Bert Cunningham
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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