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Tommy Thevenow

Thomas Joseph Thevenow

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: September 6, 1903 in Madison, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1924
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Phillies/Reds/Bees 1924-1938

Final Game: October 2, 1938
Died: July 29, 1957 in Madison, IN
Buried: Springdale Cemetery, Madison, IN
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Standard Batting

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
1924 20 STL NL 23 93 89 4 18 4 1 0 7 1 3 1 6 .202 .211 .270 .481 29 24 0 3 6
1925 21 STL NL 50 187 175 17 47 7 2 0 17 3 0 7 12 .269 .301 .331 .632 60 58 1 4 6
1926 22 STL NL 156 608 563 64 144 15 5 2 63 8 27 26 .256 .291 .311 .602 59 175 1 17 *6 MVP-4
1927 23 STL NL 59 207 191 23 37 6 1 0 4 2 14 8 .194 .249 .236 .484 28 45 0 2 6
1928 24 STL NL 69 197 171 11 35 8 3 0 13 0 20 12 .205 .288 .287 .575 49 49 0 5 6/53
1929 25 PHI NL 90 354 317 30 72 11 0 0 35 3 25 25 .227 .288 .262 .550 34 83 2 11 6
1930 26 PHI NL 156 624 573 57 164 21 1 0 78 1 23 26 .286 .316 .326 .642 52 187 2 26 *6
1931 27 PIT NL 120 441 404 35 86 12 1 0 38 0 28 22 .213 .266 .248 .513 40 100 1 8 *6
1932 28 PIT NL 59 204 194 12 46 3 3 0 26 0 7 12 .237 .264 .284 .547 49 55 0 3 65
1933 29 PIT NL 73 262 253 20 79 5 1 0 34 2 3 5 .312 .320 .340 .660 89 86 10 0 6 4/65
1934 30 PIT NL 122 472 446 37 121 16 2 0 54 0 20 20 .271 .306 .316 .622 65 141 15 2 4 45/6
1935 31 PIT NL 110 425 408 38 97 9 9 0 47 1 12 23 .238 .261 .304 .565 50 124 13 1 4 56/4
1936 32 CIN NL 106 337 321 25 75 7 2 0 36 2 15 23 .234 .268 .268 .536 49 86 14 0 2 645
1937 33 BSN NL 21 39 34 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 .118 .211 .176 .387 11 6 0 0 1 6/54
1938 34 PIT NL 15 33 25 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 50 5 0 1 3 /465
15 Yrs 1229 4483 4164 380 1030 124 32 2 456 23 3 210 222 .247 .285 .294 .579 51 1224 52 11 99
162 Game Avg. 162 591 549 50 136 16 4 0 60 3 28 29 .247 .285 .294 .579 51 161 1 13
PIT (6 yrs) 499 1837 1730 144 434 45 16 0 201 3 74 82 .251 .284 .295 .579 57 511 38 5 28
STL (5 yrs) 357 1292 1189 119 281 40 12 2 104 14 3 69 64 .236 .279 .295 .575 51 351 2 31
PHI (2 yrs) 246 978 890 87 236 32 1 0 113 4 48 51 .265 .306 .303 .609 45 270 4 37
BSN (1 yr) 21 39 34 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 .118 .211 .176 .387 11 6 0 0 1
CIN (1 yr) 106 337 321 25 75 7 2 0 36 2 15 23 .234 .268 .268 .536 49 86 14 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1924 20 STL NL 23 93 -9 -1 0 1 2 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .467 .495 -0.6 0.2 -5 $ 6
1925 21 STL NL 50 187 -11 1 0 5 3 -2 -0.2 5 4 0.4 .497 .499 -0.1 0.8 -1 $ 6
1926 22 STL NL 156 608 -32 -0 0 28 10 6 0.5 18 23 2.3 .504 .504 -0.7 3.9 -5 $4,000 *6 MVP-4
1927 23 STL NL 59 207 -19 -0 0 8 3 -8 -0.9 6 -2 -0.2 .486 .495 -1.1 1.2 -10 $ 6
1928 24 STL NL 69 197 -13 0 0 2 3 -7 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .489 .495 -0.4 0.5 -4 $ 6/53
1929 25 PHI NL 90 354 -34 -0 0 -8 6 -37 -3.4 10 -27 -2.4 .463 .479 -1.6 -0.2 -19 $ 6
1930 26 PHI NL 156 624 -46 1 0 -20 10 -55 -4.8 17 -38 -3.1 .469 .470 -1.3 -0.9 -18 $ *6
1931 27 PIT NL 120 441 -32 1 0 15 7 -9 -1.0 13 4 0.2 .492 .494 -1.2 2.3 -11 $ *6
