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Tom Poholsky
Thomas George Poholsky

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut April 20, 1950
Final Game September 11, 1957
Born August 26, 1929 in Detroit, MI
Died January 6, 2001 in Kirkwood, MO

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 20 STL NL   0   0   5   1   0   0   2  0   14.7   16    6    6   2    3    2   0   1    60       0  3.68  4.31  117 1.295
 1951 21 STL NL   7  13  38  26  10   1   5  1  195.0  204  106   96  15   68   70   0   2   830       0  4.43  3.96   89 1.395
 1954 24 STL NL   5   7  25  13   4   0   9  0  106.0  101   43   36  11   20   55   4   0   434       1  3.06  4.11  135 1.142
 1955 25 STL NL   9  11  30  24   8   2   5  0  151.0  143   71   64  26   35   66   2   4   626   4   0  3.81  4.08  107 1.179
 1956 26 STL NL   9  14  33  29   7   2   1  0  203.0  210  100   81  27   44   95   5   6   847   7   0  3.59  3.77  105 1.251
 1957 27 CHC NL   1   7  28  11   1   0   8  0   84.0  117   55   46   9   22   28   2   3   387   4   0  4.93  3.92   79 1.655
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .373  31  52 159 104  30   5  30  1  753.7  791  381  329  90  192  316  13  16  3184  15   1  3.93  3.96  101 1.304
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  13  41  26   7   1   7  0  194.7  204   98   85  23   49   81   3   4   823   3   0  3.93  3.96  101 1.304
 Career High      9  14  38  29  10   2   9  1  203.0  210  106   96  27   68   95   5   6   847   7   1  3.06  4.11  135 1.142

* 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
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 20 STL NL   5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1951 21 STL NL  38   67    5   14   1  0   0    3   1  0   1  14  .209  .221  .224   19   15   6           0   2
 1954 24 STL NL  25   27    1    4   1  0   0    4   0  0   0   4  .148  .143  .185  -15    5   6   1       0   0
 1955 25 STL NL  30   44    6    8   3  0   0    3   0  0   1   6  .182  .200  .250   19   11   5   0   0   0   1
 1956 26 STL NL  33   69    7   11   2  0   0    3   0  0   1  14  .159  .171  .188   -3   13   3   0   0   0   2
 1957 27 CHC NL  28   19    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   3  .105  .190  .105  -17    2   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      159  228   20   39   7  0   0   14   1  0   5  41  .171  .188  .202    4   46  21   1   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        232   20   40   7  0   0   14   1  0   5  42  .171  .188  .202    4   47  21   1   0   0   5
 Career High     38   69    7   14   3  0   0    4   1  0   2  14                          15   6   1   0   0   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 20 STL NL    2    2    0   0.0   112| .000  .276| .000  .353| .000  .427| .000  .780|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1951 21 STL NL   74   61    3   1.3   104| .209  .269| .221  .343| .224  .407| .445  .750|  19  .095  -7.8  -0.8 100%
 1954 24 STL NL   34   30    1   0.9   110| .148  .275| .143  .347| .185  .425| .328  .772| -15  .044  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 1955 25 STL NL   50   42    2   1.3   105| .182  .265| .200  .336| .250  .420| .450  .757|  19  .084  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1956 26 STL NL   73   63    2   0.8   103| .159  .264| .171  .331| .188  .417| .359  .748|  -3  .046 -10.1  -1.0   0%
 1957 27 CHC NL   22   18    1   1.5   102| .105  .267| .190  .331| .105  .414| .295  .745| -17  .114  -3.2  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       255  216    9   1.1   105| .171  .267| .188  .337| .202  .415| .390  .753|   4  .070 -31.5  -3.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 20 STL NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.96 1.22 2.14 1 14.7 1951 21 STL NL P 38 10 43 3 2 .946 .962 1.39 0.96 2.45 2.14 26 195.0 1954 24 STL NL P 25 8 18 0 2 1.000 .959 1.04 0.87 2.21 2.07 13 106.0 1955 25 STL NL P 30 14 20 0 0 1.000 .950 1.13 0.83 2.03 2.04 24 151.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 1956 26 STL NL P 33 12 35 0 3 1.000 .965 1.42 0.83 2.08 2.05 29 203.0 1957 27 CHC NL P 28 8 16 1 1 .960 .964 0.86 0.82 2.57 2.06 11 84.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 25 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 1950 20 STL NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.96 1.22 2.14 1 14.7 1951 21 STL NL P 38 10 43 3 2 .946 .962 1.39 0.96 2.45 2.14 26 195.0 1954 24 STL NL P 25 8 18 0 2 1.000 .959 1.04 0.87 2.21 2.07 13 106.0 1955 25 STL NL P 30 14 20 0 0 1.000 .950 1.13 0.83 2.03 2.04 24 151.0 1956 26 STL NL P 33 12 35 0 3 1.000 .965 1.42 0.83 2.08 2.05 29 203.0 1957 27 CHC NL P 28 8 16 1 1 .960 .964 0.86 0.82 2.57 2.06 11 84.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 159 52 134 4 8 .979 .960 1.17 0.87 104 753.7 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 160 52 134 4 8 .979 .960 1.16 0.88
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.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1956 NL-1.251-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1956 NL-1.95-6

Shutouts
1955 NL-2-7
1956 NL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1955 NL-26-8
1956 NL-27-5

SO to Walk
1956 NL-2.16-6

Losses
1951 NL-13-10
1956 NL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1951 NL-96-9

Wild Pitches
1956 NL-6-9

Hit Batsmen
1956 NL-5-10

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1942) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1184) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 17, 1946: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1946 minor league draft.

December 11, 1956: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Wally Lammers (minors), Jackie Collum, and Ray Katt to the Chicago Cubs for Hobie Landrith, Jim Davis, Sam Jones, and Eddie Miksis.

December 10, 1957: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Freddy Rodriguez.


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