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Tom Tellmann

Thomas John Tellmann

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 29, 1954 in Warren, PA
Schools: University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV), Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 11th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1979
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Athletics/Padres 1979-1985

Final Game: June 2, 1985
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Standard Pitching

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
1976	22	SDP-min	A-	3	4	.429	3.26	17	7					69.0	56	37	25	1	33								1.290	7.3	0.1	4.3			WWA · NORW
1977	23	SDP-min	A	8	7	.533	3.38	48	1		0	0	12	88.0	92	50	33	4	32	9	82	3	0	4			1.409	9.4	0.4	3.3	8.4	2.56	REN · CALL
1978	24	SDP-min	AA	5	6	.455	2.61	48	0		0	0	14	76.0	74	29	22	3	25	4	48	1	1	5			1.303	8.8	0.4	3.0	5.7	1.92	AMA · TL
1979	25	SDP-min	AAA	4	8	.333	2.93	44	0		0	0	7	83.0	98	37	27	5	40	5	51	1	2	4			1.663	10.6	0.5	4.3	5.5	1.28	HAW · PCL
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	24	2.625	23.6	3.4	0.0	3.4
1980	26	SDP-min	AAA	13	5	.722	3.23	24	24		5	4	0	170.0	155	74	61	7	58	1	83	4	1	3			1.253	8.2	0.4	3.1	4.4	1.43	HAW · PCL
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	217	1.388	9.3	0.0	3.2	3.6	1.13

1981	27	SDP-min	AAA	12	11	.522	3.63	25	25	0	9	5	0	176.0	189	78	71	10	53	0	67	4	0	5			1.375	9.7	0.5	2.7	3.4	1.26	HAW · PCL
1982	28	SDP-min	AAA	7	7	.500	3.81	41	7	28	2	1	10	104.0	113	56	44	11	36	4	55	2	0	6			1.433	9.8	1.0	3.1	4.8	1.53	HAW · PCL
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	135	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-min	AAA	0	2	.000	5.84	8	0	5	0	0	1	12.1	12	8	8	2	3	1	6	1	0	0			1.216	8.8	1.5	2.2	4.4	2.00	TAC · PCL
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	77	1.969	13.9	1.3	3.8	3.4	0.89
5 Yrs				18	7	.720	3.05	112	2	55	2	0	13	227.0	240	84	77	17	83	15	94	4	1	6	975	125	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	125	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	110	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	137	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	77	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	110	1.520	10.8	0.4	2.9	3.6	1.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1979	25	SDP	NL	2.2	1	0	5	16.88	4.35	0.14	-0.34	104.0	4.03	-4	-0.3	1.6	-0.1	-0.4	-4	.211	.498	$
1980	26	SDP	NL	22.1	6	2	5	2.01	3.83	0.03	0.05	92.7	3.57	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.6	6	.575	.503	$

1983	29	MIL	AL	99.2	44	0	34	3.07	4.51	-0.08	-0.36	92.8	3.93	9	1.0	1.5	0.1	1.9	20	.522	.506	$
1984	30	MIL	AL	81.0	50	0	28	3.11	4.57	-0.23	-0.36	96.6	4.28	11	1.2	1.3	0.1	1.9	19	.523	.507	$
1985	31	OAK	AL	21.1	11	0	12	5.06	4.88	-0.05	-0.38	92.2	4.19	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.0	-0.1	0	.481	.499	$207,500
5 Seasons				227.0	112	2	84	3.33	4.50	-0.12	-0.32	94.2	4.04	18	2.1	1.3	-0.0	3.9	42	.519	.503	$207,500

SDP (2 yrs)				25.0	7	2	10	3.60	3.89	0.04	0.01	93.9	3.62	-0	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.2	2	.523	.500	$
MIL (2 yrs)				180.2	94	0	62	3.09	4.54	-0.15	-0.36	94.5	4.09	20	2.1	1.4	0.1	3.8	39	.523	.507	$
OAK (1 yr)				21.1	11	0	12	5.06	4.88	-0.05	-0.38	92.2	4.19	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.0	-0.1	0	.481	.499	$207,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	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	1

