Kenny Kuhn
Kenny Kuhn | |
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Infielder | |
Born: Louisville, Kentucky | March 20, 1937|
Died: July 16, 2010 Layton, Utah | (aged 73)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 7, 1955, for the Cleveland Indians | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 29, 1957, for the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .210 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 7 |
Teams | |
Kenneth Harold Kuhn (March 20, 1937 – July 16, 2010) was an infielder in Major League Baseball for three seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1955 to 1957, playing mostly as a shortstop and second baseman, and was classified as a "Bonus Baby".[1]
Early life
Kuhn was a four-sport star (baseball, football, basketball, and track) at Louisville Male High School, noted in 1955 (before Muhammad Ali), as "possibly the greatest all-around athlete ever to come out of Louisville."[2]
Baseball career
After his major league career, he played minor league baseball until 1963, including the Dallas Rangers of the Texas League.
Later life
After retirement from baseball Kuhn worked for various companies, including Kentucky Fried Chicken, Mister Donut and Children's Discovery Centers. [citation needed] In 1999 he moved to Truckee, California and worked at a Lake Tahoe resort.
He died, aged 73, in Layton, Utah, from pancreatic cancer. He was survived by wife Peggy and their four children, Carrie, Amy, Scott and Stan.[2]
References
- ^ "Kenny Kuhn". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ a b Hall, C. Ray. "Kenny Kuhn, four-sport star at Male in 1950s, dies at 73 in Utah". courier-journal.com. The Courier-Journal. Retrieved July 17, 2010. [dead link]
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- 1937 births
- 2010 deaths
- Major League Baseball infielders
- Baseball players from Kentucky
- Cleveland Indians players
- Reading Indians players
- Burlington Indians players
- Dallas Rangers players
- San Diego Padres (minor league) players
- Mobile Bears players
- Salt Lake City Bees players
- Jacksonville Suns players
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer
- Deaths from cancer in Utah
- Sportspeople from Louisville, Kentucky
- American baseball infielder stubs
- Louisville, Kentucky stubs