MLB / Players

John Cumberland

HandednessBats Right · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb
BornMay 10, 1947 · Westbrook, ME, USA
MLB debutSeptember 27, 1968
Final gameJuly 27, 1974
Seasons6 (1968–1974)

New York Yankees 1968–1970; San Francisco Giants 1970–1972; St. Louis Cardinals 1972; California Angels 1974

Percentile snapshot

1971 season — qualified pitchers

G
45
96.3
GS
21
2.4
W
9
15.9
L
6
96.3
SV
2
96.3
CG
5
13.4
SHO
2
30.5
H
153
95.1
ER
60
92.7
BB
55
79.3
SO
65
0
HR
22
30.5
IP
185.0
18.3
ERA
2.92
72
WHIP
1.124
79.3
K/9
3.16
0
FIP
4.28
4.9
FIP-
124.6
3.7
ERA+
117.6
72
sWAR
2.7
43.9

of 83 qualified 1971 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.2
65.7

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19681000000000000-0.1
196920000000000000.0
197022211801000201300.056.056.056.111-89.8-68.4.0510.7
197145615917000312200.119.133.119.252-45.1-27.5.1212.7
19722315140100020800.071.071.071.143-85.6-59.4.067-2.1
1974170000000000000.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19681000000321112.09.002.0004.509.22319.132.1-0.1
19692000000324004.04.501.7500.005.36154.477.20.0
19702285401068291944975.03.481.1605.283.64101.3103.70.7
197145219625215360556522185.02.921.1243.164.28124.6117.62.7
197223715000614014151246.77.711.6072.896.13177.444.8-2.1
1974170010002491012221.73.741.5694.984.05117.092.50.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
110
PA
97
AB
91
R
1
H
9
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
7
BB
1
SO
43
SB
0
BA
.0989
OBP
.1087
SLG
.0989
OPS
.2076

Pitching

G (P)
110
GS
36
W
15
L
16
SV
2
CG
6
SHO
2
IP
334
SO (P)
137
BB allowed
103
ERA
3.823
WHIP
1.2413
K/9
3.69

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1971-07-19SF @ ATL Gameday403000103
1972-04-17SF @ HOU Gameday201000201
1970-04-23NYY @ TEX Gameday201000101
1971-08-02LAD @ SF Gameday301000101
1971-09-12SF @ ATL Gameday401000101

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1971-07-03STL @ SF Gameday9.0410370
1970-04-29LAA @ NYY Gameday7.0622170
1971-07-08HOU @ SF Gameday9.0622261
1970-04-23NYY @ TEX Gameday6.1410160
1971-08-18PHI @ SF Gameday9.0500350

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.