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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 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
1969 29 DET AL 4 3 .571 2.75 31 1 14 1 0 1 55.2 50 22 17 1 26 4 42 2 0 6 241 137 1.365 8.1 0.2 4.2 6.8 1.62
1970 30 DET AL 6 7 .462 4.11 61 0 43 0 0 27 85.1 90 44 39 3 34 11 49 2 0 4 378 92 1.453 9.5 0.3 3.6 5.2 1.44
1971 31 DET AL 7 6 .538 3.86 52 2 23 0 0 4 84.0 82 36 36 6 37 3 51 3 0 2 362 94 1.417 8.8 0.6 4.0 5.5 1.38
1972 32 DET AL 8 10 .444 2.89 34 25 3 3 2 0 149.2 121 57 48 12 41 1 88 5 0 3 614 110 1.082 7.3 0.7 2.5 5.3 2.15
1973 33 TOT AL 9 8 .529 4.63 46 16 17 4 0 3 163.1 156 90 84 19 65 8 83 3 0 11 692 86 1.353 8.6 1.0 3.6 4.6 1.28
1973 33 DET AL 1 1 .500 3.69 17 1 7 0 0 1 39.0 39 17 16 4 11 1 21 0 0 2 163 111 1.282 9.0 0.9 2.5 4.8 1.91
1973 33 CLE AL 8 7 .533 4.92 29 15 10 4 0 2 124.1 117 73 68 15 54 7 62 3 0 9 529 80 1.375 8.5 1.1 3.9 4.5 1.15
1974 34 CLE AL 1 1 .500 5.40 4 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 9 6 6 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 42 70 1.400 8.1 0.9 4.5 1.8 0.40
6 Yrs 35 35 .500 3.78 228 44 100 8 2 35 548.0 508 255 230 42 208 27 315 15 0 26 2329 97 1.307 8.3 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.51
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .500 3.78 57 11 25 2 1 9 137 127 64 58 11 52 7 79 4 0 7 582 97 1.307 8.3 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.51
DET (5 yrs) 26 27 .491 3.39 195 29 90 4 2 33 413.2 382 176 156 26 149 20 251 12 0 17 1758 105 1.284 8.3 0.6 3.2 5.5 1.68
CLE (2 yrs) 9 8 .529 4.96 33 15 10 4 0 2 134.1 126 79 74 16 59 7 64 3 0 9 571 79 1.377 8.4 1.1 4.0 4.3 1.08

