Roy Thomas

Roy Justin Thomas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 22, 1953 in Quantico, VA
High School: Lompoc HS (Lompoc, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1977
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Cardinals/Astros 1977-1987

Final Game: August 4, 1987
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1971	18	PHI-min	A-	0	3	.000	10.50	7	4					12.0	19	22	14	1	16								2.917	14.2	0.8	12.0			WWA · NORW
1972	19	PHI-min	A	11	7	.611	3.43	24	24					152.0	128	67	58	8	62								1.250	7.6	0.5	3.7			SPB · WCRS
1973	20	PHI-min	A,AA	17	8	.680	2.14	28	28					185.0	130	55	44	7	84								1.157	6.3	0.3	4.1			RKM,REA · CARL,EL
1974	21	PHI-min	AA,AAA	14	11	.560	2.55	29	28		11	3	0	198.0	159	80	56	7	91	6	173	2	0	9			1.263	7.2	0.3	4.1	7.9	1.90	REA,TOL · EL,IL
1975	22	PHI-min	AAA,AA	10	12	.455	3.48	29	28		4	0	0	186.0	162	85	72	13	78	6	95	3	0	8			1.290	7.8	0.6	3.8	4.6	1.22	TOL,REA · IL,EL
1976	23	CHW-min	AAA	6	11	.353	3.75	27	26		6	1	0	168.0	167	89	70	15	72	6	103	2	1	17			1.423	8.9	0.8	3.9	5.5	1.43	IWA · AA
1977	24	HOU-min	AAA	11	6	.647	3.16	44	13		3	1	6	168.0	151	63	59	7	57	8	71	2	0	11			1.238	8.1	0.4	3.1	3.8	1.25	CHL · IL
1977	24	HOU	NL	0	0		2.84	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	5	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	27	134	1.263	7.1	0.0	4.3	5.7	1.33
1978	25	HOU-min	AAA	9	4	.692	3.14	28	3		0	0	7	66.0	63	28	23	3	30	5	40	1	1	7			1.409	8.6	0.4	4.1	5.5	1.33	CHL · IL
1978	25	STL	NL	1	1	.500	3.81	16	1	7	0	0	3	28.1	21	14	12	0	16	3	16	0	2	3	120	94	1.306	6.7	0.0	5.1	5.1	1.00
1979	26	STL-min	AAA	5	6	.455	5.84	17	9		1	0		74.0	79	55	48	11	31	2	85	2	1	3			1.486	9.6	1.3	3.8	10.3	2.74	SPR · AA
1979	26	STL	NL	3	4	.429	2.92	26	6	4	0	0	1	77.0	66	29	25	9	24	3	44	0	0	3	308	131	1.169	7.7	1.1	2.8	5.1	1.83
1980	27	STL-min	AAA	5	1	.833	3.41	20	0		0	0	6	37.0	34	18	14	1	18	2	36	0	0	1			1.405	8.3	0.2	4.4	8.8	2.00	SPR · AA
1980	27	STL	NL	2	3	.400	4.75	24	5	8	0	0	0	55.0	59	32	29	3	25	5	22	3	0	0	248	79	1.527	9.7	0.5	4.1	3.6	0.88

1981	28	OAK-min	AAA	12	8	.600	3.05	36	18	12	7	2	1	165.0	137	61	56	18	49	2	111	0	0	9			1.127	7.5	1.0	2.7	6.1	2.27	TAC · PCL
1982	29	SEA-min	AAA	8	9	.471	5.63	33	23	1	2	0	0	156.2	195	112	98	7	84	6	96	10	0	27			1.781	11.2	0.4	4.8	5.5	1.14	SLC · PCL
1983	30	SEA	AL	3	1	.750	3.45	43	0	12	0	0	1	88.2	95	44	34	3	32	3	77	2	0	3	386	125	1.432	9.6	0.3	3.2	7.8	2.41
1984	31	SEA-min	AAA	0	0		3.93	7	0	3	0	0	2	18.1	15	10	8	0	12	1	13	1	0	0			1.473	7.4	0.0	5.9	6.4	1.08	SLC · PCL
1984	31	SEA	AL	3	2	.600	5.26	21	1	4	0	0	1	49.2	52	33	29	8	37	1	42	4	0	1	233	76	1.792	9.4	1.4	6.7	7.6	1.14
1985	32	SEA-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.55	15	0	9	0	0	1	29.2	29	15	15	2	13	1	40	0	0	1			1.416	8.8	0.6	3.9	12.1	3.08	CGY · PCL
1985	32	SEA	AL	7	0	1.000	3.36	40	0	9	0	0	1	93.2	66	37	35	8	48	12	70	2	2	4	385	125	1.217	6.3	0.8	4.6	6.7	1.46

