Tom Brewer
Thomas Austin Brewer
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 3, 1931 in Wadesboro, NC
School: Elon University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Final Game: September 27, 1961
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 BOS AL 22 P 33 23 162.2 30 9 18 3 1 .900 1.49 0.82 .960 2.01 0.93
1955 BOS AL 23 P 31 28 192.2 60 15 44 1 4 .983 2.76 1.90 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 BOS AL 24 P 32 32 244.1 81 28 52 1 2 .988 2.95 2.50 .948 1.92 0.82 AS,MVP-22
1957 BOS AL 25 P 32 32 238.1 88 20 65 3 3 .966 3.21 2.66 .962 1.99 0.86
1958 BOS AL 26 P 33 32 227.1 74 13 57 4 7 .946 2.77 2.12 .964 1.95 0.82
1959 BOS AL 27 P 36 32 215.1 74 23 49 2 1 .973 3.01 2.00 .954 2.05 0.85
1960 BOS AL 28 P 34 29 186.2 62 15 45 2 3 .968 2.89 1.76 .968 1.96 0.78
1961 BOS AL 29 P 10 9 42.0 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 3.21 1.50 .953 2.06 0.83
8 Seasons P 241 217 1509.1 484 125 343 16 22 .967 2.79 1.94 .958 1.98 0.84
8 Seasons TOT 241 217 1509.1 484 125 343 16 22 .967 2.79 1.94 .925 1.98 0.84

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 BOS AL 22 37 23 37 37 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1955 BOS AL 23 33 28 33 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1956 BOS AL 24 38 32 38 38 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1957 BOS AL 25 45 32 45 45 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
1958 BOS AL 26 42 32 42 42 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
1959 BOS AL 27 47 32 47 47 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
1960 BOS AL 28 45 29 45 45 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1961 BOS AL 29 18 9 18 18 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
8 Seasons 305 217 305 305 241 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BOS AL 22 750 77% 28% 28 79% 1 9 2 3 18 10 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 4 50%
1955 BOS AL 23 877 79% 28% 51 96% 1 18 1 9 42 33 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 3 1 2 100%
1956 BOS AL 24 1027 77% 30% 53 94% 1 27 2 23 50 39 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 100%
1957 BOS AL 25 997 78% 33% 73 89% 1 19 1 12 61 55 3 3 0 2 1 3 3 2 3 0 6 67%
1958 BOS AL 26 988 78% 33% 64 91% 2 10 1 5 59 39 7 4 0 3 1 4 7 3 6 1 7 86%
1959 BOS AL 27 942 78% 34% 52 94% 2 22 0 19 48 37 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 71%
1960 BOS AL 28 847 84% 34% 56 84% 1 16 1 12 44 35 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 10 70%
1961 BOS AL 29 196 79% 38% 14 100% 1 2 0 2 14 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
8 Seasons 6624 78% 32% 391 91% 10 123 8 85 336 259 28 16 0 10 6 11 22 13 20 2 43 77%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* 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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