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Tom Veryzer
Thomas Martin Veryzer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut August 14, 1973
  vs. MIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1984
Born February 11, 1953 in Port Jefferson, NY

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 20 DET AL  18   20    1    6   0  1   0    2   0  0   2   4  .300  .364  .400  110    8   0   0   0   0   0
 1974 21 DET AL  22   55    4   13   2  0   2    9   1  0   5   8  .236  .300  .382   94   21   0   0   0   0   0
 1975 22 DET AL 128  404   37  102  13  1   5   48   2  6  23  76  .252  .297  .327   74  132   2   5   1   5   7
 1976 23 DET AL  97  354   31   83   8  2   1   25   1  4  21  44  .234  .286  .277   64   98   6   3   1   6  11
 1977 24 DET AL 125  350   31   69  12  1   2   28   0  1  16  44  .197  .230  .254   30   89   4   3   0   0   5
 1978 25 CLE AL 130  421   48  114  18  4   1   32   1  2  13  36  .271  .298  .340   80  143  15   4   0   5   7
 1979 26 CLE AL 149  449   41   99   9  3   0   34   2  5  34  54  .220  .279  .254   45  114  10   4   0   4  10
 1980 27 CLE AL 109  358   28   97  12  0   2   28   0  5  10  25  .271  .303  .321   71  115   4   3   1   8  11
 1981 28 CLE AL  75  221   13   54   4  0   0   14   1  0  10  10  .244  .278  .262   57   58   5   2   1   1   6
 1982 29 NYM NL  40   54    6   18   2  0   0    4   1  0   3   4  .333  .362  .370  107   20   0   1   2   0   1
 1983 30 CHC NL  59   88    5   18   3  0   1    3   0  0   3  13  .205  .231  .273   37   24   1   0   1   0   1
 1984 31 CHC NL  44   74    5   14   1  0   0    4   0  0   3  11  .189  .259  .203   28   15   2   0   1   4   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     996 2848  250  687  84 12  14  231   9 23 143 329  .241  .283  .294   61  837  49  25   8  33  62
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        463   41  112  14  2   2   38   1  4  23  54  .241  .283  .294   61  136   8   4   1   5  10
 Career High    149  449   48  114  18  4   5   48   2  6  34  76  .271  .303  .340   80  143  15   5   2   8  11
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1973 20 DET AL   22   14    3   5.8    98| .300  .266| .364  .336| .400  .391| .764  .727| 110  .626   0.2   0.0   0%
 1974 21 DET AL   60   42    7   4.5    91| .236  .261| .300  .325| .382  .375| .682  .700|  94  .537  -0.6  -0.1 100%
 1975 22 DET AL  439  322   38   3.2    96| .252  .262| .297  .333| .327  .386| .624  .719|  74  .363 -14.8  -1.5  25%
 1976 23 DET AL  390  295   27   2.5    88| .234  .259| .286  .324| .277  .366| .563  .690|  64  .294 -16.6  -1.8  20%
 1977 24 DET AL  373  294   21   1.9   104| .197  .272| .230  .337| .254  .414| .484  .751|  30  .166 -35.5  -3.5   0%
 1978 25 CLE AL  458  335   42   3.4    93| .271  .260| .298  .325| .340  .383| .638  .708|  80  .386 -11.8  -1.2  33%
 1979 26 CLE AL  501  379   32   2.2   103| .220  .271| .279  .336| .254  .410| .533  .746|  45  .206 -35.3  -3.5  28%
 1980 27 CLE AL  383  284   32   3.0   100| .271  .270| .303  .333| .321  .401| .624  .734|  71  .319 -14.6  -1.4   0%
 1981 28 CLE AL  239  180   16   2.4    89| .244  .256| .278  .321| .262  .373| .540  .693|  57  .271 -12.5  -1.3 100%
 1982 29 NYM NL   58   38    7   5.0    94| .333  .264| .362  .327| .370  .384| .732  .711| 107  .575   0.6   0.1 100%
