Tim Stoddard
[edit] Biography
Born on January 24, 1953 in East Chicago, Indiana, Tim Stoddard (Timothy Paul Stoddard) played for the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 13 year career. Stoddard broke into the bigs on September 7, 1975 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 1.71 ERA in 58 innings pitched in 1979, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tim Stoddard's best season was 1980, when he posted a 2.51 ERA, notched 26 saves and struck out 64 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1975
| CHI
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| BAL
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.00
| 14
| 17
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 22
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 2
|
| 1979
| BAL
| A
| 29
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1.71
| 47
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 58
| 44
| 3
| 19
| 2
| 3
| 0
|
| 1980
| BAL
| A
| 64
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 2.51
| 64
| 27
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 86
| 72
| 2
| 38
| 1
| 3
| 1
|
| 1981
| BAL
| A
| 31
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 3.86
| 32
| 16
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 37.1
| 38
| 6
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1982
| BAL
| A
| 50
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 4.02
| 42
| 26
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 56
| 53
| 4
| 29
| 6
| 2
| 1
|
| 1983
| BAL
| A
| 47
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 6.09
| 50
| 39
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 57.2
| 65
| 10
| 29
| 4
| 2
| 1
|
| 1984
| CHI
| N
| 58
| 0
| 10
| 6
| 3.82
| 87
| 41
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 92
| 77
| 9
| 57
| 11
| 3
| 1
|
| 1985
| SD
| N
| 44
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 4.65
| 42
| 35
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 60
| 63
| 3
| 37
| 7
| 5
| 0
|
| 1986
| SD
| N
| 30
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3.77
| 47
| 20
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 45.1
| 33
| 6
| 34
| 6
| 2
| 0
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| 24
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 3.83
| 34
| 23
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 49.1
| 41
| 6
| 23
| 3
| 3
| 0
|
| 1986
| Total
|
| 54
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 3.80
| 81
| 43
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 94.2
| 74
| 12
| 57
| 9
| 5
| 0
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| 57
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 3.50
| 78
| 38
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 92.2
| 83
| 13
| 30
| 2
| 3
| 0
|
| 1988
| NY
| A
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 6.38
| 33
| 41
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 55
| 62
| 5
| 27
| 1
| 3
| 2
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.95
| 12
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21.1
| 25
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 132
| 0
| 12
| 15
| 4.06
| 176
| 96
| 89
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 197.1
| 173
| 18
| 128
| 24
| 10
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 353
| 0
| 29
| 20
| 3.91
| 406
| 247
| 231
| 0
| 0
| 68
| 532.1
| 507
| 54
| 228
| 21
| 23
| 9
|
| Total
|
|
| 485
| 0
| 41
| 35
| 3.95
| 582
| 343
| 320
| 0
| 0
| 76
| 729.2
| 680
| 72
| 356
| 45
| 33
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1975
| CHI
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| BAL
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| BAL
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 58
| 9
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| .933
|
| 1980
| BAL
| A
| P
| 64
| 0
| 86
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| BAL
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 37.1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| BAL
| A
| P
| 50
| 0
| 56
| 2
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| .889
|
| 1983
| BAL
| A
| P
| 47
| 0
| 57.2
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| CHI
| N
| P
| 58
| 0
| 92
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 5
| 0
| .923
|
| 1985
| SD
| N
| P
| 44
| 0
| 60
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| SD
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 45.1
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 49.1
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .900
|
| 1986
| Total
|
| P
| 54
| 0
| 94.2
| 3
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 2
| 0
| .895
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| P
| 57
| 0
| 92.2
| 8
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 2
| 0
| .941
|
| 1988
| NY
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 55
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 21.1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 485
| 0
| 729.2
| 44
| 80
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 93
| 21
| 1
| .954
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1975
| CHI
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| BAL
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| BAL
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| BAL
| A
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| BAL
| A
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| BAL
| A
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| BAL
| A
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CHI
| N
| 58
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| SD
| N
| 44
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| SD
| N
| 30
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| .250
| .250
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| Total
|
| 54
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| .250
| .250
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| NY
| A
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 132
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 1
| .100
| .100
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 353
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 485
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 1
| .100
| .100
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 25th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1974).
- Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 9, 1975).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (March 28, 1977).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (April 8, 1977).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Wayne Gross (December 8, 1983).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Stan Kyles and a player to be named later (March 26, 1984); Oakland Athletics received Stan Boderick (March 31, 1984).
- Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).
- Signed by San Diego Padres (January 8, 1985).
- Traded by San Diego Padres to New York Yankees in exchange for Ed Whitson (July 9, 1986).
- Released by New York Yankees (August 14, 1988).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (January 18, 1989).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (July 12, 1989).
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