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Harvey
Kuenn		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 4, 1930 in Usa, WI, WEST ALLIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1954   
Gold Glove 1960    1962   
All-Star Selections 1954    1955    1956    1957    1962    1963   
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
1952 21 NYG NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1953 22 NYG NL     6 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 9
1954 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1955 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1956 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1957 26 NYG NL $ 2,564,286   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 4 4 8 8 8
1958 27 NYG NL $ 4,214,286   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1959 28 NYG NL $ 4,214,286   7 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 8 8 8
1960 29 DET AL $ 4,300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1961 30 DET AL $ 4,300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 8
1962 31 DET AL $ 4,300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 6 5 5 8 7 7
1963 32 DET AL $ 4,300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 7 7
1964 33 DET AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1965 34 DET AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1966 35 DET AL $ 4,000,000   3 3 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
1967 36 MON NL $ 4,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5 9 9 9
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
1952 21 AAA   137 530 72 159 36 2 14 66 2 3 51 21 .300 .361 .455 .816 82.8  
1953 22 AAA   136 535 71 142 29 2 14 61 3 4 49 40 .265 .327 .406 .733 69.8  
1954 23 NYG NL 145 513 67 165 29 2 17 95 0 0 45 41 .322 .376 .485 .861 85.2 13.4
1955 24 NYG NL 155 604 85 162 35 2 14 69 0 0 41 52 .268 .314 .402 .716 71.5 9.5
1956 25 NYG NL 155 580 86 171 37 2 12 75 0 0 46 60 .295 .345 .428 .773 80.3 14.3
1957 26 NYG NL 157 574 101 193 56 6 15 74 0 0 68 48 .336 .406 .533 .939 107.3 23.8
1958 27 NYG NL 157 600 81 169 34 4 12 69 0 0 49 74 .282 .337 .412 .749 78.4 12.6
1959 28 NYG NL 153 552 75 150 25 2 10 48 0 1 43 73 .272 .323 .379 .702 64.8 8.8
1960 29 DET AL 156 614 72 159 33 3 6 37 0 0 42 99 .259 .306 .352 .658 63.5 7.5
1961 30 DET AL 156 649 91 175 33 5 13 48 0 0 37 104 .270 .310 .396 .706 75.0 10.2
1962 31 DET AL 155 635 92 176 32 2 8 54 0 0 53 87 .277 .331 .372 .703 78.2 13.5
1963 32 DET AL 153 576 93 183 27 1 14 74 7 3 51 80 .318 .373 .441 .814 89.1 20.5
1964 33 DET AL 151 574 83 155 33 5 9 39 6 2 45 95 .270 .323 .392 .715 70.4 12.3
1965 34 DET AL 147 480 59 117 21 3 8 32 4 5 44 102 .244 .311 .350 .661 50.9 7.8
1966 35 DET AL 71 123 5 21 3 2 1 7 0 0 3 34 .171 .189 .252 .441 3.7 0.0
1967 36 MON NL 69 227 13 43 8 0 1 8 1 0 10 49 .189 .224 .238 .462 9.5 0.0
14 Years Sim 1980 7301 1003 2039 406 39 140 729 18 11 577 998 .279 .332 .403 .735 927.8 154.2
2 Years AAA 273 1065 143 301 65 4 28 127 5 7 100 61 .283 .345 .430 .775 152.6  
162 Game Average 597 82 166 33 3 11 59 1 0 47 81 .279 .332 .403 .735 75.9  
Career Highs 157 649 101 193 56 6 17 95 7 5 68 104 .336 .406 .533 .939 107.3  
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   4695 591 1266 258 28 88 490 12 4 337 633 .270 .318 .393 .711 573.9
vs LH   2606 412 773 148 11 52 239 6 7 240 365 .297 .356 .422 .778 378.4
Home 988 3559 510 1020 212 20 83 369 9 7 281 480 .287 .338 .427 .766 496.6
Away 992 3742 493 1019 194 19 57 360 9 4 296 518 .272 .326 .380 .706 455.6
RISP   1459 0 402 73 8 32 535 0 0 107 180 .276 .321 .402 .723 186.4
Pinch Hitting   83 5 22 4 1 3 18 0 0 7 17 .265 .322 .446 .768 11.8
Close/Late   953 117 285 59 6 23 127 0 0 80 125 .299 .352 .446 .798 143.4
Mar/Apr 332 1246 154 338 70 9 18 123 4 3 79 196 .271 .315 .385 .701 145.6
May 340 1248 181 362 61 7 34 142 2 2 109 150 .290 .346 .432 .778 181.9
June 339 1235 160 350 57 9 23 112 6 2 94 167 .283 .333 .400 .733 161.5
July 312 1121 139 291 64 3 18 87 2 2 91 148 .260 .315 .370 .685 129.1
August 345 1280 204 379 90 7 23 144 2 1 95 172 .296 .345 .431 .777 180.5
Sep/Oct 312 1171 165 319 64 4 24 121 2 1 109 165 .272 .334 .395 .730 153.6
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 23 NYG NL SS 133 130 1142.0 183 487 28 99 .960 5.28   6.7
    CF 4 3 27.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.3
    LF 3 2 22.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    2B 4 0 7.7 3 6 0 2 1.000 10.57   0.1
1955 24 NYG NL SS 147 143 1245.3 160 442 11 84 .982 4.35   6.2
    RF 8 3 35.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.34   0.2
1956 25 NYG NL SS 154 150 1287.0 197 523 27 102 .964 5.03   5.9
1957 26 NYG NL SS 153 147 1301.0 164 508 20 91 .971 4.65   7.4
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1958 27 NYG NL SS 153 146 1339.7 176 501 26 74 .963 4.55   6.6
1959 28 NYG NL SS 151 147 1303.7 164 481 23 99 .966 4.45   6.2
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1960 29 DET AL 2B 148 147 1341.0 273 552 19 119 .977 5.54   8.9
