Tom Phoebus
Thomas Harold Phoebus
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 7, 1942 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Mount St. Joseph's (Baltimore, MD)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1966
Final Game: October 2, 1972
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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
1966 24 BAL AL 2 1 .667 1.23 3 3 0 2 2 0 22.0 16 3 3 0 6 0 17 0 1 2 82 274 1.000 6.5 0.0 2.5 7.0 2.83
1967 25 BAL AL 14 9 .609 3.33 33 33 0 7 4 0 208.0 177 84 77 16 114 1 179 0 0 12 902 95 1.399 7.7 0.7 4.9 7.7 1.57
1968 26 BAL AL 15 15 .500 2.62 36 36 0 9 3 0 240.2 186 81 70 10 105 5 193 4 3 10 994 113 1.209 7.0 0.4 3.9 7.2 1.84
1969 27 BAL AL 14 7 .667 3.52 35 33 0 6 2 0 202.0 180 89 79 23 87 5 117 4 0 2 849 102 1.322 8.0 1.0 3.9 5.2 1.34
1970 28 BAL AL 5 5 .500 3.07 27 21 2 3 0 0 135.0 106 58 46 11 62 2 72 6 0 7 567 119 1.244 7.1 0.7 4.1 4.8 1.16
1971 29 SDP NL 3 11 .214 4.46 29 21 2 2 0 0 133.1 144 67 66 14 64 6 80 3 1 9 593 74 1.560 9.7 0.9 4.3 5.4 1.25
1972 30 TOT NL 3 4 .429 4.04 38 2 10 0 0 6 89.0 79 45 40 11 51 4 67 2 1 6 388 93 1.461 8.0 1.1 5.2 6.8 1.31
1972 30 SDP NL 0 1 .000 7.94 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 5 5 2 6 0 8 0 1 0 26 41 1.588 4.8 3.2 9.5 12.7 1.33
1972 30 CHC NL 3 3 .500 3.78 37 1 10 0 0 6 83.1 76 40 35 9 45 4 59 2 0 6 362 101 1.452 8.2 1.0 4.9 6.4 1.31
7 Seasons 56 52 .519 3.33 201 149 14 29 11 6 1030.0 888 427 381 85 489 23 725 19 6 48 4375 100 1.337 7.8 0.7 4.3 6.3 1.48
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .519 3.33 39 29 3 6 2 1 200 173 83 74 17 95 4 141 4 1 9 850 100 1.337 7.8 0.7 4.3 6.3 1.48
BAL (5 yrs) 50 37 .575 3.06 134 126 2 27 11 0 807.2 665 315 275 60 374 13 578 14 4 33 3394 107 1.286 7.4 0.7 4.2 6.4 1.55
SDP (2 yrs) 3 12 .200 4.60 30 22 2 2 0 0 139.0 147 72 71 16 70 6 88 3 2 9 619 72 1.561 9.5 1.0 4.5 5.7 1.26
CHC (1 yr) 3 3 .500 3.78 37 1 10 0 0 6 83.1 76 40 35 9 45 4 59 2 0 6 362 101 1.452 8.2 1.0 4.9 6.4 1.31
AL (5 yrs) 50 37 .575 3.06 134 126 2 27 11 0 807.2 665 315 275 60 374 13 578 14 4 33 3394 107 1.286 7.4 0.7 4.2 6.4 1.55
NL (2 yrs) 6 15 .286 4.29 67 23 12 2 0 6 222.1 223 112 106 25 115 10 147 5 2 15 981 81 1.520 9.0 1.0 4.7 6.0 1.28

