Tom
Underwood
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: December 22, 1953 in Usa, IN, KOKOMO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1983   
All-Star Selections 1979    1985    1986   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 20 MON NL   8 7 6 6 6 4 5 7 6 6
1975 21 MON NL   8 7 6 6 6 4 5 3 3 3
1976 22 MON NL   9 8 7 7 6 4 5 3 3 3
1977 23 MON NL $ 300,000 9 8 7 7 7 5 6 3 3 3
1978 24 MON NL $ 300,000 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 3 3 3
1979 25 MON NL $ 300,000 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 3 3 3
1980 26 MON NL $ 1,685,714 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 3 3 3
1981 27 PHN NL $ 1,907,143 9 9 8 8 8 6 7 4 3 3
1982 28 PHN NL $ 1,994,286 9 9 8 8 8 6 7 4 3 4
1983 29 PHN NL $ 5,000,000 8 10 9 9 8 6 7 4 3 3
1984 30 PHN NL $ 5,000,000 8 10 9 9 8 7 7 4 3 3
1985 31 PHN NL $ 5,000,000 8 10 9 9 8 6 7 4 3 3
1986 32 PHN NL $ 5,000,000 8 9 8 9 7 6 6 3 3 3
1987 33 PHN NL $ 3,000,000 8 10 9 9 7 6 6 3 3 3
1988 34 PHN NL $ 3,000,000 8 9 8 8 7 6 6 3 3 3
1989 35 PHN NL $ 3,000,000 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 3 3 3
1990 36 PHN NL $ 3,000,000 8 8 7 8 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 7 6 6 6 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 9 10 9 9 8 7 7 7 6 6
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
1974 20 AAA   10 14 .417 28 28 2 2 0 202.0 175 79 22 83 147 3.52 .231 .308 .358 .666  
1975 21 AAA   0 3 .000 4 4 0 0 0 21.0 30 7 2 13 9 3.00 .341 .426 .466 .892  
1976 22 AAA   7 12 .368 26 26 1 1 0 175.0 171 91 32 74 146 4.68 .255 .329 .455 .785  
1977 23 MON NL 10 2 .833 45 5 1 0 8 106.3 100 44 7 48 63 3.72 .248 .327 .361 .689 8.0
1978 24 MON NL 22 7 .759 31 31 19 2 0 264.0 205 92 23 90 159 3.14 .213 .281 .339 .620 20.5
1979 25 MON NL 19 9 .679 32 32 13 2 0 258.0 225 87 23 91 137 3.03 .236 .303 .361 .664 19.8
1980 26 MON NL 14 10 .583 32 32 9 3 0 246.0 203 98 21 115 149 3.59 .226 .313 .355 .668 13.8
1981 27 MON NL 5 4 .556 11 11 4 0 0 87.7 72 28 7 27 63 2.87 .223 .283 .350 .633 7.8
  PHN NL 11 7 .611 22 22 7 1 0 178.7 157 82 15 64 127 4.13 .234 .302 .361 .663 7.7
  TOT   16 11 .593 33 33 11 1 0 266.3 229 110 22 91 190 3.72 .231 .296 .358 .653 15.5
1982 28 PHN NL 17 11 .607 32 32 14 2 0 252.0 223 103 24 69 173 3.68 .236 .289 .374 .663 16.1
1983 29 PHN NL 11 12 .478 32 32 6 2 0 224.3 228 120 28 78 175 4.81 .258 .317 .421 .738 6.0
1984 30 PHN NL 19 8 .704 34 34 5 2 0 259.0 204 95 18 90 216 3.30 .214 .280 .335 .616 18.7
1985 31 PHN NL 18 10 .643 35 35 12 4 0 266.0 215 90 22 94 212 3.05 .218 .289 .335 .624 17.4
1986 32 PHN NL 18 9 .667 35 35 10 4 0 272.0 222 111 31 82 233 3.67 .220 .278 .361 .640 18.8
1987 33 PHN NL 10 9 .526 31 31 1 0 0 206.0 189 74 14 71 169 3.23 .240 .304 .364 .668 13.6
1988 34 PHN NL 9 15 .375 30 30 1 0 0 185.0 181 100 25 64 167 4.86 .250 .310 .430 .740 6.6
1989 35 PHN NL 11 10 .524 33 33 1 1 0 218.0 192 93 17 85 197 3.84 .231 .303 .348 .651 12.8
