Tom Poorman

Thomas Iverson Poorman

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 135 lb.

Born: October 14, 1857 in Lock Haven, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1880
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Beaneaters/BlueStockings/Bisons/WhiteStockings 1880-1888

Final Game: September 18, 1888
Died: February 18, 1905 in Lock Haven, PA
Buried: Highland Cemetery, Lock Haven, PA
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1880	22	TOT	NL	3	8	.273	3.87	13	10	3	9	0	1	100.0	129	95	43	3	27	13			7	467	63	1.560	11.6	0.3	2.4	1.2	0.48
1880	22	BUF	NL	1	8	.111	4.13	11	9	2	9	0	1	85.0	117	90	39	3	19	13			7	400	59	1.600	12.4	0.3	2.0	1.4	0.68
1880	22	CHC	NL	2	0	1.000	2.40	2	1	1	0	0	0	15.0	12	5	4	0	8	0			0	67	104	1.333	7.2	0.0	4.8	0.0	0.00

1884	26	TOL	AA	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	13	11	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	44	119	1.667	13.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.00

1887	29	PHA	AA	0	0		40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	8	16	9.000	67.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	1.00
3 Yrs				3	9	.250	4.02	15	11	3	10	0	1	109.2	147	110	49	5	30	14	0	0	9	519	64	1.614	12.1	0.4	2.5	1.1	0.47
162 Game Avg.				8	24	.250	4.02	39	29	8	26	0	3	287	384	288	128	13	78	37		0	24	1357	64	1.614	12.1	0.4	2.5	1.1	0.47

PHA (1 yr)				0	0		40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	8	16	9.000	67.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	1.00
TOL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	13	11	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	44	119	1.667	13.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.00
BUF (1 yr)				1	8	.111	4.13	11	9	2	9	0	1	85.0	117	90	39	3	19	13			7	400	59	1.600	12.4	0.3	2.0	1.4	0.68
CHC (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	2.40	2	1	1	0	0	0	15.0	12	5	4	0	8	0			0	67	104	1.333	7.2	0.0	4.8	0.0	0.00

NL (1 yr)				3	8	.273	3.87	13	10	3	9	0	1	100.0	129	95	43	3	27	13			7	467	63	1.560	11.6	0.3	2.4	1.2	0.48
AA (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	5.59	2	1	0	1	0	0	9.2	18	15	6	2	3	1	0	0	2	52	68	2.172	16.8	1.9	2.8	0.9	0.33

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
1880	22	BUF	NL	85.0	11	9	90	9.53	4.81	-0.56	0.00	102.0	5.48	-38	-2.8	1.0	-0.1	-2.2	-33	.243	.483	$
1880	22	CHC	NL	15.0	2	1	5	3.00	4.47	0.57	0.00	101.0	3.93	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	2	.590	.501	$

1884	26	TOL	AA	9.0	1	1	11	11.00	5.32	0.15	0.00	105.0	5.43	-5	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-5	.179	.498	$

1887	29	PHA	AA	0.2	1	0	4	54.00	6.59	-0.19	0.00	99.0	6.71	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.284	.499	$
3 Seasons				109.2	15	11	110	9.03	4.81	-0.35	0.00	102.1	5.27	-45	-3.2	1.0	-0.1	-2.4	-40	.288	.495	$

PHA (1 yr)				0.2	1	0	4	54.00	6.59	-0.19	0.00	99.0	6.71	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.284	.499	$
TOL (1 yr)				9.0	1	1	11	11.00	5.32	0.15	0.00	105.0	5.43	-5	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-5	.179	.498	$
BUF (1 yr)				85.0	11	9	90	9.53	4.81	-0.56	0.00	102.0	5.48	-38	-2.8	1.0	-0.1	-2.2	-33	.243	.483	$
CHC (1 yr)				15.0	2	1	5	3.00	4.47	0.57	0.00	101.0	3.93	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	2	.590	.501	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1880	22	3	8	.273	3.87	13	10	3	9	1	100.0	129	95	43	3	27	13			7	467	63	1.560	11.6	0.3	2.4	1.2	0.48	63
1881	23	3	8	.273	3.87	13	10	3	9	1	100.0	129	95	43	3	27	13			7	467	63	1.560	11.6	0.3	2.4	1.2	0.48	63
1882	24	3	8	.273	3.87	13	10	3	9	1	100.0	129	95	43	3	27	13			7	467	63	1.560	11.6	0.3	2.4	1.2	0.48	63
1883	25	3	8	.273	3.87	13	10	3	9	1	100.0	129	95	43	3	27	13			7	467	63	1.560	11.6	0.3	2.4	1.2	0.48	63
1884	26	3	9	.250	3.80	14	11	3	10	1	109.0	142	106	46	4	29	13	0	0	7	511	67	1.569	11.7	0.3	2.4	1.1	0.45	67
1885	27	3	9	.250	3.80	14	11	3	10	1	109.0	142	106	46	4	29	13	0	0	7	511	67	1.569	11.7	0.3	2.4	1.1	0.45	67
1886	28	3	9	.250	3.80	14	11	3	10	1	109.0	142	106	46	4	29	13	0	0	7	511	67	1.569	11.7	0.3	2.4	1.1	0.45	67
1887	29	3	9	.250	4.02	15	11	3	10	1	109.2	147	110	49	5	30	14	0	0	9	519	64	1.614	12.1	0.4	2.5	1.1	0.47	64

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1880	22	13	9	.591	3.34	202.0	235	83	75	5	49	26	0	1.406	10.5	2.2	1.2	0.53	0.2	13

1884	26	1	0	1.000	2.12	17.0	18	4	4	1	3	0	0	1.235	9.5	1.6	0.0	0.00	0.5	1

1887	29	0	0		27.00	1.0	5	3	3	1	1	2	0	6.000	45.0	9.0	18.0	2.00	9.0	1
3 Yrs		14	9	.609	3.35	220.0	258	90	82	7	53	28	0	1.414	10.6		1.1	0.53	0.3	15

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1880 NL 1 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1880 NL 3 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1880 NL 3 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1880 NL 1 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1880 NL 3 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1880 NL 3 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Thomas Iverson tim Tom tommy Poorman

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