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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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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
1955 25 NYY AL 1 3 .250 3.16 33 1 12 0 0 0 68.1 48 24 24 6 42 1 48 2 0 1 285 119 1.317 6.3 0.8 5.5 6.3 1.14
1956 26 NYY AL 16 8 .667 3.30 32 17 11 6 2 5 158.1 134 63 58 15 52 4 110 4 0 2 656 117 1.175 7.6 0.9 3.0 6.3 2.12
1957 27 NYY AL 16 6 .727 2.54 28 28 0 7 2 0 201.2 170 65 57 14 80 2 118 4 0 3 828 141 1.240 7.6 0.6 3.6 5.3 1.48
1958 28 NYY AL 3 6 .333 4.20 15 10 2 0 0 0 70.2 77 37 33 6 38 0 41 3 0 2 325 84 1.627 9.8 0.8 4.8 5.2 1.08
1959 29 TOT AL 2 8 .200 4.73 43 6 17 0 0 5 97.0 90 61 51 13 43 4 73 6 0 4 426 83 1.371 8.4 1.2 4.0 6.8 1.70
1959 29 NYY AL 0 2 .000 4.97 7 3 1 0 0 0 25.1 20 16 14 4 9 0 16 0 0 1 103 73 1.145 7.1 1.4 3.2 5.7 1.78
1959 29 KCA AL 2 6 .250 4.65 36 3 16 0 0 5 71.2 70 45 37 9 34 4 57 6 0 3 323 86 1.451 8.8 1.1 4.3 7.2 1.68
1960 30 BOS AL 3 3 .500 4.97 40 3 14 0 0 1 101.1 106 58 56 16 45 5 67 2 0 5 443 80 1.490 9.4 1.4 4.0 6.0 1.49
1961 31 TOT MLB 7 8 .467 3.69 28 21 5 7 2 1 165.2 148 71 68 12 57 6 84 4 0 7 688 107 1.237 8.0 0.7 3.1 4.6 1.47
1961 31 WSA AL 2 6 .250 4.61 15 10 3 1 1 0 80.0 67 42 41 6 40 3 39 3 0 6 339 85 1.338 7.5 0.7 4.5 4.4 0.98
1961 31 PIT NL 5 2 .714 2.84 13 11 2 6 1 1 85.2 81 29 27 6 17 3 45 1 0 1 349 141 1.144 8.5 0.6 1.8 4.7 2.65
1962 32 PIT NL 9 5 .643 3.73 49 12 13 2 1 2 125.1 120 62 52 12 39 11 76 3 0 6 518 106 1.269 8.6 0.9 2.8 5.5 1.95
1963 33 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 3.95 48 3 20 0 0 2 116.1 98 56 51 11 45 4 68 2 2 6 486 96 1.229 7.6 0.9 3.5 5.3 1.51
1963 33 TOT AL 2 4 .333 3.75 45 3 19 0 0 2 108.0 90 50 45 10 41 4 62 2 0 5 450 102 1.213 7.5 0.8 3.4 5.2 1.51
1963 33 PIT NL 0 0 6.48 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 8 6 6 1 4 0 6 0 2 1 36 51 1.440 8.6 1.1 4.3 6.5 1.50
1963 33 DET AL 1 2 .333 3.76 28 0 15 0 0 2 55.0 43 26 23 7 24 2 36 1 0 2 231 99 1.218 7.0 1.1 3.9 5.9 1.50
1963 33 KCA AL 1 2 .333 3.74 17 3 4 0 0 0 53.0 47 24 22 3 17 2 26 1 0 3 219 105 1.208 8.0 0.5 2.9 4.4 1.53
1964 34 TOT MLB 0 0 6.40 19 0 5 0 0 1 32.1 38 24 23 2 8 0 19 4 1 3 141 56 1.423 10.6 0.6 2.2 5.3 2.38
1964 34 KCA AL 0 0 9.82 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 16 39 1.364 9.8 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.00
1964 34 NYM NL 0 0 5.97 16 0 5 0 0 1 28.2 34 20 19 2 7 0 18 2 0 3 125 59 1.430 10.7 0.6 2.2 5.7 2.57
10 Seasons 59 51 .536 3.74 335 101 99 22 7 17 1137.0 1029 521 473 107 449 37 704 34 3 39 4796 102 1.300 8.1 0.8 3.6 5.6 1.57
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .536 3.74 52 16 15 3 1 3 177 160 81 74 17 70 6 110 5 0 6 748 102 1.300 8.1 0.8 3.6 5.6 1.57
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
NYY (5 yrs) 36 25 .590 3.19 115 59 26 13 4 5 524.1 449 205 186 45 221 7 333 13 0 9 2197 116 1.278 7.7 0.8 3.8 5.7 1.51
PIT (3 yrs) 14 7 .667 3.49 65 23 16 8 2 3 219.1 209 97 85 19 60 14 127 4 2 8 903 113 1.226 8.6 0.8 2.5 5.2 2.12
KCA (3 yrs) 3 8 .273 4.42 56 6 20 0 0 5 128.1 121 73 63 12 52 6 84 9 1 6 558 90 1.348 8.5 0.8 3.6 5.9 1.62
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 5.97 16 0 5 0 0 1 28.2 34 20 19 2 7 0 18 2 0 3 125 59 1.430 10.7 0.6 2.2 5.7 2.57
BOS (1 yr) 3 3 .500 4.97 40 3 14 0 0 1 101.1 106 58 56 16 45 5 67 2 0 5 443 80 1.490 9.4 1.4 4.0 6.0 1.49
WSA (1 yr) 2 6 .250 4.61 15 10 3 1 1 0 80.0 67 42 41 6 40 3 39 3 0 6 339 85 1.338 7.5 0.7 4.5 4.4 0.98
DET (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.76 28 0 15 0 0 2 55.0 43 26 23 7 24 2 36 1 0 2 231 99 1.218 7.0 1.1 3.9 5.9 1.50
AL (9 yrs) 45 44 .506 3.74 254 78 78 14 5 13 889.0 786 404 369 86 382 23 559 28 1 28 3768 101 1.314 8.0 0.9 3.9 5.7 1.46
NL (4 yrs) 14 7 .667 3.77 81 23 21 8 2 4 248.0 243 117 104 21 67 14 145 6 2 11 1028 103 1.250 8.8 0.8 2.4 5.3 2.16

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1955 25 NYY AL WS L BRO 0 0 6.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 2.333 15.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
1956 26 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 2.79 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.2 8 3 3 0 8 0 9 0 0 0 43 1.655 7.4 0.0 7.4 8.4 1.13
1957 27 NYY AL WS L MLN 0 0 6.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 24 1.167 9.0 3.0 1.5 3.0 2.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 1 0 1.000 4.34 6 2 2 1 0 0 18.2 19 9 9 2 11 1 11 0 0 0 83 1.607 9.2 1.0 5.3 5.3 1.00
3 WS 1 0 1.000 4.34 6 2 2 1 0 0 18.2 19 9 9 2 11 1 11 0 0 0 83 1.607 9.2 1.0 5.3 5.3 1.00

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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
1955 25 NYY AL 33 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -55 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 26 NYY AL 32 68 64 5 20 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 7 .313 .308 .359 .667 78 23 0 0 3 1 0 1
1957 27 NYY AL 28 81 71 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 .183 .247 .183 .430 20 13 1 0 4 0 0 1
1958 28 NYY AL 15 24 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .190 .261 .190 .451 29 4 2 0 1 0 0 1
1959 29 TOT AL 44 24 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .043 .043 .043 .087 -76 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1959 29 NYY AL 7 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 29 KCA AL 37 18 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .059 .059 .059 .118 -68 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1960 30 BOS AL 40 24 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .182 .174 .182 .356 -4 4 1 0 1 1 0 1
1961 31 TOT MLB 28 65 58 3 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13 .172 .200 .172 .372 1 10 1 0 5 0 0 1
1961 31 WSA AL 15 32 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -38 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1961 31 PIT NL 13 33 32 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 8 1 0 1 0 0 1
1962 32 PIT NL 49 38 33 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .182 .176 .212 .389 4 7 0 0 4 1 0 1
1963 33 TOT MLB 48 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .043 .000 .043 -87 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1963 33 TOT AL 45 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .048 .000 .048 -85 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1963 33 PIT NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 33 DET AL 28 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 33 KCA AL 17 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 34 TOT MLB 19 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 181 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 34 KCA AL 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 451 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 34 NYM NL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 336 364 328 17 60 2 1 0 10 0 1 11 54 .183 .208 .195 .403 10 64 5 0 22 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 176 158 8 29 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 26 .183 .208 .195 .403 10 31 2 0 11 1 0
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
NYY (5 yrs) 115 192 174 11 38 1 1 0 5 0 0 8 23 .218 .251 .236 .487 34 41 3 0 9 1 0
PIT (3 yrs) 65 73 67 4 14 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 11 .209 .206 .224 .430 15 15 1 0 5 1 0
KCA (3 yrs) 57 33 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .069 .100 .069 .169 -53 2 0 0 3 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 40 24 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .182 .174 .182 .356 -4 4 1 0 1 1 0
WSA (1 yr) 15 32 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -38 2 0 0 4 0 0
DET (1 yr) 28 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 255 290 260 13 46 1 1 0 6 0 0 11 43 .177 .209 .188 .397 9 49 4 0 17 2 0
NL (4 yrs) 81 74 68 4 14 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 11 .206 .203 .221 .423 13 15 1 0 5 1 0

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
1955 25 NYY AL WS BRO L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 26 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957 27 NYY AL WS MLN L 2 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) 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1956 AL  3.297 (8th)
1957 AL  2.544 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
1956 AL  16 (10th)
1957 AL  16 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 AL  .667 (7th)
1957 AL  .727 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1956 AL  1.175 (4th)
1957 AL  1.240 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL  7.617 (8th)
1957 AL  7.587 (4th)
Career  8.145 (158th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL  2.956 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL  6.253 (5th)
1957 AL  5.266 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL  43 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1956 AL  5 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 AL  118 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 AL  2 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  80 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1956 AL  2.115 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  .625 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 AL  6 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 AL  141 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 37 (649), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (647), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bruce Dal Canton (956)
  6. Cal Koonce (952)
  7. Joe Hesketh (951)
  8. Johnny Lanning (950)
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  10. Art Fowler (946)
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  7. Stu Miller (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

May 28, 1948: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

May 26, 1959: Traded by the New York Yankees with Johnny Kucks and Jerry Lumpe to the Kansas City Athletics for Hector Lopez and Ralph Terry.

December 3, 1959: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Pete Daley.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Boston Red Sox in the 1960 expansion draft.

June 29, 1961: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tom Cheney.

May 4, 1963: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 23, 1963: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Detroit Tigers.

May 10, 1964: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.

May 10, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

June 27, 1964: Released by the New York Mets.

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