Kite Thomas

Keith Marshall Thomas

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 27, 1923 in Kansas City, KS
School: Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1952
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Senators 1952-1953

Final Game: September 27, 1953
Died: January 7, 1995 in Rocky Mount, NC
Buried: Abilene Cemetery, Abilene, KS
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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	Pos	Awards
1947	24	NYY-min	C	60	229	229		73	18	6	4						.319	.319	.502	.821		115					JOP · WA
1948	25	NYY-min	B	125	479	479		150	24	7	17						.313	.313	.499	.812		239					QUI · IIIL
1949	26	NYY-min	AA,AAA	140	494	494		135	23	4	23						.273	.273	.462	.735		228					BMT,KCY · TL,AA
1950	27	NYY-min	AA	149	552	552		156	42	8	16						.283	.283	.475	.757		262					BMT · TL
1951	28	NYY-min	AAA	138	537	471	59	133	24	6	14	81	0		60	62	.282	.368	.448	.816		211	21	4	2		KCY · AA
1952	29	PHA	AL	75	138	116	24	29	6	1	6	18	0	1	20	27	.250	.365	.474	.839	127	55	4	1	0	O97
1953	30	TOT	AL	62	122	107	11	23	3	2	1	14	0	0	14	13	.215	.311	.308	.620	68	33	7	1	0	9/72
1953	30	PHA	AL	24	52	49	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.122	.173	.122	.296	-20	6	2	0	0	O/97
1953	30	WSH	AL	38	70	58	10	17	3	2	1	12	0	0	11	7	.293	.414	.466	.880	140	27	5	1	0	/O972
1954	31	CHW-min	AA	129	447	447		130	19	3	14						.291	.291	.441	.732		197					MEM · SOUA
2 Yrs				137	260	223	35	52	9	3	7	32	0	1	34	40	.233	.340	.395	.734	98	88	11	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	307	264	41	61	11	4	8	38	0	1	40	47	.233	.340	.395	.734	98	104	13	2	0

PHA (2 yrs)				99	190	165	25	35	6	1	6	20	0	1	23	33	.212	.312	.370	.682	84	61	6	1	0
WSH (1 yr)				38	70	58	10	17	3	2	1	12	0	0	11	7	.293	.414	.466	.880	140	27	5	1	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
1952	29	PHA	AL	75	138	4	0	-0	-2	-1	0	0.0	4	4	0.4	.501	.500	0.6	-0.4	6	$	O97
1953	30	PHA	AL	24	52	-9	0	-0	3	-1	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.5	.471	.496	-0.9	0.2	-8	$	O/97
1953	30	WSH	AL	38	70	3	-0	-1	-3	-0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.496	.499	0.3	-0.3	3	$	/O972
2 Seasons				137	260	-2	0	-2	-2	-2	-8	-0.8	7	-1	-0.1	.494	.498	0.0	-0.5	1	$

PHA (2 yrs)				99	190	-5	0	-0	1	-2	-6	-0.7	5	-1	-0.1	.493	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$
WSH (1 yr)				38	70	3	-0	-1	-3	-0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.496	.499	0.3	-0.3	3	$

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
1952	29	PHA	AL	138	92	19	5.6	101	.277	.250	.267	.365	.348	.474	.390	.839	.738	127	.632	4.4	0.5	.815	.388	.224	.0
1953	30	TOT	AL	122	91	12	3.5	102	.237	.215	.269	.311	.345	.308	.396	.620	.742	68	.396	-4.8	-0.5	.527	.224	.093	.0
1953	30	PHA	AL	52	45	1	0.6	105	.140	.122	.273	.173	.350	.122	.402	.296	.752	-20	.025	-8.6	-0.9	.200	.061	.000
1953	30	WSH	AL	70	46	11	6.4	100	.320	.293	.266	.414	.342	.466	.392	.880	.733	140	.661	3.7	0.4	.848	.362	.172	.0
2 Yrs				260	183	31	4.6	102	.256	.233	.268	.340	.347	.395	.393	.734	.739	98	.527	-0.4	-0.0	.672	.309	.161	.0
162 Game Avg.				307	216	37	4.6	102	.256	.233	.268	.340	.347	.395	.393	.734	.739	98	.527	-0.4	-0.0	.672	.309	.161

