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Tom Underwood

Thomas Gerald Underwood

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 22, 1953 in Kokomo, IN
High School: Kokomo HS (Kokomo, IN)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Signed August 27, 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1974
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Phillies/BlueJays/Yankees/Orioles/... 1974-1984

Final Game: September 23, 1984
Died: November 22, 2010 in West Palm Beach, FL
Relatives: Brother of Pat Underwood
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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
1974 20 PHI NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 21 PHI NL 35 84 74 4 9 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 19 .122 .156 .135 .291 -20 10 3 0 7 0 0 1
1976 22 PHI NL 34 52 46 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 18 .109 .163 .109 .272 -22 5 3 0 3 0 0 1
1977 23 TOT NL 33 42 33 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 .121 .205 .152 .357 -2 5 1 0 3 2 0 1
1977 23 PHI NL 14 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
1977 23 STL NL 19 36 30 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .133 .206 .167 .373 2 5 1 0 2 1 0 1
1978 24 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 25 TOR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 26 NYY AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 27 TOT AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 27 NYY AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1981 27 OAK AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 28 OAK AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 29 OAK AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 30 BAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 380 179 154 10 18 2 0 0 16 0 0 10 45 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 20 7 0 13 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 76 66 4 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 19 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 9 3 0 6 1 0
PHI (4 yrs) 90 143 124 6 14 1 0 0 14 0 0 7 38 .113 .159 .121 .280 -22 15 6 0 11 1 0
OAK (3 yrs) 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (2 yrs) 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 19 36 30 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .133 .206 .167 .373 2 5 1 0 2 1 0
BAL (1 yr) 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 109 179 154 10 18 2 0 0 16 0 0 10 45 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 20 7 0 13 2 0

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
1974 20 PHI NL 7 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1975 21 PHI NL 35 84 -13 0 -1 0 9 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .487 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1
1976 22 PHI NL 34 52 -7 0 -1 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1977 23 PHI NL 14 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
1977 23 STL NL 19 36 -5 -0 -0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1978 24 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1979 25 TOR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1980 26 NYY AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1981 27 NYY AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1981 27 OAK AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 28 OAK AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 29 OAK AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1
1984 30 BAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
11 Seasons 380 179 -26 0 -2 0 20 -7 -0.8 5 -2 -0.8 .498 .500 -0.8 0.3 -2 $
PHI (4 yrs) 90 143 -21 0 -1 0 16 -7 -0.7 4 -3 -0.7 .492 .499 -0.7 0.0 -3 $
OAK (3 yrs) 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $
NYY (2 yrs) 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
TOR (2 yrs) 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $
STL (1 yr) 19 36 -5 -0 -0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $
BAL (1 yr) 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1974 20 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 98 .000 .267 .000 .340 .000 .386 .000 .726 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1975 21 PHI NL 84 75 2 0.7 99 .164 .122 .270 .156 .342 .135 .390 .291 .732 -20 .036 -12.5 -1.3 .191 .054 .014
1976 22 PHI NL 52 47 1 0.6 94 .179 .109 .266 .163 .333 .109 .379 .272 .712 -22 .026 -7.6 -0.8 .182 .065 .000
1977 23 TOT NL 42 35 1 0.8 103 .143 .121 .269 .205 .337 .152 .410 .357 .746 -2 .036 -4.7 -0.5 .300 .152 .030
1977 23 PHI NL 6 5 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .275 .200 .344 .000 .419 .200 .763 -42 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
1977 23 STL NL 36 30 1 0.9 102 .167 .133 .268 .206 .336 .167 .409 .373 .744 2 .048 -4.1 -0.4 .296 .133 .033
11 Yrs 179 158 4 0.7 99 .162 .117 .269 .169 .338 .130 .391 .299 .729 -17 .033 -25.1 -2.6 .210 .078 .013
162 Game Avg. 76 67 2 0.7 99 .162 .117 .269 .169 .338 .130 .391 .299 .729 -17 .033 -25.1 -2.6 .210 .078 .013
PHI (4 yrs) 143 128 3 0.6 98 .161 .113 .269 .159 .338 .121 .387 .280 .725 -22 .030 -21.0 -2.2 .190 .065 .008
STL (1 yr) 36 30 1 0.9 102 .167 .133 .268 .206 .336 .167 .409 .373 .744 2 .048 -4.1 -0.4 .296 .133 .033

