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Derrel Thomas

Derrel Osborn Thomas

Positions: Second Baseman, Centerfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 14, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Dorsey HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January). Player signed February 2, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1971
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Padres/Giants/Expos/Phillies/... 1971-1985

Final Game: October 5, 1985
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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
1971 20 HOU NL 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /4
1972 21 SDP NL 130 550 500 48 115 15 5 5 36 9 9 41 73 .230 .290 .310 .600 77 155 6 2 6 1 1 46/89
1973 22 SDP NL 113 449 404 41 96 7 1 0 22 15 5 34 52 .238 .299 .260 .559 63 105 2 2 7 2 3 64
1974 23 SDP NL 141 585 523 48 129 24 6 3 41 7 8 51 58 .247 .313 .333 .645 85 174 10 1 6 4 7 458/67
1975 24 SFG NL 144 611 540 99 149 21 9 6 48 28 13 57 56 .276 .347 .381 .728 99 206 7 3 8 3 0 *4/9
1976 25 SFG NL 81 313 272 38 63 5 4 2 19 10 11 29 26 .232 .313 .301 .614 74 82 5 4 6 2 0 4/5896
1977 26 SFG NL 148 568 506 75 135 13 10 8 44 15 13 46 70 .267 .328 .379 .707 91 192 8 2 10 4 1 846/573
1978 27 SDP NL 128 401 352 36 80 10 2 3 26 11 6 35 37 .227 .301 .293 .594 74 103 2 3 9 2 3 84537/9
1979 28 LAD NL 141 460 406 47 104 15 4 5 44 18 5 41 49 .256 .330 .350 .679 87 142 9 5 5 3 7 *85/463
1980 29 LAD NL 117 332 297 32 79 18 3 1 22 7 9 26 48 .266 .326 .357 .683 92 106 5 1 7 1 3 684/9257
1981 30 LAD NL 80 252 218 25 54 4 0 4 24 7 2 25 23 .248 .322 .321 .644 86 70 2 0 7 2 2 4658/97
1982 31 LAD NL 66 109 98 13 26 2 1 0 2 2 3 10 12 .265 .333 .306 .639 82 30 2 0 1 0 1 485/976
1983 32 LAD NL 118 227 192 38 48 6 6 2 8 9 3 27 36 .250 .345 .375 .720 101 72 4 2 4 2 2 8976/45
1984 33 TOT MLB 122 302 272 29 66 12 3 0 22 0 4 23 37 .243 .299 .309 .607 74 84 8 0 4 3 1 6749/583
1984 33 MON NL 108 269 243 26 62 12 2 0 20 0 4 20 33 .255 .308 .321 .629 81 78 7 0 3 3 1 674/953
1984 33 CAL AL 14 33 29 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 4 .138 .219 .207 .426 20 6 1 0 1 0 0 /96587
1985 34 PHI NL 63 103 92 16 19 2 0 4 12 2 0 11 14 .207 .291 .359 .650 79 33 3 0 0 0 1 6/78452
15 Yrs 1597 5268 4677 585 1163 154 54 43 370 140 92 456 593 .249 .317 .332 .649 84 1554 73 25 81 29 32
162 Game Avg. 162 534 474 59 118 16 5 4 38 14 9 46 60 .249 .317 .332 .649 84 158 7 3 8 3 3
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
LAD (5 yrs) 522 1380 1211 155 311 45 14 12 100 43 22 129 168 .257 .330 .347 .677 90 420 22 8 24 8 15
SDP (4 yrs) 512 1985 1779 173 420 56 14 11 125 42 28 161 220 .236 .301 .302 .603 76 537 20 8 28 9 14
SFG (3 yrs) 373 1492 1318 212 347 39 23 16 111 53 37 132 152 .263 .332 .364 .697 91 480 20 9 24 9 1
PHI (1 yr) 63 103 92 16 19 2 0 4 12 2 0 11 14 .207 .291 .359 .650 79 33 3 0 0 0 1
CAL (1 yr) 14 33 29 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 4 .138 .219 .207 .426 20 6 1 0 1 0 0
MON (1 yr) 108 269 243 26 62 12 2 0 20 0 4 20 33 .255 .308 .321 .629 81 78 7 0 3 3 1
HOU (1 yr) 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (15 yrs) 1583 5235 4648 582 1159 154 53 43 368 140 92 453 589 .249 .318 .333 .651 84 1548 72 25 80 29 32
