Valmy Thomas

Valmy Thomas

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 21, 1925 in Santurce, P.R.
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies/Indians/Orioles 1957-1961

Final Game: October 1, 1961
Died: October 16, 2010 in Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.
Buried: Kingshill Cemetery, Kingshill, St. Croix, V.I.
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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
1951	25	SJE	C	91	335	335		99	9	1	9						.296	.296	.409	.704		137							SJE · PROV
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1955	29	PIT-min	C	106	357	357		102	18	2	9						.286	.286	.423	.709		151							SJE · PROV
1956	30	SFG-min	A,AAA	104	345	345		120	18	2	11						.348	.348	.501	.849		173							ABQ,JHN,MNE · WL,EL,AA
1957	31	NYG	NL	88	262	241	30	60	10	3	6	31	0	0	16	29	.249	.296	.390	.686	83	94	5	1	2	2	1	2
1958	32	SFG	NL	63	160	143	14	37	5	0	3	16	1	0	13	24	.259	.321	.357	.677	81	51	4	1	0	2	0	2
1959	33	PHI	NL	66	151	140	5	28	2	0	1	7	1	0	9	19	.200	.253	.236	.489	31	33	7	1	1	0	2	2/5
1960	34	CHW-PHI-min	AAA	79	299	279	38	84	12	3	4	42	0	2	20	19	.301	.348	.409	.756		114							SDG,INA · PCL,AA
1960	34	BAL	AL	8	18	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	-49	1	2	0	1	0	0	/2
1961	35	CLE	AL	27	92	86	7	18	3	0	2	6	0	0	6	7	.209	.261	.314	.575	55	27	7	0	0	0	0	2
1962	36	CLE-STL-min	AAA	61	194	168	18	37	4	0	3	20	0	0	24	18	.220	.316	.298	.614		50		0	1	1			JCK,ATA · IL
5 Yrs				252	683	626	56	144	20	3	12	60	2	1	45	79	.230	.283	.329	.612	64	206	25	3	4	4	3
162 Game Avg.				162	439	402	36	93	13	2	8	39	1	1	29	51	.230	.283	.329	.612	64	132	16	2	3	3	2

SFG (2 yrs)				151	422	384	44	97	15	3	9	47	1	0	29	53	.253	.305	.378	.683	82	145	9	2	2	4	1
PHI (1 yr)				66	151	140	5	28	2	0	1	7	1	0	9	19	.200	.253	.236	.489	31	33	7	1	1	0	2
CLE (1 yr)				27	92	86	7	18	3	0	2	6	0	0	6	7	.209	.261	.314	.575	55	27	7	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				8	18	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	-49	1	2	0	1	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				217	573	524	49	125	17	3	10	54	2	0	38	72	.239	.292	.340	.631	69	178	16	3	3	4	3
AL (2 yrs)				35	110	102	7	19	3	0	2	6	0	1	7	7	.186	.239	.275	.513	39	28	9	0	1	0	0

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
1957	31	NYG	NL	88	262	-6	-1	1	3	4	1	0.0	9	10	0.9	.501	.501	0.6	0.6	6	$	2
1958	32	SFG	NL	63	160	-2	0	-1	2	2	2	0.2	5	8	0.8	.504	.502	0.6	0.4	6	$	2
1959	33	PHI	NL	66	151	-14	0	-1	2	3	-10	-1.1	5	-5	-0.6	.484	.493	-0.8	0.5	-7	$	2/5
1960	34	BAL	AL	8	18	-3	-0	-0	1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.472	.499	-0.3	0.1	-2	$	/2
1961	35	CLE	AL	27	92	-6	-1	-1	2	1	-5	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.481	.497	-0.4	0.3	-4	$	2
5 Seasons				252	683	-31	-1	-2	10	10	-14	-1.6	22	8	0.6	.494	.498	-0.3	2.0	-2	$

