Joe Cunningham

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: August 27, 1931 in Paterson, NJ us

Died: March 25, 2021 in Chesterfield, MO

Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, MO

High School: Lodi HS (Lodi, NJ)

Debut: June 30, 1954 (Age 22-307d, 11,152nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 17, 1966 (Age 34-233d)
vs. DET 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Joseph Robert Cunningham

Nicknames: Smokey Joe

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.2

3362

980

.292

525

RBI

436

OBP

.404

SLG

.417

OPS

.820

OPS+

120

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 10)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW		BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
2	2	Apr 16	CHW		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
3	3	Apr 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
4	4	Apr 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
5	5	Apr 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
6	6	Apr 22	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
7	7	Apr 24	CHW		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
8	8	Apr 25	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
9	9	Apr 26	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2	CHW		LAA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
11	11	May 3 (1)	CHW		LAA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
12	13 (1)	May 4	CHW		MIN	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
13	14	May 6 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
14	16 (1)	May 8	CHW	@	LAA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
15	17	May 9	CHW	@	LAA	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
16	18	May 10	CHW	@	LAA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
17	19	May 12	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
18	20	May 13	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-1	GS	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	43 (22)	Jun 7 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
20	47 (3)	Jun 12 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	GF	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
21	53 (5)	Jun 16 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-0	GS	16	5.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
22	55 (1)	Jun 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
23	56	Jun 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
24	57	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	GS	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
25	58	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
26	59	Jun 21 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	GS	7	2.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
27	66 (6)	Jun 28	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-9	GF	18	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
28	67	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
29	68	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	69	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
31	71 (1)	Jul 3	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
32	72	Jul 4	CHW		CLE	W,4-0	GS	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
33	73	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators
34	94	Jul 18	WSA	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
35	95	Jul 19 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
36	97 (1)	Jul 21	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
37	98	Jul 22	WSA	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
38	99	Jul 23	WSA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
39	100	Jul 24 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	12	0	0	12	2	1B
40	102 (1)	Jul 25	WSA	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
41	103	Jul 26	WSA	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
42	104	Jul 28	WSA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
43	105	Jul 29	WSA		CLE	W,4-1	CG	42	12.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
44	106	Jul 30	WSA		CLE	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
45	107	Jul 31	WSA		CHW	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	108	Aug 1	WSA		CHW	L,8-9	CG	43	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
47	109	Aug 2 (1)	WSA		CHW	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
48	110	Aug 2 (2)	WSA		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
49	111	Aug 3	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
50	112	Aug 4	WSA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
51	113	Aug 5	WSA	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
52	114	Aug 7	WSA	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
53	115	Aug 8	WSA	@	LAA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
54	116	Aug 9	WSA	@	LAA	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
55	128 (11)	Aug 23 (2)	WSA		KCA	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
56	129	Aug 25	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-4	GF	12	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
57	130	Aug 26	WSA	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
58	131	Aug 28	WSA	@	MIN	W,3-1	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	PR 1B
59	132	Aug 29	WSA	@	MIN	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
60	133	Aug 30	WSA	@	MIN	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
61	134	Aug 31	WSA	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	136 (1)	Sep 2	WSA		CLE	L,0-9	GS	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
63	140 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	WSA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
64	141	Sep 7 (2)	WSA		CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
65	142	Sep 9 (1)	WSA		BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
66	144 (1)	Sep 10	WSA		BAL	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
67	148 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	149	Sep 16 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
69	150	Sep 18	WSA	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	32	7.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
70	154 (3)	Sep 23	WSA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
71	155	Sep 25	WSA		NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
72	156	Sep 26	WSA		NYY	L,0-7	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
73	157	Sep 27	WSA		NYY	W,3-2	GF	16	4.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
74	158	Sep 30 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
							74gm		569.1	580	29	2	611	53