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Thurman Tucker

Thurman Lowell Tucker (Joe E.)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 26, 1917 in Gordon, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians 1942-1951

Final Game: April 29, 1951
Died: May 7, 1993 in Oklahoma City, OK
Buried: Gordon Cemetery, Gordon, TX
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All-Star

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	Pos	Awards
1936	18	SIS	D	117	496	496		158	25	7	8						.319	.319	.446	.764		221					SIS · ARMO
1937	19	CIN-min	C																								ELD · CSTL
1938	20	ABB,GVL	D,C	105	427	427		104	14	5	4						.244	.244	.328	.571		140					ABB,GVL · EVAN,CSTL
1939	21	BOS-min	C	136	463	463		138	17	10	8						.298	.298	.430	.728		199					CKD · CSTL
1940	22	CKD,OKC	C,A1	137	534	534		189	31	18	8						.354	.354	.524	.878		280					CKD,OKC · CSTL,TL
1941	23	CLE-min	A1	151	566	566		139	18	12	1						.246	.246	.325	.571		184					OKC · TL
1942	24	FTW	A1	144	559	559		175	24	10	1						.313	.313	.397	.710		222					FTW · TL
1942	24	CHW	AL	7	24	24	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.208	.333	-6	5	0	0	0	/8O
1943	25	CHW	AL	139	616	528	81	124	15	6	3	39	29	17	79	72	.235	.336	.303	.639	88	160	5	1	8	*8O
1944	26	CHW	AL	124	504	446	59	128	15	6	2	46	13	12	57	40	.287	.368	.361	.729	110	161	4	0	1	*8O	AS
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	28	CHW	AL	121	497	438	62	126	20	3	1	36	9	10	54	45	.288	.367	.354	.721	105	155	2	1	4	*8O
1947	29	CHW	AL	89	293	254	28	60	9	4	1	17	10	4	38	25	.236	.336	.315	.651	85	80	0	0	1	8O
1948	30	CLE	AL	83	274	242	52	63	13	2	1	19	11	2	31	17	.260	.347	.343	.690	86	83	3	1	0	8O
1949	31	CLE	AL	80	217	197	28	48	5	2	0	14	4	2	18	19	.244	.307	.289	.596	60	57	3	0	2	8O/7
1950	32	CLE	AL	57	116	101	13	18	2	0	1	7	1	0	14	14	.178	.284	.228	.512	35	23	0	1	0	O87/9
1951	33	CLE-min	AAA	88	259	234	35	52	8	2	0	4	2		21	33	.222	.286	.274	.560		64		0	4		SDG · PCL
1951	33	CLE	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1952	34	OKC,SDG	AA,Opn	119	283	268	7	67	9	0	0	5	2		14	18	.250	.287	.284	.571		76		0	1		OKC,SDG · TL,PCL
1954	36	LUB	C	25	86	86		31	5	0	2						.360	.360	.488	.849		42					LUB · WTNM
1955	37	CRL	C	114	395	395		148	25	3	8						.375	.375	.514	.889		203					CRL · LONG
1956	38	CRL	B	128	445	445		136	31	3	6						.306	.306	.429	.735		191					CRL · SWLG
1957	39	HOB	B	16	22	22		6	2	0	0						.273	.273	.364	.636		8					HOB · SWLG
9 Yrs				701	2542	2231	325	570	79	24	9	179	77	47	291	237	.255	.342	.325	.667	89	724	17	4	16
162 Game Avg.				162	587	516	75	132	18	6	2	41	18	11	67	55	.255	.342	.325	.667	89	167	4	1	4

CHW (5 yrs)				480	1934	1690	232	441	59	20	7	139	61	43	228	186	.261	.349	.332	.681	97	561	11	2	14
CLE (4 yrs)				221	608	541	93	129	20	4	2	40	16	4	63	51	.238	.320	.301	.621	66	163	6	2	2

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	Awards
1942	24	CHW	AL	7	24	-3	0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.5	0	-4	-0.4	.432	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/8O
1943	25	CHW	AL	139	616	-6	0	0	5	-1	-2	-0.2	13	11	1.1	.499	.499	0.5	0.5	6	$	*8O
1944	26	CHW	AL	124	504	7	-2	0	12	-1	17	1.9	10	27	2.9	.515	.512	1.6	1.3	15	$	*8O	AS

1946	28	CHW	AL	121	497	5	-1	0	2	-1	5	0.5	13	17	1.8	.504	.503	1.6	0.2	15	$	*8O
1947	29	CHW	AL	89	293	-4	1	0	-2	-0	-5	-0.6	8	2	0.1	.493	.496	0.4	-0.3	4	$	8O
1948	30	CLE	AL	83	274	-4	2	2	4	-0	3	0.3	7	10	1.0	.504	.502	0.6	0.4	6	$	8O
1949	31	CLE	AL	80	217	-11	2	1	2	-0	-7	-0.7	6	-1	-0.1	.492	.496	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	8O/7
1950	32	CLE	AL	57	116	-10	-0	0	-2	-1	-12	-1.2	3	-9	-0.9	.479	.493	-0.7	-0.3	-7	$	O87/9
1951	33	CLE	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
9 Seasons				701	2542	-26	1	3	20	-5	-6	-0.5	59	53	5.5	.499	.500	3.4	1.8	33	$

