Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Tom
Waddell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 17, 1958 in Scotland, , DUNDEE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1994   
All-Star Selections 1988   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1984 25 KCR AL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 15.3 18 13 3 7 7 7.63 .300 .368 .450 .818 0.0
1985 26 KCR AL 5 2 .714 62 0 0 0 2 66.0 52 16 2 31 25 2.18 .218 .315 .318 .633 7.1
1986 27 KCR AL 1 2 .333 42 0 0 0 3 26.0 24 10 3 12 9 3.46 .250 .330 .375 .705 1.8
1987 28 KCR AL 4 6 .400 55 0 0 0 16 67.7 59 25 3 30 27 3.33 .229 .308 .349 .657 7.1
1988 29 KCR AL 1 5 .167 58 0 0 0 40 63.0 68 25 3 14 34 3.57 .276 .314 .374 .688 9.6
1989 30 KCR AL 7 6 .538 59 0 0 0 28 72.3 81 27 5 20 40 3.36 .297 .342 .385 .727 10.5
1990 31 KCR AL 5 6 .455 90 0 0 0 8 74.3 94 42 1 23 58 5.09 .305 .350 .399 .750 2.8
1991 32 KCR AL 4 4 .500 92 0 0 0 10 80.0 82 28 3 21 45 3.15 .270 .314 .352 .666 8.1
1992 33 KCR AL 4 6 .400 80 0 0 0 5 57.3 49 22 2 13 40 3.45 .230 .272 .300 .572 6.4
1993 34 KCR AL 4 1 .800 53 0 0 0 2 44.0 37 11 3 12 34 2.25 .230 .284 .354 .638 5.7
1994 35 KCR AL 5 0 1.000 48 0 0 0 3 77.3 82 34 9 27 60 3.96 .271 .329 .419 .748 5.6
1995 36 KCR AL 4 1 .800 42 0 0 0 1 66.0 64 33 6 22 51 4.50 .250 .309 .375 .684 4.1
12 Years Sim 44 39 .530 689 0 0 0 118 709.3 710 286 43 232 430 3.63 .261 .319 .368 .687 68.7
Season Average 3 3 .500 57 0 0 0 9 59.1 59 23 3 19 35 3.63 .261 .319 .368 .687  
Career Highs 7 6 1.000 92 0 0 0 40 80.0 94 42 9 31 60 7.63 .305 .368 .450 .818  
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    
1984 25 KCR AL P 8 0 15.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.76    
1985 26 KCR AL P 62 0 66.0 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.59    
1986 27 KCR AL P 42 0 26.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.73    
1987 28 KCR AL P 55 0 67.7 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.53    
1988 29 KCR AL P 58 0 63.0 6 5 0 1 1.000 1.57    
1989 30 KCR AL P 59 0 72.3 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.24    
1990 31 KCR AL P 90 0 74.3 6 12 0 2 1.000 2.18    
1991 32 KCR AL P 92 0 80.0 7 14 1 1 .955 2.36    
1992 33 KCR AL P 80 0 57.3 8 8 0 1 1.000 2.51    
1993 34 KCR AL P 53 0 44.0 5 4 0 3 1.000 1.84    
1994 35 KCR AL P 48 0 77.3 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.51    
1995 36 KCR AL P 42 0 66.0 1 15 0 3 1.000 2.18    
Career Totals   689 0 709.3 53 115 1 17 .994 2.13    
Career Highs   92 0 80.0 8 15 1 3 1.000 2.59    
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
1985 26 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1986 27 KCR AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .111 .111 .111 .222
1987 28 KCR AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1988 29 KCR AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 3 1 0 0 0 9.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1991 32 KCR AL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 0 1 4 2.25 .250 .294 .250 .544
1992 33 KCR AL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 1 4.3 2 1 0 0 3 2.08 .133 .133 .200 .333
1994 35 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 2 8.3 8 2 0 0 7 2.16 .235 .235 .294 .529
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 26 0 0 0 5 21.7 18 5 0 1 17 2.08 .214 .224 .250 .474
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
1986 27 KCR AL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1988-2-40
1989-8-28
 Games Pitched
1990-1-90
1991-1-92
1992-6-80
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Luis Deleon (960)
  2. Wes Gardner (956)
  3. Bobby Cuellar (955)
  4. Juan Berenguer (949)
  5. Bill Campbell (944)
  6. Bo McLaughlin (942)
  7. Gregg Olson (938)
  8. Jay Howell (938)
  9. Mike Rowland (937)
  10. Andy McGaffigan (935)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 42nd overall pick, by Kansas City in 1984
Earned first career win on 5/15/1985
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
8/16/1993: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1994
Injured on 10/11/1995 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.