Roy Thomas
Roy Justin Thomas
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 22, 1953 in Quantico, VA
High School: Lompoc (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
Final Game: August 4, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 27 125 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 5.7 1.33
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 93 1.306 6.7 0.0 5.1 5.1 1.00
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 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 78 1.527 9.7 0.5 4.1 3.6 0.88
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 3 386 124 1.432 9.6 0.3 3.2 7.8 2.41
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 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 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 91 1.645 10.0 0.9 4.8 6.1 1.27
8 Seasons 20 11 .645 3.82 182 13 47 0 0 7 419.1 387 203 178 33 196 27 289 12 7 16 1799 105 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 6 627 105 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 6 676 101 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 27 125 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 6 703 102 1.314 8.2 0.6 3.7 4.6 1.26

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
1984 31 SEA AL 21 233 186 33 52 7 1 8 12 2 37 42 .280 .399 .457 .856 .310 85 4 4 0 6 1
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
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
8 Seasons 182 1799 1548 203 387 65 7 33 69 12 196 289 .250 .334 .365 .699 .282 565 36 12 15 28 27
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 25 STL NL 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 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% 54 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 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 34 34 17 8 1 0 4.0 3.0 2.7
4 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1977 24 HOU NL 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 5 1.197 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 1.023 5 3 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 1.249 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 0.966 4 3 12 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 0.611 6 15 22 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 0.986 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 0.767 16 10 14 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 0.314 1 0 7 0 0 8 2 6 6 0 6 0 7.8
8 Seasons 182 169 47 18 5 13 7 6 54% 21 7 178 62 35% 0.872 46 40 81 27 23 119 97 72 107 32 121 26 6.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1977 24 HOU NL 27 15% 0.0% 14.8% 11.1% 3.7% 20% 0.88 74% 4 1 25%
1978 25 STL NL 120 43% 0.0% 13.3% 13.3% 6.7% 38% 0.55 71% 18 1 6%
1979 26 STL NL 308 43% 2.9% 14.3% 7.8% 5.8% 27% 1.42 73% 49 8 16%
1980 27 STL NL 248 38% 1.2% 8.9% 10.1% 4.8% 20% 1.01 78% 50 3 6%
1983 30 SEA AL 386 38% 0.8% 20.0% 8.3% 6.2% 25% 1.35 70% 63 5 8%
1984 31 SEA AL 233 46% 3.4% 18.0% 15.9% 6.9% 31% 1.35 61% 55 4 7%
1985 32 SEA AL 385 48% 2.1% 18.2% 12.5% 5.2% 30% 1.42 66% 78 10 13%
1987 34 SEA AL 92 49% 2.2% 15.2% 12.0% 6.5% 26% 1.82 70% 17 4 24%
8 Seasons 1799 42% 1.8% 16.1% 10.9% 5.8% 27% 1.25 70% 334 36 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 0 8 0
1984 31 SEA AL 232 52 8 0 17 3 5 7 1 18 10 3 56% 2 1 2 97 12 2 86% 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 1
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 Seasons 1798 387 33 0 75 19 14 16 17 132 74 20 56% 14 16 5 684 69 12 85% 62 9 7 2 0 1 5 1 72 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1977 24 0 0 2.84 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 27 125 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 5.7 1.33 125
1978 25 1 1 .500 3.63 20 1 8 0 0 3 34.2 26 16 14 0 19 3 20 0 4 3 147 98 1.298 6.8 0.0 4.9 5.2 1.05 98
1979 26 4 5 .444 3.14 46 7 12 0 0 4 111.2 92 45 39 9 43 6 64 0 4 6 455 119 1.209 7.4 0.7 3.5 5.2 1.49 119
1980 27 6 8 .429 3.67 70 12 20 0 0 4 166.2 151 77 68 12 68 11 86 3 4 6 703 102 1.314 8.2 0.6 3.7 4.6 1.26 102
1981 28 6 8 .429 3.67 70 12 20 0 0 4 166.2 151 77 68 12 68 11 86 3 4 6 703 102 1.314 8.2 0.6 3.7 4.6 1.26 102
1982 29 6 8 .429 3.67 70 12 20 0 0 4 166.2 151 77 68 12 68 11 86 3 4 6 703 102 1.314 8.2 0.6 3.7 4.6 1.26 102
1983 30 9 9 .500 3.60 113 12 32 0 0 5 255.1 246 121 102 15 100 14 163 5 4 9 1089 109 1.355 8.7 0.5 3.5 5.7 1.63 109
1984 31 12 11 .522 3.87 134 13 36 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 7 419.1 387 203 178 33 196 27 289 12 7 16 1799 105 1.390 8.3 0.7 4.2 6.2 1.47 105

Neutralized Pitching

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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 3.25 72.0 67 29 26 9 24 41 0 1.264 8.4 3.0 5.1 1.71 1.1 26
1980 27 2 3 .400 5.09 53.0 60 33 30 3 25 21 3 1.604 10.2 4.2 3.6 0.84 0.5 24
1983 30 5 4 .556 3.56 86.0 95 38 34 3 32 75 2 1.477 9.9 3.3 7.8 2.34 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 3.64 89.0 67 40 36 8 49 66 2 1.303 6.8 5.0 6.7 1.35 0.8 40
1987 34 1 1 .500 4.95 20.0 21 12 11 2 10 14 1 1.550 9.5 4.5 6.3 1.40 0.9 8
8 Seasons 21 20 .512 4.13 399.0 391 202 183 33 198 275 12 1.476 8.8 6.2 1.39 0.7 182

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