Tom Dodd Stats

Tom Dodd was born on Friday, August 15, 1958, in Portland, Oregon. Dodd was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 25, 1986, with the Baltimore Orioles. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Tom Dodd baseball stats page.

"Around the Southern League, they watch Tom Dodd swing a baseball bat and call him Tommy God. Because as a hitter, Tom Dodd is that good. Probably, the best Charlotte has had. Others, like Cal Ripken and Eddie Murray, like Harmon Killebrew and Tony Olivo before them, have gone on to greater glory in the major leagues. But none has hit like Dodd has in his parts of three seasons as a Charlotte O. A few numbers: Last summer, Dodd became the first O's player to drive in 100 runs in a season, setting a club record with 100 in 105 games. This season, he became the second. With more than month to play, he has 106 and a shot at the league mark of 132. In 293 games as an O through Monday's game at Columbus (Ga.) he had 258 RBIs. And through Monday, he had 73 homers, 28 this years. He is three shy of Willie Royster's club-record 31. And Dodd's lifetime Charlotte batting average is .311. Numbers don't tell it all. Watch the way the ball flies off his bat. Dodd's home runs are explosions, like those of Mike Schmidt or Jack Clark. The power appears almost effortless." - Olson, Stan. Charlotte Observer Staff Writer. Master of the Minors. 28 July 1987. Section C. Page 1.

Birth Name:	Thomas Marion Dodd
Nickname:	Tom
Born On:	08-15-1958 (Leo)
Born In:	Portland, Oregon
Died On:	Still Living (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Benson High School (Portland, OR)
College:	University of Oregon
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-00	Weight:	190
First Game:	07-25-1986 (Age 27)
Last Game:	08-06-1986
Draft:	1980 : 1st Round (7th)

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Tom Dodd Tom Dodd Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1986	28	Orioles	8	13	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	.231	.375	.462
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1 Year			8	13	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	.231	.375	.462

Tom Dodd Tom Dodd Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1986 Orioles	3B	1	0	12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
3B Totals		1	0	12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1 Year		1	0	12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00

Tom Dodd Tom Dodd Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1986 Orioles	0	0	.000	7	0	6	13.0	6.5	6.5	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1 Year	0	0	.000	7	0	6	13.0	6.5	6.5	-	-	-

Tom Dodd Tom Dodd Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1986 Baltimore Orioles	25	$60,000.00	-	-
Tom Dodd Stats by Baseball Almanac

Thomas Marion Dodd was a Major League Baseball player with the Baltimore Orioles (1986). At Benson High School (Portland, OR), Tom was am All-State football player, an All-State baseball player, and he helped lead his team (.322 batting average) to the Oregon State Championship in 1976. At the University of Oregon, Tom was an All-Pac-10 Player, a second team All-American, and after he got drafted in the second round of the 1979 Baseball Draft, he chose not to sign! A year later, the New York Yankees drafted Dodd in the first round, seventh overall, during the secondary phase of the 1980 Baseball Draft.

Todd Dodd University of Oregon Photo | Baseball Almanac

Todd Dodd Photo | University of Oregon Baseball
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Tom Dodd had "eight cups of coffee" with the Orioles, pinch hitting seven of the eight games, five times for the designated hitter. When he was given his one starting assignment, designated hitter on August 1, 1986, he hit his first-and-only career home run (off Jimmy Key), drove in two runs, scored once, and struck out for the first time in his career, even though it was his fifth game in the majors!

Did you know that the year after playing in the majors (1987), Tom Dodd tore-up the Southern League, taking the field in 136 games for the Charlotte O's, scoring 99 runs, smashing thirty-seven home runs, and collecting 127 RBI? Despite winning the Southern League Most Valuable Player Award, he was never called-up to the majors again.