News: s-r blog:Player Birthdays

 

Tom Veryzer

Thomas Martin Veryzer

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 11, 1953 in Port Jefferson, NY
High School: Islip HS (Islip, NY)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1973
Teams (by GP): Indians/Tigers/Cubs/Mets 1973-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
    About biographical information

7
21
15
11
29
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 DET AL 20 SS 18 3 0 50.0 21 6 12 3 1 .857 -3 -77 3.24 1.00 .963 5.09 5.07
1974 DET AL 21 SS 20 11 11 127.2 55 18 33 4 4 .927 -4 -37 3.60 2.55 .965 4.98 4.96
1975 DET AL 22 SS 128 126 113 1089.2 597 215 358 24 62 .960 -11 -12 4.73 4.48 .959 4.85 4.84
1976 DET AL 23 SS 97 94 89 837.2 494 164 313 17 53 .966 0 0 5.12 4.92 .967 4.99 5.01
1977 DET AL 24 SS 124 115 80 980.0 580 185 377 18 62 .969 0 0 5.16 4.53 .963 4.82 4.79
1978 CLE AL 25 SS 129 121 113 1082.1 573 177 375 21 58 .963 -6 -6 4.59 4.28 .964 4.92 4.87
1978 CLE AL 25 DH 1 0
1979 CLE AL 26 SS 148 146 118 1238.0 702 238 446 18 90 .974 5 5 4.97 4.62 .965 5.01 4.95
1980 CLE AL 27 SS 108 108 87 913.0 515 169 331 15 59 .971 -4 -6 4.93 4.63 .963 4.99 4.98
1980 CLE AL 27 DH 1 0
1981 CLE AL 28 SS 75 73 51 614.2 338 121 207 10 48 .970 -12 -23 4.80 4.37 .967 4.99 4.98
1982 NYM NL 29 2B 26 5 3 79.2 53 21 30 2 4 .962 0 8 5.76 1.96 .978 5.42 5.43
1982 NYM NL 29 SS 16 11 7 97.1 38 19 14 5 0 .868 -7 -86 3.05 2.06 .967 5.01 5.02
1983 CHC NL 30 SS 28 15 13 163.0 90 23 65 2 16 .978 1 10 4.86 3.14 .967 4.85 4.83
1983 CHC NL 30 3B 17 3 2 53.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 -1 -20 1.87 0.65 .949 2.70 2.69
1984 CHC NL 31 SS 36 15 10 168.1 88 37 48 3 10 .966 -4 -28 4.54 2.36 .965 4.87 4.86
1984 CHC NL 31 3B 5 0 0 9.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 -133 0.00 0.00 .940 2.80 2.78
1984 CHC NL 31 2B 4 3 1 30.1 23 7 15 1 3 .957 -1 -44 6.53 5.50 .979 5.40 5.40
12 Seasons SS 927 838 692 7361.2 4091 1372 2579 140 463 .966 -45 -7 4.83 4.26 .964 4.93 4.91
2 Seasons 2B 30 8 4 110.0 76 28 45 3 7 .961 -1 -7 5.97 2.43 .978 5.42 5.43
2 Seasons 3B 22 3 2 62.0 12 4 7 1 1 .917 -2 -37 1.60 0.50 .948 2.71 2.71
12 Seasons TOT 979 849 698 7533.2 4179 1404 2631 144 471 .966 -47 -7 4.82 4.12 .964 4.92 4.88
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1973 DET AL 20 SS -3 -77 -2 -1 -1 -1
1974 DET AL 21 SS -4 -37 -4 -3 -1 0
1975 DET AL 22 SS -11 -12 -7 -1 -6 -4
1976 DET AL 23 SS 0 0 1 1 0 -1
1977 DET AL 24 SS 0 0 1 1 -0 -1
1978 CLE AL 25 SS -6 -6 -4 6 -10 -2
1979 CLE AL 26 SS 5 5 6 1 5 -1
1980 CLE AL 27 SS -4 -6 -0 1 -1 -4
1981 CLE AL 28 SS -12 -23 -12 -6 -6 0
1982 NYM NL 29 2B 0 8 2 1 1 -1
1982 NYM NL 29 SS -7 -86 -6 -6 -0 -1
1983 CHC NL 30 SS 1 10 1 0 1 0
1983 CHC NL 30 3B -1 -20 -1 -1 -0 0
1984 CHC NL 31 SS -4 -28 -3 -2 -1 -1
1984 CHC NL 31 3B -1 -133 -1 -0 -1 0
1984 CHC NL 31 2B -1 -44 -1 0 -1 0
12 Seasons SS -45 -7 -29 -8 -20 -16
2 Seasons 2B -1 -7 0 1 -1 -1
2 Seasons 3B -2 -37 -2 -1 -1 0
12 Seasons TOT -47 -7 -30 -8 -22 -17

