Joe Cunningham

Full Name: Joseph Robert Cunningham	Primary Position: 1B,OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: June 30, 1954
Birthdate: August 27, 1931	Final Game: April 17, 1966
Birthplace: Paterson, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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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	AVG
1954	STL	N	1B	85	84	752	814	68	10	96	0	.989
1956	STL	N	1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	STL	N	1B	57	22	270	279	17	0	17	0	1.000
1957	STL	N	RF	47	42	344	78	1	2	0	0	.975
1957	STL	N	OF	47	42	344	81	1	3	0	0	.965
1958	STL	N	1B	68	31	343.2	328	23	1	19	0	.997
1958	STL	N	LF	24	20	176	32	1	0	1	0	1.000
1958	STL	N	OF	66	60	502.2	90	3	2	2	0	.979
1958	STL	N	RF	42	40	326.2	54	2	2	1	0	.966
1959	STL	N	RF	109	104	850.1	179	4	5	1	0	.973
1959	STL	N	1B	35	10	144	158	9	1	22	0	.994
1959	STL	N	OF	121	117	966.2	201	5	6	1	0	.972
1959	STL	N	LF	21	13	116.1	18	1	1	0	0	.950
1960	STL	N	OF	116	108	944.1	184	6	10	1	0	.950
1960	STL	N	RF	116	108	944.1	182	6	10	1	0	.949
1960	STL	N	1B	15	14	122	114	10	0	7	0	1.000
1961	STL	N	OF	86	77	649.1	131	2	5	1	0	.964
1961	STL	N	LF	1	1	8.2	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	STL	N	RF	85	76	640.2	132	2	5	1	0	.964
1961	STL	N	1B	10	6	62	69	1	0	8	0	1.000
1962	CHI	A	OF	5	3	22	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	CHI	A	1B	143	142	1259.2	1282	90	8	118	0	.994
1962	CHI	A	RF	5	3	22	6	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	CHI	A	1B	58	57	492.1	535	24	6	39	0	.989
1964	WAS	A	1B	41	33	310.1	316	13	1	28	1	.997
1964	CHI	A	1B	33	30	259	264	16	1	25	0	.996
1964	TOT	A	1B	74	63	569.1	580	29	2	53	1	.997
1965	WAS	A	1B	59	43	412.2	393	24	6	44	0	.986
1966	WAS	A	1B	3	3	21	10	4	0	1	0	1.000
Total			1B	608	475	4448.2	4564	299	34	424	1	.993
Total			RF	404	373	3128	631	15	24	4	0	.964
Total			LF	46	34	301	52	2	1	1	0	.982
Total			OF	441	407	3429	692	17	26	5	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).