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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 (247th)

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  20.8 (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 - 43 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Hughie Jennings (878) *
  2. Tom Daly (871)
  3. Bill Hallman (859)
  4. Deacon White (854)
  5. Luis Castillo (851)
  6. Ezra Sutton (849)
  7. Buddy Myer (847)
  8. Johnny Pesky (846)
  9. King Kelly (844) *
  10. Larry Doyle (836)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Eddie Collins (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack Doyle (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Doyle (926)  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. Chuck Knoblauch (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Eddie Collins (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Eddie Collins (905) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. John McGraw (891) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Eddie Collins (895) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Buddy Myer (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Buddy Myer (897)  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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Name and misspellings: Clarence Cupid Lemuel Childs

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