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Nig Cuppy

George Joseph Cuppy
born George Koppe

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 3, 1869 in Logansport, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1892
Teams (by GP): Spiders/Perfectos/Beaneaters/Americans 1892-1901

Final Game: August 7, 1901
Died: July 27, 1922 in Elkhart, IN
Buried: Rice Cemetery, Elkhart, IN
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Apr 30, 2011, 3:34AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #192. Mort Cooper… #193. Sad Sam Jones… #194. Charlie Root… #195. NIG CUPPY… #196. Harvey Haddix… #197. Doyle Alexander… #198. Claude Passeau… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1892 22 CLV NL 28 13 .683 2.51 47 42 5 38 1 1 376.0 333 175 105 9 121 103 10 0 6 1591 135 1.207 8.0 0.2 2.9 2.5 0.85
1893 23 CLV NL 17 10 .630 4.47 31 30 1 24 0 0 243.2 316 200 121 6 75 39 10 0 2 1122 110 1.605 11.7 0.2 2.8 1.4 0.52
1894 24 CLV NL 24 15 .615 4.56 43 33 10 29 3 0 316.0 381 246 160 11 128 65 10 0 8 1429 121 1.611 10.9 0.3 3.6 1.9 0.51
1895 25 CLV NL 26 14 .650 3.54 47 40 6 36 1 2 353.0 384 210 139 9 95 91 8 1 8 1510 140 1.357 9.8 0.2 2.4 2.3 0.96
1896 26 CLV NL 25 14 .641 3.12 46 40 6 35 1 1 358.0 388 173 124 8 75 86 7 0 5 1498 146 1.293 9.8 0.2 1.9 2.2 1.15
1897 27 CLV NL 10 6 .625 3.20 19 17 2 13 1 0 138.0 150 69 49 3 26 23 5 0 2 577 147 1.275 9.8 0.2 1.7 1.5 0.88
1898 28 CLV NL 9 8 .529 3.30 18 15 3 13 1 0 128.0 147 62 47 4 25 27 6 0 0 545 104 1.344 10.3 0.3 1.8 1.9 1.08
1899 29 STL NL 11 8 .579 3.15 21 21 0 18 1 0 171.2 203 89 60 3 26 25 5 1 0 722 126 1.334 10.6 0.2 1.4 1.3 0.96
1900 30 BSN NL 8 4 .667 3.08 17 13 4 9 0 1 105.1 107 64 36 8 24 23 6 0 0 437 134 1.244 9.1 0.7 2.1 2.0 0.96
1901 31 BOS AL 4 6 .400 4.15 13 11 2 9 0 0 93.1 111 58 43 1 14 22 2 0 1 396 85 1.339 10.7 0.1 1.4 2.1 1.57
10 Seasons 162 98 .623 3.48 302 262 39 224 9 5 2283.0 2520 1346 884 62 609 504 69 2 32 9827 127 1.371 9.9 0.2 2.4 2.0 0.83
162 Game Avg. 20 12 .623 3.48 36 32 5 27 1 1 275 304 162 107 7 73 61 8 0 4 1185 127 1.371 9.9 0.2 2.4 2.0 0.83
CLV (7 yrs) 139 80 .635 3.51 251 217 33 188 8 4 1912.2 2099 1135 745 50 545 434 56 1 31 8272 129 1.382 9.9 0.2 2.6 2.0 0.80
BSN (1 yr) 8 4 .667 3.08 17 13 4 9 0 1 105.1 107 64 36 8 24 23 6 0 0 437 134 1.244 9.1 0.7 2.1 2.0 0.96
STL (1 yr) 11 8 .579 3.15 21 21 0 18 1 0 171.2 203 89 60 3 26 25 5 1 0 722 126 1.334 10.6 0.2 1.4 1.3 0.96
BOS (1 yr) 4 6 .400 4.15 13 11 2 9 0 0 93.1 111 58 43 1 14 22 2 0 1 396 85 1.339 10.7 0.1 1.4 2.1 1.57
NL (9 yrs) NL 158 92 .632 3.46 289 251 37 215 9 5 2189.2 2409 1288 841 61 595 482 67 2 31 9431 129 1.372 9.9 0.3 2.4 2.0 0.81
AL (1 yr) AL 4 6 .400 4.15 13 11 2 9 0 0 93.1 111 58 43 1 14 22 2 0 1 396 85 1.339 10.7 0.1 1.4 2.1 1.57