PHA (2 yrs)				190	137	20	3.9	102	.230	.212	.269	.312	.348	.370	.393	.682	.742	84	.467	-4.2	-0.4	.613	.291	.158	.0
WSH (1 yr)				70	46	11	6.4	100	.320	.293	.266	.414	.342	.466	.392	.880	.733	140	.661	3.7	0.4	.848	.362	.172	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	29	PHA	AL	138	4.4%	19.6%	14.5%	9.4%	45%	1.35	4.3	19.3	6.4	0.88	60%
1953	30	TOT	AL	122	0.8%	10.7%	11.5%	4.9%	26%	0.93	8.2	107.0	7.6	1.30	76%
1953	30	PHA	AL	52	0.0%	11.5%	5.8%	0.0%	0%	2.00	8.2		24.5	1.25	83%
1953	30	WSH	AL	70	1.4%	10.0%	15.7%	8.6%	35%	0.64	8.3	58.0	4.8	1.35	71%
2 Yrs				260	2.7%	15.4%	13.1%	7.3%	37%	1.18	5.6	31.9	7.0	1.12	68%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.8%	9.2%	6.4%	28%	1.18	8.2	44.8	8.3	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	29	PHA	AL	4.4	0.5	112	-0.0	2.1	-2.1	1.24	0.2	-0.2	1.3	0.1	1.02	3.2	1.47	35
1953	30	TOT	AL	-5.0	-0.5	117	-1.1	1.6	-2.7	1.10	-0.7	-0.3	-7.3	-0.7	1.02	-7.3	1.58	30
1953	30	PHA	AL	-8.6	-0.9	47	-1.1	0.3	-1.3	1.16	-0.8	-0.1	-8.5	-0.9	0.92	-9.2	1.35	8
1953	30	WSH	AL	3.7	0.4	70	-0.0	1.4	-1.4	1.07	0.2	-0.2	1.2	0.1	1.09	1.9	1.67	22
2 Yrs				-0.5	-0.1	229	-1.1	3.7	-4.8	1.17	-0.4	-0.5	-6.0	-0.6	1.02	-4.1	1.52	65

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	29	PHA	AL	3	41%	35	1	0%	1	1	1	47%	7	4	3	2	1	1	6	3	3
1953	30	TOT	AL	0	27%	26	0		0	2	0	60%	4	2	2	3	2	1	3	0	3
1953	30	PHA	AL	0	11%	9	0		0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1953	30	WSH	AL	0	32%	17	0		0	2	0	71%	2	0	2	3	2	1	2	0	2
2 Yrs				3	35%	61	1	0%	1	3	1	52%	11	6	5	5	3	2	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
1952	29	PHA	AL	138	46%	29			35	8	3	4	1.47	6	0	3	3	2	3	3	0	0	0		27	4	15%	11	1	9%	83	9	11%	10	3	30%	3	0	0%	0
1953	30	TOT	AL	122	39%	23			30	7	1	5	1.58	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		22	7	32%	14	3	21%	95	14	15%	10	5	50%	6	3	50%	0
1953	30	PHA	AL	52	32%	6			8	0	0	0	1.35	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	2	25%	5	0	0%	29	2	7%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1953	30	WSH	AL	70	44%	17			22	7	1	5	1.67	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		14	5	36%	9	3	33%	66	12	18%	9	5	56%	5	3	60%	0
2 Yrs				260	43%	52			65	15	4	9	1.52	7	0	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	0		49	11	22%	25	4	16%	178	23	13%	20	8	40%	9	3	33%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			87%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

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
1952	29	75	138	116	24	29	6	1	6	18	0	1	20	27	.250	.365	.474	.839	127	55	4	1	0
1953	30	137	260	223	35	52	9	3	7	32	0	1	34	40	.233	.340	.395	.734	98	88	11	2	0

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	29	78	143	121	25	30	6	1	6	19	21	28	.248	.364	.463	.826	21	75
1953	30	65	132	115	12	27	4	2	1	15	16	14	.235	.333	.330	.664	13	62
2 Yrs		143	275	236	37	57	10	3	7	34	37	42	.242	.349	.398	.747	34	137
162 Game Avg.		162	312	267	42	65	11	3	8	39	42	48	.242	.349	.398	.747	39	137

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