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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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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
1961 25 TOT AL 132 506 452 77 129 11 5 24 70 0 5 47 74 .285 .353 .491 .844 114 222 12 2 2 3 2 937 MVP-24,RoY-3
1961 25 NYY AL 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 175 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 LAA AL 130 504 450 77 128 11 5 24 70 0 5 47 74 .284 .353 .491 .844 114 221 12 2 2 3 2 937
1962 26 LAA AL 160 652 583 88 169 21 2 26 104 6 1 55 74 .290 .355 .467 .821 123 272 16 6 4 4 3 3987 AS,MVP-11
1963 27 LAA AL 149 594 528 52 116 12 6 9 55 6 0 53 82 .220 .301 .316 .617 78 167 13 9 2 2 6 39/78
1964 28 TOT AL 154 636 573 58 150 27 3 15 66 3 1 52 51 .262 .325 .398 .723 100 228 16 4 3 4 5 *9/37
1964 28 LAA AL 47 194 172 14 47 8 1 2 24 1 0 18 22 .273 .340 .366 .707 106 63 2 0 3 1 1 9/73
1964 28 BOS AL 107 442 401 44 103 19 2 13 42 2 1 34 29 .257 .319 .411 .730 98 165 14 4 0 3 4 9/3
1965 29 BOS AL 151 603 521 74 141 27 4 22 75 6 2 72 42 .271 .361 .464 .826 128 242 16 3 5 2 8 *37/9
1966 30 TOT NL 114 306 275 26 61 5 1 7 24 1 1 24 30 .222 .293 .324 .616 70 89 3 4 2 1 2 37/8
1966 30 ATL NL 39 139 126 11 25 1 1 6 15 1 1 10 15 .198 .261 .365 .626 70 46 0 1 1 1 1 3
1966 30 CHC NL 75 167 149 15 36 4 0 1 9 0 0 14 15 .242 .319 .289 .608 70 43 3 3 1 0 1 37/8
1967 31 CHC NL 77 212 191 16 42 4 1 2 23 1 0 15 22 .220 .284 .283 .567 60 54 3 3 1 2 5 93/8
1968 32 HOU NL 90 221 201 14 39 4 0 1 11 2 1 14 22 .194 .249 .229 .478 47 46 6 1 4 1 4 9/73
8 Seasons 1027 3730 3324 405 847 111 22 106 428 25 11 332 397 .255 .327 .397 .724 100 1320 85 32 23 19 35
162 Game Avg. 162 588 524 64 134 18 3 17 68 4 2 52 63 .255 .327 .397 .724 100 208 13 5 4 3 6
LAA (4 yrs) 486 1944 1733 231 460 52 14 61 253 13 6 173 252 .265 .336 .417 .753 106 723 43 17 11 10 12
BOS (2 yrs) 258 1045 922 118 244 46 6 35 117 8 3 106 71 .265 .343 .441 .785 115 407 30 7 5 5 12
CHC (2 yrs) 152 379 340 31 78 8 1 3 32 1 0 29 37 .229 .300 .285 .585 65 97 6 6 2 2 6
ATL (1 yr) 39 139 126 11 25 1 1 6 15 1 1 10 15 .198 .261 .365 .626 70 46 0 1 1 1 1
NYY (1 yr) 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 175 1 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 90 221 201 14 39 4 0 1 11 2 1 14 22 .194 .249 .229 .478 47 46 6 1 4 1 4
AL (5 yrs) 746 2991 2657 349 705 98 20 96 370 21 9 279 323 .265 .339 .426 .764 109 1131 73 24 16 15 24
NL (3 yrs) 281 739 667 56 142 13 2 10 58 4 2 53 74 .213 .277 .283 .561 61 189 12 8 7 4 11

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1962-1 *
1962-2 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1961-AL-24-0%
1962-AL-11-11%
0.11 Career Shares (864th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1965 AL--.361--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1965 AL--.826--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1962 AL--160--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1964 AL--27--10th
1965 AL--27--6th

Triples s c a p y
1963 AL--6--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1962 AL--26--10th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1962 AL--104--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 AL--72--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1965 AL--87--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1965 AL--53--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 AL--9--2nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1965 AL--16--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1964 AL--11.235--7th
1965 AL--12.405--3rd

AB per HR s c a p y
1961 AL--18.833--9th
1965 AL--23.682--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 16 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1171), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

May 8, 1961: Traded by the New York Yankees with Ryne Duren and Johnny James to the Los Angeles Angels for Bob Cerv and Tex Clevenger.

June 4, 1964: Traded by the Los Angeles Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Lou Clinton.

December 15, 1965: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with a player to be named later and Arnold Earley to the Atlanta Braves for Dan Osinski and Bob Sadowski. The Boston Red Sox sent Jay Ritchie (January 11, 1966) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

May 28, 1966: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Ted Abernathy.

February 9, 1968: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Houston Astros for Levi Brown (minors) and Tommy Murray (minors).

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