AL (1 yr) 14 33 29 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 4 .138 .219 .207 .426 20 6 1 0 1 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
1971 20 HOU NL 5 6 -2 -0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .457 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /4
1972 21 SDP NL 130 550 -12 -0 1 -14 5 -20 -2.2 16 -4 -0.6 .482 .486 0.8 -0.9 10 $ 46/89
1973 22 SDP NL 113 449 -18 4 1 -16 6 -23 -2.5 13 -10 -1.2 .478 .485 0.5 -1.1 6 $ 64
1974 23 SDP NL 141 585 -14 1 0 -0 3 -8 -0.9 17 8 0.8 .493 .494 0.7 0.4 9 $ 458/67
1975 24 SFG NL 144 611 4 2 2 -12 3 -1 -0.1 18 17 1.6 .499 .499 2.9 -0.9 29 $ *4/9
1976 25 SFG NL 81 313 -6 -1 1 -8 2 -12 -1.4 9 -3 -0.5 .483 .491 0.4 -0.7 5 $ 4/5896
1977 26 SFG NL 148 568 -7 -2 0 2 2 -6 -0.6 16 11 1.0 .496 .496 0.8 0.4 9 $ 846/573
1978 27 SDP NL 128 401 -11 -1 1 8 -0 -4 -0.4 12 8 0.8 .496 .497 -0.2 1.0 -1 $ 84537/9
1979 28 LAD NL 141 460 -8 2 0 5 -0 -1 -0.0 13 12 1.3 .499 .499 0.7 0.6 8 $130,000 *85/463
1980 29 LAD NL 117 332 0 -1 0 3 3 5 0.6 10 15 1.6 .504 .503 1.2 0.7 12 $130,000 684/9257
1981 30 LAD NL 80 252 -3 1 2 -7 2 -5 -0.5 8 3 0.3 .493 .496 1.0 -0.5 10 $130,000 4658/97
1982 31 LAD NL 66 109 -1 -0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .496 .498 0.2 -0.1 2 $150,000 485/976
1983 32 LAD NL 118 227 0 1 -0 -4 -1 -4 -0.5 7 3 0.2 .496 .497 0.6 -0.5 7 $160,000 8976/45
1984 33 MON NL 108 269 -7 -2 -1 1 2 -7 -0.7 8 1 0.1 .493 .495 -0.1 0.4 0 $ 674/953
1984 33 CAL AL 14 33 -2 0 -0 -2 0 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .474 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ /96587
1985 34 PHI NL 63 103 -3 0 0 -2 1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .492 .497 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 6/78452
15 Seasons 1597 5268 -90 3 8 -47 27 -99 -10.5 155 56 4.8 .493 .496 9.3 -1.4 103 $700,000
LAD (5 yrs) 522 1380 -12 3 2 -5 4 -8 -0.6 42 34 3.5 .498 .499 3.7 0.2 38 $700,000
SDP (4 yrs) 512 1985 -56 4 4 -21 14 -55 -6.0 58 2 -0.2 .488 .490 1.8 -0.5 23 $
SFG (3 yrs) 373 1492 -9 -2 3 -18 7 -19 -2.1 43 24 2.1 .494 .496 4.1 -1.2 42 $
PHI (1 yr) 63 103 -3 0 0 -2 1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.2 .492 .497 0.1 -0.2 1 $
CAL (1 yr) 14 33 -2 0 -0 -2 0 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .474 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $
MON (1 yr) 108 269 -7 -2 -1 1 2 -7 -0.7 8 1 0.1 .493 .495 -0.1 0.4 0 $
HOU (1 yr) 5 6 -2 -0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .457 .499 -0.2 0.0 -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
1971 20 HOU NL 6 7 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .256 .000 .322 .000 .375 .000 .697 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 -.167 -.200 .000
1972 21 SDP NL 550 407 45 3.0 85 .260 .230 .247 .290 .314 .310 .365 .600 .679 77 .364 -14.7 -1.6 .495 .162 .080 6.4
1973 22 SDP NL 449 324 35 2.9 89 .271 .238 .252 .299 .319 .260 .374 .559 .694 63 .331 -18.6 -1.9 .479 .131 .022 .0
1974 23 SDP NL 585 422 54 3.4 90 .270 .247 .256 .313 .328 .333 .371 .645 .698 85 .405 -9.9 -1.0 .546 .182 .086 4.2
1975 24 SFG NL 611 422 75 4.8 99 .297 .276 .270 .347 .342 .381 .390 .728 .732 99 .547 -1.1 -0.1 .684 .239 .106 9.9
