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Cupid Childs
Clarence Lemuel Childs
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 14, 1867 in Calvert County, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1888
Final Game: September 26, 1901
Died: November 8, 1912 in Baltimore, MD
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1888 20 PHI NL 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /4
1890 22 SYR AA 126 571 493 109 170 33 14 2 89 56 72 .345 .434 .481 .915 181 237 6 *4/6
1891 23 CLV NL 141 655 551 120 155 21 12 2 83 39 97 32 .281 .395 .374 .769 121 206 7 *4
1892 24 CLV NL 145 684 558 136 177 14 11 3 53 26 117 20 .317 .443 .398 .841 150 222 9 *4
1893 25 CLV NL 124 609 485 145 158 19 10 3 65 23 120 12 .326 .463 .425 .888 131 206 4 *4
1894 26 CLV NL 118 591 479 143 169 21 12 2 52 17 107 11 .353 .475 .459 .935 123 220 5 *4
1895 27 CLV NL 119 550 462 96 133 15 3 4 90 20 74 24 .288 .393 .359 .752 90 166 6 8 *4
1896 28 CLV NL 132 615 498 106 177 24 9 1 106 25 100 18 .355 .467 .446 .913 135 222 4 13 *4
1897 29 CLV NL 114 537 444 105 150 15 9 1 61 25 74 .338 .435 .419 .854 117 186 2 17 *4
1898 30 CLV NL 110 500 413 90 119 9 4 1 31 9 69 .288 .395 .337 .732 113 139 4 14 *4
1899 31 STL NL 125 553 464 73 123 11 11 1 48 11 74 .265 .369 .343 .711 94 159 2 13 *4
1900 32 CHC NL 137 615 531 67 128 14 5 0 44 15 57 .241 .323 .286 .609 71 152 7 20 *4
1901 33 CHC NL 63 274 236 24 61 9 0 0 21 3 30 .258 .359 .297 .656 94 70 7 1 4
13 Seasons 1456 6758 5618 1214 1720 205 100 20 743 269 991 117 .306 .416 .389 .805 119 2185 63 86
162 Game Avg. 162 752 625 135 191 23 11 2 83 30 110 .306 .416 .389 .805 119 243 7
CLV (8 yrs) 1003 4741 3890 941 1238 138 70 17 541 184 758 117 .318 .434 .403 .837 123 1567 41 52
CHC (2 yrs) 200 889 767 91 189 23 5 0 65 18 87 .246 .334 .289 .624 78 222 14 21
PHI (1 yr) 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
STL (1 yr) 125 553 464 73 123 11 11 1 48 11 74 .265 .369 .343 .711 94 159 2 13
SYR (1 yr) 126 571 493 109 170 33 14 2 89 56 72 .345 .434 .481 .915 181 237 6
NL (12 yrs) 1330 6187 5125 1105 1550 172 86 18 654 213 919 117 .302 .414 .380 .794 114 1948 57 86
AA (1 yr) 126 571 493 109 170 33 14 2 89 56 72 .345 .434 .481 .915 181 237 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1892 24 CLV NL CS BSN L 6 27 22 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 .409 .519 .591 1.109 13 0
1 CS 6 27 22 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 .409 .519 .591 1.109 13 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1888 PHI NL 20 2B 2 7 2 4 1 1 .857 3.00 .929 5.65
1890 SYR AA 22 2B 125 796 372 367 57 59 .928 5.91 .925 5.41
1890 SYR AA 22 SS 1 6 3 2 1 0 .833 5.00 .900 4.80
1891 CLV NL 23 2B 141 908 371 455 82 54 .910 5.86 .931 5.88
1892 CLV NL 24 2B 145 851 357 441 53 51 .938 5.50 .928 5.59
1893 CLV NL 25 2B 123 834 348 424 62 56 .926 6.28 .934 5.88
1894 CLV NL 26 2B 118 750 313 374 63 51 .916 5.82 .929 5.71
1895 CLV NL 27 2B 119 794 337 394 63 42 .921 6.14 .934 5.63
1896 CLV NL 28 2B 132 915 375 487 53 73 .942 6.53 .939 5.41
1897 CLV NL 29 2B 114 745 319 384 42 42 .944 6.17 .935 5.53
1898 CLV NL 30 2B 110 691 273 370 48 37 .931 5.85 .944 5.53
1899 STL NL 31 2B 125 726 323 355 48 45 .934 5.42 .941 5.46
1900 CHC NL 32 2B 137 806 323 431 52 57 .935 5.50 .938 5.21
1901 CHC NL 33 2B 63 360 146 192 22 34 .939 5.37 .941 5.06
13 Seasons 2B 1454 9183 3859 4678 646 602 .930 5.87 .934 5.54
1 Season SS 1 6 3 2 1 0 .833 5.00 .900 4.80
13 Seasons TOT 1455 9189 3862 4680 647 602 .930 5.87 .864 5.54

