Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Tom
Paladin		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 235
 
Born: May 18, 1900 in Hull, MA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1921   
ARCH MURTAUGH AWARD 1931   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1932   
All-Star Selections 1933   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won ARCH MURTAUGH AWARD or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1919 19 A   14 12 .538 30 30 12 4 0 248.0 127 51 4 81 191 1.85 .151 .225 .207 .432  
1920 20 AA   10 14 .417 30 30 10 2 0 238.7 215 73 2 68 132 2.75 .242 .296 .306 .602  
1921 21 BRO NL 1 1 .500 3 3 2 0 0 18.3 23 21 1 16 8 10.33 .311 .446 .419 .865 0.0
  NY1 NL 11 3 .786 15 15 9 1 0 131.7 127 43 5 40 46 2.94 .255 .325 .331 .656 13.5
  TOT   12 4 .750 18 18 11 1 0 150.0 150 64 6 56 54 3.84 .262 .342 .343 .685 13.5
    AAA   11 4 .733 16 16 7 1 0 127.3 123 42 4 40 61 2.97 .247 .303 .331 .634  
1922 22 NY1 NL 21 12 .636 40 40 24 3 0 337.0 368 135 15 75 124 3.61 .279 .327 .365 .693 24.0
1923 23 NY1 NL 5 10 .333 16 16 11 0 0 134.3 142 55 1 41 33 3.69 .269 .335 .317 .652 9.1
1924 24 NY1 NL 12 11 .522 32 31 17 1 0 263.3 310 123 7 53 84 4.20 .296 .334 .372 .706 16.5
1925 25 SLN NL 27 14 .659 42 42 31 3 0 356.7 381 140 9 88 95 3.53 .275 .321 .345 .666 33.1
1926 26 BRO NL 23 11 .676 37 37 29 1 0 310.0 333 124 14 59 76 3.60 .277 .316 .371 .687 23.7
1927 27 BRO NL 19 17 .528 38 38 26 2 0 292.0 373 136 4 56 111 4.19 .309 .346 .385 .731 22.1
1928 28 BRO NL 24 13 .649 40 40 26 1 0 336.3 375 130 12 71 113 3.48 .280 .318 .373 .691 28.6
1929 29 BRO NL 22 13 .629 40 40 24 2 0 328.3 384 131 12 66 147 3.59 .289 .325 .399 .724 28.3
1930 30 BSN NL 22 15 .595 41 41 29 3 0 345.3 402 139 11 58 116 3.62 .292 .325 .394 .719 27.5
1931 31 BSN NL 27 8 .771 40 40 29 6 0 340.7 353 115 5 38 165 3.04 .265 .290 .336 .626 30.7
1932 32 BSN NL 21 9 .700 35 35 22 2 0 293.3 316 109 8 49 117 3.34 .274 .309 .356 .665 26.8
1933 33 BSN NL 22 15 .595 39 39 34 3 0 331.0 344 113 12 48 111 3.07 .266 .297 .346 .643 26.6
1934 34 BSN NL 21 14 .600 39 39 25 4 0 326.0 365 117 13 60 145 3.23 .283 .323 .349 .672 26.1
1935 35 BSN NL 6 6 .500 15 15 10 1 0 127.3 140 61 7 27 45 4.31 .279 .326 .385 .711 7.1
  CHN NL 13 7 .650 21 21 13 1 0 178.3 186 80 10 38 59 4.04 .269 .317 .371 .688 13.4
  TOT   19 13 .594 36 36 23 2 0 305.6 326 141 17 65 104 4.15 .273 .321 .377 .698 20.5
1936 36 CHN NL 10 11 .476 29 22 11 0 2 175.0 228 117 18 55 65 6.02 .324 .385 .477 .862 5.0
1937 37 CHN NL 13 15 .464 47 25 16 0 4 203.7 258 139 25 78 49 6.14 .310 .374 .466 .839 4.4
1938 38 CHN NL 5 7 .417 33 8 2 0 2 75.0 95 62 8 47 21 7.44 .314 .409 .422 .831 0.0
18 Years Sim 325 212 .605 642 587 390 34 8 4903.5 5503 2090 197 1063 1730 3.84 .283 .327 .374 .701 366.6
1 Years AAA 11 4 .733 16 16 7 1 0 127.3 123 42 4 40 61 2.97 .247 .303 .331 .634  
1 Years AA 10 14 .417 30 30 10 2 0 238.7 215 73 2 68 132 2.75 .242 .296 .306 .602  
1 Years A 14 12 .538 30 30 12 4 0 248.0 127 51 4 81 191 1.85 .151 .225 .207 .432  
3 Years Minors 35 30 .538 76 76 29 7 0 614.0 465 166 10 189 384 2.43 .209 .271 .274 .545  
Season Average 18 11 .621 35 32 21 1 0 272.4 305 116 10 59 96 3.84 .283 .327 .374 .701  
Career Highs 27 17 .771 47 42 34 6 4 356.7 402 141 25 88 165 7.44 .324 .409 .477 .862  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   4080 1566 166 780 1227   .282 .319 .377 .696
vs LH   1423 524 31 283 503   .286 .325 .366 .690
Home 167 107 .609 330 303 209 21 3 2589.9 2843 1075 100 538 919 3.74 .278 .314 .364 .678
Away 158 105 .601 312 284 181 13 6 2313.6 2660 1015 97 525 811 3.95 .289 .328 .384 .712
Mar/Apr 31 25 .554 69 63 38 5 2 514.0 562 227 29 140 183 3.98 .277 .324 .389 .713
May 56 49 .533 125 111 69 3 2 913.3 1085 438 48 227 331 4.32 .297 .338 .397 .734
June 55 36 .604 108 102 64 8 0 851.3 996 374 30 158 304 3.95 .292 .323 .381 .704
July 61 32 .656 115 105 71 8 2 883.3 1015 381 30 177 283 3.88 .291 .325 .378 .703
August 65 30 .684 115 102 72 3 2 876.3 917 339 32 190 337 3.48 .268 .307 .355 .661
Sep/Oct 57 40 .588 110 104 79 7 1 865.3 928 331 28 171 292 3.44 .273 .307 .347 .655
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1919 19 A   4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.9  
1921 21 BRO NL 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
  NY1 NL 15 51 6 15 0 0 0 6 0 3 3 9 .294 .333 .294 .627 4.0 0.0
  TOT   18 57 6 16 0 0 0 7 0 3 3 10 .281 .317 .281 .597 4.0 0.0
1922 22 NY1 NL 40 119 13 33 4 0 0 16 2 5 11 25 .277 .333 .311 .644 13.8 0.8
1923 23 NY1 NL 16 43 3 10 2 0 0 6 1 1 6 19 .233 .320 .279 .599 4.7 0.4
1924 24 NY1 NL 33 90 14 27 2 1 0 15 5 4 14 8 .300 .390 .344 .735 12.8 2.0
1925 25 SLN NL 42 124 16 37 5 1 0 18 3 5 16 17 .298 .379 .355 .733 15.6 2.5
1926 26 BRO NL 37 107 23 30 1 0 1 11 2 4 14 25 .280 .364 .318 .681 12.5 1.3
1927 27 BRO NL 38 101 17 30 3 0 1 17 2 1 7 20 .297 .333 .356 .690 13.8 1.6
1928 28 BRO NL 40 120 18 35 2 0 2 19 8 3 12 19 .292 .356 .358 .714 14.2 1.6
1929 29 BRO NL 40 116 18 27 5 1 0 8 3 0 14 29 .233 .315 .293 .608 10.9 0.4
1930 30 BSN NL 41 122 15 33 2 2 1 10 2 3 5 27 .270 .297 .344 .641 11.8 0.1
1931 31 BSN NL 40 127 18 27 2 1 1 11 0 2 14 25 .213 .289 .268 .556 9.8 0.0
1932 32 BSN NL 35 91 14 24 1 0 2 7 3 2 15 22 .264 .358 .341 .698 13.9 1.6
1933 33 BSN NL 39 119 11 26 1 1 0 15 1 1 14 17 .218 .299 .244 .542 9.7 0.3
1934 34 BSN NL 39 115 14 33 2 2 0 15 0 1 11 26 .287 .349 .339 .688 13.7 2.0
1935 35 BSN NL 15 44 6 12 3 1 0 6 1 2 3 7 .273 .319 .386 .706 4.2 0.1
  CHN NL 21 64 7 14 0 1 2 6 1 2 3 7 .219 .250 .344 .594 5.2 0.0
  TOT   36 108 13 26 3 2 2 12 2 4 6 14 .241 .278 .361 .639 9.4 0.1
1936 36 CHN NL 29 53 6 15 3 1 0 7 2 0 11 12 .283 .400 .377 .777 9.4 1.3
1937 37 CHN NL 47 67 6 10 0 0 0 6 1 1 6 23 .149 .216 .149 .365 1.7 0.0
1938 38 CHN NL 34 20 5 7 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 3 .350 .381 .550 .931 3.7 0.7
18 Years Sim 644 1699 230 446 40 13 10 206 37 40 180 341 .263 .330 .319 .649 185.1 16.6
1 Years A 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.9  
162 Game Average 427 57 112 10 3 2 51 9 10 45 85 .263 .330 .319 .649 46.6  
Career Highs 47 127 23 37 5 2 2 19 8 5 16 29 .350 .400 .550 .931 15.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1217 161 299 28 9 8 136 23 32 125 244 .246 .314 .303 .617 116.3
vs LH   482 69 147 12 4 2 70 14 8 55 97 .305 .371 .359 .730 66.7
Home 331 832 100 207 16 6 4 100 23 19 91 153 .249 .320 .297 .617 83.0
Away 313 867 130 239 24 7 6 106 14 21 89 188 .276 .341 .340 .681 100.0
RISP   492 0 131 13 2 3 188 0 0 51 103 .266 .324 .319 .644 54.9
Close/Late   135 15 25 2 0 0 9 0 0 14 43 .185 .262 .200 .462 7.1
Mar/Apr 69 179 22 49 6 2 1 22 2 1 17 43 .274 .333 .346 .680 21.2
May 125 318 46 86 10 4 1 40 7 7 30 64 .270 .332 .336 .669 35.2
June 109 295 48 86 8 1 1 37 9 10 35 57 .292 .364 .336 .700 36.5
July 115 312 40 81 5 4 4 35 5 7 30 68 .260 .321 .340 .661 34.2
August 116 298 43 76 5 0 1 42 6 6 38 58 .255 .334 .282 .616 30.8
Sep/Oct 110 297 31 68 6 2 2 30 8 9 30 51 .229 .298 .283 .581 25.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1921 21 BRO NL P 3 3 18.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.45    
  NY1 NL P 15 15 131.7 9 27 1 2 .973 2.46    
  TOT   P 18 18 150.0 10 31 1 2 .976 2.46    
1922 22 NY1 NL P 40 40 337.0 23 64 5 4 .946 2.32    
1923 23 NY1 NL P 16 16 134.3 11 16 3 0 .900 1.81    
1924 24 NY1 NL P 32 31 263.3 20 58 0 7 1.000 2.67    
1925 25 SLN NL P 42 42 356.7 27 69 1 4 .990 2.42    
1926 26 BRO NL P 37 37 310.0 20 68 2 5 .978 2.55    
1927 27 BRO NL P 38 38 292.0 15 51 5 0 .930 2.03    
1928 28 BRO NL P 40 40 336.3 25 71 5 5 .950 2.57    
1929 29 BRO NL P 40 40 328.3 22 56 5 3 .940 2.14    
1930 30 BSN NL P 41 41 345.3 22 79 3 6 .971 2.63    
1931 31 BSN NL P 40 40 340.7 23 60 3 8 .965 2.19    
1932 32 BSN NL P 35 35 293.3 21 65 1 7 .989 2.64    
1933 33 BSN NL P 39 39 331.0 17 48 2 2 .970 1.77    
1934 34 BSN NL P 39 39 326.0 21 69 1 6 .989 2.48    
1935 35 BSN NL P 15 15 127.3 12 24 0 3 1.000 2.54    
  CHN NL P 21 21 178.3 18 33 1 4 .981 2.57    
  TOT   P 36 36 305.7 30 57 1 7 .989 2.56    
1936 36 CHN NL P 29 22 175.0 11 30 2 2 .953 2.11    
1937 37 CHN NL P 47 25 203.7 11 42 2 2 .964 2.34    
1938 38 CHN NL P 33 8 75.0 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.80    
Career Totals   642 587 4903.6 333 945 42 71 .968 2.35    
Career Highs   47 42 356.7 30 79 5 8 1.000 2.67    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1921 21 NY1 NL 0 1 .000 2 2 1 0 0 18.0 14 9 3 9 5 4.50 .209 .303 .373 .676
1930 30 BSN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 7.0 15 10 1 4 5 12.86 .429 .487 .686 1.173
1931 31 BSN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 15 2 0 2 10 1.00 .221 .243 .294 .537
1935 35 CHN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 9.0 16 15 5 6 2 15.00 .390 .468 .805 1.273
1937 37 CHN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.3 3 2 1 1 1 7.73 .333 .400 .667 1.067
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 4 .333 10 8 3 0 1 54.3 63 38 10 22 23 6.29 .286 .351 .491 .842
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1921 21 NY1 NL 2 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .571 .571 .571 1.143
1930 30 BSN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1931 31 BSN NL 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 .250 .571 1.000 1.571
1935 35 CHN NL 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Batting 8 18 4 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 8 .333 .429 .500 .929
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1922-8-3.61
1925-9-3.53
1926-9-3.60
1928-8-3.48
1929-4-3.59
1930-5-3.62
1931-5-3.04
1932-6-3.34
1933-6-3.07
1934-7-3.23
 ERA+
1922-8-121
1925-8-130
1926-8-122
1928-7-128
1929-4-139
1930-5-146
1931-5-148
1932-5-140
1933-6-132
1934-6-131
 Wins
1922-6-21
1925-1-27
1926-3-23
1927-7-19
1928-2-24
1929-7-22
1930-5-22
1931-1-27
1932-6-21
1933-4-22
1934-4-21
1935-7-19
 Losses
1927-6-17
1930-10-15
 Winning Pct
1921-1-.750
1922-6-.636
1925-7-.659
1926-6-.676
1928-4-.649
1929-8-.629
1931-1-.771
1932-4-.700
1933-8-.595
1934-7-.600
1935-10-.594
 Saves
1937-9-4
Games Pitched
1937-7-47
 Games Started
1922-9-40
1925-2-42
1928-4-40
1929-9-40
1930-1-41
1931-3-40
1934-7-39
 Complete Games
1922-5-24
1925-1-31
1926-2-29
1927-6-26
1928-5-26
1929-8-24
1930-2-29
1931-2-29
1932-9-22
1933-1-34
1934-6-25
1935-6-23
 Shutouts
1922-7-3
1925-3-3
1927-8-2
1929-5-2
1930-2-3
1931-1-6
1932-4-2
1933-5-3
1934-2-4
1935-7-2
 Innings Pitched
1922-5-337.0
1925-1-356.7
1926-7-310.0
1928-4-336.3
1929-8-328.3
1930-2-345.3
1931-3-340.7
1933-8-331.0
1934-7-326.0
 Hits Allowed
1922-8-368
1925-4-381
1926-10-333
1927-5-373
1928-2-375
1929-4-384
1930-2-402
1931-4-353
1933-5-344
1934-3-365
Homeruns Allowed
1922-10-15
1926-6-14
1935-10-17
1936-9-18
1937-3-25
 Strikeouts
1925-8-95
1927-8-111
1928-9-113
1929-7-147
1930-8-116
1931-3-165
1932-9-117
1934-9-145
 Walks Allowed
1925-10-88
 Walks per 9IP
1926-8-1.7
1927-6-1.7
1929-5-1.8
1930-3-1.5
1931-1-1.0
1932-3-1.5
1933-3-1.3
1934-4-1.7
1935-8-1.9
 Hits per 9IP
1925-7-9.6
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1929-8-4.0
1931-7-4.4
Strikeout to Walk Ratio
1927-4-2
1928-9-1.6
1929-2-2.2
1930-6-2
1931-1-4.3
1932-2-2.4
1933-4-2.3
1934-4-2.4
1935-10-1.6
 WHiP
1922-10-1.31
1925-9-1.31
1926-5-1.26
1930-7-1.33
1931-4-1.15
1932-4-1.24
1933-4-1.18
1935-9-1.28
 OAVG
1925-8-.275
1931-10-.265
 OOBP
1926-8-.316
1928-10-.318
1929-10-.325
1930-7-.325
1931-5-.290
1932-4-.309
1933-4-.297
1935-8-.321
 OSLG
1925-6-.345
1930-9-.394
1931-5-.336
1932-10-.356
1933-9-.346
 OOPS
1925-9-.666
1930-6-.719
