Tommie Sisk
Tommie Wayne Sisk
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 12, 1942 in Ardmore, OK
High School: Polytechnic (Long Beach, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1962
Final Game: June 14, 1970
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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
1962 20 PIT NL 0 2 .000 4.08 5 3 0 1 0 0 17.2 18 9 8 1 8 1 6 1 0 0 79 97 1.472 9.2 0.5 4.1 3.1 0.75
1963 21 PIT NL 1 3 .250 2.92 57 4 13 1 0 1 108.0 85 42 35 6 45 10 73 1 0 6 436 113 1.204 7.1 0.5 3.8 6.1 1.62
1964 22 PIT NL 1 4 .200 6.16 42 1 9 0 0 0 61.1 91 47 42 4 29 5 35 3 0 2 294 57 1.957 13.4 0.6 4.3 5.1 1.21
1965 23 PIT NL 7 3 .700 3.40 38 12 9 1 1 0 111.1 103 48 42 6 50 7 66 1 0 7 477 103 1.374 8.3 0.5 4.0 5.3 1.32
1966 24 PIT NL 10 5 .667 4.14 34 23 3 4 1 1 150.0 146 74 69 14 52 6 60 4 0 4 632 86 1.320 8.8 0.8 3.1 3.6 1.15
1967 25 PIT NL 13 13 .500 3.34 37 31 3 11 2 1 207.2 196 88 77 6 78 10 85 3 0 8 872 100 1.319 8.5 0.3 3.4 3.7 1.09
1968 26 PIT NL 5 5 .500 3.28 33 11 7 0 0 1 96.0 101 40 35 3 35 8 41 3 0 8 404 88 1.417 9.5 0.3 3.3 3.8 1.17
1969 27 SDP NL 2 13 .133 4.78 53 13 17 1 0 6 143.0 160 81 76 11 48 8 59 1 0 3 628 74 1.455 10.1 0.7 3.0 3.7 1.23
1970 28 CHW AL 1 1 .500 5.40 17 1 2 0 0 0 33.1 37 28 20 6 13 5 16 0 0 1 150 70 1.500 10.0 1.6 3.5 4.3 1.23
9 Seasons 40 49 .449 3.92 316 99 63 19 4 10 928.1 937 457 404 57 358 60 441 17 0 39 3972 87 1.395 9.1 0.6 3.5 4.3 1.23
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .449 3.92 52 16 10 3 1 2 152 154 75 66 9 59 10 72 3 0 6 651 87 1.395 9.1 0.6 3.5 4.3 1.23
PIT (7 yrs) 37 35 .514 3.69 246 85 44 18 4 4 752.0 740 348 308 40 297 47 366 16 0 35 3194 92 1.379 8.9 0.5 3.6 4.4 1.23
SDP (1 yr) 2 13 .133 4.78 53 13 17 1 0 6 143.0 160 81 76 11 48 8 59 1 0 3 628 74 1.455 10.1 0.7 3.0 3.7 1.23
CHW (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.40 17 1 2 0 0 0 33.1 37 28 20 6 13 5 16 0 0 1 150 70 1.500 10.0 1.6 3.5 4.3 1.23
NL (8 yrs) 39 48 .448 3.86 299 98 61 19 4 10 895.0 900 429 384 51 345 55 425 17 0 38 3822 88 1.391 9.1 0.5 3.5 4.3 1.23
AL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.40 17 1 2 0 0 0 33.1 37 28 20 6 13 5 16 0 0 1 150 70 1.500 10.0 1.6 3.5 4.3 1.23

