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Thad Bosley
Thaddis Bosley Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 17, 1956 in Oceanside, CA
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1977
Final Game: May 30, 1990
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1977 20 CAL AL 58 235 212 19 63 10 2 0 19 5 4 16 32 .297 .346 .363 .710 98 77 4 1 4 2 0 87
1978 21 CHW AL 66 236 219 25 59 5 1 2 13 12 11 13 32 .269 .308 .329 .636 79 72 4 0 2 2 1 879
1979 22 CHW AL 36 86 77 13 24 1 1 1 8 4 1 9 14 .312 .384 .390 .773 110 30 1 0 0 0 0 7/98D
1980 23 CHW AL 70 162 147 12 33 2 0 2 14 3 2 10 27 .224 .272 .279 .551 52 41 5 0 4 1 3 78/9
1981 24 MIL AL 42 112 105 11 24 2 0 0 3 2 1 6 13 .229 .270 .248 .518 54 26 4 0 1 0 0 9/87D
1982 25 SEA AL 22 50 46 3 8 1 0 0 2 3 1 4 8 .174 .240 .196 .436 20 9 1 0 0 0 0 7/89
1983 26 CHC NL 43 83 72 12 21 4 1 2 12 1 1 10 12 .292 .373 .458 .832 126 33 0 0 0 1 1 7/98
1984 27 CHC NL 55 112 98 17 29 2 2 2 14 5 1 13 22 .296 .375 .418 .793 116 41 1 0 0 1 2 97/8
1985 28 CHC NL 108 202 180 25 59 6 3 7 27 5 1 20 29 .328 .391 .511 .902 141 92 3 0 0 2 1 7/98
1986 29 CHC NL 87 139 120 15 33 4 1 1 9 3 0 18 24 .275 .370 .350 .720 95 42 3 0 1 0 3 7/98
1987 30 KCR AL 80 152 140 13 39 6 1 1 16 0 0 9 26 .279 .318 .357 .675 78 50 2 0 1 2 2 9D7/8
1988 31 TOT AL 50 109 96 10 25 5 0 0 9 1 1 8 18 .260 .306 .313 .618 76 30 2 0 1 4 1 7/D89
1988 31 KCR AL 15 24 21 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .190 .250 .190 .440 25 4 0 0 0 1 1 /8D79
1988 31 CAL AL 35 85 75 9 21 5 0 0 7 1 1 6 12 .280 .321 .347 .668 90 26 2 0 1 3 0 7/D9
1989 32 TEX AL 37 44 40 5 9 2 0 1 9 2 0 3 11 .225 .273 .350 .623 73 14 2 0 0 1 0 /7D9
1990 33 TEX AL 30 33 29 3 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 4 7 .138 .242 .241 .484 36 7 1 0 0 0 1 /7D89
14 Seasons 784 1755 1581 183 430 50 12 20 158 47 24 143 275 .272 .330 .357 .686 89 564 33 1 14 16 15
162 Game Avg. 162 363 327 38 89 10 2 4 33 10 5 30 57 .272 .330 .357 .686 89 117 7 0 3 3 3
CHC (4 yrs) 293 536 470 69 142 16 7 12 62 14 3 61 87 .302 .379 .443 .822 122 208 7 0 1 4 7
CHW (3 yrs) 172 484 443 50 116 8 2 5 35 19 14 32 73 .262 .310 .323 .632 76 143 10 0 6 3 4
KCR (2 yrs) 95 176 161 14 43 6 1 1 18 0 0 11 32 .267 .309 .335 .644 71 54 2 0 1 3 3
TEX (2 yrs) 67 77 69 8 13 2 0 2 12 3 0 7 18 .188 .260 .304 .564 58 21 3 0 0 1 1
CAL (2 yrs) 93 320 287 28 84 15 2 0 26 6 5 22 44 .293 .340 .359 .699 96 103 6 1 5 5 0
SEA (1 yr) 22 50 46 3 8 1 0 0 2 3 1 4 8 .174 .240 .196 .436 20 9 1 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 42 112 105 11 24 2 0 0 3 2 1 6 13 .229 .270 .248 .518 54 26 4 0 1 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 491 1219 1111 114 288 34 5 8 96 33 21 82 188 .259 .308 .320 .628 75 356 26 1 13 12 8
NL (4 yrs) 293 536 470 69 142 16 7 12 62 14 3 61 87 .302 .379 .443 .822 122 208 7 0 1 4 7

