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Tommy Dowd
Thomas Jefferson Dowd (Buttermilk Tommy)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 173 lb.
Schools Brown University, Georgetown University, College of the Holy Cross

Debut April 8, 1891
Final Game September 28, 1901
Born April 20, 1869 in Holyoke, MA
Died July 2, 1933 in Holyoke, MA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1891 22 TOT AA 116  475   67  121   9 10   1   44  39     19  45  .255  .286  .322   77  153               2    
         BOS AA   4   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .091  .091  .091  -49    1               0    
         WAS AA 112  464   66  120   9 10   1   44  39     19  44  .259  .291  .328   80  152               2    
 1892 23 WHS NL 144  584   94  142   9 10   1   50  49     34  49  .243  .286  .298   79  174               1    
 1893 24 STL NL 132  581  114  164  18  7   1   54  59     49  23  .282  .340  .343   81  199               2    
 1894 25 STL NL 123  524   92  142  16  8   4   62  31     54  33  .271  .341  .355   68  186               2    
 1895 26 STL NL 129  505   95  163  19 17   7   74  30     30  31  .323  .364  .469  115  237   4           3    
 1896 27 STL NL 126  521   93  138  17 11   5   46  40     42  19  .265  .322  .369   85  192  11           2    
 1897 28 TOT NL 126  536   93  152  23  5   0   52  41     25      .284  .316  .345   76  185  14           0    
         STL NL  35  145   25   38   9  1   0    9  11      6      .262  .291  .338   67   49   6           0    
         PHI NL  91  391   68  114  14  4   0   43  30     19      .292  .324  .348   79  136   8           0    
 1898 29 STL NL 139  586   70  143  17  7   0   32  16     30      .244  .287  .297   66  174  14           5    
 1899 30 CLV NL 147  605   81  168  17  6   2   35  28     48      .278  .333  .336   92  203   4           2    
 1901 32 BOS AL 138  594  104  159  18  7   3   52  33     38      .268  .315  .337   82  200   7           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1320 5511  903 1492 163 88  24  501 366  0 369 200  .271  .319  .345   82 1903  54   0   0  22   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        676  111  183  20 11   3   61  45  0  45  25  .271  .319  .345   82  234   7   0   0   3   0
 Career High    147  605  114  168  23 17   7   74  59  0  54  49  .323  .364  .469  115  237  14   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1891 22 TOT AA  496  354   44   3.2    88| .255  .257| .286  .339| .322  .347| .608  .686|  77  .401 -17.4  -1.8     
         BOS AA   11   10    0   0.0    94| .091  .266| .091  .350| .091  .359| .182  .709| -49  .000  -2.2  -0.2     
         WAS AA  485  344   44   3.3    88| .259  .256| .291  .339| .328  .346| .619  .685|  80  .415 -15.2  -1.6     
 1892 23 WHS NL  619  442   50   3.0    79| .243  .248| .286  .321| .298  .332| .584  .653|  79  .408 -17.4  -1.9     
 1893 24 STL NL  632  417   67   4.3   106| .282  .286| .340  .364| .343  .389| .683  .753|  81  .435 -16.2  -1.5     
 1894 25 STL NL  580  382   63   4.3   127| .271  .316| .341  .387| .355  .445| .696  .832|  68  .352 -28.2  -2.4     
 1895 26 STL NL  542  346   85   6.4   111| .323  .301| .364  .367| .469  .406| .833  .774| 115  .595   7.7   0.7     
 1896 27 STL NL  576  394   61   4.0   104| .265  .292| .322  .357| .369  .390| .691  .747|  85  .417 -12.6  -1.2     
 1897 28 TOT NL  575  398   58   3.8   105| .284  .295| .316  .359| .345  .392| .661  .751|  76  .392 -19.3  -1.9     
         STL NL  157  113   14   3.2   106| .262  .296| .291  .360| .338  .393| .629  .753|  67  .325  -7.2  -0.7     
         PHI NL  418  285   44   4.0   105| .292  .295| .324  .358| .348  .392| .672  .750|  79  .418 -12.2  -1.2     
 1898 29 STL NL  635  457   49   2.8    93| .244  .280| .287  .345| .297  .360| .584  .704|  66  .347 -28.0  -3.0     
 1899 30 CLV NL  659  441   67   3.9    90| .278  .276| .333  .337| .336  .359| .669  .696|  92  .458  -4.4  -0.4     
