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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).
Colavito was born and raised in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, where he became a devoted New York Yankees fan, particularly of Joe DiMaggio.At the age of sixteen, he dropped out of Theodore Roosevelt High School after his sophomore year to play semi-professional baseball in hopes that it would lead to his dream of playing in Major League Baseball (MLB).
On April 17, 1960, the then-Cleveland Indians traded Rocky Colavito to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn. [1]This trade was unique because Colavito was 1959's American League home run champion, with 42, while Kuenn hit .353 as the A.L. batting champion.
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 ...
Rocky Colavito, the wildly popular and powerful slugger for the Detroit Tigers in the early 1960s, died on Tuesday at age 91 in Bernville, Pennsylvania, after a long illness.. During his four ...
Another participant: Brewers coach Harvey Kuenn, a West Allis native and Rookie of the Year with the Detroit Tigers who later became Brewers manager during the run to the 1982 World Series. He ...
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