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Tom Lasorda

Thomas Charles Lasorda (twitter: @TommyLasorda)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 22, 1927 in Norristown, PA
High School: Norristown HS (Norristown, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1954
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Dodgers 1954-1956

Final Game: July 8, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 1997.
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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1954 26 BRO NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 27 BRO NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1956 28 KCA AL 19 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Yrs 27 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 -62 1 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 84 84 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 .071 .071 .071 .143 -62 6 6 0 0 0
BRO (2 yrs) 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
KCA (1 yr) 19 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 1 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (1 yr) 19 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 1 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 Awards
1954 26 BRO NL 4 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1955 27 BRO NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ /1
1956 28 KCA AL 19 13 -3 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
3 Seasons 27 14 -3 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .492 .500 -0.2 0.0 -2 $
BRO (2 yrs) 8 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $
KCA (1 yr) 19 13 -3 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $

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
1954 26 BRO NL 1 1 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .279 .000 .351 .000 .431 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1956 28 KCA AL 13 13 0 0.0 106 .111 .077 .267 .077 .349 .077 .408 .154 .757 -59 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .077 .000 .000
3 Yrs 14 14 0 0.0 107 .100 .071 .268 .071 .349 .071 .410 .143 .759 -62 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .071 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 84 84 0 0.0 107 .100 .071 .268 .071 .349 .071 .410 .143 .759 -62 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .071 .000 .000
KCA (1 yr) 13 13 0 0.0 106 .111 .077 .267 .077 .349 .077 .408 .154 .757 -59 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .077 .000 .000
BRO (2 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .279 .000 .351 .000 .431 .000 .782 -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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1954 26 BRO NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1956 28 KCA AL 13 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 3.50 69%
3 Yrs 14 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 2.33 71%
MLB Averages 2.3% 11.4% 9.5% 6.6% 29% 1.20 7.7 38.9 8.1 0.97 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 26 BRO NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .24 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.62 -0.3 0
1955 27 BRO NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1956 28 KCA AL -3.0 -0.3 13 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .97 -0.3 -0.1 -3.7 -0.4 0.89 -3.6 0
3 Yrs -3.3 -0.3 14 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .92 -0.4 -0.1 -3.8 -0.4 0.87 -3.8 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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 26 BRO NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 28 KCA AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 0 0 0% 2 0 0 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
1954 26 BRO NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 28 KCA AL 13 62% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 14 64% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 49% 82% 11% 32% 14% 49% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 26 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
1955 27 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 28 27 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 -62 1 1 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies 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
1954 26 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1956 28 20 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19
2 Yrs 24 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
162 Game Avg. 162 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1997 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1997
by Veteran's Committee

Awards (yr lg award)
1983 NL Mgr of the year
1988 NL Mgr of the year
2006 ML Branch Rickey Award

                           

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