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Tommy Thevenow
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Birthdate: 9/6/1903 Died: 7/29/1957
Height / Weight: 5' 10" / 155 lbs. Place of Birth: Madison, IN, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Regarded as one of the top fielding shortstops during the mid-1920s, Tommy Thevenow, 5'10" 155-pounds, debuted with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1924. He became the team's everyday shortstop in '26, and led the league in putouts, assists, chances and hit .256 in 156 games, 563 at bats, lined 15 doubles, 5 Ts, 2 Hrs, scored 64 Runs, 63 RBIs. Called "a fielding genius" he was one of the batting heroes of the 1926 World Series. In the Series, he hit an outstanding, team-leading .417, whacked a homer and drove in four runs. He held out for more money and missed the entire next year. From then-on, his career was plagued by injuries. In '28, he sustained a severe broken ankle which left him limp and limited his baseball career. The next two-years his hitting tailed off to .194 and .205 as a part-time player. Thevenow was traded to the Phillies in 1930, and bounced back to hit a career high .286 in 156 games, 21 Ds and 78 RBIs and again led the NL in putouts, assists, total chances and DPs. And then he broke his jaw, finger and leg in an auto accident and for the next five years was a utility infielder.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
15 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1924 STL (NL) 23 89 4 18 4 1 0 7 1 6 1 3 0 0 3 0 .202 .211 SLG
1925 STL (NL) 50 175 17 47 7 2 0 17 7 12 3 0 0 1 4 0 .269 .301 SLG
1926 STL (NL) 156 563 64 144 15 5 2 63 27 26 8 0 0 1 17 0 .256 .291 SLG
1927 STL (NL) 59 191 23 37 6 1 0 4 14 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 .194 .249 SLG
1928 STL (NL) 69 171 11 35 8 3 0 13 20 12 0 0 0 0 5 0 .205 .288 SLG
1929 PHI (NL) 90 317 30 72 11 0 0 35 25 25 3 0 0 2 11 0 .227 .288 SLG
1930 PHI (NL) 156 573 57 164 21 1 0 78 23 26 1 0 0 2 26 0 .286 .316 SLG
1931 PIT (NL) 120 404 35 86 12 1 0 38 28 22 0 0 0 1 8 0 .213 .266 SLG
1932 PIT (NL) 59 194 12 46 3 3 0 26 7 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 .237 .264 SLG
1933 PIT (NL) 73 253 20 79 5 1 0 34 3 5 2 0 0 0 6 0 .312 .320 SLG
1934 PIT (NL) 122 446 37 121 16 2 0 54 20 20 0 0 0 2 4 0 .271 .306 SLG
1935 PIT (NL) 110 408 38 97 9 9 0 47 12 23 1 0 0 1 4 0 .238 .261 SLG
1936 CIN (NL) 106 321 25 75 7 2 0 36 15 23 2 0 0 0 2 0 .234 .268 SLG
1937 BSN (NL) 21 34 5 4 0 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .118 .211 SLG
1938 PIT (NL) 15 25 2 5 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .200 .333 SLG
15 years   1229 4164 380 1030 124 32 2 456 210 222 23 3 0 11 99 0 .247 .285 .SLG



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