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Hank Thormahlen

Herbert Ehler Thormahlen (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 5, 1896 in Jersey City, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1917
Teams (by GP): Yankees/RedSox/Robins 1917-1925

Final Game: May 7, 1925
Died: February 6, 1955 in Hollywood, CA
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, NJ
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1916	19	-min	D,AA	14	14	.500		14						241.0	201	48			41							1.004	7.5		1.5			CBG,BLT · BLRI,IL
1917	20	-min	AA	25	12	.676	2.74	46						329.0	301		100		89							1.185	8.2		2.4			BLT · IL
1917	20	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	3	2	0	4	5	1	0	0	37	128	1.625	10.1	0.0	4.5	5.6	1.25
1918	21	NYY	AL	7	3	.700	2.48	16	12	2	5	2	0	112.2	85	39	31	1	52	22	6	0	4	455	115	1.216	6.8	0.1	4.2	1.8	0.42
1919	22	NYY	AL	12	8	.600	2.62	30	25	3	13	2	1	188.2	155	69	55	10	61	62	4	0	1	745	122	1.145	7.4	0.5	2.9	3.0	1.02
1920	23	NYY	AL	9	6	.600	4.14	29	15	7	6	0	1	143.1	178	86	66	5	43	35	2	0	1	616	93	1.542	11.2	0.3	2.7	2.2	0.81
1921	24	BOS	AL	1	7	.125	4.48	23	9	10	3	0	0	96.1	101	56	48	3	34	17	6	0	1	418	95	1.401	9.4	0.3	3.2	1.6	0.50

1925	28	-min	AA	13	12	.520	2.95	29						232.0	254	105	76		40							1.267	9.9		1.6			ROC · IL
1925	28	BRO	NL	0	3	.000	3.94	5	2	1	0	0	0	16.0	22	14	7	0	9	7	2	0	0	81	108	1.938	12.4	0.0	5.1	3.9	0.78
1926	29	-min	AA	19	11	.633	3.37	32						254.0	291	119	95		36							1.287	10.3		1.3			ROC · IL
1927	30	-min	AA	13	15	.464	4.26	36						268.0	305	152	127		69							1.396	10.2		2.3			ROC · IL
1928	31	-min	AA	11	14	.440	2.87	36						223.0	223	110	71		81							1.363	9.0		3.3			MTL,JER · IL
1929	32	-min	AA	16	12	.571	4.52	34						249.0	253	146	125		79							1.333	9.1		2.9			MTL · IL
1930	33	-min	AA	13	11	.542	3.85	28						215.0	246	123	92		48							1.367	10.3		2.0			MTL · IL
1931	34	-min	AA	11	13	.458	4.12	34						199.0	233	108	91		76							1.553	10.5		3.4			MTL · IL
1932	35	DET-min	AA	3	7	.300	5.37	12						57.0	63	33	34		23							1.509	9.9		3.6			TTO · IL
1933	36	-min	AA	0	1	.000		1																								MTL · IL
6 Seasons				29	28	.509	3.33	104	64	23	27	4	2	565.0	550	267	209	19	203	148	21	0	7	2352	105	1.333	8.8	0.3	3.2	2.4	0.73
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.509	3.33	42	26	9	11	2	1	229	223	108	85	8	82	60	9	0	3	952	105	1.333	8.8	0.3	3.2	2.4	0.73

NYY (4 yrs)				28	18	.609	3.06	76	53	12	24	4	2	452.2	427	197	154	16	160	124	13	0	6	1853	108	1.297	8.5	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.78
BOS (1 yr)				1	7	.125	4.48	23	9	10	3	0	0	96.1	101	56	48	3	34	17	6	0	1	418	95	1.401	9.4	0.3	3.2	1.6	0.50
BRO (1 yr)				0	3	.000	3.94	5	2	1	0	0	0	16.0	22	14	7	0	9	7	2	0	0	81	108	1.938	12.4	0.0	5.1	3.9	0.78

AL (5 yrs)			AL	29	25	.537	3.31	99	62	22	27	4	2	549.0	528	253	202	19	194	141	19	0	7	2271	105	1.315	8.7	0.3	3.2	2.3	0.73
NL (1 yr)			NL	0	3	.000	3.94	5	2	1	0	0	0	16.0	22	14	7	0	9	7	2	0	0	81	108	1.938	12.4	0.0	5.1	3.9	0.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1917	20	NYY	AL	8.0	1	3	4	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
1918	21	NYY	AL	112.2	12	39	51	1	1.0	12	1.4	$
1919	22	NYY	AL	188.2	25	69	98	6	1.0	29	2.4	$
1920	23	NYY	AL	143.1	15	86	86	2	1.0	0	-0.1	$
1921	24	BOS	AL	96.1	9	56	62	2	1.0	6	0.3	$

1925	28	BRO	NL	16.0	2	14	10	0	1.0	-4	-0.3	$
6 Seasons				565.0	64	267	311	11	1.0	44	3.8	$

