Bert Cunningham

{{Short description|American baseball player (1865–1952)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Bert Cunningham |image=Bert Cunningham (1897 Louisville Colonels).jpg |position=[[Pitcher]] |birth_date={{Birth date|1865|11|25}} |birth_place=[[Wilmington, Delaware]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1952|5|14|1865|11|25}} |death_place=Cragmere, Delaware, U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 15 |debutyear=1887 |debutteam=Brooklyn Grays |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=April 28 |finalyear=1901 |finalteam=Chicago Orphans |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]] |stat1value=142–167 |stat2label=[[Earned run average]] |stat2value=4.22 |stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s |stat3value=718 |teams= *[[Brooklyn Grays]] ({{Baseball year|1887}}) *[[Baltimore Orioles (19th century)|Baltimore Orioles]] ({{Baseball year|1888}}–{{Baseball year|1889}}) *[[Philadelphia Athletics (1890–91)|Philadelphia Athletics]] ({{Baseball year|1890}}) *[[Buffalo Bisons (PL)|Buffalo Bisons]] ({{Baseball year|1890}}) *[[Baltimore Orioles (19th century)|Baltimore Orioles]] ({{Baseball year|1891}}) *[[Louisville Colonels]] ({{Baseball year|1895}}–{{Baseball year|1899}}) *[[Chicago Orphans]] ({{Baseball year|1900}}–{{Baseball year|1901}}) }}

'''Ellsworth Elmer "Bert" Cunningham''' (November 25, 1865 – May 14, 1952), was an American [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] from 1887 to 1901. He played for the [[Brooklyn Grays]], [[Baltimore Orioles (19th century)|Baltimore Orioles]], [[Philadelphia Athletics (1890–91)|Philadelphia Athletics]], [[Buffalo Bisons (PL)|Buffalo Bisons]], [[Louisville Colonels]], and [[Chicago Orphans]].

On September 15, 1890, while playing for Buffalo in the [[Players' League]], Cunningham threw five [[Wild pitch|wild pitches]] in one inning. This record was tied in a 2000 playoff game by [[St. Louis Cardinals]] pitcher [[Rick Ankiel]], but still stood in 2007.<ref>[http://sports.aol.com/mlb/story/_a/now-in-outfield-ankiel-returns-to-cards/20070809130209990001 Now in Outfield, Ankiel Returns to Cards - AOL Sports, 9 August 2007]{{dead link|date=July 2017|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1996, Cunningham was inducted into the [[Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in Wilmington, Delaware - 1996 |url=http://www.desports.org/inductees/1996/#bc |website=www.desports.org |access-date=20 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=c/cunnibe01|brm=cunnin001ell|espn=20648|fangraphs=1002876|mlb=112942|retro=C/Pcunnb103}}

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