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Stan Thomas

Stanley Brown Thomas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 11, 1949 in Rumford, ME
Schools: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL), University of New Haven (West Haven, CT)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 27th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1974
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Indians/Mariners/Yankees 1974-1977

Final Game: October 2, 1977
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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
1974 24 TEX AL 0 0 6.59 12 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 22 10 10 1 6 2 8 0 0 1 66 56 2.049 14.5 0.7 4.0 5.3 1.33
1975 25 TEX AL 4 4 .500 3.10 46 1 19 0 0 3 81.1 72 36 28 2 34 6 46 3 1 1 341 122 1.303 8.0 0.2 3.8 5.1 1.35
1976 26 CLE AL 4 4 .500 2.30 37 7 15 2 0 6 105.2 88 33 27 5 41 4 54 4 0 1 435 151 1.221 7.5 0.4 3.5 4.6 1.32
1977 27 TOT AL 3 6 .333 6.12 16 9 4 1 0 0 64.2 81 56 44 8 29 0 15 3 1 4 303 68 1.701 11.3 1.1 4.0 2.1 0.52
1977 27 SEA AL 2 6 .250 6.02 13 9 2 1 0 0 58.1 74 49 39 8 25 0 14 3 1 4 272 69 1.697 11.4 1.2 3.9 2.2 0.56
1977 27 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 7.11 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 7 7 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 31 59 1.737 9.9 0.0 5.7 1.4 0.25
4 Yrs 11 14 .440 3.70 111 17 42 3 0 9 265.1 263 135 109 16 110 12 123 10 2 7 1145 101 1.406 8.9 0.5 3.7 4.2 1.12
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .440 3.70 59 9 22 2 0 5 141 140 72 58 9 58 6 65 5 1 4 608 101 1.406 8.9 0.5 3.7 4.2 1.12
TEX (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 3.60 58 1 23 0 0 3 95.0 94 46 38 3 40 8 54 3 1 2 407 104 1.411 8.9 0.3 3.8 5.1 1.35
CLE (1 yr) 4 4 .500 2.30 37 7 15 2 0 6 105.2 88 33 27 5 41 4 54 4 0 1 435 151 1.221 7.5 0.4 3.5 4.6 1.32
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 7.11 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 7 7 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 31 59 1.737 9.9 0.0 5.7 1.4 0.25
SEA (1 yr) 2 6 .250 6.02 13 9 2 1 0 0 58.1 74 49 39 8 25 0 14 3 1 4 272 69 1.697 11.4 1.2 3.9 2.2 0.56

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 Awards
1974 24 TEX AL 13.2 12 0 10 6.59 4.33 -0.21 -0.36 96.2 4.02 -4 -0.4 .7 0.0 -0.3 -3 .465 .497 $
1975 25 TEX AL 81.1 46 1 36 3.98 4.30 -0.08 -0.34 98.3 3.97 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.2 0.6 8 .500 .500 $
1976 26 CLE AL 105.2 37 7 33 2.81 4.14 -0.18 -0.16 98.0 4.07 15 1.8 1.6 0.2 2.9 25 .548 .511 $
1977 27 SEA AL 58.1 13 9 49 7.56 4.81 0.03 0.08 103.5 5.03 -16 -1.5 1.3 -0.1 -1.1 -10 .382 .491 $
1977 27 NYY AL 6.1 3 0 7 9.95 4.09 0.35 -0.33 94.0 3.21 -5 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.3 -4 .357 .497 $
4 Seasons 265.1 111 17 135 4.58 4.35 -0.09 -0.18 99.1 4.23 -10 -0.6 1.4 0.1 1.8 17 .494 .499 $
TEX (2 yrs) 95.0 58 1 46 4.36 4.30 -0.10 -0.34 98.0 3.98 -4 -0.4 1.3 -0.1 0.3 6 .493 .499 $
CLE (1 yr) 105.2 37 7 33 2.81 4.14 -0.18 -0.16 98.0 4.07 15 1.8 1.6 0.2 2.9 25 .548 .511 $
NYY (1 yr) 6.1 3 0 7 9.95 4.09 0.35 -0.33 94.0 3.21 -5 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.3 -4 .357 .497 $
SEA (1 yr) 58.1 13 9 49 7.56 4.81 0.03 0.08 103.5 5.03 -16 -1.5 1.3 -0.1 -1.1 -10 .382 .491 $

