Tom Veryzer
Thomas Martin Veryzer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 11, 1953 in Port Jefferson, NY
High School: Islip (Islip, NY)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1973
Final Game: September 30, 1984
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Standard Batting

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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
1973 20 DET AL 18 22 20 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 .300 .364 .400 .764 110 8 0 0 0 0 0 6
1974 21 DET AL 22 60 55 4 13 2 0 2 9 1 0 5 8 .236 .300 .382 .682 94 21 0 0 0 0 0 6
1975 22 DET AL 128 439 404 37 102 13 1 5 48 2 6 23 76 .252 .297 .327 .624 74 132 7 5 2 5 1 *6
1976 23 DET AL 97 390 354 31 83 8 2 1 25 1 4 21 44 .234 .286 .277 .563 64 98 11 6 6 3 1 6
1977 24 DET AL 125 373 350 31 69 12 1 2 28 0 1 16 44 .197 .230 .254 .485 30 89 5 0 4 3 0 *6
1978 25 CLE AL 130 458 421 48 114 18 4 1 32 1 2 13 36 .271 .298 .340 .638 80 143 7 5 15 4 0 *6
1979 26 CLE AL 149 501 449 41 99 9 3 0 34 2 5 34 54 .220 .279 .254 .533 45 114 10 4 10 4 0 *6
1980 27 CLE AL 109 383 358 28 97 12 0 2 28 0 5 10 25 .271 .303 .321 .625 71 115 11 8 4 3 1 6
1981 28 CLE AL 75 239 221 13 54 4 0 0 14 1 0 10 10 .244 .278 .262 .540 57 58 6 1 5 2 1 *6
1982 29 NYM NL 40 58 54 6 18 2 0 0 4 1 0 3 4 .333 .362 .370 .732 107 20 1 0 0 1 2 46
1983 30 CHC NL 59 92 88 5 18 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 13 .205 .231 .273 .503 37 24 1 0 1 0 1 65
1984 31 CHC NL 44 83 74 5 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 11 .189 .259 .203 .462 28 15 3 4 2 0 1 6/54
12 Seasons 996 3098 2848 250 687 84 12 14 231 9 23 143 329 .241 .283 .294 .577 61 837 62 33 49 25 8
162 Game Avg. 162 504 463 41 112 14 2 2 38 1 4 23 54 .241 .283 .294 .577 61 136 10 5 8 4 1
DET (5 yrs) 390 1284 1183 104 273 35 5 10 112 4 11 67 176 .231 .276 .294 .570 59 348 23 11 12 11 2
CLE (4 yrs) 463 1581 1449 130 364 43 7 3 108 4 12 67 125 .251 .290 .297 .587 63 430 34 18 34 13 2
CHC (2 yrs) 103 175 162 10 32 4 0 1 7 0 0 6 24 .198 .244 .241 .485 33 39 4 4 3 0 2
NYM (1 yr) 40 58 54 6 18 2 0 0 4 1 0 3 4 .333 .362 .370 .732 107 20 1 0 0 1 2
AL (9 yrs) 853 2865 2632 234 637 78 12 13 220 8 23 134 301 .242 .284 .296 .579 61 778 57 29 46 24 4
NL (3 yrs) 143 233 216 16 50 6 0 1 11 1 0 9 28 .231 .274 .273 .547 51 59 5 4 3 1 4

