Tom Lawless
Thomas James Lawless
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 19, 1956 in Erie, PA
School: Pennsylvania State University Erie, the Behrend College
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1982
Final Game: July 4, 1990
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Standard Batting

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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
1982 25 CIN NL 49 176 165 19 35 6 0 0 4 16 5 9 30 .212 .253 .248 .501 40 41 5 0 2 0 0 4
1984 27 TOT NL 54 106 97 11 23 3 0 1 2 7 3 8 16 .237 .295 .299 .594 66 29 4 0 1 0 1 4/5
1984 27 CIN NL 43 89 80 10 20 2 0 1 2 6 3 8 12 .250 .318 .313 .631 76 25 1 0 1 0 1 4/5
1984 27 MON NL 11 17 17 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .176 .176 .235 .412 17 4 3 0 0 0 0 /4
1985 28 STL NL 47 64 58 8 12 3 1 0 8 2 1 5 4 .207 .270 .293 .563 58 17 0 0 1 0 0 54
1986 29 STL NL 46 44 39 5 11 1 0 0 3 8 1 2 8 .282 .310 .308 .617 71 12 0 0 2 1 0 5/47
1987 30 STL NL 19 29 25 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 .080 .179 .120 .299 -19 3 1 0 1 0 0 /459
1988 31 STL NL 54 79 65 9 10 2 1 1 3 6 0 7 9 .154 .236 .262 .498 43 17 1 0 7 0 0 5/4793
1989 32 TOR AL 59 79 70 20 16 1 0 0 3 12 1 7 12 .229 .295 .243 .538 58 17 0 0 1 1 0 5D/9472
1990 33 TOR AL 15 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 .083 .083 .083 .167 -54 1 0 0 0 0 0 /D574
8 Seasons 343 589 531 78 110 17 2 2 24 53 13 41 85 .207 .263 .258 .521 47 137 11 0 15 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 278 251 37 52 8 1 1 11 25 6 19 40 .207 .263 .258 .521 47 65 5 0 7 1 0
STL (4 yrs) 166 216 187 27 35 7 2 1 14 18 2 17 26 .187 .254 .262 .516 44 49 2 0 11 1 0
CIN (2 yrs) 92 265 245 29 55 8 0 1 6 22 8 17 42 .224 .275 .269 .544 52 66 6 0 3 0 1
TOR (2 yrs) 74 91 82 21 17 1 0 0 4 12 3 7 13 .207 .267 .220 .486 42 18 0 0 1 1 0
MON (1 yr) 11 17 17 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .176 .176 .235 .412 17 4 3 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 269 498 449 57 93 16 2 2 20 41 10 34 72 .207 .262 .265 .527 48 119 11 0 14 1 1
AL (2 yrs) 74 91 82 21 17 1 0 0 4 12 3 7 13 .207 .267 .220 .486 42 18 0 0 1 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1982 25 CIN NL 176 142 10 1.9 96 .259 .212 .268 .253 .331 .248 .389 .501 .720 40 .189 -13.6 -1.4 .436 .158 .036 .0
1984 27 TOT NL 106 82 8 2.6 96 .275 .237 .266 .295 .332 .299 .387 .594 .719 66 .300 -4.6 -0.5 .506 .186 .062 1.8
1984 27 CIN NL 89 65 8 3.3 97 .284 .250 .268 .318 .334 .313 .390 .631 .723 76 .395 -2.7 -0.3 .563 .200 .063 1.7
1984 27 MON NL 17 17 0 0.0 90 .231 .176 .259 .176 .323 .235 .376 .412 .699 17 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .294 .118 .059 .0
1985 28 STL NL 64 48 5 2.8 95 .222 .207 .260 .270 .328 .293 .388 .563 .715 58 .323 -3.4 -0.4 .489 .190 .086 .0
1986 29 STL NL 44 32 5 4.2 97 .344 .282 .261 .310 .332 .308 .394 .617 .726 71 .489 -1.5 -0.2 .724 .256 .026 .0
1987 30 STL NL 29 25 1 1.1 108 .100 .080 .271 .179 .341 .120 .423 .299 .764 -19 .061 -4.4 -0.4 .333 .240 .040 .0
1988 31 STL NL 79 63 5 2.2 90 .164 .154 .257 .236 .321 .262 .378 .498 .699 43 .243 -5.1 -0.5 .536 .308 .108 1.7
1989 32 TOR AL 79 57 7 3.3 88 .271 .229 .254 .295 .318 .243 .373 .538 .691 58 .376 -3.6 -0.4 .636 .271 .014 .0
1990 33 TOR AL 12 13 0 0.0 99 .091 .083 .266 .083 .335 .083 .398 .167 .733 -54 .000 -2.6 -0.3 -0.077 -0.167 .000
8 Seasons 589 462 41 2.4 95 .242 .207 .263 .263 .328 .258 .387 .521 .716 47 .259 -38.7 -4.1 .490 .203 .051 3.9
