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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
2	2	Apr 7	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
3	3	Apr 8	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	GS	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
4	4	Apr 10	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 12	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
7	7	Apr 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	GS	42	7.0	0	7	0	7	2	SS
8	8	Apr 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 17	CLE		TEX	L,2-6	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 18	CLE		TEX	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
11	11	Apr 20	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
12	12	Apr 21	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
14	14	Apr 24	CLE		MIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
15	15	Apr 25	CLE		MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
16	16	Apr 26	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	SS
17	17	Apr 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,7-15	CG	51	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
18	18	Apr 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
19	19	Apr 29	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
20	20	Apr 30	CLE		MIL	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	CLE		MIL	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
22	22	May 2	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
23	23	May 4	CLE		KCR	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
24	24	May 5	CLE		KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
25	25	May 6	CLE		KCR	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
26	26	May 8	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
27	27	May 9	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
28	28	May 10	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
29	29	May 11	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	SS
30	30	May 12	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
31	31	May 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
32	32	May 14	CLE		TOR	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
33	33	May 15	CLE		TOR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
34	34	May 16	CLE		TOR	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
35	35	May 17	CLE		TOR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
36	36	May 18	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
37	37	May 19	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
38	38	May 20	CLE		DET	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
39	39	May 21	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
40	40	May 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
41	41	May 23	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
42	42	May 26	CLE		NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
43	43	May 27 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
44	44	May 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
45	45	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
46	46	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
47	47	May 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	48	Jun 1	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
49	49	Jun 2	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
50	50	Jun 3	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
51	54 (3)	Jun 8	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
52	55	Jun 9	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
53	56	Jun 10	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
54	57	Jun 11	CLE		CAL	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
55	58	Jun 12	CLE		CAL	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	59	Jun 13	CLE		OAK	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
57	60	Jun 14	CLE		OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
58	61	Jun 15	CLE		SEA	W,13-3	GS	24	6.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
59	62	Jun 16	CLE		SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
60	63	Jun 17	CLE		SEA	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
61	64	Jun 18	CLE		BAL	L,7-8	GS	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
62	65	Jun 19	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
63	66	Jun 20	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	CG	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
64	67	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
65	68	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
66	69	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	25	5.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
67	70	Jun 25	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
68	71	Jun 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
69	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
70	73	Jun 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
71	74	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	GS	36	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
72	75	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	76	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
74	77	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	50	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
75	78	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
76	79	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	L,4-16	GS	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
77	81 (1)	Jul 6	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
78	82	Jul 7	CLE		MIN	W,9-3	GF	10	3.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
79	83	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
80	85 (1)	Jul 9	CLE		KCR	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
81	86	Jul 10	CLE		KCR	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
82	87	Jul 11	CLE		KCR	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
83	88	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	61	16.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
84	89	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
85	90	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
86	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
87	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
88	93	Jul 21	CLE		MIL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
89	94	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		MIL	L,5-14	CG	44	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
90	95	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
91	96	Jul 23	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
92	97	Jul 24	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
93	98	Jul 25	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
94	99	Jul 26	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
95	100	Jul 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
96	101	Jul 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
97	102	Jul 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
98	103	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	7	0	7	2	SS
99	104	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,11-10	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
100	105	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	106	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
102	107	Aug 3	CLE		TEX	L,3-8	GS	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
103	108	Aug 4	CLE		TEX	W,12-8	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	109	Aug 5 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	SS
105	110	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,3-14	GS	35	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
106	111	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-12	GS	34	7.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
107	112	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
108	113	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
109	114	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
110	115	Aug 10	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
111	117 (1)	Aug 12	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
112	118	Aug 13	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
113	119	Aug 14	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
114	120	Aug 15	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
115	121	Aug 17	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
116	122	Aug 18	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
117	123	Aug 19	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	124	Aug 20	CLE	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS	34	7.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
119	125	Aug 21	CLE	@	CAL	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
120	126	Aug 22	CLE	@	CAL	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
121	127	Aug 23	CLE		OAK	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
122	128	Aug 24	CLE		OAK	W,5-2	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
123	134 (5)	Aug 30	CLE		CAL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
124	135	Aug 31	CLE		CAL	L,8-9	GS	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	136	Sep 1	CLE		CAL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
126	137	Sep 2	CLE		CAL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
127	138	Sep 3	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
128	139	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
129	140	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
130	141	Sep 7	CLE		TOR	W,9-8	GS	35	7.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
131	142	Sep 8	CLE		TOR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
132	143	Sep 9	CLE		TOR	W,14-10	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
133	144	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	L,1-14	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
134	145	Sep 12	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	GS	26	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
135	146	Sep 14	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
136	147	Sep 15	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS	34	7.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
137	148	Sep 16	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
138	149	Sep 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
139	150	Sep 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
140	153 (2)	Sep 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
141	154	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
142	155	Sep 23 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
143	156	Sep 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
144	157	Sep 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
145	158	Sep 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.2	0	4	0	4	1	SS
146	159	Sep 28	CLE		BAL	L,6-14	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
147	160	Sep 29	CLE		BAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
148	161	Sep 30	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
							148gm		1238.0	238	446	18	702	90