Tommy
Cuccia
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 235
 
Born: May 5, 1946 in Mexico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1980   
Slick Fielder Award 1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 27 OMA JL $ 1,438,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1974 28 OMA JL $ 1,438,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1975 29 VAL JL $ 1,250,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1976 30 VAL JL $ 1,250,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1977 31 WAS JL $ 1,250,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1978 32 SLC FL $ 3,000,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1979 33 LOU JL $ 5,300,100 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1980 34 LOU JL $ 5,300,100 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,250,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 5,300,100 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 35 LOU JL $ 5,300,100   8 8 8 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 16 16 16
1982 36 BRK FL $ 300,001   6 6 6 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 13 13 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,001   6 6 6 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 13 13 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,300,100   8 8 8 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 16 16 16
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 27 OMA JL 129 360 39 83 19 3 9 41 5 3 32 72 .231 .296 .375 .671 39.3 3.7
1974 28 OMA JL 132 327 47 85 10 6 10 40 0 0 42 71 .260 .350 .419 .769 48.1 9.0
1975 29 VAL JL 119 324 26 61 12 2 4 27 4 8 30 83 .188 .266 .275 .541 21.6 0.0
    AAA   8 33 4 8 1 0 0 7 3 1 5 8 .242 .342 .273 .615 3.7  
1976 30 VAL JL 137 430 52 94 20 4 14 46 13 6 41 97 .219 .291 .381 .673 50.3 8.4
1977 31 VAL JL 10 21 2 7 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 3 .333 .391 .619 1.010 4.5 1.3
  WAS JL 135 483 44 125 28 5 10 63 10 7 39 136 .259 .317 .400 .717 59.1 7.5
  TOT   145 504 46 132 31 5 11 68 10 7 41 139 .262 .320 .409 .729 63.6 8.8
1978 32 SLC FL 146 471 51 113 21 4 14 68 1 2 36 118 .240 .298 .391 .689 56.9 8.3
1979 33 LOU JL 149 532 67 137 24 7 8 53 1 0 51 101 .258 .322 .374 .696 62.8 8.4
1980 34 LOU JL 149 478 67 122 31 12 7 81 0 0 52 69 .255 .326 .414 .740 66.4 9.3
1981 35 LOU JL 113 283 34 55 17 0 5 37 0 0 29 23 .194 .270 .307 .578 24.4 0.6
1982 36 MON FL 13 21 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .143 .174 .190 .364 0.8 0.0
    AAA   23 72 13 20 2 0 5 16 3 1 14 10 .278 .395 .514 .909 15.1  
10 Years Sim 1232 3730 431 885 186 43 82 463 34 26 355 776 .237 .306 .376 .682 434.0 56.5
2 Years AAA 31 105 17 28 3 0 5 23 6 2 19 18 .267 .370 .438 .808 18.9  
162 Game Average 490 56 116 24 5 10 60 4 3 46 102 .237 .306 .376 .682 57.1  
Career Highs 149 532 67 137 31 12 14 81 13 8 52 139 .262 .350 .419 .769 66.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2683 282 615 126 28 53 294 27 19 263 550 .229 .300 .356 .657 289.8
vs LH   1047 149 270 60 15 29 169 7 7 92 226 .258 .322 .427 .749 139.3
Home 614 1821 201 423 102 20 35 207 9 11 174 382 .232 .301 .368 .669 200.7
Away 618 1909 230 462 84 23 47 256 25 15 181 394 .242 .311 .384 .695 228.4
RISP   930 0 242 60 9 21 361 0 0 103 187 .260 .326 .412 .738 127.8
Pinch Hitting   45 6 12 3 1 1 5 0 0 1 11 .267 .283 .444 .727 5.3
Close/Late   467 52 109 21 5 12 57 0 0 44 100 .233 .298 .377 .675 53.7
Mar/Apr 212 632 71 166 38 5 13 86 5 4 66 107 .263 .335 .400 .736 83.6
May 244 793 95 179 38 12 17 90 8 5 67 167 .226 .292 .368 .661 84.0
June 198 621 71 137 21 7 13 70 5 7 74 139 .221 .304 .340 .644 66.5
July 200 625 73 146 32 5 15 69 5 3 51 138 .234 .295 .373 .668 68.1
August 196 583 71 130 32 5 13 80 7 4 48 128 .223 .284 .362 .646 59.8
Sep/Oct 182 476 50 127 25 9 11 68 4 3 49 97 .267 .334 .426 .760 67.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 27 OMA JL SS 119 110 903.3 144 297 16 62 .965 4.39   2.5
    3B 5 2 23.0 0 2 1 0 .667 0.78   0.0
1974 28 OMA JL SS 100 82 738.7 90 237 8 29 .976 3.98   3.1
    3B 22 9 99.0 11 20 1 1 .969 2.82   0.2
1975 29 VAL JL SS 112 86 841.0 128 273 6 47 .985 4.29   4.9
    3B 3 0 7.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.52   0.1
1976 30 VAL JL SS 116 107 978.7 150 286 12 56 .973 4.01   5.9
    3B 17 12 117.0 9 22 1 2 .969 2.38   0.3
1977 31 VAL JL SS 10 10 52.6 8 17 1 3 .962 4.28   0.3
    3B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  WAS JL SS 132 131 1214.4 173 403 12 76 .980 4.27   7.1
    3B 3 0 5.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 142 141 1267.0 181 420 13 79 .979 4.27   7.3
      3B 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1978 32 SLC FL SS 135 134 1117.3 174 467 14 81 .979 5.16   7.8
    3B 10 9 81.3 2 17 0 1 1.000 2.10   0.2
1979 33 LOU JL SS 147 143 1279.0 197 397 11 80 .982 4.18   7.5
    LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 34 LOU JL SS 148 148 1266.0 162 407 26 76 .956 4.05   5.4
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 35 LOU JL SS 107 94 790.0 121 248 8 43 .979 4.20   2.6
1982 36 MON FL SS 5 4 33.0 2 13 0 1 1.000 4.09   0.0
    3B 3 2 17.0 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.71   0.2
  SS 1131 1049 9214.0 1349 3045 114 554 .975 4.29   47.1
  3B 64 34 352.0 22 71 3 5 .969 2.38   1.0
  LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1196 1084 9574.0 1371 3116 117 559 .975 4.22   48.1
Career Highs   149 148 1287.0 197 484 26 82 1.000 4.96    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 31 WAS JL 9 32 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 .156 .250 .156 .406
1980 34 LOU JL 18 60 6 9 2 1 1 2 0 0 6 11 .150 .227 .267 .494
Career Post-Season Batting 27 92 10 14 2 1 1 2 0 0 9 28 .152 .235 .228 .464
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1980-5-12
Strikeouts
1977-3-139
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 13th round, 291st overall pick, by Omaha in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/3/1973, off Scooter Webster (MRQ)
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1973, off Jerome Winter (CAL)
Signed as a free agent by Valencia on 2/2/1975 to a 3-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Traded from Valencia to Washington on 4/21/1977 (Going to VAL: P T. Regina. Going to WAS: SS T. Cuccia)
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/12/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1978
Signed as a free agent by Louisville on 2/5/1979 to a 3-year deal worth $5,300,100 per year
Injured on 4/21/1979 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Landis Memorial Series with Louisville in 1980