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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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.3

ERA

3.74

335

101

1137.0

704

WHIP

1.300

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-11 / in Starts: 10-7
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	21 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 68 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	50 (26-12-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 68 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (22-13-6)

Most Driven In
A Carey	2
E Slaughter	1
G McDougald	1
Y Berra	1
P Rizzuto	0

Most Driven In By
B Cerv	1
J Lumpe	1
B Martin	1
N Siebern	1
M Mantle	0

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	34	25 (24)	May 13 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.33	0.036	5.56	0.09%	0.15	P
2	35	29 (3)	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	8-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	3.08	-0.037	14.57	-0.11%	-0.21	P
3	36	32 (2)	May 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	2-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.38	-0.029	1.76	-0.08%	-0.45	P
4	37	35 (2)	May 24	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	4-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	.05	0.006	.26	0.02%	0.41	P
5	38	41 (5)	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,12-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.04	-0.001	.21	0.00%	-0.45	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	39	44 (2)	Jun 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
7	40	50 (5)	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,8-15	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
8	41	56 (5)	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.308	.615	9	.91	-0.093	5.80	-0.36%	-0.96	P
9	42	59 (2)	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.308	.308	.615	9						P
10	43	61 (1)	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	9	.80	-0.040	6.04	-0.18%	-0.34	P
11	44	67 (5)	Jun 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.421	.737	9	.92	0.062	4.87	0.20%	0.51	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	45	71 (3)	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	9	1.81	-0.046	9.23	-0.14%	-0.24	P
13	46	72	Jul 3	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	9-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.381	.667	9	2.27	-0.058	12.59	-0.19%	-0.24	P
14	47	73	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.318	.409	.727	9	1.44	0.033	8.52	0.12%	0.14	P
15	48	77 (3)	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.318	.409	.727	9						P
16	49	78	Jul 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.304	.391	.696	9	.01	0.000	.05	0.00%	-0.20	P
17	50	80 (1)	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	9	.44	-0.029	2.78	-0.11%	-0.88	P
18	51	85 (4)	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.321	.393	.714	9	1.08	0.009	2.75	0.01%	0.15	P
19	52	91 (5)	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-11	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.323	.387	.710	9	1.42	-0.085	4.77	-0.17%	-0.66	P
20	53	95 (3)	Jul 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,14-3	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.306	.389	.694	9	.20	-0.029	.59	-0.05%	-1.54	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	54	100 (4)	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.324	.405	.730	9	.73	0.028	3.57	0.08%	0.27	P
22	55	103 (2)	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.395	.711	9	2.39	-0.025	8.52	-0.05%	-0.22	P
23	56	108 (4)	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	9	2.27	-0.058	6.05	-0.09%	-0.24	P
24	57	113 (4)	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.375	.675	9	.28	-0.009	.63	-0.01%	-0.81	P
25	58	116 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.295	.364	.659	9	.61	-0.060	.92	-0.05%	-0.56	P
26	59	120 (3)	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.340	.617	9	.96	-0.074	3.78	-0.18%	-0.77	P
27	60	125 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.300	.300	.360	.660	9	.54	0.142	1.03	0.16%	2.86	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	61	130 (4)	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.288	.346	.635	9	1.29	-0.069	1.53	-0.05%	-0.66	P
29	62	136 (5)	Sep 8	NYY		WSH	W,16-2	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.309	.304	.364	.667	9	.41	0.023	.19	0.01%	2.02	P
30	63	139 (2)	Sep 12	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-7	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.298	.357	.655	9	2.01	-0.060	.09	0.00%	-0.62	P
31	64	143 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-3	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.295	.350	.645	9	.40	-0.038	.00	0.00%	0.13	P
32	65	150 (6)	Sep 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,11-6	GS-8	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.308	.359	.667	9	1.08	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
							21-11		68	64	5	20	1	1	0	5	0	0	7	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	.313	.308	.359	.667		.82	-0.528	2.81	-1.15%	-3.97

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