Tommy Lasorda
Thomas Charles Lasorda
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 22, 1927 in Norristown, PA
High School: Norristown (Norristown, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1954
Final Game: July 8, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 1997.
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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 26 BRO NL 0 0 5.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 8 5 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 39 82 1.444 8.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 1.00
1955 27 BRO NL 0 0 13.50 4 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 6 6 1 6 0 4 1 0 4 24 30 2.750 11.3 2.3 13.5 9.0 0.67
1956 28 KCA AL 0 4 .000 6.15 18 5 7 0 0 1 45.1 40 38 31 6 45 3 28 3 0 7 220 70 1.875 7.9 1.2 8.9 5.6 0.62
3 Seasons 0 4 .000 6.48 26 6 9 0 0 1 58.1 53 49 42 9 56 3 37 4 0 11 283 66 1.869 8.2 1.4 8.6 5.7 0.66
162 Game Avg. 0 9 .000 6.48 55 13 19 0 0 2 124 113 104 89 19 119 79 9 0 23 601 66 1.869 8.2 1.4 8.6 5.7 0.66
BRO (2 yrs) 0 0 7.62 8 1 2 0 0 0 13.0 13 11 11 3 11 0 9 1 0 4 63 54 1.846 9.0 2.1 7.6 6.2 0.82
KCA (1 yr) 0 4 .000 6.15 18 5 7 0 0 1 45.1 40 38 31 6 45 3 28 3 0 7 220 70 1.875 7.9 1.2 8.9 5.6 0.62
NL (2 yrs) 0 0 7.62 8 1 2 0 0 0 13.0 13 11 11 3 11 0 9 1 0 4 63 54 1.846 9.0 2.1 7.6 6.2 0.82
AL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 6.15 18 5 7 0 0 1 45.1 40 38 31 6 45 3 28 3 0 7 220 70 1.875 7.9 1.2 8.9 5.6 0.62

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 26 BRO NL 4 39 33 5 8 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 .242 .333 .485 .818 .222 16 2 0 0 1
1955 27 BRO NL 4 24 16 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 .313 .500 .625 1.125 .333 10 0 1 0 1 0
1956 28 KCA AL 18 222 169 38 40 4 0 6 1 3 45 28 .237 .402 .367 .769 .248 62 5 3 3 2 3
3 Seasons 26 285 218 49 53 6 1 9 1 3 56 37 .243 .401 .404 .804 .250 88 7 4 3 4 3
162 Game Avg. 55 606 463 104 113 13 2 19 2 6 119 79 .243 .401 .404 .804 .250 187 15 9 6 9
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
1955 27 BRO NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 49 49 49 3 0 0 1 4.5 1.0
1956 28 KCA AL 18 5 0 4 1 0 1 1 4 .200 1 0 0 0 1 20% 41 55 24 18 11 1 3 4.3 2.5 5.2
2 Seasons 22 6 0 4 2 0 1 2 4 .333 1 1 0 0 1 17% 42 55 24 21 11 1 4 4.3 2.5 4.5
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
1954 26 BRO NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.091 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 4 1 6.8
1955 27 BRO NL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0.597 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 3.0
1956 28 KCA AL 18 13 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14 4 29% 8 0.776 2 4 7 1 1 11 8 5 6 6 6 2 4.5
3 Seasons 26 20 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16 6 38% 0.667 2 5 13 1 1 18 9 11 11 8 11 4 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%
1954 26 BRO NL 39 67% 5.1% 12.8% 12.8% 10.3% 50% 2.67 69% 7 2 29%
1955 27 BRO NL 24 63% 4.2% 16.7% 25.0% 8.3% 40% 0.33 50% 2 0 0%
1956 28 KCA AL 222 73% 2.7% 12.6% 20.3% 4.5% 25% 1.47 62% 51 5 10%
3 Seasons 285 72% 3.2% 13.0% 19.7% 5.6% 30% 1.47 62% 60 7 12%
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 26 BRO NL 39 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 27 BRO NL 24 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 4 3 57% 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1956 28 KCA AL 222 40 6 0 14 5 1 5 1 19 7 4 37% 5 7 0 86 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
3 Seasons 285 53 9 0 14 7 2 7 2 29 12 7 41% 6 11 0 107 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
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 26 0 0 5.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 8 5 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 39 82 1.444 8.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 1.00 82
1955 27 0 0 7.62 8 1 2 0 0 0 13.0 13 11 11 3 11 0 9 1 0 4 63 54 1.846 9.0 2.1 7.6 6.2 0.82 54
1956 28 0 4 .000 6.48 26 6 9 0 0 1 58.1 53 49 42 9 56 3 37 4 0 11 283 66 1.869 8.2 1.4 8.6 5.7 0.66 66

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 26 0 0 6.00 9.0 9 7 6 2 6 5 0 1.667 9.0 6.0 5.0 0.83 2.0 4
1955 27 0 0 13.50 4.0 5 7 6 1 6 4 1 2.750 11.3 13.5 9.0 0.67 2.3 4
1956 28 2 3 .400 5.55 47.0 40 32 29 6 45 29 3 1.809 7.7 8.6 5.6 0.64 1.1 18
3 Seasons 2 3 .400 6.15 60.0 54 46 41 9 57 38 4 1.850 8.1 5.7 0.67 1.4 26

* 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

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

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 AL--7--3rd

                           

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