Bert Cunningham

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Full Name: Ellsworth Elmer Cunningham	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 6"/147	First Game: September 15, 1887
Birthdate: November 25, 1865	Final Game: April 28, 1901
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: May 14, 1952
Deathplace: Wilmington, Delaware
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on November 25, 1865 in Wilmington, Delaware, Bert Cunningham (Ellsworth Elmer Cunningham) played for the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics, Buffalo Bisons, Louisville Colonels and Chicago Orphans over the course of his 12 year career. Cunningham broke into the bigs on September 15, 1887 with the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, and put up a 3.39 ERA in 453.1 innings pitched in 1888, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bert Cunningham's best season was 1888, when he posted a 3.39 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 186 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1887	BRO	a	3	3	0	2	5.09	8	22	13	3	0	0	23	26	0	13	0	0	4
1888	BAL	a	51	51	22	29	3.39	186	275	171	50	0	0	453.1	412	8	157	0	0	0
1889	BAL	a	39	33	16	19	4.87	140	245	151	29	0	1	279.1	306	11	141	0	20	0
1890	PHI	P	14	11	3	9	5.22	33	103	63	11	0	0	108.2	133	0	67	0	0	0
1890	BUF	P	25	25	9	15	5.84	78	190	137	24	2	0	211	251	8	134	0	34	10
1890	TOT	P	39	36	12	24	5.63	111	293	200	35	2	0	319.2	384	8	201	0	34	10
1891	BAL	a	30	25	11	14	4.01	59	181	106	21	0	0	237.2	241	8	138	0	20	0
1895	LOU	N	31	28	11	16	4.75	49	185	122	24	1	0	231	299	6	104	0	5	0
1896	LOU	N	27	20	7	14	5.09	37	168	107	17	0	1	189.1	242	6	74	0	5	0
1897	LOU	N	29	27	14	13	4.14	49	148	108	25	0	0	234.2	286	2	72	0	7	13
1898	LOU	N	44	42	28	15	3.16	34	174	127	41	0	0	362	387	8	65	0	3	20
1899	LOU	N	39	37	17	17	3.84	36	188	138	33	1	0	323.2	385	4	75	0	4	15
1900	CHI	N	8	7	4	3	4.36	7	53	31	7	0	0	64	84	0	21	0	1	4
1901	CHI	N	1	1	0	1	5.00	2	6	5	1	0	0	9	11	0	3	0	0	0
Total	PL		39	36	12	24	5.63	111	293	200	35	2	0	319.2	384	8	201	0	34	10
Total	NL		179	162	81	79	4.06	214	922	638	148	2	1	1413.2	1694	26	414	0	25	52
Total	AA		123	112	49	64	4.00	393	723	441	103	0	1	993.1	985	27	449	0	40	4
Total			341	310	142	167	4.22	718	1938	1279	286	4	2	2726.2	3063	61	1064	0	99	66

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1887	BRO	a	P	3	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1888	BAL	a	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1888	BAL	a	P	51	0	0	20	106	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.834
1889	BAL	a	SS	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1889	BAL	a	P	39	0	0	8	54	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.873
1889	BAL	a	OF	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1890	PHI	P	P	14	0	0	7	33	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.851
1890	PHI	P	OF	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1890	BUF	P	P	25	0	0	7	53	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.811
1890	BUF	P	OF	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1890	TOT	P	OF	4	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1890	TOT	P	P	39	0	0	14	86	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	.826
1890	TOT	P	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1891	BAL	a	OF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1891	BAL	a	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1891	BAL	a	P	30	0	0	11	69	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1895	LOU	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1895	LOU	N	P	31	0	0	19	56	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.882
1896	LOU	N	P	27	0	0	23	48	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.887
1896	LOU	N	SS	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1897	LOU	N	P	29	0	0	27	58	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.924
1897	LOU	N	OF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1898	LOU	N	P	44	0	0	29	81	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	.894
1899	LOU	N	SS	1	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1899	LOU	N	P	39	0	0	35	100	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1899	LOU	N	OF	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1900	CHI	N	P	8	0	0	8	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1901	CHI	N	P	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	15	0	0	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.700
Total			P	341	0	0	197	676	111	25	0	0	0	0	0	.887
Total			SS	4	0	0	6	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.765

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1887	BRO	a	3	8	3	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1888	BAL	a	51	177	17	33	1	9	.186	.217	.243	3	2	5	0	2	0	2	0	0
1889	BAL	a	41	131	10	27	0	18	.206	.241	.267	4	2	4	25	2	0	3	0	0
1890	PHI	P	15	52	6	6	0	3	.115	.148	.173	1	1	2	11	0	0	1	0	0
1890	BUF	P	28	101	11	23	0	11	.228	.271	.297	5	1	6	23	0	0	0	0	0
1890	TOT	P	43	153	17	29	0	14	.190	.230	.255	6	2	8	34	0	0	1	0	0
1891	BAL	a	31	100	17	15	1	11	.150	.248	.230	3	1	13	20	0	0	4	0	0
1895	LOU	N	32	100	14	30	0	13	.300	.358	.430	7	3	9	20	0	0	0	0	0
1896	LOU	N	29	88	11	22	2	15	.250	.290	.398	3	2	5	14	0	1	0	0	0
1897	LOU	N	31	93	13	22	2	10	.237	.253	.323	0	1	1	0	1	5	1	0	0
1898	LOU	N	44	140	21	32	1	16	.229	.280	.286	3	1	10	0	0	0	1	0	0
1899	LOU	N	44	154	17	40	2	17	.260	.283	.312	2	0	5	0	0	4	1	0	0
1900	CHI	N	8	27	5	4	0	1	.148	.207	.185	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
1901	CHI	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Total	PL		43	153	17	29	0	14	.190	.230	.255	6	2	8	34	0	0	1	0	0
Total	NL		189	603	81	150	7	72	.249	.289	.333	16	7	32	34	2	12	4	0	0
Total	AA		126	416	47	75	2	38	.180	.232	.243	10	5	24	45	4	0	9	0	0
Total			358	1172	145	254	9	124	.217	.261	.291	32	14	64	113	6	12	14	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Brooklyn Bridegrooms to Baltimore Orioles with John Harkins (@February, 1888).
Sold by Philadelphia Quakers to Buffalo Bisons for $600 (@July 15, 1890).
Traded by Louisville Colonels with Rube Waddell, Deacon Phillippe, Jack Wadsworth, Chief Zimmer, Tacks Latimer, Tom Messitt, Mike Kelley, Claude Ritchey, Tommy Leach, Fred Clarke and Honus Wagner to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jack Chesbro, Paddy Fox, John O'Brien, Art Madison and $25000 (December 8, 1899).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Orphans (March 9, 1900).

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