Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Tommy
Tatum		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 16, 1919 in Usa, TX, DECATUR
 
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
1941 21 BRK NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1942 22 BRK NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 5 9 9 9
1943 23 BRK NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 5 9 9 9
1944 24 BRK NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 4 5 9 9 9
1945 25 BRK NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 9 9
1946 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 9 9 9
1947 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1948 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1949 29 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1950 30 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1951 31 SDP NL $ 350,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1952 32 SDP NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 5 9 9 9
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
1941 21 AA   111 464 73 124 22 1 5 39 21 7 44 39 .267 .331 .351 .682 55.9  
    A   26 95 11 34 2 1 0 15 7 3 17 7 .358 .455 .400 .855 18.2  
1942 22 AA   134 552 78 154 24 6 8 48 21 16 51 21 .279 .340 .388 .728 70.8  
1943 23 AA   116 481 68 135 29 6 7 48 21 7 60 23 .281 .360 .410 .770 72.4  
1944 24 AA   136 561 85 161 23 4 13 64 24 11 74 31 .287 .370 .412 .782 87.5  
1945 25 AAA   137 505 65 129 29 8 6 51 22 4 43 28 .255 .314 .380 .694 62.0  
1946 26 SDP NL 35 85 16 20 2 1 1 5 4 1 7 4 .235 .293 .318 .611 7.7 0.5
    AAA   106 424 67 155 18 5 8 75 19 9 44 25 .366 .425 .488 .913 81.4  
1947 27 SDP NL 128 432 65 116 23 1 2 34 15 3 32 33 .269 .317 .340 .657 45.7 6.9
1948 28 SDP NL 81 102 22 31 8 1 0 13 1 4 7 12 .304 .349 .402 .751 10.7 1.3
1949 29 SDP NL 43 68 13 11 3 1 0 8 0 0 10 7 .162 .266 .235 .501 4.5 0.0
1950 30 SDP NL 62 44 20 11 3 0 0 6 0 1 4 6 .250 .313 .318 .631 4.2 0.5
1951 31 SDP NL 31 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .100 .250 .100 .350 0.1 0.0
1952 32 SDP NL 57 76 13 17 4 1 0 4 0 0 2 11 .224 .244 .303 .546 4.5 0.0
7 Years Sim 437 817 159 207 43 5 3 70 20 10 64 73 .253 .306 .329 .635 77.4 9.2
2 Years AAA 243 929 132 284 47 13 14 126 41 13 87 53 .306 .366 .429 .795 143.4  
4 Years AA 497 2058 304 574 98 17 33 199 87 41 229 114 .279 .351 .391 .742 286.7  
1 Years A 26 95 11 34 2 1 0 15 7 3 17 7 .358 .456 .400 .856 18.2  
7 Years Minors 766 3082 447 892 147 31 47 340 135 57 333 174 .289 .359 .403 .762 448.3  
162 Game Average 302 58 76 15 1 1 25 7 3 23 27 .253 .306 .329 .635 28.7  
Career Highs 128 432 65 116 23 1 2 34 15 4 32 33 .304 .349 .402 .751 45.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   369 88 92 19 2 2 36 15 7 32 28 .249 .308 .328 .636 37.9
vs LH   448 71 115 24 3 1 34 5 3 32 45 .257 .305 .330 .635 44.2
Home 218 419 76 109 20 2 2 35 11 5 44 36 .260 .329 .332 .661 47.4
Away 219 398 83 98 23 3 1 35 9 5 20 37 .246 .281 .327 .608 34.6
RISP   189 0 43 12 1 2 66 0 0 10 17 .228 .261 .333 .594 15.9
Pinch Hitting   24 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .250 .333 .333 .667 2.7
Close/Late   80 66 15 2 0 0 3 0 0 8 4 .188 .261 .213 .474 4.4
Mar/Apr 55 110 15 31 7 0 0 2 5 2 6 9 .282 .319 .345 .664 11.8
May 43 89 11 26 6 0 0 10 1 0 5 11 .292 .330 .360 .689 10.2
June 71 142 25 41 7 1 0 15 2 2 12 13 .289 .342 .352 .694 16.7
July 68 107 18 19 4 1 0 6 0 3 6 10 .178 .219 .234 .453 3.6
August 89 168 46 40 13 2 1 21 4 1 13 15 .238 .291 .357 .648 17.4
Sep/Oct 89 201 35 50 6 1 2 16 7 1 22 15 .249 .321 .318 .640 22.7
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
1946 26 SDP NL RF 15 14 112.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.4
    LF 8 8 62.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
    CF 4 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1947 27 SDP NL LF 68 66 520.0 126 3 0 0 1.000 2.23   3.0
    CF 55 52 420.7 144 1 0 0 1.000 3.10    
    RF 5 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1948 28 SDP NL CF 16 9 95.7 33 1 0 0 1.000 3.20   0.5
    RF 9 8 63.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.14    
    LF 17 4 53.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.04    
1949 29 SDP NL RF 13 11 92.7 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.5
    CF 15 6 65.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.89    
    LF 5 1 19.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.29    
1950 30 SDP NL RF 14 11 99.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.2
    LF 7 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    CF 6 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17    
1951 31 SDP NL RF 6 2 20.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.1
    CF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1952 32 SDP NL RF 23 20 168.7 44 1 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.7
    CF 6 1 23.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74    
  LF 105 79 666.7 155 4 0 0 1.000 2.15   3.0
  CF 106 68 626.0 209 2 0 0 1.000 3.03   0.5
  RF 85 66 565.7 142 2 0 0 1.000 2.29   1.9
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
Career Totals   298 213 1862.3 508 9 0 1 1.000 2.50   5.5
Career Highs   130 118 954.7 274 5 0 1 1.000 2.89    
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
1950 30 SDP NL 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
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.
Stolen Bases
1947-9-15
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Thurman Tucker (981)
  2. Hal Epps (974)
  3. Jake Powell (972)
  4. Ed Sauer (971)
  5. Oris Hockett (970)
  6. Al Spangler (969)
  7. Stan Rojek (969)
  8. Hector Torres (968)
  9. Felix Mackiewicz (967)
  10. Herb Adams (967)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 53rd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1941
Injured on 8/15/1942 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/5/1943 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 6/1/1946 (Going to BRK: 2B Lou Boudreau. Going to SDP: SS Tommy Brown, LF Tommy Tatum, LF Charlie Gilbert)
Injured on 6/20/1946 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/2/1946, off Karl Drews (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 9/25/1946, off Cliff Melton (BRK)
Injured on 5/14/1947 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 3/25/1949 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by San Diego on 10/19/1952
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.