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Tom
Needham		  
Nickname: Deerfoot
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 17, 1879 in Usa, OH, STEUBENVILLE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1904 25 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1905 26 CLE AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 10 9 10
1906 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 10 9 10
1907 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 10 10 10
1908 29 CLE AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 10 10 10
1909 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10
1910 31 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10
1911 32 CLE AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1912 33 BOS AL $ 400,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1904 25 AA   106 400 52 122 12 2 18 47 10 6 32 81 .305 .356 .480 .836 65.7  
    A   13 52 7 19 4 0 1 4 2 1 2 7 .365 .389 .500 .889 8.9  
1905 26 AAA   26 91 10 31 5 0 1 10 4 0 4 10 .341 .368 .429 .797 13.9  
    AA   94 342 57 95 12 1 18 44 8 5 37 61 .278 .348 .477 .825 56.3  
1906 27 CLE AL 67 240 26 54 3 1 1 30 14 4 14 14 .225 .268 .258 .527 17.6 1.4
    AAA   62 235 25 63 7 1 6 31 7 2 19 25 .268 .323 .383 .706 29.8  
    AA   13 46 3 8 2 1 0 6 1 1 2 4 .174 .208 .261 .469 1.9  
1907 28 CLE AL 95 353 30 68 13 2 2 40 8 5 16 26 .193 .225 .258 .482 17.8 0.0
    AAA   11 38 5 10 1 0 2 6 1 0 2 1 .263 .300 .447 .747 5.3  
1908 29 AAA   130 463 40 118 18 3 12 60 11 10 49 52 .255 .326 .384 .711 58.2  
1909 30 CLE AL 26 85 5 11 4 0 0 5 3 2 5 6 .129 .178 .176 .354 0.6 0.0
    AAA   52 186 17 49 9 2 0 24 5 4 16 6 .263 .322 .333 .655 19.5  
1910 31 CLE AL 25 84 9 20 2 1 0 7 6 2 3 1 .238 .270 .286 .555 6.7 0.8
    AAA   89 307 29 85 17 3 3 38 10 3 33 23 .277 .347 .381 .728 41.4  
1911 32 CLE AL 68 234 27 54 12 5 1 33 7 6 19 7 .231 .287 .338 .625 20.1 1.4
1912 33 BOS AL 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 282 999 98 207 34 9 4 115 38 19 58 54 .207 .250 .271 .521 62.9 3.6
6 Years AAA 370 1320 126 356 57 9 24 169 38 19 123 117 .270 .333 .381 .714 168.0  
3 Years AA 213 788 112 225 26 4 36 97 19 12 71 146 .286 .343 .466 .809 123.9  
1 Years A 13 52 7 19 4 0 1 4 2 1 2 7 .365 .389 .500 .889 8.9  
10 Years Minors 596 2160 245 600 87 13 61 270 59 32 196 270 .278 .338 .415 .753 300.8  
162 Game Average 573 56 118 19 5 2 66 21 10 33 31 .207 .250 .271 .521 36.2  
Career Highs 95 353 30 68 13 5 2 40 14 6 19 26 .238 .287 .338 .625 20.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   734 77 149 23 7 4 75 25 13 42 43 .203 .245 .270 .515 45.6
vs LH   265 21 58 11 2 0 40 13 6 16 11 .219 .263 .275 .539 18.5
Home 149 513 44 109 23 4 1 59 17 10 27 25 .212 .249 .279 .528 32.9
Away 133 486 54 98 11 5 3 56 21 9 31 29 .202 .251 .263 .514 31.1
RISP   311 0 57 14 4 0 108 0 0 26 21 .183 .240 .254 .494 18.2
Pinch Hitting   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   143 10 27 4 1 0 14 0 0 11 6 .189 .245 .231 .476 7.5
Mar/Apr 22 70 6 16 3 2 0 7 2 4 3 5 .229 .257 .329 .585 4.7
May 41 147 19 32 8 0 1 20 4 1 9 8 .218 .259 .293 .552 11.1
June 55 193 19 37 7 1 2 15 11 3 12 13 .192 .237 .269 .506 12.6
July 69 251 13 44 6 2 0 33 5 4 14 17 .175 .220 .215 .435 8.9
August 52 187 16 37 6 4 0 24 7 3 10 7 .198 .241 .273 .514 11.3
Sep/Oct 43 151 25 41 4 0 1 16 9 4 10 4 .272 .315 .318 .633 15.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1906 27 CLE AL C 66 66 597.0 256 63 12 1 .964 4.81 125 44 .352 3 3.7
1907 28 CLE AL C 95 95 868.3 401 69 35 1 .931 4.87 220 50 .227 2 2.3
1909 30 CLE AL C 26 24 218.0 102 25 4 0 .969 5.24 61 18 .295 2 1.8
1910 31 CLE AL C 24 21 203.0 122 18 6 1 .959 6.21 36 16 .444 0 1.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1911 32 CLE AL C 68 67 594.3 286 54 10 1 .971 5.15 137 39 .285 3 3.0
1912 33 BOS AL C 1 1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 280 274 2488.7 1171 229 67 4 .954 5.06 579 167 .288 10 11.9
  CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   281 275 2497.7 1172 229 67 4 .954 5.05 579 167 .288 10 11.9
Career Highs   95 95 868.3 401 69 35 1 1.000 5.99 220 50 .444 3  
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Fred Abbott (987)
  2. Cy Perkins (986)
  3. Tom Leahy (983)
  4. Johnny Grabowski (969)
  5. Jimmy Archer (968)
  6. Jack Ryan (967)
  7. Lew McCarty (965)
  8. Aleck Smith (964)
  9. John Henry (962)
  10. Tex Erwin (960)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 52nd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1904
Had first career hit on 7/11/1906, off Fred Glade (WS1)
Hit first career homerun on 9/9/1906, off Vive Lindaman (BOS)
Injured on 8/26/1911 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Cleveland on 9/29/1911
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/20/1912 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Released by Boston (A) on 4/9/1913
 
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