Tom Zachary

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

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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
186 191 533 409 186 24 22 3126.3 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

Pitching Career Arc

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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 61.7 68 20 20 9 2.92 3.09 (+5%) -231.8
1920 WS1 AL 15 16 44 31 19 3 2 262.7 289 110 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 1 184.7 190 64 43 37 3.12 4.18 (+25%) 1034.3
1923 WS1 AL 10 16 35 29 10 0 0 204.3 270 102 63 40 4.49 4.03 (-11%) -847.4
1924 WS1 AL 15 9 33 27 13 1 2 202.7 198 62 53 45 2.75 4.13 (+33%) 1139.3
1925 WS1 AL 12 15 38 33 11 1 2 217.7 247 93 74 58 3.85 4.55 (+16%) -881.9
1926 SLA AL 14 15 34 31 18 3 0 247.3 264 99 97 53 3.60 4.11 (+12%) -3208.9
1927 SLA AL 4 6 13 12 6 0 0 78.3 110 38 27 13 4.37 4.08 (-7%) -731.6
1927 WS1 AL 4 7 15 14 5 1 0 102.7 116 45 30 13 3.94 4.08 (+3%) 150.3
1928 WS1 AL 6 9 20 14 5 1 0 102.7 130 62 40 19 5.44 4.13 (-32%) -1081.3
1928 NYA AL 3 3 7 6 3 0 1 45.7 54 20 15 7 3.94 4.13 (+5%) 87.9
1929 NYA AL 12 0 26 11 7 2 2 119.7 131 33 30 35 2.48 4.60 (+46%) 1521.3
1930 NYA AL 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 16.7 18 12 9 1 6.48 4.80 (-35%) -128.1
1930 BSN NL 11 5 24 22 10 1 0 151.3 192 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 2 101.7 122 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 0.3 2 2 1 0 54.00 — 0.0
1936 PHI NL 0 3 7 2 0 0 1 20.3 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

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

Career Arc

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

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

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1928 WS NYA 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1925 WS WS1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1924 WS WS1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 0 4 3 0 28.3 25 9 5 10 2.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1928 WS NYA 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 9 3 1 7 3.00
1925 WS WS1 0 0 1 0 0 1.7 3 2 1 0 10.80
1924 WS WS1 2 0 2 2 0 17.7 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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home26851337112446.218
Away27860643142265.234

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2631572.017156234513823.57
Away2701561.018706734653373.88

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1936-05-28 PHIBROL 000000010
1936-05-24 PHINY1L 100000001
1936-05-20 PHIPITL 100000011
1936-05-13 PHICINW 000000000
1936-05-10 PHINY1L 300000001
1936-05-03 PHICHCW 000000000
1936-04-30 PHIPITL 101000000
1936-04-28 PHIPITW 302100200
1936-04-15 BRONY1L 000000000
1935-09-23 BROPHIW 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1936-05-28 PHIBRO L 0.1454100
1936-05-24 PHINY1 L 0.2111200
1936-05-20 PHIPIT L 6.0777322
1936-05-13 PHICIN SV 0.1000000
1936-05-10 PHINY1 — 7.1700330
1936-05-03 PHICHC — 0.1000010
1936-04-28 PHIPIT — 5.1976220
1936-04-15 BRONY1 — 0.1222100
1935-09-23 BROPHI SV 3.0300000
1935-09-18 BROSTL L 6.0744200

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 533 0 83 773 29 27

Season-by-Season Fielding

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

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 533

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Guilford College Greensboro NC 1917, 1918

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1926 Most Valuable Player AL 23th 2.0 64 0

Most Similar Players

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

Career Spans

Tom Zachary (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    George Uhle
    200-166, 3.99 ERA
  2. 95
    Mel Harder
    223-186, 3.80 ERA
  3. 85
    Jesse Haines HOF
    210-158, 3.64 ERA
  4. 85
    Bill Lee
    169-157, 3.54 ERA
  5. 84
    Larry French
    197-171, 3.44 ERA
  6. 84
    Howard Ehmke
    166-166, 3.75 ERA

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.