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Tom
Lawless		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 19, 1956 in Usa, PA, ERIE
 
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
1982 25 CLE AL     3 3 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1983 26 CLE AL     3 3 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 6 6
1984 27 CLE AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 6 6
1985 28 OAK AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 3 4 7 6 6
1986 29 OAK AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
1987 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 3 4 6 6 6
1988 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 3 4 7 6 6
1989 32 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 6 5 5
1990 33 OAK AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
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
1982 25 AA   4 14 5 6 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 2 .429 .467 .643 1.110 3.9  
    A   133 529 53 142 17 6 8 43 31 14 52 69 .268 .334 .369 .703 67.1  
1983 26 AA   137 525 57 113 18 4 9 52 28 7 55 72 .215 .290 .316 .606 53.0  
1984 27 AA   137 592 95 154 25 8 10 46 30 18 62 82 .260 .330 .380 .710 74.9  
1985 28 A   136 478 69 123 19 6 19 72 31 15 73 59 .257 .356 .441 .797 78.3  
1986 29 A   137 477 43 127 22 6 9 57 23 24 70 46 .266 .360 .394 .754 66.7  
1987 30 OAK AL 101 52 32 6 1 0 0 2 27 16 2 10 .115 .148 .135 .283 -0.6 0.0
1988 31 OAK AL 70 49 23 10 1 0 1 4 10 8 3 8 .204 .250 .286 .536 2.5 0.0
1989 32 AAA   135 576 58 113 17 6 9 41 17 9 39 124 .196 .247 .293 .541 40.9  
1990 33 AAA   135 471 51 101 15 3 7 53 25 17 48 100 .214 .287 .304 .591 41.9  
2 Years Sim 171 101 55 16 2 0 1 6 37 24 5 18 .158 .198 .208 .406 1.9 0.0
2 Years AAA 270 1047 109 214 32 9 16 94 42 26 87 224 .204 .265 .298 .563 82.8  
3 Years AA 278 1131 157 273 43 12 20 102 60 25 118 156 .241 .312 .354 .666 131.8  
3 Years A 406 1484 165 392 58 18 36 172 85 53 195 174 .264 .350 .400 .751 212.1  
8 Years Minors 954 3662 431 879 133 39 72 368 187 104 400 554 .240 .315 .357 .671 426.7  
162 Game Average 95 52 15 1 0 0 5 35 22 4 17 .158 .198 .208 .406 1.8  
Career Highs 101 52 32 10 1 0 1 4 27 16 3 10 .204 .250 .286 .536 2.5  
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
vs RH   74 39 8 1 0 1 4 23 20 1 13 .108 .120 .162 .282 -3.1
vs LH   27 16 8 1 0 0 2 14 4 4 5 .296 .387 .333 .720 5.0
Home 90 59 24 12 1 0 1 5 17 12 3 8 .203 .242 .271 .513 2.9
Away 81 42 31 4 1 0 0 1 20 12 2 10 .095 .136 .119 .255 -1.0
RISP   27 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.8
Pinch Hitting   16 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .250 .294 .500 .794 2.3
Close/Late   21 34 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .238 .238 .238 .476 1.0
Mar/Apr 25 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 33 19 7 3 1 0 0 1 5 5 2 2 .158 .238 .211 .449 0.2
June 29 25 15 9 1 0 0 3 6 8 3 5 .360 .429 .400 .829 2.7
July 27 8 12 2 0 0 1 1 10 3 0 1 .250 .250 .625 .875 2.2
August 32 17 9 1 0 0 0 1 7 3 0 3 .059 .059 .059 .118 -0.7
Sep/Oct 25 25 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 7 .040 .040 .040 .080 -2.4
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
1987 30 OAK AL 3B 23 2 75.0 3 17 1 1 .952 2.40   0.3
    2B 16 0 46.0 11 23 1 5 .971 6.65   0.3
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1988 31 OAK AL 3B 17 2 46.0 1 16 0 3 1.000 3.33   0.3
    2B 12 3 42.0 9 22 0 5 1.000 6.64   0.3
    LF 10 3 37.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 4 0 2 1.000 11.25   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 40 4 121.0 4 33 1 4 .974 2.75   0.5
  2B 28 3 88.0 20 45 1 10 .985 6.65   0.6
  LF 12 3 42.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.1
  SS 1 0 4.0 1 4 0 2 1.000 11.25   0.1
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   82 10 257.0 33 82 2 16 .983 4.03   1.2
Career Highs   41 8 131.0 18 42 2 10 1.000 4.12    
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.
Caught Stealing
1987-7-16
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
History
Drafted in 4th round, 79th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1982
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Oakland on 2/7/1985 (Going to OAK: 2B Tom Lawless. Going to CLE: 1B Mike Squires)
Had first career hit on 5/7/1987, off Fernando Valenzuela (MIL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/31/1988, off Steve Farr (BAL)
 
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