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Tommy Beals

Thomas Lamb Beals
a.k.a. W.Thomas In 1871-1873

Positions: Outfielder, Second Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 5", Weight: 144 lb.

Born: August, 1850 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1871
Teams (by GP): RedStockings/BlueLegs/Olympics/WhiteStockings 1871-1880

Final Game: September 29, 1880
Died: October 2, 1915 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1871 OLY NA 20 OF 8 27 20 1 6 0 .778 2.63 .832 1.98 4-0-4
1871 OLY NA 20 2B 2 16 9 7 0 1 1.000 8.00 .824 5.75
1872 OLY NA 21 2B 5 34 11 18 5 2 .853 5.80 .826 5.52
1872 OLY NA 21 OF 2 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 .820 1.95 0-2-0
1872 OLY NA 21 SS 2 15 3 8 4 0 .733 5.50 .774 4.80
1873 WAS NA 22 2B 26 207 99 81 27 14 .870 6.92 .831 5.81
1873 WAS NA 22 C 13 43 28 12 3 1 .930 3.08 .841 5.06 11
1873 WAS NA 22 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .800 2.00 1-0-0
1874 BOS NA 23 2B 12 73 29 33 11 2 .849 5.17 .805 5.51
1874 BOS NA 23 OF 9 12 6 2 4 0 .667 0.89 .802 2.02 1-2-6
1875 BOS NA 24 OF 30 60 50 2 8 1 .867 1.73 .818 1.88 3-19-8
1875 BOS NA 24 2B 8 44 21 15 8 4 .818 4.50 .837 5.89
1880 CHC NL 29 OF 10 9 7 1 1 0 .889 0.80 .856 1.85 0-0-10
1880 CHC NL 29 2B 3 13 7 2 4 1 .692 3.00 .897 6.40
6 Seasons OF 60 111 84 6 21 1 .811 1.50 .823 1.91 9-23-28
6 Seasons 2B 56 387 176 156 55 24 .858 5.93 .828 5.76
1 Season C 13 43 28 12 3 1 .930 3.08 .841 5.06 11
1 Season SS 2 15 3 8 4 0 .733 5.50 .774 4.80
6 Seasons TOT 131 556 291 182 83 26 .851 3.61 .827 3.91 9-23-28 11
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1871 OLY NA 20 10 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 4 8 0
1872 OLY NA 21 9 9 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
1873 WAS NA 22 37 37 0 13 0 26 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1874 BOS NA 23 19 19 0 0 0 12 0 0 1 2 6 9 0
1875 BOS NA 24 35 35 0 0 0 8 0 0 3 19 8 30 0
1880 CHC NL 29 13 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 10 0
6 Seasons 123 123 0 13 0 56 0 2 9 23 28 60 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1873 NA  99 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1873 NA  6.92 (2nd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1873 NA  .870 (1st)

             

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