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Tom Hurd
Thomas Carr Hurd (Whitey)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 155 lb.

Debut July 30, 1954
Final Game September 29, 1956
Born May 27, 1924 in Danville, VA
Died September 5, 1982 in Waterloo, IA

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 30 BOS AL   2   0  16   0   0   0   4  1   29.7   21   11   10   2   12   14   0   0   119       0  3.03  4.10  135 1.112
 1955 31 BOS AL   8   6  43   0   0   0  26  5   80.7   72   32   27   7   38   48   1   3   344  10   0  3.01  4.28  142 1.364
 1956 32 BOS AL   3   4  40   0   0   0  18  5   76.0   84   52   45   5   47   34   3   5   352   2   0  5.33  4.62   87 1.724
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .565  13  10  99   0   0   0  48 11  186.3  177   95   82  14   97   96   4   8   815  12   0  3.96  4.39  111 1.470
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   6  68   0   0   0  32  7  127.7  121   65   56   9   66   65   2   5   559   8   0  3.96  4.39  111 1.470
 Career High      8   6  43   0   0   0  26  5   80.7   84   52   45   7   47   48   3   5   352  10   0  3.01  4.62  142 1.364

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 30 BOS AL  16    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .333  .500  .333  123    1   0   0       0   0
 1955 31 BOS AL  43   14    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .071  .071  .143  -45    2   1   0   0   0   1
 1956 32 BOS AL  40   12    2    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .500  .500  .500  154    6   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       99   29    3    8   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .276  .300  .310   57    9   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         47    5   13   2  0   0    2   0  0   2   8  .276  .300  .310   57   15   3   0   0   0   2
 Career High     43   14    2    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   3                           6   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 30 BOS AL    4    2    1  13.4   108| .333  .278| .500  .355| .333  .406| .833  .762| 123  .891   0.2   0.0   0%
 1955 31 BOS AL   15   15    0   0.0   110| .071  .277| .071  .358| .143  .412| .214  .770| -45  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1956 32 BOS AL   13    7    3  11.5   116| .500  .281| .500  .365| .500  .429|1.000  .794| 154  .831   0.9   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        32   24    4   4.5   112| .276  .279| .300  .360| .310  .418| .610  .779|  57  .483  -1.9  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 30 BOS AL P 16 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.56 0.93 2.73 2.00 0 29.7 1955 31 BOS AL P 43 4 12 0 1 1.000 .958 0.37 0.83 1.78 1.99 0 80.7 1956 32 BOS AL P 40 3 9 0 0 1.000 .952 0.30 0.82 1.43 1.91 0 75.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 30 BOS AL P 16 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.56 0.93 2.73 2.00 0 29.7 1955 31 BOS AL P 43 4 12 0 1 1.000 .958 0.37 0.83 1.78 1.99 0 80.7 1956 32 BOS AL P 40 3 9 0 0 1.000 .952 0.30 0.82 1.43 1.91 0 75.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 99 10 27 0 1 1.000 .956 0.37 0.84 1.79 1.96 0 186.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 99 10 27 0 1 1.000 .956 0.37 0.84 1.79 1.96 0 186
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
1955 AL-43-9

Saves
1956 AL-5-8

Games Finished
1955 AL-26-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1935) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

July 25, 1954: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Chicago White Sox.


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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