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
About biographical information

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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
1990	22	STL-min	Rk,A-	4	7	.364	4.34	14	14	0	0	0	0	74.2	76	61	36	6	30	1	57	4	0	5			1.420	9.2	0.7	3.6	6.9	1.90	JOH,HAM · APPY,NYPL
1991	23	STL-min	A+,A	11	9	.550	2.27	27	27	0	2	1	0	166.1	154	59	42	4	31	0	106	4	2	4	671		1.112	8.3	0.2	1.7	5.7	3.42	SPT,SPR · FLOR,MIDW
1992	24	STL-min	AAA,AA	8	11	.421	3.51	26	26	0	2	1	0	154.0	140	73	60	12	52	2	87	9	1	6	647		1.247	8.2	0.7	3.0	5.1	1.67	LOU,ARK · AA,TL
1993	25	STL-min	AAA	9	5	.643	2.47	18	13	2	0	0	1	94.2	86	29	26	4	23	1	65	2	0	2	377		1.151	8.2	0.4	2.2	6.2	2.83	LOU · AA
1993	25	STL	NL	1	3	.250	4.65	18	9	2	0	0	0	62.0	73	44	32	4	26	2	33	0	1	1	283	85	1.597	10.6	0.6	3.8	4.8	1.27
1994	26	STL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	5.77	7	7	0	0	0	0	43.2	51	31	28	6	11	0	42	4	0	4	196		1.420	10.5	1.2	2.3	8.7	3.82	LOU · AA
1994	26	STL	NL	3	7	.300	5.15	20	10	2	0	0	0	80.1	98	48	46	12	21	0	43	3	1	4	354	81	1.481	11.0	1.3	2.4	4.8	2.05
1995	27	STL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.93	2	2	0	0	0	0	15.1	16	6	5	0	5	0	11	0	0	0	65		1.370	9.4	0.0	2.9	6.5	2.20	LOU · AA
1995	27	STL	NL	3	5	.375	3.70	24	13	2	0	0	0	82.2	99	40	34	11	21	4	52	2	0	5	354	112	1.452	10.8	1.2	2.3	5.7	2.48
1996	28	STL-DET-min	AAA	2	5	.286	4.03	11	10	0	0	0	0	58.0	58	34	26	7	19	0	36	2	0	3	244		1.328	9.0	1.1	2.9	5.6	1.89	LOU,TOL · AA,IL
1996	28	TOT	MLB	3	2	.600	8.15	19	4	3	0	0	0	35.1	46	32	32	11	18	0	21	2	0	3	170	60	1.811	11.7	2.8	4.6	5.3	1.17
1996	28	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	7.71	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	15	10	10	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	53	56	1.629	11.6	2.3	3.1	0.8	0.25
1996	28	DET	AL	2	2	.500	8.37	16	2	3	0	0	0	23.2	31	22	22	8	14	0	20	2	0	3	117	62	1.901	11.8	3.0	5.3	7.6	1.43
1997	29	TEX-WSN-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.42	51	4	11	0	0	1	84.1	90	34	32	9	25	1	46	0	0	1	353		1.364	9.6	1.0	2.7	4.9	1.84	OKC,OTT · AA,IL
1998	30	STL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.96	7	6	1	0	0	0	36.1	38	17	16	3	12	0	17	2	0	0	154		1.376	9.4	0.7	3.0	4.2	1.42	MEM · PCL
4 Yrs				10	17	.370	4.98	81	36	9	0	0	0	260.1	316	164	144	38	86	6	149	7	2	13	1161	84	1.544	10.9	1.3	3.0	5.2	1.73
162 Game Avg.				6	10	.370	4.98	47	21	5	0	0	0	151	184	95	84	22	50	3	87	4	1	8	675	84	1.544	10.9	1.3	3.0	5.2	1.73

STL (4 yrs)				8	15	.348	4.64	65	34	6	0	0	0	236.2	285	142	122	30	72	6	129	5	2	10	1044	89	1.508	10.8	1.1	2.7	4.9	1.79
DET (1 yr)				2	2	.500	8.37	16	2	3	0	0	0	23.2	31	22	22	8	14	0	20	2	0	3	117	62	1.901	11.8	3.0	5.3	7.6	1.43