Advanced Batting

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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
1973 20 DET AL 22 14 3 5.8 98 .375 .300 .266 .364 .336 .400 .391 .764 .727 110 .626 0.2 0.0 .714 .200 .100
1974 21 DET AL 60 42 7 4.5 91 .244 .236 .261 .300 .325 .382 .375 .682 .700 94 .537 -0.6 -0.1 .643 .255 .145 1.3
1975 22 DET AL 439 322 38 3.2 96 .296 .252 .262 .297 .333 .327 .386 .624 .719 74 .363 -14.8 -1.5 .495 .121 .074 2.9
1976 23 DET AL 390 295 27 2.5 88 .263 .234 .259 .286 .324 .277 .366 .563 .690 64 .294 -16.6 -1.8 .427 .093 .042 1.0
1977 24 DET AL 373 294 21 1.9 104 .218 .197 .272 .230 .337 .254 .414 .485 .751 30 .166 -35.5 -3.5 .362 .100 .057 .0
1978 25 CLE AL 458 335 42 3.4 93 .291 .271 .260 .298 .325 .340 .383 .638 .708 80 .386 -11.8 -1.2 .506 .097 .069 1.0
1979 26 CLE AL 501 379 32 2.2 103 .248 .220 .271 .279 .336 .254 .410 .533 .746 45 .206 -35.3 -3.5 .408 .102 .033 .0
1980 27 CLE AL 383 284 32 3.0 100 .284 .271 .270 .303 .333 .321 .401 .625 .734 71 .319 -14.6 -1.4 .462 .064 .050 .0
1981 28 CLE AL 239 180 16 2.4 89 .254 .244 .256 .278 .321 .262 .373 .540 .693 57 .271 -12.5 -1.3 .405 .068 .018 .0
1982 29 NYM NL 58 38 7 5.0 94 .353 .333 .264 .362 .327 .370 .384 .732 .711 107 .575 0.6 0.1 .649 .111 .037 .0
1983 30 CHC NL 92 72 5 1.9 100 .230 .205 .268 .231 .337 .273 .397 .503 .734 37 .183 -8.0 -0.8 .380 .102 .068 .0
1984 31 CHC NL 83 65 4 1.7 100 .222 .189 .272 .259 .338 .203 .396 .462 .734 28 .156 -7.4 -0.8 .349 .054 .014
12 Seasons 3098 2320 234 2.7 97 .266 .241 .265 .283 .331 .294 .391 .577 .722 61 .293 -156.3 -15.9 .445 .098 .053 11.0
162 Game Avg. 504 377 38 2.7 97 .266 .241 .265 .283 .331 .294 .391 .577 .722 61 .293 -156.3 -15.9 .445 .098 .053 2
DET (5 yrs) 1284 967 96 2.7 96 .261 .231 .264 .276 .331 .294 .388 .570 .719 59 .295 -67.3 -6.9 .444 .114 .063 5.7
CLE (4 yrs) 1581 1178 122 2.8 97 .271 .251 .265 .290 .330 .297 .394 .587 .724 63 .294 -74.2 -7.4 .448 .086 .046 3.4
CHC (2 yrs) 175 137 9 1.8 100 .226 .198 .270 .244 .338 .241 .396 .485 .734 33 .169 -15.4 -1.6 .366 .080 .043 .0
NYM (1 yr) 58 38 7 5.0 94 .353 .333 .264 .362 .327 .370 .384 .732 .711 107 .575 0.6 0.1 .649 .111 .037 .0
AL (9 yrs) 2865 2145 218 2.7 96 .266 .242 .265 .284 .330 .296 .391 .579 .722 61 .294 -141.5 -14.3 .446 .099 .054 9.9
NL (3 yrs) 233 175 16 2.5 98 .261 .231 .269 .274 .335 .273 .393 .547 .728 51 .272 -14.8 -1.5 .427 .088 .042 1.0

