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Harvey Kuenn
Harvey Edward Kuenn

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
School Wisconsin

MLB Debut September 6, 1952
Final Game October 2, 1966
Born December 4, 1930 in West Allis, WI
Died February 28, 1988 (age 57)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 21 WAA AL   43   87    7   21   2   1   0   11   0   0    2    3  .241  .261  .287  .548    83    25   0   2   0   1   3  
 1953 22 DEA AL  154  678   93  199  39   8   1   35   4   1   55   52  .294  .348  .379  .727    99   257   3   0   3   2  10  
 1954 23 DEA AL  152  642   78  192  30   7   7   82   4   0   28   15  .299  .324  .400  .724   105   257   2   9   2   0  27  MVP-10
 1955 24 DEA AL  153  668  102  188  48   2   9   60   2   0   43   32  .281  .324  .400  .723   100   267  20   3   0   0  12  
 1956 25 DEA AL  147  596   92  190  38   2  14   84   7   2   46   35  .319  .369  .460  .828   115   274   0   5   6   4   9  
 1957 26 DEA AL   98  209   30   63   9   2   4   21   0   2   12   18  .301  .339  .421  .760   103    88   3   2   0   1   2  
 1958 27 DEA AL  149  600   99  187  47   3   6   75  10   7   50   48  .312  .363  .430  .793   106   258   0   7   2   2  13  
 1959 28 DEA AL  145  604   96  218  38   4  15   70   5   2   55   39  .361  .414  .512  .925   120   309   2   1   8   0   5  MVP-5
 1960 29 DEA AL  101  309   42  104  16   3   3   41   0   0   42   16  .337  .415  .437  .852   116   135   0   1   2   0  13  
 1961 30 SFN NL   69  128   16   30   5   1   5   17   0   0   16   11  .234  .319  .406  .726    98    52   0   0   1   0   8  
 1962 31 SFN NL   86  187   27   51   7   1   3   17   1   3   24   13  .273  .350  .369  .719    98    69   1   3   4   0   4  
 1963 32 SFN NL  142  419   47  137  16   2   5   55   2   2   41   33  .327  .386  .411  .797   119   172   0   4   4   2  10  
 1964 33 SFN NL  116  244   19   61  11   0   7   36   0   0   20   33  .250  .307  .381  .688    95    93   0   2   0   1   3  
 1965 34 SFN NL  111  190   21   55  10   0   0    8   2   2   35   23  .289  .408  .342  .750   107    65   2   0   0   3   5  
 1966 35 LAN NL   61  172   11   53   8   0   0   18   0   1    9   21  .308  .341  .355  .695   101    61   1   1   3   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     1727 5733  780 1749 324  36  79  630  37  22  478  392  .305  .358  .415  .773        2382  34  40  35  16 127
 Per 600 PA           546   74  167  31   3   8   60   4   2   46   37                                 227   3   4   3   2  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With DEA     1099 4306  632 1341 265  31  59  468  32  14  331  255  .311  .360  .428  .788        1845  30  28  23   9  91
   With SFN      524 1168  130  334  49   4  20  133   5   7  136  113  .286  .361  .386  .747         451   3   9   9   6  30
   With LAN       61  172   11   53   8   0   0   18   0   1    9   21  .308  .341  .355  .695          61   1   1   3   0   3
   With WAA       43   87    7   21   2   1   0   11   0   0    2    3  .241  .261  .287  .548          25   0   2   0   1   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1833 6913  951 2092 356  56  87  671  68  56  594  404  .303  .357  .408  .765        2821  44  52  39  15 143
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1952 21 WAA AL  66    6   2.3  24   5   0  .208   3   19   12  .632    0    0  .000  SS   3e32     -201   
 1953 22 DEA AL  33   91   5.0   0   0   0  .000  20  192  128  .667    0    0  .000  SS   3e20      -15   
 1954 23 DEA AL  26   76   4.3   1   0   0  .000  33  192  126  .656    0    0  .000  SS   3e28       -1   
 1955 24 DEA AL  34   86   4.6   0   0   0  .000  39  213  141  .662    0    0  .000  SS   3e36      -46   
 1956 25 DEA AL  26  102   6.6   3   0   0  .000  18  154   99  .643    0    0  .000  SS   3e24      -29   
 1957 26 DEA AL  44   29   5.2  44   8   1  .182   6   43   23  .535    0    0  .000  SS   3e30       46   
 1958 27 DEA AL  27   92   5.7   1   0   0  .000   4   75   58  .773    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e7   -23   
 1959 28 DEA AL  23  130   8.9   5   2   1  .400   4   40   24  .600    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e4    22   
 1960 29 DEA AL  49   55   6.8  20   7   1  .350   2   21   17  .810    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e11   57   
 1961 30 SFN NL  67   14   3.8  26   6   1  .231   7   16    6  .375    0    0  .000  UT              36   
 1962 31 SFN NL  20   24   4.5  35  10   1  .286   5   28   16  .571    0    0  .000  3B   4e22      -79   
 1963 32 SFN NL   9   66   6.1  14   6   1  .429  12   58   29  .500    0    0  .000  3B   4e39       65   
 1964 33 SFN NL  68   29   4.2  27   5   1  .185   7   20    9  .450    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e6      6   
