Tom Filer
Thomas Carson Filer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: December 1, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA
School: LaSalle University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1982
Final Game: August 7, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1982 25 CHC NL 1 2 .333 5.53 8 8 0 0 0 0 40.2 50 25 25 5 18 2 15 0 0 2 187 67 1.672 11.1 1.1 4.0 3.3 0.83
1985 28 TOR AL 7 0 1.000 3.88 11 9 0 0 0 0 48.2 38 21 21 6 18 0 24 0 1 0 192 110 1.151 7.0 1.1 3.3 4.4 1.33
1988 31 MIL AL 5 8 .385 4.43 19 16 0 2 1 0 101.2 108 54 50 8 33 4 39 1 0 5 431 90 1.387 9.6 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.18
1989 32 MIL AL 7 3 .700 3.61 13 13 0 0 0 0 72.1 74 30 29 6 23 1 20 4 0 1 302 107 1.341 9.2 0.7 2.9 2.5 0.87
1990 33 MIL AL 2 3 .400 6.14 7 4 1 0 0 0 22.0 26 17 15 2 9 0 8 0 0 2 99 63 1.591 10.6 0.8 3.7 3.3 0.89
1992 35 NYM NL 0 1 .000 2.05 9 1 1 0 0 0 22.0 18 8 5 2 6 2 9 0 0 1 88 170 1.091 7.4 0.8 2.5 3.7 1.50
6 Seasons 22 17 .564 4.25 67 51 2 2 1 0 307.1 314 155 145 29 107 9 115 5 1 11 1299 92 1.370 9.2 0.8 3.1 3.4 1.07
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .564 4.25 39 29 1 1 1 0 177 181 89 84 17 62 5 66 3 1 6 749 92 1.370 9.2 0.8 3.1 3.4 1.07
MIL (3 yrs) 14 14 .500 4.32 39 33 1 2 1 0 196.0 208 101 94 16 65 5 67 5 0 8 832 91 1.393 9.6 0.7 3.0 3.1 1.03
NYM (1 yr) 0 1 .000 2.05 9 1 1 0 0 0 22.0 18 8 5 2 6 2 9 0 0 1 88 170 1.091 7.4 0.8 2.5 3.7 1.50
CHC (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.53 8 8 0 0 0 0 40.2 50 25 25 5 18 2 15 0 0 2 187 67 1.672 11.1 1.1 4.0 3.3 0.83
TOR (1 yr) 7 0 1.000 3.88 11 9 0 0 0 0 48.2 38 21 21 6 18 0 24 0 1 0 192 110 1.151 7.0 1.1 3.3 4.4 1.33
AL (4 yrs) 21 14 .600 4.23 50 42 1 2 1 0 244.2 246 122 115 22 83 5 91 5 1 8 1024 94 1.345 9.0 0.8 3.1 3.3 1.10
NL (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 4.31 17 9 1 0 0 0 62.2 68 33 30 7 24 4 24 0 0 3 275 84 1.468 9.8 1.0 3.4 3.4 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 25 CHC NL 8 187 166 25 50 9 2 5 3 0 18 15 .301 .370 .470 .839 .308 78 2 0 3 0 2
1985 28 TOR AL 11 192 171 21 38 7 1 6 2 1 18 24 .222 .295 .380 .675 .225 65 7 0 2 1 0
1988 31 MIL AL 19 431 385 54 108 18 4 8 8 5 33 39 .281 .333 .410 .744 .290 158 11 1 5 7 4
1989 32 MIL AL 13 302 273 30 74 7 3 6 4 1 23 20 .271 .337 .385 .721 .275 105 13 4 2 0 1
1990 33 MIL AL 7 99 90 17 26 3 0 2 1 0 9 8 .289 .354 .389 .742 .300 35 2 0 0 0 0
1992 35 NYM NL 9 88 81 8 18 3 1 2 3 1 6 9 .222 .276 .358 .634 .229 29 1 0 1 0 2
6 Seasons 67 1299 1166 155 314 47 11 29 21 8 107 115 .269 .331 .403 .734 .277 470 36 5 13 8 9
