Tom Filer

Thomas Carson Filer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 1, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA
School: LaSalle University (Philadelphia, PA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1982
Teams (by GP): Brewers/BlueJays/Mets/Cubs 1982-1992

Final Game: August 7, 1992
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Christy Mathewson… #3. Cy Young… #4. Tom Seaver… #5. Greg Maddux… #6. Pete Alexander… #7. Lefty Grove…

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

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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
1978	21	NYY-min	A-	2	3	.400	1.67	9	5					43.0	30	14	8	0	14								1.023	6.3	0.0	2.9			ONE · NYPL
1979	22	NYY-min	AA	12	8	.600	3.62	24	23		9	1	0	154.0	132	73	62	15	53	2	80	7	0	5			1.201	7.7	0.9	3.1	4.7	1.51	WHA · EL
1980	23	NYY-min	AA	13	9	.591	2.94	27	26		7	4	0	187.0	168	94	61	10	86	4	112	4	1	6			1.358	8.1	0.5	4.1	5.4	1.30	NVL · SOUL
1981	24	CHC-NYY-min	AAA	4	10	.286	5.06	22	19	0	3	1	0	112.0	129	69	63	14	61	2	64	2	0	12			1.696	10.4	1.1	4.9	5.1	1.05	IWA,CLB · AA,IL
1982	25	CHC-min	AAA	6	7	.462	6.73	17	16	0	3	0	0	92.1	109	74	69	14	31	1	51	1	2	5			1.516	10.6	1.4	3.0	5.0	1.65	IWA · AA
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	68	1.672	11.1	1.1	4.0	3.3	0.83

1983	26	CHC-min	AAA	5	6	.455	4.17	27	13	7	1	0	1	108.0	128	56	50	8	44	5	56	4	0	3			1.593	10.7	0.7	3.7	4.7	1.27	IWA · AA
1984	27	CHC-min	AAA	9	7	.563	4.89	26	20	1	4	1	0	123.1	149	86	67	17	48	3	80	0	2	5			1.597	10.9	1.2	3.5	5.8	1.67	IWA · AA
1985	28	TOR-min	AAA	7	2	.778	2.53	12	12	0	1	0	0	78.1	67	24	22	6	22	0	31	1	1	4			1.136	7.7	0.7	2.5	3.6	1.41	SYR · IL
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

1987	30	TOR-min	AAA,A,AA	3	0	1.000	1.05	20	12	5	1	1	1	68.1	56	13	8	2	10	2	36	1	1	1			0.966	7.4	0.3	1.3	4.7	3.60	SYR,DUN,KNX · IL,FLOR,SOUL
1988	31	MIL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.10	8	7	0	3	2	0	55.2	40	14	13	1	9	0	34	1	1	0			0.880	6.5	0.2	1.5	5.5	3.78	DEN · AA
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-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.80	12	12	0	1	0	0	83.2	77	28	26	3	14	1	34	4	0	3			1.088	8.3	0.3	1.5	3.7	2.43	DEN · AA
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-min	AAA	3	5	.375	6.49	9	9	0	1	0	0	51.1	70	39	37	4	9	0	22	2	1	2			1.539	12.3	0.7	1.6	3.9	2.44	DEN · AA
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	64	1.591	10.6	0.8	3.7	3.3	0.89

1991	34	CHC-min	AAA	8	3	.727	4.37	18	18	0	2	1	0	113.1	126	62	55	12	29	0	47	1	0	7	478		1.368	10.0	1.0	2.3	3.7	1.62	IWA · AA
1992	35	NYM-min	AAA	1	7	.125	2.78	18	17	0	3	1	0	100.1	106	45	31	2	28	1	47	2	0	6	427		1.336	9.5	0.2	2.5	4.2	1.68	TID · IL
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	175	1.091	7.4	0.8	2.5	3.7	1.50
1993	36	NYM-min	AAA	2	10	.167	3.79	22	20	0	0	0	0	123.1	132	64	52	10	34	4	65	5	0	3	526		1.346	9.6	0.7	2.5	4.7	1.91	NFK · IL
6 Yrs				22	17	.564	4.25	67	51	2	2	1	0	307.1	314	155	145	29	107	9	115	5	1	11	1299	93	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	93	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	175	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	68	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	95	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	86	1.468	9.8	1.0	3.4	3.4	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1982	25	CHC	NL	40.2	8	8	25	5.53	4.12	-0.20	0.14	102.1	4.56	-5	-0.5		-0.0	-0.2	-1	.435	.497	$

1985	28	TOR	AL	48.2	11	9	21	3.88	4.61	0.41	0.12	103.3	4.46	3	0.3	.7	-0.0	0.7	8	.530	.502	$

1988	31	MIL	AL	101.2	19	16	54	4.78	4.28	0.17	0.13	99.6	4.22	-6	-0.7	1.6	-0.1	0.1	4	.465	.496	$
1989	32	MIL	AL	72.1	13	13	30	3.73	4.34	-0.25	0.15	98.7	4.68	7	0.8		-0.0	1.4	15	.563	.505	$125,000
1990	33	MIL	AL	22.0	7	4	17	6.95	4.52	-0.19	0.09	96.2	4.62	-6	-0.6	.5	0.0	-0.3	-3	.421	.497	$255,000

