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Candy Cummings
William Arthur Cummings

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 120 lb.

Debut April 22, 1872
Born October 18, 1848 in Ware, MA
Died May 16, 1924 in Toledo, OH

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1939.

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1872 23 NYU NA  33  20  55  55  53   3      0  497.0  600  347  139   2   30   43                     0  2.52  3.46  137 1.268
 1873 24 BAL NA  28  14  42  42  42   1      0  382.0  475  292  113   4   33   31                     0  2.66  3.28  123 1.330
 1874 25 PHI NA  28  26  54  54  52   3      0  482.0  602  386  154   4   21   11                     0  2.88  3.05  106 1.293
 1875 26 HAR NA  35  12  48  47  46   7      0  417.0  396  184   74   0    6    8                     0  1.60  2.56  160 0.964
 1876 27 HAR NL  16   8  24  24  24   5   0  0  216.0  215   97   40   0   14   26       7   913       0  1.67  2.45  147 1.060
 1877 28 CIN NL   5  14  19  19  16   0   0  0  155.7  219  144   75   2   13   11      15   709       0  4.34  2.64   61 1.490
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .607 145  94 242 241 233  19   0  0 2149.7 2507 1450  595  12  117  130      22  1622       0  2.49  3.00  120 1.221
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    20  13  34  33  32   2   0  0  302.3  352  204   83   1   16   18   0   3   228   0   0  2.49  3.00  120 1.221
 Career High     35  26  55  55  53   7   0  0  497.0  602  386  154   4   33   43   0  15   913   0   0  1.60  3.46  160 0.964

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1872 23 NYU NA  55  250   36   52   9  3   0   27   0  1   4  14  .208  .220  .268   53   67                    
 1873 24 BAL NA  42  192   30   48   5  0   0   35   1  0   5   5  .250  .269  .276   62   53                    
 1874 25 PHI NA  54  231   32   52   4  2   0   19   1  1   0  12  .225  .225  .260   52   60                    
 1875 26 HAR NA  53  221   30   44   7  2   0   15   1  0   3  11  .199  .210  .249   54   55                    
 1876 27 HAR NL  24  105   14   17   3  0   0    7          0   3  .162  .162  .190   12   20                    
 1877 28 CIN NL  19   70    6   14   1  2   0    4          4   6  .200  .243  .271   69   19                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      247 1069  148  227  29  9   0  107   3  2  16  51  .212  .224  .256   52  274   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        701   97  149  19  6   0   70   2  1  10  33  .212  .224  .256   52  180   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     55  250   36   52   9  3   0   35   1  1   5  14  .250  .269  .276   62   67   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1872 23 NYU NA  254  199   15   2.0    73| .208  .282| .220  .293| .268  .344| .488  .637|  53  .181 -12.8  -1.3   0%
 1873 24 BAL NA  197  144   14   2.6    84| .250  .297| .269  .310| .276  .366| .545  .676|  62  .251  -8.4  -0.8 100%
 1874 25 PHI NA  231  180   13   2.0    73| .225  .282| .225  .291| .260  .346| .485  .637|  52  .208 -12.4  -1.3  50%
 1875 26 HAR NA  224  177   12   1.8    62| .199  .264| .210  .271| .249  .323| .459  .595|  54  .251  -9.9  -1.2 100%
 1876 27 HAR NL  105   88    3   0.9    71| .162  .278| .162  .291| .190  .337| .352  .628|  12  .077  -9.8  -1.1     
 1877 28 CIN NL   74   56    5   2.4    66| .200  .263| .243  .281| .271  .328| .514  .608|  69  .298  -2.2  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1085  844   62   2.0    72| .212  .279| .224  .290| .256  .342| .480  .633|  52  .208 -55.5  -5.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1872 23 NYU NA   P   55     20   61    9    3  .900  .813  1.47  1.82  1.47  2.01   55  497.0
                 OF    2      0    0    2    0  .000        0.00  1.85                            1    0    1
 1873 24 BAL NA   P   42     20   41   16    2  .792  .791  1.45  1.79  1.44  1.94   42  382.0
 1874 25 PHI NA   P   54     16   73   23    0  .795  .810  1.65  2.05  1.66  2.17   54  482.0
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            0    0    1
 1875 26 HAR NA   P   48     28   85   11    5  .911  .865  2.35  2.33  2.44  2.59   47  417.0
                 OF    6      4    0    3    0  .571  .816  0.67  1.77                            2    4    0
 1876 27 HAR NL   P   24      9   27    2    0  .947  .874  1.50  1.92  1.50  2.08   24  216.0
 1877 28 CIN NL   P   19      6   31    3    0  .925  .916  1.95  1.91  2.14  2.10   19  155.7
                 OF    3      5    1    1    0  .857  .833  2.00  1.83                            0    1    2

