Kiki Cuyler

Kiki Cuyler
Right fielder
Born: (1898-08-30)August 30, 1898
Harrisville, Michigan, U.S.
Died: February 11, 1950(1950-02-11) (aged 51)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 29, 1921, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
September 14, 1938, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average.321
Hits2,299
Home runs128
Runs batted in1,065
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1968
Election methodVeterans Committee

Hazen Shirley Cuyler (/ˈkˈk ˈklər/; August 30, 1898 – February 11, 1950), nicknamed "Kiki", was an American professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1921 until 1938.

Cuyler led the National League (NL) in stolen bases four times, runs scored two times and had a batting average of over .350 on four occasions. His 26 triples in 1925 were the second most triples in any season after 1900. He compiled over 200 hits in three separate seasons and won the World Series in 1925 with the Pirates. A career .321 hitter, he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968 by the Veterans Committee.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kiki Cuyler at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Gregory H. Wolf, Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Corcoran, Dennis, pp. 91

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