Tom Veryzer
Detroit Tigers 1973–1977; Cleveland Indians 1978–1981; New York Mets 1982; Chicago Cubs 1983–1984
Percentile snapshot
1979 season — qualified batters
of 140 qualified 1979 batters (min 499 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 115.2 | 110.5 | .357 | 0.2 |
| 1974 | 22 | 60 | 55 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .236 | .300 | .382 | .682 | 93.2 | 92.3 | .318 | 0.3 |
| 1975 | 128 | 439 | 404 | 37 | 102 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 23 | 76 | 2 | 6 | .252 | .297 | .327 | .624 | 70.5 | 72.8 | .292 | 0.7 |
| 1976 | 97 | 390 | 354 | 31 | 83 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 21 | 44 | 1 | 4 | .234 | .286 | .277 | .563 | 60.8 | 62.8 | .271 | 0.1 |
| 1977 | 125 | 373 | 350 | 31 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 44 | 0 | 1 | .197 | .230 | .254 | .485 | 22.9 | 29.7 | .223 | -1.6 |
| 1978 | 130 | 458 | 421 | 48 | 114 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 2 | .271 | .298 | .340 | .638 | 77.6 | 80.1 | .294 | 1.1 |
| 1979 | 149 | 501 | 449 | 41 | 99 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 54 | 2 | 5 | .220 | .279 | .254 | .533 | 45.8 | 44.9 | .253 | -0.9 |
| 1980 | 109 | 383 | 358 | 28 | 97 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 5 | .271 | .303 | .321 | .625 | 69.1 | 70.8 | .288 | 0.4 |
| 1981 | 75 | 239 | 221 | 13 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .278 | .262 | .540 | 53.1 | 57.3 | .254 | -0.1 |
| 1982 | 40 | 58 | 54 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .362 | .370 | .732 | 99.2 | 106.3 | .327 | 0.3 |
| 1983 | 59 | 92 | 88 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .231 | .273 | .503 | 25.6 | 36.7 | .229 | -0.3 |
| 1984 | 44 | 83 | 74 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .259 | .203 | .462 | 21.0 | 27.2 | .225 | -0.3 |
Career totals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-06-23 | DET @ MIL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1974-09-20 | DET @ MIL Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1975-08-23 | DET @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1978-07-07 | BOS @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1975-09-05 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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.