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Cupid Childs
Clarence Lemuel Childs

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 23, 1888
Final Game September 26, 1901
Born August 14, 1867 in Calvert County, MD
Died November 8, 1912 in Baltimore, MD

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1888 20 PHI NL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
 1890 22 SYR AA 126  493  109  170  33 14   2   89  56     72      .345  .434  .481  181  237               6    
 1891 23 CLV NL 141  551  120  155  21 12   2   83  39     97  32  .281  .395  .374  121  206               7    
 1892 24 CLV NL 145  558  136  177  14 11   3   53  26    117  20  .317  .443  .398  150  222               9    
 1893 25 CLV NL 124  485  145  158  19 10   3   65  23    120  12  .326  .463  .425  131  206               4    
 1894 26 CLV NL 118  479  143  169  21 12   2   52  17    107  11  .353  .475  .459  123  220               5    
 1895 27 CLV NL 119  462   96  133  15  3   4   90  20     74  24  .288  .393  .359   90  166   8           6    
 1896 28 CLV NL 132  498  106  177  24  9   1  106  25    100  18  .355  .467  .446  135  222  13           4    
 1897 29 CLV NL 114  444  105  150  15  9   1   61  25     74      .338  .435  .419  117  186  17           2    
 1898 30 CLV NL 110  413   90  119   9  4   1   31   9     69      .288  .395  .337  113  139  14           4    
 1899 31 STL NL 125  464   73  123  11 11   1   48  11     74      .265  .369  .343   94  159  13           2    
 1900 32 CHC NL 137  531   67  128  14  5   0   44  15     57      .241  .323  .286   71  152  20           7    
 1901 33 CHC NL  63  236   24   61   9  0   0   21   3     30      .258  .359  .297   94   70   1           7    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         5618      1720    100      743      0     117  .306  .416  .389  119       86   0   0  63   0
               1456      1214      205     20      269    991                            2185
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        625  135  191  23 11   2   83  30  0 110  13  .306  .416  .389  119  243  10   0   0   7   0
 Career High    145  558  145  177  33 14   4  106  56  0 120  32  .355  .475  .481  181  237  20   0   0   9   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1888 20 PHI NL    4    4    0   0.0    75| .000  .252| .000  .300| .000  .344| .000  .644|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
 1890 22 SYR AA  571  323  102   8.2    78| .345  .248| .434  .325| .481  .326| .915  .651| 181  .803  52.0   5.4     
 1891 23 CLV NL  655  396   80   5.4    91| .281  .264| .395  .339| .374  .360| .769  .699| 121  .636  19.8   2.1     
 1892 24 CLV NL  684  381   97   6.7    84| .317  .256| .443  .330| .398  .343| .841  .673| 150  .752  43.9   4.7     
 1893 25 CLV NL  609  327   95   7.7   111| .326  .293| .463  .372| .425  .399| .888  .772| 131  .695  31.0   2.9     
 1894 26 CLV NL  591  310  104   8.7   130| .353  .321| .475  .393| .459  .452| .934  .845| 123  .666  25.8   2.2     
 1895 27 CLV NL  550  337   64   4.9   117| .288  .310| .393  .377| .359  .419| .752  .795|  90  .478  -3.8  -0.3     
 1896 28 CLV NL  615  334  103   8.0   112| .355  .305| .467  .371| .446  .407| .913  .778| 135  .716  34.1   3.2     
 1897 29 CLV NL  537  311   80   6.7   116| .338  .311| .435  .376| .419  .413| .854  .789| 117  .646  14.8   1.4     
 1898 30 CLV NL  500  308   54   4.6    88| .288  .273| .395  .337| .337  .350| .732  .687| 113  .565  12.0   1.2     
 1899 31 STL NL  553  354   58   4.2   101| .265  .292| .369  .355| .343  .381| .712  .736|  94  .492  -1.6  -0.2     
 1900 32 CHC NL  615  423   48   3.0    95| .241  .282| .323  .343| .286  .372| .609  .714|  71  .338 -18.3  -1.9     
 1901 33 CHC NL  274  176   24   3.6    85| .258  .271| .359  .325| .297  .353| .656  .679|  94  .462   1.0   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6758 3984  909   6.0   101| .306  .285| .416  .354| .389  .382| .805  .736| 119  .629 209.8  20.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1888 20 PHI NL  2B    2      2    4    1    1  .857  .923  3.00  5.65            
 1890 22 SYR AA  2B  125    372  367   57   59  .928  .925  5.91  5.41            
                 SS    1      3    2    1    0  .833  .893  5.00  4.80            
 1891 23 CLV NL  2B  141    371  455   82   54  .910  .929  5.86  5.88            
 1892 24 CLV NL  2B  145    357  441   53   51  .938  .929  5.50  5.59            
 1893 25 CLV NL  2B  123    348  424   62   56  .926  .933  6.28  5.88            
 1894 26 CLV NL  2B  118    313  374   63   51  .916  .928  5.82  5.71            
 1895 27 CLV NL  2B  119    337  394   63   42  .921  .933  6.14  5.63            
 1896 28 CLV NL  2B  132    375  487   53   73  .942  .939  6.53  5.41            
 1897 29 CLV NL  2B  114    319  384   42   42  .944  .936  6.17  5.53            
 1898 30 CLV NL  2B  110    273  370   48   37  .931  .943  5.85  5.53            
 1899 31 STL NL  2B  125    323  355   48   45  .934  .941  5.42  5.46            
 1900 32 CHC NL  2B  137    323  431   52   57  .935  .938  5.50  5.21            
 1901 33 CHC NL  2B   63    146  192   22   34  .939  .941  5.37  5.06            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1888 20 PHI NL  2B    2      2    4    1    1  .857  .923  3.00  5.65            
 1890 22 SYR AA  2B  125    372  367   57   59  .928  .925  5.91  5.41            
 1891 23 CLV NL  2B  141    371  455   82   54  .910  .929  5.86  5.88            
 1892 24 CLV NL  2B  145    357  441   53   51  .938  .929  5.50  5.59            
 1893 25 CLV NL  2B  123    348  424   62   56  .926  .933  6.28  5.88            
 1894 26 CLV NL  2B  118    313  374   63   51  .916  .928  5.82  5.71            
 1895 27 CLV NL  2B  119    337  394   63   42  .921  .933  6.14  5.63            
 1896 28 CLV NL  2B  132    375  487   53   73  .942  .939  6.53  5.41            
 1897 29 CLV NL  2B  114    319  384   42   42  .944  .936  6.17  5.53            
 1898 30 CLV NL  2B  110    273  370   48   37  .931  .943  5.85  5.53            
 1899 31 STL NL  2B  125    323  355   48   45  .934  .941  5.42  5.46            
 1900 32 CHC NL  2B  137    323  431   52   57  .935  .938  5.50  5.21            
 1901 33 CHC NL  2B   63    146  192   22   34  .939  .941  5.37  5.06            

