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Harvey Edward Kuenn (/ k iː n /; December 4, 1930 – February 28, 1988) was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a shortstop and outfielder, he played with the Detroit Tigers (1952–1959), Cleveland Indians (1960), San Francisco Giants (1961–1965), Chicago Cubs (1965–1966), and Philadelphia Phillies (1966).
Its origin is traced back to the unpopular trade of right fielder Rocky Colavito to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn in 1960. It was not claimed that Colavito placed the curse, and he has denied doing so. It is one of several curses believed to have stricken the city of Cleveland's major sports franchises for decades.
The trade proved to be a good one for the Tigers but an unpopular trade for the Indians, whose fans lost their favorite player and best hitter. Kuenn, who had a minor injury early in the season, hit .308 for the Indians, but was traded at the end of the year. [16]
The trade was not popular in Cleveland, and it became even less so when Kuenn was traded away after one season. Colavito initially struggled with his new team but regained his All-Star form ...
After one year with Cleveland, Kuenn was traded to the San Francisco Giants. He finished his career with that franchise in 1966 with a .303 lifetime batting average, but that was far from matching ...
April 17, 1960: 1959 AL home run king Rocky Colavito was traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for 1959 AL batting champion Harvey Kuenn. [6] April 18, 1960: Herb Score was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Barry Latman. [7] June 11, 1960: Paul Casanova was released by the Indians. [8]
You end up in the history books -- for all the wrong reasons. On the 40th anniversary of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar being shipped to the Los Angeles Lakers for relative peanuts, we've ranked the top 20 ...
In 1960, Lane made the trade that would define his tenure in Cleveland when he dealt slugging right fielder and fan favorite [55] Rocky Colavito to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn just before Opening Day in 1960. It was a blockbuster trade that swapped the 1959 AL home run co-champion (Colavito) for the AL batting champion (Kuenn).