Lee Thomas
James Leroy Thomas
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: February 5, 1936 in Peoria, IL
High School: Beaumont (St. Louis, MO)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1961
Final Game: September 27, 1968
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 LAA AL 25 OF 86 79 707.0 174 159 9 6 1 .966 7.3 12.4 4.3 -1.3 5.7 3 2.14 1.95 .977 2.25 1.98 MVP-24,RoY-3
1961 LAA AL 25 RF 63 61 527.1 117 106 6 5 1 .957 4.2 9.6 2.2 -0.7 3.0 2 1.91 1.78 .976 2.06 1.75 MVP-24,RoY-3
1961 LAA AL 25 1B 34 30 265.2 282 267 10 5 26 .982 -1.9 -8.6 -1.9 0.2 -2.1 0 9.38 8.15 .990 9.45 8.29 MVP-24,RoY-3
1961 LAA AL 25 LF 28 18 179.2 40 37 2 1 0 .975 3.1 20.7 2.1 -0.6 2.7 1 1.95 1.39 .970 2.00 1.62 MVP-24,RoY-3
1962 LAA AL 26 1B 90 79 727.1 791 735 42 14 66 .982 -2.0 -3.3 -2.0 1.4 -3.4 0 9.61 8.63 .990 9.44 8.76 AS,MVP-11
1962 LAA AL 26 OF 74 67 616.1 142 133 5 4 1 .972 -0.5 -1.0 1.5 -2.2 3.6 -2 2.02 1.86 .980 2.19 1.92 AS,MVP-11
1962 LAA AL 26 RF 42 38 346.2 84 79 4 1 1 .988 2.2 7.6 2.2 -0.8 3.0 0 2.15 1.98 .979 2.00 1.71 AS,MVP-11
1962 LAA AL 26 CF 18 16 148.2 39 35 1 3 0 .923 -2.2 -17.8 -1.2 -1.1 -0.2 -1 2.18 2.00 .987 2.57 2.18 AS,MVP-11
1962 LAA AL 26 LF 17 13 121.0 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -5.0 0.5 -0.3 0.8 -1 1.93 1.53 .977 2.01 1.61 AS,MVP-11
1963 LAA AL 27 1B 104 98 894.1 1049 961 84 4 88 .996 8.1 10.9 9.1 6.8 2.3 -1 10.52 10.05 .990 9.48 8.59
1963 LAA AL 27 OF 43 41 353.2 73 71 1 1 1 .986 2.5 8.5 3.5 -0.1 3.7 -1 1.83 1.67 .981 2.16 1.91
1963 LAA AL 27 RF 38 37 318.2 61 59 1 1 1 .984 0.9 3.4 1.9 -0.1 2.1 -1 1.69 1.58 .980 2.01 1.72
1963 LAA AL 27 LF 3 2 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 12.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.89 1.33 .975 1.89 1.57
1963 LAA AL 27 CF 2 2 16.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 105.0 1.4 0.0 1.4 0 4.50 4.00 .988 2.59 2.20
1964 TOT AL 28 OF 154 151 1343.0 262 247 10 5 2 .981 -7.5 -6.7 -7.5 -6.7 -0.8 0 1.72 1.67 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 TOT AL 28 RF 152 151 1338.1 266 249 12 5 2 .981 -7.1 -6.4 -7.1 -6.3 -0.8 0 1.76 1.72 .984 1.88 1.61
1964 TOT AL 28 1B 2 0 2.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 22.50 2.50 1.000 9.00 8.10
1964 LAA AL 28 OF 47 44 406.2 79 71 4 4 1 .949 -0.1 -0.3 -1.1 -1.6 0.5 1 1.66 1.60 .981 2.04 1.79
1964 LAA AL 28 RF 45 44 402.0 77 69 4 4 1 .948 0.3 0.9 -0.7 -1.2 0.5 1 1.63 1.62 .984 1.88 1.61
1964 LAA AL 28 LF 2 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -102.9 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.74 1.45
1964 LAA AL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.00 8.10
1964 BOS AL 28 OF 107 107 936.1 183 176 6 1 1 .995 -7.4 -9.5 -6.4 -5.1 -1.3 -1 1.75 1.70 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 BOS AL 28 RF 107 107 936.1 189 180 8 1 1 .995 -7.4 -9.5 -6.4 -5.1 -1.3 -1 1.81 1.76 .984 1.88 1.61
1964 BOS AL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.00 3.00 1.000 9.00 8.10
1965 BOS AL 29 1B 127 123 1087.1 1150 1035 97 18 86 .984 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.7 0.5 0 9.37 8.91 .991 8.28 7.87
1965 BOS AL 29 OF 20 18 160.2 31 29 1 1 0 .968 -2.3 -17.2 -1.3 -0.2 -1.2 -1 1.68 1.50 .977 2.04 1.78
1965 BOS AL 29 LF 14 13 118.2 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -19.2 -1.9 -0.8 -1.1 0 1.52 1.43 .980 1.87 1.49
1965 BOS AL 29 RF 6 5 42.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0.4 -11.4 0.6 0.6 -0.1 -1 2.14 1.67 .982 1.84 1.57
1966 TOT NL 30 1B 56 45 406.0 441 402 34 5 35 .989 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.6 -0.1 0 9.67 7.79 .989 9.90 8.50