CHW (5 yrs)				480	1934	-1	-2	0	16	-3	10	1.0	44	54	5.5	.502	.501	3.8	1.5	38	$
CLE (4 yrs)				221	608	-25	3	3	4	-2	-16	-1.6	16	-1	0.0	.493	.498	-0.4	0.2	-5	$

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	PwrSpd
1942	24	CHW	AL	24	21	1	1.3	92	.150	.125	.262	.125	.336	.208	.367	.333	.703	-6	.105	-3.6	-0.4	.238	.083	.083
1943	25	CHW	AL	616	434	54	3.4	86	.267	.235	.255	.336	.329	.303	.352	.639	.681	88	.449	-5.9	-0.6	.592	.241	.068	5.4
1944	26	CHW	AL	504	335	58	4.7	90	.312	.287	.266	.368	.332	.361	.363	.729	.695	110	.568	7.6	0.8	.656	.204	.074	3.5

1946	28	CHW	AL	497	328	55	4.5	92	.319	.288	.259	.367	.333	.354	.372	.721	.705	105	.534	5.4	0.6	.645	.187	.066	1.8
1947	29	CHW	AL	293	199	28	3.8	92	.259	.236	.257	.336	.336	.315	.369	.651	.705	85	.452	-4.0	-0.4	.626	.252	.079	1.8
1948	30	CLE	AL	274	184	30	4.3	103	.277	.260	.269	.347	.354	.343	.389	.690	.743	86	.472	-4.1	-0.4	.674	.248	.083	1.8
1949	31	CLE	AL	217	156	18	3.1	105	.270	.244	.268	.307	.360	.289	.390	.596	.750	60	.324	-11.9	-1.2	.500	.147	.046	.0
1950	32	CLE	AL	116	83	7	2.2	110	.198	.178	.274	.284	.360	.228	.410	.512	.770	35	.189	-9.8	-0.9	.470	.198	.050	1.0
1951	33	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	97		.000	.260	.000	.340	.000	.382	.000	.722	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
9 Yrs				2542	1741	251	3.9	93	.283	.255	.262	.342	.338	.325	.370	.667	.708	89	.467	-26.6	-2.6	.608	.213	.069	16.1
162 Game Avg.				587	402	58	3.9	93	.283	.255	.262	.342	.338	.325	.370	.667	.708	89	.467	-26.6	-2.6	.608	.213	.069	4

CHW (5 yrs)				1934	1317	196	4.0	90	.290	.261	.259	.349	.332	.332	.363	.681	.695	97	.500	-0.5	-0.1	.621	.217	.071	12.6
CLE (4 yrs)				608	424	55	3.4	105	.260	.238	.270	.320	.357	.301	.393	.621	.751	66	.365	-26.1	-2.5	.569	.201	.063	3.6

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	30	CLE	AL	WS	BSN	W	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1944	CHW	AL	26	as CF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1942	24	CHW	AL	24	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	4.2%	33%		6.0		24.0		83%
1943	25	CHW	AL	616	0.5%	11.7%	12.8%	3.9%	19%	0.91	7.3	176.0	13.5		74%
1944	26	CHW	AL	504	0.4%	7.9%	11.3%	4.6%	18%	0.70	11.2	223.0	9.7		80%

1946	28	CHW	AL	497	0.2%	9.1%	10.9%	4.8%	19%	0.83	9.7	438.0	12.2		79%
1947	29	CHW	AL	293	0.3%	8.5%	13.0%	4.8%	23%	0.66	10.2	254.0	14.9		78%
1948	30	CLE	AL	274	0.4%	6.2%	11.3%	5.8%	25%	0.55	14.2	242.0	12.7	1.43	82%
1949	31	CLE	AL	217	0.0%	8.8%	8.3%	3.2%	15%	1.06	10.4		14.1	1.40	82%
1950	32	CLE	AL	116	0.9%	12.1%	12.1%	2.6%	17%	1.00	7.2	101.0	14.4	1.03	74%
1951	33	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
9 Yrs				2542	0.4%	9.3%	11.5%	4.4%	20%	0.81	9.4	247.9	12.5	1.34	78%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.3%	9.4%	6.0%	26%	0.99	9.5	60.5	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1942	24	CHW	AL	-3.6	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	25	CHW	AL	-5.9	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	26	CHW	AL	7.6	0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	28	CHW	AL	5.4	0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	29	CHW	AL	-4.4	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	30	CLE	AL	-4.1	-0.4	289	-0.3	4.0	-4.4	.88	-0.4	0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.94	-2.7	1.16	11
1949	31	CLE	AL	-11.9	-1.2	225	-0.5	3.7	-4.2	1.12	-0.8	0.3	-7.5	-0.7	0.90	-8.7	1.80	22
1950	32	CLE	AL	-9.9	-1.0	119	0.5	2.6	-2.1	1.05	-0.2	0.7	-4.1	-0.4	0.93	-5.5	1.41	20
1951	33	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.17	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0.17	1
9 Yrs				-27.2	-2.7	634	-0.3	10.3	-10.6	1.00	-1.4	1.1	-14.6	-1.4	0.92	-17.2	1.50	54

