Tom Alston stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1957

Age 100

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Tom Alston played 4 MLB seasons, 1954 to 1957.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
91
AB
271
R
30
H
66
HR
4
RBI
36
SB
3
AVG
.244
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1954STL6624428604343.246
1955STL13801000.125
1956STL3200000.000
1957STL91725020.294

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
299
TB
97
XBH
21
HBP
2
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1954STL27190202000
1955STL8100000
1956STL2000000
1957STL18610000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
-0.3
RC
30.9
RC/27
4.00
ISOP
.114
SECA
.199
BB/K
0.54
AB/HR
67.8
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1954STL-0.129.34.2.1230.20.6610
1955STL-0.1-0.2-0.7.0000000
1956STL0.0-0.2-2.7.0000000
1957STL-0.12.14.6.0590.10.200

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
100 yearsJan 31, 1926
Debut
1954

What were Tom Alston's career stats?

Tom Alston played 4 seasons for the Cardinals. He was a career .244 hitter with 66 hits, 4 home runs and 36 RBI. His best season was 1957: a .294 batting average, 0 home runs and 2 RBI.

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