Tom Tellmann
Thomas John Tellmann
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 29, 1954 in Warren, PA
Schools: Grand Canyon University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 11th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1979
Final Game: June 2, 1985
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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
1979 25 SDP NL 0 0 16.88 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 7 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 21 2.625 23.6 3.4 0.0 3.4
1980 26 SDP NL 3 0 1.000 1.61 6 2 1 2 0 1 22.1 23 5 4 0 8 0 9 0 0 0 95 213 1.388 9.3 0.0 3.2 3.6 1.13
1983 29 MIL AL 9 4 .692 2.80 44 0 26 0 0 8 99.2 95 34 31 7 35 4 48 2 1 2 415 134 1.304 8.6 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.37
1984 30 MIL AL 6 3 .667 2.78 50 0 25 0 0 4 81.0 82 28 25 6 31 10 28 1 0 4 344 140 1.395 9.1 0.7 3.4 3.1 0.90
1985 31 OAK AL 0 0 5.06 11 0 3 0 0 0 21.1 33 12 12 3 9 1 8 1 0 0 106 75 1.969 13.9 1.3 3.8 3.4 0.89
5 Seasons 18 7 .720 3.05 112 2 55 2 0 13 227.0 240 84 77 17 83 15 94 4 1 6 975 123 1.423 9.5 0.7 3.3 3.7 1.13
162 Game Avg. 11 4 .720 3.05 67 1 33 1 0 8 135 143 50 46 10 50 9 56 2 1 4 582 123 1.423 9.5 0.7 3.3 3.7 1.13
SDP (2 yrs) 3 0 1.000 3.24 7 2 1 2 0 1 25.0 30 10 9 1 8 0 10 0 0 0 110 106 1.520 10.8 0.4 2.9 3.6 1.25
MIL (2 yrs) 15 7 .682 2.79 94 0 51 0 0 12 180.2 177 62 56 13 66 14 76 3 1 6 759 136 1.345 8.8 0.6 3.3 3.8 1.15
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 5.06 11 0 3 0 0 0 21.1 33 12 12 3 9 1 8 1 0 0 106 75 1.969 13.9 1.3 3.8 3.4 0.89
AL (3 yrs) 15 7 .682 3.03 105 0 54 0 0 12 202.0 210 74 68 16 75 15 84 4 1 6 865 126 1.411 9.4 0.7 3.3 3.7 1.12
NL (2 yrs) 3 0 1.000 3.24 7 2 1 2 0 1 25.0 30 10 9 1 8 0 10 0 0 0 110 106 1.520 10.8 0.4 2.9 3.6 1.25

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
1979 25 SDP NL 1 15 15 5 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 .467 .467 .800 1.267 .462 12 0 0 0 0 0
1980 26 SDP NL 6 95 87 5 23 4 1 0 3 1 8 9 .264 .326 .333 .660 .295 29 3 0 0 0 0
1983 29 MIL AL 44 415 367 34 95 14 0 7 14 4 35 48 .259 .324 .354 .679 .279 130 12 2 8 3 4
1984 30 MIL AL 50 344 301 28 82 12 3 6 3 5 31 28 .272 .338 .392 .730 .280 118 11 1 7 4 10
1985 31 OAK AL 11 106 95 12 33 7 1 3 0 0 9 8 .347 .406 .537 .943 .353 51 2 1 0 1 1
5 Seasons 112 975 865 84 240 37 6 17 21 10 83 94 .277 .341 .393 .734 .293 340 28 4 15 8 15
162 Game Avg. 67 582 516 50 143 22 4 10 13 6 50 56 .277 .341 .393 .734 .293 203 17 2 9 5 9
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
1980 26 SDP NL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 2 0 2 100% 64 69 59 2 0 1 1 5.3 5.3 9.0
1 Season 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 2 0 2 100% 64 69 59 2 0 1 1 5.3 5.3 9.0
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
1979 25 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1 0.526 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.0
1980 26 SDP NL 6 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 7 1.017 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3.3
1983 29 MIL AL 44 44 26 9 4 12 8 4 67% 15 3 41 17 41% 8 1.361 18 11 14 21 8 15 24 20 33 5 34 0 6.8
1984 30 MIL AL 50 50 25 6 3 7 4 3 57% 10 3 57 18 32% 6 0.934 17 15 17 10 8 32 30 20 28 13 33 10 4.9
1985 31 OAK AL 11 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 12 71% 5 0.435 3 1 6 1 2 8 9 2 7 3 8 2 5.8
5 Seasons 112 110 55 16 7 20 13 7 65% 26 6 120 49 41% 1.063 40 29 38 33 19 58 66 44 71 23 78 14 5.7

