George Cunningham
[edit] Biography
Born on July 13, 1894 in Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota, George Cunningham (George Harold Cunningham) played for the Detroit Tigers for his entire 5 year career. Cunningham broke into the bigs on April 14, 1916 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 2.75 ERA in 150.1 innings pitched in 1916, his rookie year.
Most people believe that George Cunningham's best season was 1916, when he posted a 2.75 ERA and struck out 68 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1916
| DET
| A
| 35
| 14
| 7
| 10
| 2.75
| 68
| 71
| 46
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 150.1
| 146
| 0
| 74
| 0
| 7
| 3
|
| 1917
| DET
| A
| 44
| 8
| 2
| 7
| 2.91
| 49
| 73
| 45
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 139
| 113
| 2
| 51
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1918
| DET
| A
| 27
| 14
| 6
| 7
| 3.15
| 39
| 68
| 49
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 140
| 131
| 0
| 38
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1919
| DET
| A
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4.91
| 11
| 36
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 47.2
| 54
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 123
| 36
| 16
| 25
| 3.13
| 167
| 248
| 166
| 19
| 0
| 8
| 477
| 444
| 2
| 178
| 0
| 15
| 17
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1916
| DET
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 49
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1917
| DET
| A
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 43
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1918
| DET
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 42
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1918
| DET
| A
| OF
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1919
| DET
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1921
| DET
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 150
| 14
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1916
| DET
| A
| 35
| 41
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .268
| .388
| .415
| 2
| 2
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| DET
| A
| 44
| 34
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 3
| .176
| .243
| .265
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| DET
| A
| 56
| 112
| 11
| 25
| 0
| 2
| .223
| .320
| .277
| 4
| 1
| 16
| 34
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| DET
| A
| 26
| 23
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 5
| .217
| .438
| .217
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| DET
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 162
| 210
| 27
| 47
| 1
| 13
| .224
| .337
| .295
| 6
| 3
| 36
| 67
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Chattanooga (Southern Association) to Detroit Tigers (August 12, 1915).
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