#23 Tom Fordham, Reliever, 30 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals

#23 Tom Fordham, Reliever, 30 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Tom Fordham

2/20/1974
30
USA,CA,
6"2
215

Reliever
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3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,240,000
2004 (Arbitration eligible)
4 Year(s), 116 Days (804 total Days)
172 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 142 Days (1002 total Days)
7 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
Out of Option Years

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	5	1	10	89-92 Mph
Versus LHB	5	2	10
Versus RHB	5	1	10
Talent	6	1	10

Pitching Ratings
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6
61
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	3	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	3	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	3	1	1	2
Talent	1	1	1	1	6

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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .999 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
6/24	@PIT	L 3-4		1	0	0	0	0	1
6/25	@PIT	L 4-6		1	0	0	0	0	0
6/29	HOU	L 3-4		1.1	3	2	2	5	1	L
7/1	HOU	L 5-7		1	2	1	0	0	0
7/10	@CIN	W 7-0		1	1	0	0	2	2
7/12	COL	L 4-17		2.1	1	1	1	2	1
9/10	SFN	L 2-5		0.2	1	0	0	0	1
9/13	CHC	W 9-4		1	1	0	0	0	1
9/17	@MIL	W 9-2		0.2	0	0	0	0	0
9/22	@COL	L 2-11		2.1	4	4	4	1	3

Pitching Stats 2004

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	38	0	2	2	0	3.33	51.1	44	23	19	26	34	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	38	0	2	2	0	3.33	51.0	44	23	19	26	34

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	8	1	.0	38	9	12.8	7.7	6.0	4.6	13	6	46.2	24	8	33.3	3.48

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	65	12	0	0	0	7	5	9	12	0	0	0	.185	.284	.185	.468
vs. RHB	126	32	7	1	3	17	18	17	22	0	0	3	.254	.347	.397	.743

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	20	0	0	1	0	1.73	26.0	20	7	5	9	17
Road	18	0	2	1	0	4.97	25.1	24	16	14	17	17
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	11	0	2	1	0	3.86	11.2	7	6	5	5	8
May	7	0	0	0	0	4.50	14.0	14	9	7	6	9
June	13	0	0	1	0	1.08	16.2	13	2	2	10	9
July	3	0	0	0	0	2.08	4.1	4	2	1	4	3
August	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sept./Oct.	4	0	0	0	0	7.72	4.2	6	4	4	1	5

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1999	37	0	6	1	0	3.73	41.0	33	17	17	1	30	29	0	0	1.54	.278	BOS ARI
2000	76	1	10	1	1	4.50	100.0	82	53	50	4	79	70	0	0	1.61	.268	ARI
2001	41	2	1	5	2	7.49	57.2	65	51	48	0	57	45	0	0	2.12	.357	ARI
2002	52	2	4	4	1	5.14	68.1	65	55	39	4	67	46	0	0	1.93	.307	ARI
2003	103	0	3	6	3	3.49	121.1	97	53	47	4	85	94	0	0	1.50	.279	ARI
2004	38	0	2	2	0	3.33	51.1	44	23	19	3	26	34	0	0	1.36	.266	ARI STL
Total	347	5	26	19	7	4.50	439.2	386	252	220	16	344	318	0	0	1.66	.290

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1997, A	72	0	3	4	5	2.86	69.1	45	23	22	2	33	68	0	0	1.13	.256
1998, AA	15	0	0	0	0	3.79	19.0	18	9	8	3	17	23	0	0	1.84	.333
1998, AAA	27	0	0	3	1	5.00	27.0	25	17	15	6	17	23	0	0	1.56	.271
1999, AAA	23	2	2	0	1	1.85	39.0	41	13	8	1	16	39	0	0	1.46	.360
2001, AAA	6	1	0	0	0	1.93	14.0	15	5	3	0	6	18	0	0	1.50	.429
2002, AAA	39	3	2	5	1	3.51	56.1	50	26	22	3	31	48	0	0	1.44	.297

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2000	3	0	0	0	0	4.91	3.2	5	2	2	2	0	0	0
Total	3	0	0	0	0	4.91	3.2	5	2	2	2	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1999	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS ARI
2000	76	8	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	ARI
2001	41	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2002	52	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	ARI
2003	103	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2004	38	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI STL
Total	347	29	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	10	0	0	.103	.103	.138	.241

Fielding Stats 2004

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INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

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Pitcher

1.000

51.1

1.58

Player History

2/5/2004: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,240,000 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Arizona to St. Louis on 2/5/2004 (Going to STL: LF Carlos Lee, P Tom Fordham, P Jeff Tam. Going to ARI: CF Ken Griffey jr.)...
Injured on 7/12/2004 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks...

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