| Kiki Cuyler | |
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| Right fielder | |
| Born: August 30, 1898 Harrisville, Michigan |
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| Died: February 11, 1950 (aged 51) Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 29, 1921 for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 14, 1938 for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .321 |
| Hits | 2,299 |
| Home runs | 128 |
| Runs batted in | 1,065 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the National | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame |
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| Induction | 1968 |
| Election Method | Veteran's Committee |
Hazen Shirley "Kiki" Cuyler (pronounced /ˈkaɪlər/; August 30, 1898 – February 11, 1950) was a Major League Baseball right fielder from 1921 until 1938. His nickname "Kiki" (pronounced /ˈkaɪkaɪ/ KYE-kye) reportedly came from the way in which he once stuttered his own last name. He was born in Harrisville, Michigan.
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.
In 1927, Cuyler was benched for nearly half the season because of a dispute with first-year manager Donie Bush. The Pirates went again to the World Series, but Cuyler did not play. That November, Cuyler was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Sparky Adams and Pete Scott.
Cuyler led the league in stolen bases four times and finished his career with 328 steals.
After his illustrious career as a player, Cuyler managed in the minor leagues, winning the regular-season Southern Association pennant in 1939 under Joe Engel with the Chattanooga Lookouts, with one of the only fan-owned franchises in the nation. He was a coach for the Cubs and Boston Red Sox during the 1940s, and was still active in the role for Boston in February 1950 when he succumbed to a heart attack at the age of 51. He died and was buried in his hometown of Harrisville, Michigan.
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.
See also
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
- Hitting for the cycle
- List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
- List of Major League Baseball stolen base champions
- List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
- List of Major League Baseball triples champions
- Major League Baseball titles leaders
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Chicago Cubs Biography Page
- Baseball Hall of Fame – Member biography
- Kiki Cuyler at Find a Grave
| Preceded by Max Carey Frankie Frisch |
National League Stolen Base Champion 1926 1928-1930 |
Succeeded by Frankie Frisch Frankie Frisch |
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