Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1982
- College
- Penn State
Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1982
- College
- Penn State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 343
- AB
- 531
- R
- 78
- H
- 110
- HR
- 2
- RBI
- 24
- SB
- 53
- AVG
- .207
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | CIN | 49 | 165 | 19 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .212 |
| 1984 |  CIN/WSH | 54 | 97 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .237 |
| 1985 | STL | 47 | 58 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .207 |
| 1986 | STL | 46 | 39 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .282 |
| 1987 | STL | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .080 |
| 1988 | STL | 54 | 65 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .154 |
| 1989 | TOR | 59 | 70 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .229 |
| 1990 | TOR | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .083 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 7
- AB
- 16
- R
- 1
- H
- 3
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 3
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .188
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 589
- TB
- 137
- XBH
- 21
- HBP
- 0
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | CIN | 176 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | CIN/WSH | 106 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | STL | 64 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | STL | 44 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | STL | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | STL | 79 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | TOR | 79 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | TOR | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -2.2
- RC
- 42.1
- RC/27
- 2.50
- ISOP
- .051
- SECA
- .203
- BB/K
- 0.48
- AB/HR
- 265.5
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | CIN | -0.4 | 11.1 | 2.2 | .036 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | CIN/WSH | -0.3 | 9.3 | 3.2 | .062 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 97 | 0 |
| 1985 | STL | 0.2 | 4.8 | 2.7 | .086 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | STL | 0.0 | 5.2 | 4.4 | .026 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | STL | -0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .040 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | STL | 0.1 | 5.4 | 2.3 | .108 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 65 | 0 |
| 1989 | TOR | -1.2 | 7.5 | 3.6 | .014 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | TOR | -0.3 | -1.3 | -2.7 | .000 | -0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Tom Lawless's career stats?
Tom Lawless played 8 seasons for the Reds, the Cardinals and the Blue Jays. He was a career .207 hitter with 110 hits, 2 home runs and 24 RBI. His best season was 1986: a .282 batting average, 0 home runs and 3 RBI.
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