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Tom Timmermann

Thomas Henry Timmermann

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 12, 1940 in Breese, IL
High School: Aviston HS (Breese, IL)
School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1969
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians 1969-1974

Final Game: April 26, 1974
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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
1960	20	DET-min	D,B	11	22	22		2	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182		2							MTG,DHM · ALFL,CARL
1961	21	DET-min	C	33	64	64		9	1	2	1						.141	.141	.266	.406		17							DSU · NORL
1962	22	DET-min	A	29	64	58	5	5	2	0	0	2	0		4	31	.086	.172	.121	.293		7		2	0	0	0		KNX · SALL
1963	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	43	47	44	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	24	.091	.149	.159	.308		7							KNX,SYR · SALL,IL
1964	24	DET-ANA-min	AAA	47	17	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.133	.133	.133	.267		2		0	2	0			SYR,HAW · IL,PCL
1965	25	DET-min	AA,AAA	32	32	30	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	17	.167	.194	.200	.394		6		0	1	0			MTG,SYR · SOUL,IL
1966	26	DET-min	AA	9	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							MTG · SOUL
1967	27	DET-min	AAA	44	33	25	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.080	.148	.120	.268		3		1	6	0			TOL · IL
1968	28	DET-min	AAA	35	24	22	1	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	8	.182	.182	.318	.500		7		0	2	0			TOL · IL
1969	29	DET-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			TOL · IL
1969	29	DET	AL	31	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	30	DET-min	AAA	6	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.063	.063	.063	.125		1		0	0	0			TOL · IL
1970	30	DET	AL	61	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	31	DET-min	AAA	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			TOL · IL
1971	31	DET	AL	52	22	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.053	.100	.053	.153	-56	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1972	32	DET	AL	35	50	44	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	25	.136	.208	.136	.345	3	6	0	1	2	0	0	1
1973	33	TOT	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	33	DET	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	33	CLE	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	34	PHI-CLE-min	AAA	20	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.167	.000	.167		0		0	0	0			TOL,OKC · IL,AA
1974	34	CLE	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
6 Yrs				229	97	88	5	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	49	.091	.140	.091	.231	-33	8	0	1	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	69	62	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	35	.091	.140	.091	.231	-33	6	0	1	3	0	0

DET (5 yrs)				196	97	88	5	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	49	.091	.140	.091	.231	-33	8	0	1	4	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1969	29	DET	AL	31	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1970	30	DET	AL	61	16	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	1
1971	31	DET	AL	52	22	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1972	32	DET	AL	35	50	-5	0	0	0	5	0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	2	$24,000	1
1973	33	DET	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$27,500	1
1973	33	CLE	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1974	34	CLE	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				229	97	-15	0	0	0	10	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.4	.498	.500	-0.4	-0.0	-1	$51,500

DET (5 yrs)				196	97	-15	0	0	0	10	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.4	.498	.499	-0.4	-0.1	-1	$51,500
CLE (2 yrs)				33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1969	29	DET	AL	9	8	0	0.0	99	.200	.111	.260	.111	.338	.111	.392	.222	.730	-39	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1970	30	DET	AL	16	16	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.259	.000	.334	.000	.395	.000	.729	-100	.000	-4.4	-0.4	.000	.000	.000
1971	31	DET	AL	22	20	0	0.0	96	.125	.053	.261	.100	.334	.053	.387	.153	.720	-56	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.111	.053	.000
1972	32	DET	AL	50	40	2	1.3	85	.316	.136	.250	.208	.319	.136	.361	.345	.680	3	.139	-5.4	-0.6	.263	.068	.000
6 Yrs				97	84	2	0.6	91	.205	.091	.255	.140	.326	.091	.376	.231	.702	-33	.036	-15.6	-1.7	.163	.045	.000
162 Game Avg.				69	59	1	0.6	91	.205	.091	.255	.140	.326	.091	.376	.231	.702	-33	.036	-15.6	-1.7	.163	.045	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	29	DET	AL	9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			4.00	56%
1970	30	DET	AL	16	0.0%	56.3%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8			1.33	44%
1971	31	DET	AL	22	0.0%	50.0%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	11.00	1.7			2.00	36%
1972	32	DET	AL	50	0.0%	50.0%	6.0%	0.0%	0%	8.33	1.8		44.0	0.88	38%
6 Yrs				97	0.0%	50.5%	4.1%	0.0%	0%	12.25	1.8		88.0	1.40	40%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.3%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.63	6.2	44.3	9.0	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1969	29	DET	AL	-1.7	-0.2	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	1.16	-0.2	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.92	-1.9	0
1970	30	DET	AL	-4.4	-0.4	16	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.94	-0.4	-0.0	-4.4	-0.4	1.06	-3.9	0
1971	31	DET	AL	-4.1	-0.4	22	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.02	-0.4	-0.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.96	-3.6	0
1972	32	DET	AL	-5.4	-0.6	51	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.95	-0.3	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.98	-2.8	0
1973	33	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0
1973	33	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1973	33	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
1974	34	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
6 Yrs				-15.6	-1.7	98	-1.3	0.6	-2.0	.99	-1.3	-0.1	-12.9	-1.3	0.98	-12.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1969	29	DET	AL	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	30	DET	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	31	DET	AL	1	100%	4	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1972	32	DET	AL	0	30%	18	2	29%	5	3	2	2	2	0	0
6 Yrs				1	39%	22	2	38%	5	3	2	2	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	29	DET	AL	9	67%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1970	30	DET	AL	16	31%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	4	0	0%	16	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1971	31	DET	AL	22	45%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	6	0	0%	6	1	17%	15	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1972	32	DET	AL	50	34%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	9	0	0%	7	0	0%	25	1	4%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				97	39%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	50%	19	0	0%	19	1	5%	62	1	2%	5	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1969	29	31	9	9	0	1	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39	1	0	0
1970	30	92	25	25	0	1	0	0	13	.040	.040	.040	.080	-78	1	0	0
1971	31	144	47	44	2	2	0	1	24	.045	.067	.045	.112	-68	2	0	2
1972	32	179	97	88	5	8	1	4	49	.091	.140	.091	.231	-33	8	1	4
1973	33	225	97	88	5	8	1	4	49	.091	.140	.091	.231	-33	8	1	4
1974	34	229	97	88	5	8	1	4	49	.091	.140	.091	.231	-33	8	1	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	29	31	9	9	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
1970	30	61	16	16	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	61
1971	31	52	22	19	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.050	.000	.050	0	52
1972	32	37	52	46	3	6	1	3	26	.130	.200	.130	.330	1	35
4 Yrs		181	99	90	3	6	1	4	50	.067	.116	.067	.182	1	179
162 Game Avg.		162	89	81	3	5	1	4	45	.067	.116	.067	.182	1	179

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