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1872 23 NYU NA  OF    2      0    0    2    0  .000        0.00  1.85                            1    0    1
 1874 25 PHI NA  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            0    0    1
 1875 26 HAR NA  OF    6      4    0    3    0  .571  .816  0.67  1.77                            2    4    0
 1877 28 CIN NL  OF    3      5    1    1    0  .857  .833  2.00  1.83                            0    1    2

 1872 23 NYU NA   P   55     20   61    9    3  .900  .813  1.47  1.82  1.47  2.01   55  497.0
 1873 24 BAL NA   P   42     20   41   16    2  .792  .791  1.45  1.79  1.44  1.94   42  382.0
 1874 25 PHI NA   P   54     16   73   23    0  .795  .810  1.65  2.05  1.66  2.17   54  482.0
 1875 26 HAR NA   P   48     28   85   11    5  .911  .865  2.35  2.33  2.44  2.59   47  417.0
 1876 27 HAR NL   P   24      9   27    2    0  .947  .874  1.50  1.92  1.50  2.08   24  216.0
 1877 28 CIN NL   P   19      6   31    3    0  .925  .916  1.95  1.91  2.14  2.10   19  155.7

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 242     99  318   64   10  .867  .836  1.72  1.98              241 2149.7
                 OF   12      9    1    6    0  .625  .826  0.83  1.81                            3    5    4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       254    108  319   70   10  .859  .836  1.68  1.98
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1872 NA-55-6

Strikeouts
1872 NA-14-1
1874 NA-12-3
1875 NA-11-10

Outs
1872 NA-199-5

ERA
1872 NA-2.52-2
1873 NA-2.66-4
1874 NA-2.88-4
1875 NA-1.60-3
1876 NL-1.67-3
1877 NL-4.34-10
Car-2.49-40

Wins
1872 NA-33-2
1873 NA-28-4
1874 NA-28-4
1875 NA-35-3
1876 NL-16-7
1877 NL-5-8

Won-Loss %
1872 NA-.623-4
1873 NA-.667-3
1874 NA-.519-4
1875 NA-.745-4
1876 NL-.667-6
1877 NL-.263-9
Car-.607-89

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1872 NA-1.268-4
1873 NA-1.330-4
1874 NA-1.293-5
1875 NA-.964-4
1876 NL-1.060-4
1877 NL-1.490-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1872 NA-10.87-5
1873 NA-11.19-4
1874 NA-11.24-5
1875 NA-8.55-4
1876 NL-8.96-4
1877 NL-12.66-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1872 NA-.54-7
1873 NA-.78-6
1874 NA-.39-4
1875 NA-.13-1
1876 NL-.58-8
1877 NL-.75-3
Car-.49-2

Strikeouts/9IP
1872 NA-.78-5
1873 NA-.73-3
1874 NA-.21-6
1876 NL-1.08-7
1877 NL-.64-10

Games
1872 NA-55-1
1873 NA-42-6
1874 NA-54-6
1875 NA-48-6
1877 NL-19-7

Innings
1872 NA-497.0-1
1873 NA-382.0-6
1874 NA-482.0-6
1875 NA-417.0-6
1877 NL-155.7-7

Strikeouts
1872 NA-43-3
1873 NA-31-2
1874 NA-11-10
1876 NL-26-8
1877 NL-11-10

Games Started
1872 NA-55-1
1873 NA-42-6
1874 NA-54-6
1875 NA-47-6
1876 NL-24-9
1877 NL-19-7

Comp. Games
1872 NA-53-1
1873 NA-42-5
1874 NA-52-6
1875 NA-46-6
1876 NL-24-8
1877 NL-16-7
Car-233-97

Shutouts
1872 NA-3-1
1873 NA-1-3
1874 NA-3-3
1875 NA-7-1
1876 NL-5-4

Home Runs Allow.
1872 NA-2-9
1873 NA-4-6
1874 NA-4-3
1877 NL-2-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1872 NA-30-2
1873 NA-33-5
1874 NA-21-6
1876 NL-14-10
1877 NL-13-8

Hits Allowed
1872 NA-600-1
1873 NA-475-6
1874 NA-602-5
1875 NA-396-6
1877 NL-219-6

SO to Walk
1872 NA-1.43-4
1873 NA-.94-4
1874 NA-.52-6
1875 NA-1.33-8
1876 NL-1.86-6
1877 NL-.85-10

Losses
1872 NA-20-2
1873 NA-14-7
1874 NA-26-3
1877 NL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1872 NA-139-4
1873 NA-113-7
1874 NA-154-4
1875 NA-74-10
1877 NL-75-6

Wild Pitches
1876 NL-7-8
1877 NL-15-7

Batters Faced
1877 NL-709-7

Adjusted ERA+
1872 NA-137-3
1873 NA-123-3
1874 NA-106-4
1875 NA-160-2
1876 NL-147-3

          

Black Ink: Pitching - 11 (201) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2305) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 153 (89) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3874) Pitching - 33.0 (114) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 84.5 (132) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1876 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Hartford Dark Blues.

Before 1877 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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