NYY (4 yrs)				452.2	53	197	239	9	1.0	42	3.8	$
BOS (1 yr)				96.1	9	56	62	2	1.0	6	0.3	$
BRO (1 yr)				16.0	2	14	10	0	1.0	-4	-0.3	$

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1916	19	-min	D,AA	40	101	101		22	3	0	0						.218	.218	.109	.327		11			CBG,BLT · BLRI,IL
1917	20	-min	AA	46	117	117		23	4	0	0						.197	.197	.231	.427		27			BLT · IL
1917	20	NYY	AL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1918	21	-min	AA																						TTO · IL
1918	21	NYY	AL	16	44	39	3	3	1	0	0	2	0		1	16	.077	.100	.103	.203	-39	4	0	4	1
1919	22	NYY	AL	30	66	59	3	11	0	1	0	7	0		4	21	.186	.238	.220	.458	28	13	0	3	1
1920	23	NYY	AL	29	52	45	3	10	4	1	0	8	0	0	2	17	.222	.255	.356	.611	58	16	0	5	1
1921	24	BOS	AL	23	26	23	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.174	.240	.217	.457	19	5	1	1	1

1925	28	-min	AA	29	48	48		11	1	1	1						.229	.229	.354	.583		17			ROC · IL
1925	28	BRO	NL	5	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.600	.800	98	3	0	0	/1
1926	29	-min	AA	34	103	103		25	3	1	3						.243	.243	.379	.621		39			ROC · IL
1927	30	-min	AA	42	108	108		24	2	2	0						.222	.222	.278	.500		30			ROC · IL
1928	31	-min	AA	37	67	67		15	3	0	0						.224	.224	.269	.493		18			MTL,JER · IL
1929	32	-min	AA	35	88	88		17	1	0	3						.193	.193	.307	.500		27			MTL · IL
1930	33	-min	AA	32	78	78		20	3	1	1						.256	.256	.359	.615		28			MTL · IL
1931	34	-min	AA	35	69	69		7	0	0	1						.101	.101	.145	.246		10			MTL · IL
1932	35	DET-min	AA	13	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200		2			TTO · IL
1933	36	-min	AA	2																					MTL · IL
6 Seasons				104	195	173	11	29	6	3	0	18	1	0	8	62	.168	.209	.237	.446	22	41	1	13
162 Game Avg.				162	304	269	17	45	9	5	0	28	2		12	97	.168	.209	.237	.446	22	64	2	20

NYY (4 yrs)				76	164	145	9	24	5	2	0	17	0	0	7	56	.166	.204	.228	.432	20	33	0	12
BOS (1 yr)				23	26	23	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.174	.240	.217	.457	19	5	1	1
BRO (1 yr)				5	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.600	.800	98	3	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				99	190	168	10	28	6	2	0	17	1	0	8	61	.167	.209	.226	.435	20	38	1	13
NL (1 yr)				5	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.600	.800	98	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1917	20	NYY	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1918	21	NYY	AL	44	-7	0	0	0	0	1	1	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$	1
1919	22	NYY	AL	66	-6	0	0	0	0	3	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1920	23	NYY	AL	52	-3	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1
1921	24	BOS	AL	26	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1

1925	28	BRO	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
6 Seasons				195	-20	0	0	0	0	8	6	-6	-0.8	-6	-0.6	-0.2	$

NYY (4 yrs)				164	-17	0	0	0	0	6	5	-6	-0.8	-6	-0.6	-0.2	$
BOS (1 yr)				26	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
BRO (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1917	NYY	AL	20	P	1			8.0	2	0	1	1	1	.500	1.12	1.00	.945	3.04	3.00
1918	NYY	AL	21	P	16			112.2	35	1	34	0	3	1.000	2.80	2.19	.952	2.82	2.84
1919	NYY	AL	22	P	30	25	13	188.2	56	7	47	2	1	.964	2.58	1.80	.948	2.83	2.83
1920	NYY	AL	23	P	29	15	6	143.1	55	6	45	4	1	.927	3.20	1.76	.949	2.70	2.68
1921	BOS	AL	24	P	23	9	3	96.1	28	1	26	1	2	.964	2.52	1.17	.956	2.70	2.68
1925	BRO	NL	28	P	5	2	0	16.0	10	2	6	2	0	.800	4.50	1.60	.957	2.42	2.40
	6 Seasons			P	104	51	22	565.0	186	17	159	10	8	.946	2.80	1.69	.951	2.76	2.74
	6 Seasons			TOT	104	51	22	565.0	186	17	159	10	8	.946	2.80	1.69	.951	2.76	2.74

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1919 AL 2.62 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1919 AL 1.145 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1919 AL 7.394 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1919 AL 1 (10th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1919 AL 10 (1st)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1919 AL 122 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1531), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 14, 1917: Purchased by the New York Yankees from Baltimore (International).
December 15, 1920: Traded by the New York Yankees with Del Pratt, Muddy Ruel and Sammy Vick to the Boston Red Sox for Harry Harper, Waite Hoyt, Mike McNally and Wally Schang.
May 8, 1925: Purchased by Rochester (International) from the Brooklyn Robins.

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