    SS 5 0 15.3 1 8 0 2 1.000 5.28   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 30 DET AL 2B 155 150 1359.3 281 524 18 102 .978 5.33   6.5
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1962 31 DET AL SS 152 148 1335.7 201 584 28 115 .966 5.29   8.0
    RF 2 2 18.0 4 1 1 0 .833 2.50   0.1
1963 32 DET AL SS 149 149 1333.3 195 540 27 108 .965 4.96   4.6
    3B 1 0 7.7 1 1 1 0 .667 2.35   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 33 DET AL SS 148 147 1305.7 191 525 21 89 .972 4.94   7.1
    2B 2 0 5.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
1965 34 DET AL SS 146 144 1288.3 179 502 21 83 .970 4.76   5.6
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 35 DET AL SS 31 26 232.3 43 109 4 19 .974 5.89   0.7
    2B 4 1 12.7 6 6 0 2 1.000 8.53   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1967 36 MON NL RF 32 30 235.0 36 0 2 0 .947 1.38   1.0
    LF 17 14 122.0 22 2 0 1 1.000 1.77    
    CF 11 9 72.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 3.25    
    2B 8 5 39.3 15 17 0 4 1.000 7.32   0.3
    SS 5 5 39.0 4 15 0 1 1.000 4.38   0.2
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
  SS 1528 1482 13170.3 1858 5227 236 966 .968 4.84   65.3
  2B 322 303 2766.0 579 1111 37 229 .979 5.50   15.9
  RF 45 36 300.0 53 2 3 0 .948 1.65   1.3
  LF 22 16 147.0 33 3 0 1 1.000 2.20   0.0
  CF 18 13 113.0 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.3
  3B 2 0 10.3 1 2 1 0 .750 2.62   0.0
Career Totals   1937 1850 16506.6 2559 6345 277 1196 .970 4.85   82.8
Career Highs   156 150 1361.3 281 585 29 121 .986 5.95    
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
1956 25 NYG NL 11 44 9 17 4 2 0 4 0 0 4 6 .386 .449 .568 1.017
1957 26 NYG NL 10 42 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 .167 .222 .190 .413
1958 27 NYG NL 12 49 9 13 6 0 1 5 0 0 5 8 .265 .321 .449 .770
1959 28 NYG NL 7 28 2 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .286 .310 .393 .703
1962 31 DET AL 5 21 4 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .333 .364 .524 .887
1963 32 DET AL 7 28 3 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 .214 .267 .321 .588
1964 33 DET AL 7 28 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .179 .233 .179 .412
Career Post-Season Batting 59 240 36 63 16 3 2 17 1 0 18 39 .263 .314 .379 .693
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.
Batting Average
1954-3-.322
1957-2-.336
1963-4-.318
 On-Base Pct
1957-3-.406
1963-6-.373
 Slugging Pct
1957-9-.533
 OPS
1957-4-.939
 XR
1957-8-107.3
1963-9-89.1
 Games
1955-8-155
1957-3-157
1958-7-157
1960-5-156
1961-5-156
At-Bats
1955-2-604
1956-10-580
1957-10-574
1958-2-600
1960-4-614
1961-1-649
1962-1-635
1964-8-574
 Runs
1957-7-101
1961-10-91
1962-5-92
1963-8-93
1964-10-83
 Hits
1956-9-171
1957-2-193
1958-9-169
1961-8-175
1962-4-176
1963-3-183
 Total Bases
1957-6-306
 Singles
1954-8-117
1956-6-120
1957-6-116
1958-4-119
1959-4-113
1960-10-117
1961-5-124
1962-3-134
1963-4-141
 Doubles
1955-5-35
1956-5-37
1957-1-56
1958-7-34
1960-10-33
1961-8-33
1962-9-32
1964-7-33
Triples
1957-7-6
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 78    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Lou Klein (899)
  5. Tony Kubek (897)
  6. Cass Michaels (886)
  7. Tony Cuccinello (882)
  8. Lee Walls (880)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1952
Injured on 6/17/1952 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1954, off Roger Bowman (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1954, off Billy O'dell (BRK)
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 8/13/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1954, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against Brooklyn on 9/2/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1954, hitting .647 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 9/19/1954 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1956
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,214,286 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,214,286 through salary arbitration
10/13/1959: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $4,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 3/3/1960 (Going to NYG: 3B Bobo Osborne. Going to DET: 3B Don Hoak, SS Harvey Kuenn)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1960
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 7/20/1962
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1962
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1963, hitting .522 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
10/23/1963: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/30/1965 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Montreal on 2/1/1967 (Going to MON: P Bob Friend, P Billy Muffett, SS Harvey Kuenn. Going to DET: P Tommie Sisk, P Herman Starrette, 3B Ken Hamlin)
Had 2000th career hit on 5/13/1967, off Don Nottebart (SDP)
 
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