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Tom Underwood
Thomas Gerald Underwood

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut August 19, 1974
  vs. CIN 0.3 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER
Final Game September 23, 1984
Born December 22, 1953 in Kokomo, IN

Brother of Pat Underwood

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. Player signed August 27, 1972. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1974 20 PHI NL   1   0   7   0   0   0   3  0   13.0   15    8    7   1    5    8   0   1    55   1   1  4.85  3.77   78 1.538
 1975 21 PHI NL  14  13  35  35   7   2   0  0  219.3  221  110  101  12   84  123   6   9   949   5   4  4.14  3.74   90 1.391
 1976 22 PHI NL  10   5  33  25   3   0   2  2  155.7  154   63   61   9   63   94   1   6   666   0   2  3.53  3.58  101 1.394
 1977 23 TOT NL   9  11  33  17   1   0   7  1  133.3  148   82   74   9   75   86   1   7   601   6   0  5.00  3.91   78 1.673
         PHI NL   3   2  14   0   0   0   5  1   33.3   44   21   19   2   18   20   0   4   158   2   0  5.13  4.03   79 1.860
         STL NL   6   9  19  17   1   0   2  0  100.0  104   61   55   7   57   66   1   3   443   4   0  4.95  3.87   78 1.610
 1978 24 TOR AL   6  14  31  30   7   1   0  0  197.7  201  105   90  23   87  139   2   7   864   4   0  4.10  3.93   96 1.457
 1979 25 TOR AL   9  16  33  32  12   1   0  0  227.0  213  113   93  23   95  127   9  11   963   3   0  3.69  4.32  117 1.357
 1980 26 NYY AL  13   9  38  27   2   2   5  2  187.0  163   85   76  15   66  116   4   2   771   4   0  3.66  3.92  107 1.225
 1981 27 TOT AL   4   6  25  11   1   0   6  1   83.7   69   38   34   6   38   75   2   2   351   2   4  3.66  3.51   96 1.279
         NYY AL   1   4   9   6   0   0   1  0   32.7   32   17   16   2   13   29   0   0   138   1   0  4.41  3.55   81 1.378
         OAK AL   3   2  16   5   1   0   5  1   51.0   37   21   18   4   25   46   2   2   213   1   4  3.18  3.48  110 1.216
 1982 28 OAK AL  10   6  56  10   2   0  20  7  153.0  136   66   56  11   68   79   1   6   651   4   0  3.29  3.88  118 1.333
 1983 29 OAK AL   9   7  51  15   0   0  15  4  144.7  156   69   65  13   50   62   2   7   627   4   0  4.04  3.83   95 1.424
 1984 30 BAL AL   1   0  37   1   0   0  10  1   71.7   78   33   28   8   31   39   0   4   316   5   1  3.52  3.88  110 1.521
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .497  86  87 379 203  35   6  68 18 1586.0 1554  772  685 130  662  948  28  62  6814  38  12  3.89  3.88  100 1.397
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  44  23   4   0   7  2  185.0  181   90   80  15   77  110   3   7   796   4   1  3.89  3.88  100 1.397
 Career High     14  16  56  35  12   2  20  7  227.0  221  113  101  23   95  139   9  11   963   6   4  3.29  4.32  118 1.225
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 20 PHI NL   7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1975 21 PHI NL  35   74    4    9   1  0   0    8   0  0   3  19  .122  .156  .135  -20   10   7   0   0   0   3
 1976 22 PHI NL  34   46    2    5   0  0   0    5   0  0   3  18  .109  .163  .109  -23    5   3   0   0   0   3
 1977 23 TOT NL  33   33    4    4   1  0   0    3   0  0   4   7  .121  .205  .152   -2    5   3   2   0   0   1
         PHI NL  14    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   0  .000  .200  .000  -42    0   1   1   0   0   0
         STL NL  19   30    4    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   3   7  .133  .206  .167    2    5   2   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     380  154   10   18   2  0   0   16   0  0  10  45  .117  .169  .130  -17   20  13   2   0   0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         66    4    8   1  0   0    7   0  0   4  19  .117  .169  .130  -17    9   6   1   0   0   3
 Career High     56   74    4    9   1  0   0    8   0  0   4  19                          10   7   2   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 20 PHI NL    1    1    0   0.0    98| .000  .267| .000  .340| .000  .386| .000  .726|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1975 21 PHI NL   84   75    2   0.7    99| .122  .270| .156  .342| .135  .390| .291  .732| -20  .036 -12.5  -1.3   0%
 1976 22 PHI NL   52   47    1   0.6    95| .109  .267| .163  .334| .109  .381| .272  .715| -23  .026  -7.7  -0.8   0%
 1977 23 TOT NL   42   35    1   0.8   103| .121  .269| .205  .337| .152  .409| .357  .746|  -2  .036  -4.7  -0.5   0%
