Tom Phoebus

Thomas Harold Phoebus

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 7, 1942 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Mount St. Joseph's HS (Baltimore, MD)
Signed
by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1966
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Cubs/Padres 1966-1972

Final Game: October 2, 1972
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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
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 82 280 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 10 994 112 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 2 849 101 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 45 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 6 362 100 1.452 8.2 1.0 4.9 6.4 1.31
7 Yrs 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 6 362 100 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

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 Awards
1966 24 BAL AL 22.0 3 3 3 1.23 3.76 0.10 0.07 96.3 3.58 6 0.8 -0.0 1.0 8 .772 .505 $
1967 25 BAL AL 208.0 33 33 84 3.63 3.68 0.25 0.07 98.1 3.43 -2 -0.2 -0.1 1.2 11 .494 .499 $
1968 26 BAL AL 240.2 36 36 81 3.03 3.38 0.47 0.05 98.4 2.92 -0 -0.0 -0.1 1.6 14 .499 .500 $
1969 27 BAL AL 202.0 35 33 89 3.97 3.99 0.71 0.06 97.6 3.27 -14 -1.5 2.0 -0.1 -0.1 2 .457 .491 $
1970 28 BAL AL 135.0 27 21 58 3.87 4.12 0.37 0.06 98.9 3.77 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.1 12 .498 .500 $30,000
1971 29 SDP NL 133.1 29 21 67 4.52 3.90 -0.27 0.03 94.9 3.98 -9 -1.0 .5 -0.1 0.0 4 .464 .494 $
1972 30 SDP NL 5.2 1 1 5 7.94 4.19 -0.24 0.06 90.0 4.05 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .275 .499 $
1972 30 CHC NL 83.1 37 1 40 4.32 3.91 -0.15 -0.16 108.1 4.22 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.3 0.2 6 .494 .499 $
7 Seasons 1030.0 201 149 427 3.73 3.78 0.30 0.04 98.5 3.47 -24 -2.5 1.3 -0.7 4.8 55 .488 .498 $30,000
BAL (5 yrs) 807.2 134 126 315 3.51 3.74 0.44 0.06 98.1 3.30 -10 -1.0 1.2 -0.4 4.8 48 .493 .499 $30,000
SDP (2 yrs) 139.0 30 22 72 4.66 3.91 -0.27 0.03 94.7 3.98 -12 -1.3 .5 -0.1 -0.2 2 .458 .496 $
CHC (1 yr) 83.1 37 1 40 4.32 3.91 -0.15 -0.16 108.1 4.22 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.3 0.2 6 .494 .499 $

Postseason Pitching

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*

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
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 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 11
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 12
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 11
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 7
1971 29 SDP NL 29 580 515 67 144 23 2 14 6 11 64 80 .280 .361 .414 .774 .307 213 6 3 8 3 6 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 6
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 0
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 6
7 Yrs 201 4362 3805 427 888 136 20 85 76 51 489 725 .233 .322 .347 .669 .266 1319 77 19 43 19 23 51
162 Game Avg. 39 847 739 83 173 26 4 17 15 10 95 141 .233 .322 .347 .669 .266 256 15 4 8 4 4 10
MLB Averages .246 .313 .364 .678 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1966 24 BAL AL 5.7 0.7 90 0.7 1.6 -0.9 .94 0.7 0.0 6.3 0.8 0.94 7.1 0 0 0
1967 25 BAL AL -1.9 -0.2 937 -0.8 13.9 -14.7 .92 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.0 0.92 -4.3 0 0 0
1968 26 BAL AL 8.8 1.0 1041 -0.6 18.9 -19.5 1.13 1.1 -1.6 7.2 0.8 1.13 10.1 0 0 0
1969 27 BAL AL 1.8 0.2 879 0.8 14.2 -13.4 .98 0.4 0.5 3.1 0.3 0.98 0.2 2 0 0
1970 28 BAL AL 6.2 0.6 592 -0.7 9.4 -10.1 1.03 0.5 -1.1 6.4 0.7 1.03 5.7 1 1 4
1971 29 SDP NL -14.4 -1.5 608 -2.5 9.1 -11.7 1.02 -1.7 -0.8 -15.4 -1.6 1.02 -16.4 0 0 6
1972 30 TOT NL -2.5 -0.2 406 -0.7 6.7 -7.3 .97 -0.3 -0.4 -2.6 -0.2 0.97 -7.0 14 9 13
1972 30 SDP NL -2.6 -0.2 28 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 1.02 -0.2 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 1.02 -1.9 0 0 0
1972 30 CHC NL 0.1 0.0 378 -0.4 6.3 -6.6 .97 -0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.97 -5.1 14 9 13
7 Yrs 3.7 0.6 4553 -3.8 73.8 -77.6 1.01 0.1 -3.8 4.8 0.8 1.01 -4.6 17 10 23

