John Cumberland

Full Name: John Sheldon Cumberland	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: September 27, 1968
Birthdate: May 10, 1947	Final Game: July 27, 1974
Birthplace: Westbrook, Maine	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on May 10, 1947 in Westbrook, Maine, John Cumberland (John Sheldon Cumberland) played for the New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and California Angels over the course of his 6 year career. Cumberland broke into the bigs on September 27, 1968 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.48 ERA in 75 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Cumberland's best season was 1971, when he posted a 2.92 ERA and struck out 65 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP
1968	NY	A	1	0	0	0	9.00	1	4	2	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	0
1969	NY	A	2	0	0	0	4.50	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	3	0	4	1	0
1970	SF	N	7	0	2	0	.82	6	3	1	0	0	0	11	6	0	4	0	1
1970	NY	A	15	8	3	4	3.94	38	31	28	1	0	0	64	62	9	15	3	1
1970	Total		22	8	5	4	3.48	44	34	29	1	0	0	75	68	9	19	3	2
1971	SF	N	45	21	9	6	2.92	65	66	60	5	2	2	185	153	22	55	6	4
1972	STL	N	14	1	1	1	6.65	7	17	16	0	0	0	21.2	23	6	7	0	1
1972	SF	N	9	6	0	4	8.64	8	29	24	0	0	0	25	38	6	7	0	1
1972	TOT	N	23	7	1	5	7.71	15	46	40	0	0	0	46.2	61	12	14	0	2
1974	CAL	A	17	0	0	1	3.74	12	9	9	0	0	0	21.2	24	2	10	2	0
Total	NL		75	28	12	11	3.75	86	115	101	5	2	2	242.2	220	34	73	6	7
Total	AL		35	8	3	5	4.03	51	46	41	1	0	0	91.2	92	12	30	6	1
Total			110	36	15	16	3.82	137	161	142	6	2	2	334.1	312	46	103	12	8

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1968	NY	A	P	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	NY	A	P	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	SF	N	P	7	0	11	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1970	NY	A	P	15	8	64	2	6	0	0	1	3	0	1.000
1970	Total		P	22	8	75	2	8	0	0	3	3	0	1.000
1971	SF	N	P	45	21	185	7	20	3	1	4	3	0	.900
1972	STL	N	P	14	1	21.2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.000
1972	SF	N	P	9	6	25	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	.333
1972	TOT	N	P	23	7	46.2	1	0	2	0	3	4	0	.333
1974	CAL	A	P	17	0	21.2	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	.667
Total			P	110	36	334.1	11	33	6	1	10	12	1	.880

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1968	NY	A	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1969	NY	A	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1970	SF	N	7	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
1970	NY	A	15	17	0	1	2	.059	.059	.059	0	12	3	0
1970	Total		22	18	0	1	2	.056	.056	.056	0	13	3	0
1971	SF	N	45	59	1	7	3	.119	.133	.119	1	22	1	2
1972	STL	N	14	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2	1	0
1972	SF	N	9	9	0	1	2	.111	.111	.111	0	6	0	0
1972	TOT	N	23	14	0	1	2	.071	.071	.071	0	8	1	0
1974	CAL	A	17	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		75	74	1	8	5	.108	.120	.108	1	31	2	2
Total	AL		35	17	0	1	2	.059	.059	.059	0	12	3	0
Total			110	91	1	9	7	.099	.109	.099	1	43	5	2

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Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1966).
Selected by New York Yankees from Philadelphia Phillies in the minor league draft (November 29, 1966).
Traded by New York Yankees to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Mike McCormick (July 20, 1970).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jeff Mason (June 16, 1972).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Larry Hisle to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Wayne Granger (November 29, 1972).
Released by Minnesota Twins (April 10, 1973).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 21, 1973).
Released by San Francisco Giants (June 30, 1973).
Signed by California Angels (July 1, 1973).

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