Tom Poorman

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Full Name: Thomas Iverson Poorman	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/135	First Game: May 5, 1880
Birthdate: October 14, 1857	Final Game: September 18, 1888
Birthplace: Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: February 18, 1905
Deathplace: Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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[edit] Biography

Tom Poorman (Thomas Iverson Poorman) was born on October 14, 1857 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on May 5, 1880 for the Chicago White Stockings. In 1884, his rookie year, he hit .233 with 0 home runs and 0 RBI. Poorman played for the Chicago White Stockings, Buffalo Bisons, Toledo Blue Stockings, Boston Beaneaters and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Tom Poorman's best season was 1887, when he stole 88 bases and knocked in 61 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1880	CHI	N	7	25	3	5	0	0	.200	.200	.400	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1880	BUF	N	19	70	5	11	0	1	.157	.157	.171	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
1880	TOT	N	26	95	8	16	0	1	.168	.168	.232	2	2	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
1884	TOL	a	94	382	56	89	0	0	.233	.254	.291	8	7	10	0	1	0	0	0	0
1885	BOS	N	56	227	44	54	3	25	.238	.261	.326	5	3	7	32	0	0	0	0	0
1886	BOS	N	88	371	72	97	3	41	.261	.297	.361	16	6	19	52	0	0	31	0	0
1887	PHI	a	135	585	140	155	4	61	.265	.317	.381	18	19	35	0	10	0	88	0	0
1888	PHI	a	97	383	76	87	2	44	.227	.294	.316	16	6	31	0	5	0	46	0	0
Total	NL		170	693	124	167	6	67	.241	.268	.332	23	11	26	99	0	0	31	0	0
Total	AA		326	1350	272	331	6	105	.245	.293	.337	42	32	76	0	16	0	134	0	0
Total			496	2043	396	498	12	172	.244	.285	.335	65	43	102	99	16	0	165	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1880	CHI	N	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1880	CHI	N	OF	7	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.778
1880	BUF	N	P	11	0	0	5	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.879
1880	BUF	N	OF	10	0	0	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.727
1880	TOT	N	OF	17	0	0	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1880	TOT	N	P	13	0	0	5	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.879
1884	TOL	a	OF	93	0	0	129	29	29	5	0	0	0	0	0	.845
1884	TOL	a	P	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1885	BOS	N	OF	56	0	0	82	9	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.867
1886	BOS	N	OF	88	0	0	145	21	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	.902
1887	PHI	a	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1887	PHI	a	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1887	PHI	a	OF	135	0	0	237	18	25	6	0	0	0	0	0	.911
1888	PHI	a	OF	97	0	0	115	8	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.898
Total			P	15	0	0	6	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.865
Total			2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	486	0	0	722	86	105	19	0	0	0	0	0	.885

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1880	CHI	N	2	1	2	0	2.40	0	5	4	0	0	0	15	12	0	8	0	0	0
1880	BUF	N	11	9	1	8	4.13	13	90	39	9	0	1	85	117	3	19	0	7	0
1880	TOT	N	13	10	3	8	3.87	13	95	43	9	0	1	100	129	3	27	0	7	0
1884	TOL	a	1	1	0	1	3.00	0	11	3	1	0	0	9	13	1	2	0	0	0
1887	PHI	a	1	0	0	0	4.50	1	4	3	0	0	0	0.2	5	1	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		13	10	3	8	3.87	13	95	43	9	0	1	100	129	3	27	0	7	0
Total	AA		2	1	0	1	5.59	1	15	6	1	0	0	9.2	18	2	3	0	0	0
Total			15	11	3	9	4.02	14	110	49	10	0	1	109.2	147	5	30	0	7	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Toledo Blue Stockings to St. Louis Browns with Sam Barkley, Charlie Morton, Tony Mullane and Curt Welch for $2500 (only $1909.30 paid) (October 24, 1884).
Released by St. Louis Browns (November 3, 1884).
Sold by Boston Beaneaters to Philadelphia Athletics for $750 (@April 15, 1887).

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