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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 Pitching

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
1952 27 NYY AL 6 2 .750 4.60 12 6 3 1 1 1 60.2 63 34 31 8 22 31 2 1 0 259 72 1.401 9.3 1.2 3.3 4.6 1.41
1953 28 NYY AL 4 5 .444 3.39 40 1 15 0 0 6 77.0 65 32 29 5 32 38 6 0 0 329 109 1.260 7.6 0.6 3.7 4.4 1.19
1954 29 NYY AL 0 0 2.21 23 0 11 0 0 2 36.2 30 14 9 1 14 31 1 0 1 154 159 1.200 7.4 0.2 3.4 7.6 2.21
1955 30 KCA AL 7 6 .538 3.55 57 0 35 0 0 18 109.0 98 48 43 11 36 5 46 4 0 2 451 118 1.229 8.1 0.9 3.0 3.8 1.28
1956 31 KCA AL 9 10 .474 3.83 52 13 23 1 0 3 171.1 168 83 73 23 68 7 56 2 1 2 733 113 1.377 8.8 1.2 3.6 2.9 0.82
1957 32 KCA AL 5 9 .357 3.83 38 12 12 3 1 3 124.2 125 59 53 18 33 7 66 1 0 3 523 103 1.267 9.0 1.3 2.4 4.8 2.00
1958 33 KCA AL 4 4 .500 3.51 50 1 24 0 0 8 89.2 86 41 35 8 20 0 44 3 0 2 357 112 1.182 8.6 0.8 2.0 4.4 2.20
1959 34 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 7.08 17 0 9 0 0 1 20.1 24 21 16 3 14 0 9 1 0 1 101 58 1.869 10.6 1.3 6.2 4.0 0.64
8 Yrs 36 36 .500 3.77 289 33 132 5 2 42 689.1 659 332 289 77 239 19 321 20 2 11 2907 105 1.303 8.6 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.34
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .500 3.77 61 7 28 1 0 9 146 139 70 61 16 50 68 4 0 2 614 105 1.303 8.6 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.34
KCA (5 yrs) 26 29 .473 3.84 214 26 103 4 1 33 515.0 501 252 220 63 171 19 221 11 1 10 2165 107 1.305 8.8 1.1 3.0 3.9 1.29
NYY (3 yrs) 10 7 .588 3.56 75 7 29 1 1 9 174.1 158 80 69 14 68 100 9 1 1 742 99 1.296 8.2 0.7 3.5 5.2 1.47

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 Awards
1952 27 NYY AL 60.2 12 6 34 5.04 4.13 0.38 0.00 88.9 3.34 -12 -1.2 2.0 -0.3 -1.0 -6 .401 .493 $
1953 28 NYY AL 77.0 40 1 32 3.74 4.40 0.23 0.00 94.2 3.93 1 0.2 1.2 -0.1 0.7 9 .504 .501 $
1954 29 NYY AL 36.2 23 0 14 3.44 4.03 0.11 0.00 95.7 3.76 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.3 4 .506 .501 $
1955 30 KCA AL 109.0 57 0 48 3.96 4.56 -0.24 0.00 105.1 5.05 12 1.3 2.0 0.4 2.5 23 .522 .508 $
1956 31 KCA AL 171.0 52 13 83 4.37 4.71 -0.07 0.00 105.5 5.04 11 1.2 1.0 -0.2 2.3 29 .523 .507 $
1957 32 KCA AL 124.2 38 12 59 4.26 4.29 -0.03 0.00 103.9 4.49 4 0.4 1.2 -0.1 1.3 14 .511 .503 $
1958 33 KCA AL 88.2 50 1 41 4.16 4.24 0.03 0.00 105.1 4.43 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 0.9 10 .506 .502 $
1959 34 KCA AL 20.1 17 0 21 9.30 4.64 -0.18 0.00 105.5 5.09 -9 -0.9 1.5 -0.3 -1.1 -8 .444 .494 $
8 Seasons 688.0 289 33 332 4.34 4.42 0.00 0.00 101.8 4.52 12 1.3 1.4 -0.8 5.9 74 .505 .501 $
KCA (5 yrs) 513.2 214 26 252 4.42 4.49 -0.09 0.00 104.9 4.80 21 2.2 1.5 -0.3 5.9 68 .510 .503 $
NYY (3 yrs) 174.1 75 7 80 4.13 4.23 0.25 0.00 92.6 3.69 -9 -0.9 1.2 -0.5 0.0 6 .488 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1952 27 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1953 28 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 2.45 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 1.364 12.3 0.0 0.0 2.5
2 WS 0 0 2.45 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 1.364 12.3 0.0 0.0 2.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1952 27 NYY AL 12 244 232 34 63 6 1 8 3 4 22 31 .272 .340 .409 .749 .285 95 12 2 3 0 7
1953 28 NYY AL 40 318 287 32 65 8 2 5 3 1 32 38 .226 .317 .321 .637 .246 92 6 6 4 0 5
1954 29 NYY AL 23 153 133 14 30 4 1 1 1 1 14 31 .226 .302 .293 .595 .284 39 4 1 4 1 4
1955 30 KCA AL 57 443 398 48 98 12 3 11 1 3 36 46 .246 .312 .374 .686 .251 149 11 4 7 5 5 6
1956 31 KCA AL 52 707 650 83 168 25 3 23 6 0 68 56 .258 .329 .412 .741 .253 268 22 2 9 3 7 15
1957 32 KCA AL 38 451 479 59 125 16 2 18 5 6 33 66 .261 .307 .415 .722 .268 199 7 1 5 5 7 5
1958 33 KCA AL 50 345 340 41 86 11 4 8 7 1 20 44 .253 .299 .379 .679 .270 129 7 3 2 1 0 4
1959 34 KCA AL 17 101 82 21 24 4 1 3 1 0 14 9 .293 .398 .476 .874 .296 39 2 1 3 1 0 3
8 Yrs 289 2762 2601 332 659 86 17 77 27 16 239 321 .253 .319 .388 .708 .262 1010 71 20 37 16 19 49
162 Game Avg. 61 583 549 70 139 18 4 16 6 3 50 68 .253 .319 .388 .708 .262 213 15 4 8 3 10
MLB Averages .258 .329 .388 .717 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1952 27 NYY AL -8.5 -0.8 253 0.8 5.0 -4.2 1.06 -0.3 1.1 1.6 0.2 1.06 -3.2 3 2 0
1953 28 NYY AL 3.4 0.4 323 0.9 5.5 -4.6 1.02 0.9 -0.0 7.9 0.8 1.02 8.3 12 8 16
1954 29 NYY AL 3.9 0.4 158 -0.5 2.0 -2.5 .84 0.1 -0.7 -2.5 -0.3 0.84 1.9 6 4 12
1955 30 KCA AL 7.5 0.8 455 2.4 12.8 -10.4 1.55 1.5 0.1 18.3 1.8 1.54 15.9 33 9 13
1956 31 KCA AL 8.9 0.9 721 0.8 14.3 -13.5 1.15 -0.0 0.7 1.2 0.1 1.15 -0.5 8 12 19
1957 32 KCA AL 1.6 0.2 462 0.4 8.5 -8.1 1.08 0.1 0.3 5.2 0.5 1.08 1.6 11 5 9
1958 33 KCA AL 3.2 0.3 353 0.2 6.3 -6.1 .99 0.5 -0.3 1.6 0.2 0.99 5.3 18 6 22
1959 34 KCA AL -7.7 -0.8 104 -0.6 1.3 -1.9 .78 -0.7 -0.1 -8.8 -0.8 0.78 -8.9 4 5 8
8 Yrs 12.4 1.3 2829 4.4 55.7 -51.2 1.13 2.1 1.8 24.6 2.5 1.13 20.6 95 51 99

Starting Pitching*

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
1952 27 NYY AL 12 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 .667 0 0 1 1 2 33% 46.5 76 32 7 3 2 3 5.0 5.4 6.6
1953 28 NYY AL 40 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23.0 23 23 15 7 0 1 2.0 0.0 4.0
1956 31 KCA AL 52 13 3 7 3 0 2 4 9 .308 1 1 1 0 8 62% 48.0 65 25 20 5 7 1 3.7 3.0 6.2
1957 32 KCA AL 38 12 4 4 4 0 1 5 7 .417 1 1 3 1 6 50% 50.6 78 28 8 4 5 7 3.6 2.9 5.9
1958 33 KCA AL 50 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 16 9 1 0 2.0 1.8 4.3
5 Yrs 192 33 10 15 8 1 3 13 20 .394 2 2 5 2 16 48% 48 78 23 66 28 15 12 3.8 3.4 6.0
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.4 4.4 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1952 27 NYY AL 12 6 3 3 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 7 1 14% 7 1.057 3 2 0 2 2 1 3 2 5 0 5 0 10.7
1953 28 NYY AL 40 39 15 4 4 1 6 1 600% 6 4 27 7 26% 9 1.023 12 8 16 12 6 19 13 24 21 7 21 8 5.6
1954 29 NYY AL 23 23 11 0 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 25 11 44% 7 .837 6 4 12 5 2 16 12 11 14 4 14 2 4.8
1955 30 KCA AL 57 57 35 7 6 24 18 6 75% 27 0 69 20 29% 8 1.547 33 9 13 30 10 16 37 19 35 13 37 16 5.7
1956 31 KCA AL 52 39 23 6 3 2 3 0 150% 5 2 15 9 60% 8 1.148 8 12 19 8 6 25 7 32 27 5 27 9 6.9
1957 32 KCA AL 38 26 12 1 5 4 3 2 75% 5 1 23 5 22% 6 1.083 11 5 9 7 3 16 13 13 18 3 19 3 6.2
1958 33 KCA AL 50 49 24 4 3 11 8 3 73% 13 2 42 14 33% 7 .990 18 6 22 14 5 27 21 25 27 11 25 9 5.2
1959 34 KCA AL 17 17 9 1 0 3 1 2 33% 5 1 19 4 21% 8 .783 4 5 8 5 0 12 9 8 7 4 10 2 3.6
8 Yrs 289 256 132 26 21 50 42 16 84% 66 10 227 71 31% 1.129 95 51 99 83 34 132 115 134 154 47 158 49 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1952 27 NYY AL 259 52% 3.3% 12.7% 9.0% 6.2% 24% 1.39 79% 60 12 20%
1953 28 NYY AL 329 66% 1.6% 12.0% 10.1% 4.7% 23% 0.96 77% 56 6 11%
1954 29 NYY AL 153 69% 0.7% 20.3% 9.2% 3.9% 20% 1.26 67% 32 4 13%
1955 30 KCA AL 450 60% 2.5% 10.4% 8.1% 5.9% 27% 0.68 78% 126 11 9%
1956 31 KCA AL 733 56% 3.3% 7.9% 9.6% 7.2% 30% 1.31 81% 130 22 17%
1957 32 KCA AL 523 65% 4.0% 14.6% 7.3% 8.0% 29% 1.10 89% 65 7 11%
1958 33 KCA AL 366 67% 2.3% 12.8% 5.8% 6.7% 27% 0.81 84% 53 7 13%
1959 34 KCA AL 101 66% 3.0% 8.9% 13.9% 7.9% 33% 0.68 70% 23 2 9%
8 Yrs 2914 61% 2.8% 11.6% 8.7% 6.5% 27% 1.02 80% 545 71 13%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.5% 9.6% 6.7% 28% 0.98 79% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1952 27 NYY AL 244 63 8 0 7 4 3 3 4 13 6 2 46% 7 0 0 97 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15
1953 28 NYY AL 318 65 5 0 11 1 4 2 3 17 6 0 35% 5 0 0 116 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
1954 29 NYY AL 153 30 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 7 3 2 43% 4 1 2 62 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1955 30 KCA AL 443 98 11 0 26 7 3 8 2 46 24 6 52% 6 2 2 203 1 3 25% 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 7
1956 31 KCA AL 707 168 23 0 13 13 9 16 6 24 14 2 58% 15 2 2 274 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 26
1957 32 KCA AL 451 125 18 0 5 12 2 2 12 15 8 1 53% 5 3 0 160 5 6 45% 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 72
