Tom Saffell

Positions: Centerfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: July 26, 1921 in Etowah, TN us

Died: September 10, 2012 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Etowah, TN

School: Maryville College (Maryville, TN)

Debut: July 1, 1949 (Age 27-340d, 10,630th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1955 (Age 34-061d)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Thomas Judson Saffell

Pronunciation: \SAFF-el\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.0

602

143

.238

RBI

OBP

.307

SLG

.296

OPS

.602

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-36 / in Starts: 3-6
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 71 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	19 (13-3-3) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 71 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (24-14-7)

Most Driven In
P Castiglione	1
B Howerton	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
G Bell	3
R Kiner	2
P Castiglione	1
Self	1
J Phillips	1
C McCullough	1

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 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	141	4 (3)	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						PR
2	142	8 (3)	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	3-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.91	0.039	2.56	0.07%	0.39	PH
3	143	9	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	1.34	-0.031	3.33	-0.05%	-0.36	PH
4	144	11 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	PIT		CIN	T,1-1	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	4						PR
May		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
5	145	20 (8)	May 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	3-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	.32	0.014	1.07	0.03%	0.26	PH
6	146	22 (1)	May 11	PIT		CHC	L,4-10	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9						PH
7	147	23	May 12	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1						LF
8	148	25 (1)	May 13 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	.66	0.031	2.01	0.06%	0.26	PH CF
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
9	149	97 (71)	Jul 31	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
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
10	150	98	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	W,12-9	6-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	9	1.57	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
11	151	99	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	9	.42	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
12	152	100	Aug 3	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	3-GF	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	1.68	-0.066	.00	0.00%	0.10	PH CF
13	153	101	Aug 4	PIT		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1			0	0	0	.231	.333	.231	.564	2						CF
14	154	102	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.176	.440	2	.64	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.80	CF
15	155	103	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-12	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.250	.167	.417	5						CF
16	156	104	Aug 7	PIT	@	STL	L,7-16	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.240	.174	.414	2	.20	0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.96	CF
17	157	105	Aug 8	PIT	@	STL	W,10-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	1	.214	.267	.214	.481	2						CF
18	158	106	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	2	.67	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.32	CF
19	159	107	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
20	160	108	Aug 11 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.242	.194	.436	8	2.88	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
21	161	111 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	2	.81	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.57	CF
22	162	112	Aug 13 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.270	.229	.499	9	.97	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
23	163	113	Aug 13 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.293	.333	.626	2	.43	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.99	CF
24	164	114	Aug 15	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.256	.289	.326	.614	2	.57	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.59	CF
25	165	115	Aug 16	PIT		STL	L,6-9	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.280	.298	.578	2	.82	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.22	CF
26	166	117 (1)	Aug 18	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.275	.292	.566	9	.14	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
27	167	119 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	8-GF	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.302	.320	.622	9	1.73	0.129	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH CF
28	168	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.315	.320	.635	8	2.36	0.096	.00	0.00%	0.60	PH
29	169	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.315	.320	.635	6						PH
30	170	124 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,12-11	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.309	.314	.623	8	1.32	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.43	PH
31	171	125	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.309	.314	.623	2						PR
32	172	126	Aug 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.304	.308	.611	7	.29	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
33	173	128 (1)	Aug 28	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.298	.302	.600	2	.23	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.16	RF
34	174	129	Aug 29	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.298	.302	.600	8						PR
35	175	130	Aug 30	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.293	.296	.589	9	3.50	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH
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
36	176	131	Sep 1	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.293	.296	.589	5						RF
37	177	132	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.288	.291	.579	8	.46	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
38	178	133	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,10-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.283	.286	.569	9	4.65	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.42	PH
39	179	135 (1)	Sep 5	PIT		CIN	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.279	.281	.559	8	.93	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
40	180	137 (1)	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,4-11	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.224	.274	.276	.550	1						PH
41	181	139 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-2	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.274	.276	.550	5						RF
42	182	140	Sep 9 (2)	PIT		STL	L,4-7	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.270	.271	.541	9	1.13	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
43	183	141	Sep 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.217	.266	.267	.532	6						PH
44	184	144 (2)	Sep 15	PIT		BRO	W,11-4	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.277	.267	.544	9	1.10	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
45	185	145	Sep 16 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.273	.262	.535	8	.34	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
46	186	146	Sep 16 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.269	.258	.527	9	1.08	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
47	187	151 (4)	Sep 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.265	.254	.519	1	1.45	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
48	188	154 (2)	Sep 29	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.261	.250	.511	8	1.55	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
49	189	155	Sep 30	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.257	.246	.503	9	.63	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
							12-36		71	65	11	13	0	0	1	5	5	0	18	0	1		1	1	1	1	.200	.257	.246	.503		.96	-0.271	.15	0.11%	-2.58

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