1966 ATL NL 30 1B 36 33 293.0 311 281 26 4 22 .987 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 9.43 8.53 .989 9.90 8.50
1966 CHC NL 30 1B 20 12 113.0 130 121 8 1 13 .992 0.3 3.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 10.27 6.45 .989 9.90 8.50
1966 CHC NL 30 LF 18 14 140.0 25 23 1 1 0 .960 -2.3 -19.7 -1.3 -0.7 -0.6 -1 1.54 1.33 .964 1.74 1.35
1966 CHC NL 30 OF 17 15 149.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -14.5 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 -1 1.45 1.41 .975 2.03 1.78
1966 CHC NL 30 CF 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 4.00 4.00 .975 2.40 2.10
1967 CHC NL 31 OF 43 36 338.0 64 60 2 2 0 .969 -2.8 -9.9 -3.8 -1.8 -2.0 1 1.65 1.44 .977 2.03 1.81
1967 CHC NL 31 RF 43 36 333.0 63 59 2 2 0 .968 -2.6 -9.4 -3.6 -1.6 -2.0 1 1.65 1.42 .976 2.04 1.76
1967 CHC NL 31 1B 10 6 60.2 76 71 5 0 9 1.000 -0.2 -4.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0 11.27 7.60 .991 9.97 8.82
1967 CHC NL 31 CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.34 2.00
1968 HOU NL 32 OF 48 41 383.1 74 67 5 2 0 .973 -5.3 -16.6 -5.3 -1.9 -3.4 0 1.69 1.50 .976 2.02 1.82
1968 HOU NL 32 RF 42 37 348.1 69 64 4 1 0 .986 -4.6 -15.8 -4.6 -1.4 -3.2 0 1.76 1.62 .981 2.02 1.77
1968 HOU NL 32 LF 7 4 35.0 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -0.7 -24.0 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 1.03 0.57 .960 1.65 1.39
1968 HOU NL 32 1B 2 2 14.0 16 13 3 0 3 1.000 0.2 17.1 0.2 -0.1 0.2 0 10.29 8.00 .994 10.09 8.90
8 Seasons OF 485 448 4051.0 844 789 34 21 5 .975 -10.4 -3.1 -9.4 -14.9 5.5 -1 1.83 1.70 .979 2.11 1.86
8 Seasons 1B 425 383 3457.1 3810 3489 275 46 313 .988 5.9 2.0 6.9 9.5 -2.6 -1 9.80 8.86 .990 9.15 8.38
7 Seasons RF 386 365 3254.1 671 626 29 16 5 .976 -7.4 -2.7 -8.4 -10.3 2.0 1 1.81 1.70 .980 1.97 1.69
7 Seasons LF 89 64 618.0 120 111 6 3 0 .975 -2.5 -4.9 -1.5 -3.3 1.8 -1 1.70 1.31 .972 1.89 1.52
4 Seasons CF 22 19 178.2 51 47 1 3 0 .941 -0.5 -3.4 0.5 -1.3 1.7 -1 2.42 2.18 .986 2.56 2.17
8 Seasons TOT 910 831 7508.1 4654 4278 309 67 318 .986 -4.5 -0.7 -2.5 -5.4 2.9 -1 -1 5.50 5.04 .974 5.35 4.90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 LAA AL 25 130 109 130 130 0 0 34 0 0 0 28 0 63 86 18 1
1961 NYY AL 25 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 LAA AL 26 160 146 160 160 0 0 90 0 0 0 17 18 42 74 3 3
1963 LAA AL 27 149 139 149 149 0 0 104 0 0 0 3 2 38 43 7 0
1964 BOS AL 28 107 107 107 107 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 107 107 0 0
1964 LAA AL 28 47 44 47 47 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 45 47 1 0
1965 BOS AL 29 151 141 151 151 0 0 127 0 0 0 14 0 6 20 9 0
1966 CHC NL 30 75 27 75 75 0 0 20 0 0 0 18 1 0 17 40 1
1966 ATL NL 30 39 33 39 39 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 CHC NL 31 77 42 77 77 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 43 43 31 0
1968 HOU NL 32 90 43 90 90 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 42 48 36 0
8 Seasons 1027 831 1027 1027 0 0 425 0 0 0 89 22 386 485 149 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 LAA AL 25 5 0 2 3 0 6 0 3 2 0 32 16 2 19 4 0 9 8 0 8 2 1 10 8 0 78 38 48.7% 37 3 3.8% 3 2373 63% 73% 22% 233 48%
1962 LAA AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 15 7 2 9 1 0 4 3 0 6 0 1 5 4 0 39 15 38.5% 21 3 7.7% 1 1493 62% 76% 24% 153 52%
1963 LAA AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 4 0 8 0 0 7 5 0 4 1 1 3 2 0 32 12 37.5% 19 1 3.1% 0 1312 60% 75% 25% 118 50%
1964 BOS AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 4 2 0 36 11 1 39 9 0 17 14 0 14 6 0 15 10 0 121 50 41.3% 70 1 0.8% 7 4256 57% 74% 24% 393 47%
