Valmy Thomas
Valmy Thomas
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 21, 1928 in Santurce, P.R.
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Final Game: October 1, 1961
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1957 NYG NL 28 C 88 66 639.0 431 396 31 4 8 .991 3.0 5.6 3 6.01 4.85 .988 5.98 4.99 5 11 14 11 44%
1958 SFG NL 29 C 61 47 415.1 263 244 17 2 4 .992 2.0 5.8 2 5.66 4.28 .988 6.06 5.19 5 8 8 11 58%
1959 PHI NL 30 C 65 43 409.0 342 310 25 7 3 .980 2.0 5.9 2 7.37 5.15 .989 6.34 5.24 5 10 20 17 46%
1959 PHI NL 30 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1960 BAL AL 31 C 8 5 45.0 29 27 2 0 1 1.000 1.0 26.7 1 5.80 3.63 .986 5.92 5.12 0 2 1 2 67%
1961 CLE AL 32 C 27 21 211.0 170 151 17 2 6 .988 2.0 11.4 2 7.17 6.22 .989 6.21 5.44 4 3 5 8 62%
5 Seasons C 249 182 1719.1 1235 1128 92 15 22 .988 10.0 7.0 10 6.39 4.90 .988 6.11 5.16 19 34 48 49 51%
1 Season 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
5 Seasons TOT 250 182 1720.1 1235 1128 92 15 22 .988 10.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10 6.38 4.88 .976 6.11 5.15 19 34 48 49 51%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 NYG NL 28 88 66 88 88 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 SFG NL 29 63 47 63 63 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1959 PHI NL 30 66 43 66 66 0 65 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1960 BAL AL 31 8 5 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CLE AL 32 27 21 27 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 252 182 252 252 0 249 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1957 NYG NL 28 2416 3.61 3.91 38 92% 0 0 334 24 4 10 296 31 11 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 1 8 0 1 2 8 75%
1958 SFG NL 29 1849 4.98 5.46 26 96% 0 0 252 19 2 12 219 17 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 4 100%
1959 PHI NL 30 1833 4.86 5.28 34 91% 0 0 311 27 0 11 273 25 4 0 0 1 7 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 4 25%
1960 BAL AL 31 185 1.60 1.80 1 100% 0 0 28 1 1 0 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1961 CLE AL 32 932 4.14 4.66 13 92% 0 0 153 10 4 5 134 17 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 0 2 2 1 100%
5 Seasons 7215 4.28 4.68 112 93% 0 0 1078 81 11 38 948 92 23 2 0 4 15 0 6 9 1 22 0 4 5 17 71%
MLB Averages 3.90 4.41 95% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1957 NYG NL 28 5 11 899 14 11 11 44% 14 8 0 2 0 1 5 0 37 15 1.01 0.75
1958 SFG NL 29 5 8 671 8 11 11 58% 6 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 13 0.96 0.98
1959 PHI NL 30 5 10 684 20 17 17 46% 16 16 4 1 0 0 2 0 56 23 1.01 0.79
1960 BAL AL 31 0 2 74 1 2 2 67% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0.79 1.52
1961 CLE AL 32 4 3 368 5 8 8 62% 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 1.16 1.01
5 Seasons 19 34 2696 48 49 49 51% 41 44 6 4 1 1 7 0 140 63 1.01 0.89
MLB Averages 40% 1.18 1.18

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 PHI NL 30 4 25% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 25% 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 59%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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