Cupid Childs

Full Name: Clarence Lemuel Childs	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/185	First Game: April 23, 1888
Birthdate: August 8, 1867	Final Game: July 8, 1901
Birthplace: Calvert County, Maryland	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: November 8, 1912
Deathplace: Baltimore, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Cupid Childs (Clarence Lemuel Childs) was born on August 8, 1867 in Calvert County, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on April 23, 1888 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1890, his rookie year, he hit .345 with 2 home runs and 89 RBI. Childs played for the Philadelphia Phillies, [[]], Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos and Chicago Orphans over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Cupid Childs's best season was 1890, when he stole 56 bases, hit for a .345 average and knocked in 89 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1888	PHI	N	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1890	SYR	a	126	493	109	170	2	89	.345	.434	.481	33	14	72	0	6	0	56
1891	CLE	N	141	551	120	155	2	83	.281	.395	.374	21	12	97	32	7	0	39
1892	CLE	N	145	558	136	177	3	53	.317	.443	.398	14	11	117	20	9	0	26
1893	CLE	N	124	485	145	158	3	65	.326	.463	.425	19	10	120	12	4	0	23
1894	CLE	N	118	479	143	169	2	52	.353	.475	.459	21	12	107	11	5	4	17
1895	CLE	N	119	462	96	133	4	90	.288	.393	.359	15	3	74	24	6	8	20
1896	CLE	N	132	498	106	177	1	106	.355	.467	.446	24	9	100	18	4	13	25
1897	CLE	N	114	444	105	150	1	61	.338	.435	.419	15	9	74	0	2	17	25
1898	CLE	N	110	413	90	119	1	31	.288	.395	.337	9	4	69	0	4	14	9
1899	STL	N	125	464	73	123	1	48	.265	.369	.343	11	11	74	0	2	13	11
1900	CHI	N	137	531	67	128	0	44	.241	.323	.286	14	5	57	0	7	20	15
1901	CHI	N	63	236	24	61	0	21	.258	.359	.297	9	0	30	0	7	1	3
Total	NL		1330	5125	1105	1550	18	654	.302	.414	.380	172	86	919	117	57	90	213
Total	AA		126	493	109	170	2	89	.345	.434	.481	33	14	72	0	6	0	56
Total			1456	5618	1214	1720	20	743	.306	.416	.389	205	100	991	117	63	90	269

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1888	PHI	N	2B	2	2	4	1	1	.857
1890	SYR	a	SS	1	3	2	1	0	.833
1890	SYR	a	2B	125	372	367	57	59	.928
1891	CLE	N	2B	141	371	455	82	54	.910
1892	CLE	N	2B	145	357	441	53	51	.938
1893	CLE	N	2B	123	348	424	62	56	.926
1894	CLE	N	2B	118	313	374	63	51	.916
1895	CLE	N	2B	119	337	394	63	42	.921
1896	CLE	N	2B	132	375	487	53	73	.942
1897	CLE	N	2B	114	319	384	42	42	.944
1898	CLE	N	2B	110	273	370	48	37	.931
1899	STL	N	2B	125	323	355	48	45	.934
1900	CHI	N	2B	137	323	431	52	57	.935
1901	CHI	N	2B	63	146	192	22	34	.939
Total			2B	1454	3859	4678	646	602	.930
Total			SS	1	3	2	1	0	.833

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with cash to Washington Senators in exchange for Gid Gardner (@May 1, 1888); Cupid Childs refused to report to Washington Senators; Gid Gardner returned to Washington Senators (@May 6, 1888).
Sold by Syracuse Stars to Boston Reds for $2000 (January 30, 1891).
Traded by Boston Reds to Cleveland Spiders in exchange for Paul Radford and Cub Stricker (@February 10, 1891).
Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Frank Bates, Harry Blake, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy Burke, Lou Criger, Nig Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Ossee Schreckengost, Patsy Tebeau, Bobby Wallace and Zeke Wilson (March 29, 1899).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Orphans (March, 1900).

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