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Tom Poorman
Thomas Iverson Poorman
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 135 lb.

Born: October 14, 1857 in Lock Haven, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1880
Final Game: September 18, 1888
Died: February 18, 1905 in Lock Haven, PA
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1880 22 TOT NL 26 95 95 8 16 2 2 0 1 0 15 .168 .168 .232 .400 32 22 O1
1880 22 BUF NL 19 70 70 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 13 .157 .157 .171 .329 10 12 1O
1880 22 CHC NL 7 25 25 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 92 10 /O1
1884 26 TOL AA 94 393 382 56 89 8 7 0 0 0 10 .233 .254 .291 .545 75 111 1 *O/1
1885 27 BSN NL 56 234 227 44 54 5 3 3 25 7 32 .238 .261 .326 .587 92 74 O
1886 28 BSN NL 88 390 371 72 97 16 6 3 41 31 19 52 .261 .297 .361 .659 102 134 *O
1887 29 PHA AA 135 630 585 140 155 18 19 4 61 88 35 .265 .317 .381 .699 93 223 10 *O/41
1888 30 PHA AA 97 419 383 76 87 16 6 2 44 46 31 .227 .294 .316 .609 95 121 5 *O
6 Seasons 496 2161 2043 396 498 65 43 12 172 165 102 99 .244 .285 .335 .620 89 685 16
162 Game Avg. 162 706 667 129 163 21 14 4 56 33 .244 .285 .335 .620 89 224
PHA (2 yrs) 232 1049 968 216 242 34 25 6 105 134 66 .250 .308 .355 .663 94 344 15
BSN (2 yrs) 144 624 598 116 151 21 9 6 66 31 26 84 .253 .284 .348 .631 98 208
TOL (1 yr) 94 393 382 56 89 8 7 0 0 0 10 .233 .254 .291 .545 75 111 1
BUF (1 yr) 19 70 70 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 13 .157 .157 .171 .329 10 12
CHC (1 yr) 7 25 25 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 92 10
NL (3 yrs) 170 719 693 124 167 23 11 6 67 31 26 99 .241 .268 .332 .600 90 230
AA (3 yrs) 326 1442 1350 272 331 42 32 6 105 134 76 .245 .293 .337 .630 89 455 16

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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
1880 22 TOT NL 3 8 .273 3.87 13 10 3 9 0 1 100.0 129 95 43 3 27 13 0 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 0 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 0 67 101 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 44 114 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 0 7 11 9.000 67.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 1.00
3 Seasons 3 9 .250 4.02 15 11 3 10 0 1 109.2 147 110 49 5 30 14 0 0 7 518 63 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 18 1355 63 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 0 7 11 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 44 114 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 0 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 0 67 101 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 0 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 0 51 62 2.172 16.8 1.9 2.8 0.9 0.33

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1880 TOT NL 22 OF 17 20 14 1 5 0 .750 0.88 .870 1.76 0-10-7
1880 TOT NL 22 P 13 33 5 24 4 0 .879 2.23 .915 2.01
1880 BUF NL 22 P 11 33 5 24 4 0 .879 2.64 .915 2.01
1880 BUF NL 22 OF 10 11 8 0 3 0 .727 0.80 .873 1.76 0-10-0
1880 CHC NL 22 OF 7 9 6 1 2 0 .778 1.00 .867 1.76 0-0-7
1880 CHC NL 22 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1884 TOL AA 26 OF 93 187 129 29 29 5 .845 1.70 .846 1.61 0-0-93
1884 TOL AA 26 P 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 .850 2.10
1885 BSN NL 27 OF 56 105 82 9 14 1 .867 1.63 .883 1.82 0-0-56
1886 BSN NL 28 OF 88 184 145 21 18 6 .902 1.89 .889 1.71 0-0-88
1887 PHA AA 29 OF 135 280 237 18 25 6 .911 1.89 .896 2.01 0-0-135
1887 PHA AA 29 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.95
1887 PHA AA 29 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1888 PHA AA 30 OF 97 137 115 8 14 1 .898 1.27 .908 1.79 0-0-97
6 Seasons OF 486 913 722 86 105 19 .885 1.66 .884 1.80 0-10-476
3 Seasons P 15 37 6 26 5 0 .865 2.13 .908 2.02
1 Season 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.95
6 Seasons TOT 503 950 728 112 110 19 .884 1.67 .769 1.83 0-10-476

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

At Bats s c a p y
1887 AA--585--3rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1887 AA--630--5th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1887 AA--140--4th

Triples s c a p y
1887 AA--19--1st

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1886 NL--31--8th
1887 AA--88--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1887 AA--10--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1887 AA--430--1st

Saves s c a p y
1880 NL--1--4th

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1331), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1618), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

October 24, 1884: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Toledo Blue Stockings.

November 3, 1884: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

April 15, 1887: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Boston Beaneaters for $750. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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Name and misspellings: Thomas Iverson tim Tom tommy Poorman

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