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Candy Cummings

William Arthur Cummings

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 120 lb.

Born: October 18, 1848 in Ware, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1872
Teams (by GP): DarkBlues/Mutuals/Whites/Canaries/Reds 1872-1877

Final Game: August 18, 1877
Died: May 16, 1924 in Toledo, OH
Buried: Aspen Grove Cemetery, Ware, MA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Pioneer/Executive in 1939.
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Hall of Fame

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
1872 23 NYU NA 33 20 .623 3.01 55 55 0 53 3 0 497.0 604 347 166 2 31 45 0 15 2251 108 1.278 10.9 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.45
1873 24 BAL NA 28 14 .667 2.80 42 42 0 42 1 0 382.0 475 292 119 4 33 34 0 10 1768 124 1.330 11.2 0.1 0.8 0.8 1.03
1874 25 PHI NA 28 26 .519 1.96 54 54 1 52 3 0 483.0 616 386 105 4 18 61 3 2246 112 1.313 11.5 0.1 0.3 1.1 3.39
1875 26 HAR NA 35 12 .745 1.60 48 47 1 46 7 0 416.0 397 184 74 0 4 82 0 17 1696 146 0.964 8.6 0.0 0.1 1.8 20.50
1876 27 HAR NL 16 8 .667 1.67 24 24 0 24 5 0 216.0 215 97 40 0 14 26 7 913 144 1.060 9.0 0.0 0.6 1.1 1.86
1877 28 CIN NL 5 14 .263 4.34 19 19 0 16 0 0 155.2 219 144 75 2 13 11 15 709 62 1.490 12.7 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.85
6 Yrs 145 94 .607 2.42 242 241 2 233 19 0 2149.2 2526 1450 579 12 113 259 0 67 9583 113 1.228 10.6 0.1 *0.5* 1.1 2.29
162 Game Avg. 20 13 .607 2.42 34 34 0 33 3 0 303 356 204 82 2 16 36 0 9 1349 113 1.228 10.6 0.1 0.5 1.1 2.29
CIN (1 yr) 5 14 .263 4.34 19 19 0 16 0 0 155.2 219 144 75 2 13 11 15 709 62 1.490 12.7 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.85
PHI (1 yr) 28 26 .519 1.96 54 54 1 52 3 0 483.0 616 386 105 4 18 61 3 2246 112 1.313 11.5 0.1 0.3 1.1 3.39
NYU (1 yr) 33 20 .623 3.01 55 55 0 53 3 0 497.0 604 347 166 2 31 45 0 15 2251 108 1.278 10.9 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.45
HAR (1 yr) 35 12 .745 1.60 48 47 1 46 7 0 416.0 397 184 74 0 4 82 0 17 1696 146 0.964 8.6 0.0 0.1 1.8 20.50
HAR (1 yr) 16 8 .667 1.67 24 24 0 24 5 0 216.0 215 97 40 0 14 26 7 913 144 1.060 9.0 0.0 0.6 1.1 1.86
BAL (1 yr) 28 14 .667 2.80 42 42 0 42 1 0 382.0 475 292 119 4 33 34 0 10 1768 124 1.330 11.2 0.1 0.8 0.8 1.03
NA (4 yrs) 124 72 .633 2.35 199 198 2 193 14 0 1778.0 2092 1209 464 10 86 222 0 45 7961 119 1.225 10.6 0.1 0.4 1.1 2.58
NL (2 yrs) 21 22 .488 2.78 43 43 0 40 5 0 371.2 434 241 115 2 27 37 22 1622 90 1.240 10.5 0.0 0.7 0.9 1.37

