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Tommy Dowd

Thomas Jefferson Dowd (Buttermilk Tommy)

Positions: Outfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: April 20, 1869 in Holyoke, MA
Schools: Brown University (Providence, RI), College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA), Georgetown University (Washington, DC)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1891 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Browns/Spiders/Senators/Americans/Statesmen/... 1891-1901

Final Game: September 28, 1901 (Age 32)
Died: July 2, 1933 in Holyoke, MA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Holyoke, MA
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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 Awards
1891 TOT AA 22 OF 9 11 10 0 1 0 .909 1.11 .908 1.88 5-0-4
1891 BOS AA 22 OF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.88 0-0-4
1891 WAS AA 22 2B 107 584 230 287 67 38 .885 4.83 .914 5.36
1891 WAS AA 22 OF 5 11 10 0 1 0 .909 2.00 .908 1.88 5-0-0
1892 WHS NL 23 2B 98 530 208 264 58 33 .891 4.82 .928 5.63
1892 WHS NL 23 OF 23 44 35 3 6 2 .864 1.65 .912 1.89 7-0-16
1892 WHS NL 23 3B 18 73 24 35 14 1 .808 3.28 .879 3.58
1892 WHS NL 23 SS 6 35 16 13 6 3 .829 4.83 .897 5.37
1893 STL NL 24 OF 132 267 225 27 15 9 .944 1.91 .915 2.18 64-5-63
1893 STL NL 24 2B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .930 5.90
1894 STL NL 25 OF 117 229 199 14 16 4 .930 1.82 .915 2.28 48-0-69
1894 STL NL 25 2B 7 43 20 19 4 2 .907 5.57 .928 5.79
1894 STL NL 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50
1895 STL NL 26 OF 116 249 220 11 18 3 .928 1.99 .917 2.18 14-36-66
1895 STL NL 26 3B 17 50 15 26 9 0 .820 2.41 .872 3.46
1895 STL NL 26 2B 2 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .932 5.70
1896 STL NL 27 2B 78 437 182 220 35 22 .920 5.15 .940 5.53
1896 STL NL 27 OF 48 123 111 4 8 2 .935 2.40 .933 2.16 0-48-0
1897 TOT NL 28 OF 103 207 181 9 17 3 .918 1.84 .936 2.09 0-53-50
1897 TOT NL 28 2B 24 142 56 71 15 5 .894 5.29 .936 5.61
1897 STL NL 28 OF 30 71 65 0 6 0 .915 2.17 .936 2.09 0-30-0
1897 STL NL 28 2B 5 22 9 9 4 0 .818 3.60 .936 5.60
1897 PHI NL 28 OF 73 136 116 9 11 3 .919 1.71 .936 2.09 0-23-50
1897 PHI NL 28 2B 19 120 47 62 11 5 .908 5.74 .936 5.61
1898 STL NL 29 OF 129 238 208 11 19 3 .920 1.70 .937 2.08 9-42-82
1898 STL NL 29 2B 11 57 23 28 6 3 .895 4.64 .943 5.62
1899 CLV NL 30 OF 147 368 341 10 17 2 .954 2.39 .944 2.15 0-147-0
1901 BOS AL 32 OF 137 319 288 11 20 3 .937 2.18 .931 2.03 137-0-0
1901 BOS AL 32 1B 2 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 7.00 .974 10.75
1901 BOS AL 32 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.60
10 Seasons OF 961 2055 1818 100 137 31 .933 2.00 .929 2.13 284-331-350
8 Seasons 2B 328 1802 724 892 186 103 .897 4.93 .927 5.52
4 Seasons 3B 37 124 40 61 23 1 .815 2.73 .876 3.52
1 Season SS 6 35 16 13 6 3 .829 4.83 .897 5.37
1 Season 1B 2 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 7.00 .974 10.75
10 Seasons TOT 1334 4030 2611 1067 352 138 .913 2.76 .926 3.03 284-331-350
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G 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.
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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
1891 WAS AA 22 112 112 0 0 0 107 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
1891 BOS AA 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
1892 WHS NL 23 144 144 0 0 0 98 18 6 7 0 16 23 0
1893 STL NL 24 132 132 0 0 0 1 0 0 64 5 63 132 0
1894 STL NL 25 123 123 0 0 0 7 1 0 48 0 69 117 0
1895 STL NL 26 130 130 0 0 0 2 17 0 14 36 66 116 0
1896 STL NL 27 126 126 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 48 0 48 0
1897 PHI NL 28 91 91 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 23 50 73 0
1897 STL NL 28 35 35 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 30 0 30 0
1898 STL NL 29 139 139 0 0 0 11 0 0 9 42 82 129 0
1899 CLV NL 30 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 147 0
1901 BOS AL 32 138 138 0 0 2 0 1 0 137 0 0 137 0
10 Seasons 1321 1321 0 0 2 328 37 6 284 331 350 961 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1891 AA  107 (5th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1891 AA  230 (4th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1891 AA  67 (2nd)
1892 NL  58 (2nd)
Career  186 (75th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1891 AA  38 (5th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1893 NL  132 (2nd)
1899 NL  147 (5th)
1901 AL  137 (3rd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1899 NL  341 (4th)
1901 AL  288 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1893 NL  27 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1901 AL  20 (5th)
Career  137 (93rd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1893 NL  9 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1893 NL  .944 (5th)

                           

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