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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	18 (12)	May 9	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	19	May 10	STL		CHC	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	20	May 11 (1)	STL		CHC	W,8-7	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	22 (1)	May 12	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	23	May 13	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
7	27 (3)	May 17	STL		LAD	W,10-1	GS	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	RF 1B
8	29 (1)	May 18 (2)	STL		LAD	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
9	33 (3)	May 24	STL	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
10	37 (3)	May 28	STL	@	MLN	W,7-4	GS	55	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
11	38	May 30 (1)	STL		SFG	W,7-6	GS	49	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF 1B
12	39	May 30 (2)	STL		SFG	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
13	40	May 31	STL		SFG	W,10-9	CG	56	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	41	Jun 1	STL		SFG	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
15	42	Jun 3	STL		PIT	W,8-4	GS	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
16	43	Jun 4	STL		PIT	W,6-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	44	Jun 5	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	LF 1B
18	45	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,3-1	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
19	46	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,6-15	GS	57	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
20	47	Jun 8 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-5	GS	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
21	48	Jun 8 (2)	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	60	14.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
22	49	Jun 11	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
23	50	Jun 12	STL		CIN	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	51	Jun 13	STL		MLN	L,0-2	CG	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	53 (1)	Jun 15	STL		MLN	L,2-4	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
26	54	Jun 16	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
27	55	Jun 17	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
28	56	Jun 18	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	57	Jun 20	STL	@	MLN	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	58	Jun 21	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	LF 1B
31	59	Jun 22	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	60	Jun 23	STL	@	PIT	W,7-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
33	61	Jun 24	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	62	Jun 25	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
35	63	Jun 26	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	GS	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
36	64	Jun 27	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	66 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	15	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
38	67	Jun 29 susp	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
39	68	Jun 30	STL		LAD	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	69	Jul 1	STL		LAD	L,3-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
41	71 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
42	72	Jul 5	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	GF	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1B
43	74 (1)	Jul 10	STL		PHI	L,3-13	CG	50	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
44	75	Jul 11	STL		PHI	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
45	77 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	78	Jul 13 (2)	STL		PIT	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
47	79	Jul 15	STL		MLN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	81 (1)	Jul 17	STL		MLN	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	82	Jul 18 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
50	83	Jul 18 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
51	84	Jul 19	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
52	85	Jul 20	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
53	86	Jul 21	STL	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS	62	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF 1B
54	87	Jul 22	STL	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
55	88	Jul 23	STL	@	MLN	L,0-6	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
56	90 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
57	91	Jul 25 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	93 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
59	95 (1)	Jul 29	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
60	96	Jul 30	STL	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
61	97	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	98	Aug 1	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
63	99	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
64	100	Aug 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
65	101	Aug 3 susp	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	RF 1B
66	102	Aug 4	STL		LAD	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
67	103	Aug 5	STL		LAD	W,13-3	GF	14	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
68	105 (1)	Aug 7	STL		SFG	W,12-1	GF	16	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
69	106	Aug 8	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
70	107	Aug 9	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF 1B
71	109 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
72	113 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	8	2	0	10	1	1B
73	116 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	STL	@	LAD	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
74	118 (1)	Aug 20	STL		PHI	L,2-12	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
75	120 (1)	Aug 22	STL		PHI	W,9-1	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
76	121	Aug 23	STL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	122	Aug 24 (1)	STL		PIT	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	123	Aug 24 (2)	STL		PIT	W,12-8	GS	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B RF
79	124	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	125	Aug 26	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	126	Aug 27	STL		PIT	L,1-14	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	127	Aug 29	STL		CHC	W,7-5	GS	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 1B
83	128	Aug 30	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
84	129	Aug 31	STL		CHC	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	130	Sep 1 (1)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
86	131	Sep 1 (2)	STL		CIN	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
87	132	Sep 2	STL		CIN	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF 1B
88	133	Sep 3	STL	@	CHC	W,9-7	GS	50	12.0	5	0	0	5	1	RF 1B
89	134	Sep 4	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
90	135	Sep 5	STL		LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
91	136	Sep 6	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
92	137	Sep 7	STL		LAD	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
93	138	Sep 9	STL		CHC	W,8-7	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
94	139	Sep 10	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
95	140	Sep 12	STL	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
96	141	Sep 13	STL	@	MLN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
97	142	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
98	143	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
99	144	Sep 16	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
100	145	Sep 17	STL		MLN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
101	146	Sep 18	STL		MLN	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
102	147	Sep 19	STL		SFG	L,1-8	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
103	148	Sep 20	STL		SFG	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
104	149	Sep 21	STL		SFG	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	150	Sep 23	STL	@	LAD	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
106	151	Sep 24	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
107	153 (1)	Sep 27	STL	@	SFG	W,11-7	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
108	154	Sep 28	STL	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							133gm		846.1	414	26	3	443	21