Tommy
Glaviano
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 26, 1923 in Usa, CA, SACRAMENTO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1951   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 25 STL NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5
1950 26 STL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
1951 27 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
1952 28 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
1953 29 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5
1954 30 STL NL $ 2,550,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5
1955 31 STL NL $ 2,550,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
1956 32 PIT NL $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
1957 33 BSN NL $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
1958 34 BSN NL $ 2,750,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
1959 35 BSN NL $ 2,750,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 4 4
1960 36 CLE AL $ 2,277,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1961 37 CLE AL $ 2,277,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 10 10 10 4 3 3
1962 38 MIN AL $ 2,500,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1949 25 AA   137 443 82 118 28 1 14 79 5 2 158 91 .266 .459 .429 .888 101.6  
1950 26 AAA   137 541 107 139 32 3 26 73 14 4 121 105 .257 .393 .471 .864 106.4  
1951 27 STL NL 155 537 102 136 24 1 17 74 7 0 122 103 .253 .395 .397 .792 93.7 14.1
1952 28 STL NL 138 359 46 83 11 0 4 27 2 0 56 85 .231 .340 .295 .635 38.7 3.5
1953 29 STL NL 141 383 64 94 20 3 10 53 4 0 77 80 .245 .376 .392 .767 60.4 10.4
1954 30 STL NL 134 382 59 99 21 2 5 38 1 1 85 99 .259 .397 .364 .761 60.5 9.8
1955 31 STL NL 147 484 77 122 27 2 13 73 1 0 89 123 .252 .372 .397 .768 73.0 11.8
1956 32 STL NL 52 187 38 49 15 1 4 24 0 0 47 60 .262 .414 .417 .831 35.3 6.1
  PIT NL 103 362 46 85 12 0 5 38 0 0 68 113 .235 .359 .309 .668 47.3 7.3
  TOT   155 549 84 134 27 1 9 62 0 0 115 173 .244 .378 .346 .724 82.5 13.4
1957 33 PIT NL 103 397 49 111 15 1 10 36 2 0 58 119 .280 .374 .398 .772 61.9 11.7
  BSN NL 26 90 11 28 8 1 0 9 0 0 19 20 .311 .436 .422 .859 17.0 3.9
  TOT   129 487 60 139 23 2 10 45 2 0 77 139 .285 .386 .402 .788 78.9 15.6
    AAA   24 34 5 9 2 0 1 8 0 0 10 6 .265 .432 .412 .844 6.9  
1958 34 BSN NL 156 558 90 146 29 5 15 73 1 0 104 141 .262 .386 .412 .798 96.1 17.9
1959 35 BSN NL 154 572 95 148 28 3 12 57 0 0 101 178 .259 .378 .381 .759 88.9 17.1
1960 36 CLE AL 132 450 61 113 23 3 4 42 1 0 58 152 .251 .341 .342 .683 56.1 10.6
1961 37 CLE AL 153 483 66 124 26 3 3 40 1 0 83 148 .257 .371 .342 .712 63.7 12.2
1962 38 MIN AL 152 477 47 100 12 2 3 38 0 0 78 160 .210 .326 .262 .588 49.7 5.9
12 Years Sim 1746 5721 851 1438 271 27 105 622 20 1 1045 1581 .251 .372 .363 .735 842.2 142.4
2 Years AAA 161 575 112 148 34 3 27 81 14 4 131 111 .257 .402 .468 .869 113.3  
1 Years AA 137 443 82 118 28 1 14 79 5 2 158 91 .266 .470 .429 .899 101.6  
3 Years Minors 298 1018 194 266 62 4 41 160 19 6 289 202 .261 .433 .451 .884 214.9  
162 Game Average 530 78 133 25 2 9 57 1 0 96 146 .251 .372 .363 .735 78.1  
Career Highs 156 572 102 148 29 5 17 74 7 1 122 178 .285 .397 .412 .798 96.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3229 498 821 151 17 61 365 11 1 581 879 .254 .372 .368 .741 478.3
vs LH   2492 353 617 120 10 44 257 9 0 464 702 .248 .371 .357 .728 361.0
Home 881 2829 413 735 137 15 49 314 14 1 506 775 .260 .377 .371 .748 425.0
Away 865 2892 438 703 134 12 56 308 6 0 539 806 .243 .367 .356 .723 414.3
RISP   1259 0 332 66 11 30 502 0 0 260 330 .264 .390 .405 .796 214.1
Pinch Hitting   123 16 35 3 1 3 23 1 0 27 23 .285 .417 .398 .815 22.4
Close/Late   596 64 149 26 2 13 66 0 0 132 148 .250 .388 .366 .754 95.5
Mar/Apr 288 948 166 243 51 4 17 98 2 0 191 259 .256 .385 .372 .758 148.5
May 302 1020 158 260 47 6 17 99 6 1 196 276 .255 .382 .363 .745 154.0
June 299 968 137 243 47 5 23 121 4 0 165 273 .251 .367 .381 .748 143.4
July 287 942 135 236 44 4 20 108 2 0 155 286 .251 .361 .369 .731 133.9
August 293 921 137 211 37 6 14 96 3 0 173 270 .229 .353 .328 .681 121.2
Sep/Oct 277 922 118 245 45 2 14 100 3 0 165 217 .266 .380 .364 .745 138.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1951 27 STL NL 3B 147 146 1243.0 91 368 26 38 .946 3.32   3.6
    2B 5 0 10.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 5.91   0.1
    SS 3 0 8.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1952 28 STL NL 3B 94 65 609.3 36 168 16 17 .927 3.01   1.7
    2B 20 18 155.0 42 65 4 13 .964 6.21   1.0
    SS 4 2 24.0 8 12 1 4 .952 7.50   0.3
    CF 8 0 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06   0.0
1953 29 STL NL 3B 93 77 698.7 49 171 9 18 .961 2.83   1.8
    2B 11 10 85.7 22 35 1 10 .983 5.99   0.4
    SS 12 9 83.0 12 24 4 3 .900 3.90   0.2
    CF 7 0 14.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.61   0.0
1954 30 STL NL 3B 87 78 700.3 51 168 13 14 .944 2.81   2.2
    SS 13 8 82.7 20 49 1 12 .986 7.51   1.1
    2B 8 3 41.3 15 11 0 5 1.000 5.66   0.2