SFG (2 yrs)				151	422	-7	-0	-0	5	6	3	0.2	14	17	1.7	.502	.501	1.2	1.1	12	$
PHI (1 yr)				66	151	-14	0	-1	2	3	-10	-1.1	5	-5	-0.6	.484	.493	-0.8	0.5	-7	$
CLE (1 yr)				27	92	-6	-1	-1	2	1	-5	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.481	.497	-0.4	0.3	-4	$
BAL (1 yr)				8	18	-3	-0	-0	1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.472	.499	-0.3	0.1	-2	$

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
1957	31	NYG	NL	262	190	28	4.0	103	.260	.249	.269	.296	.332	.390	.416	.686	.748	83	.434	-6.4	-0.6	.597	.207	.141	.0
1958	32	SFG	NL	160	112	17	4.1	104	.288	.259	.267	.321	.335	.357	.418	.677	.753	81	.440	-3.6	-0.4	.600	.196	.098	1.5
1959	33	PHI	NL	151	120	7	1.6	106	.225	.200	.271	.253	.338	.236	.420	.489	.758	31	.121	-14.2	-1.4	.370	.107	.036	1.0
1960	34	BAL	AL	18	19	0	0.0	101	.063	.063	.262	.118	.336	.063	.401	.180	.737	-49	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.056	.000	.000
1961	35	CLE	AL	92	75	5	1.8	101	.208	.209	.260	.261	.335	.314	.405	.575	.740	55	.147	-5.7	-0.6	.440	.174	.105	.0
5 Yrs				683	516	57	3.0	104	.245	.230	.268	.283	.334	.329	.415	.612	.750	64	.306	-33.2	-3.3	.502	.173	.099	3.4
162 Game Avg.				439	332	37	3.0	104	.245	.230	.268	.283	.334	.329	.415	.612	.750	64	.306	-33.2	-3.3	.502	.173	.099	2

SFG (2 yrs)				422	302	45	4.0	104	.270	.253	.268	.305	.333	.378	.417	.683	.750	82	.435	-9.9	-1.0	.598	.203	.125	1.8
PHI (1 yr)				151	120	7	1.6	106	.225	.200	.271	.253	.338	.236	.420	.489	.758	31	.120	-14.2	-1.4	.370	.107	.036	1.0
CLE (1 yr)				92	75	5	1.8	101	.208	.209	.260	.261	.335	.314	.405	.575	.740	55	.147	-5.7	-0.6	.440	.174	.105	.0
BAL (1 yr)				18	19	0	0.0	101	.063	.063	.262	.118	.336	.063	.401	.180	.737	-49	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.056	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				573	422	52	3.3	104	.258	.239	.269	.292	.334	.340	.418	.631	.752	69	.352	-24.1	-2.4	.533	.177	.101	3.3
AL (2 yrs)				110	94	5	1.4	101	.183	.186	.261	.239	.335	.275	.405	.513	.740	39	.104	-9.1	-0.9	.366	.147	.088	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	31	NYG	NL	262	2.3%	11.1%	6.1%	7.3%	32%	1.81	8.3	40.2	7.8	1.16	79%
1958	32	SFG	NL	160	1.9%	15.0%	8.1%	5.0%	22%	1.85	6.0	47.7	8.9	0.95	74%
1959	33	PHI	NL	151	0.7%	12.6%	6.0%	2.0%	11%	2.11	7.4	140.0	20.0	1.56	79%
1960	34	BAL	AL	18	0.0%	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	0.00				4.67	89%
1961	35	CLE	AL	92	2.2%	7.6%	6.5%	5.4%	28%	1.17	12.3	43.0	14.3	2.09	84%
5 Yrs				683	1.8%	11.6%	6.6%	5.1%	24%	1.76	7.9	52.2	10.4	1.38	79%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.2%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.51	6.7	37.6	8.3	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1957	31	NYG	NL	-6.4	-0.6	241	0.3	4.6	-4.3	1.00	-0.2	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.92	-3.9	0.04	1
1958	32	SFG	NL	-3.6	-0.4	164	-0.5	2.3	-2.8	.99	-0.2	-0.3	-1.4	-0.1	0.96	-1.1	5.50	2
1959	33	PHI	NL	-14.2	-1.4	153	-1.4	1.5	-2.9	.92	-1.3	-0.3	-13.6	-1.3	0.92	-15.3		0
1960	34	BAL	AL	-3.4	-0.4	19	-0.4	0.0	-0.5	.88	-0.3	-0.1	-4.4	-0.5	0.92	-3.7		0
1961	35	CLE	AL	-5.7	-0.6	92	-1.2	1.1	-2.2	1.07	-0.8	-0.3	-13.1	-1.3	0.99	-9.4		0
5 Yrs				-33.2	-3.3	669	-3.2	9.5	-12.7	.99	-2.8	-0.5	-31.6	-3.2	0.94	-33.4	3.68	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	31	NYG	NL	3	34%	81	0	0		0	0	3	3	67%	9	5	4	2	1	1	7	0	7
1958	32	SFG	NL	4	23%	61	1	0	100%	1	0	2	5	29%	7	5	2	3	3	0	4	2	2
1959	33	PHI	NL	1	11%	58	1	0	100%	1	0	1	2	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1960	34	BAL	AL	1	0%	6	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	35	CLE	AL	0	23%	35	0	0		0	0	1	0	60%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
5 Yrs				9	24%	241	2	1	67%	2	1	7	10	49%	24	16	8	5	4	1	14	2	12

