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Thomas James Fordham (born February 20, 1974) is an American former professional baseball
pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...
. He played during two seasons at the
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for the
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. He was drafted by the White Sox in the 11th round of the 1993 MLB draft. Fordham played his first professional season with their Rookie league GCL White Sox in . He made his major league debut in 1997. He was called upon once again in 1998. Following a poor performance in 1999, Fordham was signed by the
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. He pitched in their Triple-A (
Indianapolis Indians The Indianapolis Indians are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. They are located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and play their home games at Victory ...
) team in 2000 and in 2001. He missed the 2002 season due to injury. He split his last season between the
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' Double-A (
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) and their Triple-A (
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) teams.


References


"Tom Fordham Statistics".
''The Baseball Cube''. 9 January 2008.
"Tom Fordham Statistics".
''Baseball-Reference''. 9 January 2008.


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1974 births Living people Altoona Curve players American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseball players from San Diego Birmingham Barons players Calgary Cannons players Charlotte Knights players Chicago White Sox players Grossmont Griffins baseball players Gulf Coast White Sox players Hickory Crawdads players Indianapolis Indians players Major League Baseball pitchers Nashville Sounds players Prince William Cannons players Sarasota White Sox players South Bend Silver Hawks players 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1970s-stub