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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

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 64 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 12 tying, 29 go ahead

3 Tms
STL	52
CHW	9
WSA	3

Platoon
vs RHP	52
vs LHP	12

Home/Road
Home	36
Away	28

Outs
0	24
1	21
2	19

14 Opps
CIN	13
LAD/BRO	10
PIT	7
PHI	7
MLN	6
NYG/SFG	5
CHC	4
BOS	3
CAL/LAA	3
WSA	2
CLE	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
DET	1

51 Pitchers
Jack Sanford	3
Don Newcombe	3
Don Drysdale	3
Brooks Lawrence	3
Robin Roberts	2
Stan Williams	2
Jim Wilson	2
Jay Hook	2
Warren Spahn	2
Glen Hobbie	1
Bill Stafford	1
Ed Roebuck	1
Lew Burdette	1
Roger Craig	1
Jim Umbricht	1
Johnny Podres	1
Laurin Pepper	1
Curt Raydon	1
Tom Acker	1
Tom Cheney	1
John Buzhardt	1
Warren Hacker	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Rubén Gómez	1
Don Larsen	1
John Fitzgerald	1
Fred Baczewski	1
Moe Drabowsky	1
Chet Nichols	1
Russ Meyer	1
Billy O'Dell	1
Jack Meyer	1
Don Mossi	1
Howie Judson	1
Mike Fornieles	1
Nelson King	1
Don Lee	1
Ron Kline	1
Don Erickson	1
Steve Hamilton	1
Jake Thies	1
Art Fowler	1
Eli Grba	1
Taylor Phillips	1
Pedro Ramos	1
Sam Jones	1
Bill Kennedy	1
Bob Rush	1
Jim Golden	1
Ron Piché	1
Bill Monbouquette	1

13 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	31
Crosley Fld (CIN)	9
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
RFK Stad (WAS)	3
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
LA Coliseum (LOS)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Seals Stad (SFO)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
9	47
7	6
89	4
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	60
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
-2-	8
1--	8
12-	4
1-3	4
--3	3
123	1
-23	1

104 RBI
RISP	21
0 on	35
1 on	19
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	29

Inning
1	10
2	3
3	9
4	3
5	3
6	12
7	8
8	8
9	5
Extra	3

1-3	22
4-6	18
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	2
+1	5
Tied	25
-1	11
-2	6
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	16
Tied	25
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	29
RF	27
PH	4
LF	4

