Tom McCarthy

Thomas Michael McCarthy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 18, 1961 in Lundstahl, W.Germany
High School: Plymouth Carver HS (Plymouth, MA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1985
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox 1985-1989

Final Game: September 22, 1989
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Standard Pitching

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
1979	18	BOS-min	A-	2	6	.250	7.04	18	4					46.0	67	50	36	2	37								2.261	13.1	0.4	7.2			ELM · NYPL
1980	19	BOS-min	A,A-	6	5	.545	3.78	14	14		1	0	0	81.0	65	39	34	3	59	1	42	5	2	5			1.531	7.2	0.3	6.6	4.7	0.71	WSM,ELM · CARL,NYPL
1981	20	BOS-min	A	3	7	.300	7.29	28	18	2	0	0	0	105.0	123	99	85	9	99	1	75	6	3	10			2.114	10.5	0.8	8.5	6.4	0.76	WSM · CARL
1982	21	BOS-min	A	3	11	.214	6.53	30	15	9	1	0	1	103.1	128	95	75	7	65	1	75	2	0	15			1.868	11.1	0.6	5.7	6.5	1.15	WSM · CARL
1983	22	BOS-min	A	8	6	.571	4.13	35	8	18	2	0	8	98.0	91	56	45	9	54	2	100	2	1	18			1.480	8.4	0.8	5.0	9.2	1.85	WSM · CARL
1984	23	BOS-min	AA	8	5	.615	3.06	38	1	27	0	0	8	79.1	71	35	27	0	56	1	65	1	0	3			1.601	8.1	0.0	6.4	7.4	1.16	NBR · EL
1985	24	BOS-min	AAA	5	6	.455	3.59	26	10	6	3	1	0	85.1	72	48	34	6	62	1	65	2	0	11			1.570	7.6	0.6	6.5	6.9	1.05	PAW · IL
1985	24	BOS	AL	0	0		10.80	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	25	42	2.200	12.6	1.8	7.2	3.6	0.50

1986	25	NYM-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.04	22	8	4	1	0	3	84.2	89	43	38	7	37	1	30	1	0	3			1.488	9.5	0.7	3.9	3.2	0.81	TID · IL
1987	26	NYM-min	AA,AAA	1	6	.143	3.07	47	1	35	0	0	21	73.1	79	35	25	5	37	5	37	0	1	5			1.582	9.7	0.6	4.5	4.5	1.00	JAC,TID · TL,IL
1988	27	NYM-CHW-min	AAA	9	3	.750	2.01	43	3	21	0	0	7	76.0	60	19	17	2	33	3	39	0	1	6			1.224	7.1	0.2	3.9	4.6	1.18	TID,VAN · IL,PCL
1988	27	CHW	AL	2	0	1.000	1.38	6	0	4	0	0	1	13.0	9	2	2	0	2	0	5	2	0	0	51	296	0.846	6.2	0.0	1.4	3.5	2.50
1989	28	CHW-min	AAA	2	4	.333	5.40	17	0	14	0	0	7	26.2	27	17	16	1	10	1	17	0	0	4			1.388	9.1	0.3	3.4	5.7	1.70	VAN · PCL
1989	28	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	3.51	31	0	14	0	0	0	66.2	72	32	26	8	20	0	27	2	0	5	285	109	1.380	9.7	1.1	2.7	3.6	1.35
1991	30	ATL-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.24	21	13	2	1	0	0	85.0	80	43	40	3	34	3	51	3	0	3	356		1.341	8.5	0.3	3.6	5.4	1.50	RMD · IL
1992	31	ATL-min	AAA	4	6	.400	3.21	48	3	34	0	0	4	92.2	91	45	33	2	21	5	52	4	0	5	397		1.209	8.8	0.2	2.0	5.1	2.48	RMD · IL
1993	32	CLE-min	AAA	6	5	.545	4.11	45	2	11	0	0	2	105.0	104	55	48	15	26	4	61	5	0	5	440		1.238	8.9	1.3	2.2	5.2	2.35	CHR · IL
1995	34	LAD-min	AAA	3	3	.500	6.00	13	8	1	0	0	0	48.0	61	41	32	4	22	2	28	1	0	2	223		1.729	11.4	0.8	4.1	5.2	1.27	ABQ · PCL
3 Yrs				3	2	.600	3.61	40	0	20	0	0	1	84.2	88	40	34	9	26	0	34	4	0	6	361	108	1.346	9.4	1.0	2.8	3.6	1.31
162 Game Avg.				5	3	.600	3.61	68	0	34	0	0	2	144	150	68	58	15	44	0	58	7	0	10	614	108	1.346	9.4	1.0	2.8	3.6	1.31

CHW (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.16	37	0	18	0	0	1	79.2	81	34	28	8	22	0	32	4	0	5	336	123	1.293	9.2	0.9	2.5	3.6	1.45
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		10.80	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	25	42	2.200	12.6	1.8	7.2	3.6	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1985	24	BOS	AL	5.0	3	0	6	10.80	4.51	-0.05	-0.35	102.4	4.31	-4	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.389	.498	$

1988	27	CHW	AL	13.0	6	0	2	1.38	4.35	0.03	-0.35	101.9	4.04	4	0.4	.9	-0.1	0.5	5	.571	.503	$
1989	28	CHW	AL	66.2	31	0	32	4.32	4.33	-0.21	-0.33	97.7	4.10	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.2	5	.493	.499	$75,000
3 Seasons				84.2	40	0	40	4.25	4.34	-0.16	-0.34	98.6	4.10	-2	-0.1	.9	-0.1	0.5	7	.497	.500	$75,000