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
1974 24 TEX AL 12 66 58 10 22 2 0 1 2 2 6 8 .379 .431 .466 .896 .420 27 2 0 1 1 2 1
1975 25 TEX AL 46 341 301 36 72 10 2 2 4 5 34 46 .239 .322 .306 .627 .276 92 12 3 2 1 6 7
1976 26 CLE AL 37 435 384 33 88 11 1 5 6 3 41 54 .229 .309 .302 .611 .255 116 11 4 5 1 4 4
1977 27 TOT AL 16 303 264 56 81 16 1 8 7 1 29 15 .307 .377 .466 .843 .298 123 7 3 3 4 0 5
1977 27 NYY AL 3 31 25 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .280 .367 .280 .647 .280 7 0 0 1 1 0 1
1977 27 SEA AL 13 272 239 49 74 16 1 8 7 1 25 14 .310 .378 .485 .863 .300 116 7 3 2 3 0 4
4 Yrs 111 1145 1007 135 263 39 4 16 19 11 110 123 .261 .338 .356 .693 .282 358 32 10 11 7 12 17
162 Game Avg. 59 608 535 72 140 21 2 9 10 6 58 65 .261 .338 .356 .693 .282 190 17 5 6 4 6 9
MLB Averages .259 .325 .377 .702 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1974 24 TEX AL -3.9 -0.4 72 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .51 -0.5 -0.4 -7.1 -0.7 0.51 -4.3 2 2 7
1975 25 TEX AL 4.3 0.4 353 0.4 5.7 -5.3 1.00 1.2 -0.8 14.1 1.5 0.99 12.4 16 9 20
1976 26 CLE AL 12.9 1.4 447 0.2 7.1 -6.8 .91 0.9 -0.6 13.5 1.5 0.91 8.0 11 7 12
1977 27 TOT AL -17.2 -1.6 317 -2.7 5.4 -8.1 1.15 -1.7 -0.6 -23.6 -2.2 1.15 -19.6 2 1 4
1977 27 SEA AL -14.4 -1.4 286 -2.4 4.9 -7.3 1.12 -1.6 -0.5 -20.0 -1.8 1.13 -18.1 2 0 2
1977 27 NYY AL -2.8 -0.3 31 -0.3 0.4 -0.8 1.39 -0.1 -0.1 -3.6 -0.3 1.39 -1.5 0 1 2
4 Yrs -3.9 -0.2 1189 -2.6 18.5 -21.1 .98 -0.2 -2.5 -3.1 0.1 0.98 -3.6 31 19 43