Postseason Batting

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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
1984 31 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1973 20 DET AL 22 0.0% 18.2% 9.1% 4.6% 17% 2.00 5.0 10.0 2.33 73%
1974 21 DET AL 60 3.3% 13.3% 8.3% 6.7% 31% 1.60 6.9 27.5 6.1 1.13 75%
1975 22 DET AL 439 1.1% 17.3% 5.2% 4.3% 19% 3.30 5.3 80.8 8.4 0.92 75%
1976 23 DET AL 390 0.3% 11.3% 5.4% 2.8% 13% 2.10 8.0 354.0 14.2 0.97 80%
1977 24 DET AL 373 0.5% 11.8% 4.3% 4.0% 22% 2.75 8.0 175.0 12.5 1.18 82%
1978 25 CLE AL 458 0.2% 7.9% 2.8% 5.0% 20% 2.77 11.7 421.0 13.2 1.24 85%
1979 26 CLE AL 501 0.0% 10.8% 6.8% 2.4% 12% 1.59 8.3 13.2 1.09 80%
1980 27 CLE AL 383 0.5% 6.5% 2.6% 3.7% 14% 2.50 14.3 179.0 12.8 1.87 87%
1981 28 CLE AL 239 0.0% 4.2% 4.2% 1.7% 7% 1.00 22.1 15.8 1.70 89%
1982 29 NYM NL 58 0.0% 6.9% 5.2% 3.5% 11% 1.33 13.5 13.5 1.27 88%
1983 30 CHC NL 92 1.1% 14.1% 3.3% 4.4% 22% 4.33 6.8 88.0 29.3 1.36 80%
1984 31 CHC NL 83 0.0% 13.3% 3.6% 1.2% 7% 3.67 6.7 18.5 1.94 76%
12 Seasons 3098 0.5% 10.6% 4.6% 3.6% 16% 2.30 8.7 203.4 12.3 1.24 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1973 20 DET AL 0 0 13% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 21 DET AL 2 0 13% 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1975 22 DET AL 4 0 26% 175 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 50% 30 19 10 4 1 3 12 2 10
1976 23 DET AL 8 0 28% 141 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 38% 22 14 6 6 5 1 12 3 8
1977 24 DET AL 7 0 35% 134 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 31% 19 13 4 1 1 0 12 6 6
1978 25 CLE AL 6 0 36% 196 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 48% 28 17 11 6 3 3 20 8 12
1979 26 CLE AL 8 0 30% 187 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 13 43% 30 20 10 9 3 6 17 8 8
1980 27 CLE AL 2 0 23% 154 0 5 0% 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 7 26% 26 20 6 5 4 1 11 7 4
1981 28 CLE AL 6 0 20% 92 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 23% 17 15 2 6 3 3 3 2 1
1982 29 NYM NL 0 0 29% 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80% 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1
1983 30 CHC NL 1 0 20% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1984 31 CHC NL 1 0 24% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
12 Seasons 45 0 28% 1197 9 23 28% 9 21 0 1 0 1 4 0 31 65 39% 188 128 54 38 21 17 93 38 52
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1973 20 DET AL 22 41% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 18 2 11% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1974 21 DET AL 60 23% 13 1 0 0 0 0.13 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0% 2 1 50% 34 8 24% 0 0 7 5 71% 0
1975 22 DET AL 439 34% 102 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 5 0 3 2 0 3 2 67% 65 7 11% 37 13 35% 260 43 17% 26 14 54% 27 10 37% 0
1976 23 DET AL 390 24% 83 1 0 0 0 1.15 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 100% 71 11 15% 46 17 37% 208 28 13% 17 11 65% 31 8 26% 0
1977 24 DET AL 373 45% 69 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 100% 73 5 7% 32 12 38% 198 27 14% 11 6 55% 19 5 26% 0
1978 25 CLE AL 458 30% 114 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 17 15 88% 81 7 9% 47 32 68% 255 33 13% 18 14 78% 33 17 52% 0
1979 26 CLE AL 501 26% 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 77% 95 10 11% 48 25 52% 322 37 11% 29 19 66% 34 13 38% 0
1980 27 CLE AL 383 35% 97 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 6 4 67% 67 11 16% 36 15 42% 230 26 11% 16 9 56% 14 8 57% 0
1981 28 CLE AL 239 36% 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 49 6 12% 17 9 53% 125 15 12% 12 7 58% 12 5 42% 0
1982 29 NYM NL 58 40% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 5 1 20% 32 4 13% 2 1 50% 5 1 20% 0
1983 30 CHC NL 92 38% 18 11 3 0 0 0.63 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 11 1 9% 7 1 14% 39 2 5% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1984 31 CHC NL 83 24% 14 1 0 0 0 2.61 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 16 3 19% 10 4 40% 58 4 7% 6 1 17% 5 0 0% 0
12 Seasons 3098 32% 687 14 3 0 0 0.77 14 0 44 12 2 8 6 0 59 49 83% 547 62 11% 289 130 45% 1779 229 13% 138 82 59% 190 72 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1973 20 18 22 20 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 .300 .364 .400 .764 110 8 0 0 0 0 0
1974 21 40 82 75 5 19 2 1 2 11 1 0 7 12 .253 .317 .387 .704 99 29 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 168 521 479 42 121 15 2 7 59 3 6 30 88 .253 .301 .336 .637 78 161 7 5 2 5 1
1976 23 265 911 833 73 204 23 4 8 84 4 10 51 132 .245 .295 .311 .605 72 259 18 11 8 8 2
1977 24 390 1284 1183 104 273 35 5 10 112 4 11 67 176 .231 .276 .294 .570 59 348 23 11 12 11 2
1978 25 520 1742 1604 152 387 53 9 11 144 5 13 80 212 .241 .282 .306 .588 65 491 30 16 27 15 2
1979 26 669 2243 2053 193 486 62 12 11 178 7 18 114 266 .237 .281 .295 .576 60 605 40 20 37 19 2
1980 27 778 2626 2411 221 583 74 12 13 206 7 23 124 291 .242 .284 .299 .583 62 720 51 28 41 22 3
1981 28 853 2865 2632 234 637 78 12 13 220 8 23 134 301 .242 .284 .296 .579 61 778 57 29 46 24 4
1982 29 893 2923 2686 240 655 80 12 13 224 9 23 137 305 .244 .285 .297 .582 62 798 58 29 46 25 6
1983 30 952 3015 2774 245 673 83 12 14 227 9 23 140 318 .243 .284 .296 .580 62 822 59 29 47 25 7
1984 31 996 3098 2848 250 687 84 12 14 231 9 23 143 329 .241 .283 .294 .577 61 837 62 33 49 25 8

