Bert Cunningham
1897–1901 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Louisville Colonels
358G
.217AVG
.261OBP
.291SLG
More career statistics
254H
9HR
124RBI
14SB
142–167W–L
2,726.2IP
718K
4.22ERA
310GS
2SV
9Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 358 | 129 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,172 | 420 |
| Batting · Doubles | 32 | 6 |
| Batting · Hits | 254 | 98 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 6 | 2 |
| Batting · Home runs | 9 | 5 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 113 | 41 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,254 | 457 |
| Batting · Runs | 145 | 56 |
| Batting · RBI | 124 | 42 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 14 | 4 |
| Batting · Triples | 14 | 2 |
| Batting · Walks | 64 | 19 |
| Pitching · Games | 341 | 122 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 12,253 | 4,429 |
| Pitching · p cg | 286 | 108 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,279 | 417 |
| Pitching · p gs | 310 | 115 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,063 | 1,161 |
| Pitching · p hr | 61 | 15 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,180 | 3,004 |
| Pitching · p k | 718 | 128 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,938 | 573 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,064 | 239 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 358 | 1,254 | 1,172 | 145 | 254 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 124 | 64 | 113 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 341 | .217 | .261 | .291 | .552 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,726.7 | 341 | 310 | 286 | 142 | 167 | 2 | 3,063 | 1,938 | 1,279 | 61 | 1,064 | 718 | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 1.514 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1899-08-17 to 1899-09-04
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Four Batters Hit | 1898-05-09 | 1 in 3,022 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1898-08-17 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1897-06-11 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 57 | 203 | 44 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 10 | .244 | .266 | .339 |
| Away | 72 | 254 | 54 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 31 | .225 | .248 | .258 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .261 | .350 |
| May | 21 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .203 | .239 | .271 |
| June | 21 | 74 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .257 | .270 | .314 |
| July | 26 | 95 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .267 | .274 | .326 |
| August | 22 | 75 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | .254 | .307 | .343 |
| September | 25 | 95 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 10 | .185 | .211 | .217 |
| October | 8 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .214 | .269 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 16 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .260 | .250 | .280 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 15 | 51 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | .318 | .353 | .409 |
| new-york-giants | 15 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | .191 | .235 | .340 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 14 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .143 | .173 | .184 |
| chicago-cubs | 12 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .297 | .289 | .324 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 10 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .192 | .250 | .192 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 10 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .243 | .275 | .324 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 10 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .273 | .324 | .273 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Louisville Colonels | 32 | 97 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .227 | 242 | 49 |
| 1898 | Louisville Colonels | 44 | 141 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .227 | 362 | 34 |
| 1899 | Louisville Colonels | 44 | 154 | 40 | 2 | 17 | 1 | .260 | 323 | 36 |
| 1900 |  Chicago Cubs | 8 | 27 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | .148 | 64 | 7 |
| 1901 | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 2 |