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Tom Vickery

Thomas Gill Vickery (Vinegar Tom)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 5, 1867 in Milford, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1890 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Orioles/Colts 1890-1893

Final Game: July 29, 1893 (Age 26)
Died: March 21, 1921 in Burlington, NJ
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burlington, NJ
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1889	22	TTO	N/A	19	22	.463	2.40	43	42		41	2		379.0	394	258	101		171	194	33		24			1.491	9.4		4.1	4.6	1.13	TTO · IL
1890	23	PHI	NL	24	21	.533	3.44	46	46	0	41	2	0	382.0	405	250	146	8	184	162	29	1	23	1752	107	1.542	9.5	0.2	4.3	3.8	0.88
1891	24	MLW	N/A	22	15	.595	2.40	42	34		32	1		326.1	320	218	87		124	153	24		11			1.361	8.8		3.4	4.2	1.23	MLW · WA
1891	24	CHC	NL	6	5	.545	4.07	14	12	3	7	0	0	79.2	72	55	36	4	44	39	5	0	8	359	85	1.456	8.1	0.5	5.0	4.4	0.89
1892	25	OMA	A	13	12	.520	1.77	26	25		22			213.0	191	98	42		73	110						1.239	8.1		3.1	4.6	1.51	OMA · WL
1892	25	BLN	NL	8	10	.444	3.53	24	21	3	17	0	0	176.0	189	134	69	3	87	49	10	0	9	814	98	1.568	9.7	0.2	4.4	2.5	0.56
1893	26	SPF,NVL	N/A,B	9	12	.429	1.80	25	21		18	0		35.0	34	18	7		16	16						1.429	8.7		4.1	4.1	1.00	SPF,NVL · EL,SOUA
1893	26	PHI	NL	4	5	.444	5.40	13	11	2	7	0	0	80.0	100	65	48	1	37	15	6	0	3	380	87	1.713	11.3	0.1	4.2	1.7	0.41
1894	27	BFL,SPF	N/A					50																								BFL,SPF · EL
1895	28	BFL	A	8	13	.381	2.99	22	22		19	0		183.2	204	138	61		80	47	11		8			1.546	10.0		3.9	2.3	0.59	BFL · EL
1896	29	HFD	A	34	19	.642	2.26	61	54		50	0		498.2	512	348	125		174	196	32		7			1.376	9.2		3.1	3.5	1.13	HFD · ATLL
1897	30	HFD	B	33	13	.717	1.73	52	45		36	3		384.1	426	257	74		144	90	31		18			1.483	10.0		3.4	2.1	0.63	HFD · ATLL
1898	31	NBD	B	2	3	.400		6	5		5	1		48.0	50	33			13	9						1.312	9.4		2.4	1.7	0.69	NBD · NENL
1899	32	UTI,ROC,BRI	C,A,F	5	7	.417		18	15		10	1		59.0	76	55			23	12	4		2			1.678	11.6		3.5	1.8	0.52	UTI,ROC,BRI · NYSL,EL,CTLG
1900	33	BRI	F	2	1	.667		3	3		1	0																				BRI · CTST
4 Yrs				42	41	.506	3.75	97	90	8	72	2	0	717.2	766	504	299	16	352	265	50	1	43	3305	99	1.558	9.6	0.2	4.4	3.3	0.75
162 Game Avg.				15	15	.506	3.75	35	33	3	26	1	0	261	279	183	109	6	128	96	18	0	16	1202	99	1.558	9.6	0.2	4.4	3.3	0.75

PHI (2 yrs)				28	26	.519	3.78	59	57	2	48	2	0	462.0	505	315	194	9	221	177	35	1	26	2132	102	1.571	9.8	0.2	4.3	3.4	0.80
CHC (1 yr)				6	5	.545	4.07	14	12	3	7	0	0	79.2	72	55	36	4	44	39	5	0	8	359	85	1.456	8.1	0.5	5.0	4.4	0.89
BLN (1 yr)				8	10	.444	3.53	24	21	3	17	0	0	176.0	189	134	69	3	87	49	10	0	9	814	98	1.568	9.7	0.2	4.4	2.5	0.56

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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%
1890	23	PHI	NL	382.0	46	46	250	5.89	5.49	-0.05	0.00	102.0	5.65	4	0.4		-0.7	3.3	34	.508	.502
1891	24	CHC	NL	79.2	14	12	55	6.21	5.46	0.32	0.00	105.0	5.40	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.2	2	.462	.497
1892	25	BLN	NL	176.0	24	21	134	6.85	5.09	-0.63	0.00	104.0	5.95	-14	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	0.3	1	.447	.492
1893	26	PHI	NL	80.0	13	11	65	7.31	6.47	0.23	0.00	101.0	6.31	-8	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.1	2	.453	.496
4 Seasons				717.2	97	90	504	6.32	5.50	-0.12	0.00	102.7	5.77	-24	-2.1	1.0	-1.0	3.8	40	.479	.497

PHI (2 yrs)				462.0	59	57	315	6.14	5.66	0.00	0.00	101.8	5.76	-4	-0.2	1.0	-0.8	3.4	36	.496	.499
CHC (1 yr)				79.2	14	12	55	6.21	5.46	0.32	0.00	105.0	5.40	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.2	2	.462	.497
BLN (1 yr)				176.0	24	21	134	6.85	5.09	-0.63	0.00	104.0	5.95	-14	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	0.3	1	.447	.492