1976 25 SFG NL 313 233 26 3.0 93 .248 .232 .265 .313 .332 .301 .378 .614 .709 74 .363 -9.4 -1.0 .507 .173 .070 3.3
1977 26 SFG NL 568 406 63 4.2 102 .294 .267 .268 .328 .336 .379 .409 .707 .744 91 .454 -7.8 -0.8 .617 .208 .113 10.4
1978 27 SDP NL 401 291 34 3.1 87 .245 .227 .251 .301 .318 .293 .370 .594 .687 74 .371 -11.0 -1.2 .521 .179 .065 4.7
1979 28 LAD NL 460 324 49 4.1 99 .279 .256 .268 .330 .333 .350 .397 .679 .730 87 .463 -6.8 -0.7 .636 .227 .094 7.8
1980 29 LAD NL 332 240 33 3.7 94 .313 .266 .266 .326 .328 .357 .386 .683 .713 92 .440 -2.8 -0.3 .565 .172 .091 1.8
1981 30 LAD NL 252 177 25 3.8 89 .259 .248 .259 .322 .324 .321 .371 .644 .695 86 .467 -3.6 -0.4 .595 .211 .073 5.1
1982 31 LAD NL 109 78 10 3.5 93 .302 .265 .263 .333 .326 .306 .383 .639 .709 82 .410 -2.2 -0.2 .506 .133 .041 .0
1983 32 LAD NL 227 157 27 4.6 96 .295 .250 .262 .345 .330 .375 .388 .720 .719 101 .539 0.6 0.1 .709 .297 .125 3.3
1984 33 TOT MLB 302 225 24 2.9 91 .277 .243 .259 .299 .323 .309 .378 .607 .701 74 .331 -9.0 -0.9 .472 .136 .066
1984 33 MON NL 269 198 23 3.1 90 .291 .255 .259 .308 .323 .321 .376 .629 .699 81 .371 -5.7 -0.6 .490 .132 .066
1984 33 CAL AL 33 27 1 1.0 96 .160 .138 .263 .219 .325 .207 .396 .426 .721 20 .058 -3.3 -0.3 .346 .172 .069
1985 34 PHI NL 103 76 10 3.6 97 .203 .207 .263 .291 .332 .359 .393 .650 .724 79 .423 -2.9 -0.3 .605 .293 .152 2.7
15 Yrs 5268 3789 510 3.6 93 .275 .249 .260 .317 .328 .332 .382 .649 .710 84 .426 -100.7 -10.4 .566 .191 .084 65.8
162 Game Avg. 534 384 52 3.6 93 .275 .249 .260 .317 .328 .332 .382 .649 .710 84 .426 -100.7 -10.4 .566 .191 .084 7
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
LAD (5 yrs) 1380 976 144 4.0 95 .288 .257 .264 .330 .329 .347 .387 .677 .716 90 .468 -14.9 -1.5 .612 .214 .090 18.8
SDP (4 yrs) 1985 1444 168 3.1 88 .263 .236 .252 .301 .320 .302 .370 .603 .690 76 .370 -54.3 -5.7 .512 .164 .066 17.4
SFG (3 yrs) 1492 1061 164 4.2 99 .286 .263 .268 .332 .337 .364 .395 .697 .732 91 .477 -18.2 -1.9 .620 .213 .101 24.6
PHI (1 yr) 103 76 10 3.6 97 .203 .207 .263 .291 .332 .359 .393 .650 .724 79 .423 -2.9 -0.3 .605 .293 .152 2.7
CAL (1 yr) 33 27 1 1.0 96 .160 .138 .263 .219 .325 .207 .396 .426 .721 20 .059 -3.3 -0.3 .346 .172 .069
MON (1 yr) 269 198 23 3.1 90 .291 .255 .259 .308 .323 .321 .376 .629 .699 81 .370 -5.7 -0.6 .490 .132 .066
HOU (1 yr) 6 7 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .256 .000 .322 .000 .375 .000 .697 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 -.167 -.200 .000
NL (15 yrs) 5235 3762 509 3.7 93 .276 .249 .260 .318 .328 .333 .382 .651 .710 84 .429 -97.4 -10.1 .568 .191 .084 65.8
AL (1 yr) 33 27 1 1.0 96 .160 .138 .263 .219 .325 .207 .396 .426 .721 20 .059 -3.3 -0.3 .346 .172 .069

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 30 LAD NL NLDS HOU W 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 30 LAD NL NLCS MON W 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 30 LAD NL WS NYY W 5 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 1 0 0 0 0