1932 28 PIT NL 59 204 -13 0 0 0 2 -10 -1.1 6 -5 -0.5 .482 .493 -0.5 0.2 -5 $ 65
1933 29 PIT NL 73 262 -4 -0 0 -1 2 -2 -0.3 8 5 0.4 .496 .498 0.6 0.1 6 $6,000 4/65
1934 30 PIT NL 122 472 -21 1 0 -6 4 -23 -2.3 14 -9 -0.9 .481 .486 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $ 45/6
1935 31 PIT NL 110 425 -28 0 0 0 3 -26 -2.6 12 -13 -1.4 .476 .484 -1.4 0.3 -13 $ 56/4
1936 32 CIN NL 106 337 -21 -0 0 -2 6 -17 -1.8 10 -8 -0.8 .484 .489 -0.6 0.4 -6 $ 645
1937 33 BSN NL 21 39 -4 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.2 0.2 -2 $ 6/54
1938 34 PIT NL 15 33 -1 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $ /465
15 Seasons 1229 4483 -288 2 0 24 63 -199 -19.6 128 -70 -6.7 .484 .492 -9.5 9.0 -94 $10,000
PIT (6 yrs) 499 1837 -99 1 0 9 19 -70 -7.3 53 -17 -2.1 .486 .493 -2.9 2.9 -26 $6,000
STL (5 yrs) 357 1292 -84 -0 0 44 21 -18 -2.1 37 19 1.8 .495 .498 -2.9 6.6 -25 $4,000
PHI (2 yrs) 246 978 -81 1 0 -28 16 -92 -8.2 27 -64 -5.5 .467 .475 -2.9 -1.0 -36 $
BSN (1 yr) 21 39 -4 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.2 0.2 -2 $
CIN (1 yr) 106 337 -21 -0 0 -2 6 -17 -1.8 10 -8 -0.8 .484 .489 -0.6 0.4 -6 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1924 20 STL NL 93 77 4 1.4 102 .217 .202 .287 .211 .342 .270 .400 .481 .743 29 .103 -9.1 -0.9 .311 .056 .067 .0
1925 21 STL NL 187 132 18 3.6 116 .288 .269 .303 .301 .361 .331 .432 .632 .793 60 .350 -11.0 -1.0 .539 .120 .063 .0
1926 22 STL NL 608 436 51 3.1 106 .265 .256 .292 .291 .353 .311 .405 .602 .757 59 .335 -34.3 -3.4 .504 .117 .055 3.2
1927 23 STL NL 207 156 11 1.9 108 .202 .194 .296 .249 .356 .236 .409 .484 .764 28 .165 -20.3 -2.0 .396 .126 .042 .0
1928 24 STL NL 197 141 14 2.7 112 .220 .205 .294 .288 .359 .287 .418 .575 .777 49 .253 -13.3 -1.3 .507 .199 .082
1929 25 PHI NL 354 256 24 2.5 126 .247 .227 .312 .288 .377 .262 .454 .550 .831 34 .192 -34.3 -3.1 .461 .123 .035 .0
1930 26 PHI NL 624 435 59 3.6 133 .300 .286 .321 .316 .380 .326 .477 .642 .857 52 .290 -47.4 -4.2 .521 .082 .040 .0
1931 27 PIT NL 441 326 26 2.1 102 .225 .213 .283 .266 .341 .248 .399 .513 .741 40 .195 -34.0 -3.4 .406 .104 .035
1932 28 PIT NL 204 151 15 2.7 101 .253 .237 .281 .264 .333 .284 .406 .547 .739 49 .263 -14.3 -1.4 .419 .082 .046
1933 29 PIT NL 262 190 28 3.9 91 .319 .312 .274 .320 .327 .340 .375 .660 .702 89 .486 -4.6 -0.5 .495 .047 .028 .0
1934 30 PIT NL 472 344 43 3.3 107 .284 .271 .291 .306 .346 .316 .413 .622 .760 65 .344 -23.0 -2.2 .479 .090 .045
1935 31 PIT NL 425 328 32 2.6 106 .252 .238 .289 .261 .345 .304 .412 .565 .757 50 .255 -31.3 -3.1 .426 .098 .066 .0
1936 32 CIN NL 337 262 23 2.4 97 .252 .234 .277 .268 .335 .268 .388 .536 .723 49 .222 -22.6 -2.2 .396 .087 .034 .0
1937 33 BSN NL 39 31 1 0.9 93 .125 .118 .267 .211 .328 .176 .379 .387 .707 11 .046 -4.1 -0.4 .333 .176 .059
1938 34 PIT NL 33 23 2 2.3 99 .200 .200 .275 .333 .339 .200 .391 .533 .730 50 .238 -1.5 -0.2 .500 .160 .000
15 Yrs 4483 3288 351 2.8 110 .261 .247 .294 .285 .352 .294 .418 .579 .770 51 .274 -305.2 -29.5 .459 .102 .047 3.7
162 Game Avg. 591 433 46 2.8 110 .261 .247 .294 .285 .352 .294 .418 .579 .770 51 .274 -305.2 -29.5 .459 .102 .047
PIT (6 yrs) 1837 1362 146 2.9 102 .263 .251 .285 .284 .340 .295 .403 .579 .744 57 .297 -108.8 -10.8 .445 .089 .045 .0
