Tommy Bond Stats

Tommy Bond was born on Wednesday, April 2, 1856, in Granard, Ireland. Bond was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 27, 1876, with the Hartford Dark Blues. 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 Tommy Bond baseball stats page.

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"Like most young fireballers, (Tommy) Bond had control problems early in his career, as well as a reputation for 'ruining' catchers with his 'cannonball' delivery." - Historian Bob Richardson in Nineteenth Century Stars (1989)

Tommy Bond



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Birth Name:   Thomas Henry Bond
Nickname:   Tommy
Born On:   04-02-1856  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Granard, Ireland
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-24-1941 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Boston, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-07½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   160
First Game:   04-27-1876 (Age 20)
Last Game:   08-11-1884
Draft:   Not Applicable

Tommy Bond

Tommy Bond Pitching Stats

1876 20 Dark Blues 45 45 0 31 13 .705 1.68 45 6 0 408.0 1,623 355 76 164 2 13 - 88 8 0 0 0
1877 21 Red Caps 58 58 0 40 17 .702 2.11 58 6 0 521.0 2,165 530 122 248 5 36 - 170 18 0 0 0
1878 22 Red Caps 59 59 1 40 19 .678 2.06 57 9 0 532.2 2,159 571 122 222 5 33 - 182 13 0 0 0
1879 23 Red Caps 64 64 1 43 19 .694 1.96 59 11 0 555.1 2,189 543 121 206 8 24 - 155 13 0 0 0
1880 24 Red Caps 63 57 6 26 29 .473 2.67 49 3 0 493.0 2,082 559 146 298 1 45 - 118 24 0 0 -
1881 25 Red Caps 3 3 0 0 3 .000 4.26 2 0 0 25.1 113 40 12 17 3 2 - 2 3 0 0 0
1882 26 Ruby Legs 2 2 0 0 1 .000 4.38 0 0 0 12.1 62 12 6 13 0 7 - 2 1 0 0 0
1884 28 Unions 23 21 2 13 9 .591 3.00 19 0 0 189.0 0 185 63 120 3 14 - 128 0 0 0 -
1884 28 Blues 5 5 0 0 5 .000 5.65 5 0 0 43.0 206 62 27 51 5 4 - 15 0 2 0 0
8 Years 322 314 10 193 115 .627 2.25 294 35 0 2,779.2 10,599 2,857 695 1,339 32 178 - 860 80 2 0 0

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Tommy Bond Hitting Stats

1876 20 Dark Blues 45 182 18 50 8 0 0 0 21 0 0 4 - - 0 - .275 .275 .319
1877 21 Red Caps 61 259 32 59 4 3 0 0 30 1 - 15 - - 0 - .228 .231 .266
1878 22 Red Caps 59 236 22 50 4 1 0 0 23 0 0 9 - - 0 - .212 .212 .237
1879 23 Red Caps 65 257 35 62 3 1 0 0 21 6 - 8 - - 0 - .241 .259 .261
1880 24 Red Caps 76 282 27 62 4 1 0 0 24 8 - 14 - - 0 - .220 .241 .241
1881 25 Red Caps 3 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - .200 .200 .200
1882 26 Ruby Legs 8 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 3 - - 0 - .133 .188 .133
1884 28 Unions 37 162 21 48 8 0 0 0 0 4 - - - 0 0 - .296 .313 .346
1884 28 Blues 7 23 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - .130 .130 .261
8 Years 361 1,441 156 340 32 7 0 0 121 21 0 53 - 0 0 - .236 .247 .268

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Tommy Bond Fielding Stats

1876 Dark Blues P 45 45 1,224 133 3.0 118 25 93 15 0 n/a n/a n/a .887 2.60
1877 Red Caps P 58 58 1,563 142 2.4 133 29 104 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .937 2.30
1877 Red Caps RF 3 - - 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1878 Red Caps P 59 59 1,598 153 2.6 144 27 117 9 4 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.43
1878 Red Caps RF 2 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1879 Red Caps 1B 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1879 Red Caps OF 5 - - 3 0.6 2 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
1879 Red Caps P 64 64 1,666 185 2.9 177 33 144 8 7 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.87
1880 Red Caps 1B 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1880 Red Caps 3B 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1880 Red Caps P 63 57 1,479 184 2.9 173 32 141 11 6 n/a n/a n/a .940 3.16
1880 Red Caps RF 26 - - 44 1.7 39 28 11 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .886 0.00
1881 Red Caps P 3 3 76 9 3.0 9 2 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.20
1882 Ruby Legs OF 8 - - 14 1.8 10 10 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .714 0.00
1882 Ruby Legs P 2 2 37 2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.46
1884 Unions 3B 1 - 3 4 4.0 3 3 0 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .750 27.00
1884 Unions P 23 21 567 73 3.2 63 8 55 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .863 3.00
1884 Unions RF 17 - - 18 1.1 16 14 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
1884 Blues OF 2 - - 1 0.5 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1884 Blues P 5 5 129 10 2.0 7 2 5 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .700 1.47
P Totals 322 314 8,339 891 2.8 826 159 667 65 21 n/a n/a n/a .927 2.67
RF Totals 48 0 0 63 1.3 56 43 13 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
OF Totals 15 0 0 18 1.2 12 12 0 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00
1B Totals 2 2 0 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
3B Totals 2 0 3 5 2.5 4 3 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .800 36.00
8 Years 389 316 8,342 979 2.5 900 219 681 79 24 n/a n/a n/a .919 2.91

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Tommy Bond Miscellaneous Stats

1876 Dark Blues - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 45.5 8.7 6.77 1.94 0.29
1877 Red Caps - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 17.3 8.6 4.72 2.94 0.62
1878 Red Caps - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 26.2 10.3 5.52 3.08 0.56
1879 Red Caps - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 32.1 12.2 6.46 2.51 0.39
1880 Red Caps - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 20.1 11.8 2.62 2.15 0.82
1881 Red Caps - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 0.71 0.71
1882 Ruby Legs - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.0 15.0 0.29 1.46 5.11
1884 Unions - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.14 6.10 0.67
1884 Blues - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.75 3.14 0.84
8 Years - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 27.2 11.9 4.83 2.78 0.58

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Tommy Bond Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1876 Hartford Dark Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1877 Boston Red Caps n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1878 Boston Red Caps n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1879 Boston Red Caps n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1880 Boston Red Caps n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Boston Red Caps n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Worcester Ruby Legs n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Boston Unions n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Indianapolis Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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