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Ron
Tompkins		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 208
 
Born: November 27, 1944 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1979   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 20 SDP NL   6 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
1966 21 SDP NL   6 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6
1967 22 SDP NL   6 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6
1968 23 SDP NL   6 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1969 24 CLE AL   6 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1970 25 CLE AL   6 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 7 7
1971 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1972 27 CLE AL   6 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
1973 28 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1974 29 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1975 30 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1976 31 CLE AL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1977 32 CLE AL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1978 33 CLE AL $ 1,250,000 6 3 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1979 34 DET AL $ 1,250,000 6 3 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1980 35 DET AL   6 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,250,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
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
1965 20 SDP NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 21 SDP NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 22 SDP NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 23 SDP NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 24 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 25 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 27 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 31 CLE AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 32 CLE AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 33 CLE AL $ 1,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 34 DET AL $ 1,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 35 DET AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1965 20 AAA   7 8 .467 47 0 0 0 24 61.0 58 16 1 30 45 2.36 .256 .342 .308 .651  
    AA   0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 7 11.0 9 3 0 5 7 2.45 .225 .311 .300 .611  
1966 21 AA   3 7 .300 45 0 0 0 24 57.0 47 22 4 24 50 3.47 .236 .318 .327 .645  
1967 22 AA   2 6 .250 39 0 0 0 23 46.3 43 19 2 17 45 3.69 .243 .309 .333 .643  
1968 23 AA   13 9 .591 40 12 2 0 12 119.0 106 45 7 41 98 3.40 .237 .301 .345 .646  
1969 24 AA   12 12 .500 30 30 6 2 0 217.3 167 60 9 76 193 2.48 .211 .280 .299 .578  
1970 25 AAA   2 1 .667 6 4 0 0 0 33.0 31 14 2 21 17 3.82 .250 .359 .347 .705  
    AA   11 3 .786 18 18 1 1 0 129.7 92 38 1 53 108 2.64 .197 .279 .248 .527  
1971 26 CLE AL 5 10 .333 33 21 0 0 0 155.7 161 97 14 81 86 5.61 .273 .368 .414 .782 3.6
1972 27 AAA   11 8 .579 29 29 1 0 0 180.7 178 78 9 83 134 3.89 .256 .335 .358 .694  
1973 28 CLE AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 5 0 5 2 11.25 .438 .545 .563 1.108 0.0
    AAA   13 2 .867 20 20 3 1 0 138.3 109 30 7 53 89 1.95 .217 .292 .303 .595  
1974 29 CLE AL 2 6 .250 29 0 0 0 5 35.0 38 18 4 19 16 4.63 .292 .385 .415 .800 2.3
1975 30 CLE AL 1 4 .200 26 0 0 0 13 25.3 27 19 1 17 18 6.75 .270 .375 .340 .715 1.5
1976 31 CLE AL 5 4 .556 50 0 0 0 4 74.7 98 66 10 42 33 7.96 .316 .395 .465 .860 0.0
1977 32 CLE AL 8 6 .571 52 0 0 0 8 84.7 65 33 1 39 30 3.51 .207 .303 .255 .557 9.5
1978 33 CLE AL 2 1 .667 16 0 0 0 0 35.0 32 16 1 12 12 4.11 .241 .299 .301 .600 2.0
1979 34 DET AL 3 3 .500 47 1 0 0 8 77.3 91 36 5 36 21 4.19 .300 .374 .406 .780 5.2
1980 35 DET AL 2 4 .333 40 1 0 0 6 48.3 59 34 4 27 13 6.33 .304 .400 .407 .807 0.0
9 Years Sim 28 38 .424 295 23 0 0 44 540.0 578 324 40 278 231 5.40 .277 .365 .386 .751 24.1
4 Years AAA 33 19 .635 102 53 4 1 24 413.0 376 138 19 187 285 3.01 .243 .324 .332 .657  
6 Years AA 41 38 .519 183 60 9 3 66 580.3 464 187 23 216 501 2.90 .219 .291 .303 .594  
10 Years Minors 74 57 .565 285 113 13 4 90 993.3 840 325 42 403 786 2.94 .229 .305 .315 .620  
Season Average 3 4 .429 32 2 0 0 4 60.0 64 36 4 30 25 5.40 .277 .365 .386 .751  
Career Highs 8 10 .667 52 21 0 0 13 155.7 161 97 14 81 86 11.25 .438 .545 .563 1.108  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   260 145 20 134 126   .251 .337 .344 .680
vs LH   318 179 20 144 105   .302 .386 .428 .814
Home 14 19 .424 148 11 0 0 16 289.0 284 156 18 147 122 4.86 .259 .346 .361 .707
Away 14 19 .424 147 12 0 0 28 251.0 294 168 22 131 109 6.02 .296 .378 .414 .793
Mar/Apr 6 4 .600 41 5 0 0 7 80.0 85 47 6 47 39 5.29 .273 .369 .379 .748
May 4 8 .333 51 7 0 0 5 99.7 133 74 10 46 42 6.68 .324 .392 .467 .859
June 5 6 .455 50 0 0 0 6 94.0 87 49 8 45 34 4.69 .248 .333 .368 .701
July 6 5 .545 46 0 0 0 11 68.0 75 43 7 31 25 5.69 .281 .356 .382 .738
August 3 9 .250 52 6 0 0 7 98.3 87 47 5 59 49 4.30 .241 .348 .343 .691
Sep/Oct 4 6 .400 55 5 0 0 8 100.0 111 64 4 50 42 5.76 .286 .368 .366 .734
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
1966 21 AA   7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1967 22 AA   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1968 23 AA   6 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
1980 35 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1 Years Sim 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
3 Years AA 18 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
162 Game Average 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 6.5  
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
Away 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Close/Late   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
August 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1971 26 CLE AL P 33 21 155.7 14 22 1 4 .973 2.08    
1973 28 CLE AL P 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 29 CLE AL P 29 0 35.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1975 30 CLE AL P 26 0 25.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.07    
1976 31 CLE AL P 50 0 74.7 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.05    
1977 32 CLE AL P 52 0 84.7 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.70    
1978 33 CLE AL P 16 0 35.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.57    
1979 34 DET AL P 47 1 77.3 6 14 0 0 1.000 2.33    
1980 35 DET AL P 40 1 48.3 5 9 1 1 .933 2.61    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  P 295 23 540.0 41 82 2 7 .984 2.05    
  RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   296 23 543.0 41 82 2 7 .984 2.04    
Career Highs   52 21 155.7 14 22 1 4 1.000 2.57    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1975-4-13
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 73rd overall pick, by San Diego in 1965
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1969 (Going to CLE: P Jack Spring, P Ron Tompkins. Going to SDP: P Ted Sadowski)
Earned first career win on 4/21/1971
Injured on 4/12/1972 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/19/1973 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 7-8 weeks
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,250,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/10/1979 to a 4-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Released by Detroit on 10/23/1980
 
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