Tom Zachary

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 187lb (185cm, 84kg)

Born: May 7, 1896 in Graham, NC us

Died: January 24, 1969 in Burlington, NC

Buried: Alamance Memorial Park, Burlington, NC

School: Guilford College (Greensboro, NC)

Debut: July 11, 1918 (Age 22-065d, 4,710th in MLB history)
vs. SLB 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: May 28, 1936 (Age 40-021d)
vs. BRO 0.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1919 season

Full Name: Jonathan Thompson Walton Zachary

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

39.8

W

186

L

191

ERA

3.73

G

533

GS

408

SV

IP

3126.1

SO

720

WHIP

1.437

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1918	22	PHA	AL	2	0	1.000	5.63	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	5	5	0	7		1	0	1	0	36	55	4.61	2.000	10.1	0.0	7.9	1.1	0.14
1919	23	WSH	AL	1	5	.167	2.92	17	7	8	0	0	0	61.2	68	29	20	0	20		9	1	0	2	254	110	3.22	1.427	9.9	0.0	2.9	1.3	0.45
1920	24	WSH	AL	15	16	.484	3.77	44	31	10	19	3	2	262.2	289	141	110	7	78		53	4	3	9	1095	99	3.63	1.397	9.9	0.2	2.7	1.8	0.68
1921	25	WSH	AL	18	16	.529	3.96	39	30	8	16	2	1	250.0	314	130	110	10	59		53	6	1	1	1084	104	3.98	1.492	11.3	0.4	2.1	1.9	0.90
1922	26	WSH	AL	15	10	.600	3.12	32	25	3	13	1	1	184.2	190	74	64	6	43		37	3	3	5	760	124	3.78	1.262	9.3	0.3	2.1	1.8	0.86
1923	27	WSH	AL	10	16	.385	4.49	35	29	4	10	0	0	204.1	270	117	102	9	63		40	4	0	1	937	84	4.10	1.630	11.9	0.4	2.8	1.8	0.63
1924	28	WSH	AL	15	9	.625	2.75	33	27	5	13	1	2	202.2	198	74	62	5	53		45	3	2	2	826	148	3.75	1.238	8.8	0.2	2.4	2.0	0.85
1925	29	WSH	AL	12	15	.444	3.85	38	33	4	11	1	2	217.2	247	112	93	10	74		58	2	0	1	941	110	4.22	1.475	10.2	0.4	3.1	2.4	0.78
1926	30	SLB	AL	14	15	.483	3.60	34	31	3	18	3	0	247.1	264	126	99	14	97		53	6	1	2	1074	118	4.47	1.460	9.6	0.5	3.5	1.9	0.55	MVP-23
1927	31	TOT	AL	8	13	.381	4.13	28	26	1	11	1	0	181.0	226	102	83	6	57		26	2	1	0	805	102	4.15	1.564	11.2	0.3	2.8	1.3	0.46
1927	31	SLB	AL	4	6	.400	4.37	13	12	1	6	0	0	78.1	110	48	38	4	27		13	0	0	0	360	100	4.39	1.749	12.6	0.5	3.1	1.5	0.48
1927	31	WSH	AL	4	7	.364	3.94	15	14	0	5	1	0	102.2	116	54	45	2	30		13	2	1	0	445	103	3.96	1.422	10.2	0.2	2.6	1.1	0.43
1928	32	TOT	AL	9	12	.429	4.98	27	20	3	8	1	1	148.1	184	98	82	5	55	1	26	1	1	2	662	80	4.13	1.611	11.2	0.3	3.3	1.6	0.47
1928	32	WSH	AL	6	9	.400	5.44	20	14	2	5	1	0	102.2	130	72	62	5	40	0	19	1	1	2	460	74	4.37	1.656	11.4	0.4	3.5	1.7	0.48
1928	32	NYY	AL	3	3	.500	3.94	7	6	1	3	0	1	45.2	54	26	20	0	15	1	7	0	0	0	202	97	3.58	1.511	10.6	0.0	3.0	1.4	0.47
1929	33	NYY	AL	12	0	1.000	2.48	26	11	9	7	2	2	119.2	131	43	33	5	30	1	35	2	0	1	512	156	3.92	1.345	9.9	0.4	2.3	2.6	1.17
1930	34	TOT	MLB	12	6	.667	4.77	27	25	1	10	1	0	168.0	210	106	89	9	59	2	58	0	0	0	756	102	4.56	1.601	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.1	0.98
1930	34	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	6.48	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.2	18	16	12	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	81	68	5.00	1.620	9.7	0.0	4.9	0.5	0.11
