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Tom Poholsky

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Full Name: Thomas George Poholsky Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205 First Game: April 20, 1950
Birthdate: August 26, 1929 Final Game: September 11, 1957
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: January 6, 2001
Deathplace: Kirkwood, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

[edit] Statistics

[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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