1983 32 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 4 9 9 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .444 .444 .556 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 15 20 19 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 .263 .300 .316 .616 6 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 6 10 10 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .500 .500 .600 1.100 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 1 0 0 0 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
1971 20 HOU NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 50%
1972 21 SDP NL 550 0.9% 13.3% 7.5% 4.6% 22% 1.78 6.8 100.0 13.9 1.34 77%
1973 22 SDP NL 449 0.0% 11.6% 7.6% 1.8% 8% 1.53 7.8 18.4 0.99 79%
1974 23 SDP NL 585 0.5% 9.9% 8.7% 5.6% 26% 1.14 9.0 174.3 12.8 0.88 80%
1975 24 SFG NL 611 1.0% 9.2% 9.3% 5.9% 24% 0.98 9.6 90.0 11.3 1.29 79%
1976 25 SFG NL 313 0.6% 8.3% 9.3% 3.5% 18% 0.90 10.5 136.0 14.3 0.97 79%
1977 26 SFG NL 568 1.4% 12.3% 8.1% 5.5% 23% 1.52 7.2 63.3 11.5 1.02 76%
1978 27 SDP NL 401 0.8% 9.2% 8.7% 3.7% 19% 1.06 9.5 117.3 13.5 0.96 78%
1979 28 LAD NL 460 1.1% 10.7% 8.9% 5.2% 23% 1.20 8.3 81.2 9.2 0.87 77%
1980 29 LAD NL 332 0.3% 14.5% 7.8% 6.6% 28% 1.85 6.2 297.0 13.5 1.35 75%
1981 30 LAD NL 252 1.6% 9.1% 9.9% 3.2% 15% 0.92 9.5 54.5 9.1 1.48 77%
1982 31 LAD NL 109 0.0% 11.0% 9.2% 2.8% 12% 1.20 8.2 49.0 1.18 79%
1983 32 LAD NL 227 0.9% 15.9% 11.9% 6.2% 29% 1.33 5.3 96.0 24.0 0.90 69%
1984 33 TOT MLB 302 0.0% 12.3% 7.6% 5.0% 23% 1.61 7.4 12.4 1.45 79%
1984 33 MON NL 269 0.0% 12.3% 7.4% 5.2% 23% 1.65 7.4 12.2 1.39 79%
1984 33 CAL AL 33 0.0% 12.1% 9.1% 3.0% 25% 1.33 7.3 14.5 2.00 76%
1985 34 PHI NL 103 3.9% 13.6% 10.7% 5.8% 32% 1.27 6.6 23.0 7.7 1.30 72%
15 Yrs 5268 0.8% 11.3% 8.7% 4.8% 22% 1.30 7.9 108.8 12.6 1.10 77%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.3% 28% 1.57 6.7 45.5 8.7 1.09 75%
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

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 20 HOU NL -1.3 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.07 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.00 -0.6 0.40 1
1972 21 SDP NL -14.7 -1.6 577 -0.2 9.9 -10.1 1.07 -1.5 1.3 -4.3 -0.5 0.92 -11.6 1.09 2
1973 22 SDP NL -18.6 -1.9 464 -2.1 6.2 -8.3 1.05 -1.8 -0.3 -16.7 -1.8 0.96 -19.1 1.38 6
1974 23 SDP NL -9.9 -1.0 611 -1.3 9.6 -10.9 1.08 -1.7 0.6 -16.0 -1.7 1.01 -17.6 1.75 5
1975 24 SFG NL -1.1 -0.1 659 2.1 12.0 -9.9 .99 1.7 0.5 15.0 1.5 0.93 15.4 0.41 1
1976 25 SFG NL -9.7 -1.0 339 -0.4 5.5 -5.8 1.05 -0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.0 0.96 -1.5 0.94 10
1977 26 SFG NL -7.8 -0.8 609 -1.1 9.8 -10.9 1.06 -0.1 -1.0 -8.4 -0.8 0.94 -3.4 1.87 19
1978 27 SDP NL -11.0 -1.2 421 -0.3 6.6 -7.0 1.02 -1.5 1.2 -16.0 -1.7 0.95 -13.4 1.60 7
1979 28 LAD NL -6.8 -0.7 488 -1.9 7.0 -9.0 1.04 -0.8 -1.1 -4.5 -0.5 1.00 -8.1 1.77 11
1980 29 LAD NL -2.8 -0.3 354 0.6 6.5 -5.9 1.07 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.98 3.5 1.41 8
1981 30 LAD NL -3.6 -0.4 265 -0.2 4.0 -4.1 1.07 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.99 -0.4 5.15 3
1982 31 LAD NL -2.2 -0.2 115 -0.9 1.0 -1.9 .92 -0.3 -0.7 -2.4 -0.3 0.88 -2.6 2.05 5
1983 32 LAD NL 0.6 0.1 244 0.6 4.6 -4.0 1.06 0.4 0.2 -3.2 -0.3 0.93 0.8 1.00 16
1984 33 TOT MLB -9.1 -0.9 313 -3.0 3.7 -6.6 1.05 -1.1 -1.7 -16.0 -1.7 0.96 -12.9 1.45 14
1984 33 MON NL -5.7 -0.6 279 -2.8 3.4 -6.2 1.09 -1.0 -1.5 -14.0 -1.5 0.96 -11.5 1.52 12