 1901 32 BOS AL  642  442   62   3.7    95| .268  .282| .315  .338| .337  .378| .652  .716|  82  .426 -14.4  -1.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     5956 4073  606   3.9   100| .271  .283| .319  .351| .345  .379| .664  .730|  82  .425 -150.2 -14.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1891 22 TOT AA OF 9 10 0 1 0 .909 .909 1.11 1.83 5 0 4 BOS AA OF 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.82 0 0 4 WAS AA 2B 107 230 287 67 38 .885 .914 4.83 5.25 OF 5 10 0 1 0 .909 .909 2.00 1.84 5 0 0 1892 23 WHS NL 2B 98 208 264 58 33 .891 .929 4.82 5.59 OF 23 35 3 6 2 .864 .911 1.65 1.86 7 0 16 3B 18 24 35 14 1 .808 .879 3.28 3.53 SS 6 16 13 6 3 .829 .898 4.83 5.33 1893 24 STL NL OF 132 225 27 15 9 .944 .915 1.91 2.14 64 5 63 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.90 1894 25 STL NL OF 117 199 14 16 4 .930 .915 1.82 2.24 48 0 69 2B 7 20 19 4 2 .907 .929 5.57 5.71 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.40 1895 26 STL NL OF 115 218 11 18 3 .927 .917 1.99 2.14 14 36 65 3B 17 15 26 9 0 .820 .872 2.41 3.38 2B 2 5 3 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.65 1896 27 STL NL 2B 78 182 220 35 22 .920 .939 5.15 5.41 OF 48 111 4 8 2 .935 .933 2.40 2.12 0 48 0 1897 28 TOT NL OF 103 181 9 17 3 .918 .935 1.84 2.06 0 53 50 TOT NL 2B 24 56 71 15 5 .894 .936 5.29 5.53 STL NL OF 30 65 0 6 0 .915 .935 2.17 2.06 0 30 0 2B 5 9 9 4 0 .818 .938 3.60 5.52 PHI NL OF 73 116 9 11 3 .919 .935 1.71 2.06 0 23 50 2B 19 47 62 11 5 .908 .936 5.74 5.53 1898 29 STL NL OF 129 208 11 19 3 .920 .937 1.70 2.03 9 42 82 2B 11 23 28 6 3 .895 .943 4.64 5.53 1899 30 CLV NL OF 147 341 10 17 2 .954 .944 2.39 2.11 0 147 0 1901 32 BOS AL OF 137 288 11 20 3 .937 .931 2.18 2.00 137 0 0 1B 2 13 1 0 0 1.000 .972 7.00 10.55 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.50
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1901 32 BOS AL 1B 2 13 1 0 0 1.000 .972 7.00 10.55 1891 22 WAS AA 2B 107 230 287 67 38 .885 .914 4.83 5.25 1892 23 WHS NL 2B 98 208 264 58 33 .891 .929 4.82 5.59 1893 24 STL NL 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.90 1894 25 STL NL 2B 7 20 19 4 2 .907 .929 5.57 5.71 1895 26 STL NL 2B 2 5 3 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.65 1896 27 STL NL 2B 78 182 220 35 22 .920 .939 5.15 5.41 1897 28 TOT NL 2B 24 56 71 15 5 .894 .936 5.29 5.53 STL NL 2B 5 9 9 4 0 .818 .938 3.60 5.52 PHI NL 2B 19 47 62 11 5 .908 .936 5.74 5.53 1898 29 STL NL 2B 11 23 28 6 3 .895 .943 4.64 5.53 1892 23 WHS NL 3B 18 24 35 14 1 .808 .879 3.28 3.53 1894 25 STL NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.40 1895 26 STL NL 3B 17 15 26 9 0 .820 .872 2.41 3.38 1901 32 BOS AL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.50 1891 22 TOT AA OF 9 10 0 1 0 .909 .909 1.11 1.83 5 0 4 BOS AA OF 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.82 0 0 4 WAS AA OF 5 10 0 1 0 .909 .909 2.00 1.84 5 0 0 1892 23 WHS NL OF 23 35 3 6 2 .864 .911 1.65 1.86 7 0 16 1893 24 STL NL OF 132 225 27 15 9 .944 .915 1.91 2.14 64 5 63 1894 25 STL NL OF 117 199 14 16 4 .930 .915 1.82 2.24 48 0 69 1895 26 STL NL OF 115 218 11 18 3 .927 .917 1.99 2.14 14 36 65 1896 27 STL NL OF 48 111 4 8 2 .935 .933 2.40 2.12 0 48 0 1897 28 TOT NL OF 103 181 9 17 3 .918 .935 1.84 2.06 0 53 50 STL NL OF 30 65 0 6 0 .915 .935 2.17 2.06 0 30 0 PHI NL OF 73 116 9 11 3 .919 .935 1.71 2.06 0 23 50 1898 29 STL NL OF 129 208 11 19 3 .920 .937 1.70 2.03 9 42 82 1899 30 CLV NL OF 147 341 10 17 2 .954 .944 2.39 2.11 0 147 0 1901 32 BOS AL OF 137 288 11 20 3 .937 .931 2.18 2.00 137 0 0 1892 23 WHS NL SS 6 16 13 6 3 .829 .898 4.83 5.33
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 960 1816 100 137 31 .933 .928 2.00 2.09 284 331 349 2B 328 724 892 186 103 .897 .928 4.93 5.43 3B 37 40 61 23 1 .815 .877 2.73 3.46 SS 6 16 13 6 3 .829 .898 4.83 5.33 1B 2 13 1 0 0 1.000 .972 7.00 10.55 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1333 2609 1067 352 138 .913 .926 2.76 2.98
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1893 NL-132-6
1901 AL-138-3

At Bats
1893 NL-581-5
1899 NL-605-4
1901 AL-594-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1893 NL-632-6
1899 NL-659-10
1901 AL-642-2

Runs
1901 AL-104-10

Triples
1895 NL-17-8

Stolen Bases
1893 NL-59-2
1901 AL-33-10
Car-366-90

Singles
1893 NL-138-9
1901 AL-131-9

Outs
1893 NL-417-4
1894 NL-382-9
1896 NL-394-5
1897 NL-398-3
1898 NL-457-2
1899 NL-441-5
1901 AL-442-1

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 13 (1228) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.8 (1286) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.5 (1173) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

April 21, 1891: Loaned to the Washington Statesmen by the Boston Reds.

November, 1892: Released by the Washington Senators.

December 1, 1892: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

June 1, 1897: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill Hallman, Dick Harley, and $300.

November 10, 1897: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Jack Clements, Lave Cross, Jack Taylor, and $1,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Monte Cross, Klondike Douglass, and Red Donahue.

March 29, 1899: Assigned to the Cleveland Spiders by the St. Louis Perfectos.


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