Tommy La Stella

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: January 31, 1989 in Westwood, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 8th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC).

High School: St. Joseph Regional HS (Montvale, NJ)

School: Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC)

Debut: May 28, 2014 (Age 25-117d, 20,629th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 30, 2023 (Age 34-089d)
vs. TOR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Thomas Frank La Stella

Nicknames: 3 A.M. or TL

Twitter: @TommyLaStella

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.6

1737

462

.266

209

RBI

206

OBP

.337

SLG

.397

OPS

.734

OPS+

100

Summary of 40 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

6 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 11 go ahead

5 Tms
LAA	20
CHC	9
SFG	9
ATL	1
OAK	1

Platoon
vs RHP	36
vs LHP	4

Home/Road
Away	21
Home	19

Outs
0	17
1	12
2	11

18 Opps
CIN	4
SEA	4
MIN	3
TEX	3
ATL	3
PHI	3
MIL	3
COL	2
SFG	2
SDP	2
DET	2
NYM	2
WSN	2
STL	1
OAK	1
CHC	1
NYY	1
HOU	1

39 Pitchers
Freddy Peralta	2
Trevor Cahill	1
Yacksel Ríos	1
Raisel Iglesias	1
Austin Adams	1
José Berríos	1
Drew Hayes	1
Yu Darvish	1
Joakim Soria	1
Wade LeBlanc	1
Huascar Ynoa	1
Yusei Kikuchi	1
Mike Foltynewicz	1
Trevor Gott	1
R.J. Alaniz	1
Marcus Stroman	1
Brett Cecil	1
Jhoulys Chacín	1
Tommy Nance	1
R.A. Dickey	1
Ryan Carpenter	1
Chris Bassitt	1
Jonathan Hernández	1
Stephen Strasburg	1
Alejandro Chacín	1
Tyler Mahle	1
Cristian Javier	1
Chad Kuhl	1
Chris Martin	1
Mike Leake	1
Masahiro Tanaka	1
Joe Musgrove	1
Max Scherzer	1
Ben Lively	1
Lance Lynn	1
Zac Reininger	1
Jake Odorizzi	1
Zack Wheeler	1
Peter Lambert	1

15 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	13
CitizensBank (PHI)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Oracle Park (SFO)	3
Truist Pk (ATL)	3
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Target Field (MIN)	2
GlbLifeField (ARL)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1

Where Hit
9	23
89	12
8	3
7	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	8
5	8
1	7
2	7
3	6
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	32
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	10
12-	2
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

60 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	25
1 on	11
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	15

Inning
1	10
2	4
3	3
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	2
8	3
9	3

1-3	17
4-6	15
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	2
+2	3
+1	3
Tied	8
-1	5
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	5