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1892 22 CLV NL 376.0 42 175 249 9 1.0 74 6.5 $
1893 23 CLV NL 243.2 30 200 202 -1 1.0 2 1.0 $
1894 24 CLV NL 316.0 33 246 300 3 1.0 54 4.1 $
1895 25 CLV NL 353.0 40 210 299 6 1.0 89 7.0 $
1896 26 CLV NL 358.0 40 173 276 6 1.0 103 8.5 $
1897 27 CLV NL 138.0 17 69 105 2 1.0 36 3.1 $
1898 28 CLV NL 128.0 15 62 81 1 1.0 19 1.7 $
1899 29 STL NL 171.2 21 89 116 1 1.0 27 2.5 $
1900 30 BSN NL 105.1 13 64 70 2 1.0 6 1.0 $
1901 31 BOS AL 93.1 11 58 64 3 1.0 6 0.0 $
10 Seasons 2283.0 262 1346 1762 32 1.0 416 35.4 $
CLV (7 yrs) 1912.2 217 1135 1512 26 1.0 377 31.9 $
BSN (1 yr) 105.1 13 64 70 2 1.0 6 1.0 $
STL (1 yr) 171.2 21 89 116 1 1.0 27 2.5 $
BOS (1 yr) 93.1 11 58 64 3 1.0 6 0.0 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1892 22 CLV NL CS 0 1 .000 1.13 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 6 4 1 1 4 1 1.250 6.8 1.1 4.5 1.1 0.25
1 CS 0 1 .000 1.13 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 6 4 1 1 4 1 1.250 6.8 1.1 4.5 1.1 0.25