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 DET AL 20 18 3 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 DET AL 21 22 11 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1975 DET AL 22 128 126 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 DET AL 23 97 94 97 97 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 DET AL 24 125 115 125 124 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 CLE AL 25 130 121 130 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1979 CLE AL 26 149 146 149 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 CLE AL 27 109 108 109 108 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1981 CLE AL 28 75 73 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 29 40 16 40 40 0 0 0 26 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 30 59 18 59 45 0 0 0 0 17 28 0 0 0 0 0 11 6
1984 CHC NL 31 44 18 44 44 0 0 0 4 6 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Seasons 996 849 996 976 0 0 0 30 23 927 0 0 0 0 2 15 13
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 DET AL 20 221 61% 77% 23% 17 82% 0 5 2 1 2 12 8 4 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 DET AL 21 557 70% 78% 22% 54 87% 0 20 14 4 2 33 24 7 0 0 4 0 3 1 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
1975 DET AL 22 4732 57% 83% 28% 460 94% 2 214 95 87 32 363 274 79 0 1 24 0 15 9 17 62 23 4 20 4 0 54 27 24 4 4 0
1976 DET AL 23 3533 61% 83% 30% 383 92% 4 162 65 74 23 309 243 56 1 1 17 0 15 2 15 53 23 5 14 1 2 47 29 17 4 2 2
1977 DET AL 24 4153 60% 85% 32% 437 94% 5 182 70 97 15 376 311 57 2 0 18 0 16 2 13 63 18 4 25 7 3 61 23 36 1 1 0
1978 CLE AL 25 4688 62% 82% 27% 463 91% 2 172 65 79 28 376 292 76 0 3 21 0 19 2 19 58 18 8 17 7 0 52 27 24 4 0 4
1979 CLE AL 26 5407 58% 82% 25% 552 93% 7 232 101 102 29 448 333 102 3 2 17 0 14 3 16 90 32 13 23 8 2 80 45 34 7 4 3
1980 CLE AL 27 4021 59% 81% 26% 410 93% 2 165 75 74 15 327 241 76 2 6 17 1 16 0 13 59 23 7 16 1 1 51 31 19 4 1 2
1981 CLE AL 28 2634 56% 82% 28% 246 90% 1 119 42 57 20 209 162 41 0 4 10 0 7 3 8 49 11 4 12 9 6 44 15 27 3 2 1
1982 NYM NL 29 437 53% 81% 24% 34 82% 0 18 13 4 1 14 10 4 0 0 5 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 30 700 63% 82% 28% 76 91% 2 24 9 11 4 64 44 18 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 16 8 2 5 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 0
1984 CHC NL 31 733 48% 82% 23% 60 97% 0 36 14 16 6 48 36 11 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 10 5 0 4 0 1 10 5 5 0 0 0
12 Seasons 31816 59% 82% 27% 3192 92% 25 1349 565 606 177 2579 1978 531 9 18 141 2 114 25 114 465 164 47 137 37 15 419 216 192 27 14 12
MLB Averages 61% 82% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1982 NYM NL 29 351 53% 79% 31% 38 97% 0 23 8 15 0 29 25 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1
1984 CHC NL 31 139 31% 90% 27% 19 95% 0 8 4 2 2 15 10 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 490 47% 82% 30% 57 96% 0 31 12 17 2 44 35 8 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 7 1 2 2 0 5 2 3 2 1 1
MLB Averages 61% 82% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1983 CHC NL 30 216 55% 83% 27% 12 92% 0 3 3 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 CHC NL 31 41 41% 80% 15% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 257 53% 82% 25% 13 85% 0 3 3 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 61% 82% 28% 89% 70%

* 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

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1979 AL  148 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1975 AL  24 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1977 AL  5.16 (3rd)
Career  4.84 (26th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1977 AL  .969 (4th)
1979 AL  .974 (4th)

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

                                         

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Tom Veryzer    

Viewed 9,675 times through June 1, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Thomas Martin tim Tom tommy Veryzer

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.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.