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Tom Poholsky

Thomas George Poholsky

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 26, 1929 in Detroit, MI
High School: Northeastern HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1950 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs 1950-1957

Final Game: September 11, 1957 (Age 28)
Died: January 6, 2001 in Kirkwood, MO
Buried: Forever Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, MO
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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
1945	15	DHM	C	5	3	.625	3.31	17	8					87.0	104	41	32		15								1.368	10.8		1.6			DHM · CARL
1946	16	BOS-min	D,C	10	7	.588	3.53	31						176.0	190	88	69		49								1.358	9.7		2.5			MFD,DHM · ESHL,CARL
1947	17	STL-min	A	16	3	.842	2.53	28						174.0	162	62	49		42								1.172	8.4		2.2			CBS · SALL
1948	18	STL-min	A,AA	12	9	.571	3.51	30						187.0	175	83	73		52								1.214	8.4		2.5			CBS,HSN · SALL,TL
1949	19	STL-min	AAA	14	10	.583	3.69	34	25		14	1		222.0	213	101	91		69		116	3	1	6			1.270	8.6		2.8	4.7	1.68	ROC · IL
1950	20	STL-min	AAA	18	6	.750	2.17	28	25		21	5		212.0	193	65	51		59		90	2	1	4			1.189	8.2		2.5	3.8	1.53	ROC · IL
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	119	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	90	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	104	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
1959	29	HSN	AAA	5	16	.238	4.35	35	28		4	1		182.0	203	97	88	12	40	5	81	3	0	5			1.335	10.0	0.6	2.0	4.0	2.03	HSN · AA
6 Yrs				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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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%
1950	20	STL	NL	14.2	5	1	6	3.68	4.47	0.08	0.00	106.4	4.67	2	0.2	.7	-0.0	0.3	3	.535	.501
1951	21	STL	NL	195.0	38	26	106	4.89	4.69	0.26	0.00	99.8	4.43	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.9	10	.473	.494

1954	24	STL	NL	106.0	25	13	43	3.65	4.36	0.07	0.00	101.1	4.34	8	0.9	.8	-0.1	1.9	19	.536	.505
1955	25	STL	NL	151.0	30	24	71	4.23	4.83	0.16	0.00	98.5	4.60	9	1.0	1.0	-0.1	2.5	22	.532	.506
1956	26	STL	NL	203.0	33	29	100	4.43	4.31	0.22	0.00	100.3	4.10	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.1	1.5	13	.487	.497
1957	27	CHC	NL	84.0	28	11	55	5.89	4.40	-0.22	0.00	100.4	4.64	-11	-1.2	.5	0.0	-0.2	-3	.459	.493
6 Seasons				753.2	159	104	381	4.55	4.53	0.15	0.00	100.0	4.39	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.4	6.8	64	.496	.499

STL (5 yrs)				669.2	131	93	326	4.38	4.55	0.19	0.00	100.0	4.36	5	0.6	.9	-0.4	7.0	67	.504	.501
CHC (1 yr)				84.0	28	11	55	5.89	4.40	-0.22	0.00	100.4	4.64	-11	-1.2	.5	0.0	-0.2	-3	.459	.493

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
1950	20	STL	NL	5	17	57	6	16	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	.281	.317	.439	.755	.264	25	0	0	0	0		0
1951	21	STL	NL	38	568	751	106	204	26	3	15	9	3	68	70	.272	.332	.374	.706	.284	281	14	0	8	0		6

1954	24	STL	NL	25	325	398	43	101	11	2	11	3	0	20	55	.254	.293	.374	.668	.268	149	5	4	8	4		3
1955	25	STL	NL	30	507	587	71	143	12	2	26	4	0	35	66	.244	.288	.404	.692	.236	237	5	2	3	0	4	7
1956	26	STL	NL	33	848	783	100	210	24	8	27	9	5	44	95	.268	.309	.423	.732	.274	331	24	5	9	6	7	13
1957	27	CHC	NL	28	358	352	55	117	18	2	9	2	1	22	28	.332	.369	.472	.841	.336	166	4	2	4	6	4	6
6 Yrs				159	2623	2928	381	791	92	18	90	27	9	192	316	.270	.316	.406	.722	.276	1189	52	13	32	16	15	35
162 Game Avg.				41	678	757	99	205	24	5	23	7	2	50	82	.270	.316	.406	.722	.276	307	13	3	8	4		9
MLB Averages																.260	.333	.386	.719	.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
1950	20	STL	NL	1.4	0.1	20	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	.37	-0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.35	0.1	0	0	3
1951	21	STL	NL	-8.9	-0.9	585	-2.0	9.4	-11.4	1.03	-0.6	-1.2	-8.3	-0.8	1.03	-7.2	3	3	3

