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Dick Tomanek

Richard Carl Tomanek (Bones)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 6, 1931 in Avon Lake, OH
High School: Avon Lake HS (Avon Lake, OH)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1953
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics 1953-1959

Final Game: September 26, 1959
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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
1950	19	CLE-min	C	6	8	.429	3.80	21	16					123.0	87	65	52		142								1.862	6.4		10.4			PFD · CAML
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952	21	CLE-min	A	2	5	.286	3.35	23	9					78.0	64	33	29		44								1.385	7.4		5.1			REA · EL
1953	22	CLE-min	AAA	13	8	.619	3.11	28	23		10	3		165.0	127	79	57	11	98		158	8	0	7			1.364	6.9	0.6	5.3	8.6	1.61	INA · AA
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	194	1.333	6.0	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
1954	23	CLE-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.29	21	15		3	0		107.0	119	58	51	7	53		75	4	0	6			1.607	10.0	0.6	4.5	6.3	1.42	INA · AA
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	85	1.200	5.4	5.4	5.4	0.0	0.00

1955	24	CLE-min	AAA	7	13	.350	5.25	29	20		7	0		168.0	169	113	98	19	104	10	125	6	2	14			1.625	9.1	1.0	5.6	6.7	1.20	INA · AA
1956	25	CLE-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.52	13	6		1	1		46.0	40	23	18	6	13	0	35	1	0	1			1.152	7.8	1.2	2.5	6.8	2.69	INA · AA
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	63	1.887	11.8	2.6	5.2	5.7	1.08
1960	29	OAK-min	AAA	7	11	.389	4.08	35	27					181.0	194	94	82	14	100								1.624	9.6	0.7	5.0			DFW · AA
5 Yrs				10	10	.500	4.95	106	11	53	4	0	7	231.0	231	141	127	34	112	9	166	6	1	19	1021	78	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	78	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	70	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

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
1953	22	CLE	AL	9.0	1	1	3	3.00	4.46	0.20	0.00	86.0	3.66	1	0.1		-0.0	0.1	1	.571	.500	$
1954	23	CLE	AL	1.2	1	0	1	5.40	4.50	0.19	0.00	98.0	4.22	-0	-0.0	.1	0.0	0.0	-0	.477	.500	$

1957	26	CLE	AL	69.2	34	2	51	6.59	4.19	-0.26	0.00	99.3	4.41	-17	-1.7	.5	0.3	-0.9	-11	.449	.489	$
1958	27	CLE	AL	57.2	18	6	37	5.77	4.48	-0.07	0.00	96.4	4.38	-9	-0.9	.7	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.448	.494	$
1958	27	KCA	AL	72.1	36	2	34	4.23	4.45	0.03	0.00	102.6	4.54	3	0.3	1.3	-0.1	0.8	9	.508	.502	$
1959	28	KCA	AL	20.2	16	0	15	6.53	4.53	-0.17	0.00	103.3	4.86	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.476	.498	$
5 Seasons				231.0	106	11	141	5.49	4.39	-0.09	0.00	99.5	4.45	-26	-2.7	.9	0.2	-0.8	-7	.474	.497	$

CLE (4 yrs)				138.0	54	9	92	6.00	4.33	-0.14	0.00	97.2	4.35	-25	-2.6	.6	0.3	-1.3	-14	.452	.496	$
KCA (2 yrs)				93.0	52	2	49	4.74	4.47	-0.02	0.00	102.8	4.61	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.5	7	.498	.500	$

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
1953	22	CLE	AL	1	41	34	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	6	6	.176	.317	.294	.611	.185	10	0	1	0	0		1
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		0

1957	26	CLE	AL	34	303	270	51	67	11	2	13	1	2	37	55	.248	.341	.448	.789	.267	121	7	1	2	0	3	7
1958	27	CLE	AL	18	255	223	37	61	4	0	8	2	0	28	42	.274	.358	.399	.757	.305	89	7	2	2	1	2	1
1958	27	KCA	AL	36	296	273	34	69	12	2	5	1	6	28	50	.253	.322	.366	.689	.294	100	3	0	2	0	3	4
1958	27	TOT	AL	54	551	496	71	130	16	2	13	3	6	56	92	.262	.339	.381	.720	.298	189	10	2	4	1	5	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	1
5 Yrs				106	1006	893	141	231	34	4	34	6	8	112	166	.259	.345	.420	.765	.284	375	17	6	9	1	9	14
162 Game Avg.				62	585	519	82	134	20	2	20	3	5	65	96	.259	.345	.420	.765	.284	218	10	3	5	1		8
MLB Averages																.259	.329	.392	.721	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1953	22	CLE	AL	1.7	0.2	42	0.2	0.6	-0.4	.81	0.0	0.2	1.4	0.2	0.81	1.1	0	0	0
1954	23	CLE	AL	-0.1	-0.0	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.19	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.19	-0.8	0	0	1

