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Joe
Cunningham		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 27, 1931 in Usa, NJ, PATERSON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 22 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 8 10 10 8 8 8
1955 23 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 3 6 7 7 8 10 10 7 8 8
1956 24 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 3 6 7 7 8 10 9 6 7 7
1957 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 10 9 6 7 7
1958 26 BOS AL $ 1,342,857   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 10 9 6 7 7
1959 27 BOS AL $ 1,536,429   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 9 9 6 7 6
1960 28 BOS AL $ 1,536,429   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 9 9 6 7 6
1961 29 BOS AL $ 1,536,429   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 9 8 5 6 6
1962 30 BOS AL $ 1,750,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 8 8 5 6 6
1963 31 BOS AL $ 1,750,000   5 5 5 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 7 7 5 6 6
1964 32 BOS AL $ 1,750,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 4 6 6 5 5 5
1965 33 OAK AL     5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 4 6 6 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 4 6 6 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 7 7 8 10 10 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 22 MON NL 42 131 15 33 4 0 4 15 0 0 23 8 .252 .369 .374 .743 19.2 2.4
    AAA   108 415 80 128 19 2 20 63 8 5 91 47 .308 .433 .508 .941 91.3  
1955 23 MON NL 96 238 30 73 10 1 9 29 0 0 39 15 .307 .404 .471 .874 43.2 10.0
    AAA   54 209 42 71 14 2 6 28 2 2 43 22 .340 .452 .512 .964 46.4  
1956 24 MON NL 145 445 61 111 24 0 8 35 1 3 54 63 .249 .339 .357 .697 56.6 7.5
1957 25 BOS AL 131 404 56 108 22 0 6 39 0 0 69 73 .267 .379 .366 .746 59.6 9.1
1958 26 BOS AL 130 342 56 94 22 3 7 34 0 0 49 48 .275 .370 .418 .788 53.6 10.7
1959 27 BOS AL 124 374 55 98 20 1 5 30 0 0 56 84 .262 .364 .361 .725 48.1 8.9
1960 28 BOS AL 86 230 25 64 15 2 1 29 0 0 28 42 .278 .363 .374 .737 30.4 5.4
    AAA   27 99 21 34 8 0 5 17 0 0 22 14 .343 .463 .576 1.039 24.7  
1961 29 BOS AL 50 68 3 21 5 2 0 8 0 0 8 9 .309 .382 .441 .823 10.6 2.4
1962 30 BOS AL 118 315 41 82 21 1 8 34 0 0 39 70 .260 .347 .410 .757 43.9 9.2
1963 31 BOS AL 72 94 7 17 2 0 1 11 0 0 8 18 .181 .252 .234 .486 4.1 0.0
1964 32 BOS AL 37 36 4 10 2 0 1 8 0 0 3 0 .278 .333 .417 .750 4.4 1.0
1965 33 AAA   136 469 53 117 23 1 8 45 0 0 47 113 .249 .318 .354 .672 53.8  
11 Years Sim 1031 2677 353 711 147 10 50 272 1 3 376 430 .266 .361 .384 .745 373.7 66.7
4 Years AAA 325 1192 196 350 64 5 39 153 10 7 203 196 .294 .402 .454 .856 216.2  
162 Game Average 420 55 111 23 1 7 42 0 0 59 67 .266 .361 .384 .745 58.7  
Career Highs 145 445 61 111 24 3 9 39 1 3 69 84 .309 .404 .471 .874 59.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2298 314 626 125 9 44 227 1 1 330 339 .272 .369 .392 .761 338.3
vs LH   379 39 85 22 1 6 45 0 2 46 91 .224 .315 .335 .650 40.3
Home 506 1329 160 324 77 3 19 120 0 1 184 224 .244 .344 .349 .693 164.2
Away 525 1348 193 387 70 7 31 152 1 2 192 206 .287 .378 .418 .796 214.4
RISP   550 0 135 24 3 18 211 0 0 92 89 .245 .358 .398 .756 82.8
Pinch Hitting   331 34 83 22 0 7 56 0 1 42 48 .251 .335 .381 .716 43.1
Close/Late   370 29 91 19 1 9 49 0 0 55 55 .246 .349 .376 .725 50.6