STL (5 yrs) 1292 942 98 2.8 109 .248 .236 .294 .279 .354 .295 .411 .575 .765 51 .279 -88.0 -8.7 .475 .126 .059 3.5
PHI (2 yrs) 978 691 83 3.2 130 .281 .265 .318 .306 .379 .303 .469 .609 .848 45 .256 -81.7 -7.3 .498 .097 .038 .0
BSN (1 yr) 39 31 1 0.9 93 .125 .118 .267 .211 .328 .176 .379 .387 .707 11 .046 -4.1 -0.4 .333 .176 .059
CIN (1 yr) 337 262 23 2.4 97 .252 .234 .277 .268 .335 .268 .388 .536 .723 49 .221 -22.6 -2.2 .396 .087 .034 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1926 22 STL NL WS NYY W 7 26 24 5 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .417 .440 .583 1.023 14 0 1 1 0 0
1928 24 STL NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 8 26 24 5 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .417 .440 .583 1.023 14 0 1 1 0 0
2 WS 8 26 24 5 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .417 .440 .583 1.023 14 0 1 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1924 20 STL NL 93 0.0% 6.5% 1.1% 5.4% 28% 6.00 14.8 12.7 89%
1925 21 STL NL 187 0.0% 6.4% 3.7% 4.8% 19% 1.71 14.6 10.3 87%
1926 22 STL NL 608 0.3% 4.3% 4.4% 3.6% 15% 0.96 21.7 281.5 8.9 88%
1927 23 STL NL 207 0.0% 3.9% 6.8% 3.4% 19% 0.57 23.9 47.8 88%
1928 24 STL NL 197 0.0% 6.1% 10.2% 5.6% 31% 0.60 14.3 13.2 81%
1929 25 PHI NL 354 0.0% 7.1% 7.1% 3.1% 15% 1.00 12.7 9.1 82%
1930 26 PHI NL 624 0.0% 4.2% 3.7% 3.5% 13% 1.13 22.0 7.3 88%
1931 27 PIT NL 441 0.0% 5.0% 6.4% 3.0% 15% 0.79 18.4 10.6 87%
1932 28 PIT NL 204 0.0% 5.9% 3.4% 2.9% 13% 1.71 16.2 7.5 89%
1933 29 PIT NL 262 0.0% 1.9% 1.2% 2.3% 8% 1.67 50.6 7.4 95%
1934 30 PIT NL 472 0.0% 4.2% 4.2% 3.8% 15% 1.00 22.3 8.3 90%
1935 31 PIT NL 425 0.0% 5.4% 2.8% 4.2% 19% 1.92 17.7 8.7 91%
1936 32 CIN NL 337 0.0% 6.8% 4.5% 2.7% 12% 1.53 14.0 8.9 88%
1937 33 BSN NL 39 0.0% 5.1% 10.3% 2.6% 25% 0.50 17.0 17.0 82%
1938 34 PIT NL 33 0.0% 0.0% 12.1% 0.0% 0% 0.00 12.5 76%
15 Yrs 4483 0.0% 5.0% 4.7% 3.5% 15% 1.06 18.8 2082.0 9.1 88%
MLB Averages 1.3% 7.9% 8.2% 6.9% 27% 0.97 11.2 70.2 7.7 80%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1924 20 23 93 89 4 18 4 1 0 7 1 3 1 6 .202 .211 .270 .481 29 24 0 3
1925 21 73 280 264 21 65 11 3 0 24 4 3 8 18 .246 .271 .311 .582 50 82 1 7
1926 22 229 888 827 85 209 26 8 2 87 12 3 35 44 .253 .285 .311 .595 56 257 2 24
1927 23 288 1095 1018 108 246 32 9 2 91 14 3 49 52 .242 .278 .297 .574 51 302 2 26
1928 24 357 1292 1189 119 281 40 12 2 104 14 3 69 64 .236 .279 .295 .575 51 351 2 31
1929 25 447 1646 1506 149 353 51 12 2 139 17 3 94 89 .234 .281 .288 .569 47 434 4 42
1930 26 603 2270 2079 206 517 72 13 2 217 18 3 117 115 .249 .291 .299 .589 48 621 6 68
1931 27 723 2711 2483 241 603 84 14 2 255 18 3 145 137 .243 .287 .290 .577 47 721 7 76
1932 28 782 2915 2677 253 649 87 17 2 281 18 3 152 149 .242 .285 .290 .575 47 776 7 79
1933 29 855 3177 2930 273 728 92 18 2 315 20 3 155 154 .248 .288 .294 .582 50 862 10 7 85
1934 30 977 3649 3376 310 849 108 20 2 369 20 3 175 174 .251 .290 .297 .587 52 1003 25 9 89
1935 31 1087 4074 3784 348 946 117 29 2 416 21 3 187 197 .250 .287 .298 .585 52 1127 38 10 93
1936 32 1193 4411 4105 373 1021 124 31 2 452 23 3 202 220 .249 .286 .295 .581 52 1213 52 10 95
1937 33 1214 4450 4139 378 1025 124 32 2 454 23 3 206 222 .248 .285 .295 .579 51 1219 52 10 96
1938 34 1229 4483 4164 380 1030 124 32 2 456 23 3 210 222 .247 .285 .294 .579 51 1224 52 11 99