 1965 34 SFN NL  13   28   5.4  48  13   0  .271   4    9    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e7   157   
 1966 35 LAN NL  76   20   4.4  18   8   0  .444   1    6    4  .667    0    0  .000  1B   3e16       10   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons          856   5.5 266  70   7  .263 165 1086  692  .637    0    0  .000                   0   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 31.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 70.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1952 21 WAA AL  SS    22    37    52    3   12   .967    14   130.2   6.13
 1953 22 DEA AL  SS   154   322   475   20   98   .976   154  1372.0   5.23
 1954 23 DEA AL  SS   151   308   535   33  112   .962   148  1351.0   5.62
 1955 24 DEA AL  SS   153   283   561   39   95   .956   153  1392.1   5.46
 1956 25 DEA AL  SS   144   196   411   18   78   .971   134  1218.1   4.48
 1957 26 DEA AL  SS    54    58    99    6   18   .963    35   341.2   4.14
 1958 27 DEA AL  CF   141   326    18    3    1   .991   141  1163.0   2.66
                 LF    15    19     0    1    0   .950     5    64.0   2.67
                 RF     5     4     1    0    0  1.000     2    25.1   1.78
 1959 28 DEA AL  RF   140   256     3    4    0   .985   138  1217.2   1.91
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     7.0   1.29
 1960 29 DEA AL  RF    75   111     1    2    0   .982    71   646.2   1.56
                 LF     2     2     1    0    0  1.000     2    16.0   1.69
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1961 30 SFN NL  3B    16     8    13    7    2   .750    16   124.0   1.52
                 LF    12    17     1    0    0  1.000    10    80.0   2.02
                 SS     6     5     3    0    0  1.000     0    14.2   4.91
                 2B     2     6     6    0    4  1.000     0    14.0   7.71
                 RF     4     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     7.1   3.68
 1962 31 SFN NL  3B    45    40    75    5    7   .958    43   347.0   2.98
                 RF     2     3     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.2   2.79
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     6.1   1.42
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1963 32 SFN NL  3B   117    76   257   10   13   .971   114   899.0   3.33
                 LF    12     5     0    1    0   .833     1    24.0   1.88
                 RF     1     2     1    1    0   .750     1     5.0   5.40
 1964 33 SFN NL  RF    54    68     0    5    0   .932    33   331.2   1.85
                 LF    35    40     1    2    0   .953    20   186.2   1.98
                 1B     2     7     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   7.00
 1965 34 SFN NL  RF    40    27     0    3    0   .900    23   217.1   1.12
                 LF    28    29     0    1    0   .967    16   170.1   1.53
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1966 35 LAN NL  1B    41   350    32    1   33   .997    41   354.0   9.71
                 LF     3     4     0    0    0  1.000     1    13.0   2.77
                 3B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS   685  1209  2136  119  413   .966   638  5821.2   5.17
                 RF   321   474     6   15    0   .970   269  2460.2   1.76
                 3B   179   125   346   22   22   .955   173  1372.0   3.09
                 CF   144   327    18    3    1   .991   142  1172.0   2.65
                 LF   108   117     3    5    0   .960    55   560.1   1.93
                 1B    43   357    32    1   33   .997    42   363.0   9.64
                 2B     2     6     6    0    4  1.000     0    14.0   7.71
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1955 WS    DEA BRN   W    4  16  5  8  0  1  0   0  1  1  .500  .529  .625  0
 1960 WS    DEA SFN   L    4  14  1  4  1  0  0   0  2  1  .286  .375  .357  0
 1961 WS    SFN DEA   L    2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0
 1962 WS    SFN DEA   W    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
 1963 WS    SFN CHA   W    6   8  1  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  .250  .400  .250  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1952  WAA   84-70   Larry Cupp
 1953  DEA   64-90   Tom Austad
 1954  DEA   82-72   Tom Austad
 1955  DEA   98-56   Tom Austad
 1956  DEA   65-89   Tom Austad
 1957  DEA   88-66   Tom Austad
 1958  DEA   95-59   Tom Austad
 1959  DEA   84-70   Tom Austad
 1960  DEA   96-58   Tom Austad
 1961  SFN   96-58   Larry Reeves
 1962  SFN  107-55   Larry Reeves
 1963  SFN  107-55   Larry Reeves
 1964  SFN   80-82   Darren Dawson
 1965  SFN   91-71   Darren Dawson
 1966  LAN   78-84   Dave Jackson

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