1992	35	NYM	NL	22.0	9	1	8	3.27	3.78	-0.33	-0.16	100.5	3.96	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.521	.501	$
6 Seasons				307.1	67	51	155	4.54	4.31	-0.00	0.11	100.1	4.42	-5	-0.4	1.0	-0.2	2.0	27	.494	.500	$380,000

MIL (3 yrs)				196.0	39	33	101	4.64	4.33	-0.03	0.13	98.9	4.44	-5	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	1.2	16	.490	.499	$380,000
NYM (1 yr)				22.0	9	1	8	3.27	3.78	-0.33	-0.16	100.5	3.96	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.521	.501	$
CHC (1 yr)				40.2	8	8	25	5.53	4.12	-0.20	0.14	102.1	4.56	-5	-0.5		-0.0	-0.2	-1	.435	.497	$
TOR (1 yr)				48.2	11	9	21	3.88	4.61	0.41	0.12	103.3	4.46	3	0.3	.7	-0.0	0.7	8	.530	.502	$

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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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1978	21	NYY-min	A-	9																									ONE · NYPL
1979	22	NYY-min	AA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			WHA · EL
1980	23	NYY-min	AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			NVL · SOUL
1981	24	CHC-NYY-min	AAA	22	6	6	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.667	1.167		4		0	0	0	0		IWA,CLB · AA,IL
1982	25	CHC-min	AAA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1982	25	CHC	NL	8	13	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.083	.083	.167	.250	-32	2	0	0	1	0	0	/1

1983	26	CHC-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1984	27	CHC-min	AAA	26	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522		2		0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1985	28	TOR-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
1985	28	TOR	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1987	30	TOR-min	AA,AAA,A	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		KNX,SYR,DUN · SOUL,IL,FLOR
1988	31	MIL-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1988	31	MIL	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	32	MIL-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1989	32	MIL	AL	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D
1990	33	MIL-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1990	33	MIL	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1991	34	CHC-min	AAA	18	17	16	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.375	.412	.438	.849		7		0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1992	35	NYM-min	AAA	18	20	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.059	.111	.059	.170		1		0	2	0	0		TID · IL
1992	35	NYM	NL	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1993	36	NYM-min	AAA	22	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.077	.220		1		0	1	0	0		NFK · IL
6 Yrs				68	16	15	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.067	.067	.133	.200	-45	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	38	36	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.067	.067	.133	.200	-45	5	0	0	2	0	0

MIL (3 yrs)				40	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				8	13	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.083	.083	.167	.250	-32	2	0	0	1	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				51	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				17	16	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.067	.067	.133	.200	-45	2	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1982	25	CHC	NL	8	13	-2	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.492	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1

1985	28	TOR	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1988	31	MIL	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1989	32	MIL	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$125,000	1/D
1990	33	MIL	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$255,000	/1

1992	35	NYM	NL	9	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
6 Seasons				68	16	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$380,000

MIL (3 yrs)				40	0	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$380,000
NYM (1 yr)				9	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
CHC (1 yr)				8	13	-2	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.492	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
TOR (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1982	CHC	NL	25	P	8	8	0	40.2	23	13	10	0	2	1.000	5.09	2.88	.952	1.97	1.98	3	0	0%	32%	1
1985	TOR	AL	28	P	11	9	0	48.2	6	1	5	0	1	1.000	1.11	0.55	.953	1.87	1.84	2	1	33%	33%	0
1988	MIL	AL	31	P	19	16	2	101.2	41	24	17	0	4	1.000	3.63	2.16	.961	1.78	1.77	8	5	38%	31%	0
1989	MIL	AL	32	P	13	13	0	72.1	22	4	16	2	4	.909	2.49	1.54	.960	1.87	1.85	4	1	20%	31%	1
1989	MIL	AL	32	DH	1	0
1990	MIL	AL	33	P	7	4	0	22.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.82	0.29	.955	1.80	1.76	1	0	0%	34%	0
1992	NYM	NL	35	P	9	1	0	22.0	8	3	4	1	0	.875	2.86	0.78	.954	1.92	1.94	3	1	25%	32%	0
	6 Seasons			P	67	51	2	307.1	102	46	53	3	11	.971	2.90	1.48	.958	1.85	1.84	21	8	28%	32%	2
	6 Seasons			TOT	67	51	2	307.1	102	46	53	3	11	.971	2.90	1.48	.958	1.85	1.84	21	8	28%	32%	2

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-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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Transactions

June 28, 1978: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
December 8, 1980: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Yankees in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
April 9, 1981: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Yankees.
April 27, 1981: Traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Chicago Cubs for Barry Foote.
October 15, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
November 21, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
October 6, 1987: Purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
October 16, 1990: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
May 8, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
December 19, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
April 3, 1992: Released by the New York Mets.
April 25, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
October 16, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
December 22, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1986	29	Toronto Blue Jays	$82,500	1986 USA Today survey	Out all season with injury

1989	32	Milwaukee Brewers	$125,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	33	Milwaukee Brewers	$255,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$462,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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