Tom Poholsky
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[edit] Biography
Born on August 26, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, Tom Poholsky (Thomas George Poholsky) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 6 year career. Poholsky broke into the bigs on April 20, 1950 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 4.43 ERA in 195 innings pitched in 1951, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tom Poholsky's best season was 1956, when he posted a 3.59 ERA and struck out 95 batters.
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[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | STL | N | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL | N | 38 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 4.43 | 70 | 106 | 96 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 195 | 204 | 15 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1954 | STL | N | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3.06 | 55 | 43 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 101 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1955 | STL | N | 30 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 3.81 | 66 | 71 | 64 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 143 | 26 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1956 | STL | N | 33 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 3.59 | 95 | 100 | 81 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 203 | 210 | 27 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| 1957 | CHI | N | 28 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 4.93 | 28 | 55 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 117 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 159 | 104 | 31 | 52 | 3.93 | 316 | 381 | 329 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 753.2 | 791 | 90 | 192 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | STL | N | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1951 | STL | N | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .946 |
| 1954 | STL | N | P | 25 | 13 | 106 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 |
| 1955 | STL | N | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1955 | STL | N | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1956 | STL | N | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | CHI | N | P | 28 | 11 | 84 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .960 |
| Total | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | P | 159 | 24 | 190 | 52 | 134 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .979 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | STL | N | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | STL | N | 38 | 67 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | .209 | .221 | .224 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1954 | STL | N | 25 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .148 | .143 | .185 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | STL | N | 30 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .200 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 | STL | N | 33 | 69 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | .159 | .171 | .188 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1957 | CHI | N | 28 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .105 | .190 | .105 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 159 | 228 | 20 | 39 | 0 | 14 | .171 | .188 | .202 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1945).
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from Boston Red Sox in the minor league draft (November 17, 1946).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jackie Collum, Ray Katt and Wally Lammers to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Hobie Landrith, Jim Davis, Sam Jones and Eddie Miksis (December 11, 1956).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Freddy Rodriguez (December 10, 1957).
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