Tom Timmermann

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: May 12, 1940 in Breese, IL us

High School: Aviston HS (Breese, IL)

School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)

Debut: June 18, 1969 (Age 29-037d, 12,847th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 26, 1974 (Age 33-349d)
vs. CAL 3.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Thomas Henry Timmermann

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Relatives: Father of Phil Leftwich

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.9

ERA

3.78

228

548.0

315

WHIP

1.307

Summary of 42 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 3 tying, 20 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	26
CLE	16

Platoon
vs RHB	22
vs LHB	20

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	19

Outs
1	15
0	15
2	12

11 Opps
OAK	8
CLE	5
BAL	5
BOS	4
TEX/WSA	4
DET	4
CHW	4
KCR	3
MIN	2
MIL	2
NYY	1

41 Batters
Boog Powell	2
Graig Nettles	1
Rico Petrocelli	1
Paul Schaal	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
John Briggs	1
Ray Fosse	1
George Scott	1
Willie Horton	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Dick Green	1
Lou Piniella	1
Bert Campaneris	1
Gail Hopkins	1
Terry Crowley	1
Ollie Brown	1
Hal King	1
Deron Johnson	1
Rick Monday	1
Charlie Spikes	1
Rick Reichardt	1
Orlando Cepeda	1
Bill Melton	1
Amos Otis	1
Sal Bando	1
Don Mincher	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Bobby Darwin	1
Gates Brown	1
Norm Cash	1
Paul Blair	1
Dick McAuliffe	1
Alex Johnson	1
Johnny Oates	1
Bobby Knoop	1
Dave Nelson	1
Darrell Porter	1
Mike Epstein	1
Larry Hisle	1
Richie Scheinblum	1

9 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	17
ClevelandStd (CLE)	10
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	14
9	12
8	5
89	2
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	13
12-	3
-2-	3
-23	3
1-3	2
123	1

77 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	17
1 on	16
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	25

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

1-3	8
4-6	20
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	2
+1	4
Tied	15
-1	5
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	5

Ahead	9
Tied	15
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	7
1B	6
CF	5
C	5
LF	5
DH	4
PH	3
2B	3
RF	3
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	12
5th	10
8th	4
6th	4
7th	3
9th	3
3rd	2
1st	2
2nd	2