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
1976 22 PHI NL NLCS CIN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 26 NYY AL ALCS KCR L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 OAK AL ALDS KCR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 OAK AL ALCS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 20 PHI NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1975 21 PHI NL 84 0.0% 22.6% 3.6% 1.2% 11% 6.33 3.9 9.3 1.80 65%
1976 22 PHI NL 52 0.0% 34.6% 5.8% 0.0% 0% 6.00 2.6 9.2 1.42 54%
1977 23 TOT NL 42 0.0% 16.7% 9.5% 2.4% 25% 1.75 4.7 11.0 1.15 67%
1977 23 PHI NL 6 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.00 3.0 1.50 67%
1977 23 STL NL 36 0.0% 19.4% 8.3% 2.8% 25% 2.33 4.3 15.0 1.09 67%
11 Yrs 179 0.0% 25.1% 5.6% 1.1% 11% 4.50 3.4 9.6 1.51 62%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.0% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.54 6.8 46.1 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 20 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .40 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.17 -0.3 0
1975 21 PHI NL -12.5 -1.3 85 -0.8 0.7 -1.5 .87 -1.3 0.4 -11.1 -1.1 0.98 -13.9 0
1976 22 PHI NL -7.7 -0.8 54 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 .99 -0.7 0.4 -4.7 -0.5 1.03 -7.2 0
1977 23 TOT NL -4.7 -0.5 42 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .76 -0.5 0.0 -4.9 -0.5 0.85 -5.4 0
1977 23 PHI NL -0.6 -0.1 6 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .40 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.85 -0.5 0
1977 23 STL NL -4.1 -0.4 36 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .82 -0.4 -0.0 -4.6 -0.5 0.85 -4.9 0
1978 24 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1979 25 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1980 26 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1981 27 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1981 27 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1981 27 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1982 28 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1983 29 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1984 30 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -25.2 -2.6 182 -1.4 1.7 -3.1 .88 -2.5 0.9 -21.0 -2.1 0.97 -26.8 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 20 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 21 PHI NL 0 0 33% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 75% 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1976 22 PHI NL 1 0 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1977 23 TOT NL 0 0 50% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1977 23 PHI NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 23 STL NL 0 0 57% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
11 Yrs 1 0 36% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 42% 8 5 3 0 0 0 4 2 2

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
1974 20 PHI NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 21 PHI NL 84 26% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 14 3 21% 17 4 24% 61 8 13% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
1976 22 PHI NL 52 27% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 9 3 33% 10 3 30% 40 6 15% 5 3 60% 0 0 0
1977 23 TOT NL 42 43% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 1 25% 7 5 71% 19 3 16% 3 3 100% 2 1 50% 0
1977 23 PHI NL 6 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1977 23 STL NL 36 39% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 5 3 60% 16 2 13% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
11 Yrs 179 30% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 18 13 72% 27 7 26% 35 12 34% 121 17 14% 13 8 62% 4 1 25% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 35% 14% 51% 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
1974 20 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 21 42 85 75 4 9 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 20 .120 .154 .133 .287 -21 10 3 0 7 0 0
1976 22 76 137 121 6 14 1 0 0 13 0 0 6 38 .116 .157 .124 .281 -21 15 6 0 10 0 0
1977 23 109 179 154 10 18 2 0 0 16 0 0 10 45 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 20 7 0 13 2 0
1978 24 140 179 154 10 18 2 0 0 16 0 0 10 45 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 20 7 0 13 2 0
1979 25 173 179 154 10 18 2 0 0 16 0 0 10 45 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 20 7 0 13 2 0
1980 26 211 179 154 10 18 2 0 0 16 0 0 10 45 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 20 7 0 13 2 0
1981 27 236 179 154 10 18 2 0 0 16 0 0 10 45 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 20 7 0 13 2 0
1982 28 292 179 154 10 18 2 0 0 16 0 0 10 45 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 20 7 0 13 2 0
1983 29 343 179 154 10 18 2 0 0 16 0 0 10 45 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 20 7 0 13 2 0
1984 30 380 179 154 10 18 2 0 0 16 0 0 10 45 .117 .169 .130 .299 -17 20 7 0 13 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 20 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1975 21 35 85 75 5 10 1 0 0 10 0 3 19 .133 .167 .147 .313 2 35
1976 22 34 54 47 2 6 0 0 0 6 0 4 18 .128 .196 .128 .324 1 34
1977 23 33 42 33 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 4 7 .121 .205 .152 .357 1 33
4 Yrs 109 182 156 11 20 2 0 0 19 0 11 45 .128 .183 .141 .324 4 109
162 Game Avg. 162 270 232 16 30 3 0 0 28 0 16 67 .128 .183 .141 .324 6 109

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1953-12-22 (5th)

                                         

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