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Tommy Thomas

Alphonse Thomas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 23, 1899 in Baltimore, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1926
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Senators/Browns/RedSox/Phillies 1926-1937

Final Game: September 27, 1937
Died: April 27, 1988 in Dallastown, PA
Buried: Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD
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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
1926 26 CHW AL 15 12 .556 3.80 44 32 8 13 2 2 249.0 225 113 105 7 110 127 1 0 2 1059 102 1.345 8.1 0.3 4.0 4.6 1.15
1927 27 CHW AL 19 16 .543 2.98 40 36 3 24 3 1 307.2 271 110 102 16 94 107 1 1 0 1252 136 1.186 7.9 0.5 2.7 3.1 1.14
1928 28 CHW AL 17 16 .515 3.08 36 32 4 24 3 2 283.0 277 114 97 14 76 129 4 1 0 1180 131 1.247 8.8 0.4 2.4 4.1 1.70 MVP-15
1929 29 CHW AL 14 18 .438 3.19 36 31 4 24 2 1 259.2 270 127 92 17 60 62 0 1 3 1093 133 1.271 9.4 0.6 2.1 2.1 1.03
1930 30 CHW AL 5 13 .278 5.22 34 27 4 7 0 0 169.0 229 125 98 13 44 58 1 0 0 783 88 1.615 12.2 0.7 2.3 3.1 1.32
1931 31 CHW AL 10 14 .417 4.73 43 36 5 11 2 2 245.1 298 166 129 17 69 72 5 1 4 1105 90 1.496 10.9 0.6 2.5 2.6 1.04
1932 32 TOT AL 11 10 .524 4.26 30 17 7 8 1 0 160.2 169 81 76 11 61 47 1 0 2 699 101 1.432 9.5 0.6 3.4 2.6 0.77
1932 32 CHW AL 3 3 .500 6.18 12 3 5 1 0 0 43.2 55 33 30 6 15 11 1 0 1 198 70 1.603 11.3 1.2 3.1 2.3 0.73
1932 32 WSH AL 8 7 .533 3.54 18 14 2 7 1 0 117.0 114 48 46 5 46 36 0 0 1 501 122 1.368 8.8 0.4 3.5 2.8 0.78
1933 33 WSH AL 7 7 .500 4.80 35 14 13 2 0 3 135.0 149 87 72 9 49 35 2 0 3 607 87 1.467 9.9 0.6 3.3 2.3 0.71
1934 34 WSH AL 8 9 .471 5.47 33 18 12 7 1 1 133.1 154 87 81 9 58 42 3 1 2 597 79 1.590 10.4 0.6 3.9 2.8 0.72
1935 35 TOT MLB 0 1 .000 6.57 5 1 1 0 0 0 12.1 18 11 9 2 5 3 0 0 0 58 73 1.865 13.1 1.5 3.6 2.2 0.60
1935 35 WSH AL 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1935 35 PHI NL 0 1 .000 5.25 4 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 15 9 7 2 5 3 0 0 0 54 89 1.667 11.3 1.5 3.8 2.3 0.60
1936 36 SLB AL 11 9 .550 5.26 36 21 7 8 1 0 179.2 219 132 105 25 72 40 4 1 4 824 102 1.620 11.0 1.3 3.6 2.0 0.56
1937 37 TOT AL 0 3 .000 6.26 26 2 18 0 0 0 41.2 62 32 29 4 14 14 2 0 3 199 78 1.824 13.4 0.9 3.0 3.0 1.00
1937 37 SLB AL 0 1 .000 7.04 17 2 14 0 0 0 30.2 46 26 24 2 10 10 1 0 3 146 70 1.826 13.5 0.6 2.9 2.9 1.00
1937 37 BOS AL 0 2 .000 4.09 9 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 16 6 5 2 4 4 1 0 0 53 121 1.818 13.1 1.6 3.3 3.3 1.00
12 Yrs 117 128 .478 4.11 398 267 86 128 15 12 2176.1 2341 1185 995 144 712 736 24 6 23 9456 104 1.403 9.7 0.6 2.9 3.0 1.03
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .478 4.11 41 27 9 13 2 1 223 239 121 102 15 73 75 2 1 2 967 104 1.403 9.7 0.6 2.9 3.0 1.03
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
CHW (7 yrs) 83 92 .474 3.77 245 197 33 104 12 8 1557.1 1625 788 653 90 468 566 13 4 10 6670 110 1.344 9.4 0.5 2.7 3.3 1.21
WSH (4 yrs) 23 23 .500 4.69 87 46 27 16 2 4 385.2 420 224 201 23 153 113 5 1 6 1709 91 1.486 9.8 0.5 3.6 2.6 0.74
SLB (2 yrs) 11 10 .524 5.52 53 23 21 8 1 0 210.1 265 158 129 27 82 50 5 1 7 970 96 1.650 11.3 1.2 3.5 2.1 0.61
PHI (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.25 4 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 15 9 7 2 5 3 0 0 0 54 89 1.667 11.3 1.5 3.8 2.3 0.60
BOS (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.09 9 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 16 6 5 2 4 4 1 0 0 53 121 1.818 13.1 1.6 3.3 3.3 1.00
AL (12 yrs) 117 127 .480 4.11 394 266 85 128 15 12 2164.1 2326 1176 988 142 707 733 24 6 23 9402 104 1.401 9.7 0.6 2.9 3.0 1.04
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.25 4 1 1 0 0 0 12.0 15 9 7 2 5 3 0 0 0 54 89 1.667 11.3 1.5 3.8 2.3 0.60

