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Tom Gorman
Thomas Aloysius Gorman

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

Debut July 16, 1952
Final Game June 23, 1959
Born January 4, 1925 in New York, NY
Died December 26, 1992 in Valley Stream, NY

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1952 27 NYY AL   6   2  12   6   1   1   3  1   60.7   63   34   31   8   22   31   2   0   259       1  4.60  3.34   73 1.401
 1953 28 NYY AL   4   5  40   1   0   0  15  6   77.0   65   32   29   5   32   38   6   0   329       0  3.39  3.72  110 1.260
 1954 29 NYY AL   0   0  23   0   0   0  11  2   36.7   30   14    9   1   14   31   1   1   154       0  2.21  3.43  155 1.200
 1955 30 KCA AL   7   6  57   0   0   0  35 18  109.0   98   48   43  11   36   46   4   2   451   5   0  3.55  4.16  117 1.229
 1956 31 KCA AL   9  10  52  13   1   0  23  3  171.3  168   83   73  23   68   56   2   2   733   7   1  3.83  4.33  113 1.377
 1957 32 KCA AL   5   9  38  12   3   1  12  3  124.7  125   59   53  18   33   66   1   3   523   7   0  3.83  3.94  103 1.267
 1958 33 KCA AL   4   4  50   1   0   0  24  8   89.7   86   41   35   8   20   44   3   2   357   0   0  3.51  3.92  112 1.182
 1959 34 KCA AL   1   0  17   0   0   0   9  1   20.3   24   21   16   3   14    9   1   1   101   0   0  7.08  4.02   57 1.869
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .500  36  36 289  33   5   2 132 42  689.3  659  332  289  77  239  321  20  11  2907  19   2  3.77  3.96  105 1.303
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   7  61   6   1   0  27  8  145.3  139   70   61  16   50   67   4   2   613   4   0  3.77  3.96  105 1.303
 Career High      9  10  57  13   3   1  35 18  171.3  168   83   73  23   68   66   6   3   733   7   1  3.39  4.33  117 1.182

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 27 NYY AL  12   23    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  14  .087  .160  .087  -28    2   0           0   1
 1953 28 NYY AL  40   15    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .133  .188  .133  -11    2   1           0   0
 1954 29 NYY AL  23    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
 1955 30 KCA AL  57   24    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   1  14  .083  .120  .125  -34    3   1   0   0   0   1
 1956 31 KCA AL  52   39    2    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  22  .051  .140  .051  -47    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1957 32 KCA AL  38   33    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  16  .121  .147  .121  -26    4   1   0   0   0   0
 1958 33 KCA AL  50   17    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0  10  .118  .118  .176  -21    3   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      289  155    6   14   2  0   0    3   0  0   9  84  .090  .140  .103  -33   16   4   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         87    3    8   1  0   0    2   0  0   5  47  .090  .140  .103  -33    9   2   0   0   0   2
 Career High     57   39    2    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   4  22                           4   1   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 27 NYY AL   25   22    0   0.0    91| .087  .253| .160  .332| .087  .369| .247  .701| -28  .000  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1953 28 NYY AL   17   14    0   0.0   100| .133  .266| .188  .342| .133  .392| .321  .733| -11  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1954 29 NYY AL    4    4    0   0.0    96| .000  .262| .000  .337| .000  .383| .000  .720|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1955 30 KCA AL   26   24    0   0.0   103| .083  .267| .120  .347| .125  .398| .245  .746| -34  .000  -4.7  -0.5   0%
 1956 31 KCA AL   44   38    0   0.0   106| .051  .267| .140  .349| .051  .408| .191  .757| -47  .000  -8.6  -0.8   0%
 1957 32 KCA AL   35   30    1   0.9   100| .121  .264| .147  .336| .121  .399| .268  .735| -26  .052  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1958 33 KCA AL   17   16    0   0.0   100| .118  .264| .118  .333| .176  .401| .294  .734| -21  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       168  148    1   0.2   101| .090  .264| .140  .341| .103  .396| .243  .737| -33  .003 -29.4  -2.9   0%

* 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 ------+
1952 27 NYY AL P 12 2 11 3 0 .813 .963 1.08 1.03 1.93 2.11 6 60.7 1953 28 NYY AL P 40 5 11 1 0 .941 .958 0.40 0.88 1.87 1.95 1 77.0 1954 29 NYY AL P 23 2 6 0 1 1.000 .964 0.35 0.93 1.96 2.01 0 36.7 1955 30 KCA AL P 57 8 13 3 1 .875 .955 0.37 0.83 1.73 1.99 0 109.0 1956 31 KCA AL P 52 11 29 3 1 .930 .950 0.77 0.82 2.11 1.92 13 171.0 1957 32 KCA AL P 38 10 19 2 0 .935 .963 0.76 0.86 2.09 1.99 12 124.7 1958 33 KCA AL P 50 2 11 0 0 1.000 .963 0.26 0.82 1.32 1.95 1 88.7 1959 34 KCA AL P 17 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.04 0 20.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 27 NYY AL P 12 2 11 3 0 .813 .963 1.08 1.03 1.93 2.11 6 60.7 1953 28 NYY AL P 40 5 11 1 0 .941 .958 0.40 0.88 1.87 1.95 1 77.0 1954 29 NYY AL P 23 2 6 0 1 1.000 .964 0.35 0.93 1.96 2.01 0 36.7 1955 30 KCA AL P 57 8 13 3 1 .875 .955 0.37 0.83 1.73 1.99 0 109.0 1956 31 KCA AL P 52 11 29 3 1 .930 .950 0.77 0.82 2.11 1.92 13 171.0 1957 32 KCA AL P 38 10 19 2 0 .935 .963 0.76 0.86 2.09 1.99 12 124.7 1958 33 KCA AL P 50 2 11 0 0 1.000 .963 0.26 0.82 1.32 1.95 1 88.7 1959 34 KCA AL P 17 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.04 0 20.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 289 40 100 13 3 .915 .958 0.48 0.85 1.83 1.98 33 688.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 289 40 100 13 3 .915 .958 0.48 0.85 1.83 1.98 33 688
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.2   1   0   0   0 
 1953   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   0   3.00  0  0  0  0   3     4   1   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   2   0   2.45  0  0  0  0   3.2   5   1   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1953   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   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.

Games
1955 AL-57-2
1956 AL-52-3
1958 AL-50-5

Saves
1953 AL-6-9
1955 AL-18-2
1958 AL-8-5

Home Runs Allow.
1956 AL-23-7

Hit Batsmen
1953 AL-6-10

Games Finished
1955 AL-35-3
1956 AL-23-6
1958 AL-24-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

March 30, 1955: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the New York Yankees.


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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