Ahead	15
Tied	8
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
2-2	6
2-1	5
1-0	4
3-1	4
1-2	3
0-1	3
2-0	3
3-2	2
1-1	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	23
3B	10
DH	4
1B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
1st	15
2nd	9
7th	6
8th	4
9th	3
6th	2
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2014-08-08	ATL		WSN	Stephen Strasburg	ahead 6-0	b 5	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	4	0.008	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2015-09-02	CHC		CIN	Raisel Iglesias	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	4	0.113	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2016-04-24	CHC	@	CIN	Drew Hayes	ahead 8-0	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	2016-05-06	CHC		WSN	Max Scherzer	behind 0-2	b 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	5	0.173	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Zobrist Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2017-05-12	CHC	@	STL	Brett Cecil	ahead 2-0	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	2	4	0.084	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
6	6	2	1	2017-07-19	CHC	@	ATL	R.A. Dickey	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	2	5	0.084	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
7	7	3	1	2017-08-23	CHC	@	CIN	Alejandro Chacín	ahead 7-0	t 4	2	1--	5,(3-1) .CBBBX	2	6	5	0.021	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. Avila Scores
8	8	4	1	2017-08-26	CHC	@	PHI	Ben Lively	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	4	0.094	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
9	9	5	2	2017-08-26	CHC	@	PHI	Yacksel Ríos	ahead 13-2	t 9	1	1--	9,(3-2) BFFFB*BFFX	2	7	4	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Avila Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2018-08-30	CHC	@	ATL	Mike Foltynewicz	behind 3-4	t 6	1	1--	3,(1-1) .BCX	2	8	PH	0.302	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Schwarber Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2019-04-08	LAA		MIL	Jhoulys Chacín	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	4	0.198	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Goodwin Scores
12	12	2	1	2019-04-09	LAA		MIL	Freddy Peralta	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	12-	7,(3-2) BCFBBFX	3	8	4	0.129	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Goodwin Scores; J. Lucroy Scores
13	13	3	2	2019-04-09	LAA		MIL	Freddy Peralta	ahead 6-5	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	4	0.098	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
14	14	4	1	2019-04-17	LAA	@	TEX	Chris Martin	behind 2-5	t 8	2	---	5,(2-2) FBFBX	1	7	4	0.045	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	5	1	2019-04-21	LAA		SEA	Mike Leake	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	DH	0.108	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	6	2	2019-04-21	LAA		SEA	R.J. Alaniz	ahead 6-1	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	DH	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
17	17	7	1	2019-04-25	LAA		NYY	Masahiro Tanaka	behind 0-4	b 5	0	1--	5,(2-2) B*BCFX	2	7	5	0.134	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Lucroy Scores
18	18	8	1	2019-05-09	LAA	@	DET	Ryan Carpenter	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	--3	4,(1-2) CFBX	2	9	4	0.076	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Smith Scores
19	19	9	2	2019-05-09	LAA	@	DET	Zac Reininger	ahead 7-0	t 7	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	4	0.005	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
20	20	10	1	2019-05-13	LAA	@	MIN	José Berríos	tied 4-4	t 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	0.168	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	11	1	2019-05-15	LAA	@	MIN	Jake Odorizzi	behind 0-2	t 3	1	---	6,(2-2) BBTCFX	1	1	5	0.096	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	12	1	2019-05-23	LAA		MIN	Austin Adams	behind 3-16	b 9	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	5	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Trout Scores; D. Garneau Scores; J. Lucroy Scores
23	23	13	1	2019-06-05	LAA		OAK	Joakim Soria	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	5	0.093	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
24	24	14	1	2019-06-08	LAA		SEA	Yusei Kikuchi	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	5	0.098	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	15	1	2019-06-09	LAA		SEA	Wade LeBlanc	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	1	5	0.104	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	16	1	2019-06-25	LAA		CIN	Tyler Mahle	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	1	4	0.096	55%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	2020-08-09	LAA	@	TEX	Lance Lynn	behind 0-5	t 5	2	1--	5,(2-2) C*BFBX	2	2	3	0.076	13%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); L. Rengifo Scores
28	28	2	1	2020-08-17	LAA		SFG	Trevor Gott	behind 5-6	b 9	1	1--	4,(1-2) B1CCX	2	2	4	0.781	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Fletcher Scores
29	29	3	1	2020-08-18	LAA		SFG	Trevor Cahill	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	2	3	0.099	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
30	30	4	1	2020-08-25 (1)	LAA	@	HOU	Cristian Javier	behind 2-6	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	4	0.037	8%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
31	31	5	1	2020-09-13	OAK	@	TEX	Jonathan Hernández	behind 1-6	t 8	1	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	1	5	0.013	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2021-04-20	SFG	@	PHI	Zack Wheeler	behind 1-4	t 5	2	1--	3,(0-2) CFX	2	1	4	0.170	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Ruf Scores
33	33	2	1	2021-08-17	SFG		NYM	Marcus Stroman	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	6,(2-2) CLB1>FB1X	2	2	4	0.152	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); L. Wade Scores
34	34	3	1	2021-08-28	SFG	@	ATL	Huascar Ynoa	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	4	0.097	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	4	1	2021-09-11	SFG	@	CHC	Tommy Nance	ahead 9-3	t 5	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	1	4	0.025	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Yastrzemski Scores; K. Gausman Scores
36	36	5	1	2021-09-13	SFG		SDP	Yu Darvish	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	1	4	0.099	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	6	1	2021-09-21	SFG	@	SDP	Joe Musgrove	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	1	4	0.103	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	7	1	2021-09-24	SFG	@	COL	Peter Lambert	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	0.090	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2022-05-17	SFG	@	COL	Chad Kuhl	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	DH	0.092	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	2	1	2022-05-24	SFG		NYM	Chris Bassitt	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	1-3	4,(2-1) BBCX	3	1	DH	0.151	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); L. González Scores; M. Papierski Scores