Eddie Cicotte

Q: When was Eddie Cicotte born?

Eddie Cicotte was born on June 19, 1884.

Q: Where was Eddie Cicotte born?

Eddie Cicotte was born in Springwells, MI .

Q: How tall was Eddie Cicotte?

Eddie Cicotte was 5-9 (175 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Eddie Cicotte weigh when playing?

Eddie Cicotte weighed 175 lbs (79 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Eddie Cicotte play?

Eddie Cicotte played 14 seasons.

Q: Is Eddie Cicotte in the Hall of Fame?

Eddie Cicotte has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Eddie Cicotte have?

Eddie Cicotte had 1,374 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Eddie Cicotte played for?

Eddie Cicotte played for 3 teams; the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.

Q: How many World Series has Eddie Cicotte won?

Eddie Cicotte won 1 World Series.

Q: When did Eddie Cicotte retire?

Eddie Cicotte last played in 1920.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: June 19, 1884 in Springwells, MI us

Died: May 5, 1969 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Park View Cemetery, Livonia, MI

Debut: September 3, 1905 (Age 21-076d, 2,758th in major league history)
vs. SLB 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, L

Last Game: September 26, 1920 (Age 36-099d)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1908 season

Full Name: Edgar Victor Cicotte

Nicknames: Knuckles

Pronunciation: \SEE-cott\

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Relatives: Greatuncle of Al Cicotte

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

59.1

209

148

ERA

2.38

502

361

3226.0

1374

WHIP

1.154

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1905	21	DET	AL	1	1	.500	3.50	3	1	2	1	0	0	18.0	25	8	7	0	5	6	0	0	0	81	80	2.69	1.667	12.5	0.0	2.5	3.0	1.20

1908	24	BOS	AL	11	12	.478	2.43	39	24	13	17	2	2	207.1	198	77	56	0	59	95	11	0	14	844	101	2.20	1.240	8.6	*0.0*	2.6	4.1	1.61
1909	25	BOS	AL	14	5	.737	1.94	27	17	9	10	1	1	162.1	117	63	35	3	56	82	1	0	3	622	130	2.50	1.066	6.5	0.2	3.1	4.5	1.46
1910	26	BOS	AL	15	11	.577	2.74	36	30	5	20	3	0	250.0	213	94	76	4	86	104	13	0	8	1012	94	2.88	1.196	7.7	0.1	3.1	3.7	1.21
1911	27	BOS	AL	11	15	.423	2.82	35	25	7	16	1	0	220.0	236	121	69	2	73	106	4	0	4	915	116	2.97	1.405	9.7	0.1	3.0	4.3	1.45
1912	28	TOT	AL	10	10	.500	3.50	29	24	4	15	1	0	198.0	217	97	77	3	52	90	1	1	5	810	93	2.94	1.359	9.9	0.1	2.4	4.1	1.73
1912	28	BOS	AL	1	3	.250	5.67	9	6	2	2	0	0	46.0	58	34	29	0	15	20	1	0	2	198	60	3.02	1.587	11.3	0.0	2.9	3.9	1.33
1912	28	CHW	AL	9	7	.563	2.84	20	18	2	13	1	0	152.0	159	63	48	3	37	70	0	1	3	612	113	2.92	1.289	9.4	0.2	2.2	4.1	1.89
1913	29	CHW	AL	18	11	.621	1.58	41	30	10	18	3	1	268.0	224	77	47	2	73	121	3	0	4	1082	186	2.60	1.108	7.5	0.1	2.5	4.1	1.66
1914	30	CHW	AL	11	16	.407	2.04	45	30	11	15	4	3	269.1	220	96	61	0	72	122	3	0	6	1023	132	2.37	1.084	7.4	*0.0*	2.4	4.1	1.69	MVP-27
1915	31	CHW	AL	13	12	.520	3.02	39	26	6	15	1	3	223.1	216	89	75	2	48	106	6	2	4	881	99	2.30	1.182	8.7	0.1	1.9	4.3	2.21
1916	32	CHW	AL	15	7	.682	1.78	44	19	15	11	2	5	187.0	138	56	37	1	70	91	1	0	2	705	156	2.55	1.112	6.6	0.0	3.4	4.4	1.30
1917	33	CHW	AL	28	12	.700	1.53	49	35	11	29	7	4	346.2	246	76	59	2	70	150	3	2	1	1287	174	2.10	*0.912*	6.4	0.1	1.8	3.9	2.14
1918	34	CHW	AL	12	19	.387	2.77	38	30	7	24	1	2	266.0	275	102	82	2	40	104	2	0	2	1089	99	*2.02*	1.184	9.3	0.1	1.4	3.5	2.60
1919	35	CHW	AL	29	7	*.806*	1.82	40	35	5	30	5	1	*306.2*	256	77	62	5	49	110	2	0	1	1176	176	2.48	0.995	7.5	0.1	1.4	3.2	2.24
1920	36	CHW	AL	21	10	.677	3.26	37	35	2	28	4	2	303.1	316	128	110	6	74	87	2	0	3	1225	115	3.24	1.286	9.4	0.2	2.2	2.6	1.18
14 Yrs				209	148	.585	2.38	502	361	107	249	35	24	3226.0	2897	1161	853	32	827	1374	52	5	57	12752	123	2.54	1.154	8.1	0.1	2.3	3.8	1.66
162 Game Avg.				16	12	.585	2.38	40	28	8	20	3	2	254	228	91	67	3	65	108	4	0	4	1005	123	2.54	1.154	8.1	0.1	2.3	3.8	1.66