1990 36 PHN NL 4 4 .500 40 0 0 0 5 70.7 68 32 11 35 62 4.08 .248 .334 .398 .732 5.5
    AAA   4 2 .667 37 0 0 0 2 77.3 69 32 4 27 85 3.72 .240 .305 .326 .631  
14 Years Sim 198 127 .609 475 395 103 23 13 3093.7 2684 1249 286 1103 2302 3.63 .231 .298 .364 .662 192.9
4 Years AAA 21 31 .404 95 58 3 3 2 475.3 445 209 60 197 387 3.96 .247 .321 .395 .716  
Season Average 14 9 .609 33 28 7 1 0 221.0 191 89 20 78 164 3.63 .231 .298 .364 .662  
Career Highs 22 15 .833 45 35 19 4 8 272.0 229 120 31 115 233 4.86 .258 .334 .430 .740  
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   1992 907 210 865 1631   .236 .308 .368 .675
vs LH   692 342 76 238 671   .218 .272 .355 .628
Home 101 59 .631 238 197 46 11 9 1593.6 1342 622 138 556 1214 3.51 .226 .292 .353 .645
Away 97 68 .588 237 198 57 12 5 1499.9 1342 627 148 547 1088 3.76 .237 .304 .376 .680
Mar/Apr 26 25 .510 79 62 18 3 0 480.3 434 217 51 175 349 4.07 .239 .305 .384 .689
May 35 19 .648 76 68 17 3 3 524.6 450 207 46 176 416 3.55 .229 .293 .365 .658
June 33 19 .635 71 62 17 4 0 480.6 408 194 38 173 321 3.63 .226 .293 .343 .637
July 34 22 .607 76 65 19 4 2 505.9 454 220 47 178 368 3.91 .237 .302 .380 .682
August 32 21 .604 88 67 15 4 5 537.6 471 203 54 193 416 3.40 .233 .300 .368 .668
Sep/Oct 38 21 .644 85 71 23 7 4 564.3 467 208 50 208 432 3.32 .224 .295 .347 .641
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 23 MON NL P 45 5 106.3 4 15 1 3 .950 1.61    
1978 24 MON NL P 31 31 264.0 13 32 1 5 .978 1.53    
1979 25 MON NL P 32 32 258.0 21 37 1 0 .983 2.02    
1980 26 MON NL P 32 32 246.0 11 36 1 3 .979 1.72    
1981 27 MON NL P 11 11 87.7 3 17 0 1 1.000 2.05    
  PHN NL P 22 22 178.7 7 36 0 1 1.000 2.17    
  TOT   P 33 33 266.3 10 53 0 2 1.000 2.13    
1982 28 PHN NL P 32 32 252.0 12 36 3 2 .941 1.71    
1983 29 PHN NL P 32 32 224.3 12 22 4 1 .895 1.36    
1984 30 PHN NL P 34 34 259.0 17 38 3 3 .948 1.91    
1985 31 PHN NL P 35 35 266.0 17 33 5 2 .909 1.69    
1986 32 PHN NL P 35 35 272.0 8 36 2 4 .957 1.46    
1987 33 PHN NL P 31 31 206.0 7 33 4 1 .909 1.75    
1988 34 PHN NL P 30 30 185.0 4 16 1 1 .952 0.97    
1989 35 PHN NL P 33 33 218.0 11 23 4 3 .895 1.40    
1990 36 PHN NL P 40 0 70.7 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.91    
Career Totals   475 395 3093.7 153 419 30 30 .950 1.66    
Career Highs   45 35 272.0 21 53 5 5 1.000 2.13    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1977 23 MON NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 7.0 8 4 1 3 5 5.14 .286 .355 .500 .855
1978 24 MON NL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 9 7 2 7 12 3.71 .155 .246 .276 .522
1979 25 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 18.3 14 7 2 5 11 3.44 .212 .268 .348 .616
1981 27 PHN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.3 9 5 1 2 2 8.44 .391 .440 .609 1.049
1983 29 PHN NL 4 1 .800 5 5 2 1 0 41.3 33 18 3 10 34 3.92 .219 .267 .344 .611