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1975 25 TEX AL 46 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.0 34 34 38 18 0 1 1.0 2.3 3.0
1976 26 CLE AL 37 7 3 2 2 1 1 5 2 .714 0 0 2 0 3 43% 49.1 72 30 20 5 3 4 5.7 5.9 5.7
1977 27 TOT AL 16 9 1 5 3 1 1 3 6 .333 1 1 1 0 3 33% 60 25 12 6 1 2 3.7 3.9 5.6
1977 27 SEA AL 13 9 1 5 3 1 1 3 6 .333 1 1 1 0 3 33% 39.4 60 25 10 4 1 2 3.7 3.9 5.6
3 Yrs 96 17 4 8 5 2 2 8 9 .471 1 1 3 0 6 35% 43 72 25 68 27 4 7 4.3 4.7 5.5
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1974 24 TEX AL 12 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 57% 9 .506 2 2 7 2 0 10 8 4 5 4 7 2 3.4
1975 25 TEX AL 46 45 19 4 3 3 3 0 100% 9 3 60 8 13% 7 .996 16 9 20 10 7 28 36 9 24 18 30 11 5.2
1976 26 CLE AL 37 30 15 1 2 8 6 2 75% 11 2 26 5 19% 7 .910 11 7 12 13 2 15 15 15 19 6 19 4 6.6
1977 27 TOT AL 16 7 4 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 5 83% 1.152 2 1 4 1 0 6 3 4 4 0 5 1 6.0
1977 27 SEA AL 13 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 1 1.125 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 3 0 5.8
1977 27 NYY AL 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 1.393 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 6.3
4 Yrs 111 94 42 7 6 12 9 3 75% 21 5 106 26 25% .976 31 19 43 26 9 59 62 32 52 28 61 18 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1974 24 TEX AL 66 55% 1.5% 12.1% 9.1% 4.6% 14% 2.88 76% 17 2 12%
1975 25 TEX AL 341 61% 0.6% 13.5% 10.0% 4.1% 19% 1.69 74% 69 12 17%
1976 26 CLE AL 435 54% 1.2% 12.4% 9.4% 3.9% 19% 1.50 75% 88 11 13%
1977 27 TOT AL 303 52% 2.6% 5.0% 9.6% 8.3% 31% 1.51 81% 67 7 10%
1977 27 SEA AL 272 53% 2.9% 5.2% 9.2% 9.2% 34% 1.47 81% 52 7 13%
1977 27 NYY AL 31 45% 0.0% 3.2% 12.9% 0.0% 0% 2.00 81% 15 0 0%
4 Yrs 1145 56% 1.4% 10.7% 9.6% 5.2% 22% 1.60 76% 241 32 13%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.1% 8.7% 6.2% 27% 1.09 75% 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
1974 24 TEX AL 66 22 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 6 5 0 83% 1 1 1 30 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1975 25 TEX AL 341 72 2 0 8 0 2 1 1 18 5 2 28% 7 1 1 141 4 5 44% 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
1976 26 CLE AL 435 88 5 0 9 4 1 3 2 18 8 4 44% 4 1 2 165 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1977 27 TOT AL 303 81 8 0 12 7 1 5 3 32 19 1 59% 5 4 1 118 7 1 88% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0
1977 27 SEA AL 272 74 8 0 9 7 1 5 3 25 14 1 56% 4 4 1 101 7 1 88% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0
1977 27 NYY AL 31 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 71% 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Yrs 1145 263 16 0 33 11 5 10 6 74 37 7 50% 17 7 5 454 19 11 63% 17 9 2 0 0 2 1 0 30 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1974 24 0 0 6.59 12 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 22 10 10 1 6 2 8 0 0 1 66 56 2.049 14.5 0.7 4.0 5.3 1.33 56
1975 25 4 4 .500 3.60 58 1 23 0 0 3 95.0 94 46 38 3 40 8 54 3 1 2 407 104 1.411 8.9 0.3 3.8 5.1 1.35 104
1976 26 8 8 .500 2.92 95 8 38 2 0 9 200.2 182 79 65 8 81 12 108 7 1 3 842 124 1.311 8.2 0.4 3.6 4.8 1.33 124
1977 27 11 14 .440 3.70 111 17 42 3 0 9 265.1 263 135 109 16 110 12 123 10 2 7 1145 101 1.406 8.9 0.5 3.7 4.2 1.12 101

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1974 24 0 1 .000 9.00 12.0 24 13 12 1 7 7 0 2.583 18.0 5.3 5.3 1.00 0.8 12
1975 25 4 4 .500 3.67 76.0 76 34 31 2 36 43 3 1.474 9.0 4.3 5.1 1.19 0.2 46
1976 26 6 4 .600 2.97 97.0 97 36 32 6 45 50 4 1.464 9.0 4.2 4.6 1.11 0.6 37
1977 27 2 4 .333 6.68 62.0 83 51 46 8 30 14 3 1.823 12.0 4.4 2.0 0.47 1.2 16
4 Yrs 12 13 .480 4.41 247.0 280 134 121 17 118 114 10 1.611 10.2 4.2 0.97 0.6 111

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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