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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[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.

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[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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