Tom Sturdivant

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: April 28, 1930 in Gordon, KS us

Died: February 28, 2009 in Oklahoma City, OK

High School: Capitol Hill HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: April 14, 1955 (Age 24-351d, 11,210th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 21, 1964 (Age 34-054d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Thomas Virgil Sturdivant

Nicknames: Smoke or Snake

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.3

ERA

3.74

335

101

1137.0

704

WHIP

1.300

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

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5		14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	12 (4)	Apr 26 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	17 (4)	May 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
4	29 (11)	May 17 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,0-10	GS	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	30	May 19	NYY		DET	L,3-6	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	31	May 20	NYY		DET	L,6-13		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	32	May 22	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-5		13	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	P
				Player went from New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics
8	39	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	43 (3)	Jun 2	KCA		BOS	W,5-3		30	7.1	1	3	0	4	0	P
10	46 (2)	Jun 5	KCA		BAL	L,1-6		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	49 (2)	Jun 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,8-9	GF	26	6.0	1	2	1	4	0	P
12	52 (2)	Jun 12	KCA	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	56 (3)	Jun 17	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-7	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	58 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-8		14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	62 (3)	Jun 22	KCA		NYY	L,6-11		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	65 (2)	Jun 25	KCA		NYY	L,4-5	GS	19	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	68 (2)	Jun 28	KCA		WSH	L,3-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	70 (1)	Jun 30	KCA	@	DET	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	73 (2)	Jul 3	KCA		CLE	L,4-8		28	6.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
20	80 (6)	Jul 11	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-8		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
21	85 (4)	Jul 16	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	89 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	99 (9)	Jul 30	KCA		WSH	W,4-1	GF	8	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	102 (2)	Aug 2	KCA		NYY	L,5-7		9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
25	104 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,8-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	108 (3)	Aug 8	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	109	Aug 9 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	111 (1)	Aug 10	KCA		CLE	L,4-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	113 (1)	Aug 12	KCA		CLE	L,4-9		9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
30	114	Aug 13	KCA		CLE	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
31	118 (3)	Aug 18	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	120 (1)	Aug 20	KCA		BOS	L,10-11		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	121	Aug 21	KCA		NYY	L,7-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	125 (3)	Aug 25	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	127 (1)	Aug 28	KCA		DET	L,5-6		7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	129 (1)	Aug 30	KCA		DET	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	130	Sep 2	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	131	Sep 4	KCA	@	DET	L,2-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	133 (1)	Sep 6	KCA	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	140 (6)	Sep 12	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	22	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
41	147 (6)	Sep 19	KCA		CLE	L,7-13		10	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
42	150 (2)	Sep 23	KCA	@	DET	W,7-6		8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	151	Sep 25 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-8		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							43gm		97.0	9	21	3	33	2