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Pinch Thomas

Chester David Thomas

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 173 lb.

Born: January 24, 1888 in Camp Point, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1912
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians 1912-1921

Final Game: June 19, 1921
Died: December 24, 1953 in Modesto, 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 IBB Pos Awards
1912 24 BOS AL 13 33 30 0 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 3 .200 .250 .200 .450 26 6 0 1 /2
1913 25 BOS AL 38 96 91 6 26 1 2 1 15 1 2 11 .286 .309 .374 .682 97 34 1 2 2
1914 26 BOS AL 66 150 130 9 25 1 0 0 5 1 0 18 17 .192 .291 .200 .491 48 26 0 2 2/3
1915 27 BOS AL 86 224 203 21 48 4 4 0 21 3 2 13 20 .236 .286 .296 .581 76 60 1 7 2
1916 28 BOS AL 99 265 216 21 57 10 1 1 21 4 0 33 13 .264 .364 .333 .697 109 72 1 15 2
1917 29 BOS AL 83 238 202 24 48 7 0 0 24 2 27 9 .238 .333 .272 .606 86 55 2 7 2
1918 30 CLE AL 32 83 73 2 18 0 1 0 5 0 6 6 .247 .304 .274 .578 68 20 0 3 2
1919 31 CLE AL 34 51 46 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 .109 .180 .109 .289 -20 5 0 2 2
1920 32 CLE AL 9 12 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .333 .500 .444 .944 148 4 0 0 /2
1921 33 CLE AL 21 46 35 1 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 10 2 .257 .422 .343 .765 95 12 0 1 2
10 Yrs 481 1198 1035 88 245 27 8 2 102 12 2 118 85 .237 .318 .284 .602 78 294 5 40
162 Game Avg. 162 403 349 30 83 9 3 1 34 4 40 29 .237 .318 .284 .602 78 99 2 13
BOS (6 yrs) 385 1006 872 81 210 23 7 2 91 12 2 95 73 .241 .319 .290 .609 83 253 5 34
CLE (4 yrs) 96 192 163 7 35 4 1 0 11 0 0 23 12 .215 .312 .252 .563 55 41 0 6

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 Awards
1912 24 BOS AL 13 33 -3 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /2
1913 25 BOS AL 38 96 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 3 4 0.4 .502 .500 0.4 0.2 4 $ 2
1914 26 BOS AL 66 150 -7 1 0 -1 2 -5 -0.6 5 0 -0.1 .491 .496 0.1 0.1 1 $ 2/3
1915 27 BOS AL 86 224 -6 0 0 2 4 0 0.0 8 8 0.8 .500 .500 0.6 0.6 6 $ 2
1916 28 BOS AL 99 265 4 -0 0 1 4 9 1.0 9 18 1.9 .511 .507 1.9 0.6 17 $ 2
1917 29 BOS AL 83 238 -2 -0 0 0 4 2 0.2 8 10 1.0 .502 .501 1.0 0.4 10 $ 2
1918 30 CLE AL 32 83 -3 0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .491 .498 0.1 0.0 1 $ 2
1919 31 CLE AL 34 51 -7 0 0 0 1 -6 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .479 .496 -0.5 0.1 -5 $ 2
1920 32 CLE AL 9 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .511 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /2
1921 33 CLE AL 21 46 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0.0 1 2 0.2 .500 .500 0.3 -0.0 2 $ 2
10 Seasons 481 1198 -23 1 0 0 19 -3 -0.4 41 38 3.7 .499 .500 3.9 2.1 38 $
BOS (6 yrs) 385 1006 -14 1 0 2 16 5 0.5 35 39 3.9 .502 .501 3.9 2.0 37 $
CLE (4 yrs) 96 192 -8 0 0 -2 2 -8 -0.9 6 -1 -0.2 .491 .499 0.0 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
1912 24 BOS AL 33 25 2 2.1 95 .222 .200 .278 .250 .348 .200 .366 .450 .714 26 .255 -3.0 -0.3 .375 .100 .000 .0
1913 25 BOS AL 96 67 10 4.0 90 .316 .286 .268 .309 .340 .374 .352 .682 .692 97 .543 -1.2 -0.1 .585 .121 .088 1.0
1914 26 BOS AL 150 107 8 2.0 82 .221 .192 .256 .291 .330 .200 .336 .491 .665 48 .289 -7.7 -0.9 .429 .154 .008 .0
1915 27 BOS AL 224 164 17 2.8 81 .262 .236 .252 .286 .329 .296 .331 .581 .660 76 .405 -6.9 -0.8 .478 .128 .059 .0
1916 28 BOS AL 265 174 27 4.2 83 .277 .264 .257 .364 .331 .333 .335 .697 .666 109 .578 4.1 0.5 .692 .241 .069 1.6
1917 29 BOS AL 238 161 18 3.0 79 .249 .238 .254 .333 .325 .272 .328 .606 .653 86 .449 -2.1 -0.2 .558 .178 .035 .0
1918 30 CLE AL 83 58 6 2.8 89 .269 .247 .271 .304 .343 .274 .345 .578 .688 68 .402 -3.2 -0.4 .473 .110 .027
1919 31 CLE AL 51 43 1 0.6 100 .116 .109 .283 .180 .350 .109 .381 .289 .731 -20 .032 -7.7 -0.8 .220 .087 .000
1920 32 CLE AL 12 6 2 8.9 110 .375 .333 .296 .500 .362 .444 .407 .944 .768 148 .772 1.0 0.1 1.167 .444 .111
1921 33 CLE AL 46 27 5 5.0 116 .273 .257 .302 .422 .368 .343 .425 .765 .793 95 .489 0.6 0.0 .846 .371 .086
10 Yrs 1198 832 96 3.1 85 .256 .237 .261 .318 .334 .284 .342 .602 .676 78 .438 -26.1 -3.0 .539 .171 .047 3.4
162 Game Avg. 403 280 32 3.1 85 .256 .237 .261 .318 .334 .284 .342 .602 .676 78 .438 -26.1 -3.0 .539 .171 .047 1
BOS (6 yrs) 1006 698 82 3.2 82 .261 .241 .257 .319 .330 .290 .335 .609 .666 83 .459 -16.8 -1.9 .547 .170 .049 3.4
CLE (4 yrs) 192 134 14 2.8 99 .232 .215 .282 .312 .352 .252 .376 .563 .728 55 .336 -9.3 -1.0 .500 .178 .037

