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Harvey Kuenn
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Birthdate: 12/4/1930 Died: 2/28/1988
Height / Weight: 6' 2" / 190 lbs. Place of Birth: West Allis, WI, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Harvey Kuenn joined the Detroit Tigers in 1953 and won the Rookie of the Year Award when he batted .308 while scoring 94 runs in 679 at bats and struck out only 31 times. Harvey Kuenn was an aggressive shortstop, played in six All-Star games, led the league in hits four times, and doubles three times. He led the AL in 1959 with his .353 batting average. Moved to centerfield, Harvey Kuenn continued to be a main star with his excellent fielding and clutch hitting. In nine different seasons, Kuenn hit better than .300. He starred on the San Francisco Giants from 1961-1965 and retired after the 1966 season. After an amputation of a leg due to a blood clot, Harvey Kuenn joined the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971as a coach and became the Brewers manager in June of 1982 and directed his 'Harvey Wallbangers' to the World Series only to lose a seven game series to the St. Louis Cardinals. Harvey Kuenn's playing career included a .303 batting average, 2092 hits, 356 doubles and he scored 951 runs in 1833 games, batted 6913 times and struck out only 404 times.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
17 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1952 DET (AL) 19 80 2 26 2 2 0 8 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 .325 .349 SLG
1953 DET (AL) 155 679 94 209 33 7 2 48 50 31 6 5 0 1 1 0 .308 .356 SLG
1954 DET (AL) 155 656 81 201 28 6 5 48 29 13 9 9 0 1 6 4 .306 .335 SLG
1955 DET (AL) 145 620 101 190 38 5 8 62 40 27 8 3 3 1 0 5 .306 .347 SLG
1956 DET (AL) 146 591 96 196 32 7 12 88 55 34 9 5 3 3 0 8 .332 .387 SLG
1957 DET (AL) 151 624 74 173 30 6 9 44 47 28 5 8 4 0 6 2 .277 .327 SLG
1958 DET (AL) 139 561 73 179 39 3 8 54 51 34 5 10 8 0 3 4 .319 .373 SLG
1959 DET (AL) 139 561 99 198 42 7 9 71 48 37 7 2 1 1 3 4 .353 .402 SLG
1960 CLE (AL) 126 474 65 146 24 0 9 54 55 25 3 0 6 1 4 3 .308 .379 SLG
1961 SFG (NL) 131 471 60 125 22 4 5 46 47 34 5 4 2 1 3 7 .265 .329 SLG
1962 SFG (NL) 130 487 73 148 23 5 10 68 49 37 3 6 3 1 6 5 .304 .365 SLG
1963 SFG (NL) 120 417 61 121 13 2 6 31 44 38 2 1 3 2 2 4 .290 .358 SLG
1964 SFG (NL) 111 351 42 92 16 2 4 22 35 32 0 1 4 1 1 2 .262 .329 SLG
1965 SFG (NL) 23 59 4 14 0 0 0 6 10 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 .237 .352 SLG
1965 CHC (NL) 54 120 11 26 5 0 0 6 22 13 1 0 1 0 0 1 .217 .336 SLG
1966 CHC (NL) 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 SLG
1966 PHI (NL) 86 159 15 47 9 0 0 15 10 16 0 0 1 0 5 2 .296 .333 SLG
17 years   1833 6913 951 2092 356 56 87 671 594 404 68 56 39 15 44 52 .303 .357 .SLG



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