Candy Cummings

Full Name: William Arthur Cummings Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 5' 9"/120 First Game: April 22, 1872 Birthdate: October 18, 1848 Final Game: August 18, 1877 Birthplace: Ware, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 6 years Died: May 16, 1924 Deathplace: Toledo, Ohio Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939

Biography

Born on October 18, 1848 in Ware, Massachusetts, Candy Cummings (William Arthur Cummings) played for the New York Mutuals, Baltimore Canaries, Philadelphia White Stockings, Hartford Dark Blues and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 6 year career. Cummings broke into the bigs on April 22, 1872 with the New York Mutuals, and put up a 2.52 ERA in 497 innings pitched in 1872, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Candy Cummings's best season was 1875, when he posted a 1.60 ERA, won 35 games and struck out 82 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1872	MUT	n	55	55	33	20	2.52	45	347	139	53	3	0	497	604	2	31	0	14	0
1873	BAL	n	42	42	28	14	2.66	34	292	113	42	1	0	382	475	4	33	0	0	0
1874	PHI	n	54	54	28	26	2.87	61	386	154	52	3	0	483	616	4	18	0	3	0
1875	HAR	n	48	47	35	12	1.60	82	184	74	46	7	0	416	397	0	4	0	0	0
1876	HAR	N	24	24	16	8	1.67	26	97	40	24	5	0	216	215	0	14	0	7	0
1877	CIN	N	19	19	5	14	4.34	11	144	75	16	0	0	155.2	219	2	13	0	15	0
Total	NL		43	43	21	22	2.78	37	241	115	40	5	0	371.2	434	2	27	0	22	0
Total	NA		199	198	124	72	2.43	222	1209	480	193	14	0	1778	2092	10	86	0	17	0
Total			242	241	145	94	2.49	259	1450	595	233	19	0	2149.2	2526	12	113	0	39	0

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1872	MUT	n	LF	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1872	MUT	n	P	54	54	488	20	61	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1872	MUT	n	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1872	MUT	n	OF	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1873	BAL	n	P	42	0	0	20	41	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.792
1874	PHI	n	P	54	54	483	16	73	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.795
1874	PHI	n	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1874	PHI	n	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1875	HAR	n	P	48	0	0	28	85	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	.911
1875	HAR	n	OF	6	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571
1876	HAR	N	P	24	0	0	9	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1877	CIN	N	P	19	0	0	6	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.925
1877	CIN	N	OF	3	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
Total			OF	12	0	0	9	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.625
Total			P	241	108	971	99	318	64	10	0	0	0	0	0	.867
Total			LF	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1872	MUT	n	55	250	36	52	0	27	.208	.220	.268	9	3	4	14	0	0	0	0	1
1873	BAL	n	42	192	30	48	0	35	.250	.269	.276	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
1874	PHI	n	54	231	32	52	0	19	.225	.225	.260	4	2	0	12	0	0	1	0	0
1875	HAR	n	53	221	30	44	0	15	.199	.210	.249	7	2	3	11	0	0	1	0	0
1876	HAR	N	24	105	14	17	0	7	.162	.162	.190	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1877	CIN	N	19	70	6	14	0	4	.200	.243	.271	1	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		43	175	20	31	0	11	.177	.196	.223	4	2	4	9	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NA		204	894	128	196	0	96	.219	.230	.263	25	7	12	42	0	0	2	0	1
Total			247	1069	148	227	0	107	.212	.224	.256	29	9	16	51	0	0	2	0	1

Transactions

• Signed by Hartford Dark Blues (1876).
• Signed by Cincinnati Reds (1877).