Tom Poquette
Thomas Arthur Poquette
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 30, 1951 in Eau Claire, WI
High School: Memorial (Eau Claire, WI)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1973
Final Game: July 9, 1982
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Standard Batting

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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
1973 21 KCR AL 21 31 28 4 6 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 .214 .258 .250 .508 41 7 0 1 0 1 0 9/8
1976 24 KCR AL 104 381 344 43 104 18 10 2 34 6 5 29 31 .302 .361 .430 .792 130 148 9 4 2 2 3 79/D
1977 25 KCR AL 106 372 342 43 100 23 6 2 33 1 4 19 21 .292 .337 .412 .749 102 141 4 5 4 2 2 79/8
1978 26 KCR AL 80 226 204 16 44 9 2 4 30 2 0 14 9 .216 .259 .338 .597 65 69 6 0 2 6 1 79/D
1979 27 TOT AL 84 198 180 15 56 9 0 2 26 2 2 9 11 .311 .343 .394 .738 95 71 2 3 0 6 1 89/7D
1979 27 KCR AL 21 28 26 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .192 .214 .192 .407 10 5 0 0 0 1 0 /97
1979 27 BOS AL 63 170 154 14 51 9 0 2 23 2 2 8 7 .331 .365 .429 .793 109 66 2 3 0 5 1 89/D7
1981 29 TOT AL 33 73 66 2 10 1 0 0 7 0 1 5 1 .152 .219 .167 .386 16 11 3 1 0 1 0 7/89
1981 29 BOS AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1981 29 TEX AL 30 71 64 2 10 1 0 0 7 0 1 5 1 .156 .225 .172 .397 19 11 3 1 0 1 0 /789
1982 30 KCR AL 24 69 62 4 9 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 5 .145 .206 .161 .367 3 10 0 1 1 1 0 7/9
7 Seasons 452 1350 1226 127 329 62 18 10 136 13 13 81 82 .268 .317 .373 .690 91 457 24 15 9 19 7
162 Game Avg. 162 484 439 46 118 22 6 4 49 5 5 29 29 .268 .317 .373 .690 91 164 9 5 3 7 3
KCR (6 yrs) 356 1107 1006 111 268 52 18 8 106 11 10 68 74 .266 .316 .378 .694 93 380 19 11 9 13 6
BOS (2 yrs) 66 172 156 14 51 9 0 2 23 2 2 8 7 .327 .360 .423 .784 106 66 2 3 0 5 1
TEX (1 yr) 30 71 64 2 10 1 0 0 7 0 1 5 1 .156 .225 .172 .397 19 11 3 1 0 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1973 21 KCR AL 31 24 2 2.2 98 .240 .214 .266 .258 .336 .250 .391 .508 .727 41 .230 -2.2 -0.2 .391 .071 .036 .0
1976 24 KCR AL 381 258 52 5.5 87 .326 .302 .258 .361 .323 .430 .364 .792 .687 130 .639 12.6 1.3 .717 .215 .128 3.0
1977 25 KCR AL 372 256 47 4.9 102 .305 .292 .269 .337 .333 .412 .409 .749 .741 102 .527 0.7 0.1 .648 .167 .120 1.3
1978 26 KCR AL 226 174 18 2.8 96 .203 .216 .264 .259 .330 .338 .390 .597 .720 65 .307 -9.9 -1.0 .512 .201 .123 2.7
1979 27 TOT AL 198 134 26 5.2 106 .312 .311 .276 .343 .341 .394 .418 .738 .759 95 .543 -0.7 -0.0 .648 .133 .083 2.0
1979 27 KCR AL 28 22 1 1.2 104 .217 .192 .272 .214 .337 .192 .412 .407 .749 10 .077 -3.3 -0.3 .286 .038 .000
1979 27 BOS AL 170 112 25 6.0 107 .327 .331 .277 .365 .342 .429 .419 .793 .761 109 .605 2.6 0.3 .720 .149 .097 2.0
1981 29 TOT AL 73 61 2 0.9 84 .152 .152 .250 .219 .313 .167 .363 .386 .676 16 .056 -6.9 -0.8 .267 .076 .015
1981 29 BOS AL 2 2 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .264 .000 .330 .000 .384 .000 .714 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1981 29 TEX AL 71 59 2 0.9 84 .156 .156 .249 .225 .313 .172 .362 .397 .675 19 .060 -6.4 -0.7 .276 .078 .016
1982 30 KCR AL 69 55 3 1.5 98 .155 .145 .264 .206 .328 .161 .402 .367 .730 3 .111 -8.3 -0.8 .302 .097 .016 .0
7 Seasons 1350 962 150 4.2 96 .277 .268 .265 .317 .330 .373 .391 .690 .721 91 .480 -14.7 -1.4 .592 .170 .104 11.3
162 Game Avg. 484 345 54 4.2 96 .277 .268 .265 .317 .330 .373 .391 .690 .721 91 .480 -14.7 -1.4 .592 .170 .104 4
KCR (6 yrs) 1107 789 123 4.2 95 .277 .266 .264 .316 .329 .378 .389 .694 .718 93 .484 -10.4 -0.9 .600 .180 .111 9.3
BOS (2 yrs) 172 114 25 5.8 107 .322 .327 .276 .360 .342 .423 .418 .784 .761 106 .598 2.0 0.2 .706 .147 .096 2.0
TEX (1 yr) 71 59 2 0.9 84 .156 .156 .249 .225 .313 .172 .362 .397 .675 19 .060 -6.4 -0.7 .276 .078 .016

