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John Cumberland

John Sheldon Cumberland

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 10, 1947 in Westbrook, ME
School: University of Maine at Orono (Orono, ME)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1968
Teams (by GP): Giants/Yankees/Angels/Cardinals 1968-1974

Final Game: July 27, 1974
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Standard Batting

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
1968 21 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1969 22 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1970 23 TOT MLB 22 21 18 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .056 .056 .056 .111 -69 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1970 23 NYY AL 15 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .059 .059 .059 .118 -67 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1970 23 SFG NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1971 24 SFG NL 45 61 59 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 22 .119 .133 .119 .252 -28 7 2 0 1 0 0 1
1972 25 TOT NL 23 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .071 .071 .071 .143 -59 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 25 SFG NL 9 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 25 STL NL 14 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1974 27 CAL AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Yrs 110 97 91 1 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 43 .099 .109 .099 .208 -41 9 2 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 143 134 1 13 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 63 .099 .109 .099 .208 -41 13 3 0 7 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 61 71 69 1 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 29 .116 .129 .116 .245 -30 8 2 0 1 0 0
NYY (3 yrs) 18 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .059 .059 .059 .118 -67 1 0 0 3 0 0
STL (1 yr) 14 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 75 77 74 1 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 31 .108 .120 .108 .228 -35 8 2 0 2 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 35 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .059 .059 .059 .118 -67 1 0 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1968 21 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1969 22 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1970 23 NYY AL 15 20 -4 -0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .487 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1970 23 SFG NL 7 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $9,000 /1
1971 24 SFG NL 45 61 -9 -0 -0 0 6 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1972 25 SFG NL 9 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1972 25 STL NL 14 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1974 27 CAL AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
6 Seasons 110 97 -16 -0 0 0 11 -6 -0.7 3 -3 -0.7 .493 .499 -0.7 0.1 -3 $9,000
SFG (3 yrs) 61 71 -11 -0 -0 0 7 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .493 .499 -0.4 0.0 -2 $9,000
NYY (3 yrs) 18 20 -4 -0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .489 .500 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $
STL (1 yr) 14 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
CAL (1 yr) 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1970 23 TOT MLB 21 20 0 0.0 94 .200 .056 .253 .056 .326 .056 .386 .111 .712 -69 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .059 .000 .000
1970 23 NYY AL 20 19 0 0.0 93 .200 .059 .252 .059 .325 .059 .385 .118 .710 -67 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .063 .000 .000
1970 23 SFG NL 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .266 .000 .338 .000 .406 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1971 24 SFG NL 61 55 1 0.5 92 .189 .119 .259 .133 .325 .119 .379 .252 .703 -28 .020 -10.0 -1.1 .148 .017 .000
1972 25 TOT NL 15 14 0 0.0 92 .167 .071 .258 .071 .326 .071 .380 .143 .707 -59 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .077 .000 .000
1972 25 SFG NL 9 8 0 0.0 93 .333 .111 .259 .111 .327 .111 .382 .222 .710 -37 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .125 .000 .000
1972 25 STL NL 6 6 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .256 .000 .324 .000 .377 .000 .701 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 97 89 1 0.3 92 .188 .099 .257 .109 .325 .099 .380 .208 .706 -41 .008 -17.1 -1.8 .119 .011 .000
162 Game Avg. 143 131 1 0.3 92 .188 .099 .257 .109 .325 .099 .380 .208 .706 -41 .008 -17.1 -1.8 .119 .011 .000
SFG (3 yrs) 71 64 1 0.4 92 .200 .116 .259 .129 .325 .116 .380 .245 .705 -30 .015 -12.0 -1.3 .143 .014 .000
STL (1 yr) 6 6 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .256 .000 .324 .000 .377 .000 .701 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NYY (3 yrs) 20 19 0 0.0 93 .200 .059 .252 .059 .325 .059 .385 .118 .710 -67 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .063 .000 .000
NL (3 yrs) 77 70 1 0.4 92 .186 .108 .259 .120 .325 .108 .379 .228 .704 -35 .013 -13.3 -1.4 .132 .014 .000
AL (4 yrs) 20 19 0 0.0 93 .200 .059 .252 .059 .325 .059 .385 .118 .710 -67 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .063 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1971 24 SFG NL NLCS PIT L 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1970 23 TOT MLB 21 0.0% 61.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.4 9.0 2.50 24%
1970 23 NYY AL 20 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.4 8.5 2.50 25%
1970 23 SFG NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1971 24 SFG NL 61 0.0% 36.1% 1.6% 0.0% 0% 22.00 2.7 19.7 1.06 61%
1972 25 TOT NL 15 0.0% 53.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.8 7.0 40%
1972 25 SFG NL 9 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.5 4.5 33%
1972 25 STL NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 50%
6 Yrs 97 0.0% 44.3% 1.0% 0.0% 0% 43.00 2.1 13.0 1.56 49%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.5% 8.6% 5.9% 27% 1.68 6.1 45.3 9.1 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1968 21 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1969 22 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1970 23 TOT MLB -4.1 -0.4 21 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.10 -0.4 0.1 -3.6 -0.4 1.05 -4.1 0
1970 23 NYY AL -3.8 -0.4 20 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.15 -0.4 0.1 -3.5 -0.4 1.09 -3.8 0
1970 23 SFG NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .08 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0
1971 24 SFG NL -10.0 -1.1 61 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 .87 -1.0 -0.2 -10.6 -1.1 1.02 -9.9 0
1972 25 TOT NL -3.0 -0.3 15 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 1.27 -0.3 0.2 -2.2 -0.2 1.16 -2.8 0
1972 25 SFG NL -1.6 -0.2 9 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.53 -0.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 1.28 -1.4 0
1972 25 STL NL -1.3 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .89 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.99 -1.4 0
1974 27 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -17.1 -1.8 97 -1.4 0.6 -2.0 .98 -1.6 0.2 -16.4 -1.7 1.05 -16.8 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1970 23 TOT MLB 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 23 NYY AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 23 SFG NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 SFG NL 1 0 13% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1972 25 TOT NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 SFG NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1 0 10% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1970 23 TOT MLB 21 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 0 0% 6 2 33% 17 2 12% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1970 23 NYY AL 20 35% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 0 0% 6 2 33% 17 2 12% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1970 23 SFG NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 SFG NL 61 39% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 10 2 20% 11 1 9% 46 3 7% 5 1 20% 0 0 0
1972 25 TOT NL 15 7% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 16 2 13% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1972 25 SFG NL 9 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 11 2 18% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1972 25 STL NL 6 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 97 33% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 19 2 11% 20 4 20% 79 7 9% 8 2 25% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 75% 11% 31% 13% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 23 25 21 18 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .056 .056 .056 .111 -69 1 0 0 3 0 0
1971 24 70 82 77 1 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 35 .104 .115 .104 .219 -37 8 2 0 4 0 0
1972 25 93 97 91 1 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 43 .099 .109 .099 .208 -41 9 2 0 5 0 0
1973 26 93 97 91 1 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 43 .099 .109 .099 .208 -41 9 2 0 5 0 0
1974 27 110 97 91 1 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 43 .099 .109 .099 .208 -41 9 2 0 5 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1970 23 22 21 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
1971 24 45 61 59 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 22 .119 .133 .119 .252 1 45
1972 25 24 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
3 Yrs 91 98 92 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 43 .076 .086 .076 .162 1 90
162 Game Avg. 162 174 164 2 12 0 0 0 5 0 2 77 .076 .086 .076 .162 2 90

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1968 AL  born 1947-05-10 (9th)

                                         

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