MLB / Players

Tom Poorman

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 7 in · 135 lb
BornOctober 14, 1857 · Lock Haven, PA, USA
MLB debutMay 5, 1880
Final gameSeptember 18, 1888
Seasons6 (1880–1888)

Buffalo Bisons 1880; Chicago White Stockings 1880; Toledo Blue Stockings 1884; Boston Beaneaters 1885–1886; Philadelphia Athletics 1887–1888

Percentile snapshot

1887 season — qualified batters

G
135
87.5
PA
630
95.8
AB
585
97.9
R
140
95.8
H
155
74
2B
18
27.1
3B
19
89.6
HR
4
47.9
RBI
61
29.2
BB
35
37.5
SO
46
14.6
SB
88
89.6
BA
.265
22.9
OBP
.317
15.6
SLG
.381
38.5
OPS
.699
30.2
wRC+
93.5
25
OPS+
93.2
29.2
wOBA
.330
28.1
sWAR
0.8
14.6

of 97 qualified 1887 batters (min 424 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1880 season — qualified pitchers

G
13
6.7
GS
10
0
W
3
6.7
L
8
80
SV
1
60
CG
9
0
SHO
0
0
H
129
93.3
ER
43
66.7
BB
27
66.7
SO
13
0
HR
3
46.7
IP
100.0
0
ERA
3.87
6.7
WHIP
1.560
0
K/9
1.17
0
FIP
3.47
0
FIP-
146.3
0
ERA+
61.3
6.7
sWAR
-1.0
0

of 16 qualified 1880 pitchers (min 86 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.9
69.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1880269595816220101500.168.168.232.40047.233.2.179-1.0
1884943933825689870010000.233.254.291.54583.077.2.2500.2
18855623422744545332573200.238.261.326.58789.788.5.2710.2
18868839037172971663411952310.261.297.361.65998.299.1.3040.9
188713563058514015518194613546880.265.317.381.69993.593.2.3300.8
18889741938376871662443146460.227.294.316.60996.895.0.2960.8

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18801310381901294327133100.03.871.5601.173.47146.361.3-1.0
188411010101332019.03.001.6670.005.42167.2108.10.2
18871000000531110.740.509.00013.5024.45569.810.60.8

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
496
PA
2,161
AB
2,043
R
396
H
498
2B
65
3B
43
HR
12
RBI
172
BB
102
SO
191
SB
165
498th-most career SB
BA
.2438
OBP
.2851
SLG
.3353
OPS
.6204

Pitching

G (P)
15
GS
11
W
3
L
9
SV
1
CG
10
SHO
0
IP
110
SO (P)
14
BB allowed
30
ERA
4.021
WHIP
1.6140
K/9
1.15

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.