Larry Thomas

Larry Wayne Thomas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 25, 1969 in Miami, FL
School: University of Maine at Orono (Orono, ME)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1995
Team: WhiteSox 1995-1997

Final Game: May 25, 1997
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1991	21	CHW-min	A-,AA	1	3	.250	1.59	13	10	2	0	0	0	79.1	61	25	14	2	29	1	63	0	0	3	316		1.134	6.9	0.2	3.3	7.1	2.17	UTI,BIR · NYPL,SOUL
1992	22	CHW-min	AA,A+	13	6	.684	1.84	25	25	0	3	0	0	176.1	146	46	36	5	37	3	122	1	0	7	694		1.038	7.5	0.3	1.9	6.2	3.30	BIR,SAR · SOUL,FLOR
1993	23	CHW-min	AAA,A+,AA	8	9	.471	4.68	27	27	0	4	2	0	169.1	175	97	88	19	48	5	99	2	2	5	721		1.317	9.3	1.0	2.6	5.3	2.06	NVL,SAR,BIR · AA,FLOR,SOUL
1994	24	CHW-min	AA	5	10	.333	4.62	24	24	0	1	0	0	144.0	159	96	74	17	53	0	77	5	2	11	642		1.472	9.9	1.1	3.3	4.8	1.45	BIR · SOUL
1995	25	CHW-min	AA	4	1	.800	1.34	35	0	9	0	0	2	40.1	24	9	6	0	15	1	47	2	0	3	156		0.967	5.4	0.0	3.3	10.5	3.13	BIR · SOUL
1995	25	CHW	AL	0	0		1.32	17	0	5	0	0	0	13.2	8	2	2	1	6	1	12	0	0	1	54	349	1.024	5.3	0.7	4.0	7.9	2.00
1996	26	CHW	AL	2	3	.400	3.23	57	0	11	0	0	0	30.2	32	11	11	1	14	2	20	3	0	1	135	149	1.500	9.4	0.3	4.1	5.9	1.43
1997	27	CHW-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.94	44	1	12	0	0	2	48.0	47	21	21	6	18	4	53	1	0	2	208		1.354	8.8	1.1	3.4	9.9	2.94	NVL · AA
1997	27	CHW	AL	0	0		8.10	5	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	60	1.500	8.1	2.7	5.4	0.0	0.00
1998	28	TEX-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	4.40	11	0	7	0	0	0	14.1	16	7	7	1	2	0	14	0	0	0	60		1.256	10.0	0.6	1.3	8.8	7.00	OKC · PCL
3 Yrs				2	3	.400	3.02	79	0	16	0	0	0	47.2	43	16	16	3	22	3	32	3	0	2	204	157	1.364	8.1	0.6	4.2	6.0	1.45
162 Game Avg.				2	3	.400	3.02	68	0	14	0	0	0	41	37	14	14	3	19	3	28	3	0	2	176	157	1.364	8.1	0.6	4.2	6.0	1.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1995	25	CHW	AL	13.2	17	2	1.32	5.64	-0.11	-0.42	91.5	4.87	5	0.5	.9	-0.1	0.6	7	.531	.503	$109,000
1996	26	CHW	AL	30.2	57	11	3.23	5.89	-0.10	-0.44	94.8	5.26	6	0.6	1.5	0.1	0.9	11	.510	.504	$130,000
1997	27	CHW	AL	3.1	5	3	8.10	5.23	-0.20	-0.39	97.5	4.91	-1	-0.1	.6	0.0	-0.1	-1	.477	.499	$
3 Seasons				47.2	79	16	3.02	5.77	-0.11	-0.43	94.0	5.13	11	1.0	1.3	0.0	1.4	17	.513	.502	$239,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1995	25	CHW	AL	17	54	48	2	8	0	1	1	0	0	6	12	.167	.259	.271	.530	.200	13	1	0	0	0	1	0
1996	26	CHW	AL	57	135	114	11	32	7	0	1	4	1	14	20	.281	.374	.368	.742	.333	42	4	3	4	0	2	1
1997	27	CHW	AL	5	15	12	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250	.357	.583	.940	.182	7	0	0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				79	204	174	16	43	8	1	3	4	1	22	32	.247	.342	.356	.698	.288	62	5	3	5	0	3	1
162 Game Avg.				68	176	150	14	37	7	1	3	3	1	19	28	.247	.342	.356	.698	.288	53	4	3	4	0	3	1
MLB Averages																.268	.338	.421	.760	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	25	CHW	AL	5.3	0.5	55	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.51	0.4	-0.1	3.8	0.4	0.51	4.2	5	2	10
1996	26	CHW	AL	6.1	0.6	141	-1.1	2.4	-3.5	1.26	0.2	-1.1	2.3	0.2	1.26	4.2	28	12	17
1997	27	CHW	AL	-1.1	-0.1	15	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.50	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	-0.0	0.50	-0.6	0	2	3
3 Yrs				10.3	1.0	211	-1.1	2.9	-4.1	1.01	0.6	-1.7	6.0	0.6	1.01	7.9	33	16	30