1987	34	CLE-SEA-min	AAA,A	4	2	.667	3.35	28	4	7	0	0	2	75.1	60	34	28	4	49	4	61	3	0	12			1.447	7.2	0.5	5.9	7.3	1.24	CGY,BFL,SLS · PCL,AA,CALL
1987	34	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	5.23	8	0	2	0	0	0	20.2	23	12	12	2	11	0	14	1	1	2	92	92	1.645	10.0	0.9	4.8	6.1	1.27
1990	37	MIL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	5.23	7	2	0	0	0	0	20.2	28	14	12	2	7	1	13	2	4	3			1.694	12.2	0.9	3.0	5.7	1.86	DEN · AA
8 Yrs				20	11	.645	3.82	182	13	47	0	0	7	419.1	387	203	178	33	196	27	289	12	7	16	1799	106	1.390	8.3	0.7	4.2	6.2	1.47
162 Game Avg.				7	4	.645	3.82	63	5	16	0	0	2	146	135	71	62	12	68	9	101	4	2	6	627	106	1.390	8.3	0.7	4.2	6.2	1.47

SEA (4 yrs)				14	3	.824	3.92	112	1	27	0	0	3	252.2	236	126	110	21	128	16	203	9	3	10	1096	108	1.441	8.4	0.7	4.6	7.2	1.59
STL (3 yrs)				6	8	.429	3.70	66	12	19	0	0	4	160.1	146	75	66	12	65	11	82	3	2	6	676	102	1.316	8.2	0.7	3.6	4.6	1.26
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		2.84	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	5	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	27	134	1.263	7.1	0.0	4.3	5.7	1.33

AL (4 yrs)				14	3	.824	3.92	112	1	27	0	0	3	252.2	236	126	110	21	128	16	203	9	3	10	1096	108	1.441	8.4	0.7	4.6	7.2	1.59
NL (4 yrs)				6	8	.429	3.67	70	12	20	0	0	4	166.2	151	77	68	12	68	11	86	3	4	6	703	103	1.314	8.2	0.6	3.7	4.6	1.26

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1977	24	HOU	NL	6.1	4	0	2	2.84	4.40	0.12	-0.34	95.9	3.78	1	0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.516	.500	$
1978	25	STL	NL	28.1	16	1	14	4.45	4.06	-0.09	-0.27	99.7	3.87	-2	-0.2	1.4	-0.1	-0.1	1	.485	.499	$
1979	26	STL	NL	77.0	26	6	29	3.39	4.15	0.12	-0.11	102.6	4.03	5	0.5	1.3	-0.0	1.1	13	.520	.503	$
1980	27	STL	NL	55.0	24	5	32	5.24	4.01	0.16	-0.13	103.4	3.86	-9	-0.9	.7	0.0	-0.5	-3	.461	.494	$

1983	30	SEA	AL	88.2	43	0	44	4.47	4.64	-0.20	-0.37	105.8	4.73	2	0.3	.8	-0.2	0.9	12	.506	.502	$
1984	31	SEA	AL	49.2	21	1	33	5.98	4.42	-0.26	-0.33	98.5	4.29	-9	-0.9	1.5	-0.3	-0.8	-4	.456	.494	$
1985	32	SEA	AL	93.2	40	0	37	3.56	4.67	-0.14	-0.36	101.1	4.49	10	1.0	1.4	0.0	1.9	20	.526	.506	$

