The articulate, lefthanded Cunningham hit three homers in his first two ML games.
In his All-Star 1959 season, his .345 BA was second in the NL to
Hank Aaron's .355.
Describing Cunningham's 1962 season, when he led AL first basemen in fielding, Richard
Lindberg wrote, "The balding first baseman made plays not seen since
Joe Kuhel's
time (1930s and '40s)...after a game, Cunningham sat in a corner updating a little
black book that he kept on each
American League pitcher."
(TJ)