Dan Thomas

Danny Lee Thomas

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 9, 1951 in Birmingham, AL
School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1976
Team: Brewers 1976-1977

Final Game: May 18, 1977
Died: June 12, 1980 in Mobile, AL
Buried: Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, AL
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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
1972	21	MIL-min	AA,AAA,A-	68	248	223	14	45	13	2	1	14	2	2	19	70	.202	.270	.291	.562		65		2	4	0			SAN,EVN,NWK · TL,AA,NYPL
1973	22	MIL-min	AA	132	530	458	75	122	21	1	9	60	4	2	50	126	.266	.355	.376	.730		172		15	3	4			SHV · TL
1974	23	MIL-min	AA	59	188	188		48	7	1	2						.255	.255	.335	.590		63							SHV · TL
1975	24	MIL-min	AA	53	191	191		48	11	1	8						.251	.251	.445	.696		85							TMI · EL
1976	25	MIL-min	AA	115	450	381	78	124	17	3	29	83	15	2	50	78	.325	.414	.614	1.028		234		12	1	6			BKS · EL
1976	25	MIL	AL	32	121	105	13	29	5	1	4	15	1	2	14	28	.276	.372	.457	.829	145	48	1	2	0	0	1	7
1977	26	MIL-min	AAA	38	147	131	25	31	7	2	1	19	1	1	14	41	.237	.320	.344	.663		45		2	0	0			SPO · PCL
1977	26	MIL	AL	22	80	70	11	19	3	2	2	11	0	2	8	11	.271	.350	.457	.807	119	32	1	1	0	1	2	D/7
1978	27	BOI	A-	54	170	170		61	13	2	11						.359	.359	.653	1.012		111							BOI · NORW
2 Yrs				54	201	175	24	48	8	3	6	26	1	4	22	39	.274	.363	.457	.820	134	80	2	3	0	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	603	525	72	144	24	9	18	78	3	12	66	117	.274	.363	.457	.820	134	240	6	9	0	3	9

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
1976	25	MIL	AL	32	121	5	-1	0	-4	-2	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.492	.498	0.7	-0.6	6	$	7
1977	26	MIL	AL	22	80	2	-0	0	2	-1	2	0.3	3	5	0.5	.512	.502	0.4	0.0	4	$	D/7
2 Seasons				54	201	7	-1	1	-3	-3	0	0.1	6	7	0.7	.500	.500	1.1	-0.6	10	$

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
1976	25	MIL	AL	121	79	18	6.2	84	.342	.276	.254	.372	.318	.457	.358	.829	.675	145	.688	6.2	0.6	.797	.305	.181	1.6
1977	26	MIL	AL	80	55	11	5.4	100	.293	.271	.266	.350	.330	.457	.405	.807	.735	119	.566	1.8	0.2	.722	.271	.186	.0
2 Yrs				201	134	29	5.8	90	.321	.274	.259	.363	.323	.457	.377	.820	.699	134	.641	8.0	0.8	.767	.291	.183	1.7
162 Game Avg.				603	402	87	5.8	90	.321	.274	.259	.363	.323	.457	.377	.820	.699	134	.641	24	2	.767	.291	.183	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	25	MIL	AL	121	3.3%	23.1%	11.6%	8.3%	35%	2.00	3.8	26.3	7.0	0.75	60%
1977	26	MIL	AL	80	2.5%	13.8%	10.0%	8.8%	37%	1.38	6.4	35.0	6.4	0.90	73%
2 Yrs				201	3.0%	19.4%	11.0%	8.5%	35%	1.77	4.5	29.2	6.7	0.82	65%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.1%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.55	6.8	46.9	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	25	MIL	AL	6.2	0.6	124	0.5	2.7	-2.3	1.12	0.6	-0.1	4.6	0.5	0.97	4.6		0
1977	26	MIL	AL	1.8	0.2	82	0.2	1.8	-1.6	1.26	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.1	1.00	1.6	3.01	3
2 Yrs				8.0	0.8	206	0.7	4.6	-3.9	1.17	0.7	-0.1	5.1	0.5	0.98	6.2	3.01	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	25	MIL	AL	0	22%	40	1	2	33%	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	40%	8	6	1	1	1	6	2	4
1977	26	MIL	AL	2	35%	29	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	67%	6	2	4	0	0	3	1	2
2 Yrs				2	27%	69	1	4	20%	1	3	1	1	1	2	3	50%	14	8	5	1	1	9	3	6

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
1976	25	MIL	AL	121	41%	29			0	0	0	0		4	0	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	0		25	1	4%	10	0	0%	73	11	15%	6	2	33%	4	1	25%	0
1977	26	MIL	AL	80	28%	19			3	1	0	1	3.01	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		17	1	6%	10	3	30%	56	9	16%	7	5	71%	2	2	100%	0
2 Yrs				201	35%	48			3	1	0	1	3.01	6	0	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	0		42	2	5%	20	3	15%	129	20	16%	13	7	54%	6	3	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			80%			11%			34%			15%			50%			53%

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
1976	25	32	121	105	13	29	5	1	4	15	1	2	14	28	.276	.372	.457	.829	145	48	1	2	0	0	1
1977	26	54	201	175	24	48	8	3	6	26	1	4	22	39	.274	.363	.457	.820	134	80	2	3	0	1	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1976	25	32	127	109	16	33	6	1	5	18	1	16	28	.303	.402	.514	.915	21	32
1977	26	22	81	71	12	20	3	2	2	12	0	8	11	.282	.358	.465	.823	12	22
2 Yrs		54	208	180	28	53	9	3	7	30	1	24	39	.294	.385	.494	.879	33	54
162 Game Avg.		162	624	540	84	159	27	9	21	90	3	72	117	.294	.385	.494	.879	99	54

* 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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