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	25	CHW	AL	17	17	5	0	0	0	0		3	2	12	2	17%	8	.507	5	2	10	7	3	7	8	9	3	9	4	6	2.4	11
1996	26	CHW	AL	57	57	11	2	3	2	2	0%	16	7	52	11	21%	7	1.258	28	12	17	23	13	21	39	18	6	43	7	20	1.6	9
1997	27	CHW	AL	5	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	1	17%	7	.503	0	2	3	2	0	3	4	1	1	3	2	2	2.0	11
3 Yrs				79	79	16	2	3	2	2	0%	19	9	70	14	20%		1.004	33	16	30	32	16	31	51	28	10	55	13	28	1.8	9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1995	25	CHW	AL	54	46%	1.9%	22.2%	11.1%	3.7%	25%	0.71	0.71	65%	8%	5.3%	10%	5	1	20%
1996	26	CHW	AL	135	53%	0.7%	14.8%	10.4%	5.9%	25%	0.70	0.97	69%	21%	2.4%	24%	41	4	10%
1997	27	CHW	AL	15	67%	6.7%	0.0%	13.3%	13.3%	67%	1.00	1.50	73%	23%	33.3%	50%	4	0	0%
3 Yrs				204	52%	1.5%	15.7%	10.8%	5.9%	28%	0.73	0.93	68%	18%	4.8%	22%	50	5	10%
MLB Averages					44%	2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	0.83	1.11	70%	22%	8.3%	17%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	25	CHW	AL	54	182	3.37	109	60%	28%	17%	21%	33%	72%	5%	43%	76%	48%	7%	4	1	22%	12	7	2	17%	3	2	0	0	0
1996	26	CHW	AL	112	412	3.68	243	59%	26%	20%	21%	34%	74%	5%	44%	73%	56%	8%	9	5	20%	22	15	2	33%	0	2	23	0	0
1997	27	CHW	AL	15	53	3.53	32	60%	22%	9%	28%	41%	78%	0%	47%	88%	60%	0%	0	0	13%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				181	647	3.57	384	59%	26%	18%	21%	34%	74%	5%	44%	75%	54%	7%	13	6	20%	36	22	4	27%	3	4	23	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1995	25	CHW	AL	54	8	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0%	0	1	0	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1996	26	CHW	AL	135	32	3	0	1	0	8	0	1	1	0	11	2	3	18%	1	1	0	74	4	1	80%	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1997	27	CHW	AL	15	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				204	43	4	0	3	0	9	1	2	2	1	12	2	3	17%	1	2	0	99	4	1	80%	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	25	0	0		1.32	17	5	13.2	8	2	2	1	6	1	12	0	1	54	349	1.024	5.3	0.7	4.0	7.9	2.00	349
1996	26	2	3	.400	2.64	74	16	44.1	40	13	13	2	20	3	32	3	2	189	179	1.353	8.1	0.4	4.1	6.5	1.60	179
1997	27	2	3	.400	3.02	79	16	47.2	43	16	16	3	22	3	32	3	2	204	157	1.364	8.1	0.6	4.2	6.0	1.45	157

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1995	25	1	0	1.000	1.20	15.0	9	2	2	1	7	13	0	1.067	5.4	4.2	7.8	1.86	0.6	17
1996	26	2	1	.667	3.00	30.0	30	11	10	1	13	19	3	1.433	9.0	3.9	5.7	1.46	0.3	57
1997	27	0	0		9.00	3.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	1.667	9.0	6.0	0.0	0.00	3.0	5
3 Yrs		3	1	.750	2.81	48.0	42	16	15	3	22	32	3	1.333	7.9		6.0	1.45	0.6	79

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