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1970 28 BAL AL WS W CIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1966 24 BAL AL 3 82 75 3 16 3 0 0 2 3 6 17 .213 .272 .253 .525 .276 19 2 0 1 0 0
1967 25 BAL AL 33 902 780 84 177 27 8 16 15 7 114 179 .227 .325 .344 .669 .275 268 11 0 7 1 1
1968 26 BAL AL 36 994 876 81 186 38 4 10 21 9 105 193 .212 .299 .299 .598 .261 262 22 4 8 1 5
1969 27 BAL AL 35 849 746 89 180 20 2 23 16 10 87 117 .241 .321 .366 .687 .257 273 19 4 6 6 5
1970 28 BAL AL 27 567 485 58 106 15 3 11 11 6 62 72 .219 .312 .330 .642 .234 160 6 6 10 4 2
1971 29 SDP NL 29 593 515 67 144 23 2 14 6 11 64 80 .280 .361 .414 .774 .307 213 6 3 8 3 6
1972 30 TOT NL 38 388 328 45 79 10 1 11 5 5 51 67 .241 .343 .378 .721 .268 124 11 2 3 4 4
1972 30 CHC NL 37 362 308 40 76 10 1 9 4 5 45 59 .247 .343 .373 .716 .275 115 11 2 3 4 4
1972 30 SDP NL 1 26 20 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 6 8 .150 .346 .450 .796 .100 9 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 201 4375 3805 427 888 136 20 85 76 51 489 725 .233 .322 .347 .669 .266 1319 77 19 43 19 23
162 Game Avg. 39 850 739 83 173 26 4 17 15 10 95 141 .233 .322 .347 .669 .266 256 15 4 8 4 4
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
1966 24 BAL AL 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 2 2 2 67% 68 85 37 0 0 0 1 2.4 2.6 7.3
1967 25 BAL AL 33 33 14 9 10 1 3 19 14 .576 2 5 7 4 19 58% 55 88 22 32 12 12 11 5.1 5.0 6.3
1968 26 BAL AL 36 36 15 15 6 2 8 21 15 .583 0 3 9 3 25 69% 59 93 23 30 6 15 7 3.3 3.6 6.7
1969 27 BAL AL 35 33 14 7 12 4 1 23 10 .697 4 4 6 2 15 45% 52 87 29 36 10 12 9 5.0 5.5 6.0
1970 28 BAL AL 27 21 5 5 11 0 2 12 9 .571 2 7 3 0 12 57% 54 79 30 24 9 4 13 4.8 4.5 6.0
1971 29 SDP NL 29 21 3 11 7 2 6 7 14 .333 2 3 2 0 11 52% 46 74 21 24 5 5 7 3.4 3.0 5.6
1972 30 TOT NL 38 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 45 43 21 7 1 1 1.5 0.9 5.3
1972 30 SDP NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 45 45 1 0 0 1 1.0 1.8 5.7
1972 30 CHC NL 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43 43 43 20 7 1 0 2.0 0.0 5.0
7 Seasons 201 149 53 50 46 9 20 84 65 .564 10 22 29 11 84 56% 54 93 21 167 49 49 49 4.3 4.3 6.2
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
1969 27 BAL AL 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 0.981 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
1970 28 BAL AL 27 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 1 25% 6 1.028 1 1 4 1 0 5 3 3 3 1 3 0 4.2
1971 29 SDP NL 29 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1.037 0 2 4 0 0 6 2 4 7 1 6 1 6.1
1972 30 TOT NL 38 36 10 3 2 9 6 3 67% 11 2 34 12 35% 1.022 15 10 11 12 5 19 18 18 24 5 28 7 6.5
1972 30 CHC NL 37 36 10 3 2 9 6 3 67% 11 2 34 12 35% 7 1.022 15 10 11 12 5 19 18 18 24 5 28 7 6.5
4 Seasons 128 52 14 3 2 10 6 4 60% 12 2 46 15 33% 1.012 18 13 19 13 5 32 25 25 36 7 39 8 6.2