Mar/Apr 173 434 56 109 31 1 6 45 0 0 58 60 .251 .346 .369 .715 56.0
May 158 413 54 117 24 2 4 44 0 0 45 82 .283 .365 .380 .746 55.5
June 190 479 63 119 24 2 9 36 0 0 70 67 .248 .350 .363 .713 63.6
July 155 408 49 98 21 1 10 43 1 2 63 65 .240 .347 .370 .717 54.8
August 183 500 70 124 22 3 13 60 0 1 80 96 .248 .353 .382 .735 71.5
Sep/Oct 172 443 61 144 25 1 8 44 0 0 60 60 .325 .407 .440 .848 77.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1954 22 MON NL RF 34 34 295.3 62 1 2 0 .969 1.92   0.7
    1B 3 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1955 23 MON NL RF 63 55 502.7 99 0 2 0 .980 1.77   0.8
    1B 16 0 39.0 43 2 0 5 1.000 10.38   0.1
1956 24 MON NL RF 103 99 847.7 163 1 5 0 .970 1.74   2.2
    1B 30 6 92.7 133 11 0 12 1.000 13.99   0.3
1957 25 BOS AL 1B 95 88 778.0 775 69 6 66 .993 9.76   1.1
    RF 18 13 123.0 23 0 1 0 .958 1.68   0.2
1958 26 BOS AL RF 71 57 513.3 110 2 3 1 .974 1.96   1.5
    1B 26 22 203.0 229 17 2 23 .992 10.91   0.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 27 BOS AL RF 97 93 803.3 174 0 4 0 .978 1.95   1.8
    1B 5 0 7.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 11.57   0.0
1960 28 BOS AL RF 34 28 254.7 42 0 4 0 .913 1.48   0.3
    1B 29 27 227.0 241 20 3 20 .989 10.35   0.3
1961 29 BOS AL RF 12 5 57.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.3
    1B 6 5 35.0 40 0 0 2 1.000 10.29   0.1
1962 30 BOS AL RF 73 70 594.7 106 0 5 0 .955 1.60   1.5
    1B 6 4 35.3 43 3 0 2 1.000 11.72   0.1
1963 31 BOS AL RF 16 11 105.3 29 0 1 0 .967 2.48   0.4
    1B 7 2 21.3 23 0 0 2 1.000 9.70   0.1
1964 32 BOS AL 1B 4 1 15.0 18 2 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
    RF 3 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 524 465 4102.6 829 4 27 1 .969 1.83   9.5
  1B 227 155 1457.3 1558 124 11 134 .994 10.39   2.4
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   753 620 5561.9 2387 128 38 135 .985 4.07   11.9
Career Highs   133 105 940.3 798 69 7 66 1.000 9.14    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1958 26 BOS AL 13 35 1 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 6 .200 .263 .286 .549
1960 28 BOS AL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1963 31 BOS AL 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 22 42 2 8 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 6 .190 .277 .262 .539
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1957-10-.365*
 Caught Stealing
1956-6-3
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Johnny Lindell (936)
  7. Sid Bream (936)
  8. Joe Wallis (933)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Montreal in 1954
Had first career hit on 6/4/1954, off Walt Masterson (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 6/5/1954, off Bob Porterfield (DET)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 9/7/1956
Traded from Montreal to Boston (A) on 2/3/1957 (Going to MON: SS Luis Aparicio. Going to BOS: 1B Joe Cunningham, CF Clyde Vollmer, SS Bob Kennedy)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/27/1961 with a Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
9/22/1961: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $1,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1965 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/3/1965 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/13/1965 with a Bruised Finger, out for 5 days
 
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