Tom Gorman

Thomas Aloysius Gorman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 4, 1925 in New York, NY
High School: Central HS (Valley Stream, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1952
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees 1952-1959

Final Game: June 23, 1959
Died: December 26, 1992 in Valley Stream, NY
Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, NY
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Standard Batting

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
1946	21	NYY-min	B,D	29	60	60		9	3	0	0						.150	.150	.200	.350		12							NFK,RAD · PIED,BLRI
1947	22	NYY-min	B	35	57	57		12	2	0	0						.211	.211	.246	.456		14							NFK · PIED
1948	23	NYY-min	A	37	38	38		3	1	0	0						.079	.079	.105	.184		4							BNG · EL
1949	24	NYY-min	A,AAA	34	56	56		9	1	0	0						.161	.161	.179	.339		10							BNG,NWK · EL,IL
1950	25	NYY-min	AAA	46	21	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	9	.105	.150	.105	.255		2	1	0	1				KCY · AA
1951	26	NYY-min	AA,AAA	30	53	53		6	2	0	0						.113	.113	.151	.264		8							BMT,KCY · TL,AA
1952	27	NYY-min	AAA	13	35	30	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	13	.100	.156	.100	.256		3	0	0	3				KCY · AA
1952	27	NYY	AL	12	25	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.087	.160	.087	.247	-28	2	1	0	0			1
1953	28	NYY	AL	40	17	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.133	.188	.133	.321	-11	2	0	0	1			1
1954	29	NYY-min	AAA	11	19	18	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	12	.056	.105	.111	.216		2	0	0	0	0			KCY · AA
1954	29	NYY	AL	23	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		1
1955	30	KCA	AL	57	26	24	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.083	.120	.125	.245	-34	3	1	0	1	0	0	1
1956	31	KCA	AL	52	44	39	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	22	.051	.140	.051	.191	-47	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1957	32	KCA	AL	38	35	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.121	.147	.121	.268	-26	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1958	33	KCA	AL	50	17	17	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.118	.118	.176	.294	-21	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
1959	34	OAK-min	AAA	19	23	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	.000	.087	.000	.087		0		0	0	0			POR · PCL
1959	34	KCA	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1960	35	PHI-OAK-min	AAA	46	40	37	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		3	26	.108	.175	.135	.310		5							INA,DFW · AA
8 Yrs				289	168	155	6	14	2	0	0	3	0	0	9	84	.090	.140	.103	.243	-33	16	3	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	94	87	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	47	.090	.140	.103	.243	-33	9	2	0	2

KCA (5 yrs)				214	122	113	5	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	62	.088	.134	.106	.241	-34	12	2	0	3	0	0
NYY (3 yrs)				75	46	42	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	22	.095	.156	.095	.251	-28	4	1	0	1	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
1952	27	NYY	AL	12	25	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1953	28	NYY	AL	40	17	-2	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.1	0	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1954	29	NYY	AL	23	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1955	30	KCA	AL	57	26	-5	0	-0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	1
1956	31	KCA	AL	52	44	-9	-0	0	0	5	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.492	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	1
1957	32	KCA	AL	38	35	-6	-0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1958	33	KCA	AL	50	17	-3	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1959	34	KCA	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
8 Seasons				289	168	-30	-0	1	0	18	-11	-1.2	5	-7	-1.1	.496	.499	-1.1	0.0	-6	$

KCA (5 yrs)				214	122	-22	-0	0	0	13	-9	-1.0	3	-6	-0.9	.496	.499	-0.9	0.0	-6	$
NYY (3 yrs)				75	46	-8	0	1	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.497	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1952	27	NYY	AL	25	22	0	0.0	91	.222	.087	.253	.160	.332	.087	.369	.247	.701	-28	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.182	.087	.000
1953	28	NYY	AL	17	14	0	0.0	99	.250	.133	.265	.188	.340	.133	.390	.321	.730	-11	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.231	.067	.000
1954	29	NYY	AL	4	4	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.262	.000	.337	.000	.383	.000	.720	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	30	KCA	AL	26	24	0	0.0	103	.200	.083	.266	.120	.346	.125	.397	.245	.743	-34	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.174	.083	.042
1956	31	KCA	AL	44	38	0	0.0	106	.118	.051	.267	.140	.349	.051	.408	.191	.757	-47	.000	-8.6	-0.8	.162	.103	.000
1957	32	KCA	AL	35	30	1	0.9	100	.235	.121	.264	.147	.337	.121	.399	.268	.736	-26	.052	-5.9	-0.6	.172	.030	.000
1958	33	KCA	AL	17	16	0	0.0	100	.286	.118	.264	.118	.333	.176	.401	.294	.734	-21	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.188	.059	.059
8 Yrs				168	148	1	0.2	101	.197	.090	.264	.140	.341	.103	.395	.243	.736	-33	.003	-29.3	-3.0	.174	.071	.013
162 Game Avg.				94	83	1	0.2	101	.197	.090	.264	.140	.341	.103	.395	.243	.736	-33	.003	-29.3	-3.0	.174	.071	.013

