Tom
O'Malley
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 25, 1960 in Usa, NJ, ORANGE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1986   
Bronze Rookie 1985   
All-Star Selections 1985    1987    1988   
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 21 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1983 22 TAM AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1984 23 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 9 8
1985 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
1986 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
1987 26 TAM AL $ 1,450,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8
1988 27 TAM AL $ 3,207,143   8 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 8
1989 28 TAM AL $ 3,207,143   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 8
1990 29 DET AL $ 3,207,143   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,207,143   8 8 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8
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 21 AA   137 511 72 165 27 1 15 68 6 5 77 41 .323 .412 .468 .879 95.5  
1983 22 AAA   137 550 58 165 29 1 12 60 4 5 63 41 .300 .372 .422 .794 84.3  
1984 23 TAM AL 65 87 6 28 1 0 1 10 0 1 9 11 .322 .381 .368 .749 12.6 3.0
1985 24 TAM AL 157 602 77 185 29 2 9 61 0 7 51 45 .307 .363 .407 .770 85.7 17.2
1986 25 TAM AL 157 610 66 157 19 3 4 63 2 6 73 54 .257 .335 .318 .653 69.0 8.2
1987 26 TAM AL 155 588 104 178 35 2 17 85 3 3 85 48 .303 .389 .456 .845 101.3 21.6
1988 27 TAM AL 154 592 83 189 41 2 11 57 3 4 69 63 .319 .390 .451 .841 97.9 21.5
1989 28 TAM AL 123 457 59 120 32 0 6 42 1 2 55 37 .263 .344 .372 .716 59.6 10.6
    AAA   3 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 1.1  
1990 29 TAM AL 75 272 40 69 27 0 4 34 0 3 34 30 .254 .334 .397 .731 35.9 5.0
  DET AL 65 189 25 55 8 2 5 42 0 2 27 23 .291 .379 .434 .813 30.6 5.2
  TOT   140 461 65 124 35 2 9 76 0 5 61 53 .269 .353 .412 .765 66.5 10.2
7 Years Sim 951 3397 460 981 192 11 57 394 9 28 403 311 .289 .364 .402 .766 492.6 92.3
2 Years AAA 140 559 58 168 30 1 12 60 4 5 63 42 .301 .374 .422 .796 85.4  
1 Years AA 137 511 72 165 27 1 15 68 6 5 77 41 .323 .414 .468 .882 95.5  
3 Years Minors 277 1070 130 333 57 2 27 128 10 10 140 83 .311 .394 .444 .838 180.9  
162 Game Average 578 78 167 32 1 9 67 1 4 68 52 .289 .364 .402 .766 83.9  
Career Highs 157 610 104 189 41 3 17 85 3 7 85 63 .322 .390 .456 .845 101.3  
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   2556 359 778 148 8 43 298 8 23 296 222 .304 .376 .419 .795 390.3
vs LH   841 101 203 44 3 14 96 1 5 107 89 .241 .326 .351 .677 99.7
Home 477 1658 221 481 91 1 30 190 2 12 212 165 .290 .370 .400 .771 244.9
Away 474 1739 239 500 101 10 27 204 7 16 191 146 .288 .357 .404 .761 245.1
RISP   726 0 212 47 7 12 313 0 0 101 66 .292 .368 .426 .794 116.4
Pinch Hitting   64 8 21 2 0 0 9 0 0 8 11 .328 .405 .359 .765 9.5
Close/Late   412 33 124 15 1 5 53 0 0 61 36 .301 .394 .379 .772 63.6
Mar/Apr 154 559 79 169 32 1 11 62 2 8 71 52 .302 .378 .422 .801 86.9
May 163 587 80 173 38 2 14 79 0 3 63 48 .295 .364 .438 .802 89.8
June 163 602 91 182 47 1 11 73 1 3 76 58 .302 .382 .439 .820 97.0
July 133 485 56 130 16 3 7 46 0 4 48 52 .268 .334 .357 .691 57.7
August 180 643 79 173 34 2 9 72 3 3 79 52 .269 .348 .370 .718 84.8
Sep/Oct 158 521 75 154 25 2 5 62 3 7 66 49 .296 .372 .380 .752 73.8
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
1984 23 TAM AL 3B 43 11 174.3 12 47 2 3 .967 3.05   0.6
    LF 1 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 24 TAM AL 3B 150 144 1284.7 88 333 18 22 .959 2.95   5.3
1986 25 TAM AL 3B 156 154 1374.0 83 330 23 19 .947 2.71   4.8
1987 26 TAM AL 3B 153 147 1310.3 93 295 14 34 .965 2.66   3.3
1988 27 TAM AL 3B 152 147 1282.0 88 291 22 18 .945 2.66   3.1
1989 28 TAM AL 3B 122 117 1026.3 57 264 22 19 .936 2.81   3.4
1990 29 TAM AL 3B 73 68 647.3 50 168 13 13 .944 3.03   2.6
  DET AL 3B 64 58 456.4 36 118 10 10 .939 3.04   1.3
  3B 913 846 7555.4 507 1846 124 138 .950 2.80   24.4
  LF 1 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   916 846 7564.0 508 1849 124 138 .950 2.80   24.4
Career Highs   156 154 1374.0 93 333 23 34 .969 3.10    
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
1985 24 TAM AL 10 36 8 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .333 .375 .361 .736
1986 25 TAM AL 18 67 10 19 2 0 2 8 0 0 6 8 .284 .342 .403 .745
1987 26 TAM AL 5 22 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 .364 .391 .409 .800
1990 29 DET AL 7 25 1 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 .280 .333 .360 .693
Career Post-Season Batting 40 150 22 46 6 0 2 19 0 0 12 19 .307 .356 .387 .742
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.
Batting Average
1985-9-.307
1988-5-.319
On-Base Pct
1987-3-.389
1988-7-.390
OPS
1987-10-.845
XR
1987-7-101.3
Games
1985-1-157
1986-2-157
1987-8-155
At-Bats
1985-6-602
1986-7-610
1988-9-592
Runs
1987-5-104
Hits
1985-4-185
1988-4-189
Singles
1985-2-145
1986-7-131
1988-4-135
Doubles
1988-10-41
Walks
1986-8-73
1987-4-85
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Art Howe (963)
  2. Ty Waller (954)
  3. Johnny Vergez (949)
  4. Lou Piniella (948)
  5. George Archie (937)
  6. Lew Riggs (933)
  7. Wayne Krenchicki (933)
  8. Gerald Perry (932)
  9. Sam West (927)
  10. Willie Kamm (923)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 45th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1982
Had first career hit on 4/19/1984, off Floyd Bannister (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1984, off Steve Comer (KCR)
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1985, hitting .307 with 9 HR, 61 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Colorado on 6/9/1986
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1986
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Minnesota on 5/2/1987
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1987, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Minnesota on 4/20/1988
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1988, hitting .583 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/19/1989 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/13/1989 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/28/1990 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 7/1/1990 (Going to TAM: 3B Larry Parrish, P Kevin Saucier. Going to DET: 3B Tom O'malley)
7/31/1990: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years