Tom Glavine
inducted in 2011
Tom Glavine had a pretty unexciting start in the Illowa APBA League. Winning just two games in his first years, I’m not sure anyone paid much attention to him. After a ten-win season in his third season in 1990, his trade value was as high it would ever get so it seemed. So Chicago Champion management traded him for an aging Kirk Gibson to the Twin City Thunderchickens. After that he never looked back.
After a mediocre 7-9 season, Glavine put together a string of 12 seasons of double digit wins (after a season of injuries in 2004, he won 10 or more for three more years). That first year in 1996, he showed his talent winning 17 with a 2.96 ERA and struck out 219. Glavine was a workhorse. For 14 out of 15 years, he threw at least 210 innings for Twin City explaining why he’s in the top ten in so many pitching categories.
Glavine’s best season was arguably 1999. That was the year everything just came together for the Twin City Thunderchickens. Glavine’s amazing performance was almost overshadowed by teammate Mark McGwire’s record breaking 70 homeruns but that year, he simply couldn’t lose. With a record of 21-7 and a 3.23, he showed why Thunderchicken management had already deemed him “untradeable”. By the end of the year, Glavine had not only helped the team to their first 100 win season under their current manager’s reign but also brought home a league championship.
After 19 years with the team, Tom Glavine retired a Thunderchicken in 2009. He will forever epitomize what it means to be part of that team.
Glavine’s accomplishments
- tied for 3rd all-time in wins with 247
- 5th in strikeouts with 2797
- third in shutouts with 36
- third in games started with 582
- fourth in complete games with 148
- third in innings pitched with 4231 2/3
- 12 years in a row with 10 wins or more
- World Series ring in 1999
| YEAR | CLUB | G | GS | CG | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | W | L | Sv | ShO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | CHAMPS | 16 | 0 | 0 | 36 1/3 | 46 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.71 |
| 1989 | CHAMPS | 39 | 0 | 0 | 98 1/3 | 130 | 70 | 68 | 33 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6.22 |
| 1990 | CHAMPS | 29 | 29 | 4 | 180 | 175 | 94 | 88 | 61 | 89 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4.40 |
| 1991 | TCHIX | 48 | 18 | 5 | 157 1/3 | 225 | 101 | 92 | 47 | 114 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5.26 |
| 1992 | TCHIX | 34 | 34 | 15 | 246 2/3 | 164 | 88 | 81 | 79 | 219 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2.96 |
| 1993 | TCHIX | 33 | 33 | 9 | 225 | 184 | 96 | 88 | 86 | 177 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3.52 |
| 1994 | TCHIX | 36 | 36 | 7 | 239 | 193 | 109 | 104 | 88 | 143 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3.92 |
| 1995 | TCHIX | 36 | 36 | 4 | 210 2/3 | 203 | 114 | 113 | 80 | 127 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4.83 |
| 1996 | TCHIX | 33 | 33 | 9 | 224 | 180 | 111 | 103 | 81 | 130 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4.14 |
| 1997 | TCHIX | 30 | 30 | 14 | 220 | 186 | 120 | 113 | 90 | 145 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4.62 |
| 1998 | TCHIX | 32 | 32 | 10 | 235 | 190 | 101 | 94 | 66 | 150 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3.60 |
| 1999 | TCHIX | 31 | 31 | 10 | 228 2/3 | 139 | 91 | 82 | 89 | 200 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3.23 |
| 2000 | TCHIX | 34 | 34 | 7 | 219 | 207 | 141 | 125 | 78 | 155 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 5.14 |
| 2001 | TCHIX | 33 | 33 | 11 | 240 2/3 | 201 | 128 | 115 | 69 | 183 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4.30 |
| 2002 | TCHIX | 32 | 32 | 5 | 216 | 168 | 104 | 92 | 73 | 136 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3.83 |
| 2003 | TCHIX | 33 | 33 | 4 | 224 2/3 | 176 | 117 | 105 | 94 | 159 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4.21 |
| 2004 | TCHIX | 38 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 117 | 58 | 55 | 44 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5.21 |
| 2005 | TCHIX | 33 | 33 | 6 | 212 | 178 | 101 | 93 | 67 | 133 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3.95 |
| 2006 | TCHIX | 32 | 32 | 7 | 211 1/3 | 122 | 76 | 76 | 86 | 116 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3.24 |
| 2007 | TCHIX | 27 | 27 | 9 | 186 | 135 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 130 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3.10 |
| 2008 | TCHIX | 30 | 30 | 8 | 200 | 215 | 119 | 112 | 66 | 81 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5.04 |
| 2009 | TCHIX | 24 | 16 | 4 | 126 | 143 | 78 | 69 | 52 | 77 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 |
| 22 | Totals | 713 | 582 | 148 | 4231 2/3 | 3677 | 2102 | 1951 | 1512 | 2797 | 247 | 202 | 11 | 36 | 4.15 |