Marcus Thames
Marcus Markley Thames
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 6, 1977 in Louisville, MS
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed May 16, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2002
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Standard Fielding

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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 NYY AL 25 OF 7 2 30.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 12.0 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 2.10 1.00 .986 2.34 2.04
2002 NYY AL 25 RF 4 2 25.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 1.80 1.25 .980 2.12 1.82
2002 NYY AL 25 LF 3 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.60 0.67 1.000 2.16 1.73
2003 TEX AL 26 OF 24 21 180.2 38 37 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -6.6 0.0 -2.6 2.6 -1 1.89 1.58 .984 2.35 2.08
2003 TEX AL 26 RF 20 19 161.2 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 5.2 1.7 -0.9 2.6 -1 1.84 1.65 .979 2.11 1.79
2003 TEX AL 26 DH 4
2003 TEX AL 26 LF 4 2 19.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -107.4 -1.7 -1.7 0.0 0 2.37 1.25 .980 2.18 1.85
2004 DET AL 27 OF 52 38 367.0 97 94 3 0 1 1.000 7.4 24.2 7.4 4.8 2.6 0 2.38 1.87 .985 2.30 2.05
2004 DET AL 27 LF 40 31 298.2 81 78 3 0 1 1.000 5.9 23.7 5.9 4.5 1.4 0 2.44 2.03 .983 2.04 1.73
2004 DET AL 27 RF 12 7 68.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 26.3 1.5 0.3 1.2 0 2.11 1.33 .981 2.21 1.92
2004 DET AL 27 DH 5
2005 DET AL 28 OF 31 25 235.0 46 45 0 1 0 .978 -1.3 -6.6 -2.3 -3.1 0.8 1 1.72 1.45 .987 2.30 2.05
2005 DET AL 28 LF 21 16 153.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -7.1 -0.9 -1.0 0.1 0 1.82 1.48 .987 2.10 1.79
2005 DET AL 28 RF 10 9 82.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0.4 -5.9 -1.4 -2.1 0.7 1 1.54 1.40 .980 2.12 1.83
2005 DET AL 28 DH 4
2006 DET AL 29 OF 59 57 444.2 87 84 1 2 0 .977 -5.1 -13.8 -4.1 -3.3 -0.8 -1 1.72 1.44 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 DET AL 29 LF 54 52 400.2 73 70 1 2 0 .973 -6.5 -19.5 -5.5 -3.8 -1.7 -1 1.59 1.31 .986 2.06 1.69
2006 DET AL 29 DH 45
2006 DET AL 29 RF 5 5 44.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 38.2 1.4 0.5 0.9 0 2.86 2.80 .986 2.21 1.84
2007 DET AL 30 OF 46 35 313.2 80 77 1 2 1 .975 0.7 2.7 0.7 1.5 -0.8 0 2.24 1.70 .988 2.30 2.00
2007 DET AL 30 LF 37 32 276.2 70 67 1 2 1 .971 1.0 4.3 1.0 1.4 -0.4 0 2.21 1.84 .986 2.11 1.71
2007 DET AL 30 1B 33 31 195.1 197 180 15 2 17 .990 0.4 2.5 0.4 -1.8 2.2 0 8.98 5.91 .995 9.37 7.93
2007 DET AL 30 RF 9 3 37.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -9.7 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 2.43 1.11 .980 2.09 1.77
2007 DET AL 30 DH 6
2008 DET AL 31 OF 80 71 513.0 136 128 3 5 1 .963 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 2.30 1.64 .986 2.31 2.02
2008 DET AL 31 LF 73 69 488.0 128 120 3 5 1 .961 -1.0 -2.5 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 0 2.27 1.68 .984 2.05 1.66
2008 DET AL 31 DH 13
2008 DET AL 31 1B 9 3 41.0 35 34 1 0 10 1.000 -1.5 -43.9 -1.5 -1.2 -0.3 0 7.68 3.89 .994 9.26 8.01
2008 DET AL 31 RF 7 2 25.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 43.2 0.9 -0.8 1.7 0 2.88 1.14 .988 2.16 1.83
2009 DET AL 32 DH 50
2009 DET AL 32 LF 20 17 125.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.37 0.95 .984 2.12 1.80
2009 DET AL 32 OF 20 17 125.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.37 0.95 .984 2.33 2.04
2009 DET AL 32 1B 2 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 1.50 1.000 9.00 8.10
8 Seasons OF 319 266 2209.0 510 491 9 10 3 .980 0.9 0.5 1.9 -2.6 4.5 -1 2.04 1.57 .986 2.31 2.03
8 Seasons LF 252 219 1766.0 409 392 8 9 3 .978 -2.8 -1.9 -1.8 0.2 -2.0 -1 2.04 1.59 .985 2.07 1.71
