Tom Fordham

Thomas James Fordham

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 20, 1974 in San Diego, CA
High School: Granite Hills (El Cajon, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1997
Team: WhiteSox 1997-1998

Final Game: August 30, 1998
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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:40AM

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	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
1993	19	CHW-min	A,Rk,A+	5	4	.556	3.25	13	8	2	1	0	63.2	48	24	23	3	27	2	44	0	3	5	256		1.178	6.8	0.4	3.8	6.2	1.63	HCK,WHS,SAR · SALL,GULF,FLOR
1994	20	CHW-min	A	14	9	.609	3.63	28	28	0	2	2	183.2	183	93	74	14	44	1	169	3	4	9	767		1.236	9.0	0.7	2.2	8.3	3.84	HCK,SBN · SALL,MIDW
1995	21	CHW-min	A+,AA	15	3	.833	2.70	27	27	0	3	2	166.2	145	55	50	16	63	4	139	2	0	4	688		1.248	7.8	0.9	3.4	7.5	2.21	PRW,BIR · CARL,SOUL
1996	22	CHW-min	AAA,AA	12	9	.571	3.29	28	28	0	3	2	178.0	143	73	65	19	83	2	155	4	1	9	736		1.270	7.2	1.0	4.2	7.8	1.87	NVL,BIR · AA,SOUL
1997	23	CHW-min	AAA	6	7	.462	4.74	21	20	0	2	0	114.0	113	64	60	14	53	1	90	1	1	6	493		1.456	8.9	1.1	4.2	7.1	1.70	NVL · AA
1997	23	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	6.23	7	1	1	0	0	17.1	17	13	12	2	10	2	10	1	0	0	78	72	1.558	8.8	1.0	5.2	5.2	1.00
1998	24	CHW-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.02	9	9	0	0	0	56.2	38	21	19	6	26	0	39	0	0	3	225		1.129	6.0	1.0	4.1	6.2	1.50	CGY · PCL
1998	24	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	6.75	29	5	5	0	0	48.0	51	36	36	7	42	0	23	1	0	1	228	68	1.938	9.6	1.3	7.9	4.3	0.55
1999	25	CHW-min	AAA	4	7	.364	7.31	29	21	2	0	0	112.0	144	101	91	25	66	0	101	3	0	10	538		1.875	11.6	2.0	5.3	8.1	1.53	CHR · IL
2000	26	MIL-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.55	48	3	11	0	0	66.0	48	29	26	2	49	0	64	0	0	6	295		1.470	6.5	0.3	6.7	8.7	1.31	INA · IL
2001	27	MIL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	2.58	18	5	5	1	0	38.1	25	15	11	6	13	0	35	0	1	2	152		0.991	5.9	1.4	3.1	8.2	2.69	INA · IL
2003	29	PIT-min	AA,AAA	7	4	.636	4.43	26	16	4	1	0	107.2	122	56	53	12	39	2	79	4	0	2	473		1.495	10.2	1.0	3.3	6.6	2.03	ATO,NVL · EL,PCL
2 Seasons				1	3	.250	6.61	36	6	6	0	0	65.1	68	49	48	9	52	2	33	2	0	1	306	69	1.837	9.4	1.2	7.2	4.5	0.63
162 Game Avg.				2	5	.250	6.61	58	10	10	0	0	106	110	79	78	15	84	3	53	3	0	2	495	69	1.837	9.4	1.2	7.2	4.5	0.63

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1997	23	CHW	AL	17.1	1	13	11	.9	-2	-0.3	$
1998	24	CHW	AL	48.0	5	36	32	.6	-4	-0.4	$175,000
2 Seasons				65.1	6	49	43	.7	-6	-0.7	$175,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	Pos
1993	19	CHW-min	A,Rk,A+	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	HCK,WHS,SAR · SALL,GULF,FLOR
1994	20	CHW-min	A	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	HCK,SBN · SALL,MIDW
1995	21	CHW-min	AA,A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	BIR,PRW · SOUL,CARL
1996	22	CHW-min	AA,AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	BIR,NVL · SOUL,AA
1997	23	CHW-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	NVL · AA
1997	23	CHW	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	/1
1998	24	CHW-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	CGY · PCL
1998	24	CHW	AL	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
1999	25	CHW-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	CHR · IL
2000	26	MIL-min	AAA	48	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	INA · IL
2001	27	MIL-min	AAA	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	1	1	INA · IL
2003	29	PIT-min	AAA,AA	26	15	12	1	2	1	2	4	.167	.286	.167	.452		2	1	1	NVL,ATO · PCL,EL
2 Seasons				36	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0

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	Awards
1998	24	CHW	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$175,000	1
1 Season				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$175,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1997	CHW	AL	23	P	7	1	17.1	2	0	2	1.000	1.04	0.29	.955	1.71	1.69	1	0	0%	0
1998	CHW	AL	24	P	29	5	48.0	14	3	11	1.000	2.62	0.48	.958	1.78	1.76	1	4	80%	1
	2 Seasons			P	36	6	65.1	16	3	13	1.000	2.20	0.44	.958	1.76	1.74	2	4	67%	1
	2 Seasons			TOT	36	6	65.1	16	3	13	1.000	2.20	0.44	.958	1.76	1.74	2	4	67%	1

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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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1993.

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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
1998	24	Chicago White Sox	$175,000	4/3/98 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$175,000

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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