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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1968 21 NYY AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 40 2.000 13.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1969 22 NYY AL 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 18 86 1.750 6.8 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1970 23 TOT MLB 5 4 .556 3.48 22 8 7 1 0 0 75.0 68 34 29 9 19 3 44 0 2 2 310 105 1.160 8.2 1.1 2.3 5.3 2.32
1970 23 NYY AL 3 4 .429 3.94 15 8 5 1 0 0 64.0 62 31 28 9 15 3 38 0 1 1 266 90 1.203 8.7 1.3 2.1 5.3 2.53
1970 23 SFG NL 2 0 1.000 0.82 7 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 6 3 1 0 4 0 6 0 1 1 44 508 0.909 4.9 0.0 3.3 4.9 1.50
1971 24 SFG NL 9 6 .600 2.92 45 21 7 5 2 2 185.0 153 66 60 22 55 6 65 0 0 4 750 118 1.124 7.4 1.1 2.7 3.2 1.18
1972 25 TOT NL 1 5 .167 7.71 23 7 4 0 0 0 46.2 61 46 40 12 14 0 15 0 1 2 215 46 1.607 11.8 2.3 2.7 2.9 1.07
1972 25 SFG NL 0 4 .000 8.64 9 6 1 0 0 0 25.0 38 29 24 6 7 0 8 0 1 1 124 41 1.800 13.7 2.2 2.5 2.9 1.14
1972 25 STL NL 1 1 .500 6.65 14 1 3 0 0 0 21.2 23 17 16 6 7 0 7 0 0 1 91 53 1.385 9.6 2.5 2.9 2.9 1.00
1974 27 CAL AL 0 1 .000 3.74 17 0 9 0 0 0 21.2 24 9 9 2 10 2 12 0 0 0 94 93 1.569 10.0 0.8 4.2 5.0 1.20
6 Yrs 15 16 .484 3.82 110 36 29 6 2 2 334.1 312 161 142 46 103 12 137 0 3 8 1397 92 1.241 8.4 1.2 2.8 3.7 1.33
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .484 3.82 51 17 14 3 1 1 156 145 75 66 21 48 6 64 0 1 4 651 92 1.241 8.4 1.2 2.8 3.7 1.33
SFG (3 yrs) 11 10 .524 3.46 61 27 10 5 2 2 221.0 197 98 85 28 66 6 79 0 2 6 918 101 1.190 8.0 1.1 2.7 3.2 1.20
NYY (3 yrs) 3 4 .429 4.11 18 8 7 1 0 0 70.0 68 37 32 10 20 4 39 0 1 1 294 87 1.257 8.7 1.3 2.6 5.0 1.95
STL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.65 14 1 3 0 0 0 21.2 23 17 16 6 7 0 7 0 0 1 91 53 1.385 9.6 2.5 2.9 2.9 1.00
CAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.74 17 0 9 0 0 0 21.2 24 9 9 2 10 2 12 0 0 0 94 93 1.569 10.0 0.8 4.2 5.0 1.20
NL (3 yrs) 12 11 .522 3.75 75 28 13 5 2 2 242.2 220 115 101 34 73 6 86 0 2 7 1009 93 1.207 8.2 1.3 2.7 3.2 1.18
AL (4 yrs) 3 5 .375 4.03 35 8 16 1 0 0 91.2 92 46 41 12 30 6 51 0 1 1 388 88 1.331 9.0 1.2 2.9 5.0 1.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1968 21 NYY AL 2.0 1 0 4 18.00 3.59 0.00 -0.15 114.0 3.92 -3 -0.3 .0 0.1 -0.1 -3 .223 .498 $
1969 22 NYY AL 4.0 2 0 2 4.50 4.46 0.31 -0.18 90.8 3.61 -0 -0.0 .1 0.0 0.0 -0 .480 .500 $
1970 23 NYY AL 64.0 15 8 31 4.36 4.08 0.15 0.01 93.7 3.69 -4 -0.5 1.5 -0.1 0.0 2 .470 .497 $
1970 23 SFG NL 11.0 7 0 3 2.45 4.46 -0.54 -0.19 98.8 4.74 3 0.3 .7 -0.1 0.3 4 .540 .502 $9,000
1971 24 SFG NL 185.0 45 21 66 3.21 3.81 -0.01 0.00 99.3 3.79 10 1.2 1.3 -0.1 2.6 28 .527 .507 $
1972 25 SFG NL 25.0 9 6 29 10.44 4.13 -0.03 0.04 99.0 4.17 -18 -1.7 .3 0.0 -1.4 -15 .313 .490 $
1972 25 STL NL 21.2 14 1 17 7.06 4.02 -0.18 -0.14 100.8 4.09 -7 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .442 .495 $
1974 27 CAL AL 21.2 17 0 9 3.74 4.26 -0.17 -0.36 92.0 3.75 0 0.0 1.4 -0.0 0.2 2 .500 .500 $