7 Seasons DH 127
7 Seasons RF 67 47 443.0 101 99 1 1 0 .990 3.7 10.0 3.7 -2.8 6.5 0 2.03 1.49 .981 2.14 1.83
3 Seasons 1B 44 34 239.1 235 217 16 2 28 .991 -1.1 -5.5 -1.1 -3.0 1.9 0 8.76 5.30 .995 9.34 7.95
8 Seasons TOT 363 300 2448.1 745 708 25 12 31 .984 -0.2 -0.1 0.8 -5.6 6.4 -1 0 2.69 2.02 .971 2.79 2.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2002 NYY AL 25 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 0 1 0
2003 TEX AL 26 30 21 30 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20 24 0 3 4
2004 DET AL 27 61 41 61 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 12 52 3 13 0
2005 DET AL 28 38 28 38 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 10 31 3 4 1
2006 DET AL 29 110 100 110 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 5 59 43 8 1
2007 DET AL 30 86 72 86 76 0 0 33 0 0 0 37 0 9 46 6 9 0
2008 DET AL 31 103 87 103 86 0 0 9 0 0 0 73 0 7 80 14 9 0
2009 DET AL 32 87 67 87 22 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 54 18 0
8 Seasons 522 418 522 357 0 0 44 0 0 0 252 0 67 319 123 65 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 48% 87% 39% 2 100%
2003 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 50% 72% 35% 8 63%
2004 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 13 13 0 11 3 1 10 5 0 7 3 0 6 3 1 47 27 57.4% 18 2 4.3% 1 1343 59% 78% 41% 165 48%
2005 DET AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 8 3 0 4 3 0 3 3 0 5 5 0 27 18 66.7% 9 0 0.0% 0 664 60% 75% 39% 79 39%
2006 DET AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16 14 0 11 4 0 7 5 0 3 0 0 6 6 0 43 29 67.4% 14 0 0.0% 1 1714 61% 74% 37% 185 38%
2007 DET AL 30 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 10 0 10 5 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 7 6 0 35 25 71.4% 10 0 0.0% 1 1249 53% 72% 37% 135 50%
2008 DET AL 31 5 0 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 19 15 0 22 9 0 13 9 2 6 1 0 8 8 0 68 42 61.8% 24 2 2.9% 1 2199 56% 76% 43% 273 45%
2009 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 5 2 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 15 68.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 568 48% 73% 36% 61 31%
8 Seasons 9 0 9 0 3 8 1 1 1 4 76 63 0 67 26 1 43 29 2 23 9 0 33 29 1 242 156 64.5% 82 4 1.7% 4 7838 57% 75% 39% 908 44%
MLB Averages 62.6% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 107 42% 77% 38% 11 45%
2003 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 6 0 6 1 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 28 13 46.4% 15 0 0.0% 1 718 45% 77% 39% 74 45%
2004 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 318 54% 76% 36% 28 57%
2005 DET AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 0 370 58% 76% 37% 35 40%
2006 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 187 65% 74% 43% 21 67%
2007 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 171 64% 71% 35% 17 59%
2008 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 110 40% 68% 35% 11 73%
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 22 10 0 15 6 0 9 7 0 5 1 0 11 7 0 62 31 50.0% 31 0 0.0% 1 1981 52% 75% 38% 197 51%
MLB Averages 48.7% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2007 DET AL 30 897 55% 72% 32% 42 93% 0 180 8 173 0 18 15 12 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 17 0 0 0 16 1 1 0 0 1 100%
2008 DET AL 31 194 58% 79% 30% 5 60% 0 34 2 32 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 1 0%
2009 DET AL 32 10 50% 70% 30% 1 100% 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1101 56% 73% 32% 48 90% 0 217 11 207 0 19 16 12 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 28 0 0 0 27 2 1 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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