Tom Umphlett

Thomas Mullen Umphlett

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 12, 1930 in Scotland Neck, NC
High School: Ahoskie HS (Ahoskie, NC)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1953
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox 1953-1955

Final Game: September 24, 1955
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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
1950	20	BOS-min	D	94	367	367		117	16	10	8						.319	.319	.482	.801		177							MAR · OHIN
1951	21	BOS-min	D,B	115	445	445		136	24	5	14						.306	.306	.476	.782		212							HPT,ROA · NCSL,PIED
1952	22	BOS-min	AAA	124	570	518	75	144	24	9	8	80	6		48	42	.278	.340	.405	.746		210	8	1	3				LOU · AA
1953	23	BOS	AL	137	538	495	53	140	27	5	3	59	4	2	34	30	.283	.331	.376	.707	87	186	11	2	7			*8O	RoY-2
1954	24	WSH	AL	114	362	342	21	75	8	3	1	33	1	2	17	42	.219	.255	.269	.524	47	92	13	0	2	2		97/8
1955	25	WSH	AL	110	351	323	34	70	10	0	2	19	2	1	24	35	.217	.271	.266	.537	48	86	5	0	4	0	0	*897
1956	26	BOS-min	Opn	120	491	467	44	133	28	5	5	61	5		12	31	.285	.303	.398	.701		186	11	2	6	4			SFR · PCL
1957	27	BOS-min	Opn	102	321	305	43	71	17	1	4	35	2		13	42	.233	.266	.334	.600		102	6	1	1	1			SFR · PCL
1958	28	BOS-min	AAA	144	577	534	65	137	27	6	9	62	7		30	60	.257	.300	.380	.680		203		4	7	2	6		MNE · AA
1959	29	BOS-min	AAA	155	646	586	70	155	32	3	9	53	10		47	57	.265	.318	.375	.693		220		1	7	5	4		MNE · AA
1960	30	BOS-min	AAA	132	462	428	57	130	23	4	9	61	1		34	38	.304	.355	.439	.794		188							MNE · AA
1961	31	BOS-min	AAA	148	622	567	82	151	33	2	13	83	8	1	55	61	.266	.331	.400	.732		227							SLE · PCL
1962	32	BOS-NYY-min	AAA	105	413	379	39	90	16	1	8	42	2	2	25	34	.237	.280	.348	.628		132		0	2	7			SLE,RMD · PCL,IL
1963	33	NYY-min	AAA	117	386	361	37	85	15	2	11	51	2	0	25	50	.235	.285	.380	.664		137							RMD · IL
1964	34	MIN-min	AA	122	469	430	49	117	13	4	11	65	2	1	39	50	.272	.333	.398	.730		171							CHR · SOUL
1965	35	MIN-min	AA	138	541	495	70	135	21	4	12	73	2	4	46	47	.273	.335	.404	.739		200							CHR · SOUL
1966	36	MIN-min	AA	109	408	369	44	112	18	2	6	60	0	0	39	28	.304	.370	.412	.782		152							CHR · SOUL
1967	37	MIN-min	AA	31	94	82	5	23	4	0	2	11	0	0	12	5	.280	.372	.402	.775		33							CHR · SOUL
3 Yrs				361	1251	1160	108	285	45	8	6	111	7	5	75	107	.246	.292	.314	.606	65	364	29	2	13	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	561	521	48	128	20	4	3	50	3	2	34	48	.246	.292	.314	.606	65	163	13	1	6

WSH (2 yrs)				224	713	665	55	145	18	3	3	52	3	3	41	77	.218	.263	.268	.530	48	178	18	0	6	2	0
BOS (1 yr)				137	538	495	53	140	27	5	3	59	4	2	34	30	.283	.331	.376	.707	87	186	11	2	7

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
1953	23	BOS	AL	137	538	-8	-2	-0	12	-1	0	0.0	14	15	1.5	.500	.500	0.2	1.1	3	$	*8O	RoY-2
1954	24	WSH	AL	114	362	-20	-0	-1	1	-4	-25	-2.8	10	-15	-1.8	.475	.483	-2.0	-0.3	-17	$	97/8
1955	25	WSH	AL	110	351	-16	0	0	2	-2	-15	-1.6	10	-6	-0.6	.485	.490	-0.8	-0.0	-8	$	*897
3 Seasons				361	1251	-44	-2	-1	15	-8	-40	-4.4	34	-6	-0.9	.488	.491	-2.6	0.8	-21	$

WSH (2 yrs)				224	713	-36	0	-1	3	-7	-40	-4.4	19	-21	-2.4	.480	.486	-2.8	-0.4	-24	$
BOS (1 yr)				137	538	-8	-2	-0	12	-1	0	0.0	14	15	1.5	.500	.500	0.2	1.1	3	$