162 Game Avg. 39 749 672 89 181 27 6 17 12 5 62 66 .269 .331 .403 .734 .277 271 21 3 7 5 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1982 25 CHC NL 8 8 1 2 5 0 0 5 3 .625 1 4 0 0 4 50% 43 60 27 6 1 0 2 3.7 3.2 5.1
1985 28 TOR AL 11 9 7 0 2 5 0 9 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2 22% 52 79 36 7 2 1 3 7.2 8.6 5.0
1988 31 MIL AL 19 16 5 7 4 0 3 8 8 .500 0 2 2 1 8 50% 47 77 26 16 8 0 8 4.3 4.3 6.2 91 4 6 5 1 123
1989 32 MIL AL 13 13 7 3 3 2 2 8 5 .615 3 0 0 0 8 62% 50 73 26 10 6 0 6 5.6 5.8 5.6 82 7 4 2 0 112
1990 33 MIL AL 7 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 42 68 2 7 7 2 0 2.1 2.1 4.8 69 2 1 0 0 87
1992 35 NYM NL 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 65 65 65 1 1 0 1 1.0 1.5 7.0 90 0 1 0 0 90
6 Seasons 67 51 22 14 15 7 5 32 19 .627 4 6 2 1 25 49% 48 79 2 47 25 3 20 4.8 5.0 5.5 85 13 12 7 1 123
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1985 28 TOR AL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0.905 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1988 31 MIL AL 19 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 6 0.988 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 3.0 17
1990 33 MIL AL 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 6 0.819 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.0 13
1992 35 NYM NL 9 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 5 0.749 2 4 1 0 1 7 4 4 5 2 5 1 5.6 25
4 Seasons 46 16 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 14 1 7% 0.922 4 7 3 3 2 11 8 8 9 4 9 1 4.7 21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1982 25 CHC NL 187 48% 2.7% 8.0% 9.6% 8.6% 32% 1.14 78% 34 2 6%
1985 28 TOR AL 192 45% 3.1% 12.5% 9.4% 7.3% 37% 1.16 74% 38 7 18%
1988 31 MIL AL 431 55% 1.9% 9.1% 7.7% 7.0% 28% 1.16 1.58 80% 18% 8.4% 41% 74 11 15%
1989 32 MIL AL 302 54% 2.0% 6.6% 7.6% 5.3% 22% 1.10 1.52 82% 22% 5.8% 13% 49 13 27%
1990 33 MIL AL 99 34% 2.0% 8.1% 9.1% 5.1% 19% 1.13 1.46 81% 20% 6.3% 16% 18 2 11%
1992 35 NYM NL 88 49% 2.3% 10.2% 6.8% 6.8% 33% 0.89 1.33 80% 15% 6.1% 13% 13 1 8%
6 Seasons 1299 50% 2.2% 8.9% 8.2% 6.7% 28% 1.11 1.41 79% 19% 6.8% 26% 226 36 16%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 31 MIL AL 431 1508 3.50 920 61% 27% 13% 22% 39% 73% 3% 45% 83% 57% 5% 23 11 16% 69 26 4 15% 3 8 0 0 0
1989 32 MIL AL 302 1065 3.53 644 60% 23% 10% 27% 40% 76% 1% 46% 86% 55% 6% 17 13 17% 51 18 2 15% 1 3 0 0 3
1990 33 MIL AL 77 250 3.25 152 61% 26% 11% 22% 41% 74% 0% 45% 86% 52% 9% 7 4 14% 11 8 1 13% 2 3 22 0 0
1992 35 NYM NL 88 292 3.32 190 65% 25% 10% 26% 38% 75% 8% 49% 87% 72% 7% 6 3 17% 15 3 1 22% 1 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 898 3115 3.47 1906 61% 25% 11% 24% 39% 75% 2% 46% 85% 57% 6% 53 31 16% 146 55 8 16% 7 15 22 0 3
