Tom House
Thomas Ross House
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 29, 1947 in Seattle, WA
High School: Nogales (La Puente, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1971
Final Game: September 29, 1978
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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
1971 24 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 3.05 11 1 2 0 0 0 20.2 20 8 7 2 3 0 11 1 0 3 82 122 1.113 8.7 0.9 1.3 4.8 3.67
1972 25 ATL NL 0 0 2.89 8 0 5 0 0 2 9.1 7 3 3 1 6 0 7 1 0 0 38 131 1.393 6.8 1.0 5.8 6.8 1.17
1973 26 ATL NL 4 2 .667 4.68 52 0 23 0 0 4 67.1 58 37 35 13 31 7 42 2 0 0 282 85 1.322 7.8 1.7 4.1 5.6 1.35
1974 27 ATL NL 6 2 .750 1.93 56 0 38 0 0 11 102.2 74 26 22 5 27 8 64 3 0 2 404 196 0.984 6.5 0.4 2.4 5.6 2.37
1975 28 ATL NL 7 7 .500 3.18 58 0 45 0 0 11 79.1 79 39 28 2 36 10 36 2 3 1 351 119 1.450 9.0 0.2 4.1 4.1 1.00
1976 29 BOS AL 1 3 .250 4.33 36 0 21 0 0 4 43.2 39 22 21 4 19 4 27 2 0 5 186 91 1.328 8.0 0.8 3.9 5.6 1.42
1977 30 TOT AL 5 5 .500 4.64 34 11 9 1 0 1 97.0 109 53 50 12 25 2 45 4 1 2 420 89 1.381 10.1 1.1 2.3 4.2 1.80
1977 30 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 12.91 8 0 4 0 0 0 7.2 15 11 11 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 43 35 2.739 17.6 0.0 7.0 7.0 1.00
1977 30 SEA AL 4 5 .444 3.93 26 11 5 1 0 1 89.1 94 42 39 12 19 2 39 4 1 2 377 105 1.265 9.5 1.2 1.9 3.9 2.05
1978 31 SEA AL 5 4 .556 4.66 34 9 11 3 0 0 116.0 130 70 60 10 35 2 29 5 1 2 506 82 1.422 10.1 0.8 2.7 2.3 0.83
8 Seasons 29 23 .558 3.79 289 21 154 4 0 33 536.0 516 258 226 49 182 33 261 20 5 15 2269 102 1.302 8.7 0.8 3.1 4.4 1.43
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .558 3.79 63 5 34 1 0 7 118 113 57 50 11 40 7 57 4 1 3 498 102 1.302 8.7 0.8 3.1 4.4 1.43
ATL (5 yrs) 18 11 .621 3.06 185 1 113 0 0 28 279.1 238 113 95 23 103 25 160 9 3 6 1157 125 1.221 7.7 0.7 3.3 5.2 1.55
BOS (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 5.61 44 0 25 0 0 4 51.1 54 33 32 4 25 4 33 2 0 5 229 72 1.539 9.5 0.7 4.4 5.8 1.32
SEA (2 yrs) 9 9 .500 4.34 60 20 16 4 0 1 205.1 224 112 99 22 54 4 68 9 2 4 883 91 1.354 9.8 1.0 2.4 3.0 1.26
AL (3 yrs) 11 12 .478 4.59 104 20 41 4 0 5 256.2 278 145 131 26 79 8 101 11 2 9 1112 86 1.391 9.7 0.9 2.8 3.5 1.28
NL (5 yrs) 18 11 .621 3.06 185 1 113 0 0 28 279.1 238 113 95 23 103 25 160 9 3 6 1157 125 1.221 7.7 0.7 3.3 5.2 1.55