1964 LAA AL 28 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 20 9 1 12 2 0 4 4 0 4 2 0 2 1 1 42 18 42.9% 22 2 4.8% 2 1770 56% 75% 22% 166 43%
1965 BOS AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 191 49% 74% 24% 18 56%
1967 CHC NL 31 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 17 6 0 8 2 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 5 5 0 37 17 45.9% 20 0 0.0% 2 1455 65% 76% 25% 135 45%
1968 HOU NL 32 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 1 1 17 3 0 7 3 0 5 3 1 6 3 0 1 1 0 36 13 36.1% 22 1 2.8% 3 1258 64% 73% 25% 105 51%
7 Seasons 16 0 13 3 6 29 0 12 10 3 149 56 6 102 21 0 52 42 1 45 14 3 41 31 1 389 164 42.2% 214 11 2.8% 18 14108 60% 74% 24% 1321 48%
MLB Averages 41.6% 3.1% 61% 77% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1961 LAA AL 25 1167 63% 75% 26% 55 91% 0 262 20 235 7 23 10 7 2 0 2 5 0 3 2 3 26 0 0 2 20 1 6 4 2 0
1962 LAA AL 26 3110 63% 78% 28% 157 93% 2 703 30 670 6 82 37 28 3 3 1 14 4 9 1 9 60 0 1 1 59 2 1 0 1 9 67%
1963 LAA AL 27 3928 56% 76% 29% 242 95% 0 965 51 903 12 105 83 58 13 1 2 4 1 2 1 3 89 0 1 0 79 1 10 3 7 19 74%
1964 BOS AL 28 3 33% 67% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 LAA AL 28 5 60% 60% 0% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 BOS AL 29 4857 62% 76% 24% 285 93% 1 1033 59 965 9 122 95 68 17 1 7 18 0 17 1 16 89 0 2 2 80 4 9 0 9 23 96%
1966 ATL NL 30 1191 59% 78% 25% 74 96% 2 256 34 220 2 17 22 16 2 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 20 0 0 0 15 1 4 0 4 0
1966 CHC NL 30 490 76% 78% 30% 23 96% 0 110 12 97 0 6 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 1 9 1 4 1 3 2 100%
1967 CHC NL 31 257 76% 80% 28% 14 100% 0 72 8 64 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 HOU NL 32 63 75% 73% 19% 5 100% 0 14 2 11 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 15071 61% 77% 27% 857 94% 5 3418 216 3168 37 360 260 184 40 5 14 44 6 33 5 32 308 0 6 6 273 11 34 8 26 56 84%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 LAA AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 5 4 0 8 2 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 22 13 59.1% 8 1 4.5% 1 798 64% 73% 25% 80 49%
1962 LAA AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 1 542 63% 77% 25% 51 51%
1963 LAA AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 46% 77% 27% 9 44%
1964 LAA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 24 79% 67% 8% 4 0%
1965 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 7 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 19 11 57.9% 8 0 0.0% 1 545 54% 75% 24% 45 42%
1966 CHC NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 6 42.9% 7 1 7.1% 0 614 65% 80% 25% 49 49%
1968 HOU NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 150 60% 79% 23% 9 44%
7 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 2 1 2 17 14 0 23 4 2 15 7 0 4 1 0 12 12 0 71 38 53.5% 31 2 2.8% 4 2754 62% 76% 25% 247 47%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.4% 61% 77% 26% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 LAA AL 26 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 7 0 22 10 45.5% 12 0 0.0% 1 684 62% 73% 23% 72 50%
1963 LAA AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 67 60% 72% 39% 10 80%
1966 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 91% 68% 11% 6 67%
1967 CHC NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 18 67% 72% 22% 1 0%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 7 0 25 11 44.0% 14 0 0.0% 1 813 63% 73% 23% 89 54%
MLB Averages 39.9% 2.0% 61% 77% 26% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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