Cannonball Titcomb
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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.
[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 | |
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| 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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