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
1971 24 ATL NL 11 82 76 8 20 2 0 2 1 0 3 11 .263 .296 .368 .665 .281 28 2 1 1 1 0
1972 25 ATL NL 8 38 31 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 6 7 .226 .368 .355 .723 .261 11 2 1 0 0 0
1973 26 ATL NL 52 282 239 37 58 12 0 13 0 2 31 42 .243 .326 .456 .782 .236 109 8 2 3 7 7
1974 27 ATL NL 56 404 364 26 74 15 0 5 1 4 27 64 .203 .261 .286 .547 .231 104 9 3 6 4 8
1975 28 ATL NL 58 351 302 39 79 13 0 2 1 1 36 36 .262 .342 .325 .667 .289 98 8 2 9 2 10
1976 29 BOS AL 36 186 162 22 39 7 0 4 1 0 19 27 .241 .324 .358 .682 .263 58 4 2 1 2 4
1977 30 TOT AL 34 419 387 53 109 23 3 12 2 4 25 45 .282 .329 .450 .779 .291 174 8 4 0 3 2
1977 30 BOS AL 8 43 37 11 15 7 0 0 0 0 6 6 .405 .488 .595 1.083 .484 22 1 0 0 0 0
1977 30 SEA AL 26 376 350 42 94 16 3 12 2 4 19 39 .269 .311 .434 .745 .272 152 7 4 0 3 2
1978 31 SEA AL 34 506 450 70 130 28 4 10 6 8 35 29 .289 .339 .436 .775 .284 196 7 5 5 11 2
8 Seasons 289 2268 2011 258 516 101 7 49 12 20 182 261 .257 .320 .387 .707 .270 778 48 20 25 30 33
162 Game Avg. 63 497 441 57 113 22 2 11 3 4 40 57 .257 .320 .387 .707 .270 171 11 4 5 7 7
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
1971 24 ATL NL 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 65 65 65 5 2 1 0 6.8 7.0
1977 30 TOT AL 34 11 4 4 3 1 1 5 6 .455 0 2 1 0 4 36% 65 29 26 10 4 6 2.9 3.2 5.4
1977 30 SEA AL 26 11 4 4 3 1 1 5 6 .455 0 2 1 0 4 36% 51 65 29 20 6 4 6 2.9 3.2 5.4
1978 31 SEA AL 34 9 3 4 2 0 1 3 6 .333 0 0 3 0 4 44% 43 68 18 23 11 4 1 5.5 7.2 5.4
3 Seasons 71 21 8 8 5 1 2 9 12 .429 0 2 4 0 9 43% 48 68 18 48 19 9 7 4.2 5.0 5.5
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
1971 24 ATL NL 11 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 4 50% 6 0.586 2 1 6 1 1 7 5 4 4 3 5 0 4.1
1972 25 ATL NL 8 8 5 0 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 6 0 0% 9 1.409 2 4 1 3 0 5 3 5 2 2 3 1 3.5
1973 26 ATL NL 52 52 23 4 2 6 4 2 67% 13 5 41 20 49% 8 0.908 22 10 20 13 10 29 25 27 23 14 26 16 3.9
1974 27 ATL NL 56 56 38 6 2 16 11 5 69% 20 3 41 11 27% 8 1.461 29 10 15 23 12 21 23 33 37 8 38 12 5.5
1975 28 ATL NL 58 58 45 7 7 15 11 4 73% 17 2 29 7 24% 8 1.379 24 7 26 19 9 30 17 41 23 12 24 17 4.1
1976 29 BOS AL 36 36 21 1 3 6 4 2 67% 10 3 36 11 31% 8 1.066 15 8 13 12 6 18 22 14 12 14 15 6 3.6
1977 30 TOT AL 34 23 9 1 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 20 9 45% 0.729 5 4 14 5 0 18 13 10 13 5 15 5 4.9
1977 30 BOS AL 8 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 7 0.329 0 2 6 0 0 8 4 4 2 3 3 3 2.9
1977 30 SEA AL 26 15 5 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 14 6 43% 8 0.775 5 2 8 5 0 10 9 6 11 2 12 2 5.9
1978 31 SEA AL 34 25 11 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 33 5 15% 6 0.640 3 6 16 3 0 22 19 6 18 5 19 2 8.0
8 Seasons 289 268 154 21 15 46 33 13 72% 69 17 214 67 31% 1.002 102 50 111 79 38 150 127 140 132 63 145 59 4.7

