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Tom Sturdivant

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: April 28, 1930 in Gordon, KS us

Died: February 28, 2009 in Oklahoma City, OK

High School: Capitol Hill HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: April 14, 1955 (Age 24-351d, 11,210th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 21, 1964 (Age 34-054d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Thomas Virgil Sturdivant

Nicknames: Smoke or Snake

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.3

ERA

3.74

335

101

1137.0

704

WHIP

1.300

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	25 (24)	May 13 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-5	GS	29	7.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	29 (3)	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	32 (2)	May 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5		26	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	35 (2)	May 24	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	GF	18	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	41 (5)	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,12-5	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	44 (2)	Jun 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	50 (5)	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,8-15		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	56 (5)	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	59 (2)	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	61 (1)	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	67 (5)	Jun 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	GS	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	71 (3)	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-6	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	72	Jul 3	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	GF	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	73	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	77 (3)	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
16	78	Jul 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-2	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	80 (1)	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	P
18	85 (4)	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-8	GS	28	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	91 (5)	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-11	GS	33	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	95 (3)	Jul 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,14-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	100 (4)	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	103 (2)	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8		13	2.1	1	0	2	3	0	P
23	108 (4)	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
24	113 (4)	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
25	116 (2)	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	120 (3)	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	125 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	130 (4)	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	136 (5)	Sep 8	NYY		WSH	W,16-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	139 (2)	Sep 12	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-7	GS	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	143 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-3	GS	26	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	150 (6)	Sep 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,11-6	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
							32gm		158.1	11	13	2	26	1