John Cummings
John Russell Cummings
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 10, 1969 in Torrance, CA
High School: Canyon (Anaheim, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 8th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1993
Final Game: June 5, 1997
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Standard Pitching

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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
1993 24 SEA AL 0 6 .000 6.02 10 8 0 1 0 0 46.1 59 34 31 6 16 2 19 2 1 1 207 73 1.619 11.5 1.2 3.1 3.7 1.19
1994 25 SEA AL 2 4 .333 5.62 17 8 2 0 0 0 64.0 66 43 40 7 37 2 33 0 1 3 285 87 1.609 9.3 1.0 5.2 4.6 0.89
1995 26 TOT MLB 3 1 .750 4.06 39 0 11 0 0 0 44.1 46 24 20 3 17 6 25 0 1 5 195 97 1.421 9.3 0.6 3.5 5.1 1.47
1995 26 SEA AL 0 0 11.81 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 8 7 0 7 2 4 0 1 4 30 40 2.813 13.5 0.0 11.8 6.8 0.57
1995 26 LAD NL 3 1 .750 3.00 35 0 11 0 0 0 39.0 38 16 13 3 10 4 21 0 0 1 165 127 1.231 8.8 0.7 2.3 4.8 2.10
1996 27 TOT MLB 3 4 .429 5.35 25 0 8 0 0 0 37.0 48 27 22 4 22 4 29 2 0 1 182 92 1.892 11.7 1.0 5.4 7.1 1.32
1996 27 LAD NL 0 1 .000 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 12 7 4 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 30 58 2.625 20.3 1.7 3.4 8.4 2.50
1996 27 DET AL 3 3 .500 5.12 21 0 7 0 0 0 31.2 36 20 18 3 20 3 24 2 0 1 152 100 1.768 10.2 0.9 5.7 6.8 1.20
1997 28 DET AL 2 0 1.000 5.47 19 0 2 0 0 0 24.2 32 22 15 3 14 1 8 0 0 3 119 84 1.865 11.7 1.1 5.1 2.9 0.57
5 Seasons 10 15 .400 5.33 110 16 23 1 0 0 216.1 251 150 128 23 106 15 114 4 3 13 988 86 1.650 10.4 1.0 4.4 4.7 1.08
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .400 5.33 59 9 12 1 0 0 117 135 81 69 12 57 8 62 2 2 7 533 86 1.650 10.4 1.0 4.4 4.7 1.08
SEA (3 yrs) 2 10 .167 6.07 31 16 2 1 0 0 115.2 133 85 78 13 60 6 56 2 3 8 522 78 1.669 10.3 1.0 4.7 4.4 0.93
LAD (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.45 39 0 12 0 0 0 44.1 50 23 17 4 12 5 26 0 0 1 195 111 1.398 10.2 0.8 2.4 5.3 2.17
DET (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 5.27 40 0 9 0 0 0 56.1 68 42 33 6 34 4 32 2 0 4 271 92 1.811 10.9 1.0 5.4 5.1 0.94
AL (5 yrs) 7 13 .350 5.81 71 16 11 1 0 0 172.0 201 127 111 19 94 10 88 4 3 12 793 82 1.715 10.5 1.0 4.9 4.6 0.94
NL (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.45 39 0 12 0 0 0 44.1 50 23 17 4 12 5 26 0 0 1 195 111 1.398 10.2 0.8 2.4 5.3 2.17

