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 1984   
Gold Glove Award 1987    1994   
All-Star Selections 1988    1992    1994   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1982 21 CAL AL 25 57 5 16 1 0 0 9 0 0 2 7 .281 .305 .298 .603 4.0 0.0
1983 22 CAL AL 25 76 11 18 5 0 1 11 0 1 8 3 .237 .310 .342 .652 7.1 1.9
1984 23 CAL AL 122 350 43 94 17 6 5 46 1 1 24 40 .269 .321 .394 .715 42.5 7.5
1985 24 CAL AL 81 184 19 45 10 3 2 14 0 0 12 26 .245 .294 .364 .659 17.0 1.2
1986 25 CAL AL 109 270 27 67 20 3 2 30 0 0 29 34 .248 .322 .367 .689 32.5 4.8
1987 26 CAL AL 154 529 64 159 41 7 11 82 1 0 54 59 .301 .366 .467 .833 82.1 23.2
1988 27 CAL AL 152 560 87 168 28 3 12 78 1 0 62 88 .300 .370 .425 .795 85.8 19.5
1989 28 CAL AL 149 558 66 140 37 3 5 67 0 1 61 107 .251 .326 .355 .681 62.5 9.7
1990 29 CAL AL 156 576 72 171 25 4 6 85 0 1 55 104 .297 .356 .385 .742 76.0 14.4
1991 30 CAL AL 156 561 75 132 24 1 8 60 2 1 76 126 .235 .327 .324 .652 63.2 10.5
1992 31 CAL AL 161 617 87 174 31 4 11 71 0 1 65 111 .282 .350 .399 .749 82.5 16.4
1993 32 CAL AL 149 522 67 148 16 8 6 71 0 2 54 91 .284 .350 .379 .729 63.7 10.6
1994 33 CAL AL 154 556 77 170 20 5 16 96 0 2 57 109 .306 .370 .446 .816 85.3 18.0
1995 34 CAL AL 5 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 1.1 0.2
  STL NL 91 253 22 61 11 1 3 31 0 0 35 73 .241 .339 .328 .667 30.7 4.9
  TOT   96 258 24 63 11 1 3 31 0 0 36 75 .244 .342 .329 .672 31.8 5.2
14 Years Sim 1689 5674 724 1565 286 48 88 751 5 10 595 980 .276 .345 .390 .735 735.9 142.9
162 Game Average 544 69 150 27 4 8 72 0 0 57 93 .276 .345 .390 .735 70.6  
Career Highs 161 617 87 174 41 8 16 96 2 2 76 126 .306 .370 .467 .833 85.8  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1982 21 CAL AL 3B 11 11 88.0 5 24 0 3 1.000 2.97 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 6 0 14.0 7 4 1 3 .917 7.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 8.7 5 2 0 2 1.000 7.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1983 22 CAL AL SS 24 22 196.0 29 105 1 21 .993 6.15 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 23 CAL AL SS 100 92 793.3 134 328 10 59 .979 5.24 0 0 .000 0 5.7
    2B 11 0 27.3 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 7 0 12.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 5 0 8.3 11 0 0 1 1.000 11.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 24 CAL AL 3B 31 20 189.0 8 73 2 7 .976 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 23 8 106.0 21 50 4 5 .947 6.03 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 15 13 103.0 131 6 1 12 .993 11.97 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 6 3 33.0 8 14 0 3 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1986 25 CAL AL 1B 38 34 297.3 364 20 3 27 .992 11.62 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 28 6 100.3 13 43 0 8 1.000 5.02 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 14 7 72.7 12 39 1 5 .981 6.32 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 10 7 68.0 5 21 0 1 1.000 3.44 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 26 CAL AL SS 150 149 1305.7 207 609 14 116 .983 5.62 0 0 .000 0 8.3
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 27 CAL AL SS 142 141 1265.0 197 486 12 81 .983 4.86 0 0 .000 0 6.3
    3B 7 0 15.0 1 6 0 1 1.000 4.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 28 CAL AL SS 149 147 1313.3 199 523 11 94 .985 4.95 0 0 .000 0 4.6
1990 29 CAL AL 3B 89 88 769.3 44 226 10 29 .964 3.16 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    SS 62 62 549.7 98 206 6 45 .981 4.98 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 30 CAL AL SS 85 84 743.3 100 273 8 57 .979 4.52 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 69 68 597.7 35 157 10 18 .950 2.89 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 31 CAL AL 3B 111 108 950.7 58 243 20 24 .938 2.85 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    SS 46 42 379.3 69 166 2 43 .992 5.58 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 32 CAL AL SS 104 100 896.3 121 375 13 74 .974 4.98 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    3B 36 36 312.0 17 68 8 5 .914 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 4 2 19.7 7 5 0 1 1.000 5.49 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1994 33 CAL AL 3B 150 149 1337.0 95 295 23 29 .944 2.63 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1995 34 CAL AL SS 4 3 11.6 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  STL NL SS 77 63 572.4 73 214 6 36 .980 4.51 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    2B 4 1 19.3 3 8 0 3 1.000 5.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 8 0 12.1 11 2 0 2 1.000 9.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 9.8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 997 919 8240.3 1263 3386 87 640 .982 5.08 0 0 .000 0 42.4
  3B 525 487 4350.3 270 1117 73 117 .950 2.87 0 0 .000 0 14.1
  1B 77 47 445.6 538 30 4 45 .993 11.47 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  2B 52 13 200.4 43 79 2 15 .984 5.48 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1654 1466 13240.6 2115 4612 166 817 .976 4.57 0 0 .000 0 58.4
Career Highs   158 152 1345.0 394 609 23 116 .993 8.63 0 0 .000 0  
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
1983 22 CAL AL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1984 23 CAL AL 10 34 5 8 5 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 .235 .297 .382 .680
1988 27 CAL AL 16 58 6 13 5 1 0 7 1 0 11 9 .224 .348 .345 .693
1992 31 CAL AL 5 18 4 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 .333 .455 .556 1.010
1994 33 CAL AL 9 30 5 10 2 0 3 9 0 0 2 6 .333 .375 .700 1.075
1995 34 STL NL 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 46 144 20 38 13 1 4 21 1 0 20 24 .264 .354 .451 .805
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
1987-10-.301
Slugging Pct
1987-7-.467
OPS
1987-7-.833
Games
1992-2-161
At-Bats
1992-10-617
Singles
1990-8-136
Walks
1991-8-76
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 21st overall pick, by Philadelphia in 1982
Traded from Philadelphia to California on 3/2/1982 (Going to PHI: C T. Player. Going to CAL: 3B T. O'malley)
Had first career hit on 9/2/1982, off Mike Lacoss (OAK)
Injured on 7/8/1983 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 9/19/1983, off Wayne Garland (MIN)
Injured on 5/2/1984 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Won World Championship with California in 1984
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1987, hitting .579 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1987
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Injured on 8/17/1989 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1990, hitting .577 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Had 28-game hitting streak snapped on 4/30/1990
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1990, hitting .441 with 0 HR, 23 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Kansas City on 9/29/1991
Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game
Injured on 9/4/1993 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 10/16/1994
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1994
Traded from California to St. Louis on 4/16/1995 (Going to STL: 3B Tom O'malley. Going to CAL: SS Bert Pena)
Released by St. Louis on 3/2/1996