Kiki Cuyler

Full Name: Hazen Shirley Cuyler Primary Position: OF Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/180 First Game: September 29, 1921 Birthdate: August 30, 1898 Final Game: September 14, 1938 Birthplace: Harrisville, Michigan MLB Experience: 17 years Died: February 11, 1950 Deathplace: Ann Arbor, Michigan Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968

Biography

Hazen Shirley "Kiki" Cuyler (b. August 30, 1898, Harrisville, Michigan - d. February 11, 1950, Harrisville, Michigan) was a Major League Baseball right fielder from 1921 until 1938. His nickname "Kiki" (pronounced "cuy-cuy", to rhyme with "eye") reportedly came from the way in which he once stuttered his own last name.

Cuyler broke into the big leagues in 1921 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and became a fixture in the lineup in 1924. Playing for the Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers over the next decade and a half, Cuyler established a reputation as an outstanding hitter with great speed. He regularly batted .350 or higher and finished with a .321 lifetime batting average. In 1925 Cuyler combined this great hitting with 18 home runs and 102 RBI. Cuyler's Pirates won the World Series that year, the only time in his career he would be part of a championship team.

Cuyler led the league in stolen bases four times and finished his career with 328 steals.

After his illustrious career as a player, Cuyler coached in the minor leagues, winning the Southern Association Championship in 1939 under Joe Engel and the Chattanooga Lookouts and the Washington Senators at Engel Stadium, with one of the only fan-owned franchises in the nation.

Cuyler was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968. In 1981, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.

Cuyler was buried in Harrisville, Michigan.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1921	PIT	N	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1922	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923	PIT	N	11	40	4	10	0	2	.250	.348	.325	1	1	5	3	1	0	2	0	0
1924	PIT	N	117	466	94	165	9	85	.354	.402	.539	27	16	30	62	7	12	32	0	0
1925	PIT	N	153	617	144	220	18	102	.357	.423	.598	43	26	58	56	13	12	41	0	0
1926	PIT	N	157	614	113	197	8	92	.321	.380	.459	31	15	50	66	9	21	35	0	0
1927	PIT	N	85	285	60	88	3	31	.309	.394	.435	13	7	37	36	3	5	20	0	0
1928	CHI	N	133	499	92	142	17	79	.285	.359	.473	25	9	51	61	7	24	37	0	0
1929	CHI	N	139	509	111	183	15	102	.360	.438	.532	29	7	66	56	5	16	43	0	0
1930	CHI	N	156	642	155	228	13	134	.355	.428	.547	50	17	72	49	10	17	37	0	0
1931	CHI	N	154	613	110	202	9	88	.330	.404	.473	37	12	72	54	5	20	13	0	0
1932	CHI	N	110	446	58	130	10	77	.291	.340	.442	19	9	29	43	4	10	9	0	0
1933	CHI	N	70	262	37	83	5	35	.317	.376	.447	13	3	21	29	4	7	4	0	10
1934	CHI	N	142	559	80	189	6	69	.338	.377	.474	42	8	31	62	4	13	15	0	10
1935	CIN	N	62	223	36	56	2	22	.251	.337	.341	8	3	27	18	2	1	5	0	2
1935	CHI	N	45	157	22	42	4	18	.268	.331	.389	5	1	10	16	5	5	3	0	3
1935	TOT	N	107	380	58	98	6	40	.258	.335	.361	13	4	37	34	7	6	8	0	5
1936	CIN	N	144	567	96	185	7	74	.326	.380	.453	29	11	47	67	2	7	16	0	7
1937	CIN	N	117	406	48	110	0	32	.271	.333	.320	12	4	36	50	2	5	10	0	15
1938	BRO	N	82	253	45	69	2	23	.273	.363	.399	10	8	34	23	2	1	6	0	6
Total			1879	7161	1305	2299	128	1065	.321	.386	.474	394	157	676	752	85	176	328	0	53

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1921	PIT	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1921	PIT	N	RF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1923	PIT	N	OF	11	0	0	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.931
1924	PIT	N	OF	114	0	0	246	19	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1925	PIT	N	OF	153	0	0	362	21	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1926	PIT	N	OF	157	0	0	405	19	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1927	PIT	N	OF	73	0	0	195	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1928	CHI	N	OF	127	0	0	257	18	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1929	CHI	N	OF	129	0	0	288	15	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1930	CHI	N	OF	156	0	0	377	21	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1931	CHI	N	OF	153	0	0	347	11	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1932	CHI	N	OF	109	0	0	239	7	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1933	CHI	N	OF	69	0	0	130	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1934	CHI	N	OF	142	0	0	319	15	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1935	CIN	N	OF	57	0	0	123	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1935	CHI	N	OF	42	0	0	98	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1935	TOT	N	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1935	TOT	N	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1935	TOT	N	OF	99	0	0	221	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1936	CIN	N	OF	140	0	0	322	9	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1937	CIN	N	OF	106	0	0	174	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1938	BRO	N	OF	68	0	0	125	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.993
Total			RF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1807	0	0	4034	191	121	44	0	0	0	0	0	.972

Transactions

• Sold by Bay City (Michigan-Ontario) to Pittsburgh Pirates (September, 1921).
• Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Sparky Adams and Pete Scott (November 28, 1927).
• Released by Chicago Cubs (July 3, 1935).
• Signed by Cincinnati Reds (July 5, 1935).
• Released by Cincinnati Reds (October 4, 1937).
• Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (February 3, 1938).