P Tom Buchanan #31
Age: 40 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
04/08/1963
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P TOM BUCHANAN #31 - AGE: 40 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right
Stuff 2 2 2
Movement 3 3 3
Control 2 2 2
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Curveball 2 -
Changeup 2 -
Sinker 2 -
Forkball 3 -
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 90-92 Mph
Stamina 3
Suggested Role Bullpen
Type Neutral
Hold Runners 4
Defense 1
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Ability: 2
Baserunning Inst.: 2
Sacrifice Bunt: 2
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
PERSONALITY
Birthday:04/07/1923
Born in:Waterloo, IA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:
Service This Yr:
40-Man Service:
Pro Service:
Arbitration Eligibility:
Option Years:
Contract Extension:
Drafted:1941, 2nd Pick in Round 1
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1945 St. Louis - FABL 22 6 6 2 3 0 2.39 49.0 42 13 13 1 27 18 3 1 1.41 .272 3.56 0.6 148
1946 St. Louis - FABL 23 22 14 2 11 0 4.18 127.0 133 77 59 6 76 64 3 0 1.65 .302 3.61 1.1 81
1947 St. Louis - FABL 24 4 0 1 2 0 3.07 14.2 17 5 5 0 11 6 0 0 1.91 .333 3.43 0.3 133
1949 St. Louis - FABL 26 19 19 6 10 0 3.79 142.2 127 72 60 6 100 56 7 1 1.59 .259 4.29 1.8 113
1950 St. Louis - FABL 27 28 28 11 14 0 4.43 205.0 201 110 101 11 147 87 10 2 1.70 .288 4.49 2.0 95
1951 St. Louis - FABL 28 31 31 12 7 0 3.59 193.0 170 86 77 7 116 85 2 0 1.48 .260 3.85 3.8 121
1952 St. Louis - FABL 29 28 27 13 7 0 3.00 186.0 147 76 62 8 99 71 1 0 1.32 .228 3.69 2.2 120
1953 St. Louis - FABL 30 17 17 4 9 0 6.35 96.1 116 71 68 4 54 45 0 0 1.76 .334 3.98 1.6 67
1953 Chicago - FABL 30 12 12 5 5 0 4.44 73.0 76 40 36 7 51 33 0 0 1.74 .289 4.96 -0.1 85
1953 Total - FABL 30 29 29 9 14 0 5.53 169.1 192 111 104 11 105 78 0 0 1.75 .315 4.40 1.5 74
1954 Chicago - FABL 31 27 13 8 4 0 2.72 112.1 93 42 34 3 64 48 1 1 1.40 .250 3.91 1.5 151
1955 Chicago - FABL 32 7 7 3 2 0 3.88 48.2 44 21 21 2 29 27 0 0 1.50 .278 3.91 0.8 107
1956 Philadelphia - FABL 33 13 13 6 5 0 3.64 81.2 72 41 33 8 49 25 0 0 1.48 .243 4.94 0.2 111
1956 Chicago - FABL 33 20 20 10 5 0 4.74 114.0 122 66 60 8 66 45 0 0 1.65 .292 4.46 0.4 78
1956 Total - FABL 33 33 33 16 10 0 4.28 195.2 194 107 93 16 115 70 0 0 1.58 .272 4.66 0.6 89
1957 Philadelphia - FABL 34 32 32 9 13 0 5.07 193.1 217 118 109 23 94 84 1 0 1.61 .291 4.80 0.8 80
1958 Philadelphia - FABL 35 17 17 2 8 0 6.16 92.0 109 70 63 15 53 33 0 0 1.76 .298 5.92 -0.5 69
Total FABL 283 256 94 105 0 4.17 1728.2 1686 908 801 109 1036 727 28 5 1.57 .276 4.29 16.6 96
