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Cannonball Titcomb

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Full Name: Ledell Titcomb Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 6"/157 First Game: May 5, 1886
Birthdate: August 21, 1866 Final Game: October 15, 1890
Birthplace: West Baldwin, Maine MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: June 8, 1950
Deathplace: Kingston, New Hampshire
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on August 21, 1866 in West Baldwin, Maine, Cannonball Titcomb (Ledell Titcomb) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, New York Gothams, New York Giants and Rochester Hop Bitters over the course of his 5 year career. Titcomb broke into the bigs on May 5, 1886 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 4.59 ERA in 96 innings pitched in 1887, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Cannonball Titcomb's best season was 1888, when he posted a 2.24 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 129 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
1886 PHI N 5 5 0 5 3.73 24 45 17 5 0 0 41 43 1 24 0 5 0
1887 PHI a 3 3 1 2 6.75 16 30 18 3 0 0 24 31 1 19 0 0 0
1887 NY N 9 9 4 3 3.88 34 50 31 9 0 0 72 68 3 37 0 3 1
1887 Total 12 12 5 5 4.59 50 80 49 12 0 0 96 99 4 56 0 3 1
1888 NY N 23 23 14 8 2.24 129 91 49 22 4 0 197 149 4 46 0 12 5
1889 NY N 3 3 1 2 6.58 7 26 19 3 0 0 26 27 1 16 0 0 2
1890 ROC a 20 19 10 9 3.74 73 123 70 19 1 0 168.2 168 6 97 0 14 12
Total NL 40 40 19 18 3.11 194 212 116 39 4 0 336 287 9 123 0 20 8
Total AA 23 22 11 11 4.11 89 153 88 22 1 0 192.2 199 7 116 0 14 12
Total 63 62 30 29 3.47 283 365 204 61 5 0 528.2 486 16 239 0 34 20

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1886 PHI N P 5 0 0 0 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .867
1887 PHI a P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1887 NY N P 9 0 0 0 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1887 Total P 12 0 0 0 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1888 NY N P 23 0 0 1 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .758
1888 NY N 3B 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1889 NY N P 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1890 ROC a 3B 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1890 ROC a P 20 0 0 5 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .818
1890 ROC a 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 63 0 0 7 71 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 .821
Total 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1886 PHI N 5 16 0 1 0 1 .063 .063 .063 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1887 PHI a 3 10 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1887 NY N 9 29 1 2 0 1 .069 .100 .069 0 0 1 9 0 0 1 0 0
1887 Total 12 39 1 2 0 1 .051 .119 .051 0 0 3 9 0 0 1 0 0
1888 NY N 23 82 6 10 0 5 .122 .133 .134 1 0 1 22 0 0 5 0 0
1889 NY N 3 12 2 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1890 ROC a 21 75 3 8 0 6 .107 .141 .133 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 40 139 9 14 0 7 .101 .113 .108 1 0 2 38 0 0 6 0 0
Total AA 24 85 3 8 0 6 .094 .144 .118 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 64 224 12 22 0 13 .098 .126 .112 1 1 7 38 0 0 6 0 0

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