Tom Alston
Thomas Edison Alston
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 31, 1926 in Greensboro, NC
School: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: December 30, 1993 in Winston-Salem, NC
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1954 28 STL NL 66 271 244 28 60 14 2 4 34 3 5 24 41 .246 .317 .369 .686 79 90 6 2 0 1 3
1955 29 STL NL 13 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -33 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1956 30 STL NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1957 31 STL NL 9 18 17 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .294 .333 .353 .686 84 6 0 0 0 0 0 /3
4 Seasons 91 299 271 30 66 15 2 4 36 3 5 25 46 .244 .311 .358 .669 75 97 6 2 0 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 532 482 53 117 27 4 7 64 5 9 45 82 .244 .311 .358 .669 75 173 11 4 0 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1954 28 STL NL 271 196 27 3.7 109 .280 .246 .274 .317 .345 .369 .424 .686 .769 79 .383 -7.7 -0.7 .585 .213 .123 3.4
1955 29 STL NL 8 7 0 0.0 105 .125 .125 .264 .125 .335 .125 .418 .250 .754 -33 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
1956 30 STL NL 2 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .264 .000 .331 .000 .417 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1957 31 STL NL 18 12 2 4.5 105 .417 .294 .271 .333 .334 .353 .419 .686 .754 84 .489 -0.4 0.0 .583 .118 .059
4 Seasons 299 217 29 3.6 109 .279 .244 .274 .311 .344 .358 .423 .669 .767 75 .372 -10.1 -1.0 .565 .199 .114 3.4
162 Game Avg. 532 386 52 3.6 109 .279 .244 .274 .311 .344 .358 .423 .669 .767 75 .372 -10.1 -1.0 .565 .199 .114 6

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1954 28 STL NL 271 1.5% 15.1% 8.9% 7.4% 33% 1.71 6.0 61.0 7.2 0.84 74%
1955 29 STL NL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 100%
1956 30 STL NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1957 31 STL NL 18 0.0% 27.8% 5.6% 5.6% 20% 5.00 3.4 8.5 6.00 67%
4 Seasons 299 1.3% 15.4% 8.4% 7.0% 32% 1.84 5.9 67.8 7.5 0.91 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 28 STL NL 6 0 29% 74 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 7 44% 10 8 1 2 1 1 13 3 9
1955 29 STL NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 30 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 31 STL NL 0 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 6 0 29% 84 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 7 42% 10 8 1 3 2 1 13 3 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 28 STL NL 239 69% 60 2 1 1 1 1.50 4 0 5 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 50 6 12% 20 4 20% 159 29 18% 14 6 43% 18 6 33% 32
1955 29 STL NL 4 100% 1 3 1 0 0 0.73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 4
1956 30 STL NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1957 31 STL NL 18 100% 5 3 2 0 0 0.16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 11 2 18% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 263 71% 66 8 4 1 1 0.71 4 0 5 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 50 6 12% 21 4 19% 172 31 18% 16 7 44% 19 6 32% 36
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 28 66 271 244 28 60 14 2 4 34 3 5 24 41 .246 .317 .369 .686 79 90 6 2 0 1
1955 29 79 279 252 28 61 14 2 4 34 3 5 24 41 .242 .312 .361 .673 76 91 6 2 0 1 0
1956 30 82 281 254 28 61 14 2 4 34 3 5 24 41 .240 .310 .358 .668 74 91 6 2 0 1 0
1957 31 91 299 271 30 66 15 2 4 36 3 5 25 46 .244 .311 .358 .669 75 97 6 2 0 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 28 69 281 254 28 60 14 2 4 34 3 24 43 .236 .306 .354 .660 27 66
1955 29 14 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
1956 30 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1957 31 9 19 18 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 .278 .316 .333 .649 2 9
4 Seasons 95 310 282 30 65 15 2 4 36 3 25 48 .230 .297 .340 .637 29 91
162 Game Avg. 162 529 481 51 111 26 3 7 61 5 43 82 .230 .297 .340 .637 49 91

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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