6 Seasons 334.1 110 36 161 4.33 3.95 -0.01 -0.03 97.8 3.85 -20 -1.8 1.2 -0.2 0.8 12 .484 .499 $9,000
SFG (3 yrs) 221.0 61 27 98 3.99 3.88 -0.04 -0.00 99.3 3.88 -5 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 1.5 17 .497 .500 $9,000
NYY (3 yrs) 70.0 18 8 37 4.76 4.08 0.16 -0.00 94.1 3.69 -8 -0.8 1.1 0.1 -0.1 -1 .457 .498 $
STL (1 yr) 21.2 14 1 17 7.06 4.02 -0.18 -0.14 100.8 4.09 -7 -0.8 1.2 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .442 .495 $
CAL (1 yr) 21.2 17 0 9 3.74 4.26 -0.17 -0.36 92.0 3.75 0 0.0 1.4 -0.0 0.2 2 .500 .500 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 24 SFG NL NLCS L PIT 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 2.333 21.0 3.0 0.0 12.0
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 2.333 21.0 3.0 0.0 12.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1968 21 NYY AL 1 10 9 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .400 .778 1.178 .286 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 22 NYY AL 2 19 14 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 .214 .368 .357 .726 .200 5 0 0 0 1 1 0
1970 23 NYY AL 15 266 246 31 62 11 0 9 1 3 15 38 .252 .292 .407 .698 .262 100 3 0 2 3 3 2
1970 23 SFG NL 7 44 38 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 4 6 .158 .233 .184 .417 .182 7 0 0 1 1 0 1
1970 23 TOT MLB 22 310 284 34 68 12 0 9 3 3 19 44 .239 .283 .377 .660 .251 107 3 0 3 4 3 3
1971 24 SFG NL 45 750 685 66 153 21 4 22 4 3 55 65 .223 .280 .362 .642 .218 248 18 0 7 3 6 9
1972 25 TOT NL 23 215 192 46 61 3 2 12 3 4 14 15 .318 .359 .542 .901 .292 104 3 0 6 3 0 7
1972 25 SFG NL 9 124 113 29 38 3 1 6 2 1 7 8 .336 .372 .540 .912 .320 61 1 0 3 1 0 7
1972 25 STL NL 14 91 79 17 23 0 1 6 1 3 7 7 .291 .341 .544 .885 .250 43 2 0 3 2 0 0
1974 27 CAL AL 17 94 83 9 24 5 0 2 0 2 10 12 .289 .362 .422 .783 .314 35 4 0 0 1 2 1
6 Yrs 110 1398 1267 161 312 42 7 46 10 12 103 137 .246 .300 .399 .700 .243 506 28 0 16 12 12 20
162 Game Avg. 51 651 590 75 145 20 3 21 5 6 48 64 .246 .300 .399 .700 .243 236 13 0 7 6 6 9
MLB Averages .250 .318 .367 .685 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1968 21 NYY AL -2.0 -0.2 10 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .00 -0.2 -0.8 -3.2 -0.3 0.00 -3.5 0 0 1
1969 22 NYY AL -0.2 -0.0 19 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.05 -0.6 0 0 2
1970 23 TOT MLB 0.6 0.1 321 -1.0 4.2 -5.2 .85 0.2 -1.4 -1.4 -0.2 0.85 0.3 3 3 7
1970 23 NYY AL -2.6 -0.3 273 -0.8 3.9 -4.7 .90 -0.1 -0.8 -3.7 -0.4 0.90 -2.5 2 2 3
1970 23 SFG NL 3.3 0.3 48 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .57 0.3 -0.7 2.3 0.2 0.57 2.8 1 1 4
1971 24 SFG NL 11.6 1.3 764 -0.1 11.6 -11.7 .88 -0.0 -0.1 11.0 1.2 0.88 2.6 8 7 9
1972 25 TOT NL -21.8 -2.2 224 -2.4 2.5 -4.9 .91 -1.8 -0.9 -24.7 -2.4 0.91 -17.7 4 5 7
1972 25 SFG NL -14.6 -1.4 129 -1.9 1.5 -3.4 .97 -1.2 -0.8 -18.1 -1.7 0.97 -12.6 0 1 2
1972 25 STL NL -7.2 -0.8 95 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 .82 -0.6 0.0 -6.6 -0.7 0.82 -5.1 4 4 5
1974 27 CAL AL -0.1 -0.0 96 -0.8 0.8 -1.7 .65 -0.3 -1.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.65 -3.1 4 1 10