NL (4 yrs)				8	15	.348	4.64	65	34	6	0	0	0	236.2	285	142	122	30	72	6	129	5	2	10	1044	89	1.508	10.8	1.1	2.7	4.9	1.79
AL (1 yr)				2	2	.500	8.37	16	2	3	0	0	0	23.2	31	22	22	8	14	0	20	2	0	3	117	62	1.901	11.8	3.0	5.3	7.6	1.43

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
1993	25	STL	NL	62.0	18	9	44	6.39	4.74	-0.11	0.07	93.8	4.61	-13	-1.3	.5	0.0	-0.8	-6	.428	.492	$109,000
1994	26	STL	NL	80.1	20	10	48	5.38	4.50	0.33	0.01	98.2	4.11	-12	-1.1	.8	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.443	.493	$130,000
1995	27	STL	NL	82.2	24	13	40	4.35	4.68	0.30	0.09	98.4	4.40	-0	-0.0	.6	-0.1	0.5	8	.499	.500	$150,000
1996	28	STL	NL	11.2	3	2	10	7.71	4.35	0.63	0.15	103.1	3.99	-5	-0.4	.1	-0.0	-0.3	-4	.361	.497	$180,000
1996	28	DET	AL	23.2	16	2	22	8.37	5.67	-0.49	-0.19	103.2	6.16	-6	-0.5	.8	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.466	.497	$
4 Seasons				260.1	81	36	164	5.67	4.71	0.16	0.04	97.9	4.50	-36	-3.4	.7	-0.1	-1.5	-11	.458	.496	$569,000

STL (4 yrs)				236.2	65	34	142	5.40	4.62	0.22	0.06	97.4	4.33	-30	-2.9	.6	-0.1	-1.2	-8	.456	.496	$569,000
DET (1 yr)				23.2	16	2	22	8.37	5.67	-0.49	-0.19	103.2	6.16	-6	-0.5	.8	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.466	.497	$

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
1993	25	STL	NL	18	283	247	44	73	16	3	4	1	6	26	33	.296	.355	.433	.788	.319	107	6	0	4	6	2	8
1994	26	STL	NL	20	354	325	48	98	22	2	12	3	6	21	43	.302	.348	.492	.840	.316	160	9	3	3	2	0	5
1995	27	STL	NL	24	354	325	40	99	16	2	11	4	3	21	52	.305	.351	.468	.818	.336	152	12	2	6	0	4	2
1996	28	TOT	MLB	19	170	147	32	46	3	1	11	4	2	18	21	.313	.391	.571	.962	.299	84	2	2	1	2	0	2
1996	28	DET	AL	16	117	100	22	31	1	1	8	3	1	14	20	.310	.402	.580	.982	.315	58	1	2	0	1	0	1
1996	28	STL	NL	3	53	47	10	15	2	0	3	1	1	4	1	.319	.365	.553	.919	.273	26	1	0	1	1	0	1
4 Yrs				81	1161	1044	164	316	57	8	38	12	17	86	149	.303	.357	.482	.838	.321	503	29	7	14	10	6	17
162 Game Avg.				47	675	607	95	184	33	5	22	7	10	50	87	.303	.357	.482	.838	.321	292	17	4	8	6	3	10
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.417	.755	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1993	25	STL	NL	-8.4	-0.8	290	-1.0	4.5	-5.4	1.01	-1.0	-0.0	-12.7	-1.2	1.01	-11.7	0	2	6
1994	26	STL	NL	-7.4	-0.7	369	-1.6	5.4	-7.1	.91	-0.9	-0.9	-9.3	-0.9	0.91	-8.7	1	4	5
1995	27	STL	NL	3.6	0.4	366	0.6	6.9	-6.3	1.02	-0.1	0.7	2.5	0.3	1.02	-1.3	1	3	6
1996	28	TOT	MLB	-11.3	-1.0	178	-0.7	2.2	-2.9	.77	-1.0	0.1	-9.7	-0.9	0.77	-10.2	2	5	7
1996	28	STL	NL	-3.8	-0.4	55	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.84	-0.2	0.1	-4.5	-0.4	0.84	-2.1	0	0	1
1996	28	DET	AL	-7.4	-0.7	123	-0.6	1.4	-2.0	.74	-0.8	0.0	-5.2	-0.5	0.74	-8.1	2	5	6
4 Yrs				-23.4	-2.2	1203	-2.7	19.0	-21.7	.95	-3.0	0.2	-29.2	-2.8	0.95	-31.9	4	14	24