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
1962 20 PIT NL 5 79 70 9 18 0 2 1 1 0 8 6 .257 .342 .357 .699 .270 25 2 1 0 0 1
1963 21 PIT NL 57 435 382 42 85 18 1 6 6 7 45 73 .223 .303 .322 .625 .257 123 15 1 3 4 10
1964 22 PIT NL 42 294 250 47 91 15 3 4 4 1 29 35 .364 .432 .496 .928 .407 124 12 3 9 3 5
1965 23 PIT NL 38 477 416 48 103 18 3 6 4 5 50 66 .248 .328 .349 .676 .280 145 10 1 7 3 7
1966 24 PIT NL 34 632 570 74 146 16 6 14 8 2 52 60 .256 .321 .379 .700 .264 216 18 4 2 4 6
1967 25 PIT NL 37 872 774 88 196 26 9 6 9 3 78 85 .253 .321 .333 .654 .275 258 16 3 9 8 10
1968 26 PIT NL 33 404 358 40 101 11 5 3 5 4 35 41 .282 .351 .366 .717 .312 131 15 3 8 0 8
1969 27 SDP NL 53 628 562 81 160 26 9 11 8 8 48 59 .285 .339 .422 .761 .300 237 6 1 12 5 8
1970 28 CHW AL 17 150 134 28 37 7 1 6 4 2 13 16 .276 .338 .478 .815 .274 64 3 0 2 1 5
9 Seasons 316 3971 3516 457 937 137 39 57 49 32 358 441 .266 .335 .376 .711 .289 1323 97 17 52 28 60
162 Game Avg. 52 651 576 75 154 22 6 9 8 5 59 72 .266 .335 .376 .711 .289 217 16 3 9 5 10
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
1962 20 PIT NL 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 43 65 28 3 1 0 3 3.2 3.5 4.4
1963 21 PIT NL 57 4 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 .250 0 2 1 0 3 75% 57 69 36 18 5 4 0 3.1 0.7 6.8
1964 22 PIT NL 42 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 24 24 24 23 5 0 1 6.2 0.0
1965 23 PIT NL 38 12 4 3 5 2 0 7 5 .583 0 2 1 1 6 50% 56 84 21 25 5 3 7 3.7 3.5 6.3
1966 24 PIT NL 34 23 8 5 10 0 1 15 8 .652 2 4 4 1 10 43% 49 78 26 26 7 11 8 5.8 5.5 5.7
1967 25 PIT NL 37 31 13 13 5 1 5 14 17 .452 2 2 11 2 21 68% 53 83 23 12 5 10 10 4.3 4.1 6.5
1968 26 PIT NL 33 11 2 4 5 0 0 3 8 .273 2 2 0 0 4 36% 48 70 32 17 11 5 5 3.9 3.1 5.3
1969 27 SDP NL 53 13 1 10 2 0 6 1 12 .077 0 1 1 0 8 62% 48 72 27 28 12 8 2 2.9 2.2 5.3
1970 28 CHW AL 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 17 17 17 11 5 0 1 2.0 0.0 3.0
9 Seasons 316 99 28 40 31 3 15 43 56 .434 6 14 19 4 53 54% 50 84 17 163 56 41 37 4.2 3.8 5.8
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
1962 20 PIT NL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1.113 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 6.5
1963 21 PIT NL 57 53 13 1 1 4 1 3 25% 6 2 47 7 15% 7 0.863 9 23 18 7 3 41 26 25 27 22 28 12 4.6
1964 22 PIT NL 42 41 9 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 26 7 27% 7 0.734 7 8 24 3 5 31 17 22 23 11 23 12 4.5
1965 23 PIT NL 38 26 9 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 17 74% 8 0.978 5 8 9 2 2 19 12 11 13 8 11 4 4.2
1966 24 PIT NL 34 11 3 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 3 38% 1.034 3 4 2 2 1 6 4 5 5 3 4 1 5.4
1967 25 PIT NL 37 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 3 50% 2 1.077 2 1 3 1 1 4 3 3 2 1 2 2 3.7
1968 26 PIT NL 33 22 7 3 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 17 4 24% 8 0.954 2 7 11 1 3 16 10 10 15 5 14 1 5.1
1969 27 SDP NL 53 40 17 1 3 7 6 1 86% 8 1 16 9 56% 8 0.920 9 10 21 8 5 27 7 33 25 8 26 3 5.6
1970 28 CHW AL 17 16 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 14 7 50% 3 0.583 2 3 11 1 1 14 8 8 12 2 12 2 5.7
9 Seasons 316 217 63 12 9 15 10 5 67% 21 4 159 57 36% 0.950 39 65 100 25 21 160 88 118 124 60 122 37 4.9