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1889	22	TTO	N/A	44	169	158	31	42	4	1	0		12			.266	.266	.304	.570		48		11		TTO · IL
1890	23	PHI	NL	46	166	159	15	33	4	0	0	11	12	7	25	.208	.241	.233	.474	36	37	0		1
1891	24	MLW	N/A	42	150	147	16	40	10	2	1		6			.272	.272	.388	.660		57		3		MLW · WA
1891	24	CHC	NL	14	39	39	3	7	1	0	0	1	3	0	10	.179	.179	.205	.385	10	8	0		1/6
1892	25	OMA	A	32	109	109	11	23	3	3	1		5			.211	.211	.321	.532		35				OMA · WL
1892	25	BLN	NL	24	79	74	6	18	2	1	0	4	3	5	16	.243	.291	.297	.588	76	22	0		1
1893	26	NVL,SPF	B,N/A	25	77	77	10	15	3	0	0		0			.195	.195	.234	.429		18				NVL,SPF · SOUA,EL
1893	26	PHI	NL	15	38	35	1	11	1	0	0	4	0	1	2	.314	.368	.343	.711	88	12	2		1/4
1894	27	SPF,BFL	N/A	54	199	199	47	70	12	6	5		8			.352	.352	.548	.899		109				SPF,BFL · EL
1895	28	BFL,WAR	A,C	22	78	78	8	23	4	0	0		2			.295	.295	.346	.641		27				BFL,WAR · EL,IAOL
1896	29	HFD	A	67	211	211	35	65	10	3	4		28			.308	.308	.441	.749		93				HFD · ATLL
1897	30	HFD	B	69	218	215	36	65	11	2	2		5			.302	.302	.400	.702		86		3		HFD · ATLL
1898	31	NBD,NBR,NWK,HFD	F,B	10	28	28	6	9	2	0	0		3			.321	.321	.393	.714		11				NBD,NBR,NWK,HFD · NENL,CTST,ATLL
1899	32	UTI,ROC,BRI	C,A,F	18	24	23	1	5	1	0	0		0			.217	.217	.261	.478		6		1		UTI,ROC,BRI · NYSL,EL,CTLG
1900	33	BRI	F	3																					BRI · CTST
4 Yrs				99	322	307	25	69	8	1	0	20	18	13	53	.225	.261	.257	.518	49	79	2
162 Game Avg.				162	527	502	41	113	13	2	0	33	29	21	87	.225	.261	.257	.518	49	129	3

PHI (2 yrs)				61	204	194	16	44	5	0	0	15	12	8	27	.227	.265	.253	.517	46	49	2
BLN (1 yr)				24	79	74	6	18	2	1	0	4	3	5	16	.243	.291	.297	.588	76	22	0
CHC (1 yr)				14	39	39	3	7	1	0	0	1	3	0	10	.179	.179	.205	.385	10	8	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	Pos
1890	23	PHI	NL	46	166	-15	1	0	0	12	-2	-0.2	6	4	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	-0.1	4	1
1891	24	CHC	NL	14	39	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.486	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	1/6
1892	25	BLN	NL	24	79	-3	-0	0	0	5	2	0.2	3	4	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	4	1
1893	26	PHI	NL	15	38	-0	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	4	0.2	.512	.501	0.2	0.0	4	1/4
4 Seasons				99	322	-24	1	0	0	23	0	-0.1	11	11	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.0	-0.1	11

PHI (2 yrs)				61	204	-15	1	0	0	15	1	-0.1	7	8	-0.1	.501	.500	0.0	-0.1	8
BLN (1 yr)				24	79	-3	-0	0	0	5	2	0.2	3	4	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	4
CHC (1 yr)				14	39	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.486	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1890	PHI	NL	23	P	46	382.0	108	17	71	20	3	.815	2.07	1.91	.898	2.24	2.19
1891	CHC	NL	24	P	14	79.2	26	5	19	2	0	.923	2.71	1.71	.915	2.29	2.25
1891	CHC	NL	24	SS	1		4	1	2	1	1	.750		3.00	.890		5.20
1892	BLN	NL	25	P	24	176.0	46	11	30	5	1	.891	2.10	1.71	.901	2.48	2.41
1893	PHI	NL	26	P	13	80.0	36	6	28	2	3	.944	3.82	2.62	.913	2.50	2.45
1893	PHI	NL	26	2B	1		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.90
	4 Seasons			P	97	717.2	216	39	148	29	7	.866	2.35	1.93	.903	2.33	2.29
	1 Season			SS	1		4	1	2	1	1	.750		3.00	.890		5.20
	1 Season			2B	1		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.90
	4 Seasons			TOT	99	717.2	220	40	150	30	8	.864	2.35	1.92	.903	2.33	2.35

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1890 NL 24 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1890 NL 3.817 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1890 NL 46 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1890 NL 382.0 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1890 NL 162 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1890 NL 46 (6th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1890 NL 41 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1890 NL 2 (8th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1890 NL 184 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1890 NL 405 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1890 NL 0.189 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1890 NL 21 (4th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1890 NL 146 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1890 NL 23 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1890 NL 29 (1st)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1890 NL 1,752 (6th)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1890 NL 20 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 16 (1225), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1095), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1890), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1331st), 3.7 career WAR/3.7 7yr-peak WAR/3.7 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1890 Season: Purchased with Eddie Burke by the Philadelphia Phillies from Toronto (International Association).
January 1, 1891: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Pop Schriver to Milwaukee (Western Association) for John Thornton. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
August 17, 1891: Jumped from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Chicago Colts.
July 16, 1892: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

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