Harvey Kuenn
1952–1966 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants
1,833G
.303AVG
.357OBP
.408SLG
More career statistics
2,092H
87HR
671RBI
68SB
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 56 | 62 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 15 | 14 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,618 | 7,617 |
| Batting · Runs | 951 | 950 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 68 | 69 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,833 | 7,618 | 6,913 | 951 | 2,092 | 356 | 56 | 87 | 671 | 594 | 404 | 68 | 56 | 15 | 52 | 2,821 | .303 | .357 | .408 | .765 |
Streaks
22longest hitting streak · 1959-06-18 to 1959-07-09
29longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1957-05-21 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1954-09-19 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1955-04-17 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 932 | 3854 | 1068 | 45 | 357 | 311 | 196 | .307 | .358 | .413 |
| Away | 901 | 3763 | 1024 | 42 | 314 | 283 | 208 | .299 | .347 | .403 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 160 | 654 | 175 | 5 | 55 | 60 | 40 | .303 | .359 | .398 |
| May | 311 | 1256 | 334 | 10 | 117 | 103 | 68 | .295 | .348 | .389 |
| June | 329 | 1329 | 359 | 23 | 129 | 108 | 71 | .298 | .351 | .430 |
| July | 355 | 1524 | 407 | 22 | 129 | 124 | 81 | .295 | .348 | .405 |
| August | 353 | 1491 | 429 | 11 | 106 | 92 | 72 | .311 | .349 | .407 |
| September | 315 | 1327 | 384 | 16 | 134 | 106 | 71 | .319 | .369 | .422 |
| October | 10 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .114 | .139 | .114 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 171 | 775 | 233 | 13 | 74 | 55 | 26 | .328 | .372 | .458 |
| boston-red-sox | 166 | 743 | 205 | 4 | 52 | 50 | 40 | .298 | .343 | .397 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 166 | 753 | 225 | 6 | 73 | 53 | 23 | .327 | .369 | .422 |
| new-york-yankees | 162 | 713 | 196 | 7 | 64 | 49 | 25 | .298 | .344 | .395 |
| cleveland-guardians | 157 | 710 | 204 | 10 | 62 | 47 | 43 | .312 | .354 | .419 |
| baltimore-orioles | 140 | 610 | 169 | 7 | 55 | 49 | 33 | .308 | .357 | .423 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 120 | 542 | 153 | 11 | 62 | 48 | 24 | .312 | .371 | .467 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 91 | 325 | 70 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 28 | .246 | .314 | .309 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  Detroit Tigers | 19 | 80 | 26 | – | 9 | 2 | .325 | – | – |
| 1953 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 679 | 209 | 2 | 48 | 6 | .308 | – | – |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 656 | 201 | 5 | 48 | 9 | .306 | – | – |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 145 | 620 | 190 | 8 | 62 | 8 | .306 | – | – |
| 1956 | Detroit Tigers | 146 | 591 | 196 | 12 | 88 | 9 | .332 | – | – |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers | 151 | 624 | 173 | 9 | 44 | 5 | .277 | – | – |
| 1958 | Detroit Tigers | 139 | 561 | 179 | 8 | 54 | 5 | .319 | – | – |
| 1959 | Detroit Tigers | 139 | 561 | 198 | 9 | 71 | 7 | .353 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Cleveland Guardians | 126 | 474 | 146 | 9 | 54 | 3 | .308 | – | – |
| 1961 |  San Francisco Giants | 131 | 471 | 125 | 5 | 46 | 6 | .265 | – | – |
| 1962 | San Francisco Giants | 130 | 487 | 148 | 10 | 68 | 3 | .304 | – | – |
| 1963 | San Francisco Giants | 120 | 417 | 121 | 6 | 31 | 2 | .290 | – | – |
| 1964 | San Francisco Giants | 111 | 351 | 92 | 4 | 21 | – | .262 | – | – |
| 1965 | Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants | 77 | 179 | 40 | – | 12 | 4 | .223 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies | 89 | 162 | 48 | – | 15 | – | .296 | – | – |