6 Yrs -11.8 -1.1 1434 -4.4 19.1 -23.5 .85 -2.1 -3.1 -20.8 -1.9 0.85 -22.0 19 16 36

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1970 23 TOT MLB 22 8 1 4 3 0 2 4 4 .500 0 3 1 0 4 50% 73 30 9 1 2 5 3.2 1.8 6.1
1970 23 NYY AL 15 8 1 4 3 0 2 4 4 .500 0 3 1 0 4 50% 49.8 73 30 8 1 2 5 3.2 1.8 6.1
1971 24 SFG NL 45 21 7 6 8 0 4 9 12 .429 2 4 5 2 13 62% 55.4 82 25 25 10 10 5 4.1 4.3 6.7
1972 25 TOT NL 23 7 0 5 2 0 0 1 6 .143 0 2 0 0 0 0% 33.6 41 25 19 11 3 4 4.4 3.3 3.7
1972 25 SFG NL 9 6 0 4 2 0 0 1 5 .167 0 2 0 0 0 0% 34.7 41 25 11 7 3 3 4.6 3.4 3.8
1972 25 STL NL 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 27 27 8 4 0 1 3.0 3.0 3.3
3 Yrs 83 36 8 15 13 0 6 14 22 .389 2 9 6 2 17 47% 50 82 25 52 22 15 14 3.9 3.6 6.0
MLB Averages .500 57% 53 109 -3 4.0 3.9 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1968 21 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .004 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1969 22 NYY AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .050 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1970 23 TOT MLB 22 14 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 4 27% .853 3 3 7 2 2 10 7 7 10 3 10 5 5.6
1970 23 NYY AL 15 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 17% 1 .900 2 2 3 1 2 4 3 4 5 1 5 3 6.6
1970 23 SFG NL 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 8 .570 1 1 4 1 0 6 4 3 5 2 5 2 4.7
1971 24 SFG NL 45 24 7 2 0 3 2 1 67% 4 1 17 10 59% 5 .882 8 7 9 6 3 15 10 14 13 6 13 4 5.5
1972 25 TOT NL 23 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 21 7 33% .907 4 5 7 2 2 12 11 5 5 9 6 1 3.9
1972 25 SFG NL 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 .968 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 2.3
1972 25 STL NL 14 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 19 6 32% 8 .824 4 4 5 2 2 9 9 4 4 7 5 1 4.2
1974 27 CAL AL 17 17 9 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 25 11 44% 8 .653 4 1 10 2 2 13 12 5 6 8 7 6 3.8
6 Yrs 110 74 29 7 1 4 2 2 50% 8 3 78 32 41% .846 19 16 36 12 9 53 40 34 37 26 39 16 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1968 21 NYY AL 10 30% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0% 20.0% 67% 4.00 70% 1 0 0%
1969 22 NYY AL 19 21% 0.0% 0.0% 21.1% 5.3% 33% 0.50 79% 6 0 0%
1970 23 TOT MLB 310 26% 2.9% 14.2% 6.1% 6.8% 31% 0.68 76% 66 3 5%
1970 23 NYY AL 266 26% 3.4% 14.3% 5.6% 7.5% 32% 0.72 76% 53 3 6%
1970 23 SFG NL 44 25% 0.0% 13.6% 9.1% 2.3% 17% 0.50 75% 13 0 0%
1971 24 SFG NL 750 26% 2.9% 8.7% 7.3% 6.3% 31% 0.90 80% 117 18 15%
1972 25 TOT NL 215 24% 5.6% 7.0% 6.5% 7.9% 28% 1.14 78% 48 3 6%
1972 25 SFG NL 124 13% 4.8% 6.5% 5.7% 8.1% 26% 1.20 81% 25 1 4%
1972 25 STL NL 91 38% 6.6% 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 30% 1.07 75% 23 2 9%
1974 27 CAL AL 94 34% 2.1% 12.8% 10.6% 7.5% 29% 1.32 74% 29 4 14%
