George Cunningham

George Harold Cunningham

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 13, 1894 in Sturgeon Lake, MN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1916
Team: Tigers 1916-1921

Final Game: May 2, 1921
Died: March 10, 1972 in Chattanooga, TN
Buried: Chattanooga Memorial Park, Chattanooga, TN
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1915	20	CNG	A	24	12	.667		46						326.0	250	120			109							1.101	6.9		3.0			CNG · SOUA
1916	21	DET	AL	7	10	.412	2.75	35	14	14	5	0	2	150.1	146	71	46	0	74	68	3	0	7	619	104	1.463	8.7	0.0	4.4	4.1	0.92
1917	22	DET	AL	2	7	.222	2.91	44	8	25	4	0	4	139.0	113	72	45	2	51	49	4	0	4	553	91	1.180	7.3	0.1	3.3	3.2	0.96
1918	23	DET	AL	6	7	.462	3.15	27	14	12	10	0	1	140.0	131	68	49	0	38	39	5	0	2	578	84	1.207	8.4	*0.0*	2.4	2.5	1.03
1919	24	DET	AL	1	1	.500	4.91	17	0	15	0	0	1	47.2	54	36	26	0	15	11	5	0	2	205	66	1.448	10.2	0.0	2.8	2.1	0.73
1923	28	CNG	A	14	15	.483	4.52	36						219.0	249	150	110		85							1.525	10.2		3.5			CNG · SOUA
1924	29	CNG	A	17	13	.567	3.22	37						263.0	264	122	94		68							1.262	9.0		2.3			CNG · SOUA
1925	30	CNG	A	16	15	.516	3.73	39						280.0	291	146	116		75							1.307	9.4		2.4			CNG · SOUA
1926	31	CNG,BIR	A	9	7	.563	5.05	29						123.0	156	79	69		52							1.691	11.4		3.8			CNG,BIR · SOUA
1927	32	CNG,BIR	A	15	5	.750	3.70	35						180.0	177	86	74		60							1.317	8.8		3.0			CNG,BIR · SOUA
4 Yrs				16	25	.390	3.13	123	36	66	19	0	8	477.0	444	247	166	2	178	167	17	0	15	1955	88	1.304	8.4	0.0	3.4	3.2	0.94
162 Game Avg.				7	11	.390	3.13	53	15	28	8	0	3	204	190	106	71	1	76	71	7	0	6	836	88	1.304	8.4	0.0	3.4	3.2	0.94

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1916	21	DET	AL	150.1	35	14	71	4.25	3.59	-0.03	101.0	3.66	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	0.1	4	.467	.493	$
1917	22	DET	AL	139.0	44	8	72	4.66	3.58	-0.01	99.0	3.55	-17	-2.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-5	.454	.487	$
1918	23	DET	AL	140.0	27	14	68	4.37	3.61	-0.45	95.3	3.87	-8	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.1	2	.463	.494	$
1919	24	DET	AL	48.2	17	0	36	6.66	4.10	-0.22	98.6	4.26	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-9	.418	.491	$
4 Seasons				478.0	123	36	247	4.65	3.64	-0.17	98.5	3.75	-49	-5.6	1.0	-0.4	-1.7	-8	.455	.491	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	23	DET	AL	582	0.0%	6.7%	6.5%	2.6%	12%	82%
1919	24	DET	AL	209	0.0%	5.3%	7.2%			83%
2 Yrs				791	0.0%	6.3%	6.7%	1.9%	8%	82%
MLB Averages					0.6%	7.7%	7.3%	2.7%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1916	21	7	10	.412	2.75	35	14	14	5	2	150.1	146	71	46	0	74	68	3	7	619	104	1.463	8.7	0.0	4.4	4.1	0.92	104
1917	22	9	17	.346	2.83	79	22	39	9	6	289.1	259	143	91	2	125	117	7	11	1172	97	1.327	8.1	0.1	3.9	3.6	0.94	97
1918	23	15	24	.385	2.93	106	36	51	19	7	429.1	390	211	140	2	163	156	12	13	1750	93	1.288	8.2	0.0	3.4	3.3	0.96	93
1919	24	16	25	.390	3.13	123	36	66	19	8	477.0	444	247	166	2	178	167	17	15	1955	88	1.304	8.4	0.0	3.4	3.2	0.94	88

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
1916	21	7	7	.500	3.95	130.0	165	63	57	0	84	59	3	1.915	11.4	5.8	4.1	0.70	0.0	35
1917	22	7	7	.500	4.11	127.0	130	64	58	2	59	45	5	1.488	9.2	4.2	3.2	0.76	0.1	44
1918	23	8	10	.444	4.44	162.0	189	89	80	0	55	45	7	1.506	10.5	3.1	2.5	0.82	0.0	27
1919	24	1	4	.200	6.06	49.0	66	37	33	0	18	11	6	1.714	12.1	3.3	2.0	0.61	0.0	17
4 Yrs		23	28	.451	4.38	468.0	550	253	228	2	216	160	21	1.637	10.6		3.1	0.74	0.0	123

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1918 AL 2.443 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1917 AL 44 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1917 AL 4 (5th) 1919 AL 1 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1918 AL 0.000 (1st)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1916 AL 7 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1917 AL 25 (2nd) 1918 AL 12 (7th) 1919 AL 15 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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