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Tom Hurd

Thomas Carr Hurd (Whitey)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: May 27, 1924 in Danville, VA
High School: Withrow HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1954
Team: RedSox 1954-1956

Final Game: September 29, 1956
Died: September 5, 1982 in Waterloo, IA
Cremated
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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
1948	24	CHW-min	B	1	2	.333	8.31	7						13.0	7	12	12		17								1.846	4.8		11.8			WLO · IIIL
1949	25	CHW-min	B	18	11	.621	2.10	36						236.0	160	81	55		113								1.157	6.1		4.3			WLO · IIIL
1951	27	CHW-min	AA	10	13	.435	3.98	30	28					208.0	222	117	92		69								1.399	9.6		3.0			MEM · SOUA
1952	28	CHW-min	AA	12	12	.500	3.80	32	26					199.0	203	97	84		86								1.452	9.2		3.9			MEM · SOUA
1953	29	CHW-min	AA	17	11	.607	3.20	41	23					214.0	196	100	76	13	74								1.262	8.2	0.5	3.1			MEM · SOUA
1954	30	CHW-min	AAA	7	8	.467	3.14	34	14		5	2		126.0	116	52	44	9	36		75	2	0	2			1.206	8.3	0.6	2.6	5.4	2.08	CHL · AA
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	138	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	144	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
1957	33	BOS-min	Opn	8	6	.571	3.36	29	24		9	2		174.0	161	76	65	19	62		82	2	1	9			1.282	8.3	1.0	3.2	4.2	1.32	SFR · PCL
1958	34	BOS-min	AAA	10	8	.556	1.65	52	1		0	0		109.0	82	28	20	6	45	13	73	1	0	1			1.165	6.8	0.5	3.7	6.0	1.62	MNE · AA
1959	35	BOS-STL-min	AAA	4	6	.400	3.76	51	0		0	0		91.0	86	43	38	10	40	9	59	2	0	3			1.385	8.5	1.0	4.0	5.8	1.48	MNE,ROC · AA,IL
1960	36	STL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	5.25	42	0		0	0		60.0	71	38	35	6	29	7	32	1	0	2			1.667	10.6	0.9	4.4	4.8	1.10	ROC · IL
3 Yrs				13	10	.565	3.96	99	0	48	0	0	11	186.1	177	95	82	14	97	12	96	4	0	8	815	112	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	112	1.470	8.5	0.7	4.7	4.6	0.99

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1954	30	BOS	AL	29.2	16	11	3.34	4.27	0.04	108.5	4.59	4	0.5	1.6	0.1	0.8	7	.529	.503	$
1955	31	BOS	AL	80.2	43	32	3.57	4.40	0.25	108.3	4.50	8	0.8	1.2	-0.1	1.3	16	.519	.505	$
1956	32	BOS	AL	75.2	40	52	6.19	4.79	0.26	110.9	5.03	-10	-1.0	1.5	-0.4	-0.8	-3	.475	.494	$
3 Seasons				186.0	99	95	4.60	4.54	0.22	109.4	4.73	1	0.3	1.4	-0.5	1.3	20	.503	.501	$

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
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		1
1955	31	BOS	AL	43	345	298	32	72	7	3	7	4	2	38	48	.242	.326	.356	.681	.263	106	6	1	5	4	10	5
1956	32	BOS	AL	40	348	290	52	84	14	3	5	3	1	47	34	.290	.387	.410	.798	.307	119	10	3	4	6	2	3
3 Yrs				99	812	694	95	177	28	7	14	9	4	97	96	.255	.345	.376	.721	.274	261	19	4	9	11	12	9
162 Game Avg.				68	558	477	65	122	19	5	10	6	3	67	66	.255	.345	.376	.721	.274	179	13	3	6	8		6
MLB Averages																.259	.332	.391	.723	.274

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1954	30	BOS	AL	3.5	0.4	123	0.5	2.4	-1.9	.98	0.5	0.1	4.5	0.5	0.98	5.3	6	5	5
1955	31	BOS	AL	10.3	1.0	356	0.2	7.9	-7.7	1.36	1.1	-0.9	10.4	1.0	1.36	8.3	16	6	21
1956	32	BOS	AL	-5.7	-0.6	362	-1.0	6.1	-7.1	1.03	-0.6	-0.3	-15.0	-1.4	1.03	-5.3	14	7	19
3 Yrs				8.0	0.8	841	-0.2	16.4	-16.6	1.16	0.9	-1.1	-0.1	0.1	1.16	8.4	36	18	45

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1954	30	BOS	AL	16	16	4	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	24	8	33%	4	.979	6	5	5	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	1.356	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	1.035	14	7	19	12	4	24	18	22	24	8	25	5	5.7
3 Yrs				99	99	48	13	10	14	11	7	79%	18	4	85	32	38%		1.163	36	18	45	26	11	62	43	56	57	18	59	14	5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1954	30	BOS	AL	119	67%	1.7%	11.8%	10.1%	8.4%	48%	0.78	76%	21	3	14%
1955	31	BOS	AL	346	65%	2.0%	13.9%	11.0%	4.9%	24%	0.71	72%	78	6	8%
1956	32	BOS	AL	350	63%	1.4%	9.8%	13.5%	6.3%	26%	0.85	74%	98	10	10%
3 Yrs				815	64%	1.7%	11.8%	12.0%	6.0%	28%	0.78	73%	197	19	10%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.0%	10.0%	6.7%	28%	0.95	79%			10%

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
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 Yrs				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																		51%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1954	30	2	0	1.000	3.03	16	4	1	29.2	21	11	10	2	12		14	0	0	119	138	1.112	6.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	1.17	138
1955	31	10	6	.625	3.02	59	30	6	110.1	93	43	37	9	50	10	62	1	3	463	142	1.296	7.6	0.7	4.1	5.1	1.24	142
1956	32	13	10	.565	3.96	99	48	11	186.1	177	95	82	14	97	12	96	4	8	815	112	1.470	8.5	0.7	4.7	4.6	0.99	112

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
1954	30	2	1	.667	2.70	30.0	21	10	9	2	12	14	0	1.100	6.3	3.6	4.2	1.17	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	3	5	.375	4.61	80.0	81	46	41	5	45	36	3	1.575	9.1	5.1	4.1	0.80	0.6	40
3 Yrs		11	9	.550	3.54	193.0	174	85	76	14	95	99	4	1.394	8.1		4.6	1.04	0.7	99

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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1955 AL 43 (9th)

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1956 AL 5 (8th)

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1955 AL 26 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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