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%
1962 20 PIT NL 79 37% 1.3% 7.6% 10.1% 3.8% 17% 1.61 80% 20 2 10%
1963 21 PIT NL 436 43% 1.4% 16.8% 10.3% 5.8% 29% 1.87 71% 82 15 18%
1964 22 PIT NL 294 31% 1.4% 11.9% 9.9% 7.5% 24% 2.37 73% 77 12 16%
1965 23 PIT NL 477 49% 1.3% 13.8% 10.5% 5.7% 26% 1.67 73% 68 10 15%
1966 24 PIT NL 632 46% 2.2% 9.5% 8.2% 5.7% 25% 1.57 79% 119 18 15%
1967 25 PIT NL 872 47% 0.7% 9.8% 8.9% 4.7% 21% 1.86 79% 144 16 11%
1968 26 PIT NL 404 44% 0.7% 10.2% 8.7% 4.7% 19% 2.50 78% 64 15 23%
1969 27 SDP NL 628 39% 1.8% 9.4% 7.6% 7.3% 29% 1.30 79% 104 6 6%
1970 28 CHW AL 150 40% 4.0% 10.7% 8.7% 9.3% 38% 1.67 75% 33 3 9%
9 Seasons 3972 43% 1.4% 11.1% 9.0% 5.9% 25% 1.75 77% 711 97 14%
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
1962 20 PIT NL 79 18 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 21 PIT NL 429 85 6 0 18 0 5 1 4 37 16 8 43% 6 6 1 153 6 7 46% 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 7
1964 22 PIT NL 277 91 4 0 10 2 2 2 2 28 20 3 71% 7 2 2 130 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 10 17
1965 23 PIT NL 446 103 6 0 16 2 3 3 2 24 13 1 54% 6 7 0 147 4 5 44% 3 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 31
1966 24 PIT NL 582 146 14 0 10 2 8 2 8 39 18 6 46% 8 4 2 207 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 50
1967 25 PIT NL 746 196 6 0 16 3 2 1 4 59 26 8 44% 10 8 3 268 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 126
1968 26 PIT NL 346 101 3 0 6 1 1 0 2 26 9 2 35% 4 8 0 123 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 58
1969 27 SDP NL 564 160 11 0 12 9 2 3 8 25 17 2 68% 11 3 1 211 8 8 50% 8 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 64
1970 28 CHW AL 150 37 6 0 6 4 2 5 1 13 5 1 38% 8 1 1 58 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
9 Seasons 3619 937 57 0 97 24 25 18 31 255 126 31 49% 61 39 10 1333 49 32 60% 45 29 4 2 0 1 9 1 90 353
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+
1962 20 0 2 .000 4.08 5 3 0 1 0 0 17.2 18 9 8 1 8 1 6 1 0 0 79 97 1.472 9.2 0.5 4.1 3.1 0.75 97
1963 21 1 5 .167 3.08 62 7 13 2 0 1 125.2 103 51 43 7 53 11 79 2 0 6 515 110 1.241 7.4 0.5 3.8 5.7 1.49 110
1964 22 2 9 .182 4.09 104 8 22 2 0 1 187.0 194 98 85 11 82 16 114 5 0 8 809 84 1.476 9.3 0.5 3.9 5.5 1.39 84
1965 23 9 12 .429 3.83 142 20 31 3 1 1 298.1 297 146 127 17 132 23 180 6 0 15 1286 90 1.438 9.0 0.5 4.0 5.4 1.36 90
1966 24 19 17 .528 3.93 176 43 34 7 2 2 448.1 443 220 196 31 184 29 240 10 0 19 1918 89 1.399 8.9 0.6 3.7 4.8 1.30 89
1967 25 32 30 .516 3.75 213 74 37 18 4 3 656.0 639 308 273 37 262 39 325 13 0 27 2790 92 1.373 8.8 0.5 3.6 4.5 1.24 92
1968 26 37 35 .514 3.69 246 85 44 18 4 4 752.0 740 348 308 40 297 47 366 16 0 35 3194 92 1.379 8.9 0.5 3.6 4.4 1.23 92
1969 27 39 48 .448 3.86 299 98 61 19 4 10 895.0 900 429 384 51 345 55 425 17 0 38 3822 88 1.391 9.1 0.5 3.5 4.3 1.23 88
1970 28 40 49 .449 3.92 316 99 63 19 4 10 928.1 937 457 404 57 358 60 441 17 0 39 3972 87 1.395 9.1 0.6 3.5 4.3 1.23 87

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
1962 20 0 1 .000 4.24 17.0 18 9 8 1 8 6 1 1.529 9.5 4.2 3.2 0.75 0.5 5
1963 21 6 5 .545 3.64 99.0 90 44 40 6 48 67 1 1.394 8.2 4.4 6.1 1.40 0.5 57
1964 22 1 5 .167 7.39 56.0 94 51 46 4 30 32 3 2.214 15.1 4.8 5.1 1.07 0.6 42
1965 23 6 5 .545 3.94 105.0 107 51 46 6 52 62 1 1.514 9.2 4.5 5.3 1.19 0.5 38
1966 24 6 9 .400 4.89 140.0 153 84 76 15 54 56 4 1.479 9.8 3.5 3.6 1.04 1.0 34
1967 25 10 11 .476 4.22 192.0 210 100 90 6 84 79 3 1.531 9.8 3.9 3.7 0.94 0.3 37
1968 26 3 6 .333 5.16 82.0 114 52 47 3 40 35 3 1.878 12.5 4.4 3.8 0.88 0.3 33
1969 27 5 10 .333 5.67 135.0 170 94 85 12 51 56 1 1.637 11.3 3.4 3.7 1.10 0.8 53
1970 28 1 2 .333 5.45 33.0 38 22 20 6 13 16 0 1.545 10.4 3.5 4.4 1.23 1.6 17
9 Seasons 38 54 .413 4.80 859.0 994 507 458 59 380 409 17 1.600 10.4 4.3 1.08 0.6 316

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1963 NL--57--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1967 NL--11--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 NL--78--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL--.260--2nd

Losses s c a p y
1967 NL--13--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1962 NL--born 1942-04-12--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Cal Koonce (968)
  6. Paul Erickson (965)
  7. Bobby Castillo (961)
  8. Erv Palica (961)
  9. Don Nottebart (960)
  10. Don Lee (960)
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  5. Eduardo Rodriguez (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Eduardo Rodriguez (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Fornieles (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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