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 Awards
1926 26 CHW AL 249.0 44 32 113 4.08 4.64 0.13 0.00 96.7 4.37 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.8 36 .517 .505 $
1927 27 CHW AL 306.2 40 36 110 3.23 4.94 0.11 0.00 99.1 4.79 52 5.5 1.0 -0.1 8.0 89 .637 .534 $
1928 28 CHW AL 282.0 36 32 114 3.64 4.81 -0.01 0.00 100.1 4.83 36 3.9 1.0 -0.1 6.1 69 .607 .524 $ MVP-15
1929 29 CHW AL 258.2 36 31 127 4.42 5.17 0.15 0.00 99.9 5.02 17 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.8 48 .548 .511 $
1930 30 CHW AL 169.0 34 27 125 6.66 5.46 -0.29 0.00 99.5 5.72 -18 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 4 .454 .490 $12,000
1931 31 CHW AL 245.1 43 36 166 6.09 5.12 -0.33 0.00 97.6 5.32 -22 -2.0 1.0 -0.1 0.0 9 .453 .488 $
1932 32 CHW AL 43.2 12 3 33 6.80 4.93 -0.17 0.00 96.0 4.89 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .431 .495 $
1932 32 WSH AL 117.0 18 14 48 3.69 5.24 0.28 0.00 98.9 4.91 15 1.5 1.0 -0.1 2.5 30 .584 .509 $
1933 33 WSH AL 135.0 35 14 87 5.80 4.89 0.29 0.00 98.6 4.54 -20 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -3 .446 .488 $
1934 34 WSH AL 133.1 33 18 87 5.87 5.21 0.06 0.00 95.7 4.94 -14 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 2 .461 .492 $
1935 35 WSH AL 0.1 1 0 2 54.00 4.43 -0.43 0.00 94.0 4.56 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -2 .349 .499 $
1935 35 PHI NL 12.0 4 1 9 6.75 4.52 -0.40 0.00 102.7 5.06 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .444 .499 $
1936 36 SLB AL 179.2 36 21 132 6.61 5.88 -0.39 0.00 107.0 6.71 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.6 26 .503 .501 $
1937 37 SLB AL 30.2 17 2 26 7.63 5.49 -0.35 0.00 102.5 5.99 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .470 .497 $
1937 37 BOS AL 11.0 9 0 6 4.91 5.67 -0.29 0.00 101.6 6.05 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .514 .501 $
12 Seasons 2173.1 398 267 1185 4.91 5.09 -0.02 0.00 99.3 5.09 38 5.2 1.0 -1.1 22.9 304 .513 .502 $12,000
CHW (7 yrs) 1554.1 245 197 788 4.56 4.99 -0.02 0.00 98.7 4.96 64 7.4 1.0 -0.7 20.0 250 .530 .507 $12,000
WSH (4 yrs) 385.2 87 46 224 5.23 5.11 0.21 0.00 97.7 4.79 -21 -1.8 1.0 -0.2 1.5 28 .479 .497 $
SLB (2 yrs) 210.1 53 23 158 6.76 5.82 -0.39 0.00 106.3 6.60 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.3 24 .493 .499 $
PHI (1 yr) 12.0 4 1 9 6.75 4.52 -0.40 0.00 102.7 5.06 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .444 .499 $
BOS (1 yr) 11.0 9 0 6 4.91 5.67 -0.29 0.00 101.6 6.05 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .514 .501 $

Postseason Pitching

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
1933 33 WSH AL WS L NYG 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 13.5
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 13.5

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1926 26 CHW AL 1059 0.7% 12.0% 10.4% 2.7% 13% 75%
1927 27 CHW AL 1250 1.3% 8.6% 7.5% 4.3% 20% 79%
1928 28 CHW AL 1181 1.2% 10.9% 6.4% 5.8% 25% 78%
1929 29 CHW AL 1094 1.6% 5.7% 5.5% 5.8% 23% 85%
1930 30 CHW AL 784 1.7% 7.4% 5.6% 3.3% 11% 81%
1931 31 CHW AL 1104 1.5% 6.5% 6.3% 3.2% 12% 84%
1932 32 TOT AL 699 1.6% 6.7% 8.7% 4.9% 20% 81%
1932 32 CHW AL 198 3.0% 5.6% 7.6% 4.6% 16% 82%
1932 32 WSH AL 501 1.0% 7.2% 9.2% 5.0% 22% 81%
1933 33 WSH AL 607 1.5% 5.8% 8.1% 2.3% 9% 83%
1934 34 WSH AL 596 1.5% 7.1% 9.7% 3.2% 12% 79%
1935 35 TOT MLB 58 3.5% 5.2% 8.6% 81%
1935 35 WSH AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1935 35 PHI NL 54 3.7% 5.6% 9.3% 80%
1936 36 SLB AL 824 3.0% 4.9% 8.7% 5.5% 21% 82%
1937 37 TOT AL 199 2.0% 7.0% 7.0% 81%
1937 37 SLB AL 146 1.4% 6.9% 6.9% 82%
1937 37 BOS AL 53 3.8% 7.6% 7.6% 77%
12 Yrs 9455 1.5% 7.8% 7.5% 4.1% 17% 81%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.0% 8.1% 3.2% 13% 80%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1926 26 15 12 .556 3.80 44 32 8 13 2 2 249.0 225 113 105 7 110 127 1 0 2 1059 102 1.345 8.1 0.3 4.0 4.6 1.15 102
1927 27 34 28 .548 3.35 84 68 11 37 5 3 556.2 496 223 207 23 204 234 2 1 2 2311 119 1.257 8.0 0.4 3.3 3.8 1.15 119
1928 28 51 44 .537 3.26 120 100 15 61 8 5 839.2 773 337 304 37 280 363 6 2 2 3491 123 1.254 8.3 0.4 3.0 3.9 1.30 123
1929 29 65 62 .512 3.24 156 131 19 85 10 6 1099.1 1043 464 396 54 340 425 6 3 5 4584 125 1.258 8.5 0.4 2.8 3.5 1.25 125
1930 30 70 75 .483 3.51 190 158 23 92 10 6 1268.1 1272 589 494 67 384 483 7 3 5 5367 118 1.306 9.0 0.5 2.7 3.4 1.26 118
1931 31 80 89 .473 3.70 233 194 28 103 12 8 1513.2 1570 755 623 84 453 555 12 4 9 6472 112 1.336 9.3 0.5 2.7 3.3 1.23 112
1932 32 91 99 .479 3.76 263 211 35 111 13 8 1674.1 1739 836 699 95 514 602 13 4 11 7171 111 1.346 9.3 0.5 2.8 3.2 1.17 111
1933 33 98 106 .480 3.84 298 225 48 113 13 11 1809.1 1888 923 771 104 563 637 15 4 14 7778 109 1.355 9.4 0.5 2.8 3.2 1.13 109
1934 34 106 115 .480 3.95 331 243 60 120 14 12 1942.2 2042 1010 852 113 621 679 18 5 16 8375 106 1.371 9.5 0.5 2.9 3.1 1.09 106
1935 35 106 116 .477 3.96 336 244 61 120 14 12 1955.0 2060 1021 861 115 626 682 18 5 16 8433 105 1.374 9.5 0.5 2.9 3.1 1.09 105
1936 36 117 125 .483 4.07 372 265 68 128 15 12 2134.2 2279 1153 966 140 698 722 22 6 20 9257 105 1.395 9.6 0.6 2.9 3.0 1.03 105
1937 37 117 128 .478 4.11 398 267 86 128 15 12 2176.1 2341 1185 995 144 712 736 24 6 23 9456 104 1.403 9.7 0.6 2.9 3.0 1.03 104

