Tommy Boggs
Thomas Winton Boggs
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 25, 1955 in Poughkeepsie, NY
High School: Lanier (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1976
Final Game: May 7, 1985
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1976 20 TEX AL 1 7 .125 3.49 13 13 0 3 0 0 90.1 87 42 35 7 34 1 36 1 1 7 383 103 1.339 8.7 0.7 3.4 3.6 1.06
1977 21 TEX AL 0 3 .000 5.93 6 6 0 0 0 0 27.1 40 18 18 1 12 0 15 1 0 1 130 69 1.902 13.2 0.3 4.0 4.9 1.25
1978 22 ATL NL 2 8 .200 6.71 16 12 2 1 1 0 59.0 80 46 44 8 26 3 21 1 1 3 283 61 1.797 12.2 1.2 4.0 3.2 0.81
1979 23 ATL NL 0 2 .000 6.39 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.2 21 11 9 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 64 64 1.974 14.9 0.0 2.8 0.7 0.25
1980 24 ATL NL 12 9 .571 3.42 32 26 1 4 3 0 192.1 180 80 73 14 46 0 84 4 2 4 792 109 1.175 8.4 0.7 2.2 3.9 1.83
1981 25 ATL NL 3 13 .188 4.10 25 24 1 2 0 0 142.2 140 72 65 11 54 4 81 3 0 4 606 88 1.360 8.8 0.7 3.4 5.1 1.50
1982 26 ATL NL 2 2 .500 3.30 10 10 0 0 0 0 46.1 43 22 17 2 22 1 29 2 0 2 197 114 1.403 8.4 0.4 4.3 5.6 1.32
1983 27 ATL NL 0 0 5.68 5 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 8 4 4 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 27 68 1.421 11.4 1.4 1.4 7.1 5.00
1985 29 TEX AL 0 0 11.57 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 13 9 9 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 36 37 2.143 16.7 3.9 2.6 7.7 3.00
9 Seasons 20 44 .313 4.22 114 94 5 10 4 0 584.0 612 304 274 47 201 9 278 13 4 22 2518 89 1.392 9.4 0.7 3.1 4.3 1.38
162 Game Avg. 7 14 .313 4.22 37 31 2 3 1 0 191 200 99 90 15 66 3 91 4 1 7 823 89 1.392 9.4 0.7 3.1 4.3 1.38
ATL (6 yrs) 19 34 .358 4.15 91 75 5 7 4 0 459.1 472 235 212 36 153 8 221 11 3 14 1969 90 1.361 9.2 0.7 3.0 4.3 1.44
TEX (3 yrs) 1 10 .091 4.48 23 19 0 3 0 0 124.2 140 69 62 11 48 1 57 2 1 8 549 84 1.508 10.1 0.8 3.5 4.1 1.19
NL (6 yrs) 19 34 .358 4.15 91 75 5 7 4 0 459.1 472 235 212 36 153 8 221 11 3 14 1969 90 1.361 9.2 0.7 3.0 4.3 1.44
AL (3 yrs) 1 10 .091 4.48 23 19 0 3 0 0 124.2 140 69 62 11 48 1 57 2 1 8 549 84 1.508 10.1 0.8 3.5 4.1 1.19

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 20 TEX AL 13 383 339 42 87 11 3 7 8 10 34 36 .257 .322 .369 .691 .266 125 5 1 4 5 1
1977 21 TEX AL 6 130 114 18 40 3 2 1 1 1 12 15 .351 .417 .439 .856 .398 50 1 1 3 0 0
1978 22 ATL NL 16 283 248 46 80 11 2 8 7 0 26 21 .323 .386 .480 .866 .326 119 7 1 6 2 3
1979 23 ATL NL 3 64 58 11 21 3 0 0 6 0 4 1 .362 .413 .414 .826 .368 24 1 1 1 0 0
1980 24 ATL NL 32 792 722 80 180 35 3 14 25 9 46 84 .249 .295 .364 .660 .263 263 18 4 13 7 0
1981 25 ATL NL 25 606 529 72 140 22 3 11 24 12 54 81 .265 .332 .380 .712 .291 201 10 3 13 7 4
1982 26 ATL NL 10 197 170 22 43 6 1 2 12 2 22 29 .253 .345 .335 .681 .295 57 8 2 3 0 1
1983 27 ATL NL 5 27 25 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 .320 .346 .440 .786 .368 11 1 0 1 0 0
1985 29 TEX AL 4 36 34 9 13 2 0 3 1 0 2 6 .382 .417 .706 1.123 .400 24 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 114 2518 2239 304 612 93 14 47 87 34 201 278 .273 .334 .390 .724 .292 874 52 13 44 21 9