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1969-07-20 (2)	Richie Scheinblum	CLE		DET	behind 3-4	b 7	1	---	1	8	PH	25%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1970-05-01	Bobby Knoop	CHW		DET	tied 4-4	b 6	0	-23	3	8	4	15%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hopkins Scores; K. Berry Scores
3	3	2	1	1970-07-25	Gail Hopkins	CHW	@	DET	behind 3-9	t 9	2	---	1	9	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1970-08-30	Reggie Jackson	OAK	@	DET	behind 3-4	t 8	1	1--	2	9	PH	48%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Hovley Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1971-04-24	Dick Green	OAK		DET	behind 0-3	b 6	0	123	4	8	4	39%	76%		Home Run; S. Bando Scores; R. Monday Scores; D. Duncan Scores
6	6	2	1	1971-05-15	Don Mincher	WSA		DET	tied 3-3	b 15	2	---	1	9	PH	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
7	7	3	1	1971-05-18	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		DET	behind 2-3	b 7	1	-23	3	4	5	34%	89%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Smith Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores
8	8	4	1	1971-06-18	Chris Chambliss	CLE		DET	ahead 5-0	b 8	0	1--	2	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Ford Scores
9	9	5	1	1971-07-15	Rick Monday	OAK		DET	behind 5-7	b 9	1	---	1	4	8	6%	9%		Home Run (Deep CF)
10	10	6	1	1971-08-07	George Scott	BOS		DET	behind 3-11	b 8	2	12-	3	6	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Yastrzemski Scores; R. Petrocelli Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1972-04-20	Paul Blair	BAL		DET	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	2	8	15%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	2	1	1972-05-02	Lou Piniella	KCR	@	DET	ahead 5-3	t 9	0	---	1	5	7	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	3	1	1972-05-06	Hal King	TEX	@	DET	behind 0-3	t 7	1	---	1	4	2	6%	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	4	1	1972-05-16	Boog Powell	BAL	@	DET	tied 3-3	t 5	2	---	1	3	3	18%	63%		Home Run (CF-RF)
15	15	5	1	1972-05-20	Graig Nettles	CLE	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	5	21%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Johnson Scores/unER; G. Nettles Scores/unER
16	16	6	1	1972-06-09	Sal Bando	OAK	@	DET	behind 0-4	t 6	1	1--	2	4	5	10%	16%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores
17	17	7	2	1972-06-09	Ollie Brown	OAK	@	DET	behind 2-4	t 6	1	1--	2	6	9	28%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Epstein Scores
18	18	8	1	1972-06-21	Mike Epstein	OAK		DET	behind 1-5	b 8	2	---	1	5	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	9	1	1972-07-03	Johnny Oates	BAL	@	DET	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1	2	2	13%	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	10	1	1972-07-11	Dave Nelson	TEX	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	11	1	1972-07-19	Rick Reichardt	CHW	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	5	8	16%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	12	1	1972-08-13 (2)	Ray Fosse	CLE	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 5	0	1--	2	7	2	24%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Unser Scores
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1973-04-15	Charlie Spikes	CLE	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	12-	3	5	7	25%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Chambliss Scores; J. Ellis Scores
24	24	2	1	1973-05-08	Paul Schaal	KCR		DET	ahead 5-1	b 8	1	-2-	2	8	5	1%	100%		Home Run; E. Kirkpatrick Scores
25	25	3	1	1973-05-26	Deron Johnson	OAK	@	DET	behind 3-5	t 8	0	1--	2	5	DH	30%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores
26	26	4	1	1973-06-15	Bobby Darwin	MIN	@	DET	ahead 8-5	t 6	2	1--	2	5	9	9%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Oliva Scores
27	27	5	1	1973-06-19	Norm Cash	DET	@	CLE	ahead 3-2	t 5	1	---	1	5	3	12%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	6	2	1973-06-19	Dick McAuliffe	DET	@	CLE	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	1--	2	7	4	14%	90%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Freehan Scores
29	29	7	1	1973-07-01 (2)	Bobby Murcer	NYY		CLE	tied 2-2	b 3	1	-2-	2	4	8	19%	76%		Home Run; M. Alou Scores
30	30	8	1	1973-07-05	Gates Brown	DET		CLE	tied 5-5	b 11	0	1--	2	6	DH	29%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); B. Freehan Scores
31	31	9	1	1973-07-21	Bert Campaneris	OAK		CLE	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	1	1	6	11%	83%		Home Run
32	32	10	1	1973-08-03	Darrell Porter	MIL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-23	3	5	2	24%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Coluccio Scores; D. May Scores
33	33	11	1	1973-08-07	Bill Melton	CHW		CLE	behind 1-5	b 6	2	-2-	2	4	5	12%	19%		Home Run; J. Orta Scores
34	34	12	1	1973-08-15	Amos Otis	KCR		CLE	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---	1	3	8	11%	80%		Home Run (LF-CF)
35	35	13	1	1973-08-19 (1)	Larry Hisle	MIN	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	6	7	17%	70%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Holt Scores
36	36	14	1	1973-08-24	Alex Johnson	TEX	@	CLE	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	1	4	DH	11%	37%		Home Run
37	37	15	1	1973-09-01	Willie Horton	DET		CLE	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	10%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	16	1	1973-09-09 (2)	Boog Powell	BAL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	3	22%	76%		Home Run (CF-RF); A. Bumbry Scores; R. Coggins Scores
39	39	17	1	1973-09-14	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		CLE	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1-3	3	4	5	26%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harper Scores; R. Smith Scores
40	40	18	1	1973-09-25	Orlando Cepeda	BOS	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	5	DH	25%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harper Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores
41	41	19	1	1973-09-29 (1)	Terry Crowley	BAL		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	7	9	19%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Williams Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1974-04-11	John Briggs	MIL	@	CLE	behind 4-5	t 5	0	1--	2	5	7	25%	65%		Home Run; G. Scott Scores