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Tom Poorman
Thomas Iverson Poorman

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 135 lb.

Debut May 5, 1880
Final Game September 18, 1888
Born October 14, 1857 in Lock Haven, PA
Died February 18, 1905 in Lock Haven, PA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1880 22 TOT NL  26   95    8   16   2  2   0    1          0  15  .168  .168  .232   32   22                    
         BUF NL  19   70    5   11   1  0   0    1          0  13  .157  .157  .171   10   12                    
         CHC NL   7   25    3    5   1  2   0    0          0   2  .200  .200  .400   92   10                    
 1884 26 TOL AA  94  382   56   89   8  7   0    0   0     10      .233  .254  .291   75  111               1    
 1885 27 BSN NL  56  227   44   54   5  3   3   25          7  32  .238  .261  .326   92   74                    
 1886 28 BSN NL  88  371   72   97  16  6   3   41  31     19  52  .261  .297  .361  102  134                    
 1887 29 PHA AA 135  585  140  155  18 19   4   61  88     35      .265  .317  .381   93  223              10    
 1888 30 PHA AA  97  383   76   87  16  6   2   44  46     31      .227  .294  .316   95  121               5    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      496 2043  396  498  65 43  12  172 165  0 102  99  .244  .285  .335   89  685   0   0   0  16   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        667  129  163  21 14   4   56  54  0  33  32  .244  .285  .335   89  224   0   0   0   5   0
 Career High    135  585  140  155  18 19   4   61  88  0  35  52  .265  .317  .381  102  223   0   0   0  10   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1880 22 TOT NL   95   79    4   1.4    64| .168  .250| .168  .273| .232  .329| .400  .602|  32  .174  -6.8  -0.8     
         BUF NL   70   59    2   0.9    63| .157  .249| .157  .272| .171  .328| .328  .600|  10  .091  -6.5  -0.8     
         CHC NL   25   20    2   2.7    66| .200  .253| .200  .276| .400  .333| .600  .610|  92  .422  -0.3   0.0     
 1884 26 TOL AA  393  293   28   2.5    70| .233  .248| .254  .286| .291  .337| .545  .624|  75  .385 -11.2  -1.3     
 1885 27 BSN NL  234  173   19   2.9    66| .238  .242| .261  .285| .326  .324| .587  .610|  92  .431  -2.7  -0.3     
 1886 28 BSN NL  390  274   40   3.8    78| .261  .254| .297  .303| .361  .348| .658  .651| 102  .510   0.3   0.0     
 1887 29 PHA AA  630  430   68   4.1    97| .265  .280| .317  .344| .381  .378| .698  .722|  93  .466  -8.2  -0.8     
 1888 30 PHA AA  419  296   34   3.0    71| .227  .245| .294  .302| .316  .323| .610  .625|  95  .472  -1.7  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2161 1545  193   3.3    79| .244  .257| .285  .309| .335  .346| .620  .655|  89  .446 -30.4  -3.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1880 22 TOT NL   3   8  13  10   9   0   3  1  100.0  129   95   43   3   27   13       7   467       0  3.87  2.44   63 1.560
         BUF NL   1   8  11   9   9   0   2  1   85.0  117   90   39   3   19   13       7   400       0  4.13  2.45   59 1.600
         CHC NL   2   0   2   1   0   0   1  0   15.0   12    5    4   0    8    0       0    67       0  2.40  2.42  101 1.333
 1884 26 TOL AA   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0   13   11    3   1    2    0   0   0    44       0  3.00  3.40  114 1.667
 1887 29 PHA AA   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.7    5    4    3   1    1    1   0   0     7       0 40.50  4.29   11 9.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .250   3   9  15  11  10   0   3  1  109.7  147  110   49   5   30   14   0   7   518       0  4.02  2.53   63 1.614
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  23  39  28  26   0   7  2  286.7  384  287  128  13   78   36   0  18  1354   0   0  4.02  2.53   63 1.614
 Career High      3   8  13  10   9   0   3  1  100.0  129   95   43   3   27   13   0   7   467   0   0  3.87  2.44   63 1.560

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1880 22 TOT NL OF 17 14 1 5 0 .750 .852 0.88 1.76 0 10 7 TOT NL P 13 5 24 4 0 .879 .912 2.23 2.01 2.61 2.27 10 100.0 BUF NL P 11 5 24 4 0 .879 .912 2.64 2.01 3.07 2.27 9 85.0 OF 10 8 0 3 0 .727 .851 0.80 1.76 0 10 0 CHC NL OF 7 6 1 2 0 .778 .854 1.00 1.76 0 0 7 P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.28 1 15.0 1884 26 TOL AA OF 93 129 29 29 5 .845 .846 1.70 1.61 0 0 93 P 1 1 2 1 0 .750 .833 3.00 2.10 3.00 2.30 1 9.0 1885 27 BSN NL OF 56 82 9 14 1 .867 .881 1.62 1.82 0 0 56 1886 28 BSN NL OF 88 145 21 18 6 .902 .890 1.89 1.71 0 0 88 1887 29 PHA AA OF 135 237 18 25 6 .911 .898 1.89 2.01 0 0 135 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.95 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1888 30 PHA AA OF 97 115 8 14 1 .898 .907 1.27 1.79 0 0 97
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1887 29 PHA AA 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.95 1880 22 TOT NL OF 17 14 1 5 0 .750 .852 0.88 1.76 0 10 7 BUF NL OF 10 8 0 3 0 .727 .851 0.80 1.76 0 10 0 CHC NL OF 7 6 1 2 0 .778 .854 1.00 1.76 0 0 7 1884 26 TOL AA OF 93 129 29 29 5 .845 .846 1.70 1.61 0 0 93 1885 27 BSN NL OF 56 82 9 14 1 .867 .881 1.62 1.82 0 0 56 1886 28 BSN NL OF 88 145 21 18 6 .902 .890 1.89 1.71 0 0 88 1887 29 PHA AA OF 135 237 18 25 6 .911 .898 1.89 2.01 0 0 135 1888 30 PHA AA OF 97 115 8 14 1 .898 .907 1.27 1.79 0 0 97 1880 22 TOT NL P 13 5 24 4 0 .879 .912 2.23 2.01 2.61 2.27 10 100.0 BUF NL P 11 5 24 4 0 .879 .912 2.64 2.01 3.07 2.27 9 85.0 CHC NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.28 1 15.0 1884 26 TOL AA P 1 1 2 1 0 .750 .833 3.00 2.10 3.00 2.30 1 9.0 1887 29 PHA AA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.57 0 0.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 486 722 86 105 19 .885 .884 1.66 1.80 0 10 476 P* 15 6 26 5 0 .865 .904 2.13 2.02 11 109.7 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.95 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 503 728 112 110 19 .884 .885 1.67 1.83
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.

At Bats
1887 AA-585-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1887 AA-630-5

Runs
1887 AA-140-4

Triples
1887 AA-19-1

Stolen Bases
1886 NL-31-8
1887 AA-88-8

Hit By Pitch
1887 AA-10-7

Outs
1887 AA-430-1

Saves
1880 NL-1-4

Home Runs Allow.
1880 NL-3-8

Games Finished
1880 NL-3-10

   

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1422) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2751) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1579) (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 

October 24, 1884: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Toledo Blue Stockings.

November 3, 1884: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

April 15, 1887: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Boston Beaneaters for $750. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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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