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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

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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
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 82 73 2 18 0 1 0 5 0 6 6 .247 .304 .274 .578 67 20 0 3 2
1919 31 CLE AL 34 52 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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1912 24 BOS AL 33 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
1913 25 BOS AL 96 -1 -1 0 0 0 2 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 2
1914 26 BOS AL 150 -7 0 0 0 -1 4 5 1 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ 2/3
1915 27 BOS AL 224 -6 1 0 0 2 5 8 10 0.9 8 0.9 0.0 $ 2
1916 28 BOS AL 265 4 -1 0 0 1 6 9 19 1.9 18 1.9 0.0 $ 2
1917 29 BOS AL 238 -1 -1 0 0 0 5 8 11 1.1 11 1.2 -0.1 $ 2
1918 30 CLE AL 82 -3 -1 0 0 -1 2 3 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 2
1919 31 CLE AL 52 -7 0 0 0 0 1 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 2
1920 32 CLE AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /2
1921 33 CLE AL 46 1 -1 0 0 -1 1 2 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 2
10 Seasons 1198 -22 -4 0 0 0 27 41 42 3.8 42 4.5 -0.7 $
BOS (6 yrs) 1006 -14 -2 0 0 2 23 34 43 4.1 41 4.4 -0.3 $
CLE (4 yrs) 192 -8 -2 0 0 -2 4 7 -1 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $

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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1912 BOS AL 24 C 8 58 42 14 2 1 .966 7.00 .961 6.78 1 9 9 50%
1913 BOS AL 25 C 31 179 135 41 3 2 .983 5.68 .967 6.56 5 36 29 45%
1914 BOS AL 26 C 64 292 235 47 10 6 .966 4.41 .967 6.69 13 46 34 43%
1914 BOS AL 26 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 10.60
1915 BOS AL 27 C 82 419 325 81 13 7 .969 4.95 .965 6.46 3 60 47 44%
1916 BOS AL 28 C 90 415 321 86 8 7 .981 4.52 .974 6.33 4 60 45 43%
1917 BOS AL 29 C 77 370 296 69 5 8 .986 4.74 .971 5.71 12 55 45 45%
1918 CLE AL 30 C 24 115 85 24 6 2 .948 4.54 .970 5.51 0 14 12 46%
1919 CLE AL 31 C 21 6 6 49 39 9 1 0 .980 2.29 .974 5.57 0 4 5 56%
1920 CLE AL 32 C 7 3 1 17 14 3 0 0 1.000 2.43 .973 5.11 0 2 0 0%
1921 CLE AL 33 C 19 7 6 34 27 3 4 0 .882 1.58 .971 4.89 0 3 1 25%
10 Seasons C 423 16 13 1948 1519 377 52 33 .973 4.48 .969 6.15 38 289 227 44%
1 Season 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 10.60
10 Seasons TOT 424 16 13 1949 1520 377 52 33 .973 4.47 .969 6.16 38 289 227 44%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1916 AL  90 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1914 AL  13 (4th)
1917 AL  12 (3rd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1915 AL  .969 (4th)
1916 AL  .981 (4th)
1917 AL  .986 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1070), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bob Barton (967)
  6. Tim Blackwell (967)
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  8. Grover Land (966)
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  10. Bill Atwood (964)
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  1. Ed Burns (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ira Thomas (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Grover Land (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Simon (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Walter Schmidt (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Fahey (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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