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Tom Sunkel
Thomas Jacob Sunkel (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut August 26, 1937
Final Game September 29, 1944
Born August 9, 1912 in Paris, IL
Died April 6, 2002 in Paris, IL

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        Blind in one eye, but a major league pitcher. And a fine minor league manager, too.

Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1937 24 STL NL   0   0   9   1   0   0   5  1   29.3   24   11    9   0   11    9   0   0   125       0  2.76  3.99  144 1.193
 1939 26 STL NL   4   4  20  11   2   1   5  0   85.3   79   47   40   4   56   54   1   9   392       0  4.22  4.11   97 1.582
 1941 28 NYG NL   1   1   2   2   1   1   0  0   15.3    7    5    5   0   12   14   1   1    64       0  2.93  3.71  126 1.239
 1942 29 NYG NL   3   6  19  11   3   0   3  0   63.7   65   40   34   5   41   29   0   0   286       0  4.81  3.35   70 1.665
 1943 30 NYG NL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    2.7    4    3    3   1    3    0   0   0    16       0 10.13  3.44   34 2.625
 1944 31 BRO NL   1   3  12   3   0   0   6  1   24.0   39   20   20   1   10    6   0   0   118       0  7.50  3.54   47 2.042
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .375   9  15  63  29   6   2  19  2  220.3  218  126  111  11  133  112   2  10  1001       0  4.53  3.77   83 1.593
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  11  46  21   4   1  14  1  162.7  161   93   82   8   98   82   1   7   739   0   0  4.53  3.77   83 1.593
 Career High      4   6  20  11   3   1   6  1   85.3   79   47   40   5   56   54   1   9   392   0   0  4.22  4.11   97 1.582

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 24 STL NL   9    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .111  .111  .111  -40    1   0           0   0
 1939 26 STL NL  20   28    5    9   2  0   0    1   0      1   7  .321  .345  .393   93   11   1           0   0
 1941 28 NYG NL   2    6    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .333  .333  .333   87    2   0           0   0
 1942 29 NYG NL  19   19    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   7  .105  .105  .105  -39    2   0           0   0
 1944 31 BRO NL  12    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons       63   66    8   14   2  0   0    1   0  0   1  22  .212  .224  .242   28   16   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        170   21   36   5  0   0    3   0  0   3  57  .212  .224  .242   28   41   5   0   0   0   0
 Career High     20   28    5    9   2  0   0    1   0  0   1   7                          11   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 24 STL NL    9    8    0   0.0   103| .111  .282| .111  .344| .111  .400| .222  .745| -40  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
 1939 26 STL NL   30   20    4   5.3   108| .321  .287| .345  .354| .393  .411| .738  .765|  93  .571  -0.3   0.0     
 1941 28 NYG NL    6    4    1   6.7    96| .333  .268| .333  .339| .333  .378| .666  .717|  87  .706  -0.1   0.0     
 1942 29 NYG NL   19   17    0   0.0    88| .105  .257| .105  .329| .105  .357| .210  .686| -39  .000  -3.4  -0.4     
 1944 31 BRO NL    5    5    0   0.0    93| .000  .266| .000  .332| .000  .373| .000  .706|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        69   54    5   2.5   100| .212  .275| .224  .343| .242  .389| .466  .732|  28  .269  -6.7  -0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 24 STL NL P 9 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.78 1.20 2.15 2.40 1 29.3 1939 26 STL NL P 20 2 9 1 2 .917 .957 0.55 1.09 1.16 2.19 11 85.3 1941 28 NYG NL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.10 1.18 2.24 2 15.3 1942 29 NYG NL P 19 1 5 0 0 1.000 .968 0.32 1.17 0.85 2.35 11 63.7 1943 30 NYG NL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.20 6.67 2.33 1 2.7 1944 31 BRO NL P 12 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.08 1.09 0.38 2.14 3 24.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 24 STL NL P 9 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.78 1.20 2.15 2.40 1 29.3 1939 26 STL NL P 20 2 9 1 2 .917 .957 0.55 1.09 1.16 2.19 11 85.3 1941 28 NYG NL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.10 1.18 2.24 2 15.3 1942 29 NYG NL P 19 1 5 0 0 1.000 .968 0.32 1.17 0.85 2.35 11 63.7 1943 30 NYG NL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.20 6.67 2.33 1 2.7 1944 31 BRO NL P 12 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.08 1.09 0.38 2.14 3 24.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 63 7 22 2 2 .935 .960 0.46 1.13 1.18 2.26 29 220.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 63 7 22 2 2 .935 .960 0.46 1.13 1.19 2.27 29 220
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wild Pitches
1939 NL-9-2

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

September 9, 1941: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants for Jumbo Brown.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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