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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Team Record in Appearances: 21-11 / in Starts: 10-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 11

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	34	25	May 13(2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.1	4	3	3	5	1	0	0	3.68	4.14	29	9	10	0	3	4	54			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.167	3.75	0.42%	1.64	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d1
2	35	29	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	8-GF(10)	W(1-1)	4	2.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.70	3.27	11	1	5	0	1	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	0.405	13.76	1.15%	2.00	8b 12- 1 out d1	10b end a 1
3	36	32	May 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	2-9	W(2-1)	2	6.2	5	3	3	3	1	3	0	3.24	5.67	26	10	7	0	3	5		3	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.222	4.93	0.62%	1.34	2b 123 1 out a3	9b 1-- 0 out a3
4	37	35	May 24	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	4-GF	W(3-1)	2	5.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	4.78	18	5	10	1	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.116	1.47	0.34%	3.09	4b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 7
5	38	41	May 30(2)	NYY		WSH	W,12-5	8-GF	S(1)	5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.31	4.77	6	2	2	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.018	2.50	0.06%	0.28	8t 123 2 out a5	9t end a 7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	39	44	Jun 3(1)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	5-5		3	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.25	4.75	4	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.060	3.56	-0.21%	-0.59	5t -23 1 out d2	5t 3 out d4
7	40	50	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,8-15	6-6	BS(1)	5	1.0	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.52	4.57	8	3	0	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.01	-0.265	19.62	-1.04%	-2.50	6t 12- 0 out a4	6t 3 out tie
8	41	56	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(4-1)	6	9.0	2	1	1	3	11	1	0	2.12	3.99	32	6	10	0	0	2	87			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	0.539	8.54	2.07%	3.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
9	42	59	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.10	3.91	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	0.101	20.50	0.35%	0.52	9b 1-3 2 out a2	9b end a 2
10	43	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-7		2	7.0	8	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.18	3.87	30	8	7	1	0	8	56			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.072	6.91	0.33%	1.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
11	44	67	Jun 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	GS-9	W(5-1)	4	8.1	5	2	2	6	6	0	0	2.17	3.74	35	9	10	2	0	4	65			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	0.318	7.59	1.01%	2.16	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	45	71	Jul 1(2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-6	7-GF	W(6-1)	3	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.08	3.56	8	0	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.273	8.86	0.83%	1.25	7t 1-- 2 out d1	9t end tie
13	46	72	Jul 3	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	9-GF(12)	BW(7-1)	1	4.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.25	3.39	20	1	7	1	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	2	1	0	0	0	3.16	0.129	17.50	0.43%	0.03	9t --- 0 out a2	12t end tie
14	47	73	Jul 4(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	9-GF(11)	BL(7-2)	0	2.1	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.31	3.33	12	2	3	0	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.91	-0.138	23.13	-0.49%	0.35	9b 123 1 out a1	11b end d 1
15	48	77	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-3	9-GF	S(3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	3.31	4	0	4	0	4	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.46	0.02%	-0.12	9b 1-- 0 out a6	9b end a 5
16	49	78	Jul 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-2	7-GF	S(4)	0	2.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.34	3.29	10	2	4	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.026	.86	0.08%	0.77	7b 123 2 out a6	9b end a 6
17	50	80	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	SHO	W(8-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.04	3.19	31	14	8	0	0	2	84			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.400	5.21	1.53%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
18	51	85	Jul 18(1)	NYY		DET	L,4-8	GS-6	L(8-3)	4	5.2	7	7	7	3	5	0	1	2.71	3.16	28	3	9	1	0	7	29			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.391	3.19	-0.60%	-2.57	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d2
19	52	91	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-11	GS-7	L(8-4)	5	6.2	8	7	7	3	4	2	2	3.25	3.49	33	7	9	0	0	8	31			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.305	3.34	-0.62%	-1.76	1b start a 2	7b 12- 2 out d1
20	53	95	Jul 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,14-3	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.23	3.49	37	11	10	1	0	7	62			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.41	-0.007	1.22	-0.01%	1.70	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a11
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	54	100	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-4	L(9-5)	4	4.0	6	4	4	1	3	4	0	3.47	3.95	19	3	6	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.171	3.16	-0.50%	-1.87	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
22	55	103	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	5-7	L(9-6)	2	2.1	4	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.57	3.91	13	3	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.20	-0.232	4.27	-0.50%	-2.36	5b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 1 out d3
23	56	108	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	8-GF	W(10-6)	4	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.50	3.88	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	0.246	7.43	0.39%	1.01	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
24	57	113	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	8-GF	S(5)	4	2.0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.43	3.82	8	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	.69	0.077	1.54	0.10%	0.01	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
25	58	116	Aug 18(1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	W(11-6)	2	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.23	3.78	34	4	17	1	0	6	74			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.374	1.46	0.34%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
26	59	120	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.14	3.61	34	7	12	2	0	6	72			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.513	6.45	1.22%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	60	125	Aug 26(1)	NYY		DET	W,7-0	SHO	W(13-6)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.92	3.44	34	8	10	1	0	6	81			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.263	1.17	0.30%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	61	130	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-6	L(13-7)	5	6.0	7	4	4	2	6	0	1	3.06	3.37	29	5	8	1	2	7	46			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	-0.166	1.46	-0.12%	-0.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
29	62	136	Sep 8	NYY		WSH	W,16-2	GS-8	W(14-7)	6	8.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	0	2.95	3.35	30	4	15	0	3	4	73			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.233	.25	0.07%	3.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out a10
30	63	139	Sep 12	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-7	GS-2	L(14-8)	3	1.1	6	5	4	0	3	1	0	3.17	3.39	11	1	1	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.385	.04	-0.01%	-4.65	1b start a 1	2b -2- 1 out d4
31	64	143	Sep 16(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-3	GS-7	W(15-8)	3	6.2	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.21	3.31	26	8	7	1	0	6	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.283	.00	0.00%	0.49	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a6
32	65	150	Sep 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,11-6	GS-7	W(16-8)	8	7.0	6	5	4	3	5	0	0	3.30	3.26	28	7	8	1	0	5	49			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.211	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a6
							21-11		W-L:16-8,Sv:5,BSv:3	3.4	158.1	134	63	58	52	111	15	4	3.30	3.26	657	0.71		4%	5%	129	58	24	29%	5	4	0	598	22	2	4	10	0	7	1.15	2.451	4.59	7.55%	21.08

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