1987	34	SEA	AL	20.2	8	0	12	5.23	5.26	-0.07	-0.41	105.0	5.16	-0	-0.0	.4	-0.0	0.1	2	.498	.500	$
8 Seasons				419.1	182	13	203	4.36	4.44	-0.07	-0.28	102.4	4.33	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.6	2.7	41	.499	.500	$

SEA (4 yrs)				252.2	112	1	126	4.49	4.66	-0.18	-0.36	102.5	4.59	3	0.3	1.1	-0.4	2.1	30	.503	.501	$
STL (3 yrs)				160.1	66	12	75	4.21	4.09	0.10	-0.14	102.4	3.94	-6	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	0.5	10	.490	.499	$
HOU (1 yr)				6.1	4	0	2	2.84	4.40	0.12	-0.34	95.9	3.78	1	0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.516	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1977	24	HOU	NL	4	27	24	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	.208	.296	.250	.546	.250	6	1	0	0	0	0	1
1978	25	STL	NL	16	120	97	14	21	6	2	0	2	0	16	16	.216	.316	.320	.636	.247	31	1	0	3	4	3	0
1979	26	STL	NL	26	308	278	29	66	8	1	9	11	2	24	44	.237	.298	.371	.669	.253	103	8	0	6	0	3	0
1980	27	STL	NL	24	248	215	32	59	9	0	3	19	3	25	22	.274	.352	.358	.710	.289	77	3	3	1	4	5	4

1983	30	SEA	AL	43	386	345	44	95	19	2	3	7	2	32	77	.275	.337	.368	.705	.342	127	5	2	3	4	3	5
1984	31	SEA	AL	21	231	186	33	52	7	1	8	12	2	37	42	.280	.399	.457	.856	.310	85	4	4	0	6	1	2
1985	32	SEA	AL	40	385	326	37	66	11	1	8	14	2	48	70	.202	.303	.316	.619	.227	103	10	2	2	7	12	2

1987	34	SEA	AL	8	92	77	12	23	4	0	2	3	1	11	14	.299	.380	.429	.809	.328	33	4	1	0	3	0	0
8 Yrs				182	1797	1548	203	387	65	7	33	69	12	196	289	.250	.334	.365	.699	.282	565	36	12	15	28	27	14
162 Game Avg.				63	627	540	71	135	23	2	12	24	4	68	101	.250	.334	.365	.699	.282	197	13	4	5	10	9	5
MLB Averages																.261	.326	.391	.717	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1977	24	HOU	NL	0.9	0.1	30	0.1	0.5	-0.5	1.14	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.14	-0.1	1	1	2
1978	25	STL	NL	-0.9	-0.1	128	0.3	1.9	-1.5	.95	-0.0	0.4	1.6	0.2	0.95	1.2	5	2	7
1979	26	STL	NL	7.3	0.8	323	1.4	6.7	-5.3	1.23	0.7	0.4	7.2	0.7	1.23	5.9	6	5	8
1980	27	STL	NL	-5.8	-0.6	271	-0.7	3.7	-4.4	.94	-0.8	-0.0	-6.0	-0.6	0.94	-6.8	4	1	14

1983	30	SEA	AL	5.2	0.5	398	-0.4	3.8	-4.2	.59	0.4	-1.0	-2.5	-0.2	0.59	4.0	5	14	23
1984	31	SEA	AL	-7.1	-0.7	251	-0.1	3.7	-3.8	.96	-1.2	1.2	-3.5	-0.4	0.95	-14.3	7	3	9
1985	32	SEA	AL	9.5	1.0	407	1.6	5.3	-3.7	.75	1.2	0.9	5.2	0.5	0.75	13.8	16	7	17

1987	34	SEA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	98	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	.32	-0.1	-0.5	-1.4	-0.1	0.32	-0.7	1	0	7
8 Yrs				8.8	0.9	1906	2.0	26.1	-24.1	.85	0.2	2.2	1.0	0.1	0.85	3.0	45	33	87

