Tiny Bonham

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1940-1949)

Tiny Bonham was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1940 to 1949 for the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 10 seasons. Across 231 career appearances, he went 103-72 with a 3.06 ERA and 478 strikeouts. He also batted .161 with 0 home runs. Tiny Bonham was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 5529.7.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 103–72
ERA 3.06
WHIP 1.15
SO 478
Pitcher PIV 5529.7
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'2" / 215 lb
Born
8/16/1913 in Ione, CA, USA
Died
9/15/1949 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA
MLB Debut
1940-08-05
Last Game
1949-08-27
Awards
2× All-Star

Full name: Ernest Edward Bonham

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Career Pitching Statistics

Tiny Bonham — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
103 72 231 193 110 21 9 1551.0 1,501 528 117 287 478 3.06 5529.7

Career ERA 3.06 vs. league average 3.82 across their career seasons — 19.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Tiny Bonham Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1940 NYA AL 9 3 12 12 10 3 0 99.1 83 21 13 37 1.90 4.21 (+55%) 2635.1
1941 NYA AL 9 6 23 14 7 1 2 126.2 118 42 31 43 2.98 3.94 (+24%) -567.1
1942 NYA AL 21 5 28 27 22 6 0 226.0 199 57 24 71 2.27 3.57 (+36%) 3883.1
1943 NYA AL 15 8 28 26 17 4 1 225.2 197 57 52 71 2.27 3.50 (+35%) 161.1
1944 NYA AL 12 9 26 25 17 1 0 213.2 228 71 41 54 2.99 3.57 (+16%) -136.6
1945 NYA AL 8 11 23 23 12 0 0 180.2 186 66 22 42 3.29 3.67 (+10%) 1132.2
1946 NYA AL 5 8 18 14 6 2 3 104.2 97 43 23 30 3.70 3.59 (-3%) 463.8
1947 PIT NL 11 8 33 18 7 3 3 149.2 167 64 35 63 3.85 3.97 (+3%) -377.1
1948 PIT NL 6 10 22 20 7 0 0 135.2 145 65 23 42 4.31 4.10 (-5%) -1190.1
1949 PIT NL 7 4 18 14 5 1 0 89.0 81 42 23 25 4.25 4.12 (-3%) -474.6
Career · 10 seasons 103 72 231 193 110 21 9 1,551.0 1,501 528 287 478 3.06 — 5,530

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Tiny Bonham — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
231 522 34 84 9 0 0 26 1 31 89 .161 .211 .178 .389 -2,091

Career AVG .161 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 38.3% below league average.

Career OBP .211 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 36.5% below league average.

Career SLG .178 vs. league average .366 across their career seasons — 51.4% below league average.

Career OPS .389 vs. league average .698 across their career seasons — 44.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Tiny Bonham Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1940 NYA AL 12 37 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 6 .189 — — — — 0.0
1941 NYA AL 23 50 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 .160 .262 (-39%) .332 (-42%) .373 (-57%) .705 (-50%) -390.2
1942 NYA AL 28 74 4 9 0 0 0 2 0 3 17 .122 .253 (-52%) .323 (-48%) .349 (-65%) .672 (-57%) -631.4
1943 NYA AL 28 76 5 15 1 0 0 2 0 4 15 .197 .255 (-23%) .324 (-27%) .346 (-39%) .671 (-33%) -378.8
1944 NYA AL 26 75 5 10 1 0 0 3 1 5 12 .133 .261 (-49%) .325 (-42%) .357 (-59%) .683 (-51%) -580.6
1945 NYA AL 23 63 6 15 5 0 0 4 0 5 9 .238 .260 (-9%) .328 (-11%) .354 (-11%) .683 (-11%) -109.6
1946 NYA AL 18 31 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 .129 — — — — 0.0
1947 PIT NL 33 45 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 3 5 .156 — — — — 0.0
1948 PIT NL 22 49 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 .163 — — — — 0.0
1949 PIT NL 18 22 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 .045 — — — — 0.0
Career · 10 seasons 231 522 34 84 9 0 0 26 1 31 89 .161 — — — — -2,091

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Tiny Bonham — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Tiny Bonham — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1943 WS NYA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1942 WS NYA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
1941 WS NYA 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Tiny Bonham — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 2 4 3 0 28.0 19 10 8 14 3.21