         PHI NL    6    5    0   0.0   107| .000  .275| .200  .344| .000  .419| .200  .763| -42  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         STL NL   36   30    1   0.9   102| .133  .268| .206  .336| .167  .409| .373  .744|   2  .048  -4.1  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      179  158    4   0.7    99| .117  .269| .169  .338| .130  .391| .299  .730| -17  .033 -25.2  -2.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 20 PHI NL P 7 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.71 0.00 1.87 0 13.0 1975 21 PHI NL P 35 2 21 4 1 .852 .947 0.66 0.72 0.94 1.86 35 219.3 1976 22 PHI NL P 33 3 17 1 1 .952 .948 0.61 0.72 1.16 1.88 25 155.7 1977 23 TOT NL P 33 4 14 3 2 .857 .952 0.55 0.67 1.22 1.85 17 133.3 PHI NL P 14 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 0.43 0.67 1.62 1.84 0 33.3 STL NL P 19 2 10 2 2 .857 .952 0.63 0.67 1.08 1.85 17 100.0 1978 24 TOR AL P 31 5 19 5 0 .828 .952 0.77 0.85 1.09 1.90 30 197.7 1979 25 TOR AL P 33 6 36 5 2 .894 .948 1.27 0.81 1.67 1.92 32 227.0 1980 26 NYY AL P 38 10 26 2 2 .947 .957 0.95 0.77 1.73 1.85 27 187.0 1981 27 TOT AL P 25 2 13 2 1 .882 .968 0.60 0.81 1.61 1.98 11 83.7 NYY AL P 9 2 4 1 0 .857 .968 0.67 0.81 1.65 1.98 6 32.7 OAK AL P 16 0 9 1 1 .900 .968 0.56 0.81 1.59 1.98 5 51.0 1982 28 OAK AL P 56 9 11 2 0 .909 .957 0.36 0.73 1.18 1.80 10 153.0 1983 29 OAK AL P 51 3 11 2 2 .875 .959 0.27 0.73 0.87 1.80 15 144.7 1984 30 BAL AL P 37 5 12 0 2 1.000 .960 0.46 0.70 2.13 1.79 1 71.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 20 PHI NL P 7 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.71 0.00 1.87 0 13.0 1975 21 PHI NL P 35 2 21 4 1 .852 .947 0.66 0.72 0.94 1.86 35 219.3 1976 22 PHI NL P 33 3 17 1 1 .952 .948 0.61 0.72 1.16 1.88 25 155.7 1977 23 TOT NL P 33 4 14 3 2 .857 .952 0.55 0.67 1.22 1.85 17 133.3 PHI NL P 14 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 0.43 0.67 1.62 1.84 0 33.3 STL NL P 19 2 10 2 2 .857 .952 0.63 0.67 1.08 1.85 17 100.0 1978 24 TOR AL P 31 5 19 5 0 .828 .952 0.77 0.85 1.09 1.90 30 197.7 1979 25 TOR AL P 33 6 36 5 2 .894 .948 1.27 0.81 1.67 1.92 32 227.0 1980 26 NYY AL P 38 10 26 2 2 .947 .957 0.95 0.77 1.73 1.85 27 187.0 1981 27 TOT AL P 25 2 13 2 1 .882 .968 0.60 0.81 1.61 1.98 11 83.7 NYY AL P 9 2 4 1 0 .857 .968 0.67 0.81 1.65 1.98 6 32.7 OAK AL P 16 0 9 1 1 .900 .968 0.56 0.81 1.59 1.98 5 51.0 1982 28 OAK AL P 56 9 11 2 0 .909 .957 0.36 0.73 1.18 1.80 10 153.0 1983 29 OAK AL P 51 3 11 2 2 .875 .959 0.27 0.73 0.87 1.80 15 144.7 1984 30 BAL AL P 37 5 12 0 2 1.000 .960 0.46 0.70 2.13 1.79 1 71.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 379 49 180 26 13 .898 .954 0.60 0.75 1.30 1.86 203 1586.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 379 49 180 26 13 .898 .954 0.60 0.75 1.30 1.86 203 1586
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1976   NLCS  PHI CIN     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   1   0   2   0 
 1980   ALCS  NYY KCR     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3     3   0   0   3 
 1981   ALDS  OAK KCR     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   0   0   0   1 
        ALCS  OAK NYY     L   2   0  13.50  0  0  0  0   1.1   4   2   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     0-3   5   0   3.86  0  0  0  0   4.2   8   2   4   3 
  4 Postseason Ser      1-3   6   0   3.60  0  0  0  0   5     8   2   4   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1976   NLCS  PHI CIN     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1980   ALCS  NYY KCR     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   ALDS  OAK KCR     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  OAK NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     0-3   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Won-Loss %
1976 NL-.667-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1980 AL-1.225-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1979 AL-8.44-8
1980 AL-7.84-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1978 AL-6.33-4
1980 AL-5.58-8

Games
1982 AL-56-10

Strikeouts
1978 AL-139-10

Games Started
1975 NL-35-10

Shutouts
1980 AL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1978 AL-23-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1978 AL-87-8
1979 AL-95-6

Losses
1978 AL-14-10
1979 AL-16-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1975 NL-101-6

Wild Pitches
1975 NL-9-10
1979 AL-11-4

Hit Batsmen
1975 NL-6-10
1979 AL-9-4

Youngest Player
1974 NL-20-5

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 14 (1252) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1638) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. Player signed August 27, 1972.

June 15, 1977: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Rick Bosetti and Dane Iorg to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury.

December 6, 1977: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Victor Cruz to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later and Pete Vuckovich. The Toronto Blue Jays sent John Scott (December 16, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

November 1, 1979: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Rick Cerone and Ted Wilborn to the New York Yankees for Chris Chambliss, Damaso Garcia, and Paul Mirabella.

May 20, 1981: Traded by the New York Yankees with Jim Spencer to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Revering, Mike Patterson, and Chuck Dougherty (minors).

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

February 7, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 2, 1984: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.


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