Born April 14, 1893
Adair, OK, USA
Tincup carried nearly his entire starting workload as a rookie with Philadelphia in 1914. He went 8-10 with two saves and a 2.61 earned run average across 155 innings, striking out 108. He completed nine of 17 starts and threw three shutouts.
Five seasons gave him an 8-11 record, two saves, 127 strikeouts and a 3.10 earned run average in 211 innings. Tincup started 18 of his 48 appearances, completed nine games and threw three shutouts. All three complete-game shutouts came in that first season.
Tincup remained with the Phillies through 1918, mostly in a reduced role after his rookie workload. His 10 relief appearances in 1915 produced a 2.03 average across 31 innings. After nine seasons outside the majors, he returned briefly with the Cubs in 1928, completing a career spread across fifteen calendar years. He died in 1980, at eighty-seven.
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | PHI | 31 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | .170 |
| 1915 | PHI | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| 1916 | PHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1918 | PHI | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .125 |
| 1928 | CHC | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Career | — | 56 | 74 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | .135 |
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | PHI | 8 | 10 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 155.0 | 165 | 45 | 62 | 108 | 2.61 |
| 1915 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2.03 |
| 1918 | PHI | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16.2 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 7.56 |
| 1928 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7.00 |
| Career | — | 8 | 11 | 48 | 18 | 2 | 211.2 | 229 | 73 | 78 | 127 | 3.10 |
Adair, OK, USA
Ben Tincup made a major-league debut on May 22, 1914.
George Davis threw a no-hitter for the Boston Braves against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 9, 1914, winning 7–0.
Ben Tincup played a final major-league game on September 15, 1928.
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