Bill Cunningham
1921–1924 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, New York Giants
318G
.286AVG
.326OBP
.381SLG
More career statistics
270H
9HR
112RBI
17SB
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 · Caught stealing | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Hits | 270 | 268 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,023 | 1,024 |
| Batting · Runs | 113 | 112 |
| Batting · RBI | 112 | 115 |
| Batting · Walks | 52 | 53 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 318 | 1,023 | 945 | 113 | 270 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 112 | 52 | 48 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 360 | .286 | .326 | .381 | .707 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1924-05-30 to 1924-06-11
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1924-06-07 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1924-05-24 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 8 total bases | 1922-05-26 | 1 in 167 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 142 | 445 | 113 | 6 | 59 | 23 | 16 | .276 | .306 | .406 |
| Away | 176 | 579 | 155 | 3 | 56 | 30 | 32 | .289 | .320 | .358 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 67 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .312 | .328 | .359 |
| May | 51 | 198 | 58 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 9 | .322 | .354 | .483 |
| June | 36 | 124 | 39 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | .331 | .363 | .449 |
| July | 81 | 278 | 76 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 16 | .300 | .335 | .395 |
| August | 68 | 192 | 41 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | .224 | .245 | .251 |
| September | 56 | 145 | 31 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 9 | .240 | .269 | .357 |
| October | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .250 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 58 | 192 | 49 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | .269 | .286 | .346 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 50 | 179 | 50 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | .312 | .352 | .425 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 45 | 144 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | .213 | .236 | .228 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 44 | 125 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | .288 | .328 | .450 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 44 | 160 | 40 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 5 | .280 | .338 | .385 |
| chicago-cubs | 38 | 92 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | .315 | .337 | .371 |
| boston-braves | 26 | 77 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .306 | .312 | .444 |
| new-york-giants | 13 | 55 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .346 | .345 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 |  New York Giants | 40 | 76 | 21 | 1 | 11 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1922 | New York Giants | 85 | 229 | 75 | 2 | 34 | 4 | .328 | – | – |
| 1923 | New York Giants | 79 | 203 | 53 | 5 | 27 | 5 | .261 | – | – |
| 1924 |  Boston Braves | 114 | 437 | 119 | 1 | 43 | 8 | .272 | – | – |