1957	26	CLE	AL	-15.9	-1.6	312	-1.1	2.0	-3.0	.43	-0.8	-1.7	-21.6	-2.2	0.43	-13.2	4	3	22
1958	27	TOT	AL	-9.0	-0.9	574	1.0	10.4	-9.4	1.04	0.2	0.8	-4.9	-0.5	1.05	-4.0	14	6	25
1958	27	CLE	AL	-10.9	-1.1	261	-0.6	3.8	-4.4	.87	-0.4	-0.3	-8.1	-0.8	0.88	-7.7	3	1	8
1958	27	KCA	AL	1.9	0.2	313	1.5	6.6	-5.1	1.19	0.5	0.7	3.1	0.3	1.19	3.7	11	5	17
1959	28	KCA	AL	-4.5	-0.4	112	-0.7	1.0	-1.7	.68	-1.0	-0.0	-9.2	-0.9	0.68	-9.9	3	2	9
5 Yrs				-27.9	-2.8	1047	-0.6	14.0	-14.6	.81	-1.7	0.9	-34.7	-3.4	0.81	-26.7	21	11	57

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
1953	22	CLE	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	0	1	100%	65.0	65	65	0	0	0	1	13.5	13.5	9.0

1957	26	CLE	AL	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	33.0	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%	45.0	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%	44.7	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%	46.0	65	27	10	2	2	0	4.5	3.5	6.7
3 Yrs				89	11	3	4	4	0	0	6	5	.545	0	2	4	0	3	27%	45	86	25	33	10	9	1	5.4	5.0	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-2					4.4	4.4	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1954	23	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	.187	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	.431	4	3	22	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%		1.042	14	6	25	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	.874	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	1.186	11	5	17	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	.679	3	2	9	4	2	10	5	11	4	5	5	0	3.9
4 Yrs				105	95	53	7	6	9	7	2	78%	11	2	68	23	34%		.805	21	11	57	12	12	69	36	57	53	22	57	16	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1953	22	CLE	AL	41	22%	2.4%	14.6%	14.6%	4.9%	33%	0.40	66%	10	0	0%
1954	23	CLE	AL	7	43%	14.3%	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	100%	1.50	71%	0	0

1957	26	CLE	AL	310	29%	4.3%	18.2%	12.2%	8.6%	39%	0.80	67%	56	7	13%
1958	27	TOT	AL	558	31%	2.4%	16.7%	10.2%	5.6%	24%	0.89	71%	127	10	8%
1958	27	CLE	AL	255	33%	3.1%	16.5%	11.0%	4.7%	20%	0.91	68%	59	7	12%
1958	27	KCA	AL	303	29%	1.7%	16.9%	9.5%	6.4%	28%	0.88	74%	68	3	4%
1959	28	KCA	AL	104	25%	5.8%	12.5%	11.5%	11.5%	44%	1.23	65%	18	0	0%
5 Yrs				1020	29%	3.4%	16.5%	11.1%	7.2%	31%	0.87	69%	211	17	8%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.5%	9.4%	6.7%	28%	0.98	78%			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
1953	22	CLE	AL	41	6			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0%	1	0	0	16	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	3	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	3	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 Yrs				1006	231			34	0	38	25	7	20	12	71	31	13	44%	14	19	7	384	6	8	43%	5	6	1	0	0	2	3	0	39	14
MLB Averages																		52%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	9.0	6	3	2	1	6		6	1	0	0	41	194	1.333	6.0	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	194
1954	23	1	0	1.000	2.53	2	1	0	1	0	10.2	7	4	3	2	7		6	1	0	0	48	158	1.313	5.9	1.7	5.9	5.1	0.86	158
1955	24	1	0	1.000	2.53	2	1	0	1	0	10.2	7	4	3	2	7		6	1	0	0	48	158	1.313	5.9	1.7	5.9	5.1	0.86	158
1956	25	1	0	1.000	2.53	2	1	0	1	0	10.2	7	4	3	2	7		6	1	0	0	48	158	1.313	5.9	1.7	5.9	5.1	0.86	158
1957	26	3	1	.750	5.27	36	3	16	1	0	80.1	74	55	47	15	44	3	61	2	0	5	358	72	1.469	8.3	1.7	4.9	6.8	1.39	72
1958	27	10	9	.526	4.79	90	11	41	4	5	210.1	204	126	112	28	100	8	153	4	0	14	917	80	1.445	8.7	1.2	4.3	6.5	1.53	80
1959	28	10	10	.500	4.95	106	11	53	4	7	231.0	231	141	127	34	112	9	166	6	1	19	1021	78	1.485	9.0	1.3	4.4	6.5	1.48	78

Neutralized Pitching

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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	6.21	71.0	73	54	49	14	40	56	1	1.592	9.3	5.1	7.1	1.40	1.8	34
1958	27	5	9	.357	4.99	128.0	139	79	71	14	60	90	2	1.555	9.8	4.2	6.3	1.50	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 Yrs		9	15	.375	5.33	233.0	247	153	138	36	119	167	6	1.571	9.5		6.5	1.40	1.4	106

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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)

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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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

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