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1957	31	NYG	NL	262	22%	60			1	0	0	0	0.04	6	0	7	4	2	5	1	0	2	2	100%	50	5	10%	20	6	30%	137	25	18%	11	8	73%	6	3	50%	0
1958	32	SFG	NL	160	18%	37			2	0	0	0	5.50	3	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		33	4	12%	13	4	31%	101	13	13%	11	8	73%	9	6	67%	0
1959	33	PHI	NL	151	58%	28			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	34	7	21%	16	4	25%	86	6	7%	8	1	13%	2	2	100%	0
1960	34	BAL	AL	18	72%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	2	33%	3	1	33%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1961	35	CLE	AL	92	26%	18			0	0	0	0		2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		20	7	35%	17	6	35%	65	4	6%	7	1	14%	7	4	57%	0
5 Yrs				683	31%	144			3	0	0	0	3.68	12	0	12	7	5	8	4	0	4	4	100%	143	25	17%	69	21	30%	398	48	12%	38	18	47%	24	15	63%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			53%

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
1957	31	88	262	241	30	60	10	3	6	31	0	0	16	29	.249	.296	.390	.686	83	94	5	1	2	2	1
1958	32	151	422	384	44	97	15	3	9	47	1	0	29	53	.253	.305	.378	.683	82	145	9	2	2	4	1
1959	33	217	573	524	49	125	17	3	10	54	2	0	38	72	.239	.292	.340	.631	69	178	16	3	3	4	3
1960	34	225	591	540	49	126	17	3	10	54	2	1	39	72	.233	.287	.331	.618	65	179	18	3	4	4	3
1961	35	252	683	626	56	144	20	3	12	60	2	1	45	79	.230	.283	.329	.612	64	206	25	3	4	4	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1957	31	92	274	252	32	63	10	3	6	33	0	17	30	.250	.298	.385	.683	29	88
1958	32	66	169	152	15	40	5	0	3	18	1	14	25	.263	.325	.355	.681	18	63
1959	33	69	157	146	5	29	2	0	1	7	1	9	20	.199	.250	.233	.483	8	66
1960	34	8	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	8
1961	35	27	92	86	7	18	3	0	2	6	0	6	7	.209	.261	.314	.575	7	27
5 Yrs		262	711	653	59	150	20	3	12	64	2	47	82	.230	.283	.325	.608	62	252
162 Game Avg.		162	440	404	36	93	12	2	7	40	1	29	51	.230	.283	.325	.608	38	252

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