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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1924	STL	NL	20	SS	23	23	23		164	61	95	8	15	.951		6.78	.949		5.76
1925	STL	NL	21	SS	50	49	45		281	98	169	14	18	.950		5.34	.942		5.73
1926	STL	NL	22	SS	156	156	149		1013	371	597	45	98	.956		6.21	.948		5.85	MVP-4
1927	STL	NL	23	SS	59	57	52		328	111	199	18	38	.945		5.25	.944		5.50
1928	STL	NL	24	SS	64	49	42		277	100	158	19	29	.931		4.03	.950		5.61
1928	STL	NL	24	3B	3	2	2		11	4	7	0	0	1.000		3.67	.943		3.07
1928	STL	NL	24	1B	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.990		10.50
1929	PHI	NL	25	SS	90	87	80		508	188	296	24	56	.953		5.38	.950		5.61
1930	PHI	NL	26	SS	156	156	138		954	344	554	56	113	.941		5.76	.952		5.78
1931	PIT	NL	27	SS	120	117	104		702	245	432	25	92	.964		5.64	.954		5.53
1932	PIT	NL	28	SS	29	28	25		159	62	84	13	18	.918		5.03	.946		5.50
1932	PIT	NL	28	3B	22	21	21		63	20	42	1	6	.984		2.82	.945		2.88
1933	PIT	NL	29	2B	61	60	56		317	137	172	8	31	.975		5.07	.968		5.80
1933	PIT	NL	29	SS	3	2	1		11	5	5	1	2	.909		3.33	.949		5.40
1933	PIT	NL	29	3B	1	0	0		4	1	3	0	0	1.000		4.00	.950		3.00
1934	PIT	NL	30	2B	75	70	66		389	178	199	12	33	.969		5.03	.965		5.88
1934	PIT	NL	30	3B	44	41	40		124	36	81	7	4	.944		2.66	.945		2.96
1934	PIT	NL	30	SS	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.30
1935	PIT	NL	31	3B	82	82	82		268	94	161	13	11	.951		3.11	.941		2.86
1935	PIT	NL	31	SS	13	13	13		70	33	36	1	6	.986		5.31	.947		5.27
1935	PIT	NL	31	2B	8	6	6		37	15	19	3	1	.919		4.25	.963		5.76
1936	CIN	NL	32	SS	68	50	44		292	116	160	16	30	.945		4.06	.945		5.43
1936	CIN	NL	32	2B	33	20	15		131	56	68	7	16	.947		3.76	.963		5.94
1936	CIN	NL	32	3B	12	10	7		26	6	20	0	3	1.000		2.17	.947		2.67
1937	BSN	NL	33	SS	12	4	3		32	11	20	1	2	.969		2.58	.951		5.29
1937	BSN	NL	33	3B	6	3	1		9	1	7	1	1	.889		1.33	.954		2.87
1937	BSN	NL	33	2B	2	1	1		8	2	5	1	0	.875		3.50	.959		5.70
1938	PIT	NL	34	2B	9	3	3		23	7	16	0	1	1.000		2.56	.969		5.74
1938	PIT	NL	34	SS	4	3	2		21	6	13	2	6	.905		4.75	.943		5.35
1938	PIT	NL	34	3B	1	0	0		2	0	2	0	0	1.000		2.00	.945		3.00
	15 Seasons			SS	848	795	722		4812	1751	2818	243	523	.950		5.39	.949		5.65
	6 Seasons			2B	188	160	147		905	395	479	31	82	.966		4.65	.966		5.85
	8 Seasons			3B	171	159	153		507	162	323	22	25	.957		2.84	.943		2.88
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.990		10.50
	15 Seasons			TOT	1208	1114	1022		6225	2308	3621	296	630	.952		4.91	.951		5.29
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1924	STL	NL	20	23	23	23	23	0	0	0	23	0	0
1925	STL	NL	21	50	49	50	50	0	0	0	50	0	0
1926	STL	NL	22	156	156	156	156	0	0	0	156	0	0
1927	STL	NL	23	59	57	59	59	0	0	0	59	0	0
1928	STL	NL	24	69	51	69	68	1	0	3	64	0	1
1929	PHI	NL	25	90	87	90	90	0	0	0	90	0	0
1930	PHI	NL	26	156	156	156	156	0	0	0	156	0	0
1931	PIT	NL	27	120	117	120	120	0	0	0	120	0	0
1932	PIT	NL	28	59	49	59	51	0	0	22	29	8	0
1933	PIT	NL	29	73	62	73	64	0	61	2	3	9	0
1934	PIT	NL	30	122	112	122	116	0	73	45	2	6	0
1935	PIT	NL	31	110	101	110	103	0	8	82	13	7	0
1936	CIN	NL	32	106	80	106	105	0	33	12	68	1	0
1937	BSN	NL	33	21	8	21	20	0	2	6	13	1	0
1938	PIT	NL	34	15	6	15	14	0	9	1	4	1	0
	15 Seasons			1229	1114	1229	1195	1	186	173	850	33	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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)	Assists† s c a p y 1926 NL 597 (1st) 1930 NL 554 (1st)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1926 NL 45 (3rd) 1930 NL 56 (1st)
Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1935 NL 94 (5th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1926 NL 156 (1st) 1930 NL 156 (1st)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1926 NL 371 (1st) 1930 NL 344 (1st)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1926 NL 597 (1st) 1930 NL 554 (1st) 1931 NL 432 (4th)
Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1926 NL 45 (3rd) 1930 NL 56 (1st) 1931 NL 25 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1935 NL 3.11 (1st)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1935 NL .951 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1926 NL 6.21 (1st) 1930 NL 5.76 (2nd) 1931 NL 5.64 (1st) Career 5.39 (28th)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1926 NL .956 (4th) 1931 NL .964 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 1924 NL born 1903-09-06 (5th)

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