What years did Tom Zachary play?

Tom Zachary played in Major League Baseball from 1918 to 1936.

Was Tom Zachary a pitcher?

Yes. Tom Zachary pitched in the major leagues, recording 186 wins and 720 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Tom Zachary hit?

Tom Zachary hit 6 career home runs with 254 hits.

What teams did Tom Zachary play for?

Tom Zachary played for 7 teams: the Philadelphia Athletics (1918), the Washington Senators (1919–1925, 1927–1928), the St. Louis Browns (1926–1927), the New York Yankees (1928–1930), the Boston Braves (1930–1934), the Brooklyn Dodgers (1934–1936), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1936).

What were Tom Zachary's career stats?

In 533 games, Tom Zachary went 186-191 with a 3.73 ERA, 720 strikeouts, 3,126.1 innings pitched, and 22 saves. At the plate he had 254 hits and 6 home runs.

What position did Tom Zachary play?

Tom Zachary played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Tom Zachary and how much did he weigh?

Tom Zachary was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 187 pounds.

What was Tom Zachary's career ERA?

Tom Zachary finished with a 3.73 career ERA, going 186-191 with 720 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Tom Zachary have?

Tom Zachary recorded 720 career strikeouts.

Is Tom Zachary in the Hall of Fame?

No. Tom Zachary has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Tom Zachary

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1918-1936)

Tom Zachary was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1918 to 1936 for 7 teams, including the Philadelphia Athletics, a span of 19 seasons. Across 533 career appearances, he went 186-191 with a 3.73 ERA, 720 strikeouts, and 22 saves. He also batted .226 with 6 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2518.6.

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 October 17, 2026

W–L 186–191

ERA 3.73

WHIP 1.44

SO 720

Pitcher PIV 2518.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 187 lb
Born: 5/7/1896 in Graham, NC, USA
Died: 1/24/1969 in Burlington, NC, USA
MLB Debut: 1918-07-11
Last Game: 1936-05-28

Full name: Jonathan Thompson Walton Zachary

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Career Pitching Statistics

Tom Zachary — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
186	191	533	409	186	24	22	3126.1	3,580	1,295	119	914	720	3.73	2518.6

Career ERA 3.73 vs. league average 4.10 across their career seasons — 9.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Tom Zachary Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1918	PHA	AL	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	8.0	9	5	7	1	5.62	—	0.0
1919	WS1	AL	1	5	17	7	0	0	0	61.2	68	20	20	9	2.92	3.09 (+5%)	-231.8
1920	WS1	AL	15	16	44	31	19	3	2	262.2	289	110	78	53	3.77	3.45 (-9%)	-1494.6
1921	WS1	AL	18	16	39	31	17	2	1	250.0	314	110	59	53	3.96	4.02 (+2%)	-135.2
1922	WS1	AL	15	10	32	25	13	1	1	184.2	190	64	43	37	3.12	4.18 (+25%)	1034.3
1923	WS1	AL	10	16	35	29	10	0	0	204.1	270	102	63	40	4.49	4.03 (-11%)	-847.4
1924	WS1	AL	15	9	33	27	13	1	2	202.2	198	62	53	45	2.75	4.13 (+33%)	1139.3
1925	WS1	AL	12	15	38	33	11	1	2	217.2	247	93	74	58	3.85	4.55 (+16%)	-881.9
1926	SLA	AL	14	15	34	31	18	3	0	247.1	264	99	97	53	3.60	4.11 (+12%)	-3208.9
1927	SLA	AL	4	6	13	12	6	0	0	78.1	110	38	27	13	4.37	4.08 (-7%)	-731.6
1927	WS1	AL	4	7	15	14	5	1	0	102.2	116	45	30	13	3.94	4.08 (+3%)	150.3
1928	WS1	AL	6	9	20	14	5	1	0	102.2	130	62	40	19	5.44	4.13 (-32%)	-1081.3
1928	NYA	AL	3	3	7	6	3	0	1	45.2	54	20	15	7	3.94	4.13 (+5%)	87.9
1929	NYA	AL	12	0	26	11	7	2	2	119.2	131	33	30	35	2.48	4.60 (+46%)	1521.3
1930	NYA	AL	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	16.2	18	12	9	1	6.48	4.80 (-35%)	-128.1
1930	BSN	NL	11	5	24	22	10	1	0	151.1	192	77	50	57	4.58	4.80 (+5%)	709.7
1931	BSN	NL	11	15	33	28	16	3	2	229.0	243	79	53	64	3.10	4.10 (+24%)	2152.5
1932	BSN	NL	12	11	32	24	12	1	0	212.0	231	73	55	67	3.10	4.13 (+25%)	2874.1
1933	BSN	NL	7	9	26	20	6	2	2	125.0	134	49	35	22	3.53	3.86 (+9%)	1132.8
1934	BSN	NL	1	2	5	4	2	1	0	24.0	27	9	8	4	3.38	4.29 (+21%)	-82.5
1934	BRO	NL	5	6	22	12	4	0	2	101.2	122	50	21	28	4.43	4.29 (-3%)	788.8
1935	BRO	NL	7	12	25	21	9	1	4	158.0	193	63	35	33	3.59	4.35 (+17%)	201.1
1936	BRO	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	1	0	54.00	—	0.0
1936	PHI	NL	0	3	7	2	0	0	1	20.1	28	18	11	8	7.97	4.59 (-74%)	-450.2
Career · 24 seasons			186	191	533	409	186	24	22	3,126.1	3,580	1,295	914	720	3.73	—	2,519

