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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1982 CIN NL 25 2B 47 42 369.0 228 87 136 5 35 .978 1.8 5.9 -0.2 -0.6 0.5 2 5.44 4.74 .978 5.42 4.75
1984 TOT NL 27 2B 32 20 177.0 90 43 47 0 7 1.000 -1.9 -12.9 -0.9 -0.3 -0.7 -1 4.58 2.81 .978 5.41 4.71
1984 CIN NL 27 2B 23 15 135.0 69 34 35 0 5 1.000 -2.2 -19.6 -1.2 -0.1 -1.2 -1 4.60 3.00 .978 5.41 4.71
1984 CIN NL 27 3B 6 2 28.0 13 7 5 1 1 .923 -0.4 -17.1 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 3.86 2.00 .946 2.80 2.37
1984 MON NL 27 2B 9 5 42.0 21 9 12 0 2 1.000 0.3 8.6 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 4.50 2.33 .976 5.40 4.71
1985 STL NL 28 3B 13 7 75.1 34 9 24 1 2 .971 1.8 28.7 1.8 2.6 -0.8 0 3.94 2.54 .947 2.88 2.47
1985 STL NL 28 2B 11 4 60.0 30 10 20 0 2 1.000 0.5 10.0 0.5 0.7 -0.3 0 4.50 2.73 .983 5.48 4.82
1986 STL NL 29 3B 12 3 46.1 16 5 9 2 1 .875 -2.0 -51.8 -2.0 -0.6 -1.4 0 2.72 1.17 .950 2.72 2.20
1986 STL NL 29 2B 7 1 17.0 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -7.1 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 0 5.29 1.43 .980 5.19 4.54
1986 STL NL 29 LF 1 1 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 40.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.00 2.00 .950 1.95 1.40
1986 STL NL 29 OF 1 1 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 40.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.00 2.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1987 STL NL 30 2B 7 2 31.0 19 5 14 0 3 1.000 0.6 23.2 0.6 -0.3 1.0 0 5.52 2.71 .984 5.20 4.44
1987 STL NL 30 3B 3 0 8.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -55.4 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.04 0.33 .900 2.80 2.33
1987 STL NL 30 OF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.14 1.80
1987 STL NL 30 RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.70
1988 STL NL 31 3B 24 11 114.2 31 9 22 0 1 1.000 0.2 2.1 0.2 -0.3 0.6 0 2.43 1.29 .945 2.77 2.35
1988 STL NL 31 OF 6 3 30.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 60.0 1.5 0.8 0.7 0 2.70 1.50 .978 2.28 1.98
1988 STL NL 31 2B 5 1 12.1 10 3 7 0 2 1.000 0.5 48.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0 7.30 2.00 .980 5.18 4.58
1988 STL NL 31 LF 4 3 25.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 33.6 0.7 0.8 -0.1 0 2.16 1.50 .983 2.12 1.75
1988 STL NL 31 RF 2 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 192.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 5.40 1.50 .967 1.98 1.75
1988 STL NL 31 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
1989 TOR AL 32 OF 16 6 72.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -2.6 -43.3 -2.6 -2.6 0.0 0 2.12 1.06 .982 2.42 2.12
1989 TOR AL 32 3B 12 5 63.0 19 4 12 3 1 .842 -5.6 -106.7 -5.6 -2.6 -3.0 0 2.29 1.33 .947 2.73 2.34
1989 TOR AL 32 DH 12
1989 TOR AL 32 RF 9 4 47.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -35.7 -1.4 -2.0 0.6 0 1.72 1.00 .978 2.34 1.90
1989 TOR AL 32 2B 7 5 45.0 30 17 13 0 5 1.000 -2.1 -56.0 -2.1 -1.0 -1.1 0 6.00 4.29 .980 5.24 4.51
1989 TOR AL 32 LF 7 2 25.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -57.6 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 0 2.88 1.14 .975 2.16 1.83
1989 TOR AL 32 C 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 6.30 5.20 0 0 0 1 100%
1990 TOR AL 33 DH 5
1990 TOR AL 33 3B 4 1 15.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.1 8.0 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 2.40 1.00 .960 2.76 2.33
1990 TOR AL 33 LF 2 1 13.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 46.2 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 4.15 3.00 .983 2.22 1.75
1990 TOR AL 33 OF 2 1 13.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 46.2 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 4.15 3.00 .983 2.42 2.05
1990 TOR AL 33 2B 1 0 3.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 15.00 5.00 .980 5.10 4.50
8 Seasons 2B 117 75 714.1 422 173 244 5 55 .988 -0.6 -1.0 -1.6 -0.7 -1.0 1 5.25 3.56 .979 5.39 4.69
7 Seasons 3B 74 29 351.0 119 35 76 8 6 .933 -6.3 -21.5 -6.3 -1.2 -5.0 0 2.85 1.50 .947 2.78 2.34
5 Seasons OF 26 12 129.0 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -7.4 -0.8 -2.0 1.2 0 2.37 1.31 .982 2.37 2.06
2 Seasons DH 17
4 Seasons LF 14 7 69.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 3.5 0.2 0.4 -0.2 0 2.87 1.57 .977 2.14 1.76
3 Seasons RF 12 5 60.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -20.0 -1.0 -2.4 1.4 0 1.80 1.00 .975 2.26 1.86
1 Season 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