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
1969 29 DET AL 55.2 31 1 22 3.56 4.41 0.20 -0.14 102.1 4.15 4 0.5 1.4 -0.0 0.9 8 .515 .503 $
1970 30 DET AL 85.1 61 0 44 4.64 4.26 -0.38 -0.17 100.9 4.50 -1 -0.1 1.9 -0.2 0.5 7 .499 .500 $
1971 31 DET AL 84.0 52 2 36 3.86 4.13 -0.05 -0.14 104.8 4.24 4 0.4 1.6 -0.0 1.2 12 .508 .503 $
1972 32 DET AL 149.2 34 25 57 3.43 3.46 0.05 0.04 102.6 3.55 3 0.4 .6 -0.1 1.6 14 .512 .502 $24,000
1973 33 DET AL 39.0 17 1 17 3.92 4.31 -0.12 -0.28 109.4 4.54 2 0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.5 7 .515 .502 $27,500
1973 33 CLE AL 124.1 29 15 73 5.28 4.28 -0.33 0.04 104.2 4.84 -7 -0.7 1.5 -0.1 0.2 7 .475 .495 $
1974 34 CLE AL 10.0 4 0 6 5.40 4.09 0.23 -0.34 103.6 3.64 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .448 .499 $
6 Seasons 548.0 228 44 255 4.19 4.04 -0.11 -0.07 103.5 4.23 4 0.5 1.6 -0.6 4.8 54 .502 .500 $51,500
DET (5 yrs) 413.2 195 29 176 3.83 3.97 -0.05 -0.09 103.3 4.06 13 1.5 1.6 -0.4 4.7 48 .508 .502 $51,500
CLE (2 yrs) 134.1 33 15 79 5.29 4.27 -0.29 0.01 104.2 4.75 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.2 0.1 6 .471 .497 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1969 29 DET AL 31 241 210 22 50 7 0 1 6 2 26 42 .238 .326 .286 .612 .292 60 2 2 2 1 4 1
1970 30 DET AL 61 378 330 44 90 15 2 3 4 2 34 49 .273 .337 .358 .694 .304 118 8 2 4 8 11 4
1971 31 DET AL 52 362 313 36 82 11 1 6 3 4 37 51 .262 .345 .361 .706 .296 113 12 3 8 1 3 6
1972 32 DET AL 34 614 559 57 121 16 1 12 14 2 41 88 .216 .276 .313 .589 .237 175 14 5 8 1 1 13
1973 33 CLE AL 29 529 467 73 117 21 5 15 8 6 54 62 .251 .330 .413 .743 .260 193 13 3 2 3 7 3
1973 33 DET AL 17 163 151 17 39 5 0 4 2 1 11 21 .258 .309 .371 .680 .278 56 5 0 1 0 1 4
1973 33 TOT AL 46 692 618 90 156 26 5 19 10 7 65 83 .252 .325 .403 .728 .264 249 18 3 3 3 8 7
1974 34 CLE AL 4 42 36 6 9 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 .250 .341 .361 .703 .242 13 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Yrs 228 2329 2066 255 508 76 9 42 38 17 208 315 .246 .317 .352 .670 .270 728 55 15 26 14 27 31
162 Game Avg. 57 582 517 64 127 19 2 11 10 4 52 79 .246 .317 .352 .670 .270 182 14 4 7 4 7 8
MLB Averages .252 .321 .370 .691 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1969 29 DET AL 5.0 0.5 256 -0.1 4.8 -4.9 1.25 0.2 -0.3 1.7 0.2 1.25 1.4 12 6 12
1970 30 DET AL -3.2 -0.3 390 1.7 12.0 -10.2 1.81 0.4 0.6 -3.8 -0.4 1.81 -1.2 33 12 15
1971 31 DET AL 0.1 0.0 370 -1.6 7.6 -9.2 1.33 -0.4 -0.7 0.0 0.0 1.33 -3.5 22 5 22
1972 32 DET AL 3.5 0.4 635 -0.7 10.0 -10.8 .99 0.4 -1.2 2.1 0.2 0.99 2.2 1 2 4
1973 33 TOT AL -8.7 -0.9 723 -0.9 11.4 -12.3 .93 0.1 -1.0 -9.4 -0.9 0.93 1.9 9 8 10
1973 33 DET AL 2.2 0.2 168 -0.1 2.4 -2.5 .83 0.2 -0.4 0.1 0.0 0.83 3.1 4 3 8
1973 33 CLE AL -10.9 -1.1 555 -0.8 9.0 -9.8 .95 -0.1 -0.7 -9.5 -0.9 0.95 -1.1 5 5 2
1974 34 CLE AL -1.4 -0.2 43 -0.1 0.3 -0.5 .45 0.1 -0.4 0.5 0.1 0.45 1.2 0 2 2
6 Yrs -4.7 -0.4 2417 -1.7 46.2 -47.8 1.17 0.8 -2.2 -8.9 -0.9 1.17 1.9 77 35 65

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 29 DET AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 61.0 61 61 10 2 0 1 4.0 4.0 9.0
1971 31 DET AL 52 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 50.0 56 44 25 8 1 0 5.5 5.8 7.0
1972 32 DET AL 34 25 8 10 7 1 4 12 13 .480 2 5 3 2 13 52% 54.8 84 33 24 9 19 4 4.1 3.8 5.6
1973 33 TOT AL 46 16 7 7 2 3 1 8 8 .500 2 0 4 0 5 31% 48.5 76 7 22 12 12 1 4.6 5.1 6.7
1973 33 DET AL 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 6 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1973 33 CLE AL 29 15 7 6 2 3 1 8 7 .533 2 0 4 0 5 33% 48.9 76 7 16 11 11 1 4.9 5.3 6.8
4 Yrs 163 44 17 17 10 5 5 22 22 .500 4 6 8 2 20 45% 52 84 7 81 31 32 6 4.3 4.4 6.2
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 109 -3 4.1 4.0 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 29 DET AL 31 30 14 3 3 2 1 1 50% 4 2 26 12 46% 4 1.249 12 6 12 5 9 16 13 17 17 7 17 5 4.7
1970 30 DET AL 61 61 43 6 7 32 27 5 84% 34 1 58 22 38% 8 1.810 33 12 15 34 11 16 30 31 28 17 29 22 4.2
1971 31 DET AL 52 50 23 6 6 10 4 6 40% 15 3 52 17 33% 7 1.327 22 5 22 15 5 30 27 23 20 18 21 13 4.2
1972 32 DET AL 34 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 38% 7 .992 1 2 4 0 1 8 6 3 3 4 3 0 2.9
1973 33 TOT AL 46 30 17 2 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 38 14 37% .926 9 8 10 5 4 21 19 11 17 8 18 5 5.6
1973 33 DET AL 17 16 7 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 20 6 30% 6 .834 4 3 8 2 2 12 9 7 11 3 11 1 6.2
1973 33 CLE AL 29 14 10 1 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 18 8 44% 9 .955 5 5 2 3 2 9 10 4 6 5 7 4 4.9
1974 34 CLE AL 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 4 .450 0 2 2 1 0 3 3 1 3 1 4 0 7.5
6 Yrs 228 184 100 18 18 48 35 13 73% 57 6 193 70 36% 1.174 77 35 65 60 30 94 98 86 88 55 92 45 4.5

