Tom Dukes
[edit] Biography
Born on August 31, 1942 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tom Dukes (Thomas Earl Dukes) played for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles and California Angels over the course of his 6 year career. Dukes broke into the bigs on August 15, 1967 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 4.27 ERA in 52.2 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tom Dukes's best season was 1970, when he posted a 4.04 ERA, notched 10 saves and struck out 56 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1967
| HOU
| N
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5.32
| 23
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 23.2
| 25
| 2
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1968
| HOU
| N
| 43
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 4.27
| 37
| 31
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 52.2
| 62
| 3
| 28
| 12
| 4
| 2
|
| 1969
| SD
| N
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 7.25
| 15
| 18
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 22.1
| 26
| 2
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 0
|
| 1970
| SD
| N
| 53
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 4.04
| 56
| 39
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 69
| 62
| 7
| 25
| 9
| 2
| 2
|
| 1971
| BAL
| A
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 3.52
| 30
| 15
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 38.1
| 40
| 4
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1972
| CAL
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1.64
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 126
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 4.72
| 131
| 102
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 167.2
| 175
| 14
| 74
| 24
| 8
| 6
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 35
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 3.10
| 38
| 18
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 49.1
| 51
| 5
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 161
| 0
| 5
| 16
| 4.35
| 169
| 120
| 105
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 217
| 226
| 19
| 82
| 26
| 10
| 8
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1967
| HOU
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 23.2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| HOU
| N
| P
| 43
| 0
| 52.2
| 1
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .923
|
| 1969
| SD
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 22.1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| SD
| N
| P
| 53
| 0
| 69
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 1
| .909
|
| 1971
| BAL
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 38.1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| CAL
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 161
| 0
| 217
| 5
| 28
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 7
| 1
| .917
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1967
| HOU
| N
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| HOU
| N
| 43
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .200
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| SD
| N
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| SD
| N
| 53
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| BAL
| A
| 28
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .143
| .143
| .286
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| CAL
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 126
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .133
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 35
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .143
| .143
| .286
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 161
| 21
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .095
| .136
| .143
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1962).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Bobby Tiefenauer (June 16, 1965).
- Traded by Atlanta Braves with Dan Schneider and Lee Bales to Houston Astros in exchange for Gene Ratliff, John Hoffman and Ed Pacheco (October 13, 1966).
- Selected by San Diego Padres from Houston Astros (33rd pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
- Traded by San Diego Padres with Pat Dobson to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Tom Phoebus, Al Severinsen, Fred Beene and Enzo Hernandez (December 1, 1970); Fred Beene returned to Baltimore Orioles (May 16, 1971).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to California Angels in exchange for Frank Estrada (May 29, 1972).
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