Tom Drake

Thomas Kendall Drake

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 7, 1912 in Birmingham, AL
Schools: Jacksonville State University, Troy State University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1939
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Indians 1939-1941

Final Game: September 28, 1941
Died: July 2, 1988 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Marvin's Chapel Cemetery, Pinson, AL
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1935	22	CLE-min	A	0	1	.000	5.73	5						11.0	12	9	7		4							1.455	9.8		3.3			NOR · SOUA
1936	23	CLE-min	A1	13	5	.722	3.51	51						217.2	219	101	85		70							1.328	9.1		2.9			NOR · SOUA
1937	24	CLE-min	A1	14	11	.560	4.39	41	26					209.0	228	113	102		88							1.512	9.8		3.8			NOR · SOUA
1938	25	CLE-min	A1,AA	8	8	.500	3.05	31						168.0	164	71	57		79							1.446	8.8		4.2			NOR,MLW · SOUA,AA
1939	26	CLE-min	AA,A1	6	8	.429		18						94.0	47				31							0.830	4.5		3.0			BFL,NOR · IL,SOUA
1939	26	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	8	1	3	0	0	0	15.0	23	18	15	2	19	1	2	0	0	86	50	2.800	13.8	1.2	11.4	0.6	0.05

1941	28	-min	A1	9	5	.643	4.39	30	10					119.0	126	71	58		72							1.664	9.5		5.4			NVL · SOUA
1941	28	BRO	NL	1	1	.500	4.38	10	2	3	0	0	0	24.2	26	13	12	2	9	12	0	0	2	104	86	1.419	9.5	0.7	3.3	4.4	1.33
1942	29	-min	AA	1	2	.333		6						34.0	34				15	4						1.441	9.0		4.0	1.1	0.27	TTO · IL
1946	33	CHC-min	A	7	8	.467	3.69	21						117.0	114	62	48		35							1.274	8.8		2.7			MAC · SALL
1947	34	-min	A	1	6	.143		9																								CHS · SALL
1948	35	-min	C	4	4	.500	2.62	24						55.0	49	29	16		24							1.327	8.0		3.9			LAK · FLIN
1949	36	-min	B	10	9	.526	3.60	36						170.0	165	76	68		68							1.371	8.7		3.6			TAM,FTL · FLIN
1951	38	-min	B					14																								WPB · FLIN
2 Seasons				1	2	.333	6.13	18	3	6	0	0	0	39.2	49	31	27	4	28	13	2	0	2	190	66	1.941	11.1	0.9	6.4	2.9	0.46
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.333	6.13	58	10	19	0	0	0	129	159	100	87	13	91	42	6	0	6	615	66	1.941	11.1	0.9	6.4	2.9	0.46

BRO (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.38	10	2	3	0	0	0	24.2	26	13	12	2	9	12	0	0	2	104	86	1.419	9.5	0.7	3.3	4.4	1.33
CLE (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.00	8	1	3	0	0	0	15.0	23	18	15	2	19	1	2	0	0	86	50	2.800	13.8	1.2	11.4	0.6	0.05

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1939	26	CLE	AL	15.0	1	18	10	0	1.0	-8	-0.8	$

1941	28	BRO	NL	24.2	2	13	13	1	1.0	0	0.0	$
2 Seasons				39.2	3	31	23	1	1.0	-8	-0.8	$

BRO (1 yr)				24.2	2	13	13	1	1.0	0	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				15.0	1	18	10	0	1.0	-8	-0.8	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
1935	22	CLE-min	A	5																						NOR · SOUA
1936	23	CLE-min	A1	51	76	76		10	0	0	1						.132	.132	.171	.303		13				NOR · SOUA
1937	24	CLE-min	A1	47	86	86		20	5	1	2						.233	.233	.384	.616		33				NOR · SOUA
1938	25	CLE-min	A1,AA	33	55	55		7	0	0	1						.127	.127	.182	.309		10				NOR,MLW · SOUA,AA
1939	26	CLE-min	A1,AA	19	16	16		5	1	0	0						.313	.313	.375	.688		6				NOR,BFL · SOUA,IL
1939	26	CLE	AL	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	/1

1941	28	-min	A1	31	49	49		8	0	1	1						.163	.163	.265	.429		13				NVL · SOUA
1941	28	BRO	NL	11	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	120	2	0	0	0	1/O9
1942	29	-min	AA	6																			1			TTO · IL
1946	33	CHC-min	A	21	41	41		6	1	0	0						.146	.146	.171	.317		7				MAC · SALL
1947	34	-min	A																							CHS · SALL
1948	35	-min	C	24	13	13		2	1	0	0						.154	.154	.231	.385		3				LAK · FLIN
1949	36	-min	B	37	59	59		8	1	0	1						.136	.136	.203	.339		12				TAM,FTL · FLIN
1951	38	-min	B	14	9	9		1	1	0	0						.111	.111	.222	.333		2				WPB · FLIN
2 Seasons				19	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	55	2	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	68	60	0	17	0	0	0	0	0		0	9	.286	.286	.286	.571	55	17	0	0	9

BRO (1 yr)				11	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	120	2	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1939	26	CLE	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

1941	28	BRO	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1/O9
2 Seasons				8	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

BRO (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1939	CLE	AL	26	P	8	1	15.0	7	2	4	1	.857	3.60	0.75	.951	1.92	1.89
1941	BRO	NL	28	P	10	2	24.2	6	3	3	0	1.000	2.19	0.60	.965	2.23	2.21
1941	BRO	NL	28	OF	1	0		0	0	0	0			0.00			2.30
1941	BRO	NL	28	RF	1	0		0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00
	2 Seasons			P	18	3	39.2	13	5	7	1	.923	2.72	0.67	.958	2.11	2.07
	1 Season			OF	1	0		0	0	0	0			0.00			2.30
	1 Season			RF	1	0		0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00
	2 Seasons			TOT	19	3	39.2	13	5	7	1	.923	2.72	0.63	.958	2.11	2.08

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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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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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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Transactions

July 31, 1941: Traded by Nashville (Southern Association) with Tommy Tatum to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Vito Tamulis.
April 26, 1946: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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Name and misspellings: Thomas Kendall tim Tom tommy Drake

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