Tony Cuccinello

Second Base

1930—1945

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Second Base RANK
#61

Player Detail

Anthony Francis
GIVEN NAME
Cuccinello
SURNAME
November 8, 1907, in Long Island City, NY
BORN
September 21, 1995, in Tampa, FL, USA
DIED
1930—1945
Playing Career
Played from 22-37
PLAYING AGE
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
Chicago White Sox
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Brooklyn Dodgers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Cooch,Chick
NICKNAME
5
UNIFORM NUMBER
#5 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-7 / 160
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 15, 1930
Major League Debut
September 25, 1945
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Tony Cuccinello?

Popular second baseman for Braves and Dodgers during Great Depression. Nearly won the batting title in his final season when he was 37 years old.
Tony, whose surname was pronounced “coo-chi-NELL-oh,” pinch-hit for Carl Hubbell in the ninth inning of the first All-Star Game in 1933.
  • Tony Cuccinello Scouting Report

60

HITTING

40

POWER

50

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1704
1729
94
884
.280
2 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
30.8
58.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.737
.675
109.2

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.280
.343
.394

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Billy Herman
Lonny Frey

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.272
.334
.380

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Al Lopez
Joe Kuhel
Sibby Sisti
Leo Durocher
Eddie Joost
Lefty O'Doul
Hack Wilson
Harry Heilmann
Van Lingle Mungo
Carl Hubbell
Casey Stengel

Tony Cuccinello Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Cuccinello
540
151
64
29
4
8
77
51
43
4
213
203
.280
.343
.394
737
AVG 2B
543
144
67
24
5
5
44
46
7
191
190
.265
.322
.352
.675

Tony Cuccinello Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
61
52
57
47
78
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
50
47
66
45
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Tony Cuccinello PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
33.8
27.9
17.7
15.6
3.21
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Tony Cuccinello
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
199.1
137.5
88.9
66.6
18.9
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Tony Cuccinello
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B