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

Born: September 17, 1958 in Dundee, Scotland
School: Manhattan College
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1984
Final Game: April 20, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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
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 32 2.471 11.1 1.6 11.1 9.5 0.86
3 Seasons 15 11 .577 4.30 113 9 56 1 0 15 215.1 179 106 103 33 83 12 118 3 0 2 893 96 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 96 1.217 7.5 1.4 3.5 4.9 1.42

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 113 893 783 106 179 38 3 33 24 5 83 118 .229 .300 .411 .712 .226 322 9 3 11 13 12
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1985 26 CLE AL 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
1 Season 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1984 25 CLE AL 58 58 26 7 4 10 6 4 60% 15 4 62 19 31% 7 1.231 29 15 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 1.201 20 7 13 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 0.533 1 3 2 2 0 4 4 2 2 2 3 0 2.8
3 Seasons 113 104 56 11 10 23 15 8 65% 32 7 122 35 29% 1.190 50 25 29 43 18 43 71 33 56 31 61 20 4.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1984 25 CLE AL 390 44% 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 38% 3.1% 18.8% 21.9% 9.4% 43% 0.57 53% 8 0 0%
3 Seasons 893 47% 3.7% 13.2% 9.3% 8.3% 41% 0.49 72% 163 9 6%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 Seasons 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 1 0 22 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1984 25 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 1.59 135
1985 26 15 10 .600 4.03 107 9 54 1 0 15 209.2 172 96 94 32 76 12 112 2 0 1 861 102 1.183 7.4 1.4 3.3 4.8 1.47 102
1986 27 15 10 .600 4.03 107 9 54 1 0 15 209.2 172 96 94 32 76 12 112 2 0 1 861 102 1.183 7.4 1.4 3.3 4.8 1.47 102
1987 28 15 11 .577 4.30 113 9 56 1 0 15 215.1 179 106 103 33 83 12 118 3 0 2 893 96 1.217 7.5 1.4 3.5 4.9 1.42 96

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 3.39 93.0 71 39 35 13 39 57 1 1.183 6.9 3.8 5.5 1.46 1.3 58
1985 26 4 7 .364 5.30 107.0 108 70 63 21 40 50 1 1.383 9.1 3.4 4.2 1.25 1.8 49
1987 28 0 0 13.50 6.0 7 10 9 1 7 6 1 2.333 10.5 10.5 9.0 0.86 1.5 6
3 Seasons 10 11 .476 4.67 206.0 186 119 107 35 86 113 3 1.320 8.1 4.9 1.31 1.5 113

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