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 24 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 5 18 16 1 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .188 .278 .313 .590 5 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 8 25 23 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .174 .240 .261 .501 6 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 8 25 23 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .174 .240 .261 .501 6 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1973 21 KCR AL 31 0.0% 12.9% 3.2% 3.2% 17% 4.00 7.0 9.3 0.55 81%
1976 24 KCR AL 381 0.5% 8.1% 7.6% 7.9% 29% 1.07 11.1 172.0 10.1 0.99 82%
1977 25 KCR AL 372 0.5% 5.7% 5.1% 8.3% 31% 1.11 16.3 171.0 10.4 0.83 86%
1978 26 KCR AL 226 1.8% 4.0% 6.2% 6.6% 34% 0.64 22.7 51.0 6.8 0.99 87%
1979 27 TOT AL 198 1.0% 5.6% 4.6% 5.6% 20% 1.22 16.4 90.0 6.9 0.88 87%
1979 27 KCR AL 28 0.0% 14.3% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 4.00 6.5 8.7 1.00 82%
1979 27 BOS AL 170 1.2% 4.1% 4.7% 6.5% 22% 0.88 22.0 77.0 6.7 0.85 88%
1981 29 TOT AL 73 0.0% 1.4% 6.9% 1.4% 10% 0.20 66.0 9.4 1.52 90%
1981 29 BOS AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1981 29 TEX AL 71 0.0% 1.4% 7.0% 1.4% 10% 0.20 64.0 9.1 1.55 90%
1982 30 KCR AL 69 0.0% 7.3% 5.8% 1.5% 11% 1.25 12.4 20.7 0.79 84%
7 Seasons 1350 0.7% 6.1% 6.0% 6.7% 27% 1.01 15.0 122.6 9.0 0.93 85%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1973 21 KCR AL 2 0 50% 13 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1976 24 KCR AL 4 0 30% 158 6 5 55% 5 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 6 7 33% 27 18 7 3 1 2 13 7 5
1977 25 KCR AL 5 0 34% 148 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 8 50% 15 10 5 3 1 2 8 1 6
1978 26 KCR AL 6 0 22% 68 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 33% 7 5 2 0 0 0 5 3 2
1979 27 TOT AL 1 0 20% 114 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 39% 12 9 3 1 1 0 5 1 4
1979 27 KCR AL 0 0 17% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 27 BOS AL 1 0 20% 111 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 35% 11 9 2 1 1 0 5 1 4
1981 29 TOT AL 2 0 13% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1981 29 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 29 TEX AL 2 0 13% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1982 30 KCR AL 0 0 29% 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 33% 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
7 Seasons 20 0 28% 538 13 13 50% 10 12 1 1 2 0 7 5 19 25 40% 67 46 19 10 3 7 33 13 18
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1973 21 KCR AL 31 90% 6 1 0 0 0 0.06 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 15 3 20% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1976 24 KCR AL 381 94% 104 6 1 0 1 1.94 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 100% 66 9 14% 32 13 41% 216 33 15% 21 12 57% 24 11 46% 0
1977 25 KCR AL 372 97% 100 12 1 0 0 1.46 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 100% 59 4 7% 35 11 31% 194 33 17% 23 9 39% 21 10 48% 0
1978 26 KCR AL 226 97% 44 21 6 1 5 1.56 4 0 11 4 0 1 3 0 3 2 67% 44 6 14% 23 11 48% 141 28 20% 21 15 71% 12 5 42% 0
