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Tommy Hanson

Thomas J. Hanson (twitter: @TommyHanson48)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 28, 1986 in Tulsa, OK
High School: Redlands East Valley HS (Redlands, CA)
School: Riverside Community College (Riverside, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 22nd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed May 24, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 2009
Team: Braves 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$535k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.120, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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
2006	19	ATL-min	Rk	4	1	.800	2.09	13	8	0	0	51.2	42	15	12	2	9	1	56	1	0	3	208		0.987	7.3	0.3	1.6	9.8	6.22	DAN · APPY
2007	20	ATL-min	A,A+	5	9	.357	3.32	26	25	0	0	133.0	104	61	49	16	58	0	154	10	1	5	556		1.218	7.0	1.1	3.9	10.4	2.66	ROM,MYR · SALL,CARL
2008	21	ATL-min	AA,A+	11	5	.688	2.41	25	25	1	1	138.0	85	45	37	9	52	0	163	14	0	10	558		0.993	5.5	0.6	3.4	10.6	3.13	MSS,MYR · SOUL,CARL
2009	22	ATL-min	AAA	3	3	.500	1.49	11	11	0	0	66.1	40	16	11	5	17	0	90	4	0	4	257		0.859	5.4	0.7	2.3	12.2	5.29	GWI · IL
2009	22	ATL	NL	11	4	.733	2.89	21	21	0	0	127.2	105	42	41	10	46	1	116	5	0	2	522	143	1.183	7.4	0.7	3.2	8.2	2.52	RoY-3
2010	23	ATL	NL	10	11	.476	3.33	34	34	1	0	202.2	182	86	75	14	56	3	173	14	0	3	845	117	1.174	8.1	0.6	2.5	7.7	3.09
2011	24	ATL	NL	11	7	.611	3.60	22	22	0	0	130.0	106	55	52	17	46	3	142	3	0	5	540	106	1.169	7.3	1.2	3.2	9.8	3.09
2012	25	ATL	NL	5	4	.556	3.84	11	11	0	0	61.0	62	27	26	7	26	2	57	3	0	2	266	101	1.443	9.1	1.0	3.8	8.4	2.19
4 Yrs				37	26	.587	3.35	88	88	1	0	521.1	455	210	194	48	174	9	488	25	0	12	2173	118	1.207	7.9	0.8	3.0	8.4	2.80
162 Game Avg.				14	10	.587	3.35	34	34	0	0	201	176	81	75	19	67	3	189	10	0	5	840	118	1.207	7.9	0.8	3.0	8.4	2.80

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2009	22	ATL	NL	127.2	21	21	42	2.96	4.62	-0.06	0.18	98.1	4.77	25	2.9	-0.1	3.7	38	.637	.518	$	RoY-3
2010	23	ATL	NL	202.2	34	34	86	3.82	4.39	0.07	0.17	96.6	4.33	11	1.2	-0.1	2.6	30	.535	.507	$435,000
2011	24	ATL	NL	130.0	22	22	55	3.81	4.02	0.07	0.15	98.1	4.03	2	0.3	-0.1	1.2	15	.512	.502	$456,500
2012	25	ATL	NL	61.0	11	11	27	3.98	4.41	0.06	0.16	98.7	4.46	2	0.3	-0.1	0.7	9	.525	.502	$
4 Seasons				521.1	88	88	210	3.63	4.36	0.03	0.17	97.6	4.38	41	4.6	-0.4	8.2	91	.552	.507	$891,500

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
2010	23	ATL	NL	NLDS	L	SFG	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	17	1.500	11.3	2.3	2.3	11.3	5.00
1 NLDS							0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	17	1.500	11.3	2.3	2.3	11.3	5.00

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
2009	22	ATL	NL	21	522	466	42	105	22	5	10	18	8	46	116	.225	.301	.358	.660	.279	167	13	5	4	1	1	5
2010	23	ATL	NL	34	845	761	86	182	34	3	14	33	4	56	173	.239	.301	.347	.648	.290	264	12	14	9	5	3	4
2011	24	ATL	NL	22	540	484	55	106	26	3	17	30	3	46	142	.219	.289	.390	.680	.271	189	5	3	4	3	3	4
2012	25	ATL	NL	11	266	232	27	62	6	1	7	10	2	26	57	.267	.347	.392	.740	.325	91	5	3	4	1	2	1
4 Yrs				88	2173	1943	210	455	88	12	48	91	17	174	488	.234	.304	.366	.670	.287	711	35	25	21	10	9	14
162 Game Avg.				34	840	751	81	176	34	5	19	35	7	67	189	.234	.304	.366	.670	.287	275	14	10	8	4	3	5
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.406	.732	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2009	22	ATL	NL	18.9	2.0	546	2.3	10.1	-7.8	1.03	2.0	0.2	20.6	2.2	1.03	21.3
2010	23	ATL	NL	11.6	1.2	887	1.1	14.3	-13.1	.96	1.4	-0.2	10.2	1.1	0.96	16.6
2011	24	ATL	NL	3.6	0.4	573	0.1	9.0	-8.9	.95	0.2	-0.1	4.4	0.5	0.95	3.0
2012	25	ATL	NL	1.1	0.1	282	0.0	5.5	-5.4	1.21	-0.1	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	1.21	-1.2
4 Yrs				35.2	3.7	2288	3.5	38.9	-35.3	1.01	3.5	-0.0	34.3	3.6	1.01	39.6