Postseason Pitching

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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
1995 26 LAD NL NLDS L CIN 0 0 20.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 3 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 9 3.750 20.3 0.0 13.5 20.3 1.50
1 NLDS 0 0 20.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 3 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 9 3.750 20.3 0.0 13.5 20.3 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1993 24 SEA AL 10 207 187 34 59 7 0 6 2 4 16 19 .316 .372 .449 .821 .323 84 6 2 0 2 2
1994 25 SEA AL 17 285 244 43 66 10 0 7 3 2 37 33 .270 .363 .398 .760 .285 97 8 0 1 3 2
1995 26 LAD NL 35 165 152 16 38 9 0 3 2 0 10 21 .250 .294 .368 .663 .271 56 1 0 2 1 4
1995 26 SEA AL 4 30 20 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 7 4 .400 .517 .500 1.017 .444 10 1 0 1 2 2
1995 26 TOT MLB 39 195 172 24 46 11 0 3 2 0 17 25 .267 .328 .384 .712 .293 66 2 0 3 3 6
1996 27 DET AL 21 152 127 20 36 5 0 3 5 0 20 24 .283 .387 .394 .780 .327 50 2 2 2 1 3
1996 27 LAD NL 4 30 26 7 12 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .462 .483 .577 1.060 .524 15 0 0 1 1 1
1996 27 TOT MLB 25 182 153 27 48 5 0 4 5 0 22 29 .314 .402 .425 .827 .361 65 2 2 3 2 4
1997 28 DET AL 19 119 103 22 32 3 2 3 5 1 14 8 .311 .393 .466 .859 .315 48 1 0 2 0 1
5 Seasons 110 988 859 150 251 36 2 23 17 7 106 114 .292 .369 .419 .788 .311 360 19 4 9 10 15
162 Game Avg. 59 533 464 81 135 19 1 12 9 4 57 62 .292 .369 .419 .788 .311 194 10 2 5 5 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1993 24 SEA AL 10 8 0 6 2 0 2 0 8 .000 0 0 1 0 2 25% 44 58 25 10 4 0 3 3.0 2.0 5.3 86 3 3 1 1 132
1994 25 SEA AL 17 8 1 4 3 1 0 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 1 13% 43 57 25 19 9 0 7 4.4 4.1 5.2 82 4 2 2 0 110
2 Seasons 27 16 1 10 5 1 2 3 13 .188 0 1 1 0 3 19% 44 58 25 29 13 0 10 3.7 3.1 5.3 84 7 5 3 1 132
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1993 24 SEA AL 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.982 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 5.5 36
1994 25 SEA AL 17 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 4 0.845 0 2 7 0 1 8 5 4 7 1 8 1 7.6 40
1995 26 TOT MLB 39 39 11 3 1 1 0 1 0% 7 6 30 6 20% 0.810 13 11 15 7 9 23 15 24 12 14 16 11 3.4 17
1995 26 SEA AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 5 0.528 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 4.0 27
1995 26 LAD NL 35 35 11 3 1 1 0 1 0% 7 6 25 6 24% 7 0.861 12 10 13 7 9 19 13 22 10 13 14 11 3.3 15
1996 27 TOT MLB 25 25 8 3 4 1 0 1 0% 2 1 33 16 48% 1.064 9 7 9 6 3 16 16 9 15 7 18 4 4.4 27
1996 27 LAD NL 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 8 0.689 1 0 3 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 4 1 4.0 24
1996 27 DET AL 21 21 7 3 3 1 0 1 0% 2 1 28 13 46% 6 1.138 8 7 6 6 3 12 14 7 13 7 14 3 4.5 27
1997 28 DET AL 19 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 19 5 26% 6 0.814 6 7 6 5 2 12 10 9 8 7 11 4 3.9 23
5 Seasons 110 94 23 9 5 2 0 2 0% 14 11 89 29 33% 0.903 28 27 39 18 15 61 46 48 43 30 54 20 4.2 23