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1978	25	STL	NL	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.0	31	31	6	3	1	0	3.0	6.0	4.0
1979	26	STL	NL	26	6	1	2	3	0	1	3	3	.500	0	1	0	0	3	50%	53.5	70	36	14	4	3	1	2.6	2.5	6.1
1980	27	STL	NL	24	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	3	.400	0	1	0	0	1	20%	41.2	63	24	8	2	1	1	5.3	5.3	4.6

1984	31	SEA	AL	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.0	34	34	17	8	1	0	4.0	3.0	2.7
4 Yrs				87	13	2	6	5	0	1	5	8	.385	0	2	0	0	4	31%	46	70	24	45	17	6	2	3.7	3.7	5.1
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	99	-13					4.4	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1977	24	HOU	NL	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	0	0		5	1.136	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	4	3	0	3	1	4.8
1978	25	STL	NL	16	15	7	1	0	3	3	0	100%	4	1	16	3	19%	8	.950	5	2	7	6	1	8	8	7	9	2	10	2	4.9
1979	26	STL	NL	26	20	4	2	2	2	1	1	50%	3	1	16	7	44%	6	1.226	6	5	8	3	6	11	8	12	14	1	15	1	6.1
1980	27	STL	NL	24	19	8	1	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	5	0	0%	8	.940	4	1	14	2	3	14	4	15	9	4	9	3	5.1

1983	30	SEA	AL	43	43	12	3	1	4	1	3	25%	6	1	48	21	44%	6	.590	5	14	23	6	2	35	27	16	26	13	31	6	6.2
1984	31	SEA	AL	21	20	4	3	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	31	5	16%	3	.959	7	3	9	2	3	15	15	5	13	3	16	4	7.1
1985	32	SEA	AL	40	40	9	7	0	1	1	0	100%	3	2	58	24	41%	6	.746	16	7	17	7	7	26	33	7	27	9	31	9	7.0

1987	34	SEA	AL	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	3	.318	1	0	7	0	0	8	2	6	6	0	6	0	7.8
8 Yrs				182	169	47	18	5	13	7	6	54%	21	7	178	62	35%		.846	45	33	87	27	23	119	97	72	107	32	121	26	6.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	24	HOU	NL	27	85%	0.0%	14.8%	11.1%	3.7%	20%	0.88	74%	4	1	25%
1978	25	STL	NL	120	57%	0.0%	13.3%	13.3%	6.7%	38%	0.55	71%	18	1	6%
1979	26	STL	NL	308	57%	2.9%	14.3%	7.8%	5.8%	27%	1.42	73%	49	8	16%
1980	27	STL	NL	248	63%	1.2%	8.9%	10.1%	4.8%	20%	1.01	78%	50	3	6%

1983	30	SEA	AL	386	62%	0.8%	20.0%	8.3%	6.2%	25%	1.35	70%	63	5	8%
1984	31	SEA	AL	233	54%	3.5%	18.2%	16.0%	6.9%	31%	1.33	61%	55	4	7%
1985	32	SEA	AL	385	52%	2.1%	18.2%	12.5%	5.2%	30%	1.42	66%	78	10	13%

1987	34	SEA	AL	92	51%	2.2%	15.2%	12.0%	6.5%	26%	1.82	70%	17	4	24%
8 Yrs				1799	58%	1.8%	16.1%	10.9%	5.8%	27%	1.25	70%	334	36	11%
MLB Averages					42%	2.1%	13.6%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.09	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1977	24	HOU	NL	27	5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	12	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1978	25	STL	NL	120	21			0	0	8	0	0	0	0	12	6	2	50%	0	3	0	43	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
1979	26	STL	NL	308	66			9	0	3	5	4	2	7	18	11	2	61%	0	3	0	109	11	2	85%	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
1980	27	STL	NL	248	59			3	0	5	3	0	0	3	13	8	2	62%	4	0	0	109	19	3	86%	18	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	4	0

