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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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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.3

ERA

3.74

335

101

1137.0

704

WHIP

1.300

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7		10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	12 (4)	Apr 23	PIT		CHC	L,2-7		11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	17 (4)	May 1	PIT		SFG	L,1-5	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Detroit Tigers
4	23	May 5	DET		BAL	W,12-4	GF	18	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	26 (2)	May 8	DET		NYY	W,7-6		12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	28 (1)	May 11	DET		CLE	L,5-6		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	31 (2)	May 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
8	32	May 18 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	33	May 18 (2)	DET	@	WSA	L,5-7		24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
10	36 (2)	May 21	DET	@	BAL	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
11	38 (1)	May 24	DET		BOS	L,2-5		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	41 (2)	May 26 (2)	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	46 (4)	Jun 1	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	48 (1)	Jun 4	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	51 (2)	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,8-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	52	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,2-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	54 (1)	Jun 11	DET		BOS	L,3-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	55	Jun 12	DET		CLE	L,6-12		9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	59 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	60	Jun 16 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	62 (1)	Jun 19	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	63	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	64	Jun 21	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	67 (2)	Jun 24	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	69 (1)	Jun 26	DET	@	MIN	L,1-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	71 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	DET		LAA	L,3-8		14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	75 (3)	Jul 2	DET		MIN	L,4-7		22	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	77 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		MIN	W,5-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	82 (4)	Jul 7 (2)	DET		KCA	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	83	Jul 11	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	90 (6)	Jul 20	DET	@	LAA	L,2-11		13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Kansas City Athletics
32	97	Jul 24 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	102 (4)	Jul 28 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,7-12		15	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	106 (3)	Aug 2	KCA		MIN	L,3-10		16	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	117 (10)	Aug 15	KCA		DET	L,1-11	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	119 (1)	Aug 17	KCA		BAL	L,1-6		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	122 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	KCA		WSA	W,7-5	GS	29	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	128 (5)	Aug 25 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,5-11	GS	19	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	136 (7)	Sep 2 (2)	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
40	144 (7)	Sep 9	KCA		NYY	W,7-6		6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
41	146 (1)	Sep 11	KCA		NYY	L,2-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	147	Sep 12	KCA		NYY	L,2-5		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	148	Sep 13	KCA		BOS	L,3-7		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
44	149	Sep 14	KCA		BOS	L,4-6	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	153 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5		18	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
46	156 (2)	Sep 22	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	158 (1)	Sep 25	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	15	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
48	162 (3)	Sep 29	KCA		CLE	L,1-2		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							48gm		116.1	8	21	0	29	1