6 Yrs 1398 26% 3.3% 9.8% 7.4% 6.8% 30% 0.90 78% 267 28 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.6% 8.7% 5.9% 27% 1.10 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1968 21 NYY AL 10 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 22 NYY AL 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 23 TOT MLB 310 68 9 0 5 8 1 3 6 20 11 5 55% 3 2 0 116 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1970 23 NYY AL 266 62 9 0 2 8 1 3 6 15 8 3 53% 2 1 0 97 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1970 23 SFG NL 44 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 60% 1 1 0 19 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1971 24 SFG NL 750 153 22 0 10 19 3 7 15 24 16 3 67% 9 4 0 243 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1972 25 TOT NL 215 61 12 0 5 9 3 5 7 12 9 1 75% 7 2 0 84 3 4 43% 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 0
1972 25 SFG NL 124 38 6 0 1 6 0 3 3 6 5 1 83% 7 1 0 51 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1972 25 STL NL 91 23 6 0 4 3 3 2 4 6 4 0 67% 0 1 0 33 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1974 27 CAL AL 94 24 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 14 8 2 57% 1 0 0 43 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
6 Yrs 1398 312 46 0 24 39 7 15 31 72 45 11 63% 20 8 0 499 10 12 45% 10 9 0 1 0 2 2 1 33 0
MLB Averages 49% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1968 21 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 40 2.000 13.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 40
1969 22 0 0 6.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 6 6 4 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 28 63 1.833 9.0 1.5 7.5 1.5 0.20 63
1970 23 5 4 .556 3.67 25 8 9 1 0 0 81.0 74 40 33 10 24 4 45 0 2 2 338 100 1.210 8.2 1.1 2.7 5.0 1.88 100
1971 24 14 10 .583 3.15 70 29 16 6 2 2 266.0 227 106 93 32 79 10 110 0 2 6 1088 111 1.150 7.7 1.1 2.7 3.7 1.39 111
1972 25 15 15 .500 3.83 93 36 20 6 2 2 312.2 288 152 133 44 93 10 125 0 3 8 1303 92 1.219 8.3 1.3 2.7 3.6 1.34 92
1973 26 15 15 .500 3.83 93 36 20 6 2 2 312.2 288 152 133 44 93 10 125 0 3 8 1303 92 1.219 8.3 1.3 2.7 3.6 1.34 92
1974 27 15 16 .484 3.82 110 36 29 6 2 2 334.1 312 161 142 46 103 12 137 0 3 8 1397 92 1.241 8.4 1.2 2.8 3.7 1.33 92

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1968 21 0 0 13.50 2.0 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 4.5 1
1969 22 0 0 9.00 3.0 4 3 3 0 5 0 0 3.000 12.0 15.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2
1970 23 4 4 .500 3.95 73.0 71 36 32 9 20 43 0 1.247 8.8 2.5 5.3 2.15 1.1 22
1971 24 11 8 .579 3.53 176.0 164 77 69 24 59 62 0 1.267 8.4 3.0 3.2 1.05 1.2 45
1972 25 1 4 .200 9.00 47.0 68 52 47 13 16 15 0 1.787 13.0 3.1 2.9 0.94 2.5 23
1974 27 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 27 12 11 2 11 10 0 2.000 12.8 5.2 4.7 0.91 0.9 17
6 Yrs 17 17 .500 4.64 320.0 338 183 165 49 112 131 0 1.406 9.5 3.7 1.17 1.4 110

* 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

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 NL  1.124 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL  7.443 (6th)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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