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1938 Total - 15 12 12 7 1 0 1.23 80.2 58 14 11 0 14 105 0 0 0.89 .287 1.15 4.7 100
1939 Total - 16 14 14 8 1 0 1.16 93.1 65 14 12 0 13 111 0 0 0.84 .270 1.34 5.1 100
1940 Total - 17 16 16 11 0 0 0.58 108.1 61 11 7 0 15 184 0 0 0.70 .280 0.27 8.2 100
1941 Total - 18 14 14 10 0 0 0.95 94.1 57 11 10 0 19 149 0 0 0.81 .288 0.71 6.3 100
1941 Moline - C 18 14 14 6 6 0 3.30 109.0 131 48 40 5 43 75 4 2 1.60 .349 3.35 2.5 122
1942 Hartford - A 19 33 33 8 21 0 4.89 228.0 299 149 124 7 110 106 14 0 1.79 .350 4.33 3.0 88
1947 Charleston - AAA 24 13 13 3 6 0 4.00 74.1 80 37 33 5 37 35 0 0 1.57 .300 3.88 1.0 98
1948 Charleston - AAA 25 31 31 7 15 0 4.08 209.2 208 98 95 5 100 96 3 0 1.47 .296 3.46 5.0 105
1949 Charleston - AAA 26 1 1 0 1 0 3.00 9.0 10 4 3 0 4 5 1 0 1.56 .345 2.48 0.2 97
1955 Milwaukee - AAA 32 32 0 3 3 9 4.47 44.1 49 23 22 3 16 20 0 0 1.47 .295 2.98 0.8 83
1959 Erie - AA 36 4 0 0 0 2 6.35 5.2 5 4 4 1 4 3 0 0 1.59 .250 5.76 -0.2 55
1959 Harrisburg - AA 36 9 9 2 2 0 2.32 50.1 38 16 13 3 24 33 0 0 1.23 .236 3.36 0.7 149
1959 Total - AA 36 13 9 2 2 2 2.73 56.0 43 20 17 4 28 36 0 0 1.27 .238 3.60 0.5 127
1959 Richmond - AAA 36 4 0 0 0 0 3.24 8.1 12 3 3 0 4 6 0 0 1.92 .400 2.24 0.2 110
1959 Indianapolis - AAA 36 13 0 2 2 2 2.75 19.2 20 10 6 1 12 11 0 0 1.63 .279 3.75 0.0 131
1959 Total - AAA 36 17 0 2 2 2 2.89 28.0 32 13 9 1 16 17 0 0 1.71 .316 3.30 0.2 124
1960 Harrisburg - AA 37 5 4 3 0 0 1.57 23.0 19 6 4 2 9 11 0 0 1.22 .233 3.75 0.3 233
1960 Knoxville - AA 37 1 1 0 1 0 10.38 4.1 8 6 5 2 2 3 0 0 2.31 .375 8.46 -0.1 43
1960 Total - AA 37 6 5 3 1 0 2.96 27.1 27 12 9 4 11 14 0 0 1.39 .258 4.50 0.1 136
1960 Jersey City - AAA 37 31 1 0 6 6 5.22 39.2 41 23 23 7 16 17 0 0 1.44 .264 4.95 -0.5 73
1961 Oklahoma City - AA 38 15 15 3 6 0 3.56 73.1 79 36 29 7 32 33 0 0 1.51 .288 4.23 0.8 113
Total DIX 1 1 0 1 0 10.38 4.1 8 6 5 2 2 3 0 0 2.31 .375 8.46 42.6
Total CL 45 0 5 5 11 3.94 64.0 69 33 28 4 28 31 0 0 1.52 .290 3.21 93.4
Total EA 18 13 5 2 2 2.39 79.0 62 26 21 6 37 47 0 0 1.25 .236 3.65 146.2
Total UL 80 46 10 28 6 4.14 341.0 351 165 157 17 161 159 4 0 1.50 .297 3.67 98.4
Total MAL 33 33 8 21 0 4.89 228.0 299 149 124 7 110 106 14 0 1.79 .350 4.33 87.8
Total LSA 15 15 3 6 0 3.56 73.1 79 36 29 7 32 33 0 0 1.51 .288 4.23 112.6
Total UMVA 14 14 6 6 0 3.30 109.0 131 48 40 5 43 75 4 2 1.60 .349 3.35 122.0
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1951 St. Louis - FABL 28 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.09 .273 2.78 0.1 999
Total FABL 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.09 .273 2.78 999.0
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1941 Moline - C P 14 14 4 13 1 19 2 .895 109.0 1.40 -0.1 .967
1942 Hartford - A P 33 33 17 36 2 56 3 .946 228.0 2.09 +0.8 1.008
1945 St. Louis - MLB P 6 6 0 11 1 11 0 1.000 49.0 2.02 +1.4 1.118
1946 St. Louis - MLB P 22 14 9 19 2 31 3 .903 127.0 1.98 -0.5 .991
1947 St. Louis - MLB P 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 14.2 1.23 +0.2 1.006
1947 Charleston - AAA P 13 13 1 14 0 16 1 .938 74.1 1.82 -0.1 1.035
1948 Charleston - AAA P 31 31 14 29 0 44 1 .977 209.2 1.85 +2.0 1.076
1949 St. Louis - MLB P 19 19 5 25 1 31 1 .968 142.2 1.89 +0.8 1.161
1949 Charleston - AAA P 1 1 0 3 0 4 1 .750 9.0 3.00 -0.5 .654
1950 St. Louis - MLB P 28 28 13 32 3 46 1 .978 205.0 1.98 +1.8 1.165
1951 St. Louis - MLB P 31 31 9 16 1 28 3 .893 193.0 1.17 +1.0 1.095
1952 St. Louis - MLB P 28 27 6 28 2 34 0 1.000 186.0 1.65 +1.5 1.067
1953 St. Louis - MLB P 17 17 4 6 0 10 0 1.000 96.1 0.93 +0.3 1.018
1953 Chicago - MLB P 12 12 8 12 0 23 3 .870 73.0 2.47 +0.5 1.018
1954 Chicago - MLB P 27 13 7 13 2 21 1 .952 112.1 1.60 +0.9 1.074
1955 Chicago - MLB P 7 7 4 3 0 7 0 1.000 48.2 1.29 +1.2 1.985
1955 Milwaukee - AAA P 30 0 2 6 2 8 0 1.000 44.1 1.62 -0.2 .980
1956 Chicago - MLB P 20 20 3 9 1 13 1 .923 114.0 0.95 +0.3 .845
1956 Philadelphia - MLB P 13 13 3 5 0 9 1 .889 81.2 0.88 +0.0 .986
1957 Philadelphia - MLB P 32 32 13 17 1 31 1 .968 193.1 1.40 +1.1 1.369
1958 Philadelphia - MLB P 17 17 7 6 0 13 0 1.000 92.0 1.27 +0.3 1.170
1959 Indianapolis - AAA P 13 0 2 5 1 8 1 .875 19.2 3.20 -0.3 .835
1959 Richmond - AAA P 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.1 1.08 0.0 .000
1959 Erie - AA P 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.2 1.59 0.0 .000
1959 Harrisburg - AA P 9 9 4 3 1 8 1 .875 50.1 1.25 +0.1 .984
1960 Jersey City - AAA P 31 1 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 39.2 0.91 +0.4 .990
1960 Knoxville - AA P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Harrisburg - AA P 5 4 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 23.0 1.57 -0.1 .985
1961 Oklahoma City - AA P 15 15 3 10 1 15 2 .867 73.1 1.60 -1.4 .894
TOTAL P 487 378 143 328 22 498 27 .946 2627.1 1.61 +11.4 1.064
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1939 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1940 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1941 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
06/24/1941 Drafted in the 1941 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 2, 2nd overall pick) by the St. Louis Pioneers, out of high school Waterloo (Waterloo; Waterloo, IA).