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%
1979 25 SDP NL 15 60% 6.7% 6.7% 0.0% 13.3% 29% 2.50 87% 1 0 0%
1980 26 SDP NL 95 28% 0.0% 9.5% 8.4% 5.3% 22% 1.59 82% 14 3 21%
1983 29 MIL AL 415 44% 1.7% 11.6% 8.4% 5.1% 22% 1.38 76% 81 12 15%
1984 30 MIL AL 344 40% 1.7% 8.1% 9.0% 6.1% 26% 1.26 79% 73 11 15%
1985 31 OAK AL 106 42% 2.8% 7.6% 8.5% 10.4% 33% 1.29 80% 24 2 8%
5 Seasons 975 41% 1.7% 9.6% 8.5% 6.2% 25% 1.35 78% 193 28 15%
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
1979 25 SDP NL 15 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 26 SDP NL 95 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 40 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 29 MIL AL 415 95 7 0 16 5 2 4 3 25 10 4 40% 3 2 1 167 14 4 78% 10 3 4 1 0 0 2 1 10 0
1984 30 MIL AL 344 82 6 0 15 3 3 3 3 24 6 4 25% 4 4 0 142 3 5 38% 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
1985 31 OAK AL 106 33 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 9 4 1 44% 2 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Seasons 975 240 17 0 35 9 8 9 8 63 22 9 35% 10 6 1 402 21 10 68% 16 8 5 1 0 1 2 1 21 0
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+
1979 25 0 0 16.88 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 7 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 21 2.625 23.6 3.4 0.0 3.4 21
1980 26 3 0 1.000 3.24 7 2 1 2 0 1 25.0 30 10 9 1 8 0 10 0 0 0 110 106 1.520 10.8 0.4 2.9 3.6 1.25 106
1981 27 3 0 1.000 3.24 7 2 1 2 0 1 25.0 30 10 9 1 8 0 10 0 0 0 110 106 1.520 10.8 0.4 2.9 3.6 1.25 106
1982 28 3 0 1.000 3.24 7 2 1 2 0 1 25.0 30 10 9 1 8 0 10 0 0 0 110 106 1.520 10.8 0.4 2.9 3.6 1.25 106
1983 29 12 4 .750 2.89 51 2 27 2 0 9 124.2 125 44 40 8 43 4 58 2 1 2 525 128 1.348 9.0 0.6 3.1 4.2 1.35 128
1984 30 18 7 .720 2.84 101 2 52 2 0 13 205.2 207 72 65 14 74 14 86 3 1 6 869 132 1.366 9.1 0.6 3.2 3.8 1.16 132
1985 31 18 7 .720 3.05 112 2 55 2 0 13 227.0 240 84 77 17 83 15 94 4 1 6 975 123 1.423 9.5 0.7 3.3 3.7 1.13 123

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1979 25 0 0 10.80 5.0 0 7 6 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 1
1980 26 2 0 1.000 1.71 21.0 24 4 4 0 8 8 0 1.524 10.3 3.4 3.4 1.00 0.0 6
1983 29 6 4 .600 3.42 92.0 101 39 35 7 37 44 2 1.500 9.9 3.6 4.3 1.19 0.7 44
1984 30 5 3 .625 3.24 75.0 85 30 27 6 32 26 1 1.560 10.2 3.8 3.1 0.81 0.7 50
1985 31 1 1 .500 6.30 20.0 36 16 14 3 10 8 1 2.300 16.2 4.5 3.6 0.80 1.4 11
5 Seasons 14 8 .636 3.63 213.0 246 96 86 16 87 88 4 1.563 10.4 3.7 1.01 0.7 112

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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