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 24 MIL AL ALDS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 CAL AL 20 OF 55 52 456.1 136 130 1 5 0 .963 -2.0 -5.3 -1.0 -3.0 2.0 -1 2.58 2.38 .979 2.34 2.03
1977 CAL AL 20 CF 35 33 295.0 98 92 1 5 0 .949 -0.4 -1.6 -0.4 -3.2 2.8 0 2.84 2.66 .984 2.83 2.49
1977 CAL AL 20 LF 21 19 161.1 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -11.9 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 -1 2.12 1.81 .976 2.11 1.74
1978 CHW AL 21 OF 64 55 478.0 162 155 3 4 0 .975 4.4 11.0 5.4 1.8 3.7 -1 2.97 2.47 .979 2.47 2.13
1978 CHW AL 21 CF 39 34 301.0 112 107 3 2 0 .982 2.4 9.6 3.4 0.2 3.2 -1 3.29 2.82 .984 2.97 2.64
1978 CHW AL 21 LF 15 8 85.0 31 29 0 2 0 .935 4.2 59.3 3.2 1.8 1.5 1 3.07 1.93 .974 2.21 1.78
1978 CHW AL 21 RF 14 13 92.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -28.7 -1.2 -0.2 -1.0 -1 1.76 1.29 .978 2.24 1.85
1979 CHW AL 22 OF 28 16 160.1 61 57 2 2 1 .967 6.7 50.1 6.7 0.8 5.8 0 3.31 2.11 .982 2.46 2.13
1979 CHW AL 22 LF 20 10 105.1 48 44 2 2 1 .958 4.3 49.0 5.3 1.0 4.2 -1 3.93 2.30 .981 2.22 1.80
1979 CHW AL 22 RF 6 5 49.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.5 61.2 1.5 -0.1 1.6 1 2.57 2.33 .979 2.24 1.88
1979 CHW AL 22 CF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.85 2.60
1979 CHW AL 22 DH 1
1980 CHW AL 23 OF 52 30 310.2 96 91 1 4 0 .958 -0.2 -0.8 3.8 2.3 1.4 -4 2.67 1.77 .979 2.47 2.15
1980 CHW AL 23 LF 33 15 166.2 46 45 0 1 0 .978 -0.2 -1.4 1.8 1.9 -0.2 -2 2.43 1.36 .980 2.35 1.92
1980 CHW AL 23 CF 18 15 133.0 49 45 1 3 0 .939 0.1 0.9 2.1 0.5 1.6 -2 3.11 2.56 .984 2.92 2.65
1980 CHW AL 23 RF 4 0 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.82 0.25 1.000 2.13 1.78
1981 MIL AL 24 OF 37 22 222.1 58 55 1 2 0 .966 -0.1 -0.5 -1.1 -1.4 0.3 1 2.27 1.51 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 MIL AL 24 RF 20 12 124.0 37 34 1 2 0 .946 1.2 11.6 0.2 0.7 -0.5 1 2.54 1.75 .981 2.16 1.75
1981 MIL AL 24 CF 8 5 51.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 16.4 0.7 -0.6 1.3 0 2.28 1.63 .985 2.89 2.61
1981 MIL AL 24 LF 8 5 47.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -51.1 -2.0 -1.5 -0.5 0 0.77 0.50 .975 2.37 1.99
1981 MIL AL 24 DH 1
1982 SEA AL 25 OF 19 8 109.1 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 -4.0 -43.9 -4.0 -1.1 -3.0 0 1.07 0.68 .985 2.47 2.15
1982 SEA AL 25 LF 15 3 66.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -34.4 -1.9 -0.8 -1.2 0 1.22 0.60 .978 2.29 1.91
1982 SEA AL 25 CF 3 3 26.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -96.9 -2.1 -0.3 -1.8 0 0.69 0.67 1.000 2.84 2.50
1982 SEA AL 25 RF 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.06 1.00 1.000 2.28 1.90
1983 CHC NL 26 OF 20 12 115.0 28 27 1 0 1 1.000 -1.3 -13.6 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 -1 2.19 1.40 .979 2.27 1.92
1983 CHC NL 26 LF 17 9 90.0 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -12.0 0.1 0.4 -0.3 -1 2.40 1.41 .975 2.03 1.60
1983 CHC NL 26 RF 3 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -13.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 1.50 1.00 .967 2.00 1.63
1983 CHC NL 26 CF 1 1 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.86 3.00 .967 2.83 2.40
1984 CHC NL 27 OF 33 16 179.1 42 39 2 1 0 .976 -2.0 -13.4 -2.0 -0.7 -1.3 0 2.06 1.24 .979 2.27 1.91
1984 CHC NL 27 RF 21 12 127.1 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -14.1 -1.5 -0.8 -0.8 0 2.12 1.43 .980 2.07 1.69
1984 CHC NL 27 LF 11 4 47.0 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -0.5 -12.8 -0.5 0.1 -0.5 0 1.91 0.91 .973 2.03 1.53
1984 CHC NL 27 CF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.40
1985 CHC NL 28 OF 55 30 287.0 85 84 0 1 0 .988 4.7 19.7 4.7 -0.8 5.4 0 2.63 1.53 .979 2.20 1.88
1985 CHC NL 28 LF 46 23 220.0 61 60 0 1 0 .984 2.4 13.1 2.4 -1.2 3.6 0 2.45 1.30 .977 1.92 1.50
1985 CHC NL 28 RF 8 6 49.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 29.4 1.2 0.4 0.7 0 2.57 1.75 .979 2.02 1.68
1985 CHC NL 28 CF 7 1 18.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 73.3 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 4.00 1.14 .975 2.65 2.26
1986 CHC NL 29 OF 41 11 164.0 32 31 0 1 0 .969 0.3 2.2 0.3 0.7 -0.4 0 1.70 0.76 .978 2.19 1.82
1986 CHC NL 29 LF 32 9 135.1 25 24 0 1 0 .960 -1.0 -8.9 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 0 1.60 0.75 .976 1.97 1.44
1986 CHC NL 29 RF 8 2 27.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 52.7 1.2 1.4 -0.2 0 2.63 1.00 .975 1.98 1.62
1986 CHC NL 29 CF 2 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 90.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 6.75 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.05
1987 KCR AL 30 OF 28 12 128.2 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -0.1 -0.9 0.9 1.8 -1.0 -1 1.96 1.00 .979 2.31 2.00
1987 KCR AL 30 RF 14 7 76.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -3.2 0.8 1.3 -0.5 -1 1.78 1.07 .980 2.12 1.75
1987 KCR AL 30 DH 13
1987 KCR AL 30 LF 13 5 50.2 13 12 0 1 0 .923 0.4 9.5 0.4 0.5 -0.2 0 2.13 0.92 .977 2.11 1.73
1987 KCR AL 30 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1988 TOT AL 31 OF 32 20 198.2 61 59 0 2 0 .967 1.4 8.5 2.4 1.1 1.3 -1 2.67 1.84 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 TOT AL 31 LF 25 19 176.2 56 54 0 2 0 .964 1.5 10.2 2.5 1.2 1.3 -1 2.75 2.16 .979 2.26 1.85
1988 TOT AL 31 DH 6
1988 TOT AL 31 RF 3 1 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 24.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 .967 2.22 1.90
1988 KCR AL 31 OF 6 1 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -6.7 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 2.00 0.67 .975 2.45 2.13
1988 KCR AL 31 CF 4 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.29 0.25 1.000 2.96 2.52
1988 KCR AL 31 DH 4
1988 KCR AL 31 LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.30 1.80
1988 KCR AL 31 RF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .950 2.25 1.90
1988 CAL AL 31 OF 26 19 180.2 57 55 0 2 0 .965 1.5 10.0 2.5 1.0 1.5 -1 2.74 2.12 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 CAL AL 31 LF 24 18 167.2 55 53 0 2 0 .964 1.7 12.2 2.7 1.2 1.5 -1 2.84 2.21 .978 2.26 1.85
1988 CAL AL 31 DH 2
1988 CAL AL 31 RF 2 1 13.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -18.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.77 2.00 .975 2.22 1.90
1989 TEX AL 32 OF 8 2 24.2 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -14.6 0.7 0.7 0.0 -1 4.74 1.63 .977 2.41 2.12
1989 TEX AL 32 LF 6 2 20.2 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -17.4 0.7 0.7 0.0 -1 4.35 1.67 .980 2.18 1.83
1989 TEX AL 32 DH 5
1989 TEX AL 32 RF 2 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 1.50 .967 2.25 1.90
1990 TEX AL 33 OF 9 3 32.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.7 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 1.10 0.44 .975 2.40 2.04
1990 TEX AL 33 LF 7 3 28.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -8.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 0 0.63 0.29 1.000 2.20 1.74
1990 TEX AL 33 DH 4
1990 TEX AL 33 CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1990 TEX AL 33 RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
14 Seasons OF 481 289 2867.0 820 784 13 23 3 .972 7.4 3.1 16.4 2.7 13.3 -9 2.50 1.66 .979 2.38 2.04
14 Seasons LF 269 134 1400.2 378 361 6 11 3 .971 4.2 3.6 10.2 3.6 6.4 -6 2.36 1.36 .978 2.14 1.70
13 Seasons CF 122 93 853.2 290 275 5 10 0 .966 1.0 1.4 4.0 -3.7 7.7 -3 2.95 2.30 .984 2.89 2.55
13 Seasons RF 106 62 612.2 151 147 2 2 0 .987 2.2 4.3 2.2 2.8 -0.8 0 2.19 1.41 .979 2.14 1.75
6 Seasons DH 30
14 Seasons TOT 481 289 2867.0 820 784 13 23 3 .972 7.4 3.1 16.4 2.7 13.3 -9 2.50 1.66 .951 2.38 2.04
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1977 AL--born 1956-09-17--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1916), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2534), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

December 5, 1977: Traded by the California Angels with Bobby Bonds and Richard Dotson to the Chicago White Sox for Brian Downing, Dave Frost and Chris Knapp.

April 1, 1981: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers for John Poff.

March 5, 1982: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Seattle Mariners for Mike Parrott.

September 5, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

February 14, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

March 30, 1983: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Oakland Athletics.

March 30, 1987: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Dave Gumpert to the Kansas City Royals for Jim Sundberg.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

January 5, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

May 27, 1988: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

June 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

June 8, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 2, 1989: Released by the Texas Rangers.

December 19, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

June 2, 1990: Released by the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago Cubs$215,000
1986Chicago Cubs$327,500
1987Kansas City Royals$457,500
1988Kansas City Royals$400,000
1990Texas Rangers$250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,650,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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