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%
1966 24 BAL AL 82 39% 0.0% 20.7% 7.3% 3.7% 19% 1.30 71% 14 2 14%
1967 25 BAL AL 902 47% 1.8% 19.8% 12.6% 5.7% 29% 1.22 65% 153 11 7%
1968 26 BAL AL 994 48% 1.0% 19.4% 10.6% 5.2% 28% 1.41 68% 158 22 14%
1969 27 BAL AL 849 50% 2.7% 13.8% 10.3% 5.3% 25% 1.59 72% 168 19 11%
1970 28 BAL AL 567 46% 1.9% 12.7% 10.9% 5.1% 27% 1.41 72% 94 6 6%
1971 29 SDP NL 593 44% 2.4% 13.5% 10.8% 6.6% 27% 1.11 72% 101 6 6%
1972 30 TOT NL 388 38% 2.8% 17.3% 13.1% 5.7% 28% 1.51 65% 85 11 13%
1972 30 SDP NL 26 35% 7.7% 30.8% 23.1% 7.7% 67% 2.00 38% 3 0 0%
1972 30 CHC NL 362 38% 2.5% 16.3% 12.4% 5.5% 26% 1.49 67% 82 11 13%
7 Seasons 4375 46% 1.9% 16.6% 11.2% 5.5% 27% 1.37 69% 773 77 10%
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
1966 24 BAL AL 82 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 33% 0 2 0 27 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1967 25 BAL AL 902 177 16 0 13 10 6 8 8 31 11 8 35% 11 12 2 335 15 7 68% 15 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 18 0
1968 26 BAL AL 994 186 10 0 19 6 4 5 5 57 24 16 42% 12 10 4 346 21 9 70% 20 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 22 0
1969 27 BAL AL 849 180 23 0 19 9 14 11 12 44 23 5 52% 11 2 2 301 16 10 62% 16 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 12 0
1970 28 BAL AL 567 106 11 0 13 4 7 6 5 30 13 6 43% 7 7 0 193 11 6 65% 11 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1971 29 SDP NL 580 144 14 0 10 8 6 9 5 18 13 1 72% 4 9 0 221 6 11 35% 6 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 16 13
1972 30 TOT NL 388 79 11 1 11 6 5 8 3 27 13 4 48% 6 6 0 167 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1972 30 SDP NL 26 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 30 CHC NL 362 76 9 1 11 4 5 6 3 27 13 4 48% 6 6 0 158 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
7 Seasons 4362 888 85 1 85 43 42 47 38 216 100 41 46% 51 48 8 1590 76 51 60% 75 45 0 5 1 1 6 0 95 13
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+
1966 24 2 1 .667 1.23 3 3 0 2 2 0 22.0 16 3 3 0 6 0 17 0 1 2 82 274 1.000 6.5 0.0 2.5 7.0 2.83 274
1967 25 16 10 .615 3.13 36 36 0 9 6 0 230.0 193 87 80 16 120 1 196 0 1 14 984 102 1.361 7.6 0.6 4.7 7.7 1.63 102
1968 26 31 25 .554 2.87 72 72 0 18 9 0 470.2 379 168 150 26 225 6 389 4 4 24 1978 107 1.283 7.2 0.5 4.3 7.4 1.73 107
1969 27 45 32 .584 3.06 107 105 0 24 11 0 672.2 559 257 229 49 312 11 506 8 4 26 2827 105 1.295 7.5 0.7 4.2 6.8 1.62 105
1970 28 50 37 .575 3.06 134 126 2 27 11 0 807.2 665 315 275 60 374 13 578 14 4 33 3394 107 1.286 7.4 0.7 4.2 6.4 1.55 107
1971 29 53 48 .525 3.26 163 147 4 29 11 0 941.0 809 382 341 74 438 19 658 17 5 42 3987 101 1.325 7.7 0.7 4.2 6.3 1.50 101
1972 30 56 52 .519 3.33 201 149 14 29 11 6 1030.0 888 427 381 85 489 23 725 19 6 48 4375 100 1.337 7.8 0.7 4.3 6.3 1.48 100

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
1966 24 2 0 1.000 1.35 20.0 16 3 3 0 6 15 0 1.100 7.2 2.7 6.8 2.50 0.0 3
1967 25 10 11 .476 4.38 193.0 197 104 94 18 127 166 0 1.679 9.2 5.9 7.7 1.31 0.8 33
1968 26 13 11 .542 3.78 219.0 213 102 92 11 120 176 5 1.521 8.8 4.9 7.2 1.47 0.5 36
1969 27 10 10 .500 4.10 189.0 188 96 86 24 91 109 4 1.476 9.0 4.3 5.2 1.20 1.1 35
1970 28 8 6 .571 3.52 128.0 111 56 50 12 65 68 6 1.375 7.8 4.6 4.8 1.05 0.8 27
1971 29 4 9 .308 5.88 121.0 157 88 79 15 70 73 3 1.876 11.7 5.2 5.4 1.04 1.1 29
1972 30 4 5 .444 4.35 89.0 84 48 43 12 54 67 2 1.551 8.5 5.5 6.8 1.24 1.2 38
7 Seasons 51 52 .495 4.19 959.0 966 497 447 92 533 674 20 1.563 9.1 6.3 1.26 0.9 201

* 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

Wins s c a p y
1967 AL--14--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1967 AL--.609--6th
1969 AL--.667--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL--6.956--10th
Career--7.759--60th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 AL--7.745--5th
1968 AL--7.218--6th
Career--6.335--169th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1968 AL--240.7--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1968 AL--193--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1968 AL--36--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1967 AL--4--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 AL--114--3rd
1968 AL--105--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL--.374--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1968 AL--15--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1967 AL--12--4th
1968 AL--10--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1968 AL--994--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 13 (1073), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jim Nash (950)
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  7. Ferdie Schupp (949)
  8. David Palmer (948)
  9. Mike Norris (948)
  10. Kelly Downs (946)
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  3. Joe Horlen (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Earl Moseley (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Allie Reynolds (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Bouton (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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