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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:09AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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
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 85 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
4 Seasons 16 25 .390 3.13 123 36 66 19 0 8 477.0 444 247 166 2 178 167 17 0 15 1955 89 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 89 1.304 8.4 0.0 3.4 3.2 0.94

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1916 21 DET AL 150.1 14 71 70 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $
1917 22 DET AL 139.0 8 73 63 0 1.0 -10 -1.3 $
1918 23 DET AL 140.0 14 68 63 -5 1.0 -5 -0.4 $
1919 24 DET AL 47.2 0 36 25 -1 1.0 -11 -1.2 $
4 Seasons 477.0 36 248 221 -6 1.0 -27 -2.9 $

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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
1916 21 DET AL 35 50 41 7 11 2 2 0 3 0 0 8 12 .268 .388 .415 .802 137 17 0 1 1
1917 22 DET AL 44 39 34 5 6 0 0 1 3 0 3 13 .176 .243 .265 .508 55 9 0 2 1
1918 23 DET AL 56 132 112 11 25 4 1 0 2 2 16 34 .223 .320 .277 .597 83 31 0 4 1O
1919 24 DET AL 26 32 23 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 9 8 .217 .438 .217 .655 88 5 0 0 1/9
1921 26 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /O9
5 Seasons 162 253 210 27 47 6 3 1 13 2 0 36 67 .224 .337 .295 .633 91 62 0 7
162 Game Avg. 162 253 210 27 47 6 3 1 13 2 36 67 .224 .337 .295 .633 91 62 0 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1916 21 DET AL 50 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 0.7 7 0.8 -0.1 $ 1
1917 22 DET AL 39 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1918 23 DET AL 132 -3 0 0 0 -4 1 5 -1 -0.2 3 0.4 -0.6 $ 1O
1919 24 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1/9
4 Seasons 253 -3 0 0 0 -4 7 9 9 0.8 13 1.5 -0.7 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1916 DET AL 21 P 35 150.1 58 6 49 3 2 .948 3.29 1.57 .945 2.95 2.96
1917 DET AL 22 P 44 139.0 51 4 43 4 3 .922 3.04 1.07 .947 3.04 3.05
1918 DET AL 23 P 27 140.0 52 6 42 4 1 .923 3.09 1.78 .952 2.82 2.84
1918 DET AL 23 OF 20 19 18 0 1 0 .947 0.90 .962 2.26 0-2-18
1919 DET AL 24 P 17 0 0 47.2 21 2 16 3 0 .857 3.40 1.06 .948 2.83 2.83
1919 DET AL 24 RF 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.90
1921 DET AL 26 OF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.30
1921 DET AL 26 RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 2.00
4 Seasons P 123 0 0 477.0 182 18 150 14 6 .923 3.17 1.37 .948 2.93 2.95
2 Seasons OF 21 0 0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 0.90 .962 2.26 0-2-20
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .953 1.95
5 Seasons TOT 144 0 0 477.0 202 37 150 15 6 .926 3.17 1.30 .949 2.93 2.85 0-2-20
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 InkPitching - 9 (1531), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

  • August 12, 1915: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from Chattanooga (Southern Association).
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