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%
1969 29 DET AL 241 61% 0.4% 17.4% 10.8% 3.3% 16% 1.30 70% 41 2 5%
1970 30 DET AL 378 60% 0.8% 13.0% 9.0% 5.3% 22% 1.45 76% 89 8 9%
1971 31 DET AL 362 61% 1.7% 14.1% 10.2% 5.0% 22% 1.55 71% 93 12 13%
1972 32 DET AL 614 56% 2.0% 14.3% 6.7% 4.7% 24% 1.35 75% 107 14 13%
1973 33 TOT AL 692 62% 2.8% 12.0% 9.4% 7.2% 32% 1.39 75% 129 18 14%
1973 33 DET AL 163 72% 2.5% 12.9% 6.8% 5.5% 23% 2.36 77% 33 5 15%
1973 33 CLE AL 529 58% 2.8% 11.7% 10.2% 7.8% 35% 1.19 74% 96 13 14%
1974 34 CLE AL 42 36% 2.4% 4.8% 11.9% 4.8% 22% 1.70 79% 9 1 11%
6 Yrs 2329 59% 1.8% 13.5% 8.9% 5.5% 25% 1.41 74% 468 55 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.4% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.10 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1969 29 DET AL 241 50 1 0 16 0 1 0 1 17 10 3 59% 1 6 0 95 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1970 30 DET AL 378 90 3 0 25 1 2 2 1 43 22 7 51% 4 4 2 157 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1971 31 DET AL 362 82 6 1 16 3 3 0 6 19 10 4 53% 6 2 0 163 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1972 32 DET AL 614 121 12 0 8 7 5 10 2 27 14 4 52% 13 3 2 219 14 2 88% 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1973 33 TOT AL 692 156 19 0 19 11 8 10 9 34 14 8 41% 7 11 3 248 10 7 59% 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 26 0
1973 33 DET AL 163 39 4 0 6 4 0 3 1 7 2 2 29% 4 2 0 58 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1973 33 CLE AL 529 117 15 0 13 7 8 7 8 27 12 6 44% 3 9 3 190 8 6 57% 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 0
1974 34 CLE AL 42 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2329 508 42 1 85 22 20 23 19 142 70 26 49% 31 26 7 897 38 17 69% 33 16 5 1 0 0 0 0 64 0
MLB Averages 50% 63%

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+
1969 29 4 3 .571 2.75 31 1 14 1 0 1 55.2 50 22 17 1 26 4 42 2 0 6 241 137 1.365 8.1 0.2 4.2 6.8 1.62 137
1970 30 10 10 .500 3.57 92 1 57 1 0 28 141.0 140 66 56 4 60 15 91 4 0 10 619 105 1.418 8.9 0.3 3.8 5.8 1.52 105
1971 31 17 16 .515 3.68 144 3 80 1 0 32 225.0 222 102 92 10 97 18 142 7 0 12 981 101 1.418 8.9 0.4 3.9 5.7 1.46 101
1972 32 25 26 .490 3.36 178 28 83 4 2 32 374.2 343 159 140 22 138 19 230 12 0 15 1595 104 1.284 8.2 0.5 3.3 5.5 1.67 104
1973 33 34 34 .500 3.75 224 44 100 8 2 35 538.0 499 249 224 41 203 27 313 15 0 26 2287 97 1.305 8.3 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.54 97
1974 34 35 35 .500 3.78 228 44 100 8 2 35 548.0 508 255 230 42 208 27 315 15 0 26 2329 97 1.307 8.3 0.7 3.4 5.2 1.51 97

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
1969 29 3 2 .600 3.00 54.0 51 20 18 1 27 40 2 1.444 8.5 4.5 6.7 1.48 0.2 31
1970 30 4 5 .444 4.45 83.0 92 46 41 3 35 48 2 1.530 10.0 3.8 5.2 1.37 0.3 61
1971 31 3 5 .375 4.56 79.0 86 44 40 6 39 48 3 1.582 9.8 4.4 5.5 1.23 0.7 52
1972 32 8 8 .500 3.74 149.0 141 69 62 14 48 88 6 1.268 8.5 2.9 5.3 1.83 0.8 34
1973 33 6 11 .353 5.20 154.0 161 99 89 20 67 78 3 1.481 9.4 3.9 4.6 1.16 1.2 46
1974 34 0 1 .000 6.00 9.0 9 7 6 1 5 2 0 1.556 9.0 5.0 2.0 0.40 1.0 4
6 Yrs 24 32 .429 4.36 528.0 540 285 256 45 221 304 16 1.441 9.2 5.2 1.38 0.8 228

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1970 AL  27 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1973 AL  11 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1970 AL  43 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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