1984 33 CAL AL -3.4 -0.3 34 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .73 -0.1 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2 0.91 -1.5 1.05 2
1985 34 PHI NL -2.9 -0.3 105 0.7 2.6 -1.9 1.21 0.0 0.5 2.0 0.2 0.90 0.6 1.47 35
15 Yrs -101.1 -10.4 5566 -7.3 89.1 -96.4 1.05 -6.3 -0.7 -71.6 -7.7 0.96 -70.8 1.54 143
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

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
1971 20 HOU NL 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 21 SDP NL 6 0 28% 215 9 9 50% 8 8 1 0 0 1 4 0 7 11 43% 23 15 7 5 3 1 12 2 9
1973 22 SDP NL 4 0 31% 166 15 5 75% 12 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 15 54% 23 12 11 7 1 6 11 6 5
1974 23 SDP NL 3 0 25% 192 7 8 47% 7 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 21 55% 33 18 15 6 4 2 16 3 13
1975 24 SFG NL 11 0 46% 282 28 13 68% 23 11 2 1 3 1 7 6 7 21 61% 43 19 24 7 4 3 24 6 18
1976 25 SFG NL 6 0 38% 108 10 11 48% 8 11 2 0 0 0 4 3 2 10 65% 13 7 6 5 2 3 8 0 8
1977 26 SFG NL 5 0 38% 216 15 13 54% 15 12 0 0 0 1 6 1 8 18 63% 35 14 20 8 1 7 19 6 12
1978 27 SDP NL 3 0 29% 148 11 6 65% 10 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 7 8 40% 11 10 0 4 2 2 15 3 10
1979 28 LAD NL 4 0 29% 161 18 5 78% 17 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 3 65% 17 9 7 5 0 5 15 3 12
1980 29 LAD NL 8 0 30% 137 7 9 44% 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 11 56% 28 14 12 0 0 0 13 2 11
1981 30 LAD NL 4 0 28% 113 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 48% 11 5 5 4 3 1 6 1 4
1982 31 LAD NL 2 0 36% 65 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 50% 8 4 4 2 1 0 2 0 2
1983 32 LAD NL 2 0 48% 117 9 3 75% 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 50% 14 7 6 6 4 2 6 1 5
1984 33 TOT MLB 4 0 33% 131 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 7 56% 19 10 8 2 0 2 6 1 5
1984 33 MON NL 2 0 32% 116 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 6 50% 17 10 6 1 0 1 6 1 5
1984 33 CAL AL 2 0 43% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
1985 34 PHI NL 0 0 46% 24 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 4 3 1 1 0 1 4 0 4
15 Yrs 62 0 34% 2077 140 92 60% 126 82 9 5 4 4 34 13 62 139 56% 283 147 127 62 25 35 157 34 118
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

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
1971 20 HOU NL 6 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 21 SDP NL 550 100% 115 2 0 0 0 1.09 5 0 11 5 0 2 3 0 12 6 50% 75 6 8% 31 11 35% 236 33 14% 16 11 69% 12 9 75% 0
1973 22 SDP NL 449 100% 96 6 2 0 1 1.38 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 70 2 3% 44 11 25% 237 22 9% 18 7 39% 13 4 31% 0
1974 23 SDP NL 585 100% 129 5 3 0 2 1.75 3 0 18 3 0 1 2 1 11 6 55% 124 10 8% 54 19 35% 385 41 11% 36 16 44% 22 12 55% 0
1975 24 SFG NL 611 100% 149 1 0 0 0 0.41 6 0 11 5 1 3 3 0 11 8 73% 106 7 7% 69 23 33% 302 47 16% 37 19 51% 33 20 61% 0
1976 25 SFG NL 313 100% 63 10 2 0 0 0.94 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 8 6 75% 65 5 8% 32 15 47% 164 18 11% 14 7 50% 12 7 58% 0
1977 26 SFG NL 568 100% 135 19 5 0 3 1.87 8 0 14 4 4 4 4 1 11 10 91% 84 8 10% 54 19 35% 282 37 13% 21 10 48% 13 5 38% 0