    CF 9 0 25.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72   0.0
1955 31 STL NL 3B 129 122 1056.3 65 259 22 24 .936 2.76   2.6
    SS 8 4 41.0 4 16 0 3 1.000 4.39   0.2
    2B 6 1 19.0 5 4 0 2 1.000 4.26   0.1
    CF 4 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.1
1956 32 STL NL 2B 25 23 219.6 59 112 3 28 .983 7.01   1.3
    3B 17 17 152.3 12 31 4 2 .915 2.54   0.0
    CF 10 10 87.7 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.2
    SS 1 0 1.4 1 2 0 0 1.000 19.29   0.0
  PIT NL 2B 49 46 403.7 109 205 6 52 .981 7.00   2.0
    3B 34 34 280.0 22 56 6 4 .929 2.51   1.0
    CF 19 19 161.3 28 2 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.4
    SS 1 0 2.6 1 3 0 0 1.000 13.85   0.1
  TOT   2B 74 69 623.3 168 317 9 80 .982 7.00   3.3
      3B 51 51 432.3 34 87 10 6 .924 2.52   1.1
      CF 29 29 249.0 44 3 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.6
      SS 2 0 4.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 15.75   0.1
1957 33 PIT NL CF 98 96 855.2 197 3 0 1 1.000 2.10   1.7
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.1
    SS 2 0 2.4 1 1 0 1 1.000 7.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.6 0 2 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
  BSN NL CF 25 24 204.5 47 1 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.6
    3B 0 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 123 120 1059.7 244 4 0 1 1.000 2.11   2.4
      3B 2 0 5.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.1
      SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
      2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1958 34 BSN NL CF 151 147 1274.0 306 8 0 2 1.000 2.22   3.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1959 35 BSN NL CF 131 128 1127.3 264 3 2 0 .993 2.13   3.4
    3B 19 18 151.0 11 37 1 2 .980 2.86   0.4
1960 36 CLE AL SS 128 125 1031.3 147 393 15 85 .973 4.71   4.2
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 37 CLE AL SS 149 148 1228.0 181 491 17 93 .975 4.93   7.9
    3B 5 0 8.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.13   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 38 MIN AL SS 127 126 1066.0 145 426 10 73 .983 4.82   3.1
    2B 25 25 215.3 47 72 3 19 .975 4.97   0.3
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 629 557 4906.3 338 1265 98 119 .942 2.94   13.6
  CF 464 425 3787.7 868 18 2 3 .998 2.11   9.5
  SS 450 422 3574.0 521 1422 48 275 .976 4.89   17.2
  2B 152 126 1156.3 301 514 17 129 .980 6.34   5.4
  LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   1696 1530 13427.2 2029 3219 165 526 .970 3.52   45.8
Career Highs   156 151 1308.6 307 499 26 93 1.000 4.89    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 29 STL NL 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .000 .190 .000 .190
1954 30 STL NL 12 17 4 5 3 0 2 6 0 0 3 5 .294 .429 .824 1.252
1955 31 STL NL 11 40 9 17 2 0 2 4 0 0 5 11 .425 .489 .625 1.114
1956 32 PIT NL 5 19 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 .263 .333 .368 .702
1957 33 BSN NL 5 23 1 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 .391 .440 .478 .918
1960 36 CLE AL 5 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 .091 .333 .091 .424
Career Post-Season Batting 44 126 19 37 7 1 4 17 0 0 20 39 .294 .392 .460 .852
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1956-8-.378
1957-8-.386
1958-8-.386
1959-8-.378
1961-9-.371
Games
1951-10-155
1958-8-156
At-Bats
1959-9-572
Runs
1959-8-95
Singles
1959-7-105
Triples
1958-9-5
Walks
1951-5-122
1956-2-115
1957-9-77
1958-2-104
1959-2-101
1961-5-83
1962-8-78
Strikeouts
1951-1-103
1954-9-99
1955-3-123
1956-1-173
1957-3-139
1958-3-141
1959-2-178
1960-1-152
1961-5-148
1962-2-160
CAR-27-1581
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Bobby Grich (902)
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  8. Mike De La Hoz (899)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1949
Injured on 6/15/1949 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/2/1951, off Earl Johnson (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1951, off Dan Bankhead (CIN)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1951
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/20/1954 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/23/1955 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
7/1/1955: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $2,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from St. Louis to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1956 (Going to PIT: 2B Tommy Glaviano. Going to STL: P Luis Aloma)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Boston (N) on 7/31/1957 (Going to PIT: P Jim Blackburn. Going to BSN: CF Tommy Glaviano)
Hit for the cycle against Oakland on 7/9/1959
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/24/1960 to a 2-year deal worth $2,277,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/11/1962 to a 1-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year