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Tom Urbani

Thomas James Urbani

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 21, 1968 in Santa Cruz, CA
High School: Harbor HS (Santa Cruz, CA)
School: California State University Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1993
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Tigers 1993-1996

Final Game: August 4, 1996
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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
1993 25 STL NL 18 20 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .188 .278 .188 .465 30 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1994 26 STL NL 20 29 24 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .250 .308 .250 .558 50 6 0 0 3 0 0 1
1995 27 STL NL 24 24 19 3 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 6 .316 .409 .526 .935 147 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
1996 28 TOT MLB 21 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 28 STL NL 5 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1996 28 DET AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs 83 79 65 6 16 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 18 .246 .319 .308 .627 68 20 0 0 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 154 127 12 31 2 0 2 8 0 0 14 35 .246 .319 .308 .627 68 39 0 0 14 0 0
STL (4 yrs) 67 79 65 6 16 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 18 .246 .319 .308 .627 68 20 0 0 7 0 0
DET (1 yr) 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 67 79 65 6 16 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 18 .246 .319 .308 .627 68 20 0 0 7 0 0
AL (1 yr) 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1993 25 STL NL 18 20 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $109,000 1
1994 26 STL NL 20 29 -2 -0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .511 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $130,000 1
1995 27 STL NL 24 24 1 -0 0 0 3 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .519 .503 0.4 0.0 5 $150,000 1
1996 28 STL NL 5 6 -1 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .486 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $180,000 /1
1996 28 DET AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
4 Seasons 83 79 -3 -1 0 0 11 7 0.7 2 9 0.6 .508 .501 0.6 0.1 9 $569,000
STL (4 yrs) 67 79 -3 -1 0 0 11 7 0.7 2 9 0.6 .511 .501 0.6 0.0 9 $569,000
DET (1 yr) 16 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
1993 25 STL NL 20 15 1 1.8 101 .300 .188 .267 .278 .332 .188 .407 .465 .739 30 .149 -1.6 -0.2 .385 .125 .000
1994 26 STL NL 29 21 2 2.6 108 .316 .250 .272 .308 .339 .250 .426 .558 .764 50 .231 -1.8 -0.2 .444 .083 .000
1995 27 STL NL 24 15 4 7.2 105 .417 .316 .268 .409 .337 .526 .417 .935 .755 147 .672 1.4 0.1 1.000 .368 .211 .0
1996 28 TOT MLB 6 5 0 0.0 106 .200 .167 .269 .167 .338 .167 .420 .333 .758 -11 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1996 28 STL NL 6 5 0 0.0 106 .200 .167 .269 .167 .338 .167 .420 .333 .758 -11 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
4 Yrs 79 56 7 3.4 105 .326 .246 .269 .319 .337 .308 .418 .627 .755 68 .341 -2.9 -0.3 .551 .169 .062 .0
162 Game Avg. 154 109 14 3.4 105 .326 .246 .269 .319 .337 .308 .418 .627 .755 68 .341 -2.9 -0.3 .551 .169 .062
NL (4 yrs) 79 56 7 3.4 105 .326 .246 .269 .319 .337 .308 .418 .627 .755 68 .340 -2.9 -0.3 .551 .169 .062 .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
1993 25 STL NL 20 0.0% 30.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.7 1.25 2.00 50% 17% 0.0% 0%
1994 26 STL NL 29 0.0% 17.2% 6.9% 0.0% 0% 2.50 4.8 24.0 0.80 1.29 66% 14% 0.0% 10%
1995 27 STL NL 24 4.2% 25.0% 12.5% 8.3% 33% 2.00 3.2 19.0 6.3 0.63 0.80 50% 20% 14.3% 13%
1996 28 TOT MLB 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 0.25 0.33 83% 20% 0.0% 50%
1996 28 STL NL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 0.25 0.33 83% 20% 0.0% 50%
4 Yrs 79 1.3% 22.8% 8.9% 2.5% 13% 2.57 3.6 65.0 16.3 0.73 1.11 58% 17% 4.5% 15%
MLB Averages 2.6% 15.9% 8.9% 7.6% 32% 1.78 5.6 34.2 7.5 0.83 1.10 71% 21% 7.8% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1993 25 STL NL -1.6 -0.2 20 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.07 -0.2 -0.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.88 -2.2 0
1994 26 STL NL -1.8 -0.2 30 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 1.00 -0.2 0.1 -1.9 -0.2 1.02 -2.2 0
1995 27 STL NL 1.4 0.1 24 0.2 0.6 -0.4 1.05 0.2 0.0 1.3 0.1 0.88 1.5 0
1996 28 TOT MLB -1.0 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .64 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.74 -1.0 0.43 2
1996 28 STL NL -1.0 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .64 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.74 -1.0 0.43 2
1996 28 DET AL 0.0 0.0
4 Yrs -3.0 -0.3 80 -0.3 1.0 -1.3 1.01 -0.3 0.0 -3.7 -0.4 0.92 -3.9 0.43 2

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
1993 25 STL NL 0 0 40% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1994 26 STL NL 0 0 13% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 27 STL NL 0 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1996 28 TOT MLB 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 28 STL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 0 0 23% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14% 5 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0

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
1993 25 STL NL 20 80% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 12 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1994 26 STL NL 29 66% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 5 0 0% 4 4 100% 19 1 5% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
1995 27 STL NL 24 67% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 10 2 20% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 28 TOT MLB 6 67% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 28 STL NL 6 67% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 79 70% 16 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.43 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 9 7 78% 11 0 0% 11 6 55% 41 3 7% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 57% 71% 11% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1993 25 STL NL 20 73 3.65 49 67% 33% 12% 31% 24% 67% 0% 45% 82% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 5% 1 0 50% 0 0 0
1994 26 STL NL 28 118 4.21 76 64% 36% 9% 28% 28% 64% 0% 42% 86% 18% 7% 2 0 18% 5 2 11% 3 0 40% 1 0 0
1995 27 STL NL 23 92 4.00 59 64% 39% 12% 25% 24% 61% 0% 39% 81% 22% 4% 1 0 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 50% 1 0 0
1996 28 TOT MLB 5 18 3.60 13 72% 31% 0% 38% 31% 69% 0% 50% 100% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 1 0 0
1996 28 STL NL 5 18 3.60 13 72% 31% 0% 38% 31% 69% 0% 50% 100% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 1 0 0
4 Yrs 76 301 3.96 197 65% 36% 10% 28% 26% 64% 0% 42% 84% 28% 4% 3 0 8% 6 2 5% 4 0 50% 3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.68 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 28%

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
1993 25 18 20 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .188 .278 .188 .465 30 3 0 0 2 0 0
1994 26 38 49 40 3 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .225 .295 .225 .520 42 9 0 0 5 0 0
1995 27 62 73 59 6 15 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 17 .254 .333 .322 .655 76 19 0 0 7 0 0
1996 28 83 79 65 6 16 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 18 .246 .319 .308 .627 68 20 0 0 7 0 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
1993 25 18 20 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .188 .278 .188 .465 1 18
1994 26 28 41 34 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 .265 .324 .265 .589 3 20
1995 27 27 28 22 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 4 7 .318 .423 .500 .923 4 24
1996 28 21 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
4 Yrs 94 95 78 7 19 1 0 1 5 0 9 21 .244 .322 .295 .617 8 83
162 Game Avg. 162 164 134 12 33 2 0 2 9 0 16 36 .244 .322 .295 .617 14 83

* 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.

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