1978 27 SDP NL 401 100% 80 7 1 0 0 1.60 3 0 9 2 1 0 3 0 9 9 100% 61 2 3% 32 12 38% 223 25 11% 19 7 37% 13 6 46% 0
1979 28 LAD NL 460 100% 104 11 1 0 0 1.77 5 1 19 4 1 3 2 0 9 5 56% 79 9 11% 39 11 28% 313 41 13% 30 16 53% 11 9 82% 0
1980 29 LAD NL 332 100% 79 8 3 0 1 1.41 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 7 7 100% 58 5 9% 25 12 48% 201 22 11% 10 7 70% 11 6 55% 0
1981 30 LAD NL 252 100% 54 3 0 0 0 5.15 4 0 8 3 1 2 2 0 8 7 88% 40 2 5% 25 15 60% 151 20 13% 16 11 69% 5 3 60% 0
1982 31 LAD NL 109 100% 26 5 0 0 0 2.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 18 2 11% 6 3 50% 40 2 5% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1983 32 LAD NL 227 100% 48 16 3 1 1 1.00 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 5 4 80% 37 4 11% 18 7 39% 110 6 5% 12 3 25% 8 5 63% 0
1984 33 TOT MLB 302 100% 66 14 0 0 1 1.45 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 44 8 18% 27 11 41% 171 23 13% 17 9 53% 13 3 23% 0
1984 33 MON NL 269 100% 62 12 0 0 1 1.52 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 38 7 18% 26 10 38% 156 21 13% 17 9 53% 13 3 23% 0
1984 33 CAL AL 33 100% 4 2 0 0 0 1.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 15 2 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1985 34 PHI NL 103 100% 19 35 7 0 3 1.47 4 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 22 3 14% 13 5 38% 57 8 14% 4 1 25% 6 3 50% 0
15 Yrs 5268 100% 1163 143 27 1 12 1.54 43 1 123 33 10 21 22 2 104 81 78% 883 73 8% 469 174 37% 2872 345 12% 253 126 50% 173 93 54% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%
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

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
1971 20 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1972 21 135 556 505 48 115 15 5 5 36 9 10 41 75 .228 .288 .307 .595 76 155 6 2 7 1 1
1973 22 248 1005 909 89 211 22 6 5 58 24 15 75 127 .232 .293 .286 .579 70 260 8 4 14 3 4
1974 23 389 1590 1432 137 340 46 12 8 99 31 23 126 185 .237 .300 .303 .603 76 434 18 5 20 7 11
1975 24 533 2201 1972 236 489 67 21 14 147 59 36 183 241 .248 .313 .325 .637 82 640 25 8 28 10 11
1976 25 614 2514 2244 274 552 72 25 16 166 69 47 212 267 .246 .313 .322 .635 81 722 30 12 34 12 11
1977 26 762 3082 2750 349 687 85 35 24 210 84 60 258 337 .250 .316 .332 .648 83 914 38 14 44 16 12
1978 27 890 3483 3102 385 767 95 37 27 236 95 66 293 374 .247 .314 .328 .642 82 1017 40 17 53 18 15
1979 28 1031 3943 3508 432 871 110 41 32 280 113 71 334 423 .248 .316 .330 .646 83 1159 49 22 58 21 22
1980 29 1148 4275 3805 464 950 128 44 33 302 120 80 360 471 .250 .317 .332 .649 83 1265 54 23 65 22 25
1981 30 1228 4527 4023 489 1004 132 44 37 326 127 82 385 494 .250 .317 .332 .649 84 1335 56 23 72 24 27
1982 31 1294 4636 4121 502 1030 134 45 37 328 129 85 395 506 .250 .317 .331 .649 84 1365 58 23 73 24 28
1983 32 1412 4863 4313 540 1078 140 51 39 336 138 88 422 542 .250 .319 .333 .652 84 1437 62 25 77 26 30
1984 33 1534 5165 4585 569 1144 152 54 39 358 138 92 445 579 .250 .317 .332 .649 84 1521 70 25 81 29 31
1985 34 1597 5268 4677 585 1163 154 54 43 370 140 92 456 593 .249 .317 .332 .649 84 1554 73 25 81 29 32

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
