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Nig Cuppy
George Joseph Cuppy
born George Koppe

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 16, 1892
Final Game August 7, 1901
Born July 3, 1869 in Logansport, IN
Died July 27, 1922 in Elkhart, IN

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1892 22 CLV NL  28  13  47  42  38   1   5  1  376.0  333  175  105   9  121  103   0   6     0       0  2.51  3.38  135 1.207
 1893 23 CLV NL  17  10  31  30  24   0   1  0  243.7  316  200  121   6   75   39   0   2     0       0  4.47  4.89  110 1.605
 1894 24 CLV NL  24  15  43  33  29   3  10  0  316.0  381  246  160  11  128   65   0   8     0       0  4.56  5.47  120 1.611
 1895 25 CLV NL  26  14  47  40  36   1   6  2  353.0  384  210  139   9   95   91   0   8     0       1  3.54  5.02  142 1.357
 1896 26 CLV NL  25  14  46  40  35   1   6  1  358.0  388  173  124   8   75   86   0   5     0       0  3.12  4.53  145 1.293
 1897 27 CLV NL  10   6  19  17  13   1   2  0  139.3  150   69   49   3   26   23   5   2     0       0  3.17  4.70  148 1.263
 1898 28 CLV NL   9   8  18  15  13   1   3  0  128.0  147   62   47   4   25   27   6   0     0       0  3.30  3.42  104 1.344
 1899 29 STL NL  11   8  21  21  18   1   0  0  171.7  203   89   60   3   26   25   5   0     0       1  3.15  3.96  126 1.334
 1900 30 BSN NL   8   4  17  13   9   0   4  1  105.3  107   64   36   8   24   23   6   0     0       0  3.08  4.10  133 1.244
 1901 31 BOS AL   4   6  13  11   9   0   2  0   93.3  111   58   43   1   14   22   2   1     0       0  4.15  3.52   85 1.339
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .623 162  98 302 262 224   9  39  5 2284.3 2520 1346  884  62  609  504  24  32     0       2  3.48  4.43  127 1.370
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    19  11  36  31  27   1   4  0  275.3  303  162  106   7   73   60   2   3     0   0   0  3.48  4.43  127 1.370
 Career High     28  15  47  42  38   3  10  2  376.0  388  246  160  11  128  103   6   8     0   0   1  2.51  5.47  148 1.207

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1892 22 CLV NL  50  168   15   36  11  0   0   24   2      7  40  .214  .246  .280   56   47               0    
 1893 23 CLV NL  32  109   14   27   6  2   0   14   1      8  15  .248  .299  .339   65   37               0    
 1894 24 CLV NL  44  135   28   35   6  3   0   19   3     15  27  .259  .338  .348   63   47               1    
 1895 25 CLV NL  47  140   36   40   9  3   0   25   2     20  14  .286  .379  .393   94   55   4           1    
 1896 26 CLV NL  47  141   29   38   5  2   1   20   1     20  21  .270  .364  .355   85   50   4           1    
 1897 27 CLV NL  21   55    5    8   0  1   0    3   0      5      .145  .217  .182    2   10   1           0    
 1898 28 CLV NL  18   48    2    5   0  0   0    0   1      3      .104  .157  .104  -24    5   2           0    
 1899 29 STL NL  21   70    6   13   0  0   0    3   0      3      .186  .240  .186   16   13   2           2    
 1900 30 BSN NL  17   42    7   11   3  0   0    6   0      4      .262  .326  .333   74   14   0           0    
 1901 31 BOS AL  17   49    4   10   3  0   0    6   0      4      .204  .264  .265   48   13   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     314  957  146  223  43 11   1  120  10  0  89 117  .233  .302  .304   60  291  14   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        494   75  115  22  6   1   62   5  0  46  60  .233  .302  .304   60  150   7   0   0   3   0
 Career High     50  168   36   40  11  3   1   25   3  0  20  40                          55   4   0   0   2   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1892 22 CLV NL  175  132   12   2.4    84| .214  .256| .246  .330| .280  .343| .526  .673|  56  .315  -9.3  -1.0     
 1893 23 CLV NL  117   82   11   3.6   111| .248  .293| .299  .372| .339  .399| .638  .772|  65  .356  -6.0  -0.6     
 1894 24 CLV NL  151  100   16   4.2   130| .259  .321| .338  .393| .348  .452| .686  .845|  63  .340  -8.6  -0.7     
 1895 25 CLV NL  165  104   21   5.2   117| .286  .310| .379  .377| .393  .419| .772  .795|  94  .506  -0.7  -0.1     
 1896 26 CLV NL  166  107   18   4.4   112| .270  .305| .364  .371| .355  .407| .719  .778|  85  .454  -2.6  -0.3     
 1897 27 CLV NL   61   48    2   1.1   116| .145  .311| .217  .376| .182  .413| .399  .789|   2  .061  -8.5  -0.8     
 1898 28 CLV NL   53   45    1   0.6    88| .104  .273| .157  .337| .104  .350| .261  .687| -24  .029  -7.7  -0.8     
 1899 29 STL NL   77   59    3   1.3   101| .186  .292| .240  .355| .186  .381| .426  .736|  16  .102  -8.2  -0.8     
 1900 30 BSN NL   46   31    5   4.2   108| .262  .301| .326  .364| .333  .397| .659  .761|  74  .494  -1.4  -0.1     
 1901 31 BOS AL   54   40    3   2.0    95| .204  .282| .264  .338| .265  .378| .529  .716|  48  .191  -3.3  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1065  748   92   3.2   108| .233  .294| .302  .364| .304  .397| .606  .760|  60  .331 -56.4  -5.5     