OrderPos
2nd	21
3rd	10
5th	9
6th	9
7th	7
4th	4
1st	2
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1954-06-30	STL	@	CIN	Art Fowler	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	12-	3	5	3	0.252	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Schoendienst Scores; R. Jablonski Scores
2	2	2	1	1954-07-01	STL	@	MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	6	3	0.109	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	2	1954-07-01	STL	@	MLN	Warren Spahn	ahead 3-1	t 3	1	-23	3	6	3	0.120	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jablonski Scores/unER; R. Repulski Scores
4	4	4	1	1954-07-05 (1)	STL		MLN	Jim Wilson	behind 3-8	b 8	0	---	1	6	3	0.022	4%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1954-07-11	STL		CHC	Warren Hacker	tied 3-3	b 6	1	---	1	7	3	0.178	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1954-07-23	STL		BRO	Russ Meyer	tied 4-4	b 6	2	1--	2	6	3	0.288	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jablonski Scores
7	7	7	1	1954-08-14	STL	@	CIN	Fred Baczewski	behind 2-4	t 7	0	12-	3	7	3	0.352	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Repulski Scores/unER; B. Sarni Scores
8	8	8	1	1954-08-15	STL	@	CIN	Howie Judson	behind 6-8	t 4	2	12-	3	5	3	0.317	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Musial Scores; R. Jablonski Scores
9	9	9	1	1954-08-25	STL		PIT	Jake Thies	ahead 4-0	b 3	1	1--	2	5	3	0.060	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jablonski Scores
10	10	10	1	1954-08-26	STL		PIT	Laurin Pepper	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	3
11	11	11	1	1954-09-18	STL		MLN	Jim Wilson	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	3
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1957-05-25	STL	@	CIN	Brooks Lawrence	behind 2-3	t 4	0	---	1	6	9	0.124	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	2	1	1957-05-28	STL		CHC	Moe Drabowsky	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	6	9	0.105	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	3	1	1957-06-19 (1)	STL		PIT	Ron Kline	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	-2-	2	8	PH	0.099	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Landrith Scores
15	15	4	1	1957-06-24	STL		BRO	Ed Roebuck	behind 2-7	b 8	0	---	1	9	PH	0.021	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	5	1	1957-07-07 (1)	STL		CIN	Brooks Lawrence	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	9	0.188	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Musial Scores
17	17	6	1	1957-07-28 (2)	STL		PIT	Nelson King	tied 8-8	b 11	0	---	1	6	9	0.364	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	7	1	1957-07-30	STL		NYG	Rubén Gómez	tied 3-3	b 9	1	123	4	5	PH	0.167	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF); D. Blasingame Scores/unER; S. Musial Scores; W. Moon Scores
19	19	8	1	1957-08-02	STL		PHI	Jack Sanford	behind 0-2	b 1	2	--3	2	4	9	0.178	51%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Musial Scores
20	20	9	1	1957-09-20	STL	@	CIN	Bill Kennedy	tied 5-5	t 10	1	1--	2	7	9	0.417	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Moon Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1958-05-17	STL		LAD	Stan Williams	ahead 7-1	b 7	1	--3	2	5	3	0.003	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Flood Scores
22	22	2	1	1958-06-03	STL		PIT	Curt Raydon	tied 4-4	b 4	2	1--	2	4	7	0.231	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); I. Noren Scores
23	23	3	1	1958-06-08 (1)	STL		PHI	Robin Roberts	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.173	71%		Home Run (CF-RF); I. Noren Scores
24	24	4	1	1958-06-15	STL		MLN	Bob Rush	tied 0-0	b 6	0	-2-	2	2	7	0.177	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Blasingame Scores
25	25	5	1	1958-07-18 (1)	STL	@	CIN	Don Newcombe	behind 2-8	t 9	2	---	1	2	3	0.000	0%		Home Run
26	26	6	1	1958-07-25 (1)	STL		CIN	Don Newcombe	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	1--	2	2	9	0.139	84%		Home Run; R. Amaro Scores
27	27	7	1	1958-07-27 (1)	STL		CIN	Tom Acker	ahead 3-1	b 6	2	---	1	2	3	0.076	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	8	1	1958-08-31	STL		CHC	Taylor Phillips	behind 3-5	b 6	0	1--	2	5	9	0.257	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Boyer Scores/unER
29	29	9	1	1958-09-06	STL		LAD	Don Drysdale	behind 1-2	b 8	2	-2-	2	3	3	0.577	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); I. Noren Scores
30	30	10	1	1958-09-14	STL	@	PHI	Jack Sanford	tied 2-2	t 7	1	1-3	3	3	3	0.272	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Blasingame Scores; I. Noren Scores
