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

Born: December 19, 1956 in Erie, PA
Schools: 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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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

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
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
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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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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

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Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

August 16, 1984: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Montreal Expos for Pete Rose.

March 25, 1985: Sent by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete an earlier deal made on February 6, 1985. The Montreal Expos sent a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later and Mickey Mahler. The Montreal Expos sent Tom Lawless (March 25, 1985) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

December 21, 1988: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 23, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

July 22, 1990: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986St. Louis Cardinals$100,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$115,000
1988St. Louis Cardinals$125,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$175,000
1990Toronto Blue Jays$250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$765,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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