1979 27 TOT AL 198 81% 56 27 4 0 3 1.67 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0% 38 2 5% 20 9 45% 125 24 19% 19 10 53% 17 9 53% 0
1979 27 KCR AL 28 100% 5 12 1 0 1 1.39 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 3 1 33% 17 3 18% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
1979 27 BOS AL 170 78% 51 15 3 0 2 1.89 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0% 32 2 6% 17 8 47% 108 21 19% 15 9 60% 15 8 53% 0
1981 29 TOT AL 73 89% 10 12 3 0 3 1.89 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 21% 7 3 43% 42 7 17% 2 2 100% 4 3 75% 0
1981 29 BOS AL 2 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 29 TEX AL 71 89% 10 11 3 0 3 2.06 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 21% 7 3 43% 42 7 17% 2 2 100% 4 3 75% 0
1982 30 KCR AL 69 87% 9 3 0 0 0 0.45 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 0 0% 7 4 57% 38 3 8% 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 0
7 Seasons 1350 93% 329 82 15 1 12 1.60 10 0 33 10 0 5 5 1 14 9 64% 238 24 10% 127 52 41% 771 131 17% 92 52 57% 81 39 48% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 21 21 31 28 4 6 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 .214 .258 .250 .508 41 7 0 1 0 1 0
1974 22 21 31 28 4 6 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 .214 .258 .250 .508 41 7 0 1 0 1 0
1975 23 21 31 28 4 6 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 .214 .258 .250 .508 41 7 0 1 0 1 0
1976 24 125 412 372 47 110 19 10 2 37 7 6 30 35 .296 .354 .417 .770 123 155 9 5 2 3 3
1977 25 231 784 714 90 210 42 16 4 70 8 10 49 56 .294 .346 .415 .760 113 296 13 10 6 5 5
1978 26 311 1010 918 106 254 51 18 8 100 10 10 63 65 .277 .326 .398 .724 102 365 19 10 8 11 6
1979 27 395 1208 1098 121 310 60 18 10 126 12 12 72 76 .282 .329 .397 .726 101 436 21 13 8 17 7
1980 28 395 1208 1098 121 310 60 18 10 126 12 12 72 76 .282 .329 .397 .726 101 436 21 13 8 17 7
1981 29 428 1281 1164 123 320 61 18 10 133 12 13 77 77 .275 .323 .384 .707 96 447 24 14 8 18 7
1982 30 452 1350 1226 127 329 62 18 10 136 13 13 81 82 .268 .317 .373 .690 91 457 24 15 9 19 7

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1973 21 21 32 29 4 7 1 0 0 3 1 1 4 .241 .281 .276 .557 2 21
1976 24 105 392 354 50 113 20 11 2 39 7 32 31 .319 .380 .455 .835 60 104
1977 25 106 370 344 44 102 23 6 2 34 1 19 21 .297 .341 .416 .756 48 106
1978 26 80 225 205 17 45 9 2 4 32 2 14 9 .220 .262 .341 .604 19 80
1979 27 85 200 182 15 57 9 0 2 25 2 9 11 .313 .345 .396 .741 25 84
1981 29 50 114 102 4 17 2 0 0 14 0 8 2 .167 .237 .186 .423 5 33
1982 30 24 71 64 5 11 1 0 0 3 1 5 5 .172 .239 .188 .427 3 24
7 Seasons 471 1404 1280 139 352 65 19 10 150 14 88 83 .275 .325 .379 .704 162 452
162 Game Avg. 162 483 440 48 121 22 7 3 52 5 30 29 .275 .325 .379 .704 56 452

* 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

Triples s c a p y
1976 AL--10--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2250), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Art Griggs (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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