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	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1993	25	STL	NL	18	9	1	2	6	0	2	6	3	.667	2	3	0	0	6	67%	47.6	66	26	17	8	1	3	5.1	3.7	5.6	86	2	6	1	0	103
1994	26	STL	NL	20	10	3	5	2	1	1	3	7	.300	1	1	0	0	3	30%	44.9	78	20	18	4	1	5	4.0	4.9	5.6	90	3	4	1	1	130
1995	27	STL	NL	24	13	2	5	6	0	2	5	8	.385	2	1	0	0	7	54%	47.6	71	17	10	5	1	6	3.1	3.3	5.3	78	6	6	0	0	97
1996	28	TOT	MLB	19	4	1	1	2	1	0	3	1	.750	0	1	0	0	0	0%	0.0	57	27	15	8	0	4	5.8	6.2	5.0	81	2	2	0	0	91
1996	28	STL	NL	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	48.0	57	39	2	0	0	2	4.5	3.3	5.7	81	1	1	0	0	91
1996	28	DET	AL	16	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.5	28	27	13	8	0	2	7.4	10.1	4.3	81	1	1	0	0	85
4 Yrs				81	36	7	13	16	2	5	17	19	.472	5	6	0	0	16	44%	46	78	17	60	25	3	18	4.2	4.2	5.4	83	13	18	2	1	130
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	99	-11					4.9	4.8	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1993	25	STL	NL	18	9	2	0	1	1	1	0%	1	0	9	5	56%	8	1.009	0	2	6	3	0	6	4	5	4	5	4	1	3.8	20
1994	26	STL	NL	20	10	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	8	3	38%	1	.912	1	4	5	1	2	7	4	6	7	2	8	0	7.4	41
1995	27	STL	NL	24	11	2	1	0	0	0		1	1	3	2	67%	7	1.025	1	3	6	3	2	6	2	9	4	3	4	0	3.6	19
1996	28	TOT	MLB	19	15	3	2	1	0	0		1	1	11	5	45%		.769	2	5	7	2	1	12	6	9	5	8	7	5	3.1	21
1996	28	STL	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.843	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	25
1996	28	DET	AL	16	14	3	2	1	0	0		1	1	11	5	45%	7	.736	2	5	6	2	1	11	6	8	5	7	7	5	3.2	21
4 Yrs				81	45	9	3	4	1	1	0%	3	2	31	15	48%		.949	4	14	24	9	5	31	16	29	20	18	23	6	4.3	25

