Tom Waddell

Thomas David Waddell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 17, 1958 in Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
School: Manhattan College (New York, NY)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1984
Team: Indians 1984-1987

Final Game: April 20, 1987
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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
1981	22	ATL-min	A,Rk	6	4	.600	2.59	15	6	7	4	1	1	73.0	62	26	21	5	13	0	58	0	0	0			1.027	7.6	0.6	1.6	7.2	4.46	AND,BVS · SALL,GULF
1982	23	ATL-min	A	5	3	.625	1.83	46	0	29	0	0	11	83.2	53	25	17	8	32	6	115	1	0	3			1.016	5.7	0.9	3.4	12.4	3.59	DHM,AND · CARL,SALL
1983	24	ATL-min	AA,AAA	13	2	.867	2.48	42	0	36	0	0	10	69.0	58	23	19	7	19	1	69	1	0	2			1.116	7.6	0.9	2.5	9.0	3.63	SAV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1984	25	CLE	AL	7	4	.636	3.06	58	0	26	0	0	6	97.0	68	35	33	12	37	4	59	1	0	0	390	135	1.082	6.3	1.1	3.4	5.5	1.59
1985	26	CLE	AL	8	6	.571	4.87	49	9	28	1	0	9	112.2	104	61	61	20	39	8	53	1	0	1	471	85	1.269	8.3	1.6	3.1	4.2	1.36

1986	27	CLE-min	AAA	0	0		6.75	3	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	6	6	0	3	0	4	0	0	1			1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	4.5	1.33	MAI · IL
1987	28	CLE-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.15	28	5	8	1	0	0	78.2	74	45	45	11	39	6	41	2	2	1			1.436	8.5	1.3	4.5	4.7	1.05	BFL · AA
1987	28	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	14.29	6	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	7	10	9	1	7	0	6	1	0	1	32	33	2.471	11.1	1.6	11.1	9.5	0.86
1988	29	WSN-min	AA,AAA	3	2	.600	2.95	35	1	12	0	0	4	64.0	47	27	21	8	25	0	38	3	0	3			1.125	6.6	1.1	3.5	5.3	1.52	JCK,INA · SOUL,AA
1989	30	WSN-MIL-min	AAA,AA	3	1	.750	4.20	13	0	9	0	0	0	15.0	22	14	7	1	13	2	5	1	0	3			2.333	13.2	0.6	7.8	3.0	0.38	INA,DEN,ELP · AA,TL
3 Yrs				15	11	.577	4.30	113	9	56	1	0	15	215.1	179	106	103	33	83	12	118	3	0	2	893	97	1.217	7.5	1.4	3.5	4.9	1.42
162 Game Avg.				8	6	.577	4.30	63	5	31	1	0	8	120	100	59	57	18	46	7	66	2	0	1	498	97	1.217	7.5	1.4	3.5	4.9	1.42

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
1984	25	CLE	AL	97.0	58	0	35	3.25	4.64	-0.04	-0.37	100.9	4.35	12	1.3	1.7	0.3	2.5	22	.522	.508	$
1985	26	CLE	AL	112.2	49	9	61	4.87	4.60	-0.29	-0.12	100.4	4.79	-1	-0.1	1.6	-0.2	0.7	11	.498	.499	$125,000

1987	28	CLE	AL	5.2	6	0	10	15.88	5.11	-0.29	-0.40	99.2	4.96	-7	-0.6	1.2	-0.1	-0.6	-6	.398	.496	$
3 Seasons				215.1	113	9	106	4.43	4.63	-0.18	-0.24	100.6	4.59	4	0.6	1.6	0.1	2.6	27	.505	.501	$125,000

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
1984	25	CLE	AL	58	390	337	35	68	11	2	12	7	3	37	59	.202	.276	.353	.629	.204	119	4	1	6	9	4	2
1985	26	CLE	AL	49	471	422	61	104	25	1	20	15	2	39	53	.246	.309	.453	.762	.238	191	5	1	5	4	8	1