1931-3-.626
1932-6-.665
1933-6-.643
1934-9-.672
DICE
1927-7-3.17
1928-10-3.48
1929-4-3.27
1930-6-3.37
1931-3-2.65
1932-3-3.18
1933-6-3.37
1934-9-3.37
 BABIP
1925-5-0.29
 Win Shares
1922-8-23.7
1925-2-33
1926-9-22.9
1928-5-28.9
1929-7-28.3
1930-5-28
1931-2-30.2
1932-8-26.6
1933-7-26.9
1934-8-25.6
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 61)
   Gray Ink Test: 249    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 276)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 118    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 117)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Randall Flagg (913)
  2. Clay Reddish (890)
  3. Sayer Calhoun (881)
  4. Biff Best (877)
  5. Arthur Deck (873)
  6. Shep Sanders (868)
  7. Rocco Siffredi (846)
  8. Handsome Jack Hartung (846)
  9. Bill Blake (842)
  10. Sam Kreitenberg (840)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Monty Slocum (974)
  2. Biff Best (972)
  3. William Sumner (967)
  4. Christopher Yearby (963)
  5. Joseph Tempkin (957)
  6. Remy Lejeune (955)
  7. Sayer Calhoun (954)
  8. Thomas Huxley (953)
  9. Ike Nordquist (952)
  10. Wilmer Brogan (951)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1919
Had first career hit on 5/6/1921, off Donald Tardiff (PHI)
Earned first career win on 5/6/1921
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (N) on 7/16/1921 (Going to BRO: 1B Gene Lassiter. Going to NY1: P Tom Paladin, LF Bill Sherman, SS Elroy Bickford)
Won WORLD SERIES with New York (N) in 1921
Injured on 6/24/1923 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Traded from New York (N) to St. Louis (N) on 4/14/1925 (Going to SLN: P Tom Paladin, C Tom Toomes. Going to NY1: P Sayer Calhoun, P Bub Copley)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1925, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1925, going 6-2, 2.84
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Brooklyn on 3/2/1926 (Going to BRO: P Tom Paladin. Going to SLN: P Reggie Eyre, SS Dale Rittenauer)
Hit first career homerun on 7/7/1926, off John Brandt (BSN)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1926, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1926, going 5-2, 1.45
Traded from Brooklyn to Boston (N) on 8/16/1930 (Going to BSN: P Tom Paladin. Going to BRO: SP Holland Groom, SP Warren Wagar)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1930, going 5-1, 2.50
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1931, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1931, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1931, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won PITCHER OF THE YEAR in 1931, going 27-8, 3.04 ERA
Injured on 4/17/1932 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Pitcher in 1932
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/1933, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.