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	3
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	4
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	2
5 Yrs				112	975	865	84	240	37	6	17	21	10	83	94	.277	.341	.393	.734	.293	340	28	4	15	8	15	10
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	6
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.388	.712	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1979	25	SDP	NL	-3.7	-0.3	16	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.50	-0.3	-0.4	-5.6	-0.5	0.50	-3.2	1	0	0
1980	26	SDP	NL	4.7	0.5	99	0.7	1.8	-1.1	.95	-0.0	0.7	4.6	0.5	0.95	1.1	1	1	2

1983	29	MIL	AL	11.8	1.2	437	-0.4	9.3	-9.7	1.32	0.6	-0.9	9.7	1.0	1.32	7.6	20	7	15
1984	30	MIL	AL	10.3	1.0	355	0.0	5.4	-5.4	.88	-0.0	0.0	9.6	1.0	0.88	0.5	15	15	19
1985	31	OAK	AL	-2.4	-0.2	106	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	.42	-1.0	-0.8	-8.5	-0.8	0.42	-8.0	3	0	6
5 Yrs				20.7	2.2	1013	-0.8	17.0	-17.8	1.02	-0.6	-0.1	9.7	1.2	1.02	-2.0	40	23	42

Starting Pitching*

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
1980	26	SDP	NL	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	2	0	2	100%	64.0	69	59	2	0	1	1	5.3	5.3	9.0
1 Yr				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													.500						51%	50	99	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1979	25	SDP	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	1	.504	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	.954	1	1	2	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	1.320	20	7	15	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	.884	15	15	19	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	.418	3	0	6	1	2	8	9	2	7	3	8	2	5.8
5 Yrs				112	110	55	16	7	20	13	7	65%	26	6	120	49	41%		1.020	40	23	42	33	19	58	66	44	71	23	78	14	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	25	SDP	NL	15	40%	6.7%	6.7%	0.0%	13.3%	29%	2.50	87%	1	0	0%
1980	26	SDP	NL	95	72%	0.0%	9.5%	8.4%	5.3%	22%	1.59	82%	14	3	21%

1983	29	MIL	AL	415	56%	1.7%	11.6%	8.4%	5.1%	22%	1.38	76%	81	12	15%
1984	30	MIL	AL	344	60%	1.7%	8.1%	9.0%	6.1%	26%	1.26	79%	73	11	15%
1985	31	OAK	AL	106	58%	2.8%	7.6%	8.5%	10.4%	33%	1.29	80%	24	2	8%
5 Yrs				975	59%	1.7%	9.6%	8.5%	6.2%	25%	1.35	78%	193	28	15%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	13.2%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	3	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 Yrs				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	3	1	21	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	2.2	7	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	24	2.625	23.6	3.4	0.0	3.4		24
1980	26	3	0	1.000	3.24	7	2	1	2	1	25.0	30	10	9	1	8	0	10	0	0	0	110	110	1.520	10.8	0.4	2.9	3.6	1.25	110
1981	27	3	0	1.000	3.24	7	2	1	2	1	25.0	30	10	9	1	8	0	10	0	0	0	110	110	1.520	10.8	0.4	2.9	3.6	1.25	110
1982	28	3	0	1.000	3.24	7	2	1	2	1	25.0	30	10	9	1	8	0	10	0	0	0	110	110	1.520	10.8	0.4	2.9	3.6	1.25	110
1983	29	12	4	.750	2.89	51	2	27	2	9	124.2	125	44	40	8	43	4	58	2	1	2	525	129	1.348	9.0	0.6	3.1	4.2	1.35	129
1984	30	18	7	.720	2.84	101	2	52	2	13	205.2	207	72	65	14	74	14	86	3	1	6	869	133	1.366	9.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.16	133
1985	31	18	7	.720	3.05	112	2	55	2	13	227.0	240	84	77	17	83	15	94	4	1	6	975	125	1.423	9.5	0.7	3.3	3.7	1.13	125

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
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	1	1	.500	2.25	20.0	25	6	5	0	9	8	0	1.700	11.3	4.1	3.6	0.89	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	86	30	27	6	33	26	1	1.587	10.3	4.0	3.1	0.79	0.7	50
1985	31	1	1	.500	6.30	20.0	35	16	14	3	10	8	1	2.250	15.8	4.5	3.6	0.80	1.4	11
5 Yrs		13	9	.591	3.69	212.0	247	98	87	16	89	88	4	1.585	10.5		3.7	0.99	0.7	112

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Similarity Scores

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