Tommy Thevenow
[edit] Biography
Tommy Thevenow (Thomas Joseph Thevenow) was born on September 6, 1903 in Madison, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on September 4, 1924 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1925, his rookie year, he hit .269 with 0 home runs and 17 RBI. Thevenow played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves over the course of his 15 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Tommy Thevenow's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1930, when he hit for a .286 average and knocked in 78 runs. However, others believe that it was 1926, when he knocked in 63 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1924
| STL
| N
| 23
| 89
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 7
| .202
| .211
| .270
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| STL
| N
| 50
| 175
| 17
| 47
| 0
| 17
| .269
| .301
| .331
| 7
| 2
| 7
| 12
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| STL
| N
| 156
| 563
| 64
| 144
| 2
| 63
| .256
| .291
| .311
| 15
| 5
| 27
| 26
| 1
| 17
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| STL
| N
| 59
| 191
| 23
| 37
| 0
| 4
| .194
| .249
| .236
| 6
| 1
| 14
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| STL
| N
| 69
| 171
| 11
| 35
| 0
| 13
| .205
| .288
| .287
| 8
| 3
| 20
| 12
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| 90
| 317
| 30
| 72
| 0
| 35
| .227
| .288
| .262
| 11
| 0
| 25
| 25
| 2
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| PHI
| N
| 156
| 573
| 57
| 164
| 0
| 78
| .286
| .316
| .326
| 21
| 1
| 23
| 26
| 2
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| PIT
| N
| 120
| 404
| 35
| 86
| 0
| 38
| .213
| .266
| .248
| 12
| 1
| 28
| 22
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| PIT
| N
| 59
| 194
| 12
| 46
| 0
| 26
| .237
| .264
| .284
| 3
| 3
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| PIT
| N
| 73
| 253
| 20
| 79
| 0
| 34
| .312
| .320
| .340
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 10
|
| 1934
| PIT
| N
| 122
| 446
| 37
| 121
| 0
| 54
| .271
| .306
| .316
| 16
| 2
| 20
| 20
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 15
|
| 1935
| PIT
| N
| 110
| 408
| 38
| 97
| 0
| 47
| .238
| .261
| .304
| 9
| 9
| 12
| 23
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 13
|
| 1936
| CIN
| N
| 106
| 321
| 25
| 75
| 0
| 36
| .234
| .268
| .268
| 7
| 2
| 15
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 14
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| 21
| 34
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .118
| .211
| .176
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| PIT
| N
| 15
| 25
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .200
| .333
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1229
| 4164
| 380
| 1030
| 2
| 456
| .247
| .285
| .294
| 124
| 32
| 210
| 222
| 11
| 99
| 23
| 0
| 52
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1924
| STL
| N
| SS
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 61
| 95
| 8
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1925
| STL
| N
| SS
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 98
| 169
| 14
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1926
| STL
| N
| SS
| 156
| 0
| 0
| 371
| 597
| 45
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1927
| STL
| N
| SS
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 111
| 199
| 18
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1928
| STL
| N
| SS
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 100
| 158
| 19
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1928
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1928
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 188
| 296
| 24
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1930
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 156
| 0
| 0
| 344
| 554
| 56
| 113
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1931
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 120
| 0
| 0
| 245
| 432
| 25
| 92
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1932
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 84
| 13
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
| 1932
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 42
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1933
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1933
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1933
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 137
| 172
| 8
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1934
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 81
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1934
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1934
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 178
| 199
| 12
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1935
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 36
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1935
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 19
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1935
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 94
| 161
| 13
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1936
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 68
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1936
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 20
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| CIN
| N
| SS
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 116
| 160
| 16
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1938
| PIT
| N
| 2B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| PIT
| N
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 13
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1938
| PIT
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 848
| 0
| 0
| 1751
| 2818
| 243
| 523
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 188
| 0
| 0
| 395
| 479
| 31
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 171
| 0
| 0
| 162
| 323
| 22
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Syracuse (International) to St. Louis Cardinals (September 3, 1924).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Heinie Sand and $10000 (December 13, 1928).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Claude Willoughby to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dick Bartell (November 6, 1930).
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Cincinnati Reds (December 12, 1935).
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants (January 6, 1937).
- Traded by New York Giants to Boston Bees in exchange for Billy Urbanski (May 1, 1937).
- Released by Boston Bees (February 16, 1938).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (February 22, 1938).
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