* 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 ------+
1892 22 CLV NL P 47 10 103 6 3 .950 .901 2.40 2.17 2.70 2.49 42 376.0 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 1.87 0 0 3 1893 23 CLV NL P 31 13 48 5 1 .924 .913 1.97 2.07 2.25 2.50 30 243.7 OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.15 0 0 2 1894 24 CLV NL P 43 17 60 2 5 .975 .912 1.79 1.74 2.19 2.18 33 316.0 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.20 0 0 1 1895 25 CLV NL P 47 30 90 4 2 .968 .917 2.55 2.01 3.06 2.52 40 353.0 1896 26 CLV NL P 46 14 106 4 3 .968 .916 2.61 2.20 3.02 2.72 40 358.0 OF 1 2 0 2 0 .500 .952 2.00 2.10 0 0 1 1897 27 CLV NL P 19 1 32 2 0 .943 .919 1.74 2.10 2.13 2.55 17 139.3 1898 28 CLV NL P 18 3 24 2 1 .931 .918 1.50 2.25 1.90 2.65 15 128.0 1899 29 STL NL P 21 4 47 5 1 .911 .909 2.43 2.24 2.67 2.68 21 171.7 1900 30 BSN NL P 17 0 22 2 0 .917 .921 1.29 2.17 1.88 2.67 13 105.3 1901 31 BOS AL P 13 2 20 2 0 .917 .928 1.69 2.51 2.12 2.99 11 93.3 OF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.00 4 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1892 22 CLV NL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 1.87 0 0 3 1893 23 CLV NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.15 0 0 2 1894 24 CLV NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.20 0 0 1 1896 26 CLV NL OF 1 2 0 2 0 .500 .952 2.00 2.10 0 0 1 1901 31 BOS AL OF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.00 4 0 0 1892 22 CLV NL P 47 10 103 6 3 .950 .901 2.40 2.17 2.70 2.49 42 376.0 1893 23 CLV NL P 31 13 48 5 1 .924 .913 1.97 2.07 2.25 2.50 30 243.7 1894 24 CLV NL P 43 17 60 2 5 .975 .912 1.79 1.74 2.19 2.18 33 316.0 1895 25 CLV NL P 47 30 90 4 2 .968 .917 2.55 2.01 3.06 2.52 40 353.0 1896 26 CLV NL P 46 14 106 4 3 .968 .916 2.61 2.20 3.02 2.72 40 358.0 1897 27 CLV NL P 19 1 32 2 0 .943 .919 1.74 2.10 2.13 2.55 17 139.3 1898 28 CLV NL P 18 3 24 2 1 .931 .918 1.50 2.25 1.90 2.65 15 128.0 1899 29 STL NL P 21 4 47 5 1 .911 .909 2.43 2.24 2.67 2.68 21 171.7 1900 30 BSN NL P 17 0 22 2 0 .917 .921 1.29 2.17 1.88 2.67 13 105.3 1901 31 BOS AL P 13 2 20 2 0 .917 .928 1.69 2.51 2.12 2.99 11 93.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 302 94 552 34 16 .950 .913 2.14 2.10 262 2284.3 OF 11 9 0 2 0 .818 .918 0.82 2.02 4 0 7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 313 103 552 36 16 .948 .913 2.09 2.10
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    CLV BSN     L   1   1   1.12  0  1  0  1   8     6   1   4   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    CLV BSN     L   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

ERA
1892 NL-2.51-4
1894 NL-4.56-10
1895 NL-3.54-8
1896 NL-3.12-3
1897 NL-3.17-6

Wins
1892 NL-28-9
1894 NL-24-9
1895 NL-26-4
1896 NL-25-5

Won-Loss %
1892 NL-.683-9
1893 NL-.630-6
1894 NL-.615-9
1895 NL-.650-6
1900 NL-.667-4
Car-.623-58

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1892 NL-1.207-8
1895 NL-1.357-6
1896 NL-1.293-2
1897 NL-1.263-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1892 NL-7.97-10
1895 NL-9.79-9
1897 NL-9.69-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1893 NL-2.77-3
1895 NL-2.42-8
1896 NL-1.89-4
1897 NL-1.68-4
1899 NL-1.36-2

Games
1895 NL-47-4
1896 NL-46-6

Saves
1892 NL-1-3
1895 NL-2-4
1896 NL-1-4
1900 NL-1-3

Innings
1895 NL-353.0-6
1896 NL-358.0-7

Strikeouts
1895 NL-91-8

Games Started
1895 NL-40-6
1896 NL-40-10

Comp. Games
1895 NL-36-6
1896 NL-35-9

Shutouts
1894 NL-3-1

Home Runs Allow.
1900 NL-8-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1894 NL-128-9

Hits Allowed
1895 NL-384-8
1896 NL-388-8

SO to Walk
1895 NL-.96-9
1896 NL-1.15-4

Games Finished
1892 NL-5-10
1894 NL-10-1
1896 NL-6-9

Adjusted ERA+
1892 NL-135-4
1895 NL-142-6
1896 NL-145-4
1897 NL-148-5
Car-127-48

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 98 (213) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 27.0 (171) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 52.0 (241) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

March 29, 1899: Assigned to the St. Louis Perfectos by the Cleveland Spiders.

May 23, 1900: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Boston Americans.

August 15, 1901: Released by the Boston Americans.


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