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1926 26 15 13 .536 3.81 255.0 234 120 108 7 114 130 1 1.365 8.3 4.0 4.6 1.14 0.2 44
1927 27 23 11 .676 2.81 314.0 272 109 98 16 94 109 1 1.166 7.8 2.7 3.1 1.16 0.5 40
1928 28 21 11 .656 2.92 293.0 280 106 95 14 77 134 4 1.218 8.6 2.4 4.1 1.74 0.4 36
1929 29 20 10 .667 2.80 276.0 269 96 86 17 60 66 0 1.192 8.8 2.0 2.2 1.10 0.6 36
1930 30 10 10 .500 4.09 187.0 219 94 85 12 42 64 1 1.396 10.5 2.0 3.1 1.52 0.6 34
1931 31 14 15 .483 4.07 263.0 293 132 119 17 68 77 5 1.373 10.0 2.3 2.6 1.13 0.6 43
1932 32 10 8 .556 3.73 169.0 166 78 70 11 60 50 1 1.337 8.8 3.2 2.7 0.83 0.6 30
1933 33 8 8 .500 4.20 148.0 151 77 69 9 50 38 2 1.358 9.2 3.0 2.3 0.76 0.5 35
1934 34 6 9 .400 4.96 138.0 153 84 76 9 58 43 3 1.529 10.0 3.8 2.8 0.74 0.6 33
1935 35 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 17 9 8 2 5 3 0 1.692 11.8 3.5 2.1 0.60 1.4 5
1936 36 12 10 .545 3.62 199.0 196 89 80 22 64 44 4 1.307 8.9 2.9 2.0 0.69 1.0 36
1937 37 2 2 .500 4.80 45.0 58 27 24 4 13 15 2 1.578 11.6 2.6 3.0 1.15 0.8 26
12 Yrs 141 108 .566 3.59 2300.0 2308 1021 918 140 705 773 24 1.310 9.0 3.0 1.10 0.5 398

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1928 AL (15, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1927 AL  7.6 (3rd)
1928 AL  6.5 (6th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1927 AL  8.0 (1st)
1928 AL  6.1 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1927 AL  2.98 (7th)
1928 AL  3.08 (7th)
1929 AL  3.19 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1926 AL  15 (8th)
1927 AL  19 (4th)
1928 AL  17 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1926 AL  1.345 (10th)
1927 AL  1.186 (5th)
1928 AL  1.247 (6th)
1929 AL  1.271 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 AL  8.133 (2nd)
1927 AL  7.927 (2nd)
1928 AL  8.809 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1929 AL  2.080 (3rd)
1930 AL  2.343 (8th)
1931 AL  2.531 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 AL  4.590 (2nd)
1928 AL  4.103 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1926 AL  44 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1926 AL  249.0 (8th)
1927 AL  307.7 (1st)
1928 AL  283.0 (3rd)
1929 AL  259.7 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1926 AL  127 (3rd)
1927 AL  107 (3rd)
1928 AL  129 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1926 AL  32 (7th)
1927 AL  36 (1st)
1928 AL  32 (3rd)
1929 AL  31 (10th)
1931 AL  36 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1927 AL  24 (2nd)
1928 AL  24 (2nd)
1929 AL  24 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1927 AL  3 (2nd)
1928 AL  3 (6th)
1929 AL  2 (10th)
1931 AL  2 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1927 AL  16 (3rd)
1928 AL  14 (7th)
1929 AL  17 (6th)
1931 AL  17 (3rd)
1936 AL  25 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1926 AL  110 (2nd)
1927 AL  94 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1927 AL  271 (6th)
1928 AL  277 (5th)
1929 AL  270 (8th)
1931 AL  298 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1926 AL  1.155 (8th)
1927 AL  1.138 (9th)
1928 AL  1.697 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1927 AL  16 (6th)
1928 AL  16 (4th)
1929 AL  18 (4th)
1931 AL  14 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1926 AL  105 (3rd)
1927 AL  102 (9th)
1931 AL  129 (5th)
Career  995 (239th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1931 AL  4 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1931 AL  5 (7th)
1934 AL  3 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1927 AL  1,252 (2nd)
1928 AL  1,180 (3rd)
1929 AL  1,093 (9th)
1931 AL  1,105 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1937 AL  18 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1927 AL  136 (7th)
1928 AL  131 (7th)
1929 AL  133 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1927 AL  43 (1st)
1928 AL  31 (4th)
1929 AL  23 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1927 AL  4.3 (1st)
1928 AL  3.1 (4th)
1929 AL  2.3 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1937 AL  born 1899-12-23 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 76 (328), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (866), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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