1 Season C 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 6.30 5.20 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons TOT 219 116 1197.1 579 245 321 13 61 .978 -7.4 -7.4 -8.4 -3.9 -4.5 0 1 0 4.25 2.58 .950 4.31 3.61 0 0 0 1 100%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 CIN NL 25 49 42 49 47 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1984 CIN NL 27 43 17 43 26 0 0 0 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12
1984 MON NL 27 11 5 11 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1985 STL NL 28 47 11 47 23 0 0 0 11 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 18
1986 STL NL 29 46 5 46 20 0 0 0 7 12 0 1 0 0 1 0 17 15
1987 STL NL 30 19 3 19 11 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 2
1988 STL NL 31 54 15 54 35 0 0 1 5 24 0 4 0 2 6 0 14 14
1989 TOR AL 32 59 16 59 36 0 1 0 7 12 0 7 0 9 16 0 9 26
1990 TOR AL 33 15 3 15 7 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 8
8 Seasons 343 117 343 214 0 1 1 117 74 0 14 0 12 26 1 64 101
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1982 CIN NL 25 1601 54% 78% 25% 154 96% 1 87 34 39 14 135 106 22 2 3 5 0 4 1 3 35 10 7 14 1 33 16 17 1 1 0
1984 CIN NL 27 612 55% 77% 19% 46 100% 0 34 10 14 10 36 32 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 2 1 5 3 2 0 0 0
1984 MON NL 27 184 52% 76% 24% 14 100% 0 8 2 6 0 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
1985 STL NL 28 268 62% 79% 27% 24 100% 0 10 4 6 0 21 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1986 STL NL 29 82 62% 82% 30% 8 88% 0 5 1 3 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 STL NL 30 148 61% 78% 40% 12 92% 0 5 0 4 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1988 STL NL 31 64 56% 77% 33% 8 100% 0 3 1 1 1 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1989 TOR AL 32 222 66% 82% 31% 19 95% 0 17 8 7 2 13 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 33 14 71% 79% 29% 3 100% 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3195 56% 78% 26% 288 97% 1 173 62 82 29 243 199 35 3 5 5 0 4 1 3 54 17 8 20 4 51 25 25 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 CIN NL 27 136 69% 79% 18% 9 100% 1 3 2 0 1 7 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1985 STL NL 28 324 70% 77% 28% 32 97% 0 9 6 2 1 23 19 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 STL NL 29 192 59% 81% 23% 15 80% 0 6 6 0 0 7 4 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1987 STL NL 30 49 53% 61% 18% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 STL NL 31 513 54% 77% 29% 34 91% 1 9 9 0 0 22 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 50%
1989 TOR AL 32 285 57% 81% 36% 20 70% 0 3 2 0 1 12 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1990 TOR AL 33 60 62% 72% 35% 6 67% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
7 Seasons 1559 60% 78% 29% 118 86% 2 31 26 2 3 75 58 12 3 2 8 0 5 3 7 7 6 0 7 0 0 0 7 57%
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 90% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 STL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 23 22% 74% 26% 5 40%
1988 STL NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 108 62% 76% 31% 12 50%
1989 TOR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 111 58% 78% 45% 18 44%
1990 TOR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 6 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 57 68% 82% 49% 15 40%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 5 4 0 15 11 73.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 299 59% 78% 39% 50 44%
MLB Averages 59.1% 2.7% 56% 78% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 STL NL 30 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 0 0 0 0 33 61% 67% 33% 2 0%
1988 STL NL 31 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 0 0 0 0 17 71% 76% 47% 3 100%
1989 TOR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 211 56% 76% 35% 23 39%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 261 58% 75% 36% 28 43%
MLB Averages 43.9% 2.8% 56% 78% 31% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1988 STL NL 31 8 63% 88% 38% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 63% 88% 38% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1989 TOR AL 32 4 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.88 4.34 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1989 TOR AL 32 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.07
1 Season 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.07
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.28

* 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.

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