KCA (5 yrs)				122	108	1	0.2	103	.196	.088	.266	.134	.343	.106	.402	.241	.745	-34	.005	-21.9	-2.2	.171	.071	.018
NYY (3 yrs)				46	40	0	0.0	95	.200	.095	.258	.156	.335	.095	.378	.251	.713	-28	.000	-7.4	-0.8	.179	.071	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1952	27	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	0	0	0
1953	28	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							2	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 WS							2	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	27	NYY	AL	25	0.0%	56.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0%	7.00	1.6		23.0	2.50	36%
1953	28	NYY	AL	17	0.0%	41.2%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.1			1.33	47%
1954	29	NYY	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			0.50	75%
1955	30	KCA	AL	26	0.0%	53.9%	3.9%	3.9%	50%	14.00	1.7			2.33	38%
1956	31	KCA	AL	44	0.0%	50.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	5.50	1.8		19.5	2.20	39%
1957	32	KCA	AL	35	0.0%	45.7%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	16.00	2.1			1.75	49%
1958	33	KCA	AL	17	0.0%	58.8%	0.0%	5.9%	50%		1.7			5.00	41%
8 Yrs				168	0.0%	50.0%	5.4%	1.2%	14%	9.33	1.8		51.7	2.00	42%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.8%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.30	7.5	39.8	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	27	NYY	AL	-4.0	-0.4	24	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.95	-0.3	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	1.05	-3.2		0
1953	28	NYY	AL	-2.4	-0.2	17	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.80	-0.2	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.99	-2.5	0.71	1
1954	29	NYY	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.54	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.83	-1.1		0
1955	30	KCA	AL	-4.6	-0.5	26	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	1.20	-0.4	-0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.85	-4.9		0
1956	31	KCA	AL	-8.6	-0.8	42	-0.9	0.2	-1.1	1.16	-0.8	0.1	-6.1	-0.6	0.84	-8.9		0
1957	32	KCA	AL	-5.9	-0.6	30	-0.7	0.2	-0.8	1.26	-0.5	-0.1	-6.6	-0.7	1.13	-5.2		0
1958	33	KCA	AL	-2.8	-0.3	16	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.72	-0.3	-0.2	-4.9	-0.5	1.07	-3.6		0
1959	34	KCA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
8 Yrs				-29.4	-3.0	159	-2.9	0.9	-3.8	1.06	-2.7	-0.1	-28.8	-2.9	0.97	-29.3	0.71	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1952	27	NYY	AL	1	25%	14	0%	3	3	0	0
1953	28	NYY	AL	0	0%	5		0	0	0	0
1954	29	NYY	AL	0		2		0	0	0	0
1955	30	KCA	AL	0	33%	3	0%	0	0	1	1
1956	31	KCA	AL	0	33%	4	0%	2	2	0	0
1957	32	KCA	AL	0	20%	10	0%	2	2	0	0
1958	33	KCA	AL	0	50%	3		0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				1	26%	41	0%	7	7	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1952	27	NYY	AL	25	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	7	0	0%	18	2	11%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1953	28	NYY	AL	17	41%	2			1	0	0	0	0.71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	5	0	0%	12	1	8%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1954	29	NYY	AL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	30	KCA	AL	26	12%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	6	1	17%	7	2	29%	11	1	9%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1956	31	KCA	AL	44	31%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	21	2	10%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1957	32	KCA	AL	35	3%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	6	1	17%	28	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
1958	33	KCA	AL	17	6%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	12	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
8 Yrs				168	23%	14			1	0	0	0	0.71	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	28	3	11%	33	4	12%	105	6	6%	9	0	0%	7	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			80%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	27	12	25	23	1	2	0	1	2	14	.087	.160	.087	.247	-28	2	1	0
1953	28	52	42	38	1	4	0	1	3	21	.105	.171	.105	.276	-21	4	1	1
1954	29	75	46	42	1	4	0	1	3	22	.095	.156	.095	.251	-28	4	1	1	0
1955	30	132	72	66	2	6	1	1	4	36	.091	.143	.106	.249	-30	7	2	2	0	0
1956	31	184	116	105	4	8	1	3	8	58	.076	.142	.086	.227	-37	9	2	3	0	0
1957	32	222	151	138	5	12	1	3	9	74	.087	.143	.094	.237	-34	13	2	4	0	0
1958	33	272	168	155	6	14	2	3	9	84	.090	.140	.103	.243	-33	16	3	4	0	0
1959	34	289	168	155	6	14	2	3	9	84	.090	.140	.103	.243	-33	16	3	4	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	27	13	26	24	0	0	2	15	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	12
1953	28	42	18	16	0	0	1	7	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	40
1954	29	24	4	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
1955	30	60	27	25	0	0	1	15	.000	.038	.000	.038	0	57
1956	31	54	46	41	0	0	4	23	.000	.089	.000	.089	0	52
1957	32	40	40	37	2	6	2	17	.162	.205	.162	.367	1	38
1958	33	52	18	18	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	50
7 Yrs		285	179	165	2	6	10	88	.036	.091	.036	.128	1	272
162 Game Avg.		162	102	94	1	3	6	50	.036	.091	.036	.128	1	272

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