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Clete Thomas

Michael Clete Thomas

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 14, 1983 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: A. Crawford Mosley HS (Lynn Haven, FL)
School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 6th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2008
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Twins 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$481k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.027, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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Standard Batting

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
2008 24 DET AL 40 133 116 7 33 9 1 1 9 2 0 14 26 .284 .366 .405 .772 104 47 1 1 2 0 1 78/9
2009 25 DET AL 102 310 275 46 66 13 3 7 39 3 0 33 77 .240 .324 .385 .709 85 106 3 1 1 0 0 97/8
2012 28 TOT AL 15 29 28 3 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 16 .143 .172 .286 .458 25 8 0 1 0 0 0 9/78
2012 28 DET AL 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /79
2012 28 MIN AL 12 29 28 2 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 16 .143 .172 .286 .458 25 8 0 1 0 0 0 /987
3 Yrs 157 472 419 56 103 23 4 9 52 5 0 47 119 .246 .326 .384 .710 87 161 4 3 3 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 487 432 58 106 24 4 9 54 5 0 48 123 .246 .326 .384 .710 87 166 4 3 3 0 1
DET (3 yrs) 145 443 391 54 99 22 4 8 48 5 0 47 103 .253 .336 .391 .728 91 153 4 2 3 0 1
MIN (1 yr) 12 29 28 2 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 16 .143 .172 .286 .458 25 8 0 1 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 24 DET AL 40 133 0 -1 1 0 -1 -1 -0.0 4 4 0.4 .498 .500 0.4 -0.1 4 $390,000 78/9
2009 25 DET AL 102 310 -5 0 2 4 -4 -4 -0.3 10 7 0.7 .496 .498 0.3 0.0 3 $ 97/8
2012 28 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /79
2012 28 MIN AL 12 29 -3 0 0 3 -0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .498 .500 -0.2 0.3 -2 $ /987
3 Seasons 157 472 -8 -1 2 7 -6 -5 -0.3 16 11 1.2 .497 .499 0.5 0.3 4 $390,000
DET (3 yrs) 145 443 -5 -1 2 4 -5 -5 -0.3 15 10 1.1 .497 .499 0.7 -0.0 6 $390,000
MIN (1 yr) 12 29 -3 0 0 3 -0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .498 .500 -0.2 0.3 -2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2008 24 DET AL 133 86 19 5.9 107 .360 .284 .270 .366 .339 .405 .425 .772 .763 104 .580 1.0 0.1 .762 .259 .121 1.3
2009 25 DET AL 310 213 37 4.6 109 .309 .240 .268 .324 .338 .385 .431 .709 .769 85 .460 -6.3 -0.6 .675 .276 .145 4.2
2012 28 TOT AL 29 24 1 1.1 96 .273 .143 .251 .172 .318 .286 .406 .458 .724 25 .070 -3.0 -0.3 .375 .143 .143 .0
2012 28 MIN AL 29 24 1 1.1 96 .273 .143 .251 .172 .318 .286 .406 .458 .724 25 .070 -3.0 -0.3 .375 .143 .143 .0
3 Yrs 472 323 57 4.7 107 .323 .246 .268 .326 .337 .384 .428 .710 .764 87 .473 -8.4 -0.8 .675 .263 .138 6.4
162 Game Avg. 487 333 59 4.7 107 .323 .246 .268 .326 .337 .384 .428 .710 .764 87 .473 -8.4 -0.8 .675 .263 .138 7
DET (3 yrs) 443 299 56 5.0 108 .325 .253 .269 .336 .338 .391 .429 .728 .767 91 .497 -5.4 -0.5 .699 .271 .138 6.2
MIN (1 yr) 29 24 1 1.1 96 .273 .143 .251 .172 .318 .286 .406 .458 .724 25 .070 -3.0 -0.3 .375 .143 .143 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2008 24 DET AL 133 0.8% 19.6% 10.5% 8.3% 33% 1.86 4.5 116.0 12.9 0.67 1.00 67% 22% 2.3% 20%
2009 25 DET AL 310 2.3% 24.8% 10.7% 7.4% 35% 2.33 3.6 39.3 7.1 0.96 1.24 62% 20% 7.9% 11%
2012 28 TOT AL 29 3.5% 55.2% 0.0% 6.9% 50% 1.8 28.0 7.0 0.33 0.33 38% 8% 14.3% 22%
2012 28 MIN AL 29 3.5% 55.2% 0.0% 6.9% 50% 1.8 28.0 7.0 0.33 0.33 38% 8% 14.3% 22%
3 Yrs 472 1.9% 25.2% 10.0% 7.6% 35% 2.53 3.5 46.6 8.1 0.83 1.11 62% 20% 6.5% 15%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 24 DET AL 0.8 0.1 136 0.7 2.9 -2.3 1.14 -0.0 0.6 1.5 0.1 0.97 -1.4 0.79 2
2009 25 DET AL -6.3 -0.6 318 0.6 5.9 -5.3 .95 0.3 0.4 2.0 0.2 0.94 -1.0 1.63 5
2012 28 TOT AL -3.0 -0.3 29 0.0 0.4 -0.4 .66 -0.3 0.3 -2.1 -0.2 0.81 -2.9 0.68 2
2012 28 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 28 MIN AL -3.0 -0.3 29 0.0 0.4 -0.4 .66 -0.3 0.3 -2.1 -0.2 0.81 -2.9 0.68 2
3 Yrs -8.5 -0.8 483 1.3 9.3 -7.9 .99 0.0 1.3 1.5 0.1 0.94 -5.3 1.23 9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 24 DET AL 0 0 13% 45 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 42% 8 5 3 1 1 0 3 0 2
2009 25 DET AL 3 0 42% 127 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 44% 18 15 3 6 3 3 10 1 9
2012 28 TOT AL 0 0 50% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2012 28 MIN AL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
3 Yrs 3 0 33% 179 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 10 45% 26 20 6 7 4 3 14 1 12

