Dickie Thon
Richard William Thon
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 20, 1958 in South Bend, IN
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 1979
Final Game: October 3, 1993
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 CAL AL 21 2B 24 10 125.0 78 34 38 6 12 .923 -1.7 -16.3 -1.7 0.1 -1.8 0 5.18 3.00 .979 5.50 4.80
1979 CAL AL 21 SS 8 2 24.1 13 3 8 2 1 .846 -1.9 -93.7 -1.9 -2.4 0.5 0 4.07 1.38 .969 4.99 4.10
1979 CAL AL 21 3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.70
1979 CAL AL 21 DH 1
1980 CAL AL 22 SS 22 22 186.0 97 24 66 7 12 .928 -4.1 -26.5 -3.1 -1.8 -1.3 -1 4.35 4.09 .964 4.99 4.26
1980 CAL AL 22 2B 21 18 164.2 86 39 46 1 15 .988 -3.0 -21.9 -3.0 -2.4 -0.6 0 4.65 4.05 .981 5.60 4.91
1980 CAL AL 22 DH 15
1980 CAL AL 22 3B 10 7 72.0 22 4 16 2 1 .909 -0.4 -6.7 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.50 2.00 .955 3.01 2.59
1980 CAL AL 22 1B 1 0 2.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.12 3.00 1.000 10.12 8.40
1981 HOU NL 23 2B 28 18 170.2 80 37 39 4 10 .950 -3.6 -25.3 -2.6 0.1 -2.7 -1 4.01 2.71 .982 5.52 4.72
1981 HOU NL 23 SS 13 5 54.2 31 12 17 2 2 .935 -1.1 -24.1 -0.1 -0.9 0.7 -1 4.77 2.23 .961 5.10 4.44
1981 HOU NL 23 3B 5 2 27.1 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 0.9 39.5 0.9 0.3 0.6 0 3.62 2.20 .945 2.83 2.46
1982 HOU NL 24 SS 119 114 1018.1 591 177 399 15 80 .975 14.6 17.2 13.6 6.1 7.5 1 5.09 4.84 .967 5.01 4.38
1982 HOU NL 24 3B 8 6 57.1 21 6 13 2 2 .905 -1.2 -25.1 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 2.98 2.38 .952 2.76 2.42
1982 HOU NL 24 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1983 HOU NL 25 SS 154 154 1382.1 819 258 533 28 114 .966 18.6 16.1 13.6 9.8 3.8 5 5.15 5.14 .967 4.85 4.16 AS,MVP-7,SS
1984 HOU NL 26 SS 5 5 39.0 21 8 13 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -3.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.85 4.20 .962 4.87 3.98
1985 HOU NL 27 SS 79 68 606.0 335 106 218 11 48 .967 -1.8 -3.6 -1.8 -5.8 4.0 0 4.81 4.10 .963 4.88 4.26
1986 HOU NL 28 SS 104 76 702.0 362 142 210 10 39 .972 4.1 7.0 4.1 0.6 3.5 0 4.51 3.38 .963 4.75 3.96
1987 HOU NL 29 SS 31 18 178.2 80 21 53 6 7 .925 -0.6 -4.0 -0.6 -2.0 1.4 0 3.73 2.39 .966 4.72 3.89
1988 SDP NL 30 SS 70 62 549.1 262 82 168 12 28 .954 -1.9 -4.2 -0.9 -2.6 1.8 -1 4.10 3.57 .968 4.63 3.99
1988 SDP NL 30 2B 2 1 10.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -84.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 3.60 2.00 .975 5.22 4.60
1988 SDP NL 30 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .900 2.70 2.40
1989 PHI NL 31 SS 129 118 1024.0 570 174 380 16 65 .972 -6.4 -7.5 -4.4 4.0 -8.4 -2 4.87 4.29 .966 4.51 3.88
1990 PHI NL 32 SS 148 141 1262.0 686 222 439 25 86 .964 1.0 1.0 0.0 -5.9 5.9 1 4.71 4.47 .967 4.59 4.00
1991 PHI NL 33 SS 146 143 1277.0 667 234 412 21 65 .969 -3.1 -2.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -3 4.55 4.42 .966 4.67 3.88
1992 TEX AL 34 SS 87 75 678.2 357 117 225 15 38 .958 0.5 0.9 1.5 2.5 -1.0 -1 4.54 3.93 .969 4.71 4.13
1993 MIL AL 35 SS 28 19 176.1 88 28 57 3 8 .966 -2.8 -19.1 -0.8 -0.4 -0.4 -2 4.34 3.04 .973 4.69 4.13
