He debuted on June 30, 1954.
The best season for Cunningham was in 1959, when he batted .345 to finish second to Hank Aaron for the National League batting title. He finished his career with a .291 batting average over 1,141 games spread over a 12-year career.
Also he smacked 64 homers and 436 RBI’s and was named to the All Star team twice.