1971 20 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1972 21 136 595 538 62 136 18 6 6 46 11 48 76 .253 .316 .342 .658 57 130
1973 22 113 461 413 47 105 8 1 0 25 16 37 52 .254 .317 .278 .596 36 113
1974 23 141 598 532 54 138 26 6 3 46 7 55 58 .259 .328 .348 .675 61 141
1975 24 144 614 542 102 151 21 9 6 49 28 58 56 .279 .350 .384 .734 73 144
1976 25 81 317 275 41 66 5 4 2 20 10 30 26 .240 .322 .309 .631 27 81
1977 26 148 569 507 76 136 13 10 8 45 15 46 70 .268 .329 .381 .710 64 148
1978 27 128 414 361 44 89 11 2 3 31 12 39 37 .247 .323 .313 .636 37 128
1979 28 141 466 410 50 108 16 4 5 47 19 43 49 .263 .338 .359 .697 49 141
1980 29 117 339 302 35 84 19 3 1 24 7 28 48 .278 .340 .371 .711 38 117
1981 30 121 395 339 45 91 7 0 7 43 12 42 35 .268 .346 .351 .697 41 80
1982 31 66 112 100 14 28 2 1 0 2 2 11 12 .280 .351 .320 .671 11 66
1983 32 118 232 195 42 51 6 6 2 9 10 29 36 .262 .360 .385 .744 27 118
1984 33 122 309 277 33 71 13 3 0 25 0 25 37 .256 .315 .325 .640 29 122
1985 34 63 103 92 17 19 2 0 4 12 2 11 14 .207 .291 .359 .650 10 63
15 Yrs 1644 5530 4888 662 1273 167 55 47 424 151 502 608 .260 .331 .346 .677 560 1597
162 Game Avg. 162 545 482 65 125 16 5 5 42 15 49 60 .260 .331 .346 .677 55 1597

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Runs Scored s c a p y
1975 NL  99 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1975 NL  9 (6th)
1977 NL  10 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1975 NL  28 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL  5 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1972 NL  9 (8th)
1975 NL  13 (3rd)
1976 NL  11 (7th)
Career  92 (150th)

SB % s c a p y
1973 NL  75.00 (10th)
1979 NL  78.26 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1971 NL  born 1951-01-14 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1627), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1566), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jerry Royster (953)
  2. Wid Conroy (926)
  3. Bobby Byrne (924)
  4. Jimmy Austin (918)
  5. Roy Hartzell (916)
  6. Lenny Randle (914)
  7. Craig Counsell (912)
  8. Mike Mowrey (911)
  9. Jim Davenport (910)
  10. Doc Casey (909)
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  1. Jack Farrell (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack Farrell (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Hal Lanier (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Glenn Hubbard (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Al Myers (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Russell (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joe Quinn (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Coughlin (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Coughlin (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. John Hummel (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Eddie Foster (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Lenny Randle (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Wid Conroy (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jerry Royster (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Name and misspellings: Derrel Derrel derrell Osborn Thomas

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