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Herb Thormahlen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: July 5, 1896 in Jersey City, NJ us

Died: February 6, 1955 in Hollywood, CA

Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, NJ

Debut: September 29, 1917 (Age 21-086d, 4,655th in major league history)
vs. CHW 8.0 IP, 9 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: May 7, 1925 (Age 28-306d)
vs. BSN 4.2 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1918 season

Full Name: Herbert Ehler Thormahlen

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

ERA

3.33

104

565.0

148

WHIP

1.333

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-13 / in Starts: 15-10
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 67 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	47 (25-14-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 67 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	41 (19-13-7)

Most Driven In
D Lewis	2
P Bodie	2
M Ruel	1
T Hannah	1
L O'Doul	1
C Fewster	1
Self	0

Most Driven In By
W Pipp	1
S Vick	1
Self	0
R Peckinpaugh	0

1919 Batting Game Log

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1919 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	18	4 (3)	Apr 30	NYY		PHA	W,5-3	GS-6	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.86	0.084	2.06	0.12%	1.85	P
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
2	19	9 (4)	May 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-8	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	1.19	-0.012	3.50	-0.02%	-0.07	P
3	20	13 (3)	May 14	NYY	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.400	.667	.400	1.067	9	1.05	-0.084	3.19	-0.15%	-0.78	P
4	21	17 (3)	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.462	.222	.684	9	.25	-0.024	.99	-0.06%	-0.90	P
5	22	20 (2)	May 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.375	.167	.542	9	.90	-0.064	3.64	-0.15%	-0.64	P
6	23	23 (2)	May 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-5	3-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.154	.353	.154	.507	9	.96	-0.027	2.89	-0.05%	-0.31	P
7	24	25 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.368	.200	.568	9	1.55	-0.029	4.38	-0.05%	-0.25	P
Jun		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
8	25	30 (4)	Jun 2 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.364	.222	.586	9	1.34	0.160	4.34	0.31%	0.42	P
9	26	36 (5)	Jun 10	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.190	.320	.190	.510	9	1.16	-0.088	5.42	-0.25%	-0.84	P
10	27	40 (3)	Jun 14	NYY		SLB	W,7-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.208	.321	.208	.530	9	.77	-0.044	4.15	-0.14%	-0.06	P
11	28	44 (3)	Jun 18	NYY		CLE	L,3-13	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.208	.321	.208	.530	9						P
12	29	46 (1)	Jun 21	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.185	.290	.185	.476	9	1.14	-0.079	6.24	-0.26%	-0.73	P
13	30	51 (4)	Jun 28 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.172	.273	.172	.445	9	1.49	-0.070	8.06	-0.23%	-0.56	P
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
14	31	57 (5)	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.161	.257	.161	.418	9	.64	-0.031	3.45	-0.10%	-0.24	P
15	32	67 (9)	Jul 10 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.156	.250	.156	.406	9						P
16	33	69 (1)	Jul 12	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.152	.243	.152	.395	9	1.85	-0.046	9.58	-0.14%	-0.41	P
17	34	75 (5)	Jul 17	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	0-GF(17)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0				0		.167	.250	.167	.417	9						P
18	35	77 (1)	Jul 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.167	.250	.167	.417	9						P
19	36	80 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.150	.227	.150	.377	9	1.62	-0.151	9.22	-0.52%	-1.04	P
20	37	84 (3)	Jul 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.150	.227	.150	.377	9						P
21	38	86 (1)	Jul 29	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.159	.229	.159	.388	9	.34	-0.009	1.59	-0.02%	0.94	P
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
22	39	102 (15)	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.152	.220	.152	.372	9	1.50	0.028	2.90	0.03%	0.30	P
23	40	106 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.143	.208	.143	.350	9	1.40	-0.152	.52	-0.03%	-1.11	P
24	41	111 (4)	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.170	.228	.208	.436	9	1.07	0.118	.07	0.00%	1.38	P
25	42	115 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		1		0		.164	.220	.200	.420	9	1.01	0.070	.09	0.00%	1.20	P
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
26	43	121 (5)	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.175	.230	.211	.440	9	.83	-0.011	.12	0.00%	-0.10	P
27	44	127 (5)	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,9-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.175	.230	.211	.440	9						P
28	45	130 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.175	.230	.211	.440	9						P
29	46	133 (2)	Sep 20	NYY		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.186	.238	.220	.458	9	1.23	0.155	.00	0.00%	1.26	P
30	47	135 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.186	.238	.220	.458	9						P
							17-13		67	59	3	11	0	1	0	8	4	0	22	0	2		2		0		.186	.238	.220	.458		1.07	-0.306	3.20	-1.70%	-0.65

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