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2008 24 DET AL 133 83% 33 2 0 2 1 0 0 0.79 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 27 1 4% 8 4 50% 83 8 10% 5 1 20% 5 3 60% 0
2009 25 DET AL 310 82% 66 8 2 5 0 0 0 1.63 7 1 10 7 0 4 3 0 2 1 50% 71 3 4% 23 6 26% 198 33 17% 12 6 50% 10 5 50% 0
2012 28 TOT AL 29 76% 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0.68 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 9 3 33% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2012 28 MIN AL 29 76% 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0.68 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 9 3 33% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 472 82% 103 10 2 9 2 0 1 1.23 9 1 15 9 0 6 3 0 4 3 75% 100 4 4% 33 10 30% 290 44 15% 19 8 42% 15 8 53% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 24 DET AL 134 529 3.95 321 61% 26% 18% 27% 29% 74% 1% 45% 76% 30% 4% 6 0 18% 24 12 10% 13 7 27% -1 0 0
2009 25 DET AL 310 1229 3.96 752 61% 21% 23% 29% 26% 79% 0% 48% 70% 39% 4% 12 0 13% 41 21 8% 25 11 23% 0 0 0
2012 28 TOT AL 29 117 4.03 83 71% 31% 29% 25% 14% 69% 0% 49% 58% 24% 0% 0 0 3% 1 1 3% 1 1 31% 0 0 0
2012 28 MIN AL 29 117 4.03 83 71% 31% 29% 25% 14% 69% 0% 49% 58% 24% 0% 0 0 3% 1 1 3% 1 1 31% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 473 1875 3.96 1156 62% 23% 22% 28% 26% 77% 0% 47% 71% 36% 4% 18 0 14% 66 34 8% 39 19 25% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 24 40 133 116 7 33 9 1 1 9 2 0 14 26 .284 .366 .405 .772 104 47 1 1 2 0 1
2009 25 142 443 391 53 99 22 4 8 48 5 0 47 103 .253 .336 .391 .728 91 153 4 2 3 0 1
2010 26 142 443 391 53 99 22 4 8 48 5 0 47 103 .253 .336 .391 .728 91 153 4 2 3 0 1
2011 27 142 443 391 53 99 22 4 8 48 5 0 47 103 .253 .336 .391 .728 91 153 4 2 3 0 1
2012 28 157 472 419 56 103 23 4 9 52 5 0 47 119 .246 .326 .384 .710 87 161 4 3 3 0 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 24 40 132 115 7 32 9 1 1 8 2 14 26 .278 .362 .400 .762 16 40
2009 25 102 308 274 45 65 13 3 7 38 3 32 77 .237 .319 .383 .702 33 102
2012 28 15 29 28 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 16 .143 .172 .286 .458 1 15
3 Yrs 157 469 417 55 101 23 4 9 49 5 46 119 .242 .322 .381 .703 50 157
162 Game Avg. 162 484 430 57 104 24 4 9 51 5 47 123 .242 .322 .381 .703 52 157

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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