Candy Cummings Stats

Candy Cummings was born on Wednesday, October 18, 1848, in Ware, Massachusetts. Cummings was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 22, 1876, with the Hartford Dark Blues. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Candy Cummings baseball stats page.
"In the version of the discovery most often heard, (Candy) Cummings developed the curved pitch after watching the erratic flights of clam shells picked up on a beach near his Brooklyn home and flung into the wind. Martin Quigley, in his book The Crooked Pitch (1984), quotes Cummings, somewhat fancifully, it seems: 'I thought what a wonderful thing it would be if I could make a baseball curve like that.' As the story goes, he started to experiment with the curve in games played among boys in the neighborhood, learning the way that finger pressure and wind direction had a great deal to do with the result." - Author Joseph M. Overfield in Baseball's First Stars (SABR, 1996)

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Candy Cummings
 
 
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Birth Name:   William Arthur Cummings
Nickname:   Candy or Father of the Curveball
Born On:   10-18-1848  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Ware, Massachusetts
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-16-1924 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Toledo, Ohio
Cemetery:   Aspen Grove Cemetery, Ware, Massachusetts Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   120
First Game:   04-22-1876 (Age 27)
Last Game:   08-18-1877
Draft:   Not Applicable
Candy Cummings

Candy Cummings Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1876 28 Dark Blues 24 24 0 16 8 .667 1.67 24 5 0 216.0 913 215 40 97 0 14 - 26 7 0 0 -
1877 29 Red Stockings 19 19 0 5 14 .263 4.34 16 0 0 155.2 709 219 75 144 2 13 - 11 15 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 43 43 0 21 22 .488 2.78 40 5 0 371.2 1,622 434 115 241 2 27 - 37 22 0 0 -
Candy Cummings

Candy Cummings Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1876 28 Dark Blues 24 105 14 17 3 0 0 0 7 0 - 3 - - 0 - .162 .162 .190
1877 29 Red Stockings 19 70 6 14 1 2 0 0 4 4 - 6 - - 0 - .200 .243 .271
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
2 Years 43 175 20 31 4 2 0 0 11 4 - 9 - - 0 - .177 .196 .223
Candy Cummings

Candy Cummings Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1876 Dark Blues P 24 24 648 38 1.6 36 9 27 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .947 1.50
1877 Red Stockings OF 3 - - 7 2.3 6 5 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00
1877 Red Stockings P 19 19 467 40 2.1 37 6 31 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .925 2.14
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 43 43 1,115 78 1.8 73 15 58 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .936 1.77
OF Totals 3 0 0 7 2.3 6 5 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00
2 Years 46 43 1,115 85 1.8 79 20 59 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.91
Candy Cummings

Candy Cummings Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1876 Dark Blues - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 35.0 15.0 1.86 1.08 0.58
1877 Red Stockings - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 11.7 17.5 0.85 0.64 0.75
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
2 Years - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 19.4 15.9 1.37 0.90 0.65
Candy Cummings

Candy Cummings Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1876 Hartford Dark Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1877 Cincinnati Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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