# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/candy-cummings
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:00:28.579Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/candy-cummings"
name: "Candy Cummings"
slug: "candy-cummings"
description: "William Arthur \"Candy\" Cummings was an American professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, and National League. Cummings is widely credited with inventing the curveball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939."
tagline: "American baseball player (1848–1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Candy_Cummings_1872.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1848-10-18"
deathDate: "1924-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.367173333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Cummings"
    title: "Candy Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%B2"
    title: "كاندي كامينغز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B2"
    title: "كاندى كامينجز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Cummings"
    title: "Candy Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Cummings"
    title: "Candy Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Cummings"
    title: "Candy Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B9"
    title: "キャンディ・カミングス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1251998"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump