Tom Poorman

{{Short description|American baseball player (1857–1905)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tom Poorman

|image=Tom Poorman.jpg

|position=Outfielder

|birth_date={{Birth date|1857|10|14}}

|birth_place=Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1905|2|18|1857|10|14}}

|death_place=Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 5

|debutyear=1880

|debutteam=Buffalo Bisons

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 18

|finalyear=1888

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat2label=Hits

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat4label=Stolen bases

|stat1value=.244

|stat2value=498

|stat3value=172

|stat4value=165

|teams=

• Buffalo Bisons (1880)
• Chicago White Stockings (1880)
• Toledo Blue Stockings (1884)
• Boston Beaneaters (1885–1886)
• Philadelphia Athletics (1887–1888)

|highlights=

}}

Thomas Iverson Poorman (October 19, 1857 – February 18, 1905) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher.The Metropolitans Again Victors, New York Times, June 16, 1881, Pg. 2. Poorman played in the majors from {{Baseball year|1880}}-{{Baseball year|1888}} for the New York Metropolitans, Buffalo Bisons, Chicago White Stockings, Toledo Blue Stockings, Philadelphia Athletics, and Boston Beaneaters.