Dick Tomanek
Richard Carl Tomanek (Bones)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 6, 1931 in Avon Lake, OH
High School: Avon Lake (Avon Lake, OH)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1953
Final Game: September 26, 1959
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1953 22 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 3 2 1 6 6 1 0 0 41 188 1.333 6.0 1.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
1954 23 CLE AL 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 68 1.200 5.4 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.00
1957 26 CLE AL 2 1 .667 5.68 34 2 16 0 0 0 69.2 67 51 44 13 37 3 55 1 0 5 310 66 1.493 8.7 1.7 4.8 7.1 1.49
1958 27 TOT AL 7 8 .467 4.50 54 8 25 3 0 5 130.0 130 71 65 13 56 5 92 2 0 9 559 85 1.431 9.0 0.9 3.9 6.4 1.64
1958 27 CLE AL 2 3 .400 5.62 18 6 3 2 0 0 57.2 61 37 36 8 28 2 42 2 0 3 254 66 1.543 9.5 1.2 4.4 6.6 1.50
1958 27 KCA AL 5 5 .500 3.61 36 2 22 1 0 5 72.1 69 34 29 5 28 3 50 0 0 6 305 109 1.341 8.6 0.6 3.5 6.2 1.79
1959 28 KCA AL 0 1 .000 6.53 16 0 12 0 0 2 20.2 27 15 15 6 12 1 13 2 1 5 104 61 1.887 11.8 2.6 5.2 5.7 1.08
5 Seasons 10 10 .500 4.95 106 11 53 4 0 7 231.0 231 141 127 34 112 9 166 6 1 19 1021 77 1.485 9.0 1.3 4.4 6.5 1.48
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 4.95 62 6 31 2 0 4 134 134 82 74 20 65 96 3 1 11 593 77 1.485 9.0 1.3 4.4 6.5 1.48
CLE (4 yrs) 5 4 .556 5.41 54 9 19 3 0 0 138.0 135 92 83 23 72 5 103 4 0 8 612 69 1.500 8.8 1.5 4.7 6.7 1.43
KCA (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 4.26 52 2 34 1 0 7 93.0 96 49 44 11 40 4 63 2 1 11 409 93 1.462 9.3 1.1 3.9 6.1 1.58