CHW (9 yrs)				156	101	.607	2.25	353	258	69	183	28	21	2322.1	2050	764	581	23	533	961	22	5	26	9080	133	2.49	1.112	7.9	0.1	2.1	3.7	1.80
BOS (5 yrs)				52	46	.531	2.69	146	102	36	65	7	3	885.2	822	389	265	9	289	407	30	0	31	3591	102	2.68	1.254	8.4	0.1	2.9	4.1	1.41
DET (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.50	3	1	2	1	0	0	18.0	25	8	7	0	5	6	0	0	0	81	80	2.69	1.667	12.5	0.0	2.5	3.0	1.20

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1905	21	DET	AL	0.1	3	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	172	.420	171	3	0	0	/1

1908	24	BOS	AL	0.4	40	78	72	10	17	2	1	0	6	1		3	13	.236	.267	.292	.558	79	.267	73	21	0	0	1/H
1909	25	BOS	AL	0.4	27	65	51	4	12	0	0	0	1	2		7	14	.235	.328	.235	.563	76	.275	71	12	0	3	1
1910	26	BOS	AL	-0.1	36	98	85	9	12	3	0	0	4	0		8	22	.141	.223	.176	.400	24	.203	17	15	1	4	1
1911	27	BOS	AL	-0.2	35	84	71	7	10	1	0	0	3	0		8	20	.141	.228	.155	.383	8	.196	3	11	0	5	1
1912	28	2TM	AL	0.3	29	76	66	11	15	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	14	.227	.292	.258	.549	58	.274	56	17	0	3	1
1912	28	BOS	AL	0.1	9	17	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	.154	.353	.154	.507	44	.295	67	2	0	0	/1
1912	28	CHW	AL	0.2	20	59	53	10	13	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	12	.245	.273	.283	.556	61	.267	52	15	0	3	1
1913	29	CHW	AL	-0.3	41	100	91	7	13	2	0	0	2	0		4	16	.143	.179	.165	.344	1	.172	-15	15	0	4	1
1914	30	CHW	AL	-0.1	45	96	86	5	14	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	18	.163	.191	.186	.377	14	.186	-4	16	0	6	1	MVP-27
1915	31	CHW	AL	0.2	40	84	67	10	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	16	.209	.284	.224	.508	50	.257	39	15	0	10	1/H
1916	32	CHW	AL	0.2	44	70	57	6	12	2	0	0	4	0		4	16	.211	.274	.246	.520	56	.257	42	14	1	8	1
1917	33	CHW	AL	0.1	49	133	112	6	20	2	0	0	9	1		12	23	.179	.264	.196	.460	39	.235	33	22	1	8	1
1918	34	CHW	AL	0.2	38	99	86	6	14	5	1	0	4	0		12	12	.163	.265	.244	.509	53	.264	51	21	0	1	1
1919	35	CHW	AL	0.1	40	121	99	5	20	0	1	0	8	0		9	18	.202	.269	.222	.491	38	.245	24	22	0	11	1
1920	36	CHW	AL	-0.3	37	121	112	10	22	2	0	0	6	2	0	5	10	.196	.231	.214	.445	18	.224	7	24	0	4	1
14 Yrs				1.1	504	1232	1062	97	198	24	3	0	59	6	0	88	212	.186	.251	.215	.465	37	.233	27	228	3	67	1/H
162 Game Avg				0.3	162	396	341	31	64	8	1	0	19	2		28	68	.186	.251	.215	.465	37	.233	27	73	1	22

CHW (9 Yrs)				0.4	354	883	763	65	142	18	2	0	44	3	0	58	141	.186	.245	.215	.460	34	.231	23	164	2	55	1/H
BOS (5 Yrs)				0.6	147	342	292	31	53	6	1	0	15	3	0	30	71	.182	.260	.209	.469	42	.234	37	61	1	12	1/H
DET (1 Yr)				0.1	3	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	172	.420	171	3	0	0	/1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos
1917	33	CHW	WS	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0	/1

