Tom Poholsky
Thomas George Poholsky
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 26, 1929 in Detroit, MI
High School: Northeastern (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1950
Final Game: September 11, 1957
Died: January 6, 2001 in Kirkwood, MO
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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
1950 20 STL NL 0 0 3.68 5 1 2 0 0 0 14.2 16 6 6 2 3 2 0 0 1 60 117 1.295 9.8 1.2 1.8 1.2 0.67
1951 21 STL NL 7 13 .350 4.43 38 26 5 10 1 1 195.0 204 106 96 15 68 70 0 0 2 830 89 1.395 9.4 0.7 3.1 3.2 1.03
1954 24 STL NL 5 7 .417 3.06 25 13 9 4 0 0 106.0 101 43 36 11 20 55 4 1 0 434 135 1.142 8.6 0.9 1.7 4.7 2.75
1955 25 STL NL 9 11 .450 3.81 30 24 5 8 2 0 151.0 143 71 64 26 35 4 66 2 0 4 626 106 1.179 8.5 1.5 2.1 3.9 1.89
1956 26 STL NL 9 14 .391 3.59 33 29 1 7 2 0 203.0 210 100 81 27 44 7 95 5 0 6 847 105 1.251 9.3 1.2 2.0 4.2 2.16
1957 27 CHC NL 1 7 .125 4.93 28 11 8 1 0 0 84.0 117 55 46 9 22 4 28 2 0 3 387 79 1.655 12.5 1.0 2.4 3.0 1.27
6 Seasons 31 52 .373 3.93 159 104 30 30 5 1 753.2 791 381 329 90 192 15 316 13 1 16 3184 100 1.304 9.4 1.1 2.3 3.8 1.65
162 Game Avg. 8 13 .373 3.93 41 27 8 8 1 0 195 205 99 85 23 50 82 3 0 4 823 100 1.304 9.4 1.1 2.3 3.8 1.65
STL (5 yrs) 30 45 .400 3.80 131 93 22 29 5 1 669.2 674 326 283 81 170 11 288 11 1 13 2797 104 1.260 9.1 1.1 2.3 3.9 1.69
CHC (1 yr) 1 7 .125 4.93 28 11 8 1 0 0 84.0 117 55 46 9 22 4 28 2 0 3 387 79 1.655 12.5 1.0 2.4 3.0 1.27

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
1954 24 STL NL 25 434 398 43 101 10 2 11 3 0 20 55 .254 .293 .372 .665 .268 148 5 4 8 4
1955 25 STL NL 30 627 587 71 143 8 2 26 3 0 35 66 .244 .288 .397 .685 .236 233 5 2 3 0 4
1956 26 STL NL 33 847 783 100 210 24 8 27 9 5 44 95 .268 .309 .423 .732 .274 331 24 5 9 6 7
1957 27 CHC NL 28 379 345 55 117 17 2 9 2 1 22 28 .339 .376 .478 .854 .344 165 3 2 4 6 4
4 Seasons 116 2287 2113 269 571 59 14 73 17 6 121 244 .270 .312 .415 .727 .275 877 37 13 24 16 15
162 Game Avg. 41 806 744 95 201 21 5 26 6 2 43 86 .270 .312 .415 .727 .275 309 13 5 8 6
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
1954 24 STL NL 25 13 5 5 3 1 2 7 6 .538 2 0 4 0 8 62% 56 72 26 3 1 3 6 5.6 6.1 6.7
1955 25 STL NL 30 24 9 11 4 1 2 12 12 .500 1 2 8 2 12 50% 53 83 23 15 7 8 6 4.3 3.8 5.8
1956 26 STL NL 33 29 9 14 6 1 8 14 15 .483 1 2 7 2 17 59% 52 84 26 17 4 7 10 3.8 4.0 6.6
1957 27 CHC NL 28 11 1 7 3 0 2 3 8 .273 0 1 1 0 3 27% 40 60 26 11 1 5 4 4.5 4.4 5.2
4 Seasons 116 77 24 37 16 3 14 36 41 .468 4 5 20 4 40 52% 51 84 23 46 13 23 26 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
1954 24 STL NL 25 12 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 8 0.918 1 1 8 0 1 9 3 7 5 2 5 2 4.7
1955 25 STL NL 30 6 5 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 2 100% 8 0.959 1 1 3 1 0 4 1 4 4 0 3 3 5.3
1956 26 STL NL 33 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 8 1.028 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 3 4 0 4 0 8.5
1957 27 CHC NL 28 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 7 0.802 1 1 12 0 1 14 4 11 9 3 9 3 4.8
4 Seasons 116 39 23 0 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 19 8 42% 0.956 4 4 25 2 2 30 9 25 22 5 21 8 5.2

