Joe Cunningham
1954–1966 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox, NLS, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1961-71)
1,141G
.291AVG
.403OBP
.417SLG
More career statistics
980H
64HR
436RBI
16SB
2Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 369 | 367 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,061 | 4,062 |
| Batting · Walks | 599 | 600 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,141 | 4,061 | 3,362 | 525 | 980 | 177 | 26 | 64 | 436 | 599 | 369 | 16 | 27 | 49 | 25 | 1,401 | .291 | .403 | .417 | .820 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1962-07-01 to 1962-07-18
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1961-04-28 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1962-08-31 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1958-06-08 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 579 | 2047 | 513 | 36 | 229 | 329 | 171 | .310 | .411 | .450 |
| Away | 562 | 2015 | 467 | 28 | 207 | 271 | 196 | .274 | .366 | .384 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 111 | 374 | 88 | 5 | 33 | 69 | 24 | .299 | .420 | .429 |
| May | 204 | 716 | 168 | 7 | 72 | 111 | 61 | .287 | .390 | .392 |
| June | 182 | 656 | 154 | 12 | 75 | 81 | 78 | .275 | .358 | .412 |
| July | 219 | 841 | 220 | 21 | 100 | 128 | 75 | .318 | .414 | .487 |
| August | 222 | 783 | 188 | 10 | 83 | 112 | 64 | .288 | .383 | .387 |
| September | 199 | 681 | 159 | 9 | 72 | 99 | 64 | .280 | .379 | .392 |
| October | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 114 | 414 | 110 | 4 | 39 | 58 | 41 | .316 | .406 | .417 |
| cincinnati-reds | 109 | 408 | 119 | 13 | 63 | 51 | 18 | .344 | .417 | .540 |
| milwaukee-braves | 109 | 403 | 95 | 6 | 36 | 73 | 46 | .297 | .417 | .431 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 109 | 383 | 96 | 7 | 40 | 35 | 34 | .282 | .342 | .397 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 101 | 361 | 84 | 7 | 47 | 56 | 38 | .280 | .388 | .423 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 75 | 251 | 72 | 8 | 29 | 52 | 13 | .371 | .494 | .541 |
| san-francisco-giants | 68 | 245 | 49 | 4 | 25 | 35 | 21 | .241 | .343 | .374 |
| cleveland-guardians | 51 | 175 | 37 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 13 | .272 | .383 | .346 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 310 | 88 | 11 | 50 | 1 | .284 | – | – |
| 1956 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1957 | St. Louis Cardinals | 122 | 261 | 83 | 9 | 52 | 3 | .318 | – | – |
| 1958 | St. Louis Cardinals | 131 | 337 | 105 | 12 | 57 | 4 | .312 | – | – |
| 1959 | St. Louis Cardinals | 144 | 458 | 158 | 7 | 60 | 2 | .345 | – | – |
| 1960 | St. Louis Cardinals | 139 | 492 | 138 | 6 | 39 | 1 | .280 | – | – |
| 1961 | St. Louis Cardinals | 113 | 322 | 92 | 7 | 40 | 1 | .286 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Chicago White Sox | 149 | 526 | 155 | 8 | 70 | 3 | .295 | – | – |
| 1963 | Chicago White Sox | 67 | 210 | 60 | 1 | 31 | 1 | .286 | – | – |
| 1964 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 89 | 234 | 54 | – | 17 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1965 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 95 | 201 | 46 | 3 | 20 | – | .229 | – | – |
| 1966 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 3 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | – | – |