Tom Sturdivant
New York Yankees 1955–1958; Kansas City Athletics 1959; New York Yankees 1959; Boston Red Sox 1960; Pittsburgh Pirates 1961; Washington Senators 1961; Pittsburgh Pirates 1962; Detroit Tigers 1963; Kansas City Athletics 1963; Pittsburgh Pirates 1963; Kansas City Athletics 1964; New York Mets 1964
Percentile snapshot
1961 season — qualified pitchers
of 67 qualified 1961 pitchers (min 161 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | -74.3 | -54.1 | .078 | 1.1 |
| 1956 | 32 | 68 | 64 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .308 | .359 | .667 | 75.0 | 80.7 | .304 | 3.1 |
| 1957 | 28 | 81 | 71 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .247 | .183 | .430 | 19.3 | 21.7 | .215 | 4.7 |
| 1958 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .261 | .190 | .451 | 30.4 | 30.0 | .224 | 0.2 |
| 1959 | 44 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .087 | -97.7 | -76.3 | .040 | -0.2 |
| 1960 | 40 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .174 | .182 | .356 | -24.3 | -5.3 | .160 | -0.2 |
| 1961 | 28 | 65 | 58 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | .172 | .200 | .172 | .372 | -5.5 | 0.3 | .176 | 2.1 |
| 1962 | 49 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .176 | .212 | .389 | -7.6 | 4.5 | .173 | 1.5 |
| 1963 | 48 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .043 | .000 | .043 | -110.9 | -86.9 | .032 | 0.6 |
| 1964 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 193.5 | 174.2 | .455 | -0.8 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 24 | 42 | 48 | 6 | 68.3 | 3.16 | 1.317 | 6.32 | 4.10 | 106.9 | 121.2 | 1.1 |
| 1956 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 134 | 58 | 52 | 110 | 15 | 158.3 | 3.30 | 1.175 | 6.25 | 3.41 | 86.2 | 120.0 | 3.1 |
| 1957 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 170 | 57 | 80 | 118 | 14 | 201.7 | 2.54 | 1.240 | 5.27 | 3.38 | 92.3 | 144.1 | 4.7 |
| 1958 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 33 | 38 | 41 | 6 | 70.7 | 4.20 | 1.627 | 5.22 | 4.13 | 114.8 | 85.5 | 0.2 |
| 1959 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 51 | 43 | 73 | 13 | 97.0 | 4.73 | 1.371 | 6.77 | 4.22 | 108.0 | 82.6 | -0.2 |
| 1960 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 56 | 45 | 67 | 16 | 101.3 | 4.97 | 1.490 | 5.95 | 4.52 | 112.0 | 81.2 | -0.2 |
| 1961 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 148 | 68 | 57 | 84 | 12 | 165.7 | 3.69 | 1.237 | 4.56 | 3.62 | 90.9 | 107.8 | 2.1 |
| 1962 | 49 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 120 | 52 | 39 | 76 | 12 | 125.3 | 3.73 | 1.269 | 5.46 | 3.76 | 96.1 | 104.8 | 1.5 |
| 1963 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 51 | 45 | 68 | 11 | 116.3 | 3.95 | 1.229 | 5.26 | 3.74 | 99.8 | 95.3 | 0.6 |
| 1964 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 32.3 | 6.40 | 1.423 | 5.29 | 3.46 | 96.4 | 56.0 | -0.8 |
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
Pitching
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.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956-06-27 | NYY @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1956-09-08 | MIN @ NYY Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1962-09-06 | PIT @ HOU Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1956-08-26 | DET @ NYY Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1956-05-24 | NYY @ DET Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956-06-16 | NYY @ CLE Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 1957-05-07 | NYY @ CLE Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1957-08-24 | NYY @ CLE Gameday | 8.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 1956-08-26 | DET @ NYY Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1957-08-18 | BAL @ NYY Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.