Joe Cunningham
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[edit] Biography
Joe Cunningham (Joseph Robert Cunningham) was born on August 27, 1931 in Paterson, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on June 30, 1954 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .284 with 11 home runs and 50 RBI. Cunningham played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators over the course of his 12 year career.
Most people believe that Joe Cunningham's best season was 1962, when he hit for a .295 average and knocked in 70 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | STL | N | 85 | 310 | 40 | 88 | 11 | 50 | .284 | .375 | .445 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 1956 | STL | N | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | STL | N | 122 | 261 | 50 | 83 | 9 | 52 | .318 | .439 | .479 | 15 | 0 | 56 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 1958 | STL | N | 131 | 337 | 61 | 105 | 12 | 57 | .312 | .449 | .496 | 20 | 3 | 82 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 1959 | STL | N | 144 | 458 | 65 | 158 | 7 | 60 | .345 | .453 | .478 | 28 | 6 | 88 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
| 1960 | STL | N | 139 | 492 | 68 | 138 | 6 | 39 | .280 | .363 | .386 | 28 | 3 | 59 | 59 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1961 | STL | N | 113 | 322 | 60 | 92 | 7 | 40 | .286 | .403 | .398 | 11 | 2 | 53 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1962 | CHI | A | 149 | 526 | 91 | 155 | 8 | 70 | .295 | .410 | .428 | 32 | 7 | 101 | 59 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 1963 | CHI | A | 67 | 210 | 32 | 60 | 1 | 31 | .286 | .388 | .367 | 12 | 1 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1964 | WAS | A | 49 | 126 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 7 | .214 | .344 | .246 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1964 | CHI | A | 40 | 108 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 10 | .250 | .352 | .315 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1964 | TOT | A | 89 | 234 | 28 | 54 | 0 | 17 | .231 | .348 | .278 | 11 | 0 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1965 | WAS | A | 95 | 201 | 29 | 46 | 3 | 20 | .229 | .375 | .328 | 9 | 1 | 46 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1966 | WAS | A | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 738 | 2183 | 345 | 664 | 52 | 298 | .304 | .413 | .443 | 113 | 17 | 382 | 231 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 33 | |
| Total | AL | 403 | 1179 | 180 | 316 | 12 | 138 | .268 | .386 | .368 | 64 | 9 | 217 | 138 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 23 | |
| Total | 1141 | 3362 | 525 | 980 | 64 | 436 | .291 | .403 | .417 | 177 | 26 | 599 | 369 | 49 | 26 | 16 | 34 | 56 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | STL | N | 1B | 85 | 84 | 752 | 814 | 68 | 10 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .989 |
| 1956 | STL | N | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | STL | N | 1B | 57 | 22 | 270 | 279 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | STL | N | RF | 47 | 42 | 344 | 78 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1957 | STL | N | OF | 47 | 42 | 344 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .965 |
| 1958 | STL | N | 1B | 68 | 31 | 343.2 | 328 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .997 |
| 1958 | STL | N | LF | 24 | 20 | 176 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1958 | STL | N | OF | 66 | 60 | 502.2 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1958 | STL | N | RF | 42 | 40 | 326.2 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 |
| 1959 | STL | N | RF | 109 | 104 | 850.1 | 179 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 |
| 1959 | STL | N | 1B | 35 | 10 | 144 | 158 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 |
| 1959 | STL | N | OF | 121 | 117 | 966.2 | 201 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .972 |
| 1959 | STL | N | LF | 21 | 13 | 116.1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 |
| 1960 | STL | N | OF | 116 | 108 | 944.1 | 184 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 |
| 1960 | STL | N | RF | 116 | 108 | 944.1 | 182 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .949 |
| 1960 | STL | N | 1B | 15 | 14 | 122 | 114 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1961 | STL | N | OF | 86 | 77 | 649.1 | 131 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1961 | STL | N | LF | 1 | 1 | 8.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1961 | STL | N | RF | 85 | 76 | 640.2 | 132 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1961 | STL | N | 1B | 10 | 6 | 62 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1962 | CHI | A | OF | 5 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1962 | CHI | A | 1B | 143 | 142 | 1259.2 | 1282 | 90 | 8 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 |
| 1962 | CHI | A | RF | 5 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1963 | CHI | A | 1B | 58 | 57 | 492.1 | 535 | 24 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .989 |
| 1964 | WAS | A | 1B | 41 | 33 | 310.1 | 316 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .997 |
| 1964 | CHI | A | 1B | 33 | 30 | 259 | 264 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .996 |
| 1964 | TOT | A | 1B | 74 | 63 | 569.1 | 580 | 29 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .997 |
| 1965 | WAS | A | 1B | 59 | 43 | 412.2 | 393 | 24 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .986 |
| 1966 | WAS | A | 1B | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 1B | 608 | 475 | 4448.2 | 4564 | 299 | 34 | 424 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 | ||
| Total | RF | 404 | 373 | 3128 | 631 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 | ||
| Total | LF | 46 | 34 | 301 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 | ||
| Total | OF | 441 | 407 | 3429 | 692 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .965 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1949).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Minnie Minoso (November 27, 1961).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later to Washington Senators in exchange for Bill Skowron and Carl Bouldin (July 13, 1964); Washington Senators received Frank Kreutzer (July 28, 1964).
- Released by Washington Senators (April 29, 1966).
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