Tom Fordham

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: February 20, 1974 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grossmont College (El Cajon, CA).

High School: Granite Hills HS (El Cajon, CA)

School: Grossmont College (El Cajon, CA)

Debut: August 19, 1997 (Age 23-180d, 17,137th in major league history)
vs. TOR 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: August 30, 1998 (Age 24-191d)
vs. TEX 4.2 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Full Name: Thomas James Fordham

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

6.61

65.1

WHIP

1.837

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1993	19	CHW-min	A,Rk,A+	5	4	.556	3.25	13	8	2	1	0	0	63.2	48	24	23	3	27	2	44	0	3	5	256			1.178	6.8	0.4	3.8	6.2	1.63	HCK,WHS,SAR SALL,GULF,FLOR
1994	20	CHW-min	A	14	9	.609	3.63	28	28	0	2	2	0	183.2	183	93	74	14	44	1	169	3	4	9	767			1.236	9.0	0.7	2.2	8.3	3.84	HCK,SBN SALL,MIDW
1995	21	CHW-min	A+,AA	15	3	.833	2.70	27	27	0	3	2	0	166.2	145	55	50	16	63	4	139	2	0	4	688			1.248	7.8	0.9	3.4	7.5	2.21	PRW,BIR CARL,SOUL
1996	22	CHW-min	AAA,AA	12	9	.571	3.29	28	28	0	3	2	0	178.0	143	73	65	19	83	2	155	4	1	9	736			1.270	7.2	1.0	4.2	7.8	1.87	NVL,BIR AA,SOUL
1997	23	CHW-min	AAA	6	7	.462	4.74	21	20	0	2	0	0	114.0	113	64	60	14	53	1	90	1	1	6	493			1.456	8.9	1.1	4.2	7.1	1.70	NVL AA
1997	23	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	6.23	7	1	1	0	0	0	17.1	17	13	12	2	10	2	10	1	0	0	78	72	5.36	1.558	8.8	1.0	5.2	5.2	1.00
1998	24	CHW-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.02	9	9	0	0	0	0	56.2	38	21	19	6	26	0	39	0	0	3	225			1.129	6.0	1.0	4.1	6.2	1.50	CGY PCL
1998	24	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	6.75	29	5	5	0	0	0	48.0	51	36	36	7	42	0	23	1	0	1	228	68	6.76	1.938	9.6	1.3	7.9	4.3	0.55
1999	25	CHW-min	AAA	4	7	.364	7.31	29	21	2	0	0	0	112.0	144	101	91	25	66	0	101	3	0	10	538			1.875	11.6	2.0	5.3	8.1	1.53	CHR IL
2000	26	MIL-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.55	48	3	11	0	0	0	66.0	48	29	26	2	49	0	64	0	0	6	295			1.470	6.5	0.3	6.7	8.7	1.31	INA IL
2001	27	MIL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	2.58	18	5	5	1	0	0	38.1	25	15	11	6	13	0	35	0	1	2	152			0.991	5.9	1.4	3.1	8.2	2.69	INA IL
2002			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2003	29	PIT-min	AA,AAA	7	4	.636	4.43	26	16	4	1	0	0	107.2	122	56	53	12	39	2	79	4	0	2	473			1.495	10.2	1.0	3.3	6.6	2.03	ATO,NVL EL,PCL
2 Yrs				1	3	.250	6.61	36	6	6	0	0	0	65.1	68	49	48	9	52	2	33	2	0	1	306	69	6.39	1.837	9.4	1.2	7.2	4.5	0.63
162 Game Avg.				2	5	.250	6.61	58	10	10	0	0	0	106	110	79	78	15	84	3	53	3	0	2	495	69	6.39	1.837	9.4	1.2	7.2	4.5	0.63

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