Tom Sturdivant

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: April 28, 1930 in Gordon, KS us

Died: February 28, 2009 in Oklahoma City, OK

High School: Capitol Hill HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: April 14, 1955 (Age 24-351d, 11,210th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 21, 1964 (Age 34-054d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Thomas Virgil Sturdivant

Nicknames: Smoke or Snake

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.3

ERA

3.74

335

101

1137.0

704

WHIP

1.300

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-17 / in Starts: 10-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 3

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	192	6	Apr 20	WSA	@	CHW	L,1-6	6-7		99	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.07	8	1	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	.53	0.039	.99	0.04%	1.48	6b -23 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
2	193	8	Apr 22	WSA	@	MIN	L,4-5	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.07	7	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.201	2.70	0.25%	1.07	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
3	194	11	Apr 26	WSA	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	3	7.1	3	1	0	4	4	0	1	0.00	3.02	31	12	10	2	2	0	70			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.31	0.276	1.77	0.22%	2.19	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	195	17	May 2	WSA		DET	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	5.1	5	5	5	3	3	1	0	2.70	3.83	24	6	7	1	2	5	38			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	.78	-0.294	.84	-0.19%	-2.79	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d3
5	196	21	May 7(1)	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	6.0	6	4	4	5	3	0	0	3.57	3.90	27	7	6	0	1	6	42			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	-0.177	1.39	-0.11%	-1.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
6	197	28	May 13	WSA		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	5	9.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.56	3.30	28	6	15	1	4	1	89			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.431	.57	0.19%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	198	33	May 19	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(2-3)	5	7.1	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	2.77	3.22	31	9	8	2	2	5	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.42	0.219	2.14	0.20%	2.01	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
8	199	39	May 24	WSA	@	KCA	L,5-6	GS-7		4	7.0	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.13	3.51	30	10	9	0	5	6	48			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.128	1.97	-0.10%	-0.44	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
9	200	45	May 31	WSA		LAA	L,3-5	GS-8		6	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.06	3.39	26	8	8	3	0	5	60			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.231	1.93	0.20%	2.01	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	201	50	Jun 5	WSA		CLE	L,5-7	GS-5		4	5.0	9	5	5	4	2	0	0	3.57	3.45	28	5	9	0	3	8	27			0	0	0	24	3	2	1	0	0	0	1.51	-0.331	1.79	-0.24%	-2.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
11	202	57	Jun 11(2)	WSA	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-4		5	3.2	5	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.79	3.69	18	2	6	2	0	5	38			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.142	1.14	-0.10%	-1.52	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out d3
12	203	58	Jun 13	WSA	@	BAL	L,7-8	7-GF	L(2-4)	1	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.80	3.65	9	4	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.173	1.41	-0.08%	-0.05	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
13	204	61	Jun 16	WSA	@	BOS	L,9-14	GS-4	L(2-5)	2	3.1	4	7	7	6	0	0	1	4.54	3.91	20	6	3	0	0	4	18			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.279	.94	-0.13%	-3.53	1b start a 4	4b 123 1 out a2
14	205	64	Jun 18(2)	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-6	7-GF(13)	L(2-6)	1	6.0	1	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.30	3.98	21	6	9	2	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.98	0.354	1.03	0.11%	2.09	7b --- 0 out d1	13b end d 1
15	206	68	Jun 24	WSA	@	CHW	L,6-12	2-GF(8)		5	6.2	11	6	6	1	3	2	1	4.61	4.19	31	4	11	1	1	11		2	2	1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.101	.02	-0.01%	-3.60	2b -23 1 out d4	8b end d 7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Washington Senators to Pittsburgh Pirates
16	207	97	Aug 5	PIT	@	CIN	W,11-7	GS-3		41	3.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.88	4.10	16	3	5	1	2	7	30			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.132	.02	0.00%	-2.46	1b start a 4	3b 3 out a2
17	208	102	Aug 8(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(3-6)	2	9.0	7	2	2	5	5	1	0	4.60	4.15	38	12	9	3	1	7	65			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.543	.09	0.02%	2.43	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
18	209	107	Aug 13	PIT		PHI	W,13-4	CG	W(4-6)	4	9.0	13	4	4	2	4	0	0	4.54	3.99	38	11	8	1	2	13	47			0	0	0	36	2	2	0	2	0	0	.67	0.108	.02	0.00%	0.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
19	210	113	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(4-7)	4	10.1	8	2	2	1	7	0	0	4.28	3.76	39	9	14	1	5	8	75			0	0	0	36	2	0	1	1	1	1	1.48	0.284	.01	0.00%	2.90	1b start tie	11b -2- 1 out d1
20	211	119	Aug 25	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-7)	6	9.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.96	3.62	35	11	10	0	1	6	79			0	0	0	33	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.48	0.735	.02	0.00%	4.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	212	125	Aug 30	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(6-7)	4	9.0	4	1	0	1	5	0	0	3.69	3.49	33	15	8	3	0	4	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.13	0.469	.00	0.00%	3.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	213	130	Sep 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	W(7-7)	5	9.0	8	3	2	0	3	0	0	3.58	3.39	35	13	11	3	3	8	64			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	2	.52	0.120	.00	0.00%	1.57	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
23	214	135	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-9	L(7-8)	4	8.0	10	4	4	2	3	2	1	3.63	3.54	37	5	16	3	8	10	47			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.188	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1b start a 3	9b 12- 0 out tie
24	215	139	Sep 14	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	0	3.66	3.52	23	7	8	2	0	0	56			1	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.048	.00	0.00%	0.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
25	216	141	Sep 17	PIT		STL	L,0-3	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	3.51	4	0	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
26	217	145	Sep 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS-4		4	4.0	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.72	3.61	19	8	3	1	0	6	36			1	0	0	16	1	1	1	1	0	0	.89	-0.145	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
27	218	147	Sep 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.69	3.59	5	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.21	0.319	.00	0.00%	0.93	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
28	219	150	Sep 27	PIT		SFG	W,5-3	GS-7		2	7.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.69	3.61	27	12	6	0	2	5	57			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.84	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
							11-17		W-L:7-8,Sv:1	3.5	165.2	148	71	68	57	84	12	4	3.69	3.61	688	0.93		8%	11%	136	53	6	50%	8	3	0	613	31	6	6	12	5	7	1.15	2.179	.67	0.28%	13.51

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