Tom Sturdivant
Thomas Virgil II Sturdivant (Smoke and Snake)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: April 28, 1930 in Gordon, KS
High School: Capitol Hill (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1955
Final Game: June 21, 1964
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Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1955 NYY AL 25 P 33 1 68.1 12 4 8 0 2 1.000 1.58 0.36 .950 1.99 0.83
1956 NYY AL 26 P 32 17 158.1 26 11 13 2 1 .923 1.36 0.75 .950 1.92 0.82
1957 NYY AL 27 P 28 28 201.2 36 8 26 2 4 .944 1.52 1.21 .964 1.99 0.86
1958 NYY AL 28 P 15 10 70.2 8 3 4 1 1 .875 0.89 0.47 .962 1.95 0.82
1959 TOT AL 29 P 43 6 97.0 33 9 21 3 2 .909 2.78 0.70 .958 2.05 0.85
1959 NYY AL 29 P 7 3 25.1 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.49 1.00 .957 2.06 0.86
1959 KCA AL 29 P 36 3 71.2 26 6 17 3 1 .885 2.89 0.64 .958 2.05 0.85
1960 BOS AL 30 P 40 3 101.1 22 7 14 1 0 .955 1.87 0.53 .968 1.96 0.78
1961 TOT MLB 31 P 28 21 165.2 40 11 29 0 0 1.000 2.17 1.43 .952 2.12 0.85
1961 WSA AL 31 P 15 10 80.0 20 2 18 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.33 .950 2.05 0.83
1961 PIT NL 31 P 13 11 85.2 20 9 11 0 0 1.000 2.10 1.54 .955 2.19 0.88
1962 PIT NL 32 P 49 12 125.1 36 10 23 3 0 .917 2.37 0.67 .950 2.07 0.82
1963 TOT MLB 33 P 48 3 116.1 29 8 21 0 1 1.000 2.24 0.60 .948 2.00 0.79
1963 TOT AL 33 P 45 3 108.0 26 7 19 0 1 1.000 2.17 0.58 .950 1.99 0.79
1963 PIT NL 33 P 3 0 8.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.24 1.00 .933 2.05 0.83
1963 DET AL 33 P 28 0 55.0 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.29 0.50 .950 2.00 0.79
1963 KCA AL 33 P 17 3 53.0 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.04 0.71 .950 1.99 0.79
1964 TOT MLB 34 P 19 0 32.4 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.39 0.26 .967 2.12 0.82
1964 KCA AL 34 P 3 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.96 0.73
1964 NYM NL 34 P 16 0 28.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.57 0.31 .967 2.13 0.84
10 Seasons P 335 101 1137.0 248 72 163 13 11 .948 1.86 0.70 .956 2.01 0.82
10 Seasons TOT 335 101 1137.0 248 72 163 13 11 .948 1.86 0.70 .903 2.01 0.82
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 NYY AL 25 33 1 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 26 32 17 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYY AL 27 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 28 15 10 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KCA AL 29 37 3 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 NYY AL 29 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 30 40 3 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 31 15 10 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PIT NL 31 13 11 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT NL 32 49 12 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 DET AL 33 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 KCA AL 33 17 3 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PIT NL 33 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 NYM NL 34 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 KCA AL 34 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 336 101 336 336 335 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1955 NYY AL 25 291 69% 21% 10 100% 0 4 2 1 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 100%
1956 NYY AL 26 669 75% 21% 20 90% 0 12 2 6 12 8 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1957 NYY AL 27 850 76% 25% 31 84% 0 8 1 5 25 17 5 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 4 0 4 50%
1958 NYY AL 28 333 75% 22% 5 60% 0 2 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1959 KCA AL 29 333 71% 21% 20 90% 1 5 1 4 17 13 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1959 NYY AL 29 107 77% 26% 4 100% 0 3 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1960 BOS AL 30 457 75% 20% 17 82% 0 5 1 4 13 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 75%
1961 WSA AL 31 352 77% 22% 18 94% 0 2 0 1 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1961 PIT NL 31 355 82% 29% 11 100% 0 10 0 9 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 PIT NL 32 510 78% 22% 25 92% 0 8 1 4 23 17 3 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1963 DET AL 33 240 75% 27% 10 100% 1 3 0 3 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1963 KCA AL 33 229 81% 27% 8 100% 0 5 0 5 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1963 PIT NL 33 43 77% 19% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 NYM NL 34 135 80% 26% 7 71% 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1964 KCA AL 34 18 78% 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 4922 76% 23% 189 90% 2 69 9 47 159 119 21 13 0 6 7 3 12 9 11 1 45 80%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* 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.

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