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, Georgetown University, College of the Holy Cross (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1891
Teams (by GP): Browns/Spiders/Senators/Americans/Statesmen/.. 1891-1901
Final Game: September 28, 1901
Died: July 2, 1933 in Holyoke, MA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery,in Holyoke, MA
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1891	22	TOT	AA	116	496	475	67	121	9	10	1	44	39	19	45	.255	.286	.322	.608	77	153	2		*4/O
1891	22	BOS	AA	4	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0		/O
1891	22	WAS	AA	112	485	464	66	120	9	10	1	44	39	19	44	.259	.291	.328	.618	80	152	2		*4/O
1892	23	WHS	NL	144	619	584	94	142	9	10	1	50	49	34	49	.243	.286	.298	.584	79	174	1		4O5/6
1893	24	STL	NL	132	632	581	114	164	18	7	1	54	59	49	23	.282	.340	.343	.683	81	199	2		*O/4
1894	25	STL	NL	123	589	524	92	142	16	8	4	62	31	54	33	.271	.341	.355	.696	68	186	2	9	*O/45
1895	26	STL	NL	130	546	508	95	164	19	17	7	74	32	31	31	.323	.365	.469	.834	115	238	3	4	*O5/4
1896	27	STL	NL	126	576	521	93	138	17	11	5	46	40	42	19	.265	.322	.369	.691	85	192	2	11	4O
1897	28	TOT	NL	126	575	536	93	152	23	5	0	52	41	25		.284	.316	.345	.661	76	185	0	14	*O4
1897	28	STL	NL	35	157	145	25	38	9	1	0	9	11	6		.262	.291	.338	.629	67	49	0	6	O/4
1897	28	PHI	NL	91	418	391	68	114	14	4	0	43	30	19		.292	.324	.348	.672	79	136	0	8	O4
1898	29	STL	NL	139	635	586	70	143	17	7	0	32	16	30		.244	.287	.297	.584	66	174	5	14	*O4
1899	30	CLV	NL	147	659	605	81	168	17	6	2	35	28	48		.278	.333	.336	.668	92	203	2	4	*O

1901	32	BOS	AL	138	642	594	104	159	18	7	3	52	33	38		.268	.315	.337	.652	82	200	3	7	*O/35
10 Seasons				1321	5969	5514	903	1493	163	88	24	501	368	370	200	.271	.319	.345	.664	82	1904	22	63
162 Game Avg.				162	732	676	111	183	20	11	3	61	45	45		.271	.319	.345	.664	82	233	3

STL (6 yrs)				685	3135	2865	489	789	96	51	17	277	189	212	106	.275	.328	.362	.691	82	1038	14	44
WHS (2 yrs)				256	1104	1048	160	262	18	20	2	94	88	53	93	.250	.288	.311	.599	79	326	3
PHI (1 yr)				91	418	391	68	114	14	4	0	43	30	19		.292	.324	.348	.672	79	136	0	8
BOS (1 yr)				138	642	594	104	159	18	7	3	52	33	38		.268	.315	.337	.652	82	200	3	7
CLV (1 yr)				147	659	605	81	168	17	6	2	35	28	48		.278	.333	.336	.668	92	203	2	4
BOS (1 yr)				4	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0

NL (8 yrs)				1067	4831	4445	732	1213	136	71	20	405	296	313	155	.273	.323	.349	.672	82	1551	17	56
AA (1 yr)				116	496	475	67	121	9	10	1	44	39	19	45	.255	.286	.322	.608	77	153	2
AL (1 yr)				138	642	594	104	159	18	7	3	52	33	38		.268	.315	.337	.652	82	200	3	7