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
1953	23	BOS	AL	538	375	61	4.4	106	.297	.283	.274	.331	.351	.376	.404	.707	.755	87	.491	-9.6	-1.0	.609	.166	.093	3.4
1954	24	WSH	AL	362	286	23	2.2	95	.246	.219	.259	.255	.334	.269	.379	.524	.713	47	.224	-25.6	-2.7	.383	.096	.050	1.0
1955	25	WSH	AL	351	263	24	2.4	99	.238	.217	.262	.271	.341	.266	.390	.537	.730	48	.240	-24.0	-2.4	.429	.127	.050	2.0
3 Yrs				1251	924	108	3.1	101	.266	.246	.266	.292	.343	.314	.393	.606	.736	65	.345	-59.3	-6.0	.487	.134	.068	6.5
162 Game Avg.				561	415	48	3.1	101	.266	.246	.266	.292	.343	.314	.393	.606	.736	65	.345	-59.3	-6.0	.487	.134	.068	3

WSH (2 yrs)				713	549	47	2.3	97	.242	.218	.260	.263	.337	.268	.384	.530	.722	48	.232	-49.7	-5.1	.405	.111	.050	3.0
BOS (1 yr)				538	375	61	4.4	106	.297	.283	.274	.331	.351	.376	.404	.707	.755	87	.490	-9.6	-1.0	.609	.166	.093	3.4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	23	BOS	AL	538	0.6%	5.6%	6.3%	6.5%	25%	0.88	16.5	165.0	8.4	0.98	86%
1954	24	WSH	AL	362	0.3%	11.6%	4.7%	3.3%	16%	2.47	8.1	342.0	10.4	1.07	83%
1955	25	WSH	AL	351	0.6%	10.0%	6.8%	3.4%	17%	1.46	9.2	161.5	17.0	0.70	81%
3 Yrs				1251	0.5%	8.6%	6.0%	4.7%	21%	1.43	10.8	193.3	10.5	0.92	84%
MLB Averages					2.2%	10.9%	9.4%	6.6%	28%	1.17	8.1	40.5	8.1	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1953	23	BOS	AL	-10.2	-1.0	554	-0.2	9.7	-9.8	1.04	-0.7	0.6	3.5	0.3	0.96	-3.4	2.38	1
1954	24	WSH	AL	-25.2	-2.6	365	-2.3	4.8	-7.1	1.07	-2.3	0.1	-18.2	-1.9	1.01	-20.6	1.25	14
1955	25	WSH	AL	-24.5	-2.4	357	-0.3	6.0	-6.2	1.00	-1.4	1.1	-11.4	-1.2	0.93	-17.4	1.06	8
3 Yrs				-59.9	-6.1	1276	-2.8	20.4	-23.2	1.04	-4.4	1.7	-26.1	-2.7	0.97	-41.3	1.23	23

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
1953	23	BOS	AL	9	29%	220	4	2	67%	2	2	1	3	9	8	35%	25	19	4	8	6	1	19	5	13
1954	24	WSH	AL	9	22%	109	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	5	3	49%	22	13	9	4	4	0	7	0	7
1955	25	WSH	AL	13	35%	139	2	1	67%	1	1	1	1	4	7	49%	20	13	7	2	2	0	13	3	10
3 Yrs				31	29%	468	7	5	58%	4	5	2	4	18	18	43%	67	45	20	14	12	1	39	8	30

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
1953	23	BOS	AL	538	19%	140			1	0	0	0	2.38	3	0	16	2	1	1	2	0	7	7	100%	97	11	11%	46	14	30%	338	58	17%	27	13	48%	25	14	56%	0
1954	24	WSH	AL	362	37%	75			14	0	0	0	1.25	1	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	84	13	15%	37	11	30%	269	37	14%	24	11	46%	8	5	63%	0
1955	25	WSH	AL	351	36%	70			8	1	0	0	1.06	2	0	5	1	1	2	0	0	5	4	80%	76	5	7%	36	8	22%	207	23	11%	12	6	50%	4	3	75%	0
3 Yrs				1251	29%	285			23	1	0	0	1.23	6	0	38	4	2	3	3	0	14	13	93%	257	29	11%	119	33	28%	814	118	15%	63	30	48%	37	22	59%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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	SF	IBB
1953	23	137	538	495	53	140	27	5	3	59	4	2	34	30	.283	.331	.376	.707	87	186	11	2	7
1954	24	251	900	837	74	215	35	8	4	92	5	4	51	72	.257	.300	.332	.633	72	278	24	2	9	2
1955	25	361	1251	1160	108	285	45	8	6	111	7	5	75	107	.246	.292	.314	.606	65	364	29	2	13	2	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	23	143	556	513	53	142	27	5	3	58	4	34	31	.277	.324	.366	.691	61	137
1954	24	119	385	362	24	83	9	3	1	38	1	19	44	.229	.266	.279	.545	27	114
1955	25	115	367	338	37	74	11	0	2	20	2	25	37	.219	.273	.269	.542	25	110
3 Yrs		377	1308	1213	114	299	47	8	6	116	7	78	112	.246	.293	.313	.606	113	361
162 Game Avg.		162	562	521	49	128	20	3	3	50	3	34	48	.246	.293	.313	.606	49	361

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

AB per SO s c a p y 1953 AL 16.5 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1953 AL 16.5 (8th)

Similarity Scores

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