 1983 30 CHC NL   92   72    5   1.9   100| .205  .268| .231  .337| .273  .397| .504  .734|  37  .183  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 1984 31 CHC NL   83   65    4   1.7   100| .189  .272| .259  .338| .203  .396| .462  .734|  28  .156  -7.4  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3098 2320  234   2.7    97| .241  .265| .283  .331| .294  .391| .577  .722|  61  .293 -156.3 -15.8  28%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1973 20 DET AL SS 18 6 12 3 1 .857 .963 1.00 4.43 3.24 5.09 3 50.0 1974 21 DET AL SS 20 18 33 4 4 .927 .966 2.55 4.24 3.59 4.98 11 127.7 1975 22 DET AL SS 128 215 358 24 62 .960 .959 4.48 4.09 4.73 4.85 126 1089.7 1976 23 DET AL SS 97 164 313 17 53 .966 .967 4.92 4.40 5.12 4.99 94 837.7 1977 24 DET AL SS 124 185 377 18 62 .969 .963 4.53 4.07 5.16 4.82 115 980.0 1978 25 CLE AL SS 129 177 375 21 58 .963 .964 4.28 4.19 4.59 4.92 121 1082.3 1979 26 CLE AL SS 148 238 446 18 90 .974 .965 4.62 4.10 4.97 5.01 146 1238.0 1980 27 CLE AL SS 108 169 331 15 59 .971 .963 4.63 4.26 4.93 4.99 108 913.0 1981 28 CLE AL SS 75 121 207 10 48 .970 .967 4.37 4.19 4.80 4.99 73 614.7 1982 29 NYM NL 2B 26 21 30 2 4 .962 .979 1.96 4.75 5.76 5.42 5 79.7 SS 16 19 14 5 0 .868 .968 2.06 4.38 3.05 5.01 11 97.3 1983 30 CHC NL SS 28 23 65 2 16 .978 .967 3.14 4.16 4.86 4.85 15 163.0 3B 17 4 7 0 1 1.000 .948 0.65 2.29 1.87 2.70 3 53.0 1984 31 CHC NL SS 36 37 48 3 10 .966 .965 2.36 3.98 4.55 4.87 15 168.3 3B 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.36 0.00 2.80 0 9.0 2B 4 7 15 1 3 .957 .978 5.50 4.70 6.53 5.41 3 30.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 29 NYM NL 2B 26 21 30 2 4 .962 .979 1.96 4.75 5.76 5.42 5 79.7 1984 31 CHC NL 2B 4 7 15 1 3 .957 .978 5.50 4.70 6.53 5.41 3 30.3 1983 30 CHC NL 3B 17 4 7 0 1 1.000 .948 0.65 2.29 1.87 2.70 3 53.0 1984 31 CHC NL 3B 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.36 0.00 2.80 0 9.0 1973 20 DET AL SS 18 6 12 3 1 .857 .963 1.00 4.43 3.24 5.09 3 50.0 1974 21 DET AL SS 20 18 33 4 4 .927 .966 2.55 4.24 3.59 4.98 11 127.7 1975 22 DET AL SS 128 215 358 24 62 .960 .959 4.48 4.09 4.73 4.85 126 1089.7 1976 23 DET AL SS 97 164 313 17 53 .966 .967 4.92 4.40 5.12 4.99 94 837.7 1977 24 DET AL SS 124 185 377 18 62 .969 .963 4.53 4.07 5.16 4.82 115 980.0 1978 25 CLE AL SS 129 177 375 21 58 .963 .964 4.28 4.19 4.59 4.92 121 1082.3 1979 26 CLE AL SS 148 238 446 18 90 .974 .965 4.62 4.10 4.97 5.01 146 1238.0 1980 27 CLE AL SS 108 169 331 15 59 .971 .963 4.63 4.26 4.93 4.99 108 913.0 1981 28 CLE AL SS 75 121 207 10 48 .970 .967 4.37 4.19 4.80 4.99 73 614.7 1982 29 NYM NL SS 16 19 14 5 0 .868 .968 2.06 4.38 3.05 5.01 11 97.3 1983 30 CHC NL SS 28 23 65 2 16 .978 .967 3.14 4.16 4.86 4.85 15 163.0 1984 31 CHC NL SS 36 37 48 3 10 .966 .965 2.36 3.98 4.55 4.87 15 168.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 927 1372 2579 140 463 .966 .964 4.26 4.18 4.83 4.93 838 7361.7 2B* 30 28 45 3 7 .961 .979 2.43 4.74 5.97 5.42 8 110.0 3B* 22 4 7 1 1 .917 .948 0.50 2.30 1.60 2.71 3 62.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 979 1404 2631 144 471 .966 .964 4.12 4.15 4.82 4.92 849 7534
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   NLCS  CHC SDP     L   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .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.

Hit By Pitch
1976 AL-6-10
1980 AL-8-4
1984 NL-4-10

Sac. Hits
1978 AL-15-7

Youngest Player
1973 AL-20-6

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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft.

December 9, 1977: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Cleveland Indians for Charlie Spikes.

January 8, 1982: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Mets for Ray Searage.

April 2, 1983: Traded by the New York Mets to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Schilling (minors) and Craig Weissman (minors).

April 5, 1985: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


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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