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1924 20 24 98 94 4 19 4 1 0 7 1 1 6 .202 .211 .266 .476 5 23
1925 21 53 194 182 16 46 7 2 0 16 3 7 13 .253 .284 .313 .597 16 50
1926 22 163 628 582 62 144 15 5 2 61 8 27 27 .247 .282 .301 .583 49 156
1927 23 62 215 199 22 37 6 1 0 4 2 14 8 .186 .239 .226 .466 11 59
1928 24 73 203 178 11 35 8 3 0 13 0 20 13 .197 .278 .275 .553 14 69
1929 25 95 360 323 24 65 10 0 0 28 3 23 26 .201 .259 .232 .491 19 90
1930 26 163 619 570 44 143 18 1 0 60 1 20 27 .251 .279 .286 .565 45 156
1931 27 125 462 423 37 91 13 1 0 41 0 30 23 .215 .269 .251 .519 28 120
1932 28 62 212 202 12 47 3 3 0 26 0 7 13 .233 .258 .277 .536 15 59
1933 29 76 280 271 24 89 6 1 0 40 2 3 5 .328 .336 .358 .694 32 73
1934 30 130 494 468 36 122 16 2 0 53 0 20 21 .261 .294 .303 .597 42 122
1935 31 116 440 423 36 96 9 9 0 45 1 12 24 .227 .250 .291 .541 31 110
1936 32 111 353 335 26 78 7 2 0 38 2 16 24 .233 .268 .266 .533 24 106
1937 33 22 41 36 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 .111 .200 .167 .367 1 21
1938 34 16 36 27 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 .222 .364 .222 .586 2 15
15 Yrs 1291 4635 4313 361 1022 122 32 2 437 23 209 232 .237 .274 .281 .555 334 1229
162 Game Avg. 162 582 541 45 128 15 4 0 55 3 26 29 .237 .274 .281 .555 42 1229

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1950 BBWAA ( 1.2%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 NL (4, 38%)
0.38 Career Shares (525th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1926 NL  3.9 (1st)
1927 NL  1.2 (6th)
1931 NL  2.3 (2nd)
Career  9.0 (247th)

Games Played s c a p y
1926 NL  156 (2nd)
1930 NL  156 (1st)

Singles s c a p y
1930 NL  142 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1930 NL  26 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1934 NL  15 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1930 NL  22.0 (9th)
Career  18.8 (144th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1926 NL  436 (5th)
1930 NL  435 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1924 NL  born 1903-09-06 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1343), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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