Playoff Pitching by Year

Tiny Bonham — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1943 WS NYA 0 1 1 1 0 8.0 6 4 3 9 4.50
1942 WS NYA 0 1 2 1 0 11.0 9 5 3 3 4.09
1941 WS NYA 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 4 1 2 2 1.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Tiny Bonham — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home1242491841010.165
Away1072721643016.158

Pitching — Home / Away

Tiny Bonham — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home124800.07652731422513.07
Away107751.07362601442293.12

Last 10 Games — Batting

Tiny Bonham — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1949-08-27 PITPHIW 401000200
1949-08-20 PITSTLL 000000010
1949-08-12 PITSTLL 000000000
1949-08-06 PITPHIL 200000000
1949-08-01 PITBROL 000000000
1949-07-26 PITNY1W 100000000
1949-07-23 PITBSNW 100000000
1949-07-16 PITNY1W 200000000
1949-07-10 PITCHCL 000000000
1949-07-07 PITSTLW 300000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Tiny Bonham — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1949-08-27 PITPHI W 9.0822411
1949-08-20 PITSTL — 2.0533000
1949-08-12 PITSTL L 1.0133201
1949-08-06 PITPHI — 7.0633102
1949-08-01 PITBRO L 0.0455101
1949-07-26 PITNY1 W 9.0611211
1949-07-23 PITBSN — 1.0666100
1949-07-16 PITNY1 — 7.0755142
1949-07-10 PITCHC — 1.0100010
1949-07-07 PITSTL W 9.0600010

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Tiny Bonham — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 231 0 63 165 8 15

Season-by-Season Fielding

Tiny Bonham — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1940 NYA P 12 0 6 8 0 0
1941 NYA P 23 0 6 12 2 1
1942 NYA P 28 0 11 28 0 2
1943 NYA P 28 0 8 26 0 1
1944 NYA P 26 0 8 26 1 5
1945 NYA P 23 0 6 23 0 2
1946 NYA P 18 0 2 13 2 1
1947 PIT P 33 0 7 11 2 1
1948 PIT P 22 0 6 9 1 1
1949 PIT P 18 0 3 9 0 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Tiny Bonham Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 231

Awards & Honors

Tiny Bonham — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
1942 Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1942 Baseball Magazine All-Star P4
1942 TSN All-Star P

Award Voting History

Tiny Bonham — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1942 Most Valuable Player AL 5th 102.0 336 0
1940 Most Valuable Player AL 17th 8.0 336 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Tiny Bonham (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Nick Altrock
    83-75, 2.65 ERA
  2. 96
    Al Demaree
    80-72, 2.77 ERA
  3. 94
    George Winter
    83-102, 2.87 ERA
  4. 90
    Erskine Mayer
    91-70, 2.96 ERA
  5. 89
    William Bell
    123-56, 3.34 ERA
  6. 88
    Phil Douglas
    94-93, 2.80 ERA

Tiny Bonham: the record in brief

The profile opens with Tiny Bonham's first major league game on August 5, 1940; the last one listed came on August 27, 1949. Bonham played for the New York Yankees (1940 to 1946) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1947 through 1949). Bonham, a pitcher by primary position, both batted and threw right-handed. Bonham is listed at 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds. The birth record reads August 16, 1913, in Ione, CA, USA. The bio records the death on September 15, 1949, in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Bonham's full given name, per the bio, is Ernest Edward Bonham.

The pitching table credits Bonham with a 103-72 record and a 3.06 ERA in 231 games. Also on Bonham's record: 478 strikeouts, 110 complete games, and 21 shutouts. The leagues Bonham pitched in allowed 3.82 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 19.8% better than average. 1942 brought Bonham a season-high 21 wins. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.27 in 1942, when the league's was 3.57.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tiny Bonham

What years did Tiny Bonham play?
Tiny Bonham played in Major League Baseball from 1940 to 1949.
Was Tiny Bonham a pitcher?
Yes. Tiny Bonham pitched in the major leagues, recording 103 wins and 478 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tiny Bonham hit?
Tiny Bonham hit 0 career home runs with 84 hits.
What was Tiny Bonham's career batting average?
Tiny Bonham batted .161 over his career, with 84 hits in 522 at bats.
How many RBI did Tiny Bonham have?
Tiny Bonham drove in 26 runs in his career.
What was Tiny Bonham's career ERA?
Tiny Bonham finished with a 3.06 career ERA, going 103-72 with 478 strikeouts.