League Leaders Who Led?
Candy Cummings

Candy Cummings

1872–1877  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'9", 120 lb  ·  b. 1848 Ware, MA

Career 145–94 · 2.42 ERA · 259 SO · 2149.2 IP · 247 G · 227 H · 107 RBI · .213 AVG

Seasons leading his league
5
5 best in baseball
30 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1872 Best season

Spanning 1872–1875, peaking at 3 titles in 1872.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 400th League titles 5
  • 163rd Best in baseball 5
  • 284th Top-5 finishes 30

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Shutouts 2 1st — 1872 3 1875 7 1873 #3 1874 #3
Complete Games 1 1st — 1872 53
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 1872 497.0
Strikeouts 1 1st — 1875 82 1872 #2 1873 #3 1874 #2
Strikeouts / 9 — #2 — 1874 #2 1875 #3
Walks + Hits / IP — #2 — 1875 #2
Wins — #2 — 1872 #2 1875 #3
Earned Run Average — #3 — 1873 #3 1876 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1875 2 SO 82 SHO 7
1872 3 IP 497.0 SHO 3 CG 53

Pitching

6 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1872 NY2 NA 33 20 3.01 55 55 0 497.0 604 166 2 31 45 1.28
1873 BL1 NA 28 14 2.80 42 42 0 382.0 475 119 4 33 34 1.33
1874 PH2 NA 28 26 1.96 54 54 0 483.0 616 105 4 18 61 1.31
1875 HR1 NA 35 12 1.60 48 47 0 416.0 397 74 0 4 82 0.96
1876 HAR NL 16 8 1.67 24 24 0 216.0 215 40 0 14 26 1.06
1877 CN1 NL 5 14 4.34 19 19 0 155.2 219 75 2 13 11 1.49
Career — — 145 94 2.42 242 241 0 2149.2 2,526 579 12 113 259 1.23

Batting

6 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1872 NY2 NA 55 249 37 52 9 3 0 26 4 14 0 .209 .221 .269 .490
1873 BL1 NA 42 192 30 48 5 0 0 36 5 5 1 .250 .269 .276 .545
1874 PH2 NA 54 231 32 52 4 2 0 19 0 12 1 .225 .225 .260 .485
1875 HR1 NA 53 221 30 44 7 2 0 15 3 11 1 .199 .210 .249 .459
1876 HAR NL 24 105 14 17 3 0 0 7 0 3 0 .162 .162 .191 .352
1877 CN1 NL 19 70 6 14 1 2 0 4 4 6 0 .200 .243 .271 .515
Career — — 247 1,068 149 227 29 9 0 107 16 51 3 .213 .224 .257 .481

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 242 100 319 59 10 .877
OF 12 9 1 6 0 .625