Tommy Dowd

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 8 in · 173 lb

BornApril 20, 1869 · Holyoke, MA, USA

MLB debutApril 8, 1891

Final gameSeptember 28, 1901

Seasons10 (1891–1901)

Boston Reds 1891; Washington Statesmen 1891; Washington Senators 1892; St. Louis Browns 1893–1896; Philadelphia Phillies 1897; St. Louis Browns 1897–1898; Cleveland Spiders 1899; Boston Americans 1901

Percentile snapshot

1901 season — qualified batters

138

78.3

642

96.7

594

96.7

104

81.5

159

44.6

34.8

48.9

RBI

27.2

52.2

85.9

81.5

.268

26.1

OBP

.315

22.8

SLG

.337

26.1

OPS

.652

26.1

wRC+

85.2

23.9

OPS+

82.7

23.9

wOBA

.309

21.7

sWAR

0.3

17.4

of 93 qualified 1901 batters (min 427 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

82.1

12.8

OPS+

80.0

9.7

sWAR

4.0

76.9

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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1891	116	496	475	67	121	9	10	1	44	19	45	39	.255	.286	.322	.608	74.6	73.7	.295	0.1
1892	144	619	584	94	142	9	10	1	50	34	49	49	.243	.286	.298	.584	78.3	76.3	.285	0.4
1893	132	632	581	114	164	18	7	1	54	49	23	59	.282	.340	.343	.683	84.7	81.4	.332	0.3
1894	123	589	524	92	142	16	8	4	62	54	33	31	.271	.341	.355	.696	74.6	67.9	.331	-0.5
1895	130	546	508	95	164	19	17	7	74	31	31	32	.323	.365	.469	.834	108.5	113.9	.387	2.1
1896	126	576	521	93	138	17	11	5	46	42	19	40	.265	.322	.369	.691	83.2	81.7	.329	0.8
1897	126	575	536	93	152	23	5	0	52	25	16	41	.284	.316	.345	.661	75.7	74.2	.314	0.0
1898	139	635	586	70	143	17	7	0	32	30	26	16	.244	.287	.297	.584	68.4	67.0	.286	-0.7
1899	147	659	605	81	168	17	6	2	35	48	10	28	.278	.333	.336	.668	85.4	83.3	.325	1.2
1901	138	642	594	104	159	18	7	3	52	38	22	33	.268	.315	.337	.652	85.2	82.7	.309	0.3

Career totals

1,321

5,969

5,514

903

475th-most career R

1,493

163

229th-most career 3B

RBI

501

370

274

368

97th-most career SB

.2708

OBP

.3192

SLG

.3453

OPS

.6645

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
1901-06-12	DET @ BOS Gameday	5	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	6
1901-05-09	ATH @ BOS Gameday	5	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	6
1901-05-08	ATH @ BOS Gameday	5	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	5
1901-06-17	CWS @ BOS Gameday	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	5
1901-07-16	BOS @ CLE Gameday	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-26	BOS @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-27	BOS @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-29	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-30	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-05-01	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	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.