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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 (Age 25)
Team: Indians 1984-1987

Final Game: April 20, 1987 (Age 28)
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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 33 2.471 11.1 1.6 11.1 9.5 0.86
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 (v2.2): 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% Salary Awards
1984 25 CLE AL 97.0 58 0 35 3.25 4.62 -0.04 -0.37 101.3 4.34 12 1.3 1.7 0.3 2.5 21 .522 .508
1985 26 CLE AL 112.2 49 9 61 4.87 4.58 -0.29 -0.12 100.7 4.79 -1 -0.1 1.6 -0.2 0.8 10 .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 4.61 -0.18 -0.24 100.9 4.59 4 0.6 1.6 0.1 2.7 24 .505 .501 $125,000

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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
1984 25 CLE AL 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 26 CLE AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 28 CLE AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
3 Yrs 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Salary Pos Awards
1984 25 CLE AL 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1985 26 CLE AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $125,000 1
1987 28 CLE AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
3 Seasons 113 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $125,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1984 CLE AL 25 P 58 0 0 97.0 17 8 9 0 1 1.000 1.58 0.29 .958 1.79 1.78 7 3 30% 36% 0
1985 CLE AL 26 P 49 9 1 112.2 25 10 15 0 0 1.000 2.00 0.51 .953 1.86 1.84 15 2 12% 33% 0
1987 CLE AL 28 P 6 0 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.91 1.82 2 0 0% 31% 0
3 Seasons P 113 9 1 215.1 42 18 24 0 1 1.000 1.76 0.37 .955 1.83 1.81 24 5 17% 34% 0
3 Seasons TOT 113 9 1 215.1 42 18 24 0 1 1.000 1.76 0.37 .955 1.83 1.81 24 5 17% 34% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-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.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198526Cleveland Indians$125,0001985 USA Today survey
198627Cleveland Indians$270,0001986 USA Today surveyOut for season with injury
Career to date (may be incomplete)$395,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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