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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	LF-CF-RF	Awards
1891	TOT	AA	22	OF	9			11	10	0	1	0	.909		1.11	.909		1.83	5-0-4
1891	BOS	AA	22	OF	4			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.82	0-0-4
1891	WAS	AA	22	2B	107			584	230	287	67	38	.885		4.83	.917		5.25
1891	WAS	AA	22	OF	5			11	10	0	1	0	.909		2.00	.909		1.84	5-0-0
1892	WHS	NL	23	2B	98			530	208	264	58	33	.891		4.82	.931		5.59
1892	WHS	NL	23	OF	23			44	35	3	6	2	.864		1.65	.916		1.85	7-0-16
1892	WHS	NL	23	3B	18			73	24	35	14	1	.808		3.28	.889		3.54
1892	WHS	NL	23	SS	6			35	16	13	6	3	.829		4.83	.906		5.33
1893	STL	NL	24	OF	132			267	225	27	15	9	.944		1.91	.912		2.14	64-5-63
1893	STL	NL	24	2B	1			1	0	0	1	0	.000		0.00	1.000		5.90
1894	STL	NL	25	OF	117			229	199	14	16	4	.930		1.82	.914		2.23	48-0-69
1894	STL	NL	25	2B	7			43	20	19	4	2	.907		5.57	.930		5.71
1894	STL	NL	25	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.40
1895	STL	NL	26	OF	116			249	220	11	18	3	.928		1.99	.916		2.14	14-36-66
1895	STL	NL	26	3B	17			50	15	26	9	0	.820		2.41	.880		3.38
1895	STL	NL	26	2B	2			8	5	3	0	0	1.000		4.00	.925		5.65
1896	STL	NL	27	2B	78			437	182	220	35	22	.920		5.15	.941		5.42
1896	STL	NL	27	OF	48			123	111	4	8	2	.935		2.40	.933		2.12	0-48-0
1897	TOT	NL	28	OF	103			207	181	9	17	3	.918		1.84	.938		2.06	0-53-50
1897	TOT	NL	28	2B	24			142	56	71	15	5	.894		5.29	.939		5.52
1897	STL	NL	28	OF	30			71	65	0	6	0	.915		2.17	.938		2.06	0-30-0
1897	STL	NL	28	2B	5			22	9	9	4	0	.818		3.60	.945		5.52
1897	PHI	NL	28	OF	73			136	116	9	11	3	.919		1.71	.938		2.06	0-23-50
1897	PHI	NL	28	2B	19			120	47	62	11	5	.908		5.74	.938		5.52
1898	STL	NL	29	OF	129			238	208	11	19	3	.920		1.70	.938		2.03	9-42-82
1898	STL	NL	29	2B	11			57	23	28	6	3	.895		4.64	.946		5.53
1899	CLV	NL	30	OF	147			368	341	10	17	2	.954		2.39	.943		2.11	0-147-0
1901	BOS	AL	32	OF	137			319	288	11	20	3	.937		2.18	.930		2.00	137-0-0
1901	BOS	AL	32	1B	2			14	13	1	0	0	1.000		7.00	.971		10.55
1901	BOS	AL	32	3B	1			1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.900		3.50
10 Seasons				OF	961			2055	1818	100	137	31	.933		2.00	.928		2.09	284-331-350
8 Seasons				2B	328			1802	724	892	186	103	.897		4.93	.930		5.44
4 Seasons				3B	37			124	40	61	23	1	.815		2.73	.885		3.46
1 Season				SS	6			35	16	13	6	3	.829		4.83	.906		5.33
1 Season				1B	2			14	13	1	0	0	1.000		7.00	.971		10.55
10 Seasons				TOT	1334			4030	2611	1067	352	138	.913		2.76	.840		2.98	284-331-350
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF	Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1893 NL 132 (6th) 1901 AL 138 (3rd)	At Bats s c a p y 1893 NL 581 (5th) 1899 NL 605 (6th) 1901 AL 594 (2nd)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1893 NL 632 (6th) 1899 NL 659 (10th) 1901 AL 642 (2nd)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1901 AL 104 (10th)
Triples s c a p y 1895 NL 17 (8th) Career 88 (221st)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1893 NL 59 (2nd) 1901 AL 33 (10th) Career 368 (90th)	Singles s c a p y 1893 NL 138 (9th) 1901 AL 131 (9th)	AB per SO s c a p y Career 16.0 (211th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1893 NL 417 (4th) 1894 NL 391 (9th) 1896 NL 394 (5th) 1897 NL 398 (4th) 1898 NL 457 (2nd) 1899 NL 441 (5th) 1901 AL 442 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 13 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 8 (1202), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 13 (1380), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

April 21, 1891: Loaned to the Washington Statesmen by the Boston Reds.

November, 1892: Released by the Washington Senators.

December 1, 1892: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

June 1, 1897: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill Hallman, Dick Harley and $300.

November 10, 1897: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Jack Clements, Lave Cross, Jack Taylor and $1,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Monte Cross, Red Donahue and Klondike Douglass.

March 29, 1899: Assigned to the Cleveland Spiders by the St. Louis Perfectos.

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Gray Ink	Batting - 13 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1202), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1380), Average HOFer ≈ 50