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
1872 23 NYU NA 497.0 55 55 347 6.28 9.25 0.63 0.00 89.0 7.67 80 5.2 -1.2 10.7 112 .595 .532 $
1873 24 BAL NA 382.0 42 42 292 6.88 8.61 0.27 0.00 102.0 8.50 72 4.9 -0.7 8.6 99 .617 .530 $1,800
1874 25 PHI NA 483.0 54 54 386 7.19 7.37 -0.41 0.00 100.0 7.79 35 2.6 -0.5 6.9 67 .548 .516 $
1875 26 HAR NA 416.0 48 47 184 3.98 6.09 0.40 0.00 105.0 5.97 97 9.3 1.0 -0.8 14.0 121 .694 .557 $
1876 27 HAR NL 216.0 24 24 97 4.04 5.85 0.76 0.00 104.0 5.29 29 2.7 -0.4 4.2 42 .613 .517 $
1877 28 CIN NL 155.2 19 19 144 8.33 5.79 -0.98 0.00 95.0 6.43 -32 -2.6 -0.2 -1.5 -25 .361 .484 $
6 Seasons 2149.2 242 241 1450 6.07 7.51 0.19 0.00 98.8 7.19 279 22.1 1.0 -3.7 42.9 416 .592 .523 $1,800
CIN (1 yr) 155.2 19 19 144 8.33 5.79 -0.98 0.00 95.0 6.43 -32 -2.6 -0.2 -1.5 -25 .361 .484 $
PHI (1 yr) 483.0 54 54 386 7.19 7.37 -0.41 0.00 100.0 7.79 35 2.6 -0.5 6.9 67 .548 .516 $
NYU (1 yr) 497.0 55 55 347 6.28 9.25 0.63 0.00 89.0 7.67 80 5.2 -1.2 10.7 112 .595 .532 $
HAR (1 yr) 416.0 48 47 184 3.98 6.09 0.40 0.00 105.0 5.97 97 9.3 1.0 -0.8 14.0 121 .694 .557 $
HAR (1 yr) 216.0 24 24 97 4.04 5.85 0.76 0.00 104.0 5.29 29 2.7 -0.4 4.2 42 .613 .517 $
BAL (1 yr) 382.0 42 42 292 6.88 8.61 0.27 0.00 102.0 8.50 72 4.9 -0.7 8.6 99 .617 .530 $1,800

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+
1872 23 33 20 .623 3.01 55 55 0 53 3 0 497.0 604 347 166 2 31 45 0 15 2251 108 1.278 10.9 0.0 0.6 0.8 1.45 108
1873 24 61 34 .642 2.92 97 97 0 95 4 0 879.0 1079 639 285 6 64 79 0 25 4019 115 1.300 11.0 0.1 0.7 0.8 1.23 115
1874 25 89 60 .597 2.58 151 151 1 147 7 0 1362.0 1695 1025 390 10 82 140 0 28 6265 114 1.305 11.2 0.1 0.5 0.9 1.71 114
1875 26 124 72 .633 2.35 199 198 2 193 14 0 1778.0 2092 1209 464 10 86 222 0 45 7961 119 1.225 10.6 0.1 0.4 1.1 2.58 119
1876 27 140 80 .636 2.27 223 222 2 217 19 0 1994.0 2307 1306 504 10 100 248 0 52 8874 121 1.207 10.4 0.0 0.5 1.1 2.48 121
1877 28 145 94 .607 2.42 242 241 2 233 19 0 2149.2 2526 1450 579 12 113 259 0 67 9583 113 1.228 10.6 0.1 0.5 1.1 2.29 113

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
1872 23 291 33 .898 1.34 2923.0 2169 484 436 7 111 265 0 0.780 6.7 0.3 0.8 2.39 0.0 55
1873 24 179 13 .932 1.09 1737.0 1215 234 211 10 84 155 0 0.748 6.3 0.4 0.8 1.85 0.1 42
1874 25 171 10 .945 0.96 1636.0 1325 193 174 9 39 207 0 0.834 7.3 0.2 1.1 5.31 0.0 54
1875 26 145 9 .942 1.01 1389.0 1007 173 156 0 10 274 0 0.732 6.5 0.1 1.8 27.40 0.0 48
1876 27 61 5 .924 1.09 596.0 456 80 72 0 30 72 0 0.815 6.9 0.5 1.1 2.40 0.0 24
1877 28 29 20 .592 3.33 449.0 535 184 166 5 32 32 0 1.263 10.7 0.6 0.6 1.00 0.1 19
6 Yrs 876 90 .907 1.25 8730.0 6707 1348 1215 31 306 1005 0 0.803 6.9 1.0 3.28 0.0 242

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ()
1939 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1939
by Old Timers Committee

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1872 NA  10.2 (2nd)
1873 NA  8.7 (3rd)
1874 NA  6.6 (3rd)
1875 NA  13.4 (2nd)
1876 NL  3.4 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1872 NA  10.7 (2nd)
1873 NA  8.6 (4th)
1874 NA  6.9 (4th)
1875 NA  14.0 (2nd)
1876 NL  4.2 (5th)
Career  42.9 (118th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1872 NA  3.01 (5th)
1873 NA  2.80 (3rd)
1874 NA  1.96 (4th)
1875 NA  1.60 (6th)
1876 NL  1.67 (3rd)
1877 NL  4.34 (10th)
Career  2.42 (31st)