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1890 AA--.345--5th
1892 NL--.317--3rd
1896 NL--.355--10th
Career--.306--142nd

On-Base% s c a p y
1890 AA--.434--4th
1891 NL--.395--3rd
1892 NL--.443--1st
1893 NL--.463--2nd
1894 NL--.475--6th
1896 NL--.467--6th
1897 NL--.435--10th
Career--.416--24th

Slugging % s c a p y
1890 AA--.481--3rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1890 AA--.915--2nd
1892 NL--.841--6th
1893 NL--.888--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1891 NL--141--1st
1896 NL--132--8th
1900 NL--137--10th

At Bats s c a p y
1891 NL--551--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1891 NL--655--3rd
1892 NL--684--10th
1896 NL--615--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1890 AA--109--10th
1891 NL--120--3rd
1892 NL--136--1st
1893 NL--145--3rd
Career--1214--161st

Hits s c a p y
1890 AA--170--4th
1892 NL--177--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1890 AA--237--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1890 AA--33--1st

Triples s c a p y
1890 AA--14--5th
1891 NL--12--10th
Career--100--156th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1890 AA--89--3rd
1891 NL--83--10th
1896 NL--106--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1890 AA--72--8th
1891 NL--97--2nd
1892 NL--117--2nd
1893 NL--120--2nd
1894 NL--107--2nd
1895 NL--74--6th
1896 NL--100--3rd
1897 NL--74--7th
1898 NL--69--8th
1899 NL--74--3rd
1900 NL--57--9th
Career--991--111th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
Career--269--191st

Singles s c a p y
1890 AA--121--10th
1891 NL--120--8th
1892 NL--149--2nd
Career--1395--249th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1890 AA--181--2nd
1892 NL--150--8th
1893 NL--131--7th

Runs Created s c a p y
1890 AA--102--3rd
1891 NL--80--9th
1892 NL--97--3rd
1893 NL--95--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1890 AA--52--1st
1891 NL--20--7th
1892 NL--44--3rd
1893 NL--31--7th
1896 NL--34--10th
Career--210--246th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1890 AA--5.4--1st
1891 NL--2.1--7th
1892 NL--4.7--3rd
1893 NL--2.9--7th
1896 NL--3.2--10th
Career--20.7--247th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1890 AA--49--1st

Times On Base s c a p y
1890 AA--248--3rd
1891 NL--259--2nd
1892 NL--303--1st
1893 NL--282--2nd
1894 NL--281--4th
1896 NL--281--4th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1890 AA--.803--2nd
1892 NL--.752--4th
1893 NL--.695--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1892 NL--9--7th
Career--63--236th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1897 NL--17--7th
1900 NL--20--4th

AB per SO s c a p y
1892 NL--27.9--8th
Career--26.0--41st

Outs Made s c a p y
1900 NL--423--3rd

Youngest s c a p y
1888 NL--born 1867-08-14--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 75 (314), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 56 (339), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (129), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Hughie Jennings (884) *
  2. Tom Daly (883)
  3. Deacon White (866)
  4. Bill Hallman (863)
  5. Ezra Sutton (862)
  6. Jack Glasscock (855)
  7. Luis Castillo (851)
  8. Buddy Myer (848)
  9. King Kelly (848) *
  10. Johnny Pesky (848)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Joe Sewell (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack Doyle (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Doyle (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eddie Collins (914) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hughie Jennings (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hughie Jennings (926) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hughie Jennings (930) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hughie Jennings (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Hughie Jennings (902) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Buddy Myer (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Buddy Myer (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

May 1, 1888: Traded by the Philadelphia Quakers with cash to the Washington Nationals for Gid Gardner. Cupid Childs refused to report to his new team on May 6, 1888. Gid Gardner returned to original team on May 6, 1888. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

January 30, 1891: Purchased by the Boston Reds from the Syracuse Stars for $2,000.

February 10, 1891: Traded by the Boston Reds to the Cleveland Spiders for Paul Radford and Cub Stricker. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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

March, 1900: Purchased by the Chicago Orphans from the St. Louis Cardinals.

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