Starting Pitching*

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% 67.7 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% 55.2 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% 59.3 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% 52.4 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% 53.9 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% 45.6 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% 44.0 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% 45.0 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% 43.0 43 43 20 7 1 0 2.0 0.0 5.0
7 Yrs 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 .500 57% 54 112 -3 3.9 3.8 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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 .979 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 1.030 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% 1.023 0 0 6 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% .972 14 9 13 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 .969 14 9 13 12 5 19 18 18 24 5 28 7 6.5
4 Yrs 128 52 14 3 2 10 6 4 60% 12 2 46 15 33% 1.001 17 10 23 13 5 32 25 25 36 7 39 8 6.2

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%
1966 24 BAL AL 82 61% 0.0% 20.7% 7.3% 3.7% 19% 1.30 71% 14 2 14%
1967 25 BAL AL 902 53% 1.8% 19.8% 12.6% 5.7% 29% 1.22 65% 153 11 7%
1968 26 BAL AL 994 52% 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 54% 1.9% 12.7% 10.9% 5.1% 27% 1.41 72% 94 6 6%
1971 29 SDP NL 593 56% 2.4% 13.8% 11.0% 6.7% 27% 1.11 73% 101 6 6%
1972 30 TOT NL 388 62% 2.8% 17.3% 13.1% 5.7% 28% 1.51 65% 85 11 13%
1972 30 SDP NL 26 65% 7.7% 30.8% 23.1% 7.7% 67% 2.00 38% 3 0 0%
1972 30 CHC NL 362 62% 2.5% 16.3% 12.4% 5.5% 26% 1.49 67% 82 11 13%
7 Yrs 4375 54% 2.0% 16.6% 11.2% 5.5% 27% 1.37 69% 773 77 10%
MLB Averages 47% 2.0% 15.3% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.11 73% 11%

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
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 0 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 1 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 Yrs 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 3 0 95 13
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

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 82 280 1.000 6.5 0.0 2.5 7.0 2.83 280
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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
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 17 3 3 0 6 15 0 1.150 7.7 2.7 6.8 2.50 0.0 3
1967 25 10 11 .476 4.31 194.0 195 103 93 18 126 167 0 1.655 9.0 5.8 7.7 1.33 0.8 33
1968 26 13 11 .542 3.80 218.0 214 102 92 12 121 175 5 1.537 8.8 5.0 7.2 1.45 0.5 36
1969 27 10 10 .500 4.16 188.0 189 97 87 24 91 109 4 1.489 9.0 4.4 5.2 1.20 1.1 35
1970 28 8 6 .571 3.49 129.0 110 56 50 11 64 69 6 1.349 7.7 4.5 4.8 1.08 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 4.45 89.0 84 49 44 12 54 67 2 1.551 8.5 5.5 6.8 1.24 1.2 38
7 Yrs 51 52 .495 4.20 959.0 966 498 448 92 532 675 20 1.562 9.1 6.3 1.27 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (7th)
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 (187th)

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  0.374 (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 - 21 (1050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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