Tommy Corcoran

Thomas William Corcoran (Corky or Tommy the Cork)

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 164 lb.

Born: January 4, 1869 in New Haven, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1890
Teams (by GP): Reds/Grooms/Athletics/Bridegrooms/Burghers/... 1890-1907

Final Game: July 10, 1907
Died: June 25, 1960 in Plainfield, CT
Buried: Pachaug Cemetery, Pachaug, CT
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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	Awards
1890	PBB	PL	21	SS	123				725	210	431	84	36	.884		5.21	.868		5.13
1891	PHA	AA	22	SS	133				806	300	434	72	56	.911		5.52	.879		5.14
1892	BRO	NL	23	SS	151				850	291	495	64	49	.925		5.21	.897		5.37
1893	BRO	NL	24	SS	115				730	218	444	68	44	.907		5.76	.897		5.54
1894	BRO	NL	25	SS	129				795	280	439	76	45	.904		5.57	.897		5.70
1895	BRO	NL	26	SS	128				850	295	491	64	50	.925		6.14	.899		5.63
1896	BRO	NL	27	SS	132				864	323	477	64	69	.926		6.06	.903		5.58
1897	CIN	NL	28	SS	63				403	155	213	35	34	.913		5.84	.907		5.76
1897	CIN	NL	28	2B	47				291	131	147	13	17	.955		5.91	.936		5.61
1898	CIN	NL	29	SS	153				981	353	561	67	76	.932		5.97	.913		5.66
1899	CIN	NL	30	SS	124				752	282	417	53	53	.930		5.64	.910		5.65
1899	CIN	NL	30	2B	14				75	21	52	2	3	.973		5.21	.941		5.55
1900	CIN	NL	31	SS	124				758	262	436	60	56	.921		5.63	.922		5.87
1900	CIN	NL	31	2B	5				24	11	12	1	3	.958		4.60	.938		5.28
1901	CIN	NL	32	SS	30				197	69	112	16	20	.919		6.03	.925		5.73
1902	CIN	NL	33	SS	137				760	292	412	56	49	.926		5.14	.912		5.42
1902	CIN	NL	33	2B	1				7	2	5	0	0	1.000		7.00	.947		5.40
1903	CIN	NL	34	SS	115				668	263	367	38	42	.943		5.48	.911		5.48
1904	CIN	NL	35	SS	150				880	353	471	56	54	.936		5.49	.920		5.38
1905	CIN	NL	36	SS	151				919	344	531	44	67	.952		5.79	.931		5.58
1906	CIN	NL	37	SS	117				682	263	379	40	51	.941		5.49	.933		5.39
1907	NYG	NL	38	2B	62				310	108	183	19	15	.939		4.69	.952		5.23
	17 Seasons			SS	2075				12620	4553	7110	957	851	.924		5.62	.907		5.51
	5 Seasons			2B	129				707	273	399	35	38	.950		5.21	.944		5.41
	18 Seasons			TOT	2204				13327	4826	7509	992	889	.926		5.60	.909		5.51
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1890	PBB	PL	21	123		123		0	0	0	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	0
1891	PHA	AA	22	133		133		0	0	0	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	0
1892	BRO	NL	23	151		151		0	0	0	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0
1893	BRO	NL	24	115		115		0	0	0	0	0	115	0	0	0	0	0
1894	BRO	NL	25	129		129		0	0	0	0	0	129	0	0	0	0	0
1895	BRO	NL	26	128		128		0	0	0	0	0	128	0	0	0	0	0
1896	BRO	NL	27	132		132		0	0	0	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	0
1897	CIN	NL	28	109		109		0	0	0	47	0	63	0	0	0	0	0
1898	CIN	NL	29	153		153		0	0	0	0	0	153	0	0	0	0	0
1899	CIN	NL	30	138		138		0	0	0	14	0	124	0	0	0	0	0
1900	CIN	NL	31	127		127		0	0	0	5	0	124	0	0	0	0	0
1901	CIN	NL	32	31		31		0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0
1902	CIN	NL	33	138		138		0	0	0	1	0	137	0	0	0	0	0
1903	CIN	NL	34	115		115		0	0	0	0	0	115	0	0	0	0	0
1904	CIN	NL	35	150		150		0	0	0	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	0
1905	CIN	NL	36	151		151		0	0	0	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0
1906	CIN	NL	37	117		117		0	0	0	0	0	117	0	0	0	0	0
1907	NYG	NL	38	62		62		0	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18 Seasons			2202		2202		0	0	0	129	0	2075	0	0	0	0	0
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

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

Assists† s c a p y 1890 PL 431 (5th) 1891 AA 434 (3rd) 1895 NL 491 (3rd) 1896 NL 477 (3rd) 1898 NL 561 (1st) 1902 NL 417 (5th) 1904 NL 471 (5th) 1905 NL 531 (1st) Career 7,509 (9th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1894 NL 76 (4th) 1898 NL 67 (5th) 1900 NL 61 (5th) 1902 NL 56 (5th) Career 992 (5th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1890 PL 123 (4th) 1891 AA 133 (2nd) 1892 NL 151 (3rd) 1894 NL 129 (2nd) 1895 NL 128 (4th) 1896 NL 132 (3rd) 1898 NL 153 (1st) 1899 NL 124 (5th) 1902 NL 137 (2nd) 1903 NL 115 (3rd) 1904 NL 150 (3rd) 1905 NL 151 (2nd) Career 2,075 (15th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1890 PL 210 (4th) 1891 AA 300 (1st) 1894 NL 280 (2nd) 1895 NL 295 (2nd) 1896 NL 323 (2nd) 1898 NL 353 (3rd) 1899 NL 282 (5th) 1900 NL 262 (5th) 1902 NL 292 (2nd) 1903 NL 263 (4th) 1904 NL 353 (3rd) 1905 NL 344 (4th) Career 4,553 (5th)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1890 PL 431 (3rd) 1891 AA 434 (3rd) 1892 NL 495 (5th) 1893 NL 444 (5th) 1894 NL 439 (4th) 1895 NL 491 (3rd) 1896 NL 477 (2nd) 1898 NL 561 (1st) 1902 NL 412 (3rd) 1903 NL 367 (4th) 1904 NL 471 (3rd) 1905 NL 531 (1st) Career 7,110 (7th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1890 PL 84 (3rd) 1891 AA 72 (5th) 1893 NL 68 (5th) 1894 NL 76 (2nd) 1898 NL 67 (4th) 1900 NL 60 (2nd) 1902 NL 56 (5th) 1904 NL 56 (5th) Career 957 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1890 PL 5.21 (4th) 1891 AA 5.52 (2nd) 1893 NL 5.76 (5th) 1895 NL 6.14 (3rd) 1896 NL 6.06 (3rd) 1898 NL 5.97 (5th) 1904 NL 5.49 (3rd) 1905 NL 5.79 (3rd) 1906 NL 5.49 (5th) Career 5.62 (12th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1890 PL .884 (3rd) 1891 AA .911 (1st) 1892 NL .925 (2nd) 1893 NL .907 (5th) 1895 NL .925 (3rd) 1896 NL .926 (3rd) 1898 NL .932 (4th) 1899 NL .930 (3rd) 1902 NL .926 (2nd) 1903 NL .943 (2nd) 1904 NL .936 (1st) 1905 NL .952 (1st) 1906 NL .941 (3rd)
Oldest s c a p y 1904 NL born 1869-01-04 (10th) 1905 NL born 1869-01-04 (7th) 1906 NL born 1869-01-04 (7th) 1907 NL born 1869-01-04 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1890 PL born 1869-01-04 (5th)

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