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%
1971 24 ATL NL 82 67% 2.4% 13.4% 3.7% 4.9% 20% 1.25 78% 12 2 17%
1972 25 ATL NL 38 74% 2.6% 18.4% 15.8% 5.3% 29% 1.71 61% 12 2 17%
1973 26 ATL NL 282 66% 4.6% 14.9% 11.0% 8.9% 43% 1.13 68% 53 8 15%
1974 27 ATL NL 404 70% 1.2% 15.8% 6.7% 5.0% 27% 1.15 74% 77 9 12%
1975 28 ATL NL 351 68% 0.6% 10.3% 10.3% 4.3% 19% 1.19 76% 80 8 10%
1976 29 BOS AL 186 53% 2.2% 14.5% 10.2% 5.9% 28% 1.27 72% 32 4 13%
1977 30 TOT AL 420 68% 2.9% 10.7% 6.0% 9.1% 35% 1.02 79% 77 8 10%
1977 30 BOS AL 43 65% 0.0% 14.0% 14.0% 16.3% 47% 0.70 72% 6 1 17%
1977 30 SEA AL 377 68% 3.2% 10.4% 5.1% 8.2% 33% 1.05 80% 71 7 10%
1978 31 SEA AL 506 68% 2.0% 5.7% 6.9% 8.3% 32% 0.71 83% 101 7 7%
8 Seasons 2269 67% 2.2% 11.5% 8.0% 6.9% 30% 1.02 76% 444 48 11%
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
1971 24 ATL NL 52 20 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 6 4 0 67% 2 3 0 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 30
1972 25 ATL NL 38 7 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 0% 0 0 0 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1973 26 ATL NL 279 58 13 0 12 10 3 7 6 21 11 3 52% 3 0 1 107 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 3
1974 27 ATL NL 404 74 5 0 12 4 1 3 2 18 9 2 50% 8 2 0 157 1 4 20% 1 2 0 0 0 2 7 2 6 0
1975 28 ATL NL 350 79 2 0 13 2 0 1 1 29 15 1 52% 7 1 2 148 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 8 1
1976 29 BOS AL 186 39 4 0 9 3 1 3 1 6 3 0 50% 2 5 0 83 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 0
1977 30 TOT AL 420 109 12 0 8 9 3 8 4 24 16 1 67% 6 2 1 156 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 0
1977 30 BOS AL 43 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 30 SEA AL 377 94 12 0 8 9 3 8 4 23 16 1 70% 6 2 1 130 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 0
1978 31 SEA AL 506 130 10 0 17 10 0 9 1 30 16 0 53% 6 2 0 212 6 8 43% 4 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 16 0
8 Seasons 2235 516 49 0 77 40 8 32 16 138 74 9 54% 34 15 4 903 12 20 38% 10 16 2 1 0 3 27 7 65 34
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+
1971 24 1 0 1.000 3.05 11 1 2 0 0 0 20.2 20 8 7 2 3 0 11 1 0 3 82 122 1.113 8.7 0.9 1.3 4.8 3.67 122
1972 25 1 0 1.000 3.00 19 1 7 0 0 2 30.0 27 11 10 3 9 0 18 2 0 3 120 125 1.200 8.1 0.9 2.7 5.4 2.00 125
1973 26 5 2 .714 4.16 71 1 30 0 0 6 97.1 85 48 45 16 40 7 60 4 0 3 402 94 1.284 7.9 1.5 3.7 5.5 1.50 94
1974 27 11 4 .733 3.02 127 1 68 0 0 17 200.0 159 74 67 21 67 15 124 7 0 5 806 127 1.130 7.2 0.9 3.0 5.6 1.85 127
1975 28 18 11 .621 3.06 185 1 113 0 0 28 279.1 238 113 95 23 103 25 160 9 3 6 1157 125 1.221 7.7 0.7 3.3 5.2 1.55 125
1976 29 19 14 .576 3.23 221 1 134 0 0 32 323.0 277 135 116 27 122 29 187 11 3 11 1343 119 1.235 7.7 0.8 3.4 5.2 1.53 119
1977 30 24 19 .558 3.56 255 12 143 1 0 33 420.0 386 188 166 39 147 31 232 15 4 13 1763 110 1.269 8.3 0.8 3.2 5.0 1.58 110
1978 31 29 23 .558 3.79 289 21 154 4 0 33 536.0 516 258 226 49 182 33 261 20 5 15 2269 102 1.302 8.7 0.8 3.1 4.4 1.43 102

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1971 24 1 1 .500 3.32 19.0 20 8 7 2 3 10 1 1.211 9.5 1.4 4.7 3.33 0.9 11
1972 25 0 0 4.50 8.0 8 4 4 1 7 6 1 1.875 9.0 7.9 6.8 0.86 1.1 8
1973 26 3 4 .429 4.78 64.0 58 38 34 13 31 40 2 1.391 8.2 4.4 5.6 1.29 1.8 52
1974 27 9 2 .818 1.98 100.0 75 24 22 5 27 62 3 1.020 6.8 2.4 5.6 2.30 0.5 56
1975 28 5 3 .625 3.35 78.0 80 32 29 2 36 35 2 1.487 9.2 4.2 4.0 0.97 0.2 58
1976 29 2 2 .500 4.71 42.0 40 24 22 4 19 26 2 1.405 8.6 4.1 5.6 1.37 0.9 36
1977 30 4 6 .400 4.88 94.0 110 57 51 12 25 44 4 1.436 10.5 2.4 4.2 1.76 1.1 34
1978 31 4 8 .333 5.45 109.0 137 73 66 11 37 27 5 1.596 11.3 3.1 2.2 0.73 0.9 34
8 Seasons 28 26 .519 4.11 514.0 528 260 235 50 185 250 20 1.387 9.2 4.4 1.35 0.9 289

* 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

Saves s c a p y
1974 NL--11--5th
1975 NL--11--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1974 NL--38--7th
1975 NL--45--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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