Tom Jordan

Thomas Jefferson Jordan

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 5, 1919 in Lawton, OK(All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1944
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Browns 1944-1948

Final Game: April 28, 1948
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Let people know you like this site. Sponsor this page for $10. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1938	18	ABB	D	127	506	506		166	43	5	1						.328	.328	.439	.767		222					ABB · EVAN
1939	19	OAK-min	D	121	458	458		135	34	6	9						.295	.295	.454	.749		208					ABB · EVAN
1940	20	MSH	C	128	514	514		162	36	7	19						.315	.315	.523	.839		269					MSH · ETXL
1941	21	SHV	A1	98	267	267		59	11	1	6						.221	.221	.337	.558		90					SHV · TL
1942	22	CHW-min	B,A1	94	348	348		107	15	4	25						.307	.307	.589	.897		205					WLO,SHV · IIIL,TL
1944	24	NYY-min	AA	66	226	219	27	78	15	3	4	43	0		6	10	.356	.373	.507	.880		111	6	0	1		MLW,KCY · AA
1944	24	CHW	AL	14	46	45	2	12	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	.267	.283	.333	.616	77	15	1	0	0	2

1946	26	TOT	AL	24	54	50	3	11	3	1	1	3	1	1	3	2	.220	.264	.380	.644	83	19	5	0	1	2
1946	26	CHW	AL	10	15	15	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.267	.533	.800	123	8	3	0	0	/2
1946	26	CLE	AL	14	39	35	2	7	1	0	1	3	1	1	3	1	.200	.263	.314	.577	66	11	2	0	1	2

1947	27	BAL-min	AA	69	249	249		77	11	2	7						.309	.309	.454	.763		113					SAN · TL
1948	28	BAL-min	AA	107	366	366		103	14	3	14						.281	.281	.451	.732		165					SAN · TL
1948	28	SLB	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1949	29	ROS	D	28	125	125		55	11	2	6						.440	.440	.704	1.144		88					ROS · LONG
1950	30	ROS	D	149	553	553		216	48	3	44						.391	.391	.727	1.118		402					ROS · LONG
1951	31	AUS	B	96	356	356		126	27	3	5						.354	.354	.489	.843		174					AUS · BSTL
1952	32	AUS	B	145	584	584		202	36	4	24						.346	.346	.545	.890		318					AUS · BSTL
1953	33	ABQ	C	132	476	476		158	33	8	22						.332	.332	.574	.905		273					ABQ · WTNM
1954	34	ABQ	C	119	429	429		145	39	6	21						.338	.338	.604	.942		259					ABQ · WTNM
1955	35	ART	C	136	543	543		221	69	2	28						.407	.407	.696	1.103		378					ART · LONG
1956	36	ROS,CRL,NLA	B,AA	133	523	523		186	35	4	32						.356	.356	.616	.971		322					ROS,CRL,NLA · SWLG,MEX
1957	37	CRL	B	3	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154		1					CRL · SWLG
3 Yrs				39	101	96	5	23	4	2	1	6	1	1	4	2	.240	.270	.354	.624	78	34	6	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	420	399	21	96	17	8	4	25	4	4	17	8	.240	.270	.354	.624	78	141	25	0	4

CHW (2 yrs)				24	61	60	3	16	3	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	.267	.279	.383	.662	89	23	4	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				14	39	35	2	7	1	0	1	3	1	1	3	1	.200	.263	.314	.577	66	11	2	0	1
SLB (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1944	24	CHW	AL	14	46	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	2

1946	26	CHW	AL	10	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1946	26	CLE	AL	14	39	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.490	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$	2

1948	28	SLB	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
3 Seasons				39	101	-3	-0	0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	0.0	.492	.500	0.1	-0.0	0	$

CHW (2 yrs)				24	61	-1	0	0	-1	1	-1	-0.2	1	0	0.0	.493	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$
CLE (1 yr)				14	39	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.490	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$
SLB (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1944	24	CHW	AL	46	34	4	3.2	90	.267	.267	.266	.283	.332	.333	.363	.616	.695	77	.392	-1.6	-0.2	.471	.089	.067

1946	26	TOT	AL	54	46	5	2.9	91	.213	.220	.256	.264	.330	.380	.369	.644	.698	83	.341	-1.4	-0.1	.489	.220	.160	1.0
1946	26	CHW	AL	15	14	2	3.8	92	.286	.267	.259	.267	.333	.533	.373	.800	.705	123	.461	0.3	0.0	.571	.267	.267
1946	26	CLE	AL	39	32	3	2.5	90	.182	.200	.255	.263	.328	.314	.367	.577	.696	66	.282	-1.7	-0.2	.452	.200	.114	1.0

1948	28	SLB	AL	1	1	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.275	.000	.361	.000	.398	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				101	81	9	3.0	90	.237	.240	.261	.270	.331	.354	.366	.624	.697	78	.358	-3.3	-0.4	.475	.156	.115	1.0
162 Game Avg.				420	336	37	3.0	90	.237	.240	.261	.270	.331	.354	.366	.624	.697	78	.358	-3.3	-0.4	.475	.156	.115	4

CHW (2 yrs)				61	48	6	3.4	91	.271	.267	.264	.279	.332	.383	.365	.662	.698	89	.415	-1.4	-0.2	.500	.133	.117
CLE (1 yr)				39	32	3	2.5	90	.182	.200	.255	.263	.328	.314	.367	.577	.696	66	.283	-1.7	-0.2	.452	.200	.114	1.0
SLB (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.275	.000	.361	.000	.398	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	24	CHW	AL	46	0.0%	0.0%	2.2%	4.4%	17%	0.00			15.0		98%

1946	26	TOT	AL	54	1.9%	3.7%	5.6%	9.3%	46%	0.67	25.0	50.0	16.7		87%
1946	26	CHW	AL	15	0.0%	6.7%	0.0%	20.0%	75%		15.0				93%
1946	26	CLE	AL	39	2.6%	2.6%	7.7%	5.1%	29%	0.33	35.0	35.0	11.7		85%

1948	28	SLB	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
3 Yrs				101	1.0%	2.0%	4.0%	6.9%	30%	0.50	48.0	96.0	16.0		92%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.3%	9.2%	5.9%	26%	1.01	9.6	66.4	8.6	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	WPA/LI	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI
1944	24	CHW	AL	-1.6	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1946	26	TOT	AL	-1.4	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1946	26	CHW	AL	0.3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1946	26	CLE	AL	-1.7	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1948	28	SLB	AL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 Yrs				-3.3	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	28	SLB	AL		0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs					0	15%	0	1	1	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	28	SLB	AL	1		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				1		23				0	0			1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	6		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			786%			80%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1944	24	14	46	45	2	12	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	.267	.283	.333	.616	77	15	1	0
1945	25	14	46	45	2	12	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	.267	.283	.333	.616	77	15	1	0
1946	26	38	100	95	5	23	4	2	1	6	1	1	4	2	.242	.273	.358	.631	80	34	6	1
1947	27	38	100	95	5	23	4	2	1	6	1	1	4	2	.242	.273	.358	.631	80	34	6	1
1948	28	39	101	96	5	23	4	2	1	6	1	1	4	2	.240	.270	.354	.624	78	34	6	1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	24	15	49	48	2	14	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	.292	.306	.354	.660	5	14

1946	26	25	59	54	4	13	4	1	1	4	1	4	2	.241	.293	.407	.701	6	24

1948	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
3 Yrs		41	109	103	6	27	5	2	1	8	1	5	2	.262	.296	.379	.675	11	39
162 Game Avg.		162	431	407	24	107	20	8	4	32	4	20	8	.262	.296	.379	.675	43	39

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Tom Jordan

Viewed 2,722 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Thomas Jefferson tim Tom tommy Jordan jorden

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.