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Cupid Childs

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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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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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