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Tom Alston

Thomas Edison Alston

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 31, 1926 in Greensboro, NC
School: North Carolina A&T State University (Greensboro, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Team: Cardinals 1954-1957

Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: December 30, 1993 in Winston-Salem, NC
Buried: New Goshen Church Cemetery, Greensboro, NC
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Standard Batting

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 9 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 Yrs 91 300 271 30 66 15 2 4 36 3 5 25 46 .244 .311 .358 .669 75 97 6 2 0 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 534 482 53 117 27 4 7 64 5 9 45 82 .244 .311 .358 .669 75 173 11 4 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1954 28 STL NL 66 271 -5 -2 0 2 -3 -9 -1.0 9 0 -0.1 .486 .494 -0.2 -0.2 -1 $ 3
1955 29 STL NL 13 9 -2 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /3
1956 30 STL NL 3 2 -0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .507 .500 -0.1 0.1 -0 $ /3
1957 31 STL NL 9 18 -0 0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .481 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /3
4 Seasons 91 300 -8 -2 0 2 -3 -12 -1.3 10 -1 -0.3 .487 .498 -0.5 -0.2 -3 $

Advanced Batting

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 -0.8 .585 .213 .123 3.4
1955 29 STL NL 9 7 0 0.0 105 .125 .125 .264 .125 .335 .125 .419 .250 .754 -33 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
1956 30 STL NL 2 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .263 .000 .330 .000 .415 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1957 31 STL NL 18 12 2 4.5 105 .417 .294 .271 .333 .335 .353 .420 .686 .754 84 .489 -0.4 -0.0 .583 .118 .059
4 Yrs 300 217 29 3.6 109 .279 .244 .274 .311 .344 .358 .423 .669 .768 75 .372 -10.2 -1.0 .565 .199 .114 3.4
162 Game Avg. 534 386 52 3.6 109 .279 .244 .274 .311 .344 .358 .423 .669 .768 75 .372 -10.2 -1.0 .565 .199 .114 6

Ratio Batting*

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 0.88 74%
1955 29 STL NL 9 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 89%
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 Yrs 300 1.3% 15.3% 8.3% 7.0% 32% 1.84 5.9 67.8 7.5 0.96 74%
MLB Averages 2.3% 11.7% 9.2% 6.6% 29% 1.26 7.6 38.8 8.2 0.98 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 28 STL NL -7.7 -0.8 266 -0.0 4.3 -4.3 .96 -0.4 0.4 2.7 0.3 0.98 -2.4 1.50 2
1955 29 STL NL -1.5 -0.2 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .83 -0.1 -0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.87 -1.6 0.62 5
1956 30 STL NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.77 -0.6 0
1957 31 STL NL -0.4 -0.0 18 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1.15 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 0.94 -0.7 0.14 3
4 Yrs -10.2 -1.0 294 -0.4 4.6 -4.9 .96 -0.6 0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.98 -5.3 0.65 10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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% 76 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 8 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 Yrs 6 0 29% 86 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 8 42% 10 8 1 3 2 1 13 3 9

Situational Hitting*

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 271 69% 60 2 1 1 1 1.50 4 0 7 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 52 6 12% 21 5 24% 175 29 17% 14 6 43% 17 6 35% 0
1955 29 STL NL 9 75% 1 5 1 0 0 0.62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0
1957 31 STL NL 18 100% 5 3 2 0 0 0.14 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 Yrs 300 72% 66 10 4 1 1 0.65 4 0 7 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 54 6 11% 22 5 23% 192 31 16% 16 7 44% 17 6 35% 0
MLB Averages 48% 80% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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 79 280 252 28 61 14 2 4 34 3 5 24 41 .242 .312 .361 .673 76 91 6 2 0 1 0
1956 30 82 282 254 28 61 14 2 4 34 3 5 24 41 .240 .310 .358 .668 74 91 6 2 0 1 0
1957 31 91 300 271 30 66 15 2 4 36 3 5 25 46 .244 .311 .358 .669 75 97 6 2 0 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 69 284 256 28 62 14 2 4 34 3 25 43 .242 .313 .359 .673 28 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 Yrs 95 313 284 30 67 15 2 4 36 3 26 48 .236 .304 .345 .649 30 91
162 Game Avg. 162 534 484 51 114 26 3 7 61 5 44 82 .236 .304 .345 .649 51 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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