07/08/1941 Signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Pioneers organization with a signing bonus of $25,000.
08/04/1941 Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Marshalltown Maples with 8 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
09/13/1941 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Ottumwa Owls with 3 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
10/11/1941 Named the #4 prospect in the FABL
01/01/1942 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
04/14/1942 Named the #4 prospect in the FABL
05/27/1942 Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 5 days.
08/04/1942 Injured (finger blister),day-to-day for 1 day.
08/10/1942 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for one week.
09/11/1942 Injured (sore elbow),day-to-day for 3 days.
01/01/1943 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
04/20/1943 Named the #1 prospect in the FABL
01/01/1944 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
04/18/1944 Named the #1 prospect in the FABL
01/01/1945 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
04/16/1945 Named the #44 prospect in the FABL
09/15/1945 Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Philadelphia Keystones with 2 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed!
10/12/1945 Named the #82 prospect in the FABL
01/01/1946 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1947 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
08/13/1947 Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 5 days.
10/09/1947 Wins the 1947 World Championship Series with the St. Louis Pioneers.
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
04/03/1948 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for one week.
09/01/1948 Wins the UL Pitcher of the Month Award.
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
07/17/1949 Pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Washington Eagles with 7 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
05/19/1950 Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Washington Eagles with 3 strikeouts and 8 BB allowed!
07/16/1950 Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Washington Eagles with 7 strikeouts and 6 BB allowed!
09/10/1950 Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for one week.
03/10/1951 Detrimentally completed training to make one of his poorer pitches more usable at the St. Louis Pioneers development complex.
07/31/1953 Was traded by the St. Louis Pioneers to the Chicago Cougars in exchange for SS Roy Gass.
08/28/1953 Injured (finger blister),day-to-day for 2 days.
08/10/1954 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Montreal Saints with 2 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
08/16/1954 Wins the FABL CA Player of the Week Award.
04/23/1955 Was claimed off waivers by Boston while with Chicago.
05/07/1955 Released by the Boston Minutemen.
05/15/1955 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Chicago Cougars organization.
07/29/1956 Was traded by the Chicago Cougars to the Philadelphia Keystones in exchange for RP George Ewing.
05/04/1958 Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 4 days.
08/11/1958 Released by the Philadelphia Keystones.
10/27/1958 Signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Cannons organization.
06/04/1959 Released by the Cincinnati organization.
06/10/1959 Signed a minor league contract with the Washington Eagles organization.
09/17/1959 Released by the Washington organization.
03/22/1960 Signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Kings organization.
07/07/1960 Injured (finger blister),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
08/16/1960 Released by the Kansas City organization.
08/27/1960 Signed a minor league contract with the Washington Eagles organization.
12/03/1960 Released by the Washington organization.
12/16/1960 Signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cougars organization.
03/21/1961 Released by the Chicago organization.
03/31/1961 Signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Chiefs organization.
07/02/1961 Released by the Chicago organization.
10/20/1961 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1951 31 10
Year L Rank
1950 14 7
Year Win. % Rank
1951 .632 4
1952 .650 6
Year BB Rank
1949 100 10
1950 147 1
1951 116 1
1957 94 9
Year WP Rank
1950 4 9
1957 5 8
Year ERA Rank
1951 3.59 9
1952 3.00 10
Year BABIP Rank
1952 .228 6
Year HR/9 Rank
1950 0.48 5
1951 0.33 1
1952 0.39 7
Year H/9 Rank
1951 7.93 4
1952 7.11 8
Year K/9 Rank
1951 3.96 5
Year QS Rank
1951 19 7
Year QSP Rank
1951 .613 7
1952 .741 10
Year SHO Rank
1950 2 6
Year GB% Rank
1950 0.54 1
1952 0.52 6
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