Tom Sturdivant
1955–1964 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1961-71)
336G
.183AVG
.208OBP
.195SLG
More career statistics
60H
0HR
10RBI
0SB
59–51W–L
1,137.0IP
704K
3.74ERA
101GS
17SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,796 | 4,801 |
| Pitching · p er | 473 | 472 |
| Pitching · p k | 704 | 705 |
| Pitching · p w | 449 | 448 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 336 | 364 | 328 | 17 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 64 | .183 | .208 | .195 | .403 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,137.0 | 335 | 101 | 22 | 59 | 51 | 17 | 1,029 | 521 | 473 | 107 | 449 | 704 | 0 | 0 | 3.74 | 1.300 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1956-07-13 to 1956-08-02
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1961-05-13 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1956-08-02 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1956-06-16 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 167 | 153 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | .179 | .190 | .186 |
| Away | 169 | 211 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 32 | .186 | .199 | .202 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .207 | .200 |
| May | 68 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .158 | .175 | .158 |
| June | 80 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .150 | .164 | .183 |
| July | 58 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .191 | .196 | .213 |
| August | 58 | 82 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | .184 | .195 | .197 |
| September | 48 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | .222 | .236 | .222 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 39 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .344 | .342 | .344 |
| cleveland-guardians | 37 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | .238 | .292 | .238 |
| boston-red-sox | 35 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .184 | .200 | .184 |
| baltimore-orioles | 33 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .175 | .175 | .175 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 26 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .140 | .156 | .209 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 26 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .182 | .143 |
| chicago-white-sox | 26 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .056 | .050 | .056 |
| new-york-yankees | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  New York Yankees | 33 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | 68 | 48 |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | 32 | 64 | 20 | – | 5 | – | .312 | 158 | 111 |
| 1957 | New York Yankees | 28 | 71 | 13 | – | – | – | .183 | 201 | 118 |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | 15 | 21 | 4 | – | – | – | .190 | 70 | 41 |
| 1959 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 44 | 23 | 1 | – | – | – | .043 | 97 | 73 |
| 1960 |  Boston Red Sox | 40 | 22 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .182 | 101 | 67 |
| 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 28 | 58 | 10 | – | 1 | – | .172 | 165 | 84 |
| 1962 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 49 | 33 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .182 | 125 | 76 |
| 1963 | Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates | 48 | 22 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 116 | 68 |
| 1964 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets | 19 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 32 | 19 |