Tom Gorman
Thomas Aloysius Gorman
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 4, 1925 in New York, NY
High School: Central (Valley Stream, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1952
Final Game: June 23, 1959
Died: December 26, 1992 in Valley Stream, NY
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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
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 73 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 0 329 110 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 1 154 155 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 2 451 117 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 57 1.869 10.6 1.3 6.2 4.0 0.64
8 Seasons 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

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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*

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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
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
1955 30 KCA AL 57 450 398 48 98 12 3 11 1 3 36 46 .246 .312 .374 .686 .251 149 11 4 7 5 5
1956 31 KCA AL 52 731 649 83 168 25 3 23 6 0 68 56 .259 .330 .413 .743 .253 268 22 2 9 3 7
1957 32 KCA AL 38 523 479 59 125 16 2 18 5 6 33 66 .261 .307 .415 .722 .268 199 7 1 5 5 7
1958 33 KCA AL 50 366 340 41 86 11 4 8 7 1 20 44 .253 .299 .379 .679 .270 129 7 3 2 1 0
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
6 Seasons 237 2324 2081 266 531 72 14 64 21 11 185 252 .255 .317 .395 .713 .262 823 53 12 30 16 19
162 Game Avg. 61 601 538 69 137 19 4 17 5 3 48 65 .255 .317 .395 .713 .262 213 14 3 8 4
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
1956 31 KCA AL 52 13 3 7 3 0 2 4 9 .308 1 1 1 0 8 62% 48 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% 51 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 37 37 16 9 1 0 2.0 1.8 4.3
3 Seasons 140 26 7 12 7 0 3 9 17 .346 2 2 4 1 14 54% 49 78 25 44 18 13 8 3.6 2.9 6.0
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
1954 29 NYY AL 23 23 11 0 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 24 11 46% 8 0.930 6 5 10 5 2 14 11 10 14 4 12 2 4.8
1955 30 KCA AL 57 57 35 7 6 24 18 6 75% 27 0 69 20 29% 8 1.572 34 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 1.160 9 12 18 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 1.116 11 6 7 7 3 15 13 12 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 1.031 18 8 20 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 0.814 4 5 8 5 0 12 9 8 7 4 10 2 3.6
6 Seasons 237 211 114 19 17 47 35 14 74% 58 6 192 63 33% 1.183 82 45 76 69 26 109 98 106 128 40 130 41 5.6

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%
1952 27 NYY AL
1953 28 NYY AL
1954 29 NYY AL 153 31% 0.7% 20.3% 9.2% 3.9% 20% 1.30 67% 30 4 13%
1955 30 KCA AL 450 40% 2.4% 10.2% 8.0% 5.8% 27% 0.68 77% 126 11 9%
1956 31 KCA AL 732 44% 3.2% 7.7% 9.3% 7.0% 30% 1.31 78% 130 22 17%
1957 32 KCA AL 523 35% 3.4% 12.6% 6.3% 6.9% 29% 1.13 76% 65 7 11%
1958 33 KCA AL 366 33% 2.2% 12.0% 5.5% 6.3% 27% 0.81 79% 53 7 13%
1959 34 KCA AL 101 34% 3.0% 8.9% 13.9% 7.9% 33% 0.68 70% 23 2 9%
8 Seasons 2325 38% 3.3% 13.8% 10.3% 6.5% 23% 1.00 77% 427 53 12%
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
1952 27 NYY AL 63 8 0
1953 28 NYY AL 65 5 0
1954 29 NYY AL 141 30 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 7 3 2 43% 4 1 2 57 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12
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 2 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 2 0 8 25
1957 32 KCA AL 447 125 18 0 5 12 2 2 12 15 8 1 53% 5 3 0 159 5 6 45% 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 76
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 1 0 2 0
8 Seasons 2184 659 77 0 67 40 17 32 25 119 61 13 51% 37 11 7 860 21 11 66% 19 8 2 2 0 1 5 0 39 141
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+
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 73 1.401 9.3 1.2 3.3 4.6 1.41 73
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 91 1.322 8.4 0.8 3.5 4.5 1.28 91
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 107 1.301 8.5 1.0 3.2 4.2 1.31 107
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

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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
1952 27 2 4 .333 5.90 58.0 71 42 38 9 25 30 2 1.655 11.0 3.9 4.7 1.20 1.4 12
1953 28 4 4 .500 3.86 77.0 71 37 33 5 35 38 7 1.377 8.3 4.1 4.4 1.09 0.6 40
1954 29 3 1 .750 2.68 37.0 34 12 11 1 16 31 1 1.351 8.3 3.9 7.5 1.94 0.2 23
1955 30 7 5 .583 3.52 110.0 100 48 43 11 37 46 4 1.245 8.2 3.0 3.8 1.24 0.9 57
1956 31 11 8 .579 3.53 176.0 169 77 69 23 68 58 2 1.347 8.6 3.5 3.0 0.85 1.2 52
1957 32 7 7 .500 3.97 127.0 133 62 56 19 35 67 1 1.323 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 25 18 16 3 15 10 1 1.818 10.2 6.1 4.1 0.67 1.2 17
8 Seasons 40 34 .541 3.94 693.0 693 337 303 79 252 322 21 1.364 9.0 4.2 1.28 1.0 289

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Ernie Johnson (968)
  8. Ira Hutchinson (968)
  9. Tom Ferrick (965)
  10. Tex Clevenger (964)
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  7. Tom Timmermann (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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