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1982 25 CHC NL 187 50 5 0 6 2 3 2 3 12 5 0 42% 1 2 1 70 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1985 28 TOR AL 192 38 6 0 3 1 5 4 2 9 6 0 67% 1 0 0 61 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 31 MIL AL 431 108 17 0 8 0 7 3 5 4 4 23 14 1 61% 2 5 1 145 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1989 32 MIL AL 302 74 13 0 6 0 3 3 3 2 4 16 7 0 44% 5 1 1 103 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
1990 33 MIL AL 99 26 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 2 0 50% 0 2 0 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 35 NYM NL 88 18 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 300% 0 1 1 30 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
6 Seasons 1299 314 42 0 29 0 22 12 17 15 14 65 37 1 57% 9 11 4 447 21 8 72% 21 8 0 0 0 0 5 0 29 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1982 25 1 2 .333 5.53 8 8 0 0 0 0 40.2 50 25 25 5 18 2 15 0 0 2 187 67 1.672 11.1 1.1 4.0 3.3 0.83 67
1983 26 1 2 .333 5.53 8 8 0 0 0 0 40.2 50 25 25 5 18 2 15 0 0 2 187 67 1.672 11.1 1.1 4.0 3.3 0.83 67
1984 27 1 2 .333 5.53 8 8 0 0 0 0 40.2 50 25 25 5 18 2 15 0 0 2 187 67 1.672 11.1 1.1 4.0 3.3 0.83 67
1985 28 8 2 .800 4.63 19 17 0 0 0 0 89.1 88 46 46 11 36 2 39 0 1 2 379 87 1.388 8.9 1.1 3.6 3.9 1.08 87
1986 29 8 2 .800 4.63 19 17 0 0 0 0 89.1 88 46 46 11 36 2 39 0 1 2 379 87 1.388 8.9 1.1 3.6 3.9 1.08 87
1987 30 8 2 .800 4.63 19 17 0 0 0 0 89.1 88 46 46 11 36 2 39 0 1 2 379 87 1.388 8.9 1.1 3.6 3.9 1.08 87
1988 31 13 10 .565 4.52 38 33 0 2 1 0 191.0 196 100 96 19 69 6 78 1 1 7 810 88 1.387 9.2 0.9 3.3 3.7 1.13 88
1989 32 20 13 .606 4.27 51 46 0 2 1 0 263.1 270 130 125 25 92 7 98 5 1 8 1112 93 1.375 9.2 0.9 3.1 3.3 1.07 93
1990 33 22 16 .579 4.42 58 50 1 2 1 0 285.1 296 147 140 27 101 7 106 5 1 10 1211 89 1.391 9.3 0.9 3.2 3.3 1.05 89
1991 34 22 16 .579 4.42 58 50 1 2 1 0 285.1 296 147 140 27 101 7 106 5 1 10 1211 89 1.391 9.3 0.9 3.2 3.3 1.05 89
1992 35 22 17 .564 4.25 67 51 2 2 1 0 307.1 314 155 145 29 107 9 115 5 1 11 1299 92 1.370 9.2 0.8 3.1 3.4 1.07 92

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1982 25 1 3 .250 6.00 39.0 51 29 26 5 18 14 0 1.769 11.8 4.2 3.2 0.78 1.2 8
1985 28 2 3 .400 4.40 45.0 38 24 22 6 18 22 0 1.244 7.6 3.6 4.4 1.22 1.2 11
1988 31 4 6 .400 5.12 95.0 111 60 54 8 34 36 1 1.526 10.5 3.2 3.4 1.06 0.8 19
1989 32 3 4 .429 4.36 66.0 77 36 32 6 24 18 4 1.530 10.5 3.3 2.5 0.75 0.8 13
1990 33 0 2 .000 6.86 21.0 27 18 16 2 9 8 0 1.714 11.6 3.9 3.4 0.89 0.9 7
1992 35 1 1 .500 2.70 20.0 20 7 6 2 7 8 0 1.350 9.0 3.2 3.6 1.14 0.9 9
6 Seasons 11 19 .367 4.91 286.0 324 174 156 29 110 106 5 1.517 10.2 3.3 0.96 0.9 67

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