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1892 22 CLV NL 50 175 168 15 36 11 0 0 24 2 7 40 .214 .246 .280 .525 56 47 0 1/O
1893 23 CLV NL 32 117 109 14 27 6 2 0 14 1 8 15 .248 .299 .339 .639 65 37 0 1/O
1894 24 CLV NL 44 152 135 28 35 6 3 0 19 3 15 27 .259 .338 .348 .686 63 47 1 1 1/O
1895 25 CLV NL 47 165 140 36 40 9 3 0 25 2 20 14 .286 .379 .393 .772 94 55 1 4 1
1896 26 CLV NL 47 166 141 29 38 5 2 1 20 1 20 21 .270 .364 .355 .719 85 50 1 4 1/O
1897 27 CLV NL 21 61 55 5 8 0 1 0 3 0 5 3 .145 .217 .182 .398 2 10 0 1 1
1898 28 CLV NL 18 53 48 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 .104 .157 .104 .261 -24 5 0 2 1
1899 29 STL NL 21 77 70 6 13 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 .186 .240 .186 .426 16 13 2 2 1
1900 30 BSN NL 17 46 42 7 11 3 0 0 6 0 4 4 .262 .326 .333 .659 74 14 0 0 1
1901 31 BOS AL 17 54 49 4 10 3 0 0 6 0 4 1 .204 .264 .265 .529 48 13 0 1 1/O
10 Seasons 314 1066 957 146 223 43 11 1 120 10 89 141 .233 .302 .304 .606 60 291 5 15
162 Game Avg. 162 550 494 75 115 22 6 1 62 5 46 73 .233 .302 .304 .606 60 150 3
CLV (7 yrs) 259 889 796 129 189 37 11 1 105 10 78 127 .237 .308 .315 .623 63 251 3 12
BSN (1 yr) 17 46 42 7 11 3 0 0 6 0 4 4 .262 .326 .333 .659 74 14 0 0
STL (1 yr) 21 77 70 6 13 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 .186 .240 .186 .426 16 13 2 2
BOS (1 yr) 17 54 49 4 10 3 0 0 6 0 4 1 .204 .264 .265 .529 48 13 0 1
NL (9 yrs) 297 1012 908 142 213 40 11 1 114 10 85 140 .235 .304 .306 .610 60 278 5 14
AL (1 yr) 17 54 49 4 10 3 0 0 6 0 4 1 .204 .264 .265 .529 48 13 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1892 22 CLV NL 175 -11 -1 0 0 0 5 6 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1/O
1893 23 CLV NL 117 -7 -1 0 0 0 4 4 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 1/O
1894 24 CLV NL 152 -10 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 $ 1/O
1895 25 CLV NL 165 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 10 1.0 10 0.9 0.1 $ 1
1896 26 CLV NL 166 -3 -1 0 0 0 6 5 7 0.8 7 0.6 0.2 $ 1/O
1897 27 CLV NL 61 -9 0 0 0 0 1 2 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ 1
1898 28 CLV NL 53 -8 0 0 0 0 1 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1
1899 29 STL NL 77 -8 0 0 0 0 2 2 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 1
1900 30 BSN NL 46 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 1
1901 31 BOS AL 54 -3 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1/O
10 Seasons 1066 -59 -3 0 0 0 30 34 1 0.9 2 -0.0 0.9 $
CLV (7 yrs) 889 -47 -3 0 0 0 26 29 5 1.1 5 0.3 0.8 $
BSN (1 yr) 46 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $
STL (1 yr) 77 -8 0 0 0 0 2 2 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $
BOS (1 yr) 54 -3 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1892 22 CLV NL CS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
1 CS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1892 CLV NL 22 P 47 376.0 119 10 103 6 3 .950 2.70 2.40 .896 2.48 2.41
1892 CLV NL 22 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .900 1.90 0-0-3
1893 CLV NL 23 P 31 243.2 66 13 48 5 1 .924 2.25 1.97 .912 2.50 2.45
1893 CLV NL 23 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.20 0-0-2
1894 CLV NL 24 P 43 316.0 79 17 60 2 5 .975 2.19 1.79 .906 2.18 2.09
1894 CLV NL 24 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .900 2.30 0-0-1
1895 CLV NL 25 P 47 353.0 124 30 90 4 2 .968 3.06 2.55 .914 2.52 2.42
1896 CLV NL 26 P 46 358.0 124 14 106 4 3 .968 3.02 2.61 .911 2.72 2.62
1896 CLV NL 26 OF 1 4 2 0 2 0 .500 2.00 .975 2.20 0-0-1
1897 CLV NL 27 P 19 138.0 35 1 32 2 0 .943 2.15 1.74 .917 2.54 2.44
1898 CLV NL 28 P 18 128.0 29 3 24 2 1 .931 1.90 1.50 .917 2.65 2.55
1899 STL NL 29 P 21 171.2 56 4 47 5 1 .911 2.67 2.43 .911 2.68 2.56
1900 BSN NL 30 P 17 105.1 24 0 22 2 0 .917 1.88 1.29 .921 2.67 2.59
1901 BOS AL 31 P 13 93.1 24 2 20 2 0 .917 2.12 1.69 .929 2.99 2.90
1901 BOS AL 31 OF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 .900 2.02 4-0-0
10 Seasons P 302 2283.0 680 94 552 34 16 .950 2.55 2.14 .910 2.54 2.45
5 Seasons OF 11 11 9 0 2 0 .818 0.82 .927 2.06 4-0-7
10 Seasons TOT 313 2283.0 691 103 552 36 16 .948 2.55 2.09 .910 2.54 2.44 4-0-7
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1892 NL  6.4 (10th)
1895 NL  8.0 (6th)
1896 NL  9.3 (2nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1892 NL  6.5 (6th)
1895 NL  7.0 (5th)
1896 NL  8.5 (2nd)
Career  35.4 (170th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1892 NL  2.51 (4th)
1894 NL  4.56 (10th)
1895 NL  3.54 (8th)
1896 NL  3.12 (3rd)
1897 NL  3.20 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1892 NL  28 (9th)
1894 NL  24 (9th)
1895 NL  26 (4th)
1896 NL  25 (5th)
Career  162 (207th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1892 NL  .683 (9th)
1893 NL  .630 (6th)
1894 NL  .615 (9th)
1895 NL  .650 (6th)
Career  .623 (62nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1892 NL  1.207 (8th)
1895 NL  1.357 (6th)
1896 NL  1.293 (2nd)
1897 NL  1.275 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1892 NL  7.971 (9th)
1895 NL  9.790 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1893 NL  2.770 (3rd)
1895 NL  2.422 (8th)
1896 NL  1.886 (4th)
1897 NL  1.696 (4th)
1899 NL  1.363 (2nd)
Career  2.401 (242nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1895 NL  47 (5th)
1896 NL  46 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1892 NL  1 (3rd)
1895 NL  2 (4th)
1896 NL  1 (4th)
1900 NL  1 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1895 NL  353.0 (6th)
1896 NL  358.0 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1895 NL  91 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1895 NL  40 (6th)
1896 NL  40 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1895 NL  36 (6th)
1896 NL  35 (9th)
Career  224 (111th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1894 NL  3 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1900 NL  8 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1894 NL  128 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1895 NL  384 (8th)
1896 NL  388 (8th)
Career  2520 (218th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1895 NL  .958 (9th)
1896 NL  1.147 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  .244 (223rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Career  69 (205th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1895 NL  1510 (8th)
1896 NL  1498 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1892 NL  5 (10th)
1894 NL  10 (1st)
1896 NL  6 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1892 NL  135 (4th)
1895 NL  140 (7th)
1896 NL  146 (4th)
1897 NL  147 (5th)
Career  127 (53rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1892 NL  33 (4th)
1895 NL  50 (5th)
1896 NL  56 (2nd)
Career  211 (71st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1892 NL  3.2 (4th)
1895 NL  4.2 (5th)
1896 NL  5.0 (2nd)
Career  18.6 (98th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1895 NL  47 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1895 NL  30 (3rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1892 NL  103 (5th)
1895 NL  90 (5th)
1896 NL  106 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1892 NL  .950 (5th)
1894 NL  .975 (2nd)
1895 NL  .968 (4th)
1896 NL  .968 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (849), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 93 (236), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 52 (249), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 27 (173), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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