1954	24	STL	NL	11.4	1.2	339	0.0	5.2	-5.2	.90	0.8	-0.7	7.5	0.7	0.91	8.5	1	1	7
1955	25	STL	NL	4.6	0.5	519	1.0	8.5	-7.5	.93	0.9	0.2	7.6	0.8	0.92	9.4	1	1	3
1956	26	STL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	869	-1.2	15.2	-16.4	1.01	-0.3	-0.8	-4.1	-0.4	1.01	-4.0	1	1	2
1957	27	CHC	NL	-11.1	-1.1	365	-1.5	4.2	-5.7	.81	-1.2	-0.7	-15.1	-1.5	0.81	-11.6	1	0	14
6 Yrs				-2.7	-0.2	2697	-3.7	42.7	-46.3	.95	-0.6	-3.3	-12.1	-1.2	0.95	-4.8	7	6	32

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
1950	20	STL	NL	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	55.0	55	55	0	0	0	1	1.6		8.0
1951	21	STL	NL	38	26	6	11	9	1	3	13	12	.520	1	1	10	1	8	31%	46.2	81	20	20	9	8	8	5.7	4.2	6.1

1954	24	STL	NL	25	13	5	5	3	1	2	7	6	.538	2	0	4	0	8	62%	56.4	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%	52.6	83	23	18	10	8	6	4.3	3.2	5.8
1956	26	STL	NL	33	29	9	14	6	1	8	14	15	.483	1	2	7	2	17	59%	52.0	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	1	1	1	0	3	27%	40.1	60	26	12	2	5	4	4.5	4.8	5.2
6 Yrs				159	104	30	48	26	4	17	49	54	.476	6	6	30	5	49	47%	50	84	20	70	26	31	35	4.7	4.2	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.5	4.5	6.5

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
1950	20	STL	NL	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%		.367	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	3	0	2	0	5.0
1951	21	STL	NL	38	12	5	1	2	1	1	0	100%	1	0	8	0	0%		1.031	3	3	3	1	2	6	4	5	8	1	6	3	9.2

1954	24	STL	NL	25	12	9	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	6	1	17%	8	.902	1	1	7	0	1	10	3	8	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	.925	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	1.012	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%	5	.814	1	0	14	0	1	15	4	12	9	3	10	3	4.8
6 Yrs				159	55	30	1	4	3	1	2	33%	3	0	28	9	32%		.954	7	6	32	3	4	41	14	34	33	6	30	11	6.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	20	STL	NL	60	88%	11.8%	11.8%	17.7%	23.5%	25%	0.50	312%	0	0
1951	21	STL	NL	827	63%	2.6%	12.3%	12.0%	7.8%	22%	0.95	117%	107	14	13%

1954	24	STL	NL	434	58%	3.4%	16.9%	6.2%	7.4%	24%	1.12	103%	70	5	7%
1955	25	STL	NL	625	56%	5.1%	13.0%	6.9%	7.9%	28%	0.94	98%	84	5	6%
1956	26	STL	NL	848	58%	3.2%	11.2%	5.2%	7.0%	28%	1.39	79%	145	24	17%
1957	27	CHC	NL	387	61%	2.5%	7.8%	6.2%	8.1%	25%	1.14	90%	70	4	6%
6 Yrs				3181	59%	3.4%	12.1%	7.3%	7.6%	25%	1.11	97%	476	52	11%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.1%	10.3%	6.8%	27%	0.96	83%			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
1950	20	STL	NL	17	16			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	43
1951	21	STL	NL	568	204			15	0	11	4	8	6	6	33	17	1	52%	6	2	0	207	9	3	75%	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	259

1954	24	STL	NL	325	101			11	0	6	5	4	5	4	13	6	3	46%	3	0	0	132	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	109
1955	25	STL	NL	507	143			26	0	10	9	10	8	11	29	10	3	34%	7	4	1	162	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	118
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	358	117			9	0	9	4	4	1	7	22	16	0	73%	6	3	2	142	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	29
6 Yrs				2623	791			90	0	48	36	39	35	40	131	70	8	53%	35	16	3	948	27	9	75%	26	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	42	558
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

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+
1950	20	0	0		3.68	5	1	2	0	0	0	14.2	16	6	6	2	3		2	0	0	1	60	119	1.295	9.8	1.2	1.8	1.2	0.67	119
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	103	1.305	9.2	0.8	2.6	3.6	1.40	103
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	104	1.264	8.9	1.0	2.4	3.7	1.53	104
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	16	6	5	2	3	2	0	1.267	9.6	1.8	1.2	0.67	1.2	5
1951	21	9	12	.429	4.55	194.0	211	109	98	16	70	70	0	1.448	9.8	3.2	3.2	1.00	0.7	38

1954	24	8	4	.667	2.97	109.0	104	40	36	11	21	57	4	1.147	8.6	1.7	4.7	2.71	0.9	25
1955	25	9	8	.529	3.70	158.0	148	72	65	27	36	69	2	1.165	8.4	2.1	3.9	1.92	1.5	30
1956	26	11	11	.500	3.95	203.0	225	99	89	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	123	54	49	9	23	28	2	1.718	13.0	2.4	3.0	1.22	1.0	28
6 Yrs		41	41	.500	4.03	764.0	827	380	342	94	200	321	13	1.344	9.7		3.8	1.61	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 1916 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

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (2017), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1103rd), 6.3 career WAR/6.3 7yr-peak WAR/6.3 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Rick Langford (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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