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

Tom Zachary — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
546	1,122	79	254	28	12	6	112	0	62	261	.226	.268	.289	.557	-2,899

Career AVG .226 vs. league average .280 across their career seasons — 19.2% below league average.

Career OBP .268 vs. league average .342 across their career seasons — 21.6% below league average.

Career SLG .289 vs. league average .391 across their career seasons — 26.2% below league average.

Career OPS .557 vs. league average .733 across their career seasons — 24.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Tom Zachary Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1918	PHA	AL	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1919	WS1	AL	17	15	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	5	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1920	WS1	AL	51	111	7	29	6	1	0	11	10	27	.261	.271 (-4%)	.331 (-3%)	.363 (-8%)	.694 (-6%)	-93.8
1921	WS1	AL	39	90	9	23	1	4	0	9	2	23	.256	.286 (-11%)	.344 (-19%)	.395 (-10%)	.739 (-14%)	-237.7
1922	WS1	AL	32	71	4	21	2	1	1	14	3	20	.296	.285 (+4%)	.345 (-6%)	.397 (-1%)	.743 (-3%)	-49.5
1923	WS1	AL	35	78	6	15	1	2	0	9	3	23	.192	.282 (-32%)	.344 (-36%)	.390 (-34%)	.734 (-35%)	-459.2
1924	WS1	AL	33	72	7	22	1	0	0	8	5	8	.306	.283 (+8%)	.345 (+2%)	.389 (-18%)	.734 (-9%)	-86.0
1925	WS1	AL	38	69	5	12	0	1	1	5	2	20	.174	.288 (-40%)	.349 (-44%)	.407 (-39%)	.756 (-41%)	-486.1
1926	SLA	AL	34	86	4	23	4	1	1	5	4	19	.267	.279 (-4%)	.345 (-13%)	.390 (-5%)	.735 (-9%)	-141.4
1927	SLA	AL	13	28	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	9	.107	—	—	—	—	0.0
1927	WS1	AL	15	36	2	5	1	0	0	6	2	7	.139	—	—	—	—	0.0
1928	WS1	AL	20	33	1	10	0	0	0	3	1	7	.303	—	—	—	—	0.0
1928	NYA	AL	7	15	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	5	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
1929	NYA	AL	26	42	3	10	1	0	0	5	1	8	.238	—	—	—	—	0.0
1930	NYA	AL	3	8	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1930	BSN	NL	25	54	7	13	3	0	2	8	1	10	.241	.293 (-18%)	.354 (-28%)	.429 (-5%)	.784 (-16%)	0.0
1931	BSN	NL	33	84	7	14	2	0	0	3	4	10	.167	.276 (-40%)	.338 (-40%)	.388 (-51%)	.726 (-46%)	-614.7
1932	BSN	NL	33	77	5	21	3	1	0	7	5	13	.273	.275 (-1%)	.335 (-5%)	.391 (-14%)	.726 (-10%)	-123.0
1933	BSN	NL	27	42	1	5	1	0	0	1	1	15	.119	—	—	—	—	0.0
1934	BSN	NL	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1934	BRO	NL	24	38	1	7	1	0	0	8	6	9	.184	—	—	—	—	0.0
1935	BRO	NL	25	52	3	7	0	0	0	1	5	17	.135	.279 (-52%)	.342 (-39%)	.399 (-66%)	.742 (-54%)	-447.8
1936	BRO	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	PHI	NL	8	9	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 24 seasons			546	1,122	79	254	28	12	6	112	62	261	.226	—	—	—	—	-2,739

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

Tom Zachary — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Tom Zachary — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	BB	SO	AVG
1928	WS	NYA	1	4	0	1	.000
1925	WS	WS1	1	0	0	0	.000
1924	WS	WS1	2	5	1	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Tom Zachary — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	0	4	3	0	28.1	25	9	5	10	2.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Tom Zachary — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1928	WS	NYA	1	1	1	9.0	9	3	1	7	3.00
1925	WS	WS1	0	1	0	1.2	3	2	1	0	10.80
1924	WS	WS1	2	2	2	17.2	13	4	3	3	2.04

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Tom Zachary — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	268	513	37	112	4	46	.218
Away	278	606	43	142	2	65	.234

Pitching — Home / Away

Tom Zachary — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	263	1572.0	1715	623	451	382	3.57
Away	270	1561.0	1870	673	465	337	3.88

Last 10 Games — Batting

Tom Zachary — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
1936-05-28	PHI	BRO	L	0	0	0	0	1	0
1936-05-24	PHI	NY1	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
1936-05-20	PHI	PIT	L	1	0	0	0	1	1
1936-05-13	PHI	CIN	W	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-05-10	PHI	NY1	L	3	0	0	0	0	1
1936-05-03	PHI	CHC	W	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-04-30	PHI	PIT	L	1	1	0	0	0	0
1936-04-28	PHI	PIT	W	3	2	1	2	0	0
1936-04-15	BRO	NY1	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935-09-23	BRO	PHI	W	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Tom Zachary — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1936-05-28	PHI	BRO	L	0.1	4	5	4	1	0	0
1936-05-24	PHI	NY1	L	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0
1936-05-20	PHI	PIT	L	6.0	7	7	7	3	2	2
1936-05-13	PHI	CIN	SV	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-05-10	PHI	NY1	—	7.1	7	0	0	3	3	0
1936-05-03	PHI	CHC	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1936-04-28	PHI	PIT	—	5.1	9	7	6	2	2	0
1936-04-15	BRO	NY1	—	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0
1935-09-23	BRO	PHI	SV	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1935-09-18	BRO	STL	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Tom Zachary — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	533	0	83	773	29	27

Season-by-Season Fielding

Tom Zachary — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1918	PHA	P	2	1	2	1	0
1919	WS1	P	17	3	15	0	0
1920	WS1	P	44	5	74	2	2
1921	WS1	P	39	6	70	5	1
1922	WS1	P	32	4	48	0	2
1923	WS1	P	35	9	50	0	3
1924	WS1	P	33	3	58	0	2
1925	WS1	P	38	17	50	1	1
1926	SLA	P	34	5	80	5	4
1927	SLA	P	13	3	17	1	2
1927	WS1	P	15	0	15	1	1
1928	WS1	P	20	1	32	1	2
1928	NYA	P	7	2	14	0	0
1929	NYA	P	26	2	15	2	1
1930	NYA	P	3	0	7	1	0
1930	BSN	P	24	5	24	2	2
1931	BSN	P	33	2	65	2	1
1932	BSN	P	32	4	39	1	1
1933	BSN	P	26	1	32	0	0
1934	BSN	P	5	0	5	0	0
1934	BRO	P	22	5	18	2	0
1935	BRO	P	25	5	38	2	2
1936	BRO	P	1	0	0	0	0
1936	PHI	P	7	0	5	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Tom Zachary Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	533

College History

Tom Zachary — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Guilford College	Greensboro	NC	1917, 1918

Award Voting History

Tom Zachary — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1926	Most Valuable Player	AL	23th	2.0	64	0

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Career Spans

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Tom Zachary: the record in brief

Tom Zachary's major league career runs from a debut on July 11, 1918 to a final game on May 28, 1936. By club, Zachary's seasons break down as the Philadelphia Athletics (1918), the Washington Senators (1919 to 1928), the St. Louis Browns (1926 to 1927), the New York Yankees (1928 through 1930), the Boston Braves (1930 through 1934), the Brooklyn Dodgers (1934 to 1936), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1936). Zachary is listed as a pitcher at 6 feet, 1 inch and 187 pounds. The bio says Zachary both batted and threw left-handed. The recorded birth is May 7, 1896, in Graham, NC, USA. The bio records the death on January 24, 1969, in Burlington, NC, USA. Tom Zachary was the playing name; the full given name is Jonathan Thompson Walton.

Zachary's career pitching line is 186 wins, 191 losses and a 3.73 ERA over 533 appearances. The totals include 720 strikeouts, 186 complete games, 24 shutouts, and 22 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tom Zachary

What years did Tom Zachary play?: Tom Zachary played in Major League Baseball from 1918 to 1936.
Was Tom Zachary a pitcher?: Yes. Tom Zachary pitched in the major leagues, recording 186 wins and 720 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tom Zachary hit?: Tom Zachary hit 6 career home runs with 254 hits.
What teams did Tom Zachary play for?: Tom Zachary played for 7 teams: the Philadelphia Athletics (1918), the Washington Senators (1919–1925, 1927–1928), the St. Louis Browns (1926–1927), the New York Yankees (1928–1930), the Boston Braves (1930–1934), the Brooklyn Dodgers (1934–1936), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1936).
What were Tom Zachary's career stats?: In 533 games, Tom Zachary went 186-191 with a 3.73 ERA, 720 strikeouts, 3,126.1 innings pitched, and 22 saves. At the plate he had 254 hits and 6 home runs.
What position did Tom Zachary play?: Tom Zachary played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Tom Zachary and how much did he weigh?: Tom Zachary was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 187 pounds.
What was Tom Zachary's career ERA?: Tom Zachary finished with a 3.73 career ERA, going 186-191 with 720 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Tom Zachary have?: Tom Zachary recorded 720 career strikeouts.
Is Tom Zachary in the Hall of Fame?: No. Tom Zachary has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.