CHW (2 yrs)				79.2	37	0	34	3.84	4.33	-0.17	-0.34	98.4	4.09	2	0.2	1.0	-0.2	0.7	10	.506	.501	$75,000
BOS (1 yr)				5.0	3	0	6	10.80	4.51	-0.05	-0.35	102.4	4.31	-4	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.389	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1985	24	BOS	AL	3	25	20	6	7	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	.350	.440	.550	.990	.333	11	1	0	0	1	0	0

1988	27	CHW	AL	6	51	47	2	9	2	0	0	1	0	2	5	.191	.255	.234	.489	.214	11	2	2	0	0	0	1
1989	28	CHW	AL	31	285	257	32	72	7	3	8	4	2	20	27	.280	.333	.424	.757	.284	109	17	2	3	3	0	8
3 Yrs				40	361	324	40	88	10	3	9	5	2	26	34	.272	.330	.404	.734	.277	131	20	4	3	4	0	9
162 Game Avg.				68	614	551	68	150	17	5	15	9	3	44	58	.272	.330	.404	.734	.277	223	34	7	5	7	0	15
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.391	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1985	24	BOS	AL	-3.0	-0.3	26	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.10	-0.3	-0.6	-4.9	-0.4	0.10	-2.5	0	1	2

1988	27	CHW	AL	4.0	0.4	52	0.3	1.1	-0.8	1.20	0.3	-0.1	4.0	0.4	1.20	3.9	2	2	2
1989	28	CHW	AL	1.1	0.1	297	-0.5	2.3	-2.8	.50	-0.9	-0.1	-4.6	-0.5	0.50	-8.6	5	9	17
3 Yrs				2.1	0.2	375	-0.3	3.4	-3.7	.57	-0.9	0.4	-5.5	-0.5	0.57	-7.2	7	12	21

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1985	24	BOS	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	3	60%	4	.096	0	1	2	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	2	0	5.0

1988	27	CHW	AL	6	6	4	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	2	1	50%	7	1.202	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	5	5	0	5	1	6.5	27
1989	28	CHW	AL	31	31	14	1	2	0	0	0		2	2	31	15	48%	6	.501	5	9	17	6	4	21	20	11	17	7	19	5	6.5	33
3 Yrs				40	40	20	3	2	1	1	0	100%	3	2	38	19	50%		.572	7	12	21	7	6	27	23	17	24	7	26	6	6.4	32

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1985	24	BOS	AL	25	64%	4.0%	8.0%	16.0%	8.0%	29%		1.60	72%				8	1	13%

1988	27	CHW	AL	51	57%	0.0%	9.8%	3.9%	3.9%	22%	1.73	2.09	82%	17%	0.0%	20%	9	2	22%
1989	28	CHW	AL	285	58%	2.8%	9.5%	7.0%	6.3%	25%	1.19	1.67	79%	18%	8.8%	14%	69	17	25%
3 Yrs				361	58%	2.5%	9.4%	7.2%	6.1%	25%	1.26	1.73	79%	18%	7.8%	15%	86	20	23%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	14.9%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	27	CHW	AL	51	163	3.20	110	67%	23%	8%	31%	38%	77%	0%	52%	89%	59%	2%	1	1	16%	8	5	2	60%	1	0	0	0	0
1989	28	CHW	AL	280	946	3.38	587	62%	26%	11%	24%	40%	74%	0%	46%	86%	58%	5%	15	10	17%	48	27	4	31%	7	5	5	0	0
2 Yrs				331	1109	3.35	697	63%	25%	10%	25%	39%	75%	0%	47%	86%	58%	5%	16	11	17%	56	32	6	35%	8	5	5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1985	24	BOS	AL	25	7			1	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	100%	0	1	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

1988	27	CHW	AL	51	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	1	0	0	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	28	CHW	AL	285	72	11	0	8	0	9	7	1	5	3	25	17	1	68%	8	5	1	113	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
3 Yrs				361	88	13	1	9	0	11	7	2	5	4	31	22	1	71%	9	6	1	141	5	2	71%	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1985	24	0	0		10.80	3	2	0	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	2	0	1	25	42	2.200	12.6	1.8	7.2	3.6	0.50	42
1986	25	0	0		10.80	3	2	0	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	2	0	1	25	42	2.200	12.6	1.8	7.2	3.6	0.50	42
1987	26	0	0		10.80	3	2	0	5.0	7	6	6	1	4	2	0	1	25	42	2.200	12.6	1.8	7.2	3.6	0.50	42
1988	27	2	0	1.000	4.00	9	6	1	18.0	16	8	8	1	6	7	2	1	76	106	1.222	8.0	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.17	106
1989	28	3	2	.600	3.61	40	20	1	84.2	88	40	34	9	26	34	4	6	361	108	1.346	9.4	1.0	2.8	3.6	1.31	108

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1985	24	0	0		10.80	5.0	7	7	6	1	4	2	0	2.200	12.6	7.2	3.6	0.50	1.8	3

1988	27	1	0	1.000	1.38	13.0	9	2	2	0	2	5	2	0.846	6.2	1.4	3.5	2.50	0.0	6
1989	28	3	3	.500	4.21	62.0	76	32	29	8	21	25	2	1.565	11.0	3.0	3.6	1.19	1.2	31
3 Yrs		4	3	.571	4.16	80.0	92	41	37	9	27	32	4	1.488	10.4		3.6	1.19	1.0	40

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