1985 31 PHN NL 3 2 .600 5 5 0 0 0 38.7 29 13 3 15 42 3.03 .200 .275 .338 .613
1986 32 PHN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 1 0 15.7 14 4 1 1 13 2.30 .237 .250 .356 .606
1987 33 PHN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 12 5 0 6 6 3.75 .261 .346 .391 .737
Career Post-Season Pitching 11 6 .647 23 18 6 2 1 155.3 128 63 13 49 125 3.65 .222 .283 .359 .643
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1978-7-3.14
1979-7-3.03
1987-9-3.23
Wins
1978-1-22
1979-3-19
1982-9-17
1984-4-19
1985-4-18
1986-5-18
Losses
1988-7-15
Winning Pct
1978-4-.759
1979-9-.679
1984-5-.704
1986-6-.667
CAR-42-.609
Games Started
1985-8-35
1986-9-35
Complete Games
1978-1-19
1979-1-13
1980-9-9
1981-5-11
1982-2-14
1985-3-12
1986-5-10
Shutouts
1978-6-2
1979-8-2
1980-5-3
1982-10-2
1984-10-2
1985-1-4
1986-1-4
CAR-39-23
Innings Pitched
1978-8-264.0
1979-8-258.0
1981-7-266.3
1984-7-259.0
1985-7-266.0
1986-7-272.0
Homeruns Allowed
1983-6-28
1986-4-31
1988-2-25
Strikeouts
1978-7-159
1981-5-190
1982-9-173
1983-9-175
1984-3-216
1985-5-212
1986-2-233
1987-8-169
1989-7-197
Walks Allowed
1980-4-115
1985-8-94
1989-8-85
Hits per 9IP
1978-2-7.0
1979-10-7.8
1980-6-7.4
1984-5-7.1
1985-5-7.3
1986-6-7.3
CAR-48-7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP
1981-8-6.4
1983-7-7.0
1984-4-7.5
1985-7-7.2
1986-4-7.7
1987-9-7.4
1988-7-8.1
1989-6-8.1
WHiP
1978-3-1.12
1982-10-1.16
1984-9-1.14
1986-3-1.12
OAVG
1978-1-.213
1980-7-.226
1981-10-.231
1984-3-.214
1985-5-.218
1986-6-.220
CAR-42-.231
OOBP
1978-3-.281
1984-8-.280
1986-1-.278
OSLG
1985-10-.335
OOPS
1978-5-.620
1984-8-.616
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 153    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Montreal in 1974
Injured on 5/26/1974 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/18/1975 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 8/9/1976 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 8 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/13/1977
Won Platinum Arm in 1978, going 22-7, 3.14 ERA
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,907,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Philadelphia on 6/1/1981 (Going to MON: C Jerry Narron, RF Reggie Jackson, 2B Felix Millan, P Les Cain, C Charlie Sands. Going to PHN: C John Ellis, P Tom Underwood, 1B Hal Mcrae)
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,994,286 through salary arbitration
10/3/1982: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Philadelphia in 1983
Injured on 3/28/1985 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1985, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1985, going 4-1, 1.03
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
9/1/1986: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1987, winning 2 games with a 0.63 ERA
Injured on 5/29/1988 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks