Leo Thomas

Leo Raymond Thomas (Tommy)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: July 26, 1923 in Turlock, CA
High School: Alameda HS (Alameda, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1950
Teams (by GP): Browns/WhiteSox 1950-1952

Final Game: July 27, 1952
Died: March 5, 2001 in Concord, CA
Cremated
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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	Pos	Awards
1942	18	LAD-min	C,D	129	504	504		138	27	6	3						.274	.274	.369	.643		186						OLE,SNB,KPT · PONY,CALL,APPY
1946	22	LAD-min	C	137	534	534		194	42	8	16						.363	.363	.562	.925		300						ABL · WTNM
1947	23	LAD-min	A,AA	150	519	519		146	27	3	3						.281	.281	.362	.644		188						GRV,FTW · SALL,TL
1948	24	SPO	B	162	575	575		186	31	7	6						.323	.323	.433	.757		249						SPO · WINT
1949	25	POR	AAA	185	780	709	106	208	43	7	18	95	15		56	67	.293	.349	.450	.799		319		5	10			POR · PCL
1950	26	NYY-min	AAA	118	453	397	50	106	15	0	4	57	3		44	43	.267	.345	.335	.680		133	5	3	9			POR,KCY · PCL,AA
1950	26	SLB	AL	35	148	121	19	24	6	0	1	9	0	1	20	14	.198	.312	.273	.585	48	33	4	0	7		5

1951	27	POR	AAA	168	750	638	119	198	33	5	27	106	1		77	43	.310	.401	.505	.905		322		19	16			POR · PCL
1952	28	SLE	Opn	56	227	186	29	52	10	2	3	26	1		35	17	.280	.404	.403	.808		75		4	2			SLE · PCL
1952	28	TOT	AL	60	180	148	13	33	5	1	0	18	2	0	23	11	.223	.335	.270	.606	69	40	5	2	7		5/64
1952	28	SLB	AL	41	146	124	12	29	5	1	0	12	2	0	17	7	.234	.336	.290	.626	74	36	4	2	3		5/64
1952	28	CHW	AL	19	34	24	1	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	4	.167	.333	.167	.500	41	4	1	0	4		/5
1953	29	SLE	Opn	175	766	666	94	198	23	5	13	100	4		79	46	.297	.375	.405	.781		270	19	4	17			SLE · PCL
1954	30	SLE	Opn	151	590	505	68	129	18	1	4	64	3		73	39	.255	.346	.319	.665		161	17	0	7	5		SLE · PCL
1955	31	ATL-min	AA,Opn	146	587	489	82	144	25	2	6	56	3	4	77	67	.294	.395	.391	.785		191	5	8	7	6		SHV,BMT,SAC · TL,PCL
1956	32	ATL-LAD-min	AA,Opn	124	512	425	64	121	12	2	0	22	9	2	70	31	.285	.388	.322	.711		137	4	4	10	3		AUS,POR · TL,PCL
1957	33	ATL-min	C	27	62	62		17	3	0	1						.274	.274	.371	.645		23						SLS · CALL
2 Yrs				95	328	269	32	57	11	1	1	27	2	1	43	25	.212	.325	.271	.596	59	73	9	2	14
162 Game Avg.				162	559	459	55	97	19	2	2	46	3	2	73	43	.212	.325	.271	.596	59	124	15	3	24

SLB (2 yrs)				76	294	245	31	53	11	1	1	21	2	1	37	21	.216	.324	.282	.606	61	69	8	2	10
CHW (1 yr)				19	34	24	1	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	4	.167	.333	.167	.500	41	4	1	0	4

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
1950	26	SLB	AL	35	148	-10	-0	-0	-3	0	-13	-1.3	4	-9	-0.9	.464	.492	-0.6	-0.3	-6	$	5

1952	28	SLB	AL	41	146	-4	-0	-1	0	0	-4	-0.5	4	-0	-0.1	.489	.497	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	5/64
1952	28	CHW	AL	19	34	-2	0	-0	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/5
2 Seasons				95	328	-15	-0	-1	-2	0	-18	-1.8	9	-9	-1.0	.481	.496	-0.8	-0.1	-7	$

SLB (2 yrs)				76	294	-13	-0	-1	-3	0	-17	-1.7	8	-10	-1.0	.477	.495	-0.7	-0.2	-7	$
CHW (1 yr)				19	34	-2	0	-0	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$

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
1950	26	SLB	AL	148	109	10	2.4	117	.217	.198	.283	.312	.371	.273	.424	.585	.796	48	.213	-9.4	-0.9	.510	.231	.074	.0

1952	28	TOT	AL	180	127	13	2.8	98	.241	.223	.262	.335	.342	.270	.383	.606	.725	69	.322	-5.5	-0.6	.558	.216	.047	.0
1952	28	SLB	AL	146	102	12	3.2	98	.248	.234	.262	.336	.343	.290	.383	.626	.726	74	.381	-3.8	-0.4	.576	.210	.056	.0
1952	28	CHW	AL	34	25	1	1.1	97	.200	.167	.261	.333	.341	.167	.381	.500	.723	41	.078	-1.6	-0.2	.476	.250	.000
2 Yrs				328	236	23	2.6	106	.230	.212	.272	.325	.355	.271	.402	.596	.757	59	.268	-14.9	-1.5	.536	.223	.059	1.3
162 Game Avg.				559	402	39	2.6	106	.230	.212	.272	.325	.355	.271	.402	.596	.757	59	.268	-14.9	-1.5	.536	.223	.059	2

SLB (2 yrs)				294	211	22	2.8	107	.233	.216	.273	.324	.357	.282	.404	.606	.760	61	.289	-13.3	-1.3	.542	.220	.065	1.3
CHW (1 yr)				34	25	1	1.1	97	.200	.167	.261	.333	.341	.167	.381	.500	.723	41	.078	-1.6	-0.2	.476	.250	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	26	SLB	AL	148	0.7%	9.5%	13.5%	4.7%	29%	0.70	8.6	121.0	13.4	1.03	72%

1952	28	TOT	AL	180	0.0%	6.1%	12.8%	3.3%	18%	0.48	13.5		8.2	1.14	76%
1952	28	SLB	AL	146	0.0%	4.8%	11.6%	4.1%	21%	0.41	17.7		10.3	1.07	80%
1952	28	CHW	AL	34	0.0%	11.8%	17.7%	0.0%	0%	0.67	6.0		4.0	1.44	59%
2 Yrs				328	0.3%	7.6%	13.1%	4.0%	23%	0.58	10.8	269.0	10.0	1.10	74%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.2%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.05	8.7	45.1	8.1	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
1950	26	SLB	AL	-9.4	-0.9	104	-1.1	0.8	-2.0	.88	-0.8	-0.5	-11.8	-1.1	1.01	-7.5		0

1952	28	TOT	AL	-5.6	-0.6	176	-0.8	2.4	-3.1	1.11	-0.3	-0.4	1.0	0.1	1.01	-3.5	2.01	7
1952	28	SLB	AL	-4.0	-0.4	142	-0.4	1.8	-2.2	1.00	-0.1	-0.2	0.6	0.1	0.95	-1.8	2.02	2
1952	28	CHW	AL	-1.6	-0.2	34	-0.4	0.6	-0.9	1.60	-0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.0	1.27	-1.7	2.01	5
2 Yrs				-15.0	-1.5	280	-1.9	3.2	-5.1	1.02	-1.1	-0.8	-10.8	-1.0	1.01	-11.0	2.01	7

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	26	SLB	AL	2	0	42%	37	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	55%	5	5	0	4	0	4	2	0	2

1952	28	TOT	AL	1	0	22%	62	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	46%	8	4	2	2	1	1	3	0	3
1952	28	SLB	AL	1	0	25%	56	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	46%	8	4	2	2	1	1	3	0	3
1952	28	CHW	AL	0	0	10%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				3	0	31%	99	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	50%	13	9	2	6	1	5	5	0	5

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
1950	26	SLB	AL	148	37%	24			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	6	7	117%	29	4	14%	17	6	35%	73	7	10%	11	4	36%	5	1	20%	0

1952	28	TOT	AL	180	36%	33			7	2	0	2	2.01	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	38	5	13%	24	13	54%	116	19	16%	15	8	53%	7	4	57%	0
1952	28	SLB	AL	146	31%	29			2	1	0	0	2.02	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	24	4	17%	16	8	50%	79	12	15%	11	6	55%	5	3	60%	0
1952	28	CHW	AL	34	56%	4			5	1	0	2	2.01	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	14	1	7%	8	5	63%	37	7	19%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
2 Yrs				328	36%	57			7	2	0	2	2.01	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	15	14	93%	67	9	13%	41	19	46%	189	26	14%	26	12	46%	12	5	42%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			91%			12%			33%			15%			51%			55%

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
1950	26	35	148	121	19	24	6	0	1	9	0	1	20	14	.198	.312	.273	.585	48	33	4	0	7
1951	27	35	148	121	19	24	6	0	1	9	0	1	20	14	.198	.312	.273	.585	48	33	4	0	7
1952	28	95	328	269	32	57	11	1	1	27	2	1	43	25	.212	.325	.271	.596	59	73	9	2	14

Neutralized Batting

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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
1950	26	37	150	124	17	23	6	0	1	8	0	19	15	.185	.294	.258	.552	9	35

1952	28	63	190	156	15	36	5	1	0	20	2	25	11	.231	.344	.276	.620	15	60
2 Yrs		100	340	280	32	59	11	1	1	28	2	44	26	.211	.322	.268	.590	24	95
162 Game Avg.		162	551	454	52	96	18	2	2	45	3	71	42	.211	.322	.268	.590	39	95

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