1983	30	SEA	AL	386	95			3	0	17	2	1	2	1	23	14	5	61%	5	3	1	153	7	2	78%	7	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	8	0
1984	31	SEA	AL	231	52			8	0	17	3	5	7	1	18	10	3	56%	2	1	2	96	12	2	86%	11	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	2
1985	32	SEA	AL	385	66			8	0	20	5	3	5	3	42	22	6	52%	2	4	2	128	14	2	88%	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	0

1987	34	SEA	AL	92	23			2	0	5	1	1	0	2	6	3	0	50%	0	2	0	33	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
8 Yrs				1797	387			33	0	75	19	14	16	17	132	74	20	56%	14	16	5	683	69	12	85%	62	9	7	2	0	1	6	1	72	2
MLB Averages																		53%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1977	24	0	0		2.84	4	0	1	0	6.1	5	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	27	134	1.263	7.1	0.0	4.3	5.7	1.33	134
1978	25	1	1	.500	3.63	20	1	8	3	34.2	26	16	14	0	19	3	20	0	4	3	147	100	1.298	6.8	0.0	4.9	5.2	1.05	100
1979	26	4	5	.444	3.14	46	7	12	4	111.2	92	45	39	9	43	6	64	0	4	6	455	120	1.209	7.4	0.7	3.5	5.2	1.49	120
1980	27	6	8	.429	3.67	70	12	20	4	166.2	151	77	68	12	68	11	86	3	4	6	703	103	1.314	8.2	0.6	3.7	4.6	1.26	103
1981	28	6	8	.429	3.67	70	12	20	4	166.2	151	77	68	12	68	11	86	3	4	6	703	103	1.314	8.2	0.6	3.7	4.6	1.26	103
1982	29	6	8	.429	3.67	70	12	20	4	166.2	151	77	68	12	68	11	86	3	4	6	703	103	1.314	8.2	0.6	3.7	4.6	1.26	103
1983	30	9	9	.500	3.60	113	12	32	5	255.1	246	121	102	15	100	14	163	5	4	9	1089	110	1.355	8.7	0.5	3.5	5.7	1.63	110
1984	31	12	11	.522	3.87	134	13	36	6	305.0	298	154	131	23	137	15	205	9	4	10	1322	102	1.426	8.8	0.7	4.0	6.0	1.50	102
1985	32	19	11	.633	3.75	174	13	45	7	398.2	364	191	166	31	185	27	275	11	6	14	1707	107	1.377	8.2	0.7	4.2	6.2	1.49	107
1986	33	19	11	.633	3.75	174	13	45	7	398.2	364	191	166	31	185	27	275	11	6	14	1707	107	1.377	8.2	0.7	4.2	6.2	1.49	107
1987	34	20	11	.645	3.82	182	13	47	7	419.1	387	203	178	33	196	27	289	12	7	16	1799	106	1.390	8.3	0.7	4.2	6.2	1.47	106

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1977	24	0	0		3.00	6.0	5	2	2	0	3	4	0	1.333	7.5	4.5	6.0	1.33	0.0	4
1978	25	1	2	.333	4.33	27.0	22	14	13	0	17	15	0	1.444	7.3	5.7	5.0	0.88	0.0	16
1979	26	5	3	.625	3.13	72.0	67	28	25	9	24	41	0	1.264	8.4	3.0	5.1	1.71	1.1	26
1980	27	2	3	.400	5.26	53.0	61	34	31	3	26	21	3	1.642	10.4	4.4	3.6	0.81	0.5	24

1983	30	5	4	.556	3.60	85.0	96	38	34	3	32	74	2	1.506	10.2	3.4	7.8	2.31	0.3	43
1984	31	2	3	.400	6.07	46.0	54	34	31	8	38	39	4	2.000	10.6	7.4	7.6	1.03	1.6	21
1985	32	5	4	.556	3.60	90.0	66	40	36	8	48	67	2	1.267	6.6	4.8	6.7	1.40	0.8	40

1987	34	1	1	.500	5.21	19.0	22	12	11	2	11	13	1	1.737	10.4	5.2	6.2	1.18	0.9	8
8 Yrs		21	20	.512	4.14	398.0	393	202	183	33	199	274	12	1.487	8.9		6.2	1.38	0.7	182

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