1958 33 KCA AL 345 86 8 0 8 5 2 4 3 17 7 1 41% 4 2 1 123 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 21
1959 34 KCA AL 101 24 3 0 5 3 0 2 1 10 5 1 50% 3 1 0 44 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 Yrs 2762 659 77 0 85 45 24 37 32 149 73 15 49% 49 11 7 1079 27 16 63% 25 13 2 2 0 1 3 0 40 152
MLB Averages 51% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1952 27 6 2 .750 4.60 12 6 3 1 1 1 60.2 63 34 31 8 22 31 2 1 0 259 72 1.401 9.3 1.2 3.3 4.6 1.41 72
1953 28 10 7 .588 3.92 52 7 18 1 1 7 137.2 128 66 60 13 54 69 8 1 0 588 90 1.322 8.4 0.8 3.5 4.5 1.28 90
1954 29 10 7 .588 3.56 75 7 29 1 1 9 174.1 158 80 69 14 68 100 9 1 1 742 99 1.296 8.2 0.7 3.5 5.2 1.47 99
1955 30 17 13 .567 3.56 132 7 64 1 1 27 283.1 256 128 112 25 104 5 146 13 1 3 1193 106 1.271 8.1 0.8 3.3 4.6 1.40 106
1956 31 26 23 .531 3.66 184 20 87 2 1 30 454.2 424 211 185 48 172 12 202 15 2 5 1926 109 1.311 8.4 1.0 3.4 4.0 1.17 109
1957 32 31 32 .492 3.70 222 32 99 5 2 33 579.1 549 270 238 66 205 19 268 16 2 8 2449 108 1.301 8.5 1.0 3.2 4.2 1.31 108
1958 33 35 36 .493 3.67 272 33 123 5 2 41 669.0 635 311 273 74 225 19 312 19 2 10 2806 108 1.286 8.5 1.0 3.0 4.2 1.39 108
1959 34 36 36 .500 3.77 289 33 132 5 2 42 689.1 659 332 289 77 239 19 321 20 2 11 2907 105 1.303 8.6 1.0 3.1 4.2 1.34 105

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1952 27 2 4 .333 6.00 57.0 72 42 38 9 25 29 2 1.702 11.4 3.9 4.6 1.16 1.4 12
1953 28 4 4 .500 3.81 78.0 70 37 33 5 34 38 6 1.333 8.1 3.9 4.4 1.12 0.6 40
1954 29 3 1 .750 2.43 37.0 33 11 10 1 15 32 1 1.297 8.0 3.6 7.8 2.13 0.2 23
1955 30 7 5 .583 3.41 111.0 99 47 42 11 36 47 4 1.216 8.0 2.9 3.8 1.31 0.9 57
1956 31 10 9 .526 3.58 176.0 168 78 70 23 68 58 2 1.341 8.6 3.5 3.0 0.85 1.2 52
1957 32 7 7 .500 3.97 127.0 132 62 56 19 35 67 1 1.315 9.4 2.5 4.7 1.91 1.3 38
1958 33 5 4 .556 3.87 86.0 90 41 37 8 21 42 3 1.291 9.4 2.2 4.4 2.00 0.8 50
1959 34 1 1 .500 6.55 22.0 24 18 16 3 14 10 1 1.727 9.8 5.7 4.1 0.71 1.2 17
8 Yrs 39 35 .527 3.92 694.0 688 336 302 79 248 323 20 1.349 8.9 4.2 1.30 1.0 289

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1955 AL  57 (2nd)
1956 AL  52 (3rd)
1958 AL  50 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1953 AL  6 (9th)
1955 AL  18 (2nd)
1958 AL  8 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  23 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 AL  6 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 AL  35 (3rd)
1956 AL  23 (6th)
1958 AL  24 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 AL  2.4 (9th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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