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1993	25	STL	NL	283	17%	1.4%	11.7%	9.2%	8.1%	32%	0.86	1.14	76%	20%	3.8%	10%	63	6	10%
1994	26	STL	NL	354	21%	3.4%	12.2%	5.9%	10.2%	37%	0.93	1.10	77%	19%	10.1%	17%	77	9	12%
1995	27	STL	NL	354	23%	3.1%	14.7%	5.9%	8.2%	29%	0.94	1.29	74%	25%	9.2%	14%	59	12	20%
1996	28	TOT	MLB	170	32%	6.5%	12.4%	10.6%	8.8%	33%	0.65	0.89	69%	20%	16.4%	13%	42	2	5%
1996	28	STL	NL	53	40%	5.7%	1.9%	7.6%	9.4%	33%	0.88	1.36	83%	23%	15.0%	20%	11	1	9%
1996	28	DET	AL	117	28%	6.8%	17.1%	12.0%	8.6%	32%	0.54	0.67	62%	19%	17.0%	10%	31	1	3%
4 Yrs				1161	22%	3.3%	12.8%	7.4%	8.9%	33%	0.87	1.13	75%	21%	9.2%	14%	241	29	12%
MLB Averages					43%	2.6%	15.9%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.8%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	25	STL	NL	274	946	3.45	574	61%	25%	9%	27%	37%	73%	2%	45%	85%	60%	6%	16	8	16%	45	18	2	42%	5	6	9	1	12
1994	26	STL	NL	337	1217	3.61	742	61%	27%	10%	27%	37%	73%	0%	45%	87%	54%	4%	14	9	15%	52	21	0	32%	8	5	17	0	0
1995	27	STL	NL	337	1143	3.39	721	63%	26%	11%	25%	37%	74%	2%	46%	85%	60%	5%	18	14	19%	65	34	4	28%	15	1	17	0	0
1996	28	TOT	MLB	168	615	3.66	352	57%	33%	9%	22%	36%	67%	0%	39%	86%	55%	7%	11	8	17%	28	10	1	43%	2	3	2	0	0
1996	28	STL	NL	54	186	3.44	107	58%	34%	7%	15%	45%	66%	0%	38%	90%	52%	11%	6	6	11%	6	3	1	100%	0	0	-1	0	0
1996	28	DET	AL	114	429	3.76	245	57%	32%	11%	25%	32%	68%	0%	39%	84%	57%	4%	5	2	19%	22	7	0	40%	2	3	3	0	0
4 Yrs				1116	3921	3.51	2389	61%	27%	10%	26%	37%	72%	1%	44%	86%	57%	5%	59	39	17%	190	83	7	34%	30	15	45	1	12
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

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
1993	25	STL	NL	283	73	10	1	4	0	5	3	1	1	3	23	16	1	70%	8	1	0	117	1	6	14%	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1994	26	STL	NL	354	98	17	1	12	0	13	12	0	7	5	25	15	2	60%	5	4	1	119	3	6	33%	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	9	0
1995	27	STL	NL	354	99	13	2	11	0	3	8	3	4	7	14	3	3	21%	2	5	0	130	4	3	57%	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	7	0
1996	28	TOT	MLB	170	46	4	0	11	1	5	8	3	8	3	8	5	1	63%	2	3	0	66	4	2	67%	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	0
1996	28	STL	NL	53	15	2	0	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	0	67%	1	0	0	17	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1996	28	DET	AL	117	31	2	0	8	0	3	6	2	7	1	5	3	1	60%	1	3	0	49	3	1	75%	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	0
4 Yrs				1161	316	44	4	38	1	26	31	7	20	18	70	39	7	56%	17	13	1	432	12	17	41%	10	15	1	1	1	1	3	2	32	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1993	25	1	3	.250	4.65	18	9	2	62.0	73	44	32	4	26	2	33	0	1	1	283	85	1.597	10.6	0.6	3.8	4.8	1.27	85
1994	26	4	10	.286	4.93	38	19	4	142.1	171	92	78	16	47	2	76	3	2	5	637	82	1.532	10.8	1.0	3.0	4.8	1.62	82
1995	27	7	15	.318	4.48	62	32	6	225.0	270	132	112	27	68	6	128	5	2	10	991	92	1.502	10.8	1.1	2.7	5.1	1.88	92
1996	28	10	17	.370	4.98	81	36	9	260.1	316	164	144	38	86	6	149	7	2	13	1161	84	1.544	10.9	1.3	3.0	5.2	1.73	84

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: / / / 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	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
1993	25	2	4	.333	4.72	61.0	73	36	32	4	26	33	0	1.623	10.8	3.8	4.9	1.27	0.6	18
1994	26	4	8	.333	5.15	110.0	136	70	63	17	29	59	4	1.500	11.1	2.4	4.8	2.03	1.4	20
1995	27	5	4	.556	3.78	88.0	109	41	37	12	23	55	2	1.500	11.1	2.4	5.6	2.39	1.2	24
1996	28	1	3	.250	7.00	36.0	43	31	28	10	17	21	2	1.667	10.8	4.3	5.3	1.24	2.5	19
4 Yrs		12	19	.387	4.88	295.0	361	178	160	43	95	168	8	1.546	11.0		5.1	1.77	1.3	81

* 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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Steve Searcy (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Reed (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lenny DiNardo (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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