average and knocked in 88 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1952	DET	A	19	80	2	26	0	8	.325	.349	.400	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
1953	DET	A	155	679	94	209	2	48	.308	.356	.386	33	7	50	31	1	1	6	0	10
1954	DET	A	155	656	81	201	5	48	.306	.335	.390	28	6	29	13	1	6	9	0	19
1955	DET	A	145	620	101	190	8	62	.306	.347	.423	38	5	40	27	1	0	8	3	7
1956	DET	A	146	591	96	196	12	88	.332	.387	.470	32	7	55	34	3	0	9	3	11
1957	DET	A	151	624	74	173	9	44	.277	.327	.388	30	6	47	28	0	6	5	4	15
1958	DET	A	139	561	73	179	8	54	.319	.373	.442	39	3	51	34	0	3	5	8	13
1959	DET	A	139	561	99	198	9	71	.353	.402	.501	42	7	48	37	1	3	7	1	6
1960	CLE	A	126	474	65	146	9	54	.308	.379	.416	24	0	55	25	1	4	3	6	10
1961	SF	N	131	471	60	125	5	46	.265	.329	.361	22	4	47	34	1	3	5	2	15
1962	SF	N	130	487	73	148	10	68	.304	.365	.433	23	5	49	37	1	6	3	3	9
1963	SF	N	120	417	61	121	6	31	.290	.358	.374	13	2	44	38	2	2	2	3	10
1964	SF	N	111	351	42	92	4	22	.262	.329	.353	16	2	35	32	1	1	0	4	5
1965	SF	N	23	59	4	14	0	6	.237	.352	.237	0	0	10	3	1	2	3	0	1
1965	CHI	N	54	120	11	26	0	6	.217	.336	.258	5	0	22	13	0	0	1	1	4
1965	TOT	N	77	179	15	40	0	12	.223	.341	.251	5	0	32	16	1	2	4	1	5
1966	PHI	N	86	159	15	47	0	15	.296	.333	.352	9	0	10	16	0	5	0	1	5
1966	CHI	N	3	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1966	TOT	N	89	162	15	48	0	15	.296	.333	.352	9	0	10	17	0	5	0	1	5
Total	NL		658	2067	266	574	25	194	.278	.345	.369	88	13	217	174	6	19	14	14	49
Total	AL		1175	4846	685	1518	62	477	.313	.362	.425	268	43	377	230	9	25	54	25	94
Total			1833	6913	951	2092	87	671	.303	.357	.408	356	56	594	404	15	44	68	39	143

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1952	DET	A	SS	19	0	0	44	57	4	12	.962
1953	DET	A	SS	155	0	0	308	441	21	78	.973
1954	DET	A	SS	155	0	0	294	496	28	85	.966
1955	DET	A	SS	141	0	0	253	378	29	83	.956
1956	DET	A	SS	141	0	0	219	388	20	86	.968
1956	DET	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	DET	A	SS	136	134	1186	225	354	27	86	.955
1957	DET	A	3B	17	16	144	24	33	3	4	.950
1957	DET	A	1B	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1.000
1958	DET	A	OF	138	138	1206.1	358	9	6	1	.984
1958	DET	A	CF	138	138	1206.1	355	9	6	1	.984
1959	DET	A	RF	115	115	992.1	189	5	2	0	.990
1959	DET	A	CF	24	22	206.2	56	1	1	0	.983
1959	DET	A	OF	137	137	1199	247	6	3	0	.988
1960	CLE	A	OF	118	116	1032.1	222	7	8	3	.966
1960	CLE	A	CF	2	1	18	3	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CLE	A	RF	116	115	1009.1	211	6	8	2	.964
1960	CLE	A	LF	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000
1960	CLE	A	3B	6	4	37	0	6	1	0	.857
1961	SF	N	LF	67	64	548	115	7	2	0	.984
1961	SF	N	SS	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.000
1961	SF	N	3B	32	29	254	33	32	8	4	.890
1961	SF	N	OF	93	91	780.2	157	9	2	0	.988
1961	SF	N	RF	32	27	232.2	43	1	0	0	1.000
1962	SF	N	3B	30	29	205	20	44	3	4	.955
1962	SF	N	OF	105	88	824.2	160	3	5	1	.970
1962	SF	N	RF	11	6	57.2	12	1	1	1	.929
1962	SF	N	LF	98	82	767	154	2	4	0	.975
1963	SF	N	3B	53	52	400.1	41	56	11	1	.898
1963	SF	N	LF	45	25	254	47	3	1	2	.980
1963	SF	N	OF	64	47	430	74	4	2	2	.975
1963	SF	N	RF	27	22	176	27	1	1	0	.966
1964	SF	N	OF	88	78	686	97	2	5	0	.952
1964	SF	N	1B	12	2	43	38	7	1	4	.978
1964	SF	N	LF	66	45	416	58	1	2	0	.967
1964	SF	N	3B	1	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1964	SF	N	RF	36	33	270	39	0	2	0	.951
1965	SF	N	LF	12	11	93	13	0	0	0	1.000
1965	SF	N	1B	7	2	30	27	5	0	0	1.000
1965	SF	N	OF	14	13	102	14	0	0	0	1.000
1965	SF	N	RF	2	2	9	1	0	0	0	1.000
1965	CHI	N	OF	35	27	226	36	3	1	1	.975
1965	CHI	N	1B	1	0	5	4	0	2	0	.667
1965	CHI	N	LF	31	25	207	34	3	1	1	.974
1965	CHI	N	RF	4	2	19	2	0	0	0	1.000
1965	TOT	N	1B	8	2	35	31	5	2	0	.947
1965	TOT	N	RF	6	4	28	3	0	0	0	1.000
1965	TOT	N	LF	43	36	300	47	3	1	1	.980
1965	TOT	N	OF	49	40	328	50	3	1	1	.981
1966	PHI	N	1B	13	12	81	99	3	1	11	.990
1966	PHI	N	OF	31	24	182	31	0	0	0	1.000
1966	PHI	N	3B	2	0	4.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1966	PHI	N	LF	31	24	182	29	0	0	0	1.000
1966	CHI	N	LF	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000
1966	CHI	N	OF	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000
1966	TOT	N	LF	32	24	185	29	0	0	0	1.000
1966	TOT	N	OF	32	24	185	31	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	141	130	1045.1	119	171	26	13	.918
Total			OF	825	759	6672	1396	43	32	8	.978
Total			CF	164	161	1431	414	10	7	1	.984
Total			RF	343	322	2766	524	14	14	3	.975
Total			1B	34	16	160	170	15	4	16	.979
Total			LF	353	276	2475	450	16	10	3	.979
Total			SS	748	134	1187	1343	2116	129	431	.964

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1952).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Rocky Colavito (April 17, 1960).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Johnny Antonelli and Willie Kirkland (December 3, 1960).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Ed Bailey and Bob Hendley to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Dick Bertell and Len Gabrielson (May 29, 1965).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies (April 23, 1966).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 7, 1966).

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