Wins s c a p y
1872 NA  33 (2nd)
1873 NA  28 (4th)
1874 NA  28 (4th)
1875 NA  35 (3rd)
1876 NL  16 (7th)
1877 NL  5 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1872 NA  .623 (4th)
1873 NA  .667 (3rd)
1874 NA  .519 (4th)
1875 NA  .745 (4th)
1876 NL  .667 (6th)
1877 NL  .263 (9th)
Career  .607 (98th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1872 NA  1.278 (5th)
1873 NA  1.330 (4th)
1874 NA  1.313 (5th)
1875 NA  0.964 (4th)
1876 NL  1.060 (4th)
1877 NL  1.490 (9th)
Career  1.228 (205th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1872 NA  10.938 (6th)
1873 NA  11.191 (4th)
1874 NA  11.478 (7th)
1875 NA  8.589 (4th)
1876 NL  8.958 (4th)
1877 NL  12.662 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1872 NA  0.561 (6th)
1873 NA  0.778 (6th)
1874 NA  0.335 (3rd)
1875 NA  0.087 (1st)
1876 NL  0.583 (8th)
1877 NL  0.752 (3rd)
Career  0.473 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1872 NA  0.815 (5th)
1873 NA  0.801 (4th)
1874 NA  1.137 (2nd)
1875 NA  1.774 (3rd)
1876 NL  1.083 (7th)
1877 NL  0.636 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1872 NA  55 (1st)
1873 NA  42 (6th)
1874 NA  54 (6th)
1875 NA  48 (6th)
1877 NL  19 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1872 NA  497.0 (1st)
1873 NA  382.0 (6th)
1874 NA  483.0 (6th)
1875 NA  416.0 (6th)
1877 NL  155.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1872 NA  45 (2nd)
1873 NA  34 (3rd)
1874 NA  61 (2nd)
1875 NA  82 (1st)
1876 NL  26 (8th)
1877 NL  11 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1872 NA  55 (1st)
1873 NA  42 (6th)
1874 NA  54 (6th)
1875 NA  47 (6th)
1876 NL  24 (9th)
1877 NL  19 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1872 NA  53 (1st)
1873 NA  42 (5th)
1874 NA  52 (6th)
1875 NA  46 (6th)
1876 NL  24 (8th)
1877 NL  16 (7th)
Career  233 (97th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1872 NA  3 (1st)
1873 NA  1 (3rd)
1874 NA  3 (3rd)
1875 NA  7 (1st)
1876 NL  5 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1872 NA  2 (9th)
1873 NA  4 (6th)
1874 NA  4 (3rd)
1877 NL  2 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1872 NA  31 (2nd)
1873 NA  33 (6th)
1874 NA  18 (6th)
1876 NL  14 (10th)
1877 NL  13 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1872 NA  604 (1st)
1873 NA  475 (6th)
1874 NA  616 (4th)
1875 NA  397 (6th)
1877 NL  219 (6th)
Career  2,526 (219th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1872 NA  1.452 (5th)
1873 NA  1.030 (4th)
1874 NA  3.389 (2nd)
1875 NA  20.500 (1st)
1876 NL  1.857 (6th)
1877 NL  0.846 (10th)
Career  2.292 (157th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1872 NA  0.036 (3rd)
1873 NA  0.094 (5th)
1874 NA  0.075 (7th)
1875 NA  0.000 (1st)
1876 NL  0.000 (1st)
1877 NL  0.116 (10th)
Career  0.050 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1872 NA  20 (2nd)
1873 NA  14 (7th)
1874 NA  26 (3rd)
1877 NL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1872 NA  166 (2nd)
1873 NA  119 (7th)
1874 NA  105 (5th)
1875 NA  74 (8th)
1877 NL  75 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1872 NA  15 (5th)
1873 NA  10 (5th)
1874 NA  3 (9th)
1875 NA  17 (6th)
1876 NL  7 (8th)
1877 NL  15 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1872 NA  2,251 (1st)
1873 NA  1,768 (6th)
1874 NA  2,246 (5th)
1875 NA  1,696 (6th)
1877 NL  709 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1874 NA  1 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1872 NA  112 (6th)
1873 NA  124 (3rd)
1874 NA  113 (3rd)
1875 NA  145 (4th)
1876 NL  147 (3rd)
Career  113 (242nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1872 NA  38 (2nd)
1873 NA  32 (3rd)
1874 NA  10 (4th)
1875 NA  35 (2nd)
1876 NL  19 (5th)
Career  98 (247th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1872 NA  2.7 (2nd)
1873 NA  2.3 (3rd)
1874 NA  0.8 (4th)
1875 NA  3.1 (2nd)
1876 NL  1.7 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 15 (149), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 157 (87), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 88 (133), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 33 (119), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Hooks Wiltse (875)
  7. Addie Joss (873) *
  8. Fred Toney (870)
  9. Dave Foutz (866)
  10. Bill Bernhard (861)
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  6. Dick McBride (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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