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Tom Poorman

Tom Poorman

1880–1888  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  5'7", 135 lb  ·  b. 1857 Lock Haven, PA

Career 496 G · 498 H · 12 HR · 172 RBI · .244 AVG · 3–9 · 4.02 ERA · 14 SO · 109.2 IP

Seasons leading his league
1
0 best in baseball 1 league only
4 Top-5 finishes
1 Title seasons
1 Categories led
1887 Best season

Spanning 1887–1887, peaking at 1 titles in 1887.

Team records #1 Buffalo Bisons 1880 SV #2 Buffalo Bisons career SV #2 Philadelphia Athletics 1887 R #2 Philadelphia Athletics 1887 SB #3 Toledo Blue Stockings career R #3 Toledo Blue Stockings 1884 R #4 Toledo Blue Stockings career IP #4 Philadelphia Athletics career SB #4 Toledo Blue Stockings 1884 AVG #4 Toledo Blue Stockings 1884 IP

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 2,919th League titles 1
  • 4,220th Top-5 finishes 4

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Triples 1 1st — 1887 AA 19
Outfield Assists — #3 — 1884 #3

Title Seasons

1 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1887 1 3B 19

Batting

  led the league   6 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1880 BFN +1 NL 26 95 8 16 2 2 0 1 0 15 0 .168 .168 .232 .400
1884 TL1 AA 94 382 56 89 8 7 0 0 10 0 0 .233 .254 .291 .545
1885 BSN NL 56 227 44 54 5 3 3 25 7 32 0 .238 .261 .326 .587
1886 BSN NL 88 371 72 97 16 6 3 41 19 52 31 .261 .297 .361 .659
1887 PH4 AA 135 585 140 155 18 19 4 61 35 46 88 .265 .317 .381 .699
1888 PH4 AA 97 383 76 87 16 6 2 44 31 46 46 .227 .294 .316 .609
Career — — 496 2,043 396 498 65 43 12 172 102 191 165 .244 .285 .335 .620

Pitching

3 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1880 BFN +1 NL 3 8 3.87 13 10 1 100.0 129 43 3 27 13 1.56
1884 TL1 AA 0 1 3.00 1 1 0 9.0 13 3 1 2 0 1.67
1887 PH4 AA 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 0.2 5 3 1 1 1 9.00
Career — — 3 9 4.02 15 11 1 109.2 147 49 5 30 14 1.61

Fielding

3 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1880 BFN NL OF 17 — 94.0 14 1 5 0 20 .750 0.88
P 13 — 100.0 5 24 4 0 33 .879 2.23
1884 TL1 AA OF 93 — 815.0 129 29 29 5 187 .845 1.70
P 1 — 9.0 1 2 1 0 4 .750 3.00
1885 BSN NL OF 56 — 502.0 82 9 14 1 105 .867 1.63
1886 BSN NL OF 88 — 793.0 145 21 18 6 184 .902 1.89
1887 PH4 AA OF 135 — 1150.0 237 18 25 6 280 .911 1.89
2B 2 — 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
P 1 — 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1888 PH4 AA OF 97 — 835.0 115 8 14 1 137 .898 1.27
Career — — OF 486 — 4189.0 722 86 105 19 913 .885 1.66
— — P 15 — 110.0 6 26 5 0 37 .865 2.13
— — 2B 2 — 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00