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%
1950 20 STL NL
1951 21 STL NL
1954 24 STL NL 434 42% 2.5% 12.7% 4.6% 5.3% 23% 1.10 77% 69 5 7%
1955 25 STL NL 625 42% 4.2% 10.5% 5.6% 5.7% 25% 0.92 79% 65 5 8%
1956 26 STL NL 848 42% 3.2% 11.2% 5.2% 7.0% 28% 1.39 79% 145 24 17%
1957 27 CHC NL 380 40% 2.4% 7.4% 5.8% 7.4% 24% 1.09 83% 62 3 5%
6 Seasons 2287 42% 3.9% 13.8% 8.4% 6.4% 19% 1.17 79% 341 37 11%
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
1950 20 STL NL 16 2 1
1951 21 STL NL 204 15 2
1954 24 STL NL 321 101 11 0 6 5 4 5 4 13 6 3 46% 3 0 0 130 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 113
1955 25 STL NL 404 143 26 0 6 7 6 4 9 21 7 1 33% 3 4 1 132 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 221
1956 26 STL NL 848 210 27 0 12 14 13 15 12 33 20 1 61% 13 6 0 300 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1957 27 CHC NL 326 117 9 0 8 4 4 1 7 21 15 0 71% 5 3 2 127 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 54
6 Seasons 1899 791 90 0 32 30 27 25 32 88 48 5 55% 24 16 3 689 17 6 74% 16 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 37 388
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+
1950 20 0 0 3.68 5 1 2 0 0 0 14.2 16 6 6 2 3 2 0 0 1 60 117 1.295 9.8 1.2 1.8 1.2 0.67 117
1951 21 7 13 .350 4.38 43 27 7 10 1 1 209.2 220 112 102 17 71 72 0 0 3 890 91 1.388 9.4 0.7 3.0 3.1 1.01 91
1952 22 7 13 .350 4.38 43 27 7 10 1 1 209.2 220 112 102 17 71 72 0 0 3 890 91 1.388 9.4 0.7 3.0 3.1 1.01 91
1953 23 7 13 .350 4.38 43 27 7 10 1 1 209.2 220 112 102 17 71 72 0 0 3 890 91 1.388 9.4 0.7 3.0 3.1 1.01 91
1954 24 12 20 .375 3.93 68 40 16 14 1 1 315.2 321 155 138 28 91 127 4 1 3 1324 102 1.305 9.2 0.8 2.6 3.6 1.40 102
1955 25 21 31 .404 3.90 98 64 21 22 3 1 466.2 464 226 202 54 126 4 193 6 1 7 1950 103 1.264 8.9 1.0 2.4 3.7 1.53 103
1956 26 30 45 .400 3.80 131 93 22 29 5 1 669.2 674 326 283 81 170 11 288 11 1 13 2797 104 1.260 9.1 1.1 2.3 3.9 1.69 104
1957 27 31 52 .373 3.93 159 104 30 30 5 1 753.2 791 381 329 90 192 15 316 13 1 16 3184 100 1.304 9.4 1.1 2.3 3.8 1.65 100

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
1950 20 1 0 1.000 3.00 15.0 15 6 5 2 3 2 0 1.200 9.0 1.8 1.2 0.67 1.2 5
1951 21 9 12 .429 4.55 194.0 210 109 98 15 70 70 0 1.443 9.7 3.2 3.2 1.00 0.7 38
1954 24 8 4 .667 2.97 109.0 105 40 36 11 21 57 4 1.156 8.7 1.7 4.7 2.71 0.9 25
1955 25 9 8 .529 3.81 156.0 151 73 66 27 37 68 2 1.205 8.7 2.1 3.9 1.84 1.6 30
1956 26 11 11 .500 3.90 203.0 225 98 88 29 47 95 5 1.340 10.0 2.1 4.2 2.02 1.3 33
1957 27 3 6 .333 5.19 85.0 124 54 49 10 23 28 2 1.729 13.1 2.4 3.0 1.22 1.1 28
6 Seasons 41 41 .500 4.04 762.0 830 380 342 94 201 320 13 1.353 9.8 3.8 1.59 1.1 159

* 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

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1956 NL--1.251--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 NL--1.951--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 NL--2--7th
1956 NL--2--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 NL--26--8th
1956 NL--27--5th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1956 NL--2.159--6th

Losses s c a p y
1951 NL--13--10th
1956 NL--14--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1951 NL--96--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 NL--6--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL--5--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2165), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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