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
1973 20 18 22 20 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 2 4 .300 .364 .400 .764 3 18
1974 21 22 63 57 5 15 2 0 2 11 1 6 8 .263 .333 .404 .737 8 22
1975 22 129 443 409 39 105 13 1 5 50 2 24 76 .257 .302 .330 .633 40 128
1976 23 98 396 363 36 90 9 2 1 29 1 23 44 .248 .303 .292 .595 31 97
1977 24 125 368 349 30 68 12 1 2 27 0 16 44 .195 .228 .252 .480 20 125
1978 25 130 454 431 54 124 20 4 1 36 1 14 36 .288 .315 .360 .675 48 130
1979 26 150 496 453 41 101 9 3 0 34 2 35 54 .223 .282 .256 .538 32 149
1980 27 109 378 357 29 96 12 0 2 29 0 10 25 .269 .302 .319 .621 33 109
1981 28 114 361 340 22 87 6 0 0 24 2 16 15 .256 .291 .274 .564 27 75
1982 29 40 59 55 7 19 2 0 0 4 1 3 4 .345 .373 .382 .755 8 40
1983 30 59 92 89 6 19 3 0 1 3 0 3 13 .213 .239 .281 .520 6 59
1984 31 44 84 76 5 16 1 0 0 4 0 3 11 .211 .286 .224 .509 4 44
12 Seasons 1038 3216 2999 275 746 89 12 14 253 10 155 334 .249 .291 .300 .592 260 996
162 Game Avg. 162 502 468 43 116 14 2 2 39 2 24 52 .249 .291 .300 .592 41 996

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 AL  6 (10th)
1980 AL  8 (4th)
1984 NL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  15 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1973 AL  born 1953-02-11 (6th)

             

Similarity Scores

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