162 Game Avg. 37 823 732 99 200 30 5 15 28 11 66 91 .273 .334 .390 .724 .292 286 17 4 14 7 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1976 20 TEX AL 13 13 1 7 5 0 4 3 10 .231 3 0 3 0 9 69% 51 78 29 11 4 0 5 2.5 2.7 6.9
1977 21 TEX AL 6 6 0 3 3 0 0 2 4 .333 0 1 0 0 1 17% 40 72 23 11 3 0 4 4.8 1.9 4.6
1978 22 ATL NL 16 12 2 8 2 0 1 2 10 .167 0 1 1 1 3 25% 41 85 20 7 1 2 7 2.2 3.2 4.5
1979 23 ATL NL 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 41 29 3 2 0 2 3.7 3.8 4.2
1980 24 ATL NL 32 26 12 9 5 1 3 15 11 .577 0 5 4 3 17 65% 52 80 24 18 8 2 13 4.0 3.6 6.7
1981 25 ATL NL 25 24 3 12 9 0 3 6 17 .261 3 5 2 0 13 54% 50 75 22 15 5 4 7 3.0 2.5 5.9
1982 26 ATL NL 10 10 2 2 6 0 1 6 4 .600 3 3 0 0 5 50% 51 74 21 12 5 2 4 4.5 4.1 4.6
7 Seasons 105 94 20 43 31 1 12 35 58 .376 9 15 10 4 48 51% 49 85 20 77 28 10 42 3.4 3.1 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 22 ATL NL 16 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 2 1.032 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 3.8
1980 24 ATL NL 32 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 2 0.917 0 2 3 0 0 6 5 1 5 0 5 0 8.7
1981 25 ATL NL 25 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.010 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1983 27 ATL NL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 6 0.820 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 3 2 1 3.8
1985 29 TEX AL 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 7 0.519 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 4 2 0 4 0 5.3
5 Seasons 82 20 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 17 8 47% 0.958 3 5 11 2 2 16 9 11 12 4 14 2 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1976 20 TEX AL 383 55% 1.8% 9.4% 8.9% 5.5% 24% 0.91 79% 73 5 7%
1977 21 TEX AL 130 53% 0.8% 11.5% 9.2% 4.6% 15% 1.25 75% 32 1 3%
1978 22 ATL NL 283 41% 2.8% 7.4% 9.2% 7.4% 26% 1.20 78% 65 7 11%
1979 23 ATL NL 64 59% 0.0% 1.6% 6.3% 4.7% 14% 1.18 89% 11 1 9%
1980 24 ATL NL 792 48% 1.8% 10.6% 5.8% 6.6% 29% 1.38 80% 114 18 16%
1981 25 ATL NL 606 49% 1.8% 13.4% 8.9% 5.9% 26% 1.09 73% 111 10 9%
1982 26 ATL NL 197 52% 1.0% 14.7% 11.2% 4.6% 21% 1.97 71% 30 8 27%
1983 27 ATL NL 27 44% 3.7% 18.5% 3.7% 3.7% 13% 1.80 70% 5 1 20%
1985 29 TEX AL 36 56% 8.3% 16.7% 5.6% 13.9% 39% 2.75 69% 10 1 10%
9 Seasons 2518 49% 1.9% 11.0% 8.0% 6.1% 25% 1.24 77% 451 52 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1976 20 TEX AL 383 87 7 0 3 2 5 3 4 16 11 0 69% 7 7 1 138 8 10 44% 8 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 15 0
1977 21 TEX AL 130 40 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 11 5 1 45% 2 1 0 56 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 22 ATL NL 283 80 8 0 5 6 2 7 1 21 13 0 62% 8 3 1 127 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1979 23 ATL NL 64 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 67% 1 0 1 32 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 24 ATL NL 792 180 14 0 2 9 5 11 3 36 23 6 64% 14 4 1 282 25 9 74% 25 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 16 0
1981 25 ATL NL 606 140 11 0 16 4 7 8 3 41 24 4 59% 10 4 2 209 24 12 67% 22 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1982 26 ATL NL 197 43 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 7 6 0 86% 2 2 1 78 12 2 86% 11 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 0