31	31	11	2	1958-09-14	STL	@	PHI	Don Erickson	ahead 5-2	t 9	1	---	1	3	3	0.020	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	12	1	1958-09-28	STL	@	SFG	John Fitzgerald	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	1	7	9	0.084	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1959-05-12	STL		CIN	Brooks Lawrence	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	---	1	6	9	0.059	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	2	1	1959-05-29	STL	@	SFG	Jack Sanford	tied 0-0	t 7	1	---	1	6	9	0.216	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	3	1	1959-06-26	STL	@	CIN	Don Newcombe	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1	2	9	0.254	45%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
36	36	4	1	1959-07-25	STL	@	LAD	Roger Craig	behind 1-2	t 8	0	---	1	2	9	0.241	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
37	37	5	1	1959-08-14	STL		LAD	Don Drysdale	behind 0-1	b 9	0	---	1	5	9	0.434	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
38	38	6	1	1959-08-21	STL	@	CIN	Jay Hook	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	7	0.099	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	7	1	1959-09-03	STL	@	LAD	Don Drysdale	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.097	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1960-06-02	STL	@	SFG	Billy O'Dell	tied 3-3	t 7	1	---	1	2	9	0.226	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	2	1	1960-06-12 (2)	STL		PIT	Jim Umbricht	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	1	2	9	0.105	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	3	1	1960-06-26 (1)	STL	@	PHI	John Buzhardt	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	1	7	9	0.110	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	4	1	1960-07-24	STL	@	CIN	Jay Hook	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	1	2	9	0.117	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	5	1	1960-07-31 (2)	STL		PHI	Robin Roberts	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	1	2	9	0.122	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	6	1	1960-09-19	STL		LAD	Stan Williams	tied 0-0	b 6	1	---	1	3	9	0.178	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1961-04-13	STL	@	MLN	Lew Burdette	behind 3-4	t 6	2	---	1	7	9	0.175	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	2	1	1961-04-17	STL	@	LAD	Johnny Podres	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	2	9	0.108	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
48	48	3	1	1961-04-30	STL		PHI	Jack Meyer	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	---	1	7	3	0.033	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	4	1	1961-07-18 (1)	STL		CHC	Glen Hobbie	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.096	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	5	1	1961-07-20	STL		SFG	Sam Jones	behind 0-6	b 1	0	1--	2	2	9	0.080	21%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Lillis Scores
51	51	6	1	1961-07-21	STL		LAD	Jim Golden	ahead 7-0	b 8	2	1-3	3	2	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Sawatski Scores; B. Lillis Scores
52	52	7	1	1961-08-02	STL		PIT	Bobby Shantz	behind 1-2	b 7	1	12-	3	2	9	0.415	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Jackson Scores; J. Javier Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1962-04-28	CHW		BOS	Mike Fornieles	behind 4-6	b 7	2	---	1	3	3	0.126	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	2	1	1962-05-09 (2)	CHW	@	WSA	Steve Hamilton	behind 2-4	t 6	0	-2-	2	2	3	0.204	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Aparicio Scores
55	55	3	1	1962-06-17 (2)	CHW		LAA	Eli Grba	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	1	3	3	0.184	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	4	1	1962-07-12	CHW		DET	Don Mossi	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	1	3	3	0.195	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	5	1	1962-07-21	CHW	@	BOS	Chet Nichols	ahead 3-0	t 9	1	-2-	2	2	3	0.024	99%		Home Run; L. Aparicio Scores
58	58	6	1	1962-07-24	CHW	@	WSA	Tom Cheney	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-2-	2	2	3	0.131	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Aparicio Scores/unER
59	59	7	1	1962-07-27	CHW	@	NYY	Bill Stafford	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.104	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	8	1	1962-09-03 (1)	CHW		CLE	Pedro Ramos	behind 2-3	b 8	0	---	1	3	3	0.305	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1963-04-28 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	Bill Monbouquette	behind 0-6	t 6	1	-2-	2	3	3	0.032	6%		Home Run; N. Fox Scores
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1965-05-27	WSA		CAL	Don Lee	ahead 6-2	b 3	2	--3	2	1	3	0.055	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Bridges Scores
63	63	2	1	1965-06-02 (1)	WSA	@	CAL	Ron Piché	ahead 8-0	t 8	2	1-3	3	1	3	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Brinkman Scores; P. Ortega Scores
64	64	3	1	1965-08-14	WSA	@	BAL	Don Larsen	tied 5-5	t 11	2	1-3	3	5	PH	0.463	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hamlin Scores/unER; D. Nen Scores/unER; J. Cunningham Scores/unER

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