162 Game Avg. 278 218 19 2.4 95 .242 .207 .263 .263 .328 .258 .387 .521 .716 47 .259 -38.7 -4.1 .490 .203 .051 2
STL (4 yrs) 216 168 16 2.6 96 .211 .187 .261 .254 .328 .262 .390 .516 .718 44 .287 -14.4 -1.5 .526 .251 .075 1.9
CIN (2 yrs) 265 207 18 2.3 96 .267 .224 .268 .275 .332 .269 .389 .544 .721 52 .256 -16.3 -1.7 .475 .171 .045 1.9
TOR (2 yrs) 91 70 7 2.7 90 .243 .207 .255 .267 .320 .220 .377 .486 .697 42 .292 -6.1 -0.7 .500 .207 .012 .0
MON (1 yr) 17 17 0 0.0 90 .231 .176 .259 .176 .323 .235 .376 .412 .699 17 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .294 .118 .059 .0
NL (6 yrs) 498 392 34 2.3 96 .242 .207 .265 .262 .330 .265 .389 .527 .719 48 .254 -32.5 -3.4 .488 .203 .058 3.8
AL (2 yrs) 91 70 7 2.7 90 .243 .207 .255 .267 .320 .220 .377 .486 .697 42 .292 -6.1 -0.7 .500 .207 .012 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1985 28 STL NL WS KCR L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 STL NL NLCS SFG W 3 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 STL NL WS MIN L 3 10 10 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .400 .500 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 7 17 16 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .188 .235 .375 .610 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 10 10 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .400 .500 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1982 25 CIN NL 176 0.0% 17.1% 5.1% 3.4% 17% 3.33 5.5 41.3 1.41 77%
1984 27 TOT NL 106 0.9% 15.1% 7.6% 3.8% 17% 2.00 6.1 97.0 48.5 0.85 75%
1984 27 CIN NL 89 1.1% 13.5% 9.0% 3.4% 15% 1.50 6.7 80.0 40.0 0.72 75%
1984 27 MON NL 17 0.0% 23.5% 0.0% 5.9% 33% 4.3 1.60 76%
1985 28 STL NL 64 0.0% 6.3% 7.8% 6.3% 33% 0.80 14.5 7.3 0.91 84%
1986 29 STL NL 44 0.0% 18.2% 4.6% 2.3% 9% 4.00 4.9 13.0 1.75 73%
1987 30 STL NL 29 0.0% 17.2% 10.3% 3.5% 50% 1.67 5.0 1.71 69%
1988 31 STL NL 79 1.3% 11.4% 8.9% 5.1% 40% 1.29 7.2 65.0 21.7 0.74 1.16 70% 21% 4.5% 29%
1989 32 TOR AL 79 0.0% 15.2% 8.9% 1.3% 6% 1.71 5.8 23.3 0.70 0.84 75% 23% 0.0% 21%
1990 33 TOR AL 12 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 12.0 12.0 0.57 0.67 92% 0% 0.0% 29%
8 Seasons 589 0.3% 14.4% 7.0% 3.6% 19% 2.07 6.3 265.5 22.1 0.70 1.12 76% 20% 1.9% 25%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1982 25 CIN NL 2 0 43% 80 16 5 76% 14 4 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 55% 2 2 0 2 1 1 7 2 5
1984 27 TOT NL 1 0 33% 52 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 60% 5 2 3 0 0 0 5 2 3
1984 27 CIN NL 1 0 33% 48 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 67% 5 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 3
1984 27 MON NL 0 0 33% 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1985 28 STL NL 0 0 47% 37 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 56% 5 1 3 0 0 0 4 2 2
1986 29 STL NL 1 1 39% 34 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1987 30 STL NL 1 0 100% 7 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1988 31 STL NL 1 0 50% 35 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17% 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 0
1989 32 TOR AL 0 0 87% 75 12 1 92% 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 67% 6 3 3 2 1 1 4 0 4
1990 33 TOR AL 0 0 100% 8 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 6 1 51% 328 53 13 80% 49 12 4 1 0 0 6 4 5 23 46% 28 16 11 5 3 2 28 12 15
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1982 25 CIN NL 176 39% 35 1 0 0 0 0.72 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 20 5 25% 15 1 7% 76 4 5% 9 1 11% 5 2 40% 0