 1890 22 SYR AA  SS    1      3    2    1    0  .833  .893  5.00  4.80            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  2B 1454   3859 4678  646  602  .930  .934  5.87  5.54            
                 SS    1      3    2    1    0  .833  .893  5.00  4.80            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1455   3862 4680  647  602  .930  .934  5.87  5.54

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1892   CS    CLV BSN     L   6  22   3   9  0  2  0   0   5   1  .409  .519  .591   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1890 AA-.345-5
1892 NL-.317-3
1896 NL-.355-10

On-base %
1890 AA-.434-4
1891 NL-.395-3
1892 NL-.443-1
1893 NL-.463-2
1894 NL-.475-6
1896 NL-.467-6
1897 NL-.435-10
Car-.416-24

Slugging %
1890 AA-.481-3

OPS
1890 AA-.915-2
1892 NL-.841-6
1893 NL-.888-9

Games
1891 NL-141-1
1896 NL-132-8
1900 NL-137-10

At Bats
1891 NL-551-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1891 NL-655-3
1892 NL-684-10
1896 NL-615-8

Runs
1890 AA-109-10
1891 NL-120-3
1892 NL-136-1
1893 NL-145-3

Hits
1890 AA-170-4
1892 NL-177-7

Total Bases
1890 AA-237-4

Doubles
1890 AA-33-1

Triples
1890 AA-14-5
1891 NL-12-10

RBI
1890 AA-89-3
1891 NL-83-10
1896 NL-106-5

Bases on Balls
1890 AA-72-8
1891 NL-97-2
1892 NL-117-2
1893 NL-120-2
1894 NL-107-2
1895 NL-74-6
1896 NL-100-3
1897 NL-74-7
1898 NL-69-8
1899 NL-74-3
1900 NL-57-9

Singles
1890 AA-121-10
1891 NL-120-8
1892 NL-149-2

Adjusted OPS+
1890 AA-181-2
1892 NL-150-8
1893 NL-131-7

Runs Created
1890 AA-102-3
1891 NL-80-9
1892 NL-97-3
1893 NL-95-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1890 AA-52-1
1891 NL-20-7
1892 NL-44-3
1893 NL-31-7
1896 NL-34-10

