Tom Veryzer

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: February 11, 1953 in Port Jefferson, NY us

Died: July 8, 2014 in Islip, NY

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (11th) of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Islip HS (Islip, NY).

High School: Islip HS (Islip, NY)

Debut: August 14, 1973 (Age 20-184d, 13,406th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 31-232d)
vs. STL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Thomas Martin Veryzer

Pronunciation: \ve-RYE-zer\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.7

2848

687

.241

250

RBI

231

OBP

.283

SLG

.294

OPS

.577

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	21 (20)	May 3	CLE	@	SEA	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
2	23 (1)	May 6	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-7	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
3	24	May 7	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-16	CG	51	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
4	26 (1)	May 10	CLE		SEA	W,6-1	GF	9	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
5	27	May 12	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
6	28	May 13	CLE		CAL	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
7	29	May 14	CLE		CAL	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
8	30	May 15	CLE		OAK	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
9	31	May 16	CLE		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
10	32	May 17	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
11	33	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
12	34	May 19	CLE		BAL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
13	35	May 20	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
14	36	May 21 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	10	0	10	1	SS
15	37	May 21 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
16	38	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
17	39	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
18	40	May 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	1	0	3	1	SS
19	41	May 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
20	42	May 28 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
21	43	May 28 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
22	44	May 29	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
23	45	May 30	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	46	Jun 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
25	47	Jun 3	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
26	48	Jun 4 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
27	49	Jun 4 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
28	50	Jun 5	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
29	51	Jun 6	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
30	52	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
31	53	Jun 10	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
32	54	Jun 11	CLE		MIN	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
33	55	Jun 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
34	56	Jun 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
35	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-8	GS	37	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
36	58	Jun 16	CLE		MIL	L,6-8	CG	46	10.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
37	59	Jun 17	CLE		MIL	L,3-4	CG	52	12.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
38	60	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
39	61	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
40	62	Jun 19	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
41	63	Jun 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
42	64	Jun 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
43	65	Jun 23	CLE		TOR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
44	66	Jun 24	CLE		TOR	W,12-3	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
45	67	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		TOR	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
46	68	Jun 25 (2)	CLE		TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
47	69	Jun 26	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
48	70	Jun 27	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
49	71	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
50	72	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
51	73	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GS	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
52	74	Jun 30	CLE	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	75	Jul 1	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-9	GS	23	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
54	76	Jul 2 (1)	CLE	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
55	80 (3)	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
56	81	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
57	82	Jul 7	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
58	84 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
59	85	Jul 9	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
60	86	Jul 13	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
61	87	Jul 14	CLE	@	OAK	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
62	88	Jul 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
63	89	Jul 16	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
64	90	Jul 17	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
65	91	Jul 18	CLE	@	CAL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
66	92	Jul 19	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
67	93	Jul 21	CLE		SEA	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
68	94	Jul 22	CLE		SEA	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
69	95	Jul 24	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	CG	63	16.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
70	96	Jul 25	CLE		CAL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
71	97	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.1	0	6	0	6	0	SS
72	98	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
73	99	Jul 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,17-5	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
74	100	Jul 28	CLE		OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
75	101	Jul 29	CLE		OAK	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
76	102	Jul 30	CLE		OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
77	103	Jul 31	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	104	Aug 1	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
79	105	Aug 2	CLE		KCR	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
80	106	Aug 4	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
81	107	Aug 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	45	11.2	1	8	0	9	2	SS
82	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	6	1	8	0	SS
83	109	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
84	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
85	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	55	12.1	4	2	0	6	0	SS
86	112	Aug 11	CLE		TEX	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
87	113	Aug 12	CLE		TEX	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
88	114	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		TEX	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
89	115	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
90	116	Aug 14	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
91	117	Aug 15	CLE		MIN	L,8-9	CG	48	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
92	118	Aug 16	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
93	119	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
94	120	Aug 18	CLE		CHW	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
95	121	Aug 19	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
96	122	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
97	123	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
98	124	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	1	5	0	6	0	SS
99	125	Aug 23	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
100	126	Aug 24	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-8	CG	50	11.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
101	127	Aug 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
102	128	Aug 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
103	129	Aug 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
104	130	Aug 29	CLE		MIL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
105	131	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		MIL	L,0-1	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
106	132	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	133	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
108	134	Sep 2	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS	22	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
109	135	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
110	137 (1)	Sep 4	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
111	139 (1)	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
112	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
113	141	Sep 10	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
114	142	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		TOR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
115	143	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		TOR	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
116	144	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
117	145	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
118	146	Sep 15	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
119	147	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
120	148	Sep 17	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
121	149	Sep 18	CLE		BAL	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
122	150	Sep 19	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
123	151	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
124	152	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
125	153	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
126	154	Sep 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
127	157 (2)	Sep 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
128	158	Sep 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
129	159	Oct 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
							129gm		1082.1	177	375	21	573	58