1984 27 TOT NL 106 68% 23 5 1 0 0 0.82 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 15 4 27% 11 2 18% 41 2 5% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
1984 27 CIN NL 89 73% 20 5 1 0 0 0.82 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 11 1 9% 7 1 14% 30 2 7% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1984 27 MON NL 17 41% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 1 25% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1985 28 STL NL 64 41% 12 9 2 0 0 0.86 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 0 0% 5 1 20% 38 8 21% 9 4 44% 5 3 60% 0
1986 29 STL NL 45 73% 11 12 2 0 1 1.53 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 13 0 0% 6 3 50% 28 3 11% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0
1987 30 STL NL 29 59% 2 5 0 0 0 1.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 1 20% 4 1 25% 13 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1988 31 STL NL 79 77% 10 1 0 10 1 0 0 2.29 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 7 100% 18 1 6% 9 7 78% 47 2 4% 0 0 3 3 100% 0
1989 32 TOR AL 79 68% 16 6 1 6 3 0 0 1.97 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 14 0 0% 6 2 33% 39 3 8% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1990 33 TOR AL 12 75% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 9 1 11% 0 0 4 1 25% 0
8 Seasons 590 58% 110 7 1 48 9 0 1 1.47 2 0 14 0 2 0 2 0 20 15 75% 98 11 11% 56 17 30% 291 23 8% 26 8 31% 24 11 46% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 31 STL NL 79 266 3.37 158 59% 20% 12% 28% 40% 80% 0% 47% 85% 30% 6% 5 0 20% 16 8 5% 4 2 22% 0 0 0
1989 32 TOR AL 76 264 3.47 162 61% 27% 17% 20% 36% 73% 0% 45% 76% 32% 7% 5 0 14% 11 4 9% 7 2 50% 3 0 0
1990 33 TOR AL 12 44 3.67 25 57% 36% 0% 16% 44% 60% 0% 34% 94% 25% 0% 0 0 17% 2 1 33% 4 3 100% 0 0 1
3 Seasons 167 574 3.44 345 60% 24% 14% 23% 39% 75% 0% 45% 82% 31% 6% 10 0 17% 29 13 9% 15 7 40% 3 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1982 25 49 176 165 19 35 6 0 0 4 16 5 9 30 .212 .253 .248 .501 40 41 5 0 2 0 0
1983 26 49 176 165 19 35 6 0 0 4 16 5 9 30 .212 .253 .248 .501 40 41 5 0 2 0 0
1984 27 103 282 262 30 58 9 0 1 6 23 8 17 46 .221 .269 .267 .536 50 70 9 0 3 0 1
1985 28 150 346 320 38 70 12 1 1 14 25 9 22 50 .219 .269 .272 .541 51 87 9 0 4 0 1
1986 29 196 390 359 43 81 13 1 1 17 33 10 24 58 .226 .273 .276 .549 54 99 9 0 6 1 1
1987 30 215 419 384 48 83 14 1 1 17 35 10 27 63 .216 .267 .266 .533 48 102 10 0 7 1 1
1988 31 269 498 449 57 93 16 2 2 20 41 10 34 72 .207 .262 .265 .527 48 119 11 0 14 1 1
1989 32 328 577 519 77 109 17 2 2 23 53 11 41 84 .210 .267 .262 .529 49 136 11 0 15 2 1
1990 33 343 589 531 78 110 17 2 2 24 53 13 41 85 .207 .263 .258 .521 47 137 11 0 15 2 1

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1982 25 49 175 166 21 36 6 0 0 4 16 9 30 .217 .257 .253 .510 11 49
1984 27 54 106 98 12 24 3 0 1 2 7 8 16 .245 .302 .306 .608 9 54
1985 28 47 64 59 8 13 3 1 0 8 2 5 4 .220 .281 .305 .586 5 47
1986 29 46 44 41 5 13 1 0 0 3 9 2 8 .317 .341 .341 .682 5 46
1987 30 19 30 26 7 3 2 0 0 0 3 4 5 .115 .233 .192 .426 1 19
1988 31 54 77 68 10 13 3 1 1 3 8 9 9 .191 .286 .309 .595 6 54
1989 32 59 85 75 22 21 1 0 0 3 16 9 12 .280 .353 .293 .646 8 59
1990 33 15 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
8 Seasons 343 593 545 86 123 19 2 2 24 61 46 85 .226 .285 .279 .564 45 343
162 Game Avg. 162 280 257 41 58 9 1 1 11 29 22 40 .226 .285 .279 .564 21 343

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