1983 27 ATL NL 27 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 2 50% 0 1 0 9 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 29 TEX AL 36 13 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 2518 612 47 0 34 23 24 36 11 143 88 14 62% 45 22 7 944 87 34 72% 83 26 4 7 0 1 5 0 61 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1976 20 1 7 .125 3.49 13 13 0 3 0 0 90.1 87 42 35 7 34 1 36 1 1 7 383 103 1.339 8.7 0.7 3.4 3.6 1.06 103
1977 21 1 10 .091 4.05 19 19 0 3 0 0 117.2 127 60 53 8 46 1 51 2 1 8 513 92 1.470 9.7 0.6 3.5 3.9 1.11 92
1978 22 3 18 .143 4.94 35 31 2 4 1 0 176.2 207 106 97 16 72 4 72 3 2 11 796 78 1.579 10.5 0.8 3.7 3.7 1.00 78
1979 23 3 20 .130 5.04 38 34 2 4 1 0 189.1 228 117 106 16 76 4 73 4 2 11 860 76 1.606 10.8 0.8 3.6 3.5 0.96 76
1980 24 15 29 .341 4.22 70 60 3 8 4 0 381.2 408 197 179 30 122 4 157 8 4 15 1652 90 1.389 9.6 0.7 2.9 3.7 1.29 90
1981 25 18 42 .300 4.19 95 84 4 10 4 0 524.1 548 269 244 41 176 8 238 11 4 19 2258 89 1.381 9.4 0.7 3.0 4.1 1.35 89
1982 26 20 44 .313 4.12 105 94 4 10 4 0 570.2 591 291 261 43 198 9 267 13 4 21 2455 91 1.383 9.3 0.7 3.1 4.2 1.35 91
1983 27 20 44 .313 4.13 110 94 5 10 4 0 577.0 599 295 265 44 199 9 272 13 4 22 2482 90 1.383 9.3 0.7 3.1 4.2 1.37 90
1984 28 20 44 .313 4.13 110 94 5 10 4 0 577.0 599 295 265 44 199 9 272 13 4 22 2482 90 1.383 9.3 0.7 3.1 4.2 1.37 90
1985 29 20 44 .313 4.22 114 94 5 10 4 0 584.0 612 304 274 47 201 9 278 13 4 22 2518 89 1.392 9.4 0.7 3.1 4.3 1.38 89

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1976 20 4 5 .444 4.39 84.0 94 46 41 8 37 33 1 1.560 10.1 4.0 3.5 0.89 0.9 13
1977 21 1 1 .500 6.23 26.0 40 20 18 1 12 14 1 2.000 13.8 4.2 4.8 1.17 0.3 6
1978 22 2 4 .333 6.56 59.0 80 48 43 8 26 21 1 1.797 12.2 4.0 3.2 0.81 1.2 16
1979 23 0 1 .000 6.23 13.0 20 10 9 0 4 1 1 1.846 13.8 2.8 0.7 0.25 0.0 3
1980 24 11 9 .550 3.75 185.0 186 86 77 14 48 81 4 1.265 9.0 2.3 3.9 1.69 0.7 32
1981 25 9 13 .409 4.81 202.0 221 120 108 17 85 115 5 1.515 9.8 3.8 5.1 1.35 0.8 25
1982 26 2 2 .500 3.56 43.0 43 19 17 2 22 27 2 1.512 9.0 4.6 5.7 1.23 0.4 10
1983 27 0 0 6.00 6.0 8 4 4 1 1 5 0 1.500 12.0 1.5 7.5 5.00 1.5 5
1985 29 0 0 11.57 7.0 14 10 9 3 2 6 0 2.286 18.0 2.6 7.7 3.00 3.9 4
9 Seasons 29 35 .453 4.69 625.0 706 363 326 54 237 303 15 1.509 10.2 4.4 1.28 0.8 114

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1980 NL  1.175 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  2.153 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 NL  24 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 NL  3 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  11 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1981 NL  13 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  65 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1976 AL  7 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (10th)
1981 NL  3 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1976 AL  born 1955-10-25 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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