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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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Twins 2008-2012
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.060, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2008 DET AL 24 OF 40 26 22 273.0 96 88 4 4 1 .958 -3 0 -12 0 3.03 2.30 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 DET AL 24 LF 25 11 9 139.0 46 40 4 2 1 .957 1 0 9 0 2.85 1.76 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 DET AL 24 CF 16 12 12 112.0 42 40 0 2 0 .952 -4 -1 -40 -11 3.21 2.50 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 DET AL 24 RF 3 3 1 22.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -11 55 3.27 2.67 .985 2.17 2.13
2009 DET AL 25 OF 100 66 52 669.1 182 173 5 4 3 .978 -1 4 -2 7 2.39 1.78 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 DET AL 25 RF 87 47 43 502.1 134 127 5 2 3 .985 2 0 4 0 2.36 1.52 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 DET AL 25 LF 23 17 8 142.0 40 38 0 2 0 .950 -3 3 -25 25 2.41 1.65 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 DET AL 25 CF 7 2 1 25.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 14 48 2.88 1.14 .992 2.74 2.70
2012 TOT AL 28 OF 14 7 7 71.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 2 2 42 33 2.54 1.43 .986 2.17 2.16
2012 TOT AL 28 RF 10 7 7 62.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 1 2 25 38 2.32 1.60 .984 1.99 1.98
2012 TOT AL 28 LF 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -92 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.93
2012 DET AL 28 OF 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -152 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.17
2012 DET AL 28 LF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -96 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.95
2012 DET AL 28 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -264 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
2012 MIN AL 28 OF 11 7 7 68.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 3 2 50 35 2.65 1.82 .986 2.17 2.16
2012 MIN AL 28 RF 9 7 7 61.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 2 2 30 39 2.36 1.78 .984 1.99 1.98
2012 MIN AL 28 CF 1 0 0 6.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 284 0 6.00 4.00 .990 2.55 2.60
2012 MIN AL 28 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 -84 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
3 Seasons OF 154 99 81 1013.1 298 280 10 8 4 .973 -2 6 -2 7 2.58 1.88 .987 2.31 2.28
3 Seasons RF 100 57 51 586.1 158 150 6 2 3 .987 3 3 5 6 2.39 1.56 .982 2.12 2.09
3 Seasons LF 51 28 17 284.0 86 78 4 4 1 .953 -2 3 -9 12 2.60 1.61 .985 2.08 2.05
3 Seasons CF 24 14 13 143.0 54 52 0 2 0 .963 -2 0 -17 0 3.27 2.17 .990 2.71 2.69
3 Seasons TOT 154 99 81 1013.1 298 280 10 8 4 .973 -2 6 -2 6 2.58 1.88 .987 2.31 2.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2008 DET AL 24 LF 1 9 0 1 -1 1 0 0 -1 1
2008 DET AL 24 CF -4 -40 -2 -2 0 -2 -1 -11 1 -1
2008 DET AL 24 RF -0 -11 -0 0 -0 0 1 55 1 0
2009 DET AL 25 RF 2 4 0 1 -0 1 0 0 -2 2
2009 DET AL 25 LF -3 -25 -3 -3 0 0 3 25 1 1
2009 DET AL 25 CF 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 48 1 0
2012 DET AL 28 LF -0 -96 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 DET AL 28 RF -0 -264 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 MIN AL 28 RF 2 30 1 -1 2 1 2 39 1 1
2012 MIN AL 28 CF 1 284 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2012 MIN AL 28 LF -0 -84 -0 -0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons RF 3 5 1 -0 1 2 3 6 0 3
3 Seasons LF -2 -9 -3 -2 -1 1 3 12 0 2
3 Seasons CF -2 -17 0 -2 2 -2 0 0 2 -1
3 Seasons TOT 1 1 -1 -6 5 2 6 6 2 4

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2008 DET AL 24 40 26 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 16 3 44 0 3 2
2009 DET AL 25 102 66 102 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 7 87 117 0 5 10
2012 MIN AL 28 12 7 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 11 0 2 1
2012 DET AL 28 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1
3 Seasons 157 99 157 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 24 100 175 0 10 14
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
2008 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 84 77% 77% 46% 13 62%
2009 DET AL 25 2 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 3 1 30 15 1 18 9 0 12 8 0 7 0 1 18 9 2 85 41 48.2% 40 4 4.7% 1 2138 48% 76% 42% 250 52%
2012 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 10 5 50.0% 4 1 10.0% 0 265 66% 79% 39% 28 57%
2012 DET AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 10 50% 60% 20% 1 0%
3 Seasons 2 0 1 1 1 6 0 1 3 2 32 16 1 23 12 0 14 8 1 9 1 1 21 10 2 99 47 47.5% 47 5 5.1% 1 2497 51% 76% 42% 292 52%
MLB Averages 47.0% 2.4% 57% 76% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
2008 DET AL 24 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 3 1 0 14 10 0 9 2 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 5 4 1 33 19 57.6% 13 1 3.0% 3 606 58% 78% 39% 90 48%
2009 DET AL 25 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 0 9 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 25 17 68.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 633 45% 76% 43% 88 43%
2012 DET AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 9 44% 89% 78% 1 0%
2012 MIN AL 28 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 4 75% 100% 25% 1 0%
3 Seasons 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 3 1 0 26 19 0 19 8 0 6 5 0 2 0 0 6 5 1 59 37 62.7% 20 1 1.7% 3 1252 51% 77% 41% 180 45%
MLB Averages 63.8% 2.3% 57% 76% 39% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
2008 DET AL 24 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 15 4 26.7% 11 0 0.0% 0 511 64% 76% 43% 66 61%
2009 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 106 53% 79% 46% 13 62%
2012 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 30 63% 93% 57% 5 80%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 20 6 30.0% 14 0 0.0% 0 647 62% 78% 44% 84 62%
MLB Averages 45.2% 1.8% 57% 76% 39% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2009 AL  2.37 (4th)

             

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