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 23 CLE AL 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .667 .952 .000 4 0 0 0 0
1957 26 CLE AL 34 310 270 51 67 11 2 13 1 2 37 55 .248 .341 .448 .789 .267 121 7 1 2 0 3
1958 27 CLE AL 18 256 223 37 61 4 0 8 2 0 28 42 .274 .358 .399 .757 .305 89 7 2 2 1 2
1958 27 KCA AL 36 303 273 34 69 12 2 5 1 6 28 50 .253 .322 .366 .689 .294 100 3 0 2 0 3
1958 27 TOT AL 54 559 496 71 130 16 2 13 3 6 56 92 .262 .339 .381 .720 .298 189 10 2 4 1 5
1959 28 KCA AL 16 104 87 15 27 6 0 6 0 0 12 13 .310 .406 .586 .992 .309 51 0 2 3 0 1
4 Seasons 105 980 859 138 225 33 4 33 4 8 106 160 .262 .346 .425 .771 .288 365 17 5 9 1 9
162 Game Avg. 62 579 508 82 133 20 2 20 2 5 63 95 .262 .346 .425 .771 .288 216 10 3 5 1
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1957 26 CLE AL 34 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33 41 25 12 3 2 0 6.2 7.2 3.0
1958 27 TOT AL 54 8 2 4 2 0 0 3 5 .375 0 1 3 0 2 25% 45 86 27 21 7 7 0 4.4 3.3 5.9
1958 27 CLE AL 18 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 .333 0 1 2 0 1 17% 45 86 32 11 5 5 0 4.4 3.3 5.6
1958 27 KCA AL 36 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 46 65 27 10 2 2 0 4.5 3.5 6.7
2 Seasons 88 10 2 4 4 0 0 5 5 .500 0 2 3 0 2 20% 43 86 25 33 10 9 0 4.7 3.7 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 23 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.223 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1957 26 CLE AL 34 32 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 8 42% 8 0.468 4 4 21 0 2 29 10 21 21 6 22 6 6.0
1958 27 TOT AL 54 46 25 5 4 6 5 1 83% 8 2 38 8 21% 1.069 14 10 21 8 8 29 21 24 27 11 29 10 5.4
1958 27 CLE AL 18 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 2 18% 5 0.888 3 1 8 1 1 10 6 6 7 3 8 1 6.0
1958 27 KCA AL 36 34 22 4 4 6 5 1 83% 7 1 27 6 22% 7 1.224 11 9 13 7 7 19 15 18 20 8 21 9 5.2
1959 28 KCA AL 16 16 12 0 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 11 7 64% 7 0.690 3 3 8 4 2 10 5 11 4 5 5 0 3.9
4 Seasons 105 95 53 7 6 9 7 2 78% 11 2 68 23 34% 0.833 21 17 51 12 12 69 36 57 53 22 57 16 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1953 22 CLE AL
1954 23 CLE AL 7 57% 14.3% 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 100% 1.50 71% 0 0
1957 26 CLE AL 310 71% 4.2% 17.7% 11.9% 8.4% 39% 0.80 65% 56 7 13%
1958 27 TOT AL 558 69% 2.3% 16.5% 10.0% 5.6% 24% 0.89 70% 127 10 8%
1958 27 CLE AL 255 67% 3.1% 16.4% 10.9% 4.7% 20% 0.91 68% 59 7 12%
1958 27 KCA AL 303 71% 1.7% 16.5% 9.2% 6.3% 28% 0.88 72% 68 3 4%
1959 28 KCA AL 104 75% 5.8% 12.5% 11.5% 11.5% 44% 1.23 65% 18 0 0%
5 Seasons 979 70% 3.5% 16.9% 11.4% 7.1% 30% 0.89 68% 201 17 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1953 22 CLE AL 6 1 0
1954 23 CLE AL 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 CLE AL 303 67 13 0 9 9 3 9 3 25 12 6 48% 7 5 2 107 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7
1958 27 TOT AL 551 130 13 0 21 10 2 6 6 34 13 4 38% 5 9 3 218 3 6 33% 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 18 7
1958 27 CLE AL 255 61 8 0 6 7 1 4 4 12 6 0 50% 1 3 1 100 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1958 27 KCA AL 296 69 5 0 15 3 1 2 2 22 7 4 32% 4 6 2 118 1 6 14% 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 7
1959 28 KCA AL 104 27 6 0 6 5 1 3 3 10 6 3 60% 1 5 2 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
5 Seasons 965 231 34 0 36 24 7 19 12 69 31 13 45% 13 19 7 368 4 8 33% 4 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 39 14
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1953 22 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 3 2 1 6 6 1 0 0 41 188 1.333 6.0 1.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 188
1954 23 1 0 1.000 2.53 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.2 7 4 3 2 7 6 1 0 0 48 148 1.313 5.9 1.7 5.9 5.1 0.86 148
1955 24 1 0 1.000 2.53 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.2 7 4 3 2 7 6 1 0 0 48 148 1.313 5.9 1.7 5.9 5.1 0.86 148
1956 25 1 0 1.000 2.53 2 1 0 1 0 0 10.2 7 4 3 2 7 6 1 0 0 48 148 1.313 5.9 1.7 5.9 5.1 0.86 148
1957 26 3 1 .750 5.27 36 3 16 1 0 0 80.1 74 55 47 15 44 3 61 2 0 5 358 71 1.469 8.3 1.7 4.9 6.8 1.39 71
1958 27 10 9 .526 4.79 90 11 41 4 0 5 210.1 204 126 112 28 100 8 153 4 0 14 917 79 1.445 8.7 1.2 4.3 6.5 1.53 79
1959 28 10 10 .500 4.95 106 11 53 4 0 7 231.0 231 141 127 34 112 9 166 6 1 19 1021 77 1.485 9.0 1.3 4.4 6.5 1.48 77

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1953 22 1 0 1.000 1.80 10.0 6 2 2 1 6 7 1 1.200 5.4 5.4 6.3 1.17 0.9 1
1954 23 0 0 4.50 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 1
1957 26 2 5 .286 6.30 70.0 74 54 49 14 41 55 1 1.643 9.5 5.3 7.1 1.34 1.8 34
1958 27 5 9 .357 4.99 128.0 139 79 71 14 60 91 2 1.555 9.8 4.2 6.4 1.52 1.0 54
1959 28 1 1 .500 6.14 22.0 28 17 15 6 12 14 2 1.818 11.5 4.9 5.7 1.17 2.5 16
5 Seasons 9 15 .375 5.35 232.0 248 153 138 36 120 167 6 1.586 9.6 6.5 1.39 1.4 106

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1958 AL  54 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 AL  5 (8th)
1958 AL  9 (1st)
1959 AL  5 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1958 AL  25 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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