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	30	CLE	AL	3	54%	136	11	2	85%	10	2	1	1	1	2	57%	19	13	5	3	0	3	15	2	13
1949	31	CLE	AL	4	42%	104	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	1	2	56%	20	11	9	2	1	1	10	2	8
1950	32	CLE	AL	3	38%	50	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	3	1	40%	6	5	1	5	3	2	4	0	3
1951	33	CLE	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				10	37%	290	77	47	62%	15	4	1	2	5	5	54%	45	29	15	10	4	6	29	4	24

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
1948	30	CLE	AL	274	77%	63			11	4	0	0	1.16	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		54	3	6%	24	2	8%	144	18	13%	11	4	36%	7	4	57%	0
1949	31	CLE	AL	217	82%	48			22	2	0	1	1.80	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	31	3	10%	19	5	26%	108	17	16%	12	6	50%	6	2	33%	0
1950	32	CLE	AL	116	72%	18			20	4	0	1	1.41	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		16	0	0%	8	2	25%	62	7	11%	7	2	29%	3	1	33%	0
1951	33	CLE	AL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				608	78%	570			54	10	0	2	1.50	9	0	13	1	1	2	0	0	2	16	800%	101	17	17%	51	9	18%	315	42	13%	30	12	40%	16	7	44%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			299%			32%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1942	24	7	24	24	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.208	.333	-6	5	0	0	0
1943	25	146	640	552	83	127	15	7	3	40	29	17	79	76	.230	.328	.299	.626	84	165	5	1	8
1944	26	270	1144	998	142	255	30	13	5	86	42	29	136	116	.256	.345	.327	.672	96	326	9	1	9
1945	27	270	1144	998	142	255	30	13	5	86	42	29	136	116	.256	.345	.327	.672	96	326	9	1	9
1946	28	391	1641	1436	204	381	50	16	6	122	51	39	190	161	.265	.352	.335	.687	99	481	11	2	13
1947	29	480	1934	1690	232	441	59	20	7	139	61	43	228	186	.261	.349	.332	.681	97	561	11	2	14
1948	30	563	2208	1932	284	504	72	22	8	158	72	45	259	203	.261	.349	.333	.682	95	644	14	3	14
1949	31	643	2425	2129	312	552	77	24	8	172	76	47	277	222	.259	.345	.329	.675	92	701	17	3	16
1950	32	700	2541	2230	325	570	79	24	9	179	77	47	291	236	.256	.343	.325	.667	89	724	17	4	16
1951	33	701	2542	2231	325	570	79	24	9	179	77	47	291	237	.255	.342	.325	.667	89	724	17	4	16

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1942	24	7	26	26	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	.154	.154	.231	.385	1	7
1943	25	146	665	566	97	141	17	7	3	47	33	90	76	.249	.353	.320	.673	64	139
1944	26	130	538	474	68	142	17	7	2	53	14	63	42	.300	.382	.378	.759	68	124

1946	28	126	534	468	73	142	23	3	1	42	10	61	47	.303	.385	.372	.757	67	121
1947	29	92	311	268	32	67	10	4	1	20	11	42	26	.250	.352	.328	.680	31	89
1948	30	87	285	252	53	65	13	2	1	19	11	32	18	.258	.344	.337	.681	29	83
1949	31	84	225	205	28	49	5	2	0	14	4	18	20	.239	.300	.283	.583	18	80
1950	32	60	120	105	13	18	2	0	1	7	1	14	15	.171	.275	.219	.494	6	57
1951	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
9 Yrs		733	2705	2365	367	628	87	26	9	204	84	320	249	.266	.354	.336	.690	284	701
162 Game Avg.		162	598	523	81	139	19	6	2	45	19	71	55	.266	.354	.336	.690	63	701

* 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

All-Star Games 1944 (CF)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1944 AL 1.3 (5th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1943 AL 81 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1943 AL 79 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1943 AL 72 (7th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1943 AL 29 (3rd) 1944 AL 13 (6th) 1946 AL 9 (9th) 1947 AL 10 (9th) 1948 AL 11 (5th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1943 AL 17 (2nd) 1944 AL 12 (3rd) 1946 AL 10 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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