Tom Hurd
Thomas Carr Hurd (Whitey)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: May 27, 1924 in Danville, VA
High School: Withrow (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1954
Final Game: September 29, 1956
Died: September 5, 1982 in Waterloo, IA
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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
1954 30 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 3.03 16 0 4 0 0 1 29.2 21 11 10 2 12 14 0 0 0 119 136 1.112 6.4 0.6 3.6 4.2 1.17
1955 31 BOS AL 8 6 .571 3.01 43 0 26 0 0 5 80.2 72 32 27 7 38 10 48 1 0 3 344 143 1.364 8.0 0.8 4.2 5.4 1.26
1956 32 BOS AL 3 4 .429 5.33 40 0 18 0 0 5 76.0 84 52 45 5 47 2 34 3 0 5 352 87 1.724 9.9 0.6 5.6 4.0 0.72
3 Seasons 13 10 .565 3.96 99 0 48 0 0 11 186.1 177 95 82 14 97 12 96 4 0 8 815 111 1.470 8.5 0.7 4.7 4.6 0.99
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .565 3.96 68 0 33 0 0 8 128 122 65 56 10 67 66 3 0 5 560 111 1.470 8.5 0.7 4.7 4.6 0.99

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 30 BOS AL 16 119 106 11 21 7 1 2 2 1 12 14 .198 .277 .340 .617 .209 36 3 0 0 1
1955 31 BOS AL 43 346 298 32 72 7 3 7 4 2 38 48 .242 .326 .356 .681 .263 106 6 1 5 4 10
1956 32 BOS AL 40 350 290 52 84 14 3 5 3 1 47 34 .290 .387 .410 .798 .307 119 10 3 4 6 2
3 Seasons 99 815 694 95 177 28 7 14 9 4 97 96 .255 .345 .376 .721 .274 261 19 4 9 11 12
162 Game Avg. 68 560 477 65 122 19 5 10 6 3 67 66 .255 .345 .376 .721 .274 179 13 3 6 8
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 30 BOS AL 16 16 4 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 24 8 33% 4 1.011 6 6 4 4 0 12 11 5 9 5 9 2 5.6
1955 31 BOS AL 43 43 26 8 6 8 5 3 63% 9 1 23 6 26% 7 1.366 16 6 21 10 7 26 14 29 24 5 25 7 5.6
1956 32 BOS AL 40 40 18 3 4 5 5 4 100% 8 3 38 18 47% 7 1.034 14 6 20 12 4 24 18 22 24 8 25 5 5.7
3 Seasons 99 99 48 13 10 14 11 7 79% 18 4 85 32 38% 1.172 36 18 45 26 11 62 43 56 57 18 59 14 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%
1954 30 BOS AL 119 33% 1.7% 11.8% 10.1% 8.4% 48% 0.78 76% 21 3 14%
1955 31 BOS AL 346 35% 2.0% 13.9% 11.0% 4.9% 24% 0.71 71% 78 6 8%
1956 32 BOS AL 350 37% 1.4% 9.7% 13.4% 6.3% 26% 0.85 73% 98 10 10%
3 Seasons 815 36% 1.7% 11.8% 11.9% 6.0% 28% 0.78 73% 197 19 10%
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
1954 30 BOS AL 119 21 2 0 11 2 0 1 1 10 3 2 30% 1 0 1 42 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1955 31 BOS AL 345 72 7 1 13 6 1 5 2 30 12 3 40% 5 3 0 141 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
1956 32 BOS AL 348 84 5 1 19 4 1 3 2 37 20 7 54% 3 5 1 157 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 2
3 Seasons 812 177 14 2 43 12 2 9 5 77 35 12 45% 9 8 2 340 9 4 69% 9 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 25 3
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+
1954 30 2 0 1.000 3.03 16 0 4 0 0 1 29.2 21 11 10 2 12 14 0 0 0 119 136 1.112 6.4 0.6 3.6 4.2 1.17 136
1955 31 10 6 .625 3.02 59 0 30 0 0 6 110.1 93 43 37 9 50 10 62 1 0 3 463 141 1.296 7.6 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.24 141
1956 32 13 10 .565 3.96 99 0 48 0 0 11 186.1 177 95 82 14 97 12 96 4 0 8 815 111 1.470 8.5 0.7 4.7 4.6 0.99 111

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
1954 30 2 1 .667 3.30 30.0 22 12 11 2 13 14 0 1.167 6.6 3.9 4.2 1.08 0.6 16
1955 31 6 3 .667 2.82 83.0 72 29 26 7 38 49 1 1.325 7.8 4.1 5.3 1.29 0.8 43
1956 32 4 4 .500 4.50 80.0 81 44 40 5 45 36 3 1.575 9.1 5.1 4.1 0.80 0.6 40
3 Seasons 12 8 .600 3.59 193.0 175 85 77 14 96 99 4 1.404 8.2 4.6 1.03 0.7 99

* 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--43--9th

Saves s c a p y
1956 AL--5--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 AL--26--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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