1987	28	CLE	AL	6	32	24	10	7	2	0	1	2	0	7	6	.292	.469	.500	.969	.353	12	0	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				113	893	783	106	179	38	3	33	24	5	83	118	.229	.300	.411	.712	.226	322	9	3	11	13	12	3
162 Game Avg.				63	498	436	59	100	21	2	18	13	3	46	66	.229	.300	.411	.712	.226	179	5	2	6	7	7	2
MLB Averages																.259	.326	.397	.722	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1984	25	CLE	AL	12.0	1.2	399	1.2	8.3	-7.2	1.20	1.0	-0.0	8.3	0.8	1.20	12.8	29	14	14
1985	26	CLE	AL	-5.9	-0.6	487	0.8	10.5	-9.7	1.19	-0.1	0.8	3.3	0.3	1.19	-1.6	20	7	12

1987	28	CLE	AL	-6.0	-0.5	35	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.52	-0.2	-0.3	-4.5	-0.4	0.52	-2.8	1	3	2
3 Yrs				0.1	0.1	921	1.7	19.1	-17.4	1.17	0.7	0.8	7.2	0.8	1.17	8.4	50	24	28

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
1985	26	CLE	AL	49	9	4	1	4	1	0	6	3	.667	1	2	1	0	4	44%	46.2	64	23	18	10	1	4	6.3	6.9	5.9
1 Yr				49	9	4	1	4	1	0	6	3	.667	1	2	1	0	4	44%	46	64	23	18	10	1	4	6.3	6.9	5.9
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	98	-3					4.5	4.4	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1984	25	CLE	AL	58	58	26	7	4	10	6	4	60%	15	4	62	19	31%	7	1.195	29	14	14	22	13	23	36	22	34	17	37	13	5.0
1985	26	CLE	AL	49	40	28	4	5	13	9	4	69%	15	2	52	14	27%	8	1.193	20	7	12	19	5	16	31	9	20	12	21	7	4.5

1987	28	CLE	AL	6	6	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	8	2	25%	4	.524	1	3	2	2	0	4	4	2	2	2	3	0	2.8
3 Yrs				113	104	56	11	10	23	15	8	65%	32	7	122	35	29%		1.170	50	24	28	43	18	43	71	33	56	31	61	20	4.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1984	25	CLE	AL	390	56%	3.1%	15.1%	9.5%	6.4%	37%	0.48	71%	68	4	6%
1985	26	CLE	AL	471	50%	4.3%	11.3%	8.3%	9.8%	44%	0.49	75%	87	5	6%

1987	28	CLE	AL	32	63%	3.1%	18.8%	21.9%	9.4%	43%	0.57	53%	8	0	0%
3 Yrs				893	53%	3.7%	13.2%	9.3%	8.3%	41%	0.49	72%	163	9	6%
MLB Averages					40%	2.4%	14.7%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	1.07	73%			11%

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
1984	25	CLE	AL	390	68			12	0	11	9	3	6	6	22	14	1	64%	2	0	1	133	7	3	70%	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
1985	26	CLE	AL	471	104			20	0	11	8	12	13	7	27	13	5	48%	1	1	1	184	15	2	88%	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0

1987	28	CLE	AL	32	7			1	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	50%	0	1	0	14	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				893	179			33	0	25	18	15	20	13	51	28	6	55%	3	2	2	331	24	5	83%	21	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
MLB Averages																		53%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1984	25	7	4	.636	3.06	58	0	26	0	6	97.0	68	35	33	12	37	4	59	1	0	390	135	1.082	6.3	1.1	3.4	5.5	1.59	135
1985	26	15	10	.600	4.03	107	9	54	1	15	209.2	172	96	94	32	76	12	112	2	1	861	103	1.183	7.4	1.4	3.3	4.8	1.47	103
1986	27	15	10	.600	4.03	107	9	54	1	15	209.2	172	96	94	32	76	12	112	2	1	861	103	1.183	7.4	1.4	3.3	4.8	1.47	103
1987	28	15	11	.577	4.30	113	9	56	1	15	215.1	179	106	103	33	83	12	118	3	2	893	97	1.217	7.5	1.4	3.5	4.9	1.42	97

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1984	25	6	4	.600	3.26	94.0	69	38	34	12	38	57	1	1.138	6.6	3.6	5.5	1.50	1.1	58
1985	26	4	8	.333	5.33	108.0	106	71	64	20	40	51	1	1.352	8.8	3.3	4.3	1.28	1.7	49

1987	28	0	0		12.00	6.0	7	9	8	1	7	6	1	2.333	10.5	10.5	9.0	0.86	1.5	6
3 Yrs		10	12	.455	4.59	208.0	182	118	106	33	85	114	3	1.284	7.9		4.9	1.34	1.4	113

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