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Tom Alston
Thomas Edison Alston

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 210 lb.
School North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Debut April 13, 1954
Final Game September 29, 1957
Born January 31, 1926 in Greensboro, NC
Died December 30, 1993 in Winston-Salem, NC

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Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 28 STL NL  66  244   28   60  14  2   4   34   3  5  24  41  .246  .317  .369   78   90   0   1       2   6
 1955 29 STL NL  13    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .125  .125  .125  -33    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1956 30 STL NL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 31 STL NL   9   17    2    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   5  .294  .333  .353   84    6   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       91  271   30   66  15  2   4   36   3  5  25  46  .244  .311  .358   74   97   0   1   0   2   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        482   53  117  27  4   7   64   5  9  45  82  .244  .311  .358   74  173   0   2   0   4  11
 Career High     66  244   28   60  14  2   4   34   3  5  24  41  .246  .317  .369   78   90   0   1   0   2   6

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 28 STL NL  271  196   27   3.7   110| .246  .275| .317  .347| .369  .426| .686  .772|  78  .383  -8.0  -0.8  37%
 1955 29 STL NL    8    7    0   0.0   105| .125  .265| .125  .336| .125  .420| .250  .757| -33  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1956 30 STL NL    2    2    0   0.0   103| .000  .264| .000  .331| .000  .417| .000  .748|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1957 31 STL NL   18   12    2   4.5   105| .294  .271| .333  .334| .353  .419| .686  .754|  84  .489  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       299  217   29   3.6   109| .244  .275| .311  .346| .358  .425| .669  .771|  74  .372 -10.5  -1.1  37%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1954 28 STL NL  1B   65    552   72    7   57  .989  .991  9.60  9.26                        
 1955 29 STL NL  1B    7     14    1    0    1 1.000  .993  2.14  9.09                        
 1956 30 STL NL  1B    3      4    1    0    1 1.000  .980  1.67  8.70  7.89  9.79    0    5.7
 1957 31 STL NL  1B    6     35    1    2    4  .947  .989  6.00  8.82  9.82  9.68    3   33.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1954 28 STL NL  1B   65    552   72    7   57  .989  .991  9.60  9.26                        
 1955 29 STL NL  1B    7     14    1    0    1 1.000  .993  2.14  9.09                        
 1956 30 STL NL  1B    3      4    1    0    1 1.000  .980  1.67  8.70  7.89  9.79    0    5.7
 1957 31 STL NL  1B    6     35    1    2    4  .947  .989  6.00  8.82  9.82  9.68    3   33.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B*  81    605   75    9   63  .987  .991  8.40  9.19                3   38.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total        81    605   75    9   63  .987  .991  8.40  9.19

An Important note about our fielding stats

Transactions
January 26, 1954: Traded by the San Diego (PCL) to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Sisler, Eddie Erautt, and $100,000.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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