1919	35	CHW	WS	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/1
2 Yrs				6	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.067	.125	.067	.192	1	0	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	432	405	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	27	135	.067	.125	.067	.192	27	0	0	0

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1905	21	DET	AL	P	3	1	1	18.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	.943	1.50	3.25	1.00	3.20	0

1908	24	BOS	AL	P	39	24	17	207.0	85	12	65	8	0	.906	.946	3.35	3.20	1.97	3.19	14
1909	25	BOS	AL	P	27	17	10	159.0	63	4	50	9	2	.857	.942	3.06	3.19	2.00	3.15	3
1910	26	BOS	AL	P	36	30	20	250.0	113	9	98	6	1	.947	.942	3.85	3.29	2.97	3.28	8
1911	27	BOS	AL	P	35	25	15	220.0	80	11	62	7	2	.913	.938	2.99	2.88	2.09	2.85	4
1912	28	2TM	AL	P	29	24	15	198.0	84	10	69	5	6	.940	.940	3.59	2.96	2.72	2.90	5	18	23	56.1	41.7	2
1912	28	BOS	AL	P	9	6	2	46.0	21	3	16	2	2	.905	.940	3.72	2.95	2.11	2.90	2	10	5	33.3	41.7	0
1912	28	CHW	AL	P	20	18	13	152.0	63	7	53	3	4	.952	.940	3.55	2.96	3.00	2.90	3	8	18	69.2	41.7	2
1913	29	CHW	AL	P	41	30	18	268.0	122	10	*109*	3	9	.975	.938	4.00	3.01	2.90	2.98	4	25	17	40.5		8
1914	30	CHW	AL	P	45	30	15	269.0	124	8	110	6	4	.952	.936	3.95	2.96	2.62	2.93	6	22	16	42.1		10	MVP-27
1915	31	CHW	AL	P	39	26	15	223.0	76	5	68	3	2	.961	.937	2.95	3.01	1.87	3.00	4	15	15	50.0		9
1916	32	CHW	AL	P	44	19	11	187.0	70	9	55	6	4	.914	.945	3.08	2.95	1.45	2.96	2	11	18	62.1		7
1917	33	CHW	AL	P	49	35	29	347.0	113	14	94	5	2	.956	.947	2.80	3.04	2.20	3.05	1	28	23	45.1	42.7	9
1918	34	CHW	AL	P	38	30	24	266.0	84	9	71	4	0	.952	.952	2.71	2.82	2.11	2.84	2	20	13	39.4		5
1919	35	CHW	AL	P	40	35	30	307.0	80	13	64	3	2	.963	.948	2.26	2.83	1.93	2.83	1	12	10	45.5	43.8	4
1920	36	CHW	AL	P	37	35	28	303.0	99	13	81	5	3	.949	.949	2.79	2.70	2.54	2.68	3	9	19	67.9	48.8	1
14 Yrs					502	361	248	3222.0	1196	128	998	70	37	.941	.943	3.15	2.98	2.24	2.97	57	160	154	49.0	19.8	55

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1917	33	CHW	WS	P	3	2	23.0	8	0	7	1	0	.875	2.74	2.33	4	0	0.0

1919	35	CHW	WS	P	3	3	21.2	8	0	6	2	1	.750	2.49	2.00	1	3	75.0
2 Yrs					6	5	44.2	16	0	13	3	1	.813	2.62	2.17	5	3	37.5

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Eddie Cicotte born?

Eddie Cicotte was born on June 19, 1884.

Where was Eddie Cicotte born?

Eddie Cicotte was born in Springwells, MI.

How tall was Eddie Cicotte?

Eddie Cicotte was 5-9 (175 cm) tall.

How much did Eddie Cicotte weigh when playing?

Eddie Cicotte weighed 175 lbs (79 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Eddie Cicotte play?

Eddie Cicotte played 14 seasons.

Is Eddie Cicotte in the Hall of Fame?

Eddie Cicotte has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Eddie Cicotte play?

Eddie Cicotte was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Eddie Cicotte have?

Eddie Cicotte had 1,374 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Eddie Cicotte played for?

Eddie Cicotte played for 3 teams; the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox.

How many World Series has Eddie Cicotte won?

Eddie Cicotte won 1 World Series.

When did Eddie Cicotte retire?

Eddie Cicotte last played in 1920.

What are Eddie Cicotte's nicknames?

Knuckles is a nickname for Eddie Cicotte.

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