1930	34	BSN	NL	11	5	.688	4.58	24	22	1	10	1	0	151.1	192	90	77	9	50	2	57	0	0	0	675	108	4.51	1.599	11.4	0.5	3.0	3.4	1.14
1931	35	BSN	NL	11	15	.423	3.10	33	28	3	16	3	2	229.0	243	87	79	8	53	5	64	1	1	4	963	123	3.72	1.293	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.5	1.21
1932	36	BSN	NL	12	11	.522	3.10	32	24	5	12	1	0	212.0	231	83	73	5	55	8	67	2	0	3	901	122	3.50	1.349	9.8	*0.2*	2.3	2.8	1.22
1933	37	BSN	NL	7	9	.438	3.53	26	20	2	6	2	2	125.0	134	64	49	1	35	0	22	0	0	0	533	86	3.39	1.352	9.6	0.1	2.5	1.6	0.63
1934	38	TOT	NL	6	8	.429	4.23	27	16	8	6	1	3	125.2	149	62	59	6	29	3	32	2	0	0	539	92	3.97	1.416	10.7	0.4	2.1	2.3	1.10
1934	38	BSN	NL	1	2	.333	3.38	5	4	0	2	1	0	24.0	27	9	9	1	8	0	4	0	0	0	105	114	4.33	1.458	10.1	0.4	3.0	1.5	0.50
1934	38	BRO	NL	5	6	.455	4.43	22	12	8	4	0	3	101.2	122	53	50	5	21	3	28	2	0	0	434	88	3.89	1.407	10.8	0.4	1.9	2.5	1.33
1935	39	BRO	NL	7	12	.368	3.59	25	21	4	9	1	4	158.0	193	76	63	10	35	4	33	2	1	5	696	111	4.16	1.443	11.0	0.6	2.0	1.9	0.94
1936	40	TOT	NL	0	3	.000	8.71	8	2	2	0	0	1	20.2	30	22	20	2	12	1	8	0	0	0	104	54	5.49	2.032	13.1	0.9	5.2	3.5	0.67
1936	40	BRO	NL	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	12.27	9.000	54.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1936	40	PHI	NL	0	3	.000	7.97	7	2	2	0	0	1	20.1	28	20	18	2	11	1	8	0	0	0	100	58	5.38	1.918	12.4	0.9	4.9	3.5	0.73
19 Yrs				186	191	.493	3.73	533	408	83	185	24	23	3126.1	3580	1551	1295	118	914	25	720	41	15	38	13478	107	3.96	1.437	10.3	0.3	2.6	2.1	0.79
162 Game Avg.				13	14	.493	3.73	39	29	6	13	2	2	226	259	112	94	9	66	2	52	3	1	3	974	107	3.96	1.437	10.3	0.3	2.6	2.1	0.79
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
WSH (9 yrs)				96	103	.482	3.78	273	210	44	92	10	8	1589.0	1822	803	668	54	460	0	327	26	11	23	6802	104	3.91	1.436	10.3	0.3	2.6	1.9	0.71
BSN (5 yrs)				42	42	.500	3.48	120	98	11	46	8	4	741.1	827	333	287	24	201	15	214	3	1	7	3177	112	3.78	1.387	10.0	0.3	2.4	2.6	1.06
BRO (3 yrs)				12	18	.400	3.98	48	33	12	13	1	7	260.0	317	131	115	15	57	7	61	4	1	5	1134	100	4.07	1.438	11.0	0.5	2.0	2.1	1.07
NYY (3 yrs)				16	4	.800	3.21	36	20	10	10	2	3	182.0	203	85	65	5	54	2	43	2	0	1	795	122	3.94	1.412	10.0	0.2	2.7	2.1	0.80
SLB (2 yrs)				18	21	.462	3.79	47	43	4	24	3	0	325.2	374	174	137	18	124		66	6	1	2	1434	113	4.45	1.529	10.3	0.5	3.4	1.8	0.53
PHI (1 yr)				0	3	.000	7.97	7	2	2	0	0	1	20.1	28	20	18	2	11	1	8	0	0	0	100	58	5.38	1.918	12.4	0.9	4.9	3.5	0.73
PHA (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	5.63	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	5	5	0	7		1	0	1	0	36	55	4.61	2.000	10.1	0.0	7.9	1.1	0.14

AL (13 yrs)				132	128	.508	3.74	358	275	58	126	15	11	2104.2	2408	1067	875	77	645	2	437	34	13	26	9067	107	4.00	1.451	10.3	0.3	2.8	1.9	0.68
NL (7 yrs)				54	63	.462	3.70	175	133	25	59	9	12	1021.2	1172	484	420	41	269	23	283	7	2	12	4411	106	3.89	1.410	10.3	0.4	2.4	2.5	1.05

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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