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Tom Downey
Thomas Edward Downey

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 178 lb.

Debut May 7, 1909
Final Game September 30, 1915
Born January 1, 1884 in Lewiston, ME
Died August 3, 1961 in Passaic, NJ

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 25 CIN NL 119  416   39   96   9  6   1   32  16     32      .231  .287  .288   79  120  19           1    
 1910 26 CIN NL 111  378   43  102   9  3   2   32  12     34  28  .270  .335  .325   96  123  17           3    
 1911 27 CIN NL 111  360   50   94  16  7   0   36  10     44  38  .261  .345  .344   95  124  10           2    
 1912 28 TOT NL  67  193   31   54   6  5   1   27   3     22  25  .280  .353  .378   96   73  16           0    
         PHI NL  54  171   27   50   6  3   1   23   3     21  20  .292  .370  .380  100   65  15           0    
         CHC NL  13   22    4    4   0  2   0    4   0      1   5  .182  .217  .364   57    8   1           0    
 1914 30 BUF FL 151  541   69  118  20  3   2   42  35     40  55  .218  .273  .277   55  150  23           1    
 1915 31 BUF FL  92  282   24   56   9  1   1   19  11     26  26  .199  .269  .248   51   70   7           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      651 2170  256  520  69 25   7  188  87  0 198 172  .240  .306  .304   77  660  92   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        540   64  129  17  6   2   47  22  0  49  43  .240  .306  .304   77  164  23   0   0   2   0
 Career High    151  541   69  118  20  7   2   42  35  0  44  55  .270  .345  .344   96  150  23   0   0   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 25 CIN NL  468  339   34   2.7    76| .231  .251| .287  .318| .288  .323| .575  .642|  79  .419 -11.0  -1.3     
 1910 26 CIN NL  432  293   41   3.8    85| .270  .258| .335  .332| .325  .342| .660  .674|  96  .511  -1.8  -0.2     
 1911 27 CIN NL  416  276   42   4.1    93| .261  .264| .345  .341| .344  .365| .689  .706|  95  .510  -1.3  -0.1     
 1912 28 TOT NL  231  155   26   4.5   104| .280  .287| .353  .357| .378  .390| .731  .747|  96  .523  -1.5  -0.2     
         PHI NL  207  136   24   4.7   105| .292  .287| .370  .358| .380  .391| .750  .749| 100  .547   0.2   0.0     
         CHC NL   24   19    2   2.8   100| .182  .280| .217  .350| .364  .382| .581  .732|  57  .319  -1.7  -0.2     
 1914 30 BUF FL  605  446   41   2.4    94| .218  .274| .273  .340| .277  .370| .550  .710|  55  .300 -28.5  -3.1     
 1915 31 BUF FL  316  233   19   2.2    88| .199  .264| .269  .332| .248  .354| .517  .686|  51  .283 -15.4  -1.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2468 1742  203   3.1    89| .240  .265| .306  .335| .304  .355| .610  .690|  77  .418 -59.5  -6.6     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1909 25 CIN NL SS 119 260 363 62 54 .909 .926 5.24 5.21 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.80 0 1910 26 CIN NL SS 68 136 192 45 18 .879 .924 4.82 5.02 3B 41 65 89 15 8 .911 .932 3.76 3.08 1911 27 CIN NL SS 93 198 267 48 26 .906 .925 5.00 4.88 2B 6 15 22 4 2 .902 .951 6.17 5.03 3B 5 3 10 1 0 .929 .935 2.60 3.04 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 9.90 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 1912 28 TOT NL 3B 49 60 80 17 3 .892 .935 2.86 3.02 TOT NL SS 8 18 23 9 2 .820 .932 5.12 4.92 PHI NL 3B 46 57 76 16 3 .893 .935 2.89 3.02 SS 3 10 12 4 2 .846 .932 7.33 4.93 CHC NL SS 5 8 11 5 0 .792 .931 3.80 4.92 3B 3 3 4 1 0 .875 .933 2.33 3.03 2B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.10 1914 30 BUF FL 2B 129 265 388 26 49 .962 .951 5.06 4.89 SS 16 31 35 3 3 .957 .930 4.12 4.99 3B 5 8 15 0 2 1.000 .931 4.60 2.98 1915 31 BUF FL 2B 48 124 130 19 22 .930 .951 5.29 4.76 3B 35 41 63 3 3 .972 .943 2.97 3.15 SS 2 5 7 1 1 .923 .930 6.00 5.00 1B 1 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 5.00 10.10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 27 CIN NL 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 9.90 1915 31 BUF FL 1B 1 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 5.00 10.10 1911 27 CIN NL 2B 6 15 22 4 2 .902 .951 6.17 5.03 1912 28 CHC NL 2B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.10 1914 30 BUF FL 2B 129 265 388 26 49 .962 .951 5.06 4.89 1915 31 BUF FL 2B 48 124 130 19 22 .930 .951 5.29 4.76 1910 26 CIN NL 3B 41 65 89 15 8 .911 .932 3.76 3.08 1911 27 CIN NL 3B 5 3 10 1 0 .929 .935 2.60 3.04 1912 28 TOT NL 3B 49 60 80 17 3 .892 .935 2.86 3.02 PHI NL 3B 46 57 76 16 3 .893 .935 2.89 3.02 CHC NL 3B 3 3 4 1 0 .875 .933 2.33 3.03 1914 30 BUF FL 3B 5 8 15 0 2 1.000 .931 4.60 2.98 1915 31 BUF FL 3B 35 41 63 3 3 .972 .943 2.97 3.15 1909 25 CIN NL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.80 0 1911 27 CIN NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 1909 25 CIN NL SS 119 260 363 62 54 .909 .926 5.24 5.21 1910 26 CIN NL SS 68 136 192 45 18 .879 .924 4.82 5.02 1911 27 CIN NL SS 93 198 267 48 26 .906 .925 5.00 4.88 1912 28 TOT NL SS 8 18 23 9 2 .820 .932 5.12 4.92 PHI NL SS 3 10 12 4 2 .846 .932 7.33 4.93 CHC NL SS 5 8 11 5 0 .792 .931 3.80 4.92 1914 30 BUF FL SS 16 31 35 3 3 .957 .930 4.12 4.99 1915 31 BUF FL SS 2 5 7 1 1 .923 .930 6.00 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 306 648 887 168 104 .901 .926 5.02 5.05 2B 184 404 543 49 73 .951 .951 5.15 4.86 3B 135 177 257 36 16 .923 .936 3.21 3.07 1B 3 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 2.00 9.97 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 0 0 1 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.80 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 630 1236 1687 254 193 .920 .935 4.64 4.59
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
1914 FL-151-9

Stolen Bases
1914 FL-35-8

Sac. Hits
1914 FL-23-7

Outs
1914 FL-446-2

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1990) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
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 

January 18, 1909: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Kid Durbin to the Cincinnati Reds for John Kane.

December 29, 1911: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.

July 23, 1912: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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