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
2009	22	ATL	NL	21	21	11	4	6	3	1	12	9	.571	4	1	0	0	12	57%	57.9	79	38	7	1	0	12	5.0	5.5	6.1	95	2	11	8	0	112
2010	23	ATL	NL	34	34	10	11	13	1	3	19	15	.559	6	4	1	0	19	56%	55.0	81	-2	16	2	0	12	4.3	3.4	6.0	96	2	16	15	1	121
2011	24	ATL	NL	22	22	11	7	4	1	1	14	8	.636	1	3	0	0	13	59%	56.5	79	19	6	1	0	9	3.8	4.2	5.9	99	1	10	11	0	116
2012	25	ATL	NL	11	11	5	4	2	2	1	6	5	.545	0	1	0	0	5	45%	51.8	65	23	8	1	0	4	4.3	3.0	5.5	97	0	6	5	0	106
4 Yrs				88	88	37	26	25	7	6	51	37	.580	11	9	1	0	49	56%	56	81	-2	37	5	0	37	4.3	4.1	5.9	97	5	43	39	1	121
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-13					4.4	4.4	5.9	96

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%
2009	22	ATL	NL	522	47%	1.9%	22.2%	8.8%	7.1%	35%	0.68	0.94	65%	19%	5.6%	14%	90	13	14%
2010	23	ATL	NL	845	53%	1.7%	20.5%	6.6%	6.0%	28%	0.71	0.90	69%	16%	4.7%	12%	129	12	9%
2011	24	ATL	NL	540	54%	3.2%	26.3%	8.5%	8.5%	43%	0.64	0.91	61%	17%	9.3%	11%	76	5	7%
2012	25	ATL	NL	266	49%	2.6%	21.4%	9.8%	5.3%	23%	0.75	0.89	64%	14%	8.0%	12%	46	5	11%
4 Yrs				2173	51%	2.2%	22.5%	8.0%	6.8%	33%	0.69	0.91	65%	17%	6.4%	12%	341	35	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	22	ATL	NL	523	1986	3.80	1264	64%	32%	16%	24%	28%	68%	0%	44%	76%	63%	5%	26	14	22%	113	55	1	28%	23	11	-1	0	0
2010	23	ATL	NL	847	3272	3.86	2110	64%	30%	15%	27%	29%	70%	1%	45%	79%	62%	4%	36	23	25%	208	99	14	30%	24	10	-2	0	0
2011	24	ATL	NL	541	2167	4.01	1371	63%	32%	18%	25%	25%	68%	2%	43%	74%	61%	5%	26	16	26%	143	60	5	26%	23	7	-1	0	0
2012	25	ATL	NL	267	1069	4.00	656	61%	27%	16%	30%	27%	73%	1%	45%	78%	63%	4%	10	4	15%	40	10	1	25%	5	4	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				2178	8494	3.90	5401	64%	30%	16%	26%	28%	70%	1%	44%	77%	62%	4%	98	57	23%	504	224	21	28%	75	32	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

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
2009	22	ATL	NL	522	105	6	0	10	0	9	4	6	5	5	16	6	5	38%	5	2	1	177	18	8	69%	16	5	2	3	0	0	2	2	4	0
2010	23	ATL	NL	845	182	18	2	14	1	11	9	5	9	5	34	21	4	62%	4	3	1	289	33	4	89%	29	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	10	0
2011	24	ATL	NL	540	106	9	3	17	0	5	7	10	6	11	20	12	4	60%	4	5	0	180	30	3	91%	25	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
2012	25	ATL	NL	266	62	13	2	7	0	10	0	7	3	4	23	8	5	35%	1	2	1	82	10	2	83%	8	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	8	0
4 Yrs				2173	455	46	7	48	1	35	20	28	23	25	93	47	18	51%	14	12	3	728	91	17	84%	78	11	12	5	1	1	4	2	31	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2009	22	11	4	.733	2.89	21	21	0	127.2	105	42	41	10	46	1	116	5	2	522	143	1.183	7.4	0.7	3.2	8.2	2.52	143
2010	23	21	15	.583	3.16	55	55	1	330.1	287	128	116	24	102	4	289	19	5	1367	126	1.178	7.8	0.7	2.8	7.9	2.83	126
2011	24	32	22	.593	3.28	77	77	1	460.1	393	183	168	41	148	7	431	22	10	1907	120	1.175	7.7	0.8	2.9	8.4	2.91	120
2012	25	37	26	.587	3.35	88	88	1	521.1	455	210	194	48	174	9	488	25	12	2173	118	1.207	7.9	0.8	3.0	8.4	2.80	118

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
2009	22	8	5	.615	3.02	122.0	106	46	41	10	46	111	5	1.246	7.8	3.4	8.2	2.41	0.7	21
2010	23	11	10	.524	3.65	195.0	187	88	79	14	58	167	14	1.256	8.6	2.7	7.7	2.88	0.6	34
2011	24	7	7	.500	4.00	126.0	110	62	56	18	48	138	3	1.254	7.9	3.4	9.9	2.88	1.3	22
2012	25	3	3	.500	4.26	57.0	64	30	27	7	27	54	3	1.596	10.1	4.3	8.5	2.00	1.1	11
4 Yrs		29	25	.537	3.65	500.0	467	226	203	49	179	470	25	1.292	8.4		8.5	2.63	0.9	88

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 2012 NL 5 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 2010 NL 34 (2nd) 2012 NL 11 (1st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2012 NL 26 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2010 NL 3.089 (10th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 NL 0.622 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2010 NL 14 (1st) 2012 NL 3 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (846), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1698), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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