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1915 27 BOS AL WS PHI W 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1916 28 BOS AL WS BRO W 3 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .429 .571 3 0 0 1 0 0
1920 32 CLE AL WS BRO W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 6 13 12 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 4 0 0 1 0 0
3 WS 6 13 12 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 4 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 30 CLE AL 83 0.0% 7.2% 7.2% 1.2% 6% 1.00 12.2 14.6 81%
1919 31 CLE AL 51 0.0% 5.9% 7.8% 0.0% 0% 0.75 15.3 23.0 84%
1920 32 CLE AL 12 0.0% 8.3% 25.0% 8.3% 33% 0.33 9.0 67%
1921 33 CLE AL 46 0.0% 4.4% 21.7% 6.5% 33% 0.20 17.5 8.8 72%
10 Yrs 192 1.0% 44.3% 61.5% 19.3% 15% 0.72 12.2 517.5 10.1 494%
MLB Averages 1.5% 26.6% 21.9% 15.0% 23% 1.21 9.5 169.0 9.7 224%

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
1912 24 13 33 30 0 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 3 .200 .250 .200 .450 26 6 0 1
1913 25 51 129 121 6 32 1 2 1 20 2 0 4 14 .264 .294 .331 .624 79 40 1 3
1914 26 117 279 251 15 57 2 2 1 25 3 0 22 31 .227 .292 .263 .555 63 66 1 5
1915 27 203 503 454 36 105 6 6 1 46 6 2 35 51 .231 .289 .278 .567 69 126 2 12
1916 28 302 768 670 57 162 16 7 2 67 10 2 68 64 .242 .314 .296 .610 82 198 3 27
1917 29 385 1006 872 81 210 23 7 2 91 12 2 95 73 .241 .319 .290 .609 83 253 5 34
1918 30 417 1089 945 83 228 23 8 2 96 12 2 101 79 .241 .318 .289 .607 82 273 5 37
1919 31 451 1140 991 85 233 23 8 2 98 12 2 105 82 .235 .312 .281 .592 77 278 5 39
1920 32 460 1152 1000 87 236 24 8 2 98 12 2 108 83 .236 .314 .282 .596 78 282 5 39
1921 33 481 1198 1035 88 245 27 8 2 102 12 2 118 85 .237 .318 .284 .602 78 294 5 40

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1912 24 14 33 30 0 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 .167 .219 .167 .385 1 13
1913 25 40 102 97 7 29 1 2 1 17 1 2 12 .299 .320 .381 .701 12 38
1914 26 68 158 136 11 28 1 0 0 6 1 20 17 .206 .308 .213 .521 9 66
1915 27 90 239 216 25 54 4 4 0 25 3 15 21 .250 .302 .306 .607 20 86
1916 28 103 286 231 26 66 12 1 1 26 5 38 14 .286 .389 .359 .748 32 99
1917 29 86 257 216 30 56 8 0 0 30 2 32 9 .259 .360 .296 .656 23 83
1918 30 41 107 95 3 25 0 1 0 7 0 8 8 .263 .320 .284 .605 9 32
1919 31 39 60 53 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 5 3 .113 .190 .113 .303 1 34
1920 32 9 12 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 .333 .500 .444 .944 2 9
1921 33 22 45 35 1 8 3 0 0 3 0 9 2 .229 .386 .314 .701 4 21
10 Yrs 512 1299 1118 108 280 30 8 2 120 13 134 90 .250 .333 .297 .630 113 481
162 Game Avg. 162 411 354 34 89 9 3 1 38 4 42 28 .250 .333 .297 .630 36 481

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

AB per SO s c a p y
1916 AL  16.6 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1068), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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