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1993 24 SEA AL 207 78% 2.9% 9.2% 7.7% 6.3% 22% 0.94 1.32 79% 21% 7.4% 6% 55 6 11%
1994 25 SEA AL 285 73% 2.5% 11.6% 13.0% 6.0% 26% 0.98 1.31 73% 21% 7.4% 13% 75 8 11%
1995 26 TOT MLB 195 67% 1.5% 12.8% 8.7% 7.2% 30% 0.62 0.74 75% 29% 3.7% 10% 36 2 6%
1995 26 SEA AL 30 83% 0.0% 13.3% 23.3% 6.7% 25% 0.38 0.50 60% 32% 0.0% 8% 8 1 13%
1995 26 LAD NL 165 64% 1.8% 12.7% 6.1% 7.3% 32% 0.65 0.78 78% 28% 4.3% 10% 28 1 4%
1996 27 TOT MLB 182 69% 2.2% 15.9% 12.1% 5.0% 19% 0.74 0.91 67% 22% 6.3% 9% 41 2 5%
1996 27 LAD NL 30 77% 3.3% 16.7% 6.7% 3.3% 8% 0.69 0.57 70% 26% 7.7% 0% 9 0 0%
1996 27 DET AL 152 67% 2.0% 15.8% 13.2% 5.3% 22% 0.75 0.97 66% 22% 5.9% 11% 32 2 6%
1997 28 DET AL 119 61% 2.5% 6.7% 11.8% 6.7% 25% 0.90 1.50 77% 27% 6.3% 4% 22 1 5%
5 Seasons 988 70% 2.3% 11.5% 10.7% 6.2% 24% 0.84 1.12 74% 24% 6.2% 9% 229 19 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1993 24 SEA AL 207 756 3.65 448 59% 22% 14% 26% 38% 78% 1% 46% 82% 52% 7% 15 9 13% 27 15 2 5% 1 4 0 0 0
1994 25 SEA AL 285 1019 3.58 586 58% 23% 14% 26% 37% 77% 2% 44% 81% 53% 8% 22 9 14% 39 22 3 18% 6 11 0 0 0
1995 26 TOT MLB 192 629 3.28 389 62% 24% 14% 23% 39% 76% 8% 47% 81% 58% 7% 13 6 17% 33 23 2 24% 8 1 3 0 0
1995 26 SEA AL 30 109 3.63 55 50% 29% 18% 18% 35% 71% 9% 36% 74% 43% 13% 4 2 10% 3 2 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0
1995 26 LAD NL 162 520 3.21 334 64% 23% 14% 24% 39% 77% 8% 49% 82% 61% 6% 9 4 19% 30 21 2 24% 7 1 3 0 0
1996 27 TOT MLB 182 664 3.65 404 61% 25% 11% 32% 32% 75% 6% 46% 85% 60% 6% 11 3 15% 28 14 0 21% 7 4 0 0 0
1996 27 LAD NL 30 96 3.20 63 66% 22% 13% 29% 37% 78% 12% 51% 84% 70% 3% 1 0 20% 6 3 0 60% 1 0 0 0 0
1996 27 DET AL 152 568 3.74 341 60% 25% 11% 33% 31% 75% 5% 45% 85% 59% 7% 10 3 14% 22 11 0 13% 6 4 0 0 0
1997 28 DET AL 119 439 3.69 261 59% 28% 10% 25% 37% 72% 1% 43% 87% 55% 3% 4 1 13% 15 6 2 38% 1 3 0 0 0
5 Seasons 985 3507 3.56 2088 60% 24% 13% 27% 36% 76% 3% 45% 83% 55% 7% 65 28 14% 142 80 9 19% 23 23 3 0 0
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Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1993 24 SEA AL 207 59 6 1 6 0 3 4 2 4 2 10 8 0 80% 3 1 1 88 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
1994 25 SEA AL 285 66 7 0 7 0 9 6 1 3 4 21 12 1 57% 2 3 2 111 3 2 60% 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
1995 26 TOT MLB 195 46 6 2 3 1 10 2 1 1 2 14 5 2 36% 2 5 1 71 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1995 26 SEA AL 30 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 43% 1 4 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1995 26 LAD NL 165 38 5 2 3 1 7 2 1 1 2 7 2 1 29% 1 1 0 56 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1996 27 TOT MLB 182 48 7 2 4 0 12 4 0 3 1 15 8 1 53% 3 1 0 85 5 0 100% 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
1996 27 LAD NL 30 12 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 27 DET AL 152 36 4 2 3 0 10 3 0 3 0 13 7 1 54% 2 1 0 69 5 0 100% 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
1997 28 DET AL 119 32 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 4 1 0 25% 3 3 0 51 5 1 83% 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
5 Seasons 988 251 29 5 23 1 37 19 4 13 10 64 34 4 53% 13 13 4 406 17 7 71% 13 5 3 1 1 1 3 1 35 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1993 24 0 6 .000 6.02 10 8 0 1 0 0 46.1 59 34 31 6 16 2 19 2 1 1 207 73 1.619 11.5 1.2 3.1 3.7 1.19 73
1994 25 2 10 .167 5.79 27 16 2 1 0 0 110.1 125 77 71 13 53 4 52 2 2 4 492 81 1.613 10.2 1.1 4.3 4.2 0.98 81
1995 26 5 11 .313 5.30 66 16 13 1 0 0 154.2 171 101 91 16 70 10 77 2 3 9 687 85 1.558 10.0 0.9 4.1 4.5 1.10 85
1996 27 8 15 .348 5.31 91 16 21 1 0 0 191.2 219 128 113 20 92 14 106 4 3 10 869 86 1.623 10.3 0.9 4.3 5.0 1.15 86
1997 28 10 15 .400 5.33 110 16 23 1 0 0 216.1 251 150 128 23 106 15 114 4 3 13 988 86 1.650 10.4 1.0 4.4 4.7 1.08 86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1993 24 1 3 .250 6.14 44.0 58 33 30 6 16 18 2 1.682 11.9 3.3 3.7 1.13 1.2 10
1994 25 3 6 .333 5.06 89.0 88 56 50 9 49 46 0 1.539 8.9 5.0 4.7 0.94 0.9 17
1995 26 2 3 .400 4.22 49.0 53 26 23 3 20 28 0 1.490 9.7 3.7 5.1 1.40 0.6 39
1996 27 2 2 .500 4.74 38.0 46 22 20 4 21 30 2 1.763 10.9 5.0 7.1 1.43 0.9 25
1997 28 1 1 .500 5.04 25.0 31 16 14 3 14 8 0 1.800 11.2 5.0 2.9 0.57 1.1 19
5 Seasons 9 15 .375 5.03 245.0 276 153 137 25 120 130 4 1.616 10.1 4.8 1.08 0.9 110

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