Batting Wins
1890 AA-5.4-1
1891 NL-2.1-7
1892 NL-4.7-3
1893 NL-2.9-7
1896 NL-3.2-10

Extra-Base Hits
1890 AA-49-1

Times on Base
1890 AA-248-3
1891 NL-259-2
1892 NL-303-1
1893 NL-282-2
1894 NL-281-4
1896 NL-281-4

Offensive Win%
1890 AA-.803-2
1892 NL-.752-4
1893 NL-.695-10

Hit By Pitch
1892 NL-9-7

Sac. Hits
1897 NL-17-7
1900 NL-20-4

At Bats per Strikeout
1892 NL-27.9-8
Car-26.0-41

Outs
1900 NL-423-3

Youngest Player
1888 NL-20-9

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (330) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 75 (312) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 41.9 (127) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 56.0 (329) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
May 1, 1888: Traded by the Philadelphia Quakers with cash to the Washington Nationals for Gid Gardner. Cupid Childs refused to report to his new team on May 6, 1888. Gid Gardner returned to original teams on May 6, 1888. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
May 6, 1888: Sent by the Washington Nationals to the Philadelphia Quakers to complete an earlier deal made on May 1, 1888. The Washington Nationals sent Gid Gardner to the Philadelphia Quakers for Cupid Childs and cash. Cupid Childs refused to report to his new team on May 6, 1888. Gid Gardner returned to original teams on May 6, 1888. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
January 30, 1891: Purchased by the Boston Reds from the Syracuse Stars for $2,000.
February 10, 1891: Traded by the Boston Reds to the Cleveland Spiders for Paul Radford and Cub Stricker. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
March 29, 1899: Assigned to the St. Louis Perfectos by the Cleveland Spiders.
March, 1900: Purchased by the Chicago Orphans from the St. Louis Cardinals.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Cupid Childs's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Batting Average 1890 AA-.345-5 1892 NL-.317-3 1896 NL-.355-10	On-base % 1890 AA-.434-4 1891 NL-.395-3 1892 NL-.443-1 1893 NL-.463-2 1894 NL-.475-6 1896 NL-.467-6 1897 NL-.435-10 Car-.416-24	Slugging % 1890 AA-.481-3	OPS 1890 AA-.915-2 1892 NL-.841-6 1893 NL-.888-9	Games 1891 NL-141-1 1896 NL-132-8 1900 NL-137-10	At Bats 1891 NL-551-9
Plate Appearances (approx.) 1891 NL-655-3 1892 NL-684-10 1896 NL-615-8	Runs 1890 AA-109-10 1891 NL-120-3 1892 NL-136-1 1893 NL-145-3	Hits 1890 AA-170-4 1892 NL-177-7	Total Bases 1890 AA-237-4	Doubles 1890 AA-33-1	Triples 1890 AA-14-5 1891 NL-12-10
RBI 1890 AA-89-3 1891 NL-83-10 1896 NL-106-5	Bases on Balls 1890 AA-72-8 1891 NL-97-2 1892 NL-117-2 1893 NL-120-2 1894 NL-107-2 1895 NL-74-6 1896 NL-100-3 1897 NL-74-7 1898 NL-69-8 1899 NL-74-3 1900 NL-57-9	Singles 1890 AA-121-10 1891 NL-120-8 1892 NL-149-2	Adjusted OPS+ 1890 AA-181-2 1892 NL-150-8 1893 NL-131-7	Runs Created 1890 AA-102-3 1891 NL-80-9 1892 NL-97-3 1893 NL-95-9	Adjusted Batting Runs 1890 AA-52-1 1891 NL-20-7 1892 NL-44-3 1893 NL-31-7 1896 NL-34-10
Batting Wins 1890 AA-5.4-1 1891 NL-2.1-7 1892 NL-4.7-3 1893 NL-2.9-7 1896 NL-3.2-10	Extra-Base Hits 1890 AA-49-1	Times on Base 1890 AA-248-3 1891 NL-259-2 1892 NL-303-1 1893 NL-282-2 1894 NL-281-4 1896 NL-281-4	Offensive Win% 1890 AA-.803-2 1892 NL-.752-4 1893 NL-.695-10	Hit By Pitch 1892 NL-9-7	Sac. Hits 1897 NL-17-7 1900 NL-20-4
At Bats per Strikeout 1892 NL-27.9-8 Car-26.0-41	Outs 1900 NL-423-3	Youngest Player 1888 NL-20-9