1993 MIL AL 35 3B 25 16 153.1 43 12 30 1 2 .977 4.7 36.8 4.7 2.3 2.4 0 2.47 1.68 .949 2.69 2.31
1993 MIL AL 35 2B 22 14 126.0 75 40 32 3 9 .960 -3.5 -33.3 -3.5 0.4 -3.9 0 5.14 3.27 .981 5.15 4.54
1993 MIL AL 35 DH 14
15 Seasons SS 1143 1022 9158.2 4979 1608 3198 173 594 .965 15.0 2.0 19.0 1.2 17.8 -4 4.72 4.20 .966 4.74 4.07
6 Seasons 2B 98 61 598.1 323 152 157 14 47 .957 -12.6 -25.3 -11.6 -1.9 -9.7 -1 4.65 3.15 .981 5.46 4.74
6 Seasons 3B 50 31 313.0 99 27 67 5 6 .949 4.2 16.1 4.2 1.2 3.0 0 2.70 1.88 .951 2.79 2.41
3 Seasons DH 30
1 Season 1B 1 0 2.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.12 3.00 1.000 10.12 8.40
15 Seasons TOT 1292 1114 10072.2 5404 1790 3422 192 647 .964 6.6 0.8 11.6 0.5 11.1 -5 4.66 4.03 .931 4.72 4.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1979 CAL AL 21 35 12 35 33 0 0 0 24 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1980 CAL AL 22 80 61 80 53 0 0 2 21 10 22 0 0 0 0 14 13 3
1981 HOU NL 23 49 25 49 43 0 0 0 29 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 10
1982 HOU NL 24 136 120 136 127 0 0 0 1 8 119 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
1983 HOU NL 25 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 HOU NL 26 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 HOU NL 27 84 68 84 79 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
1986 HOU NL 28 106 76 106 104 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
1987 HOU NL 29 32 18 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1988 SDP NL 30 95 63 95 73 0 0 0 2 1 70 0 0 0 0 0 20 5
1989 PHI NL 31 136 118 136 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1990 PHI NL 32 149 141 149 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1991 PHI NL 33 146 143 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 TEX AL 34 95 75 95 87 0 0 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
1993 MIL AL 35 85 59 85 63 0 0 0 22 25 28 0 0 0 0 10 19 2
15 Seasons 1387 1138 1387 1275 0 0 2 99 50 1143 0 0 0 0 24 132 34
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 -- SS*

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1979 CAL AL 21 135 64% 76% 19% 12 83% 0 3 3 0 0 8 3 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1980 CAL AL 22 855 54% 82% 23% 89 83% 0 23 12 10 1 70 52 16 0 1 7 0 6 1 7 12 4 0 4 0 1 9 4 5 2 1 0
1981 HOU NL 23 240 49% 74% 23% 24 88% 0 11 4 4 4 18 14 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 24 4446 52% 78% 27% 473 90% 3 174 69 77 29 391 311 64 1 4 15 0 12 3 10 78 30 5 25 4 1 73 35 32 4 3 1
1983 HOU NL 25 6097 56% 77% 27% 657 91% 4 255 116 107 32 538 415 106 1 1 28 1 26 1 22 114 47 8 34 4 8 107 55 48 6 4 2
1984 HOU NL 26 174 54% 78% 26% 18 100% 2 9 6 1 2 13 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1985 HOU NL 27 2741 55% 77% 25% 251 97% 0 105 49 47 9 222 165 47 0 4 11 0 9 2 8 49 22 2 15 1 1 44 25 17 5 3 1
1986 HOU NL 28 3043 56% 72% 24% 274 95% 2 136 68 49 19 214 167 37 0 2 10 1 7 2 6 39 16 1 12 4 1 37 17 17 1 1 0
1987 HOU NL 29 789 52% 69% 21% 62 89% 1 19 8 7 4 51 43 6 0 0 6 2 4 0 4 6 1 0 2 1 1 6 1 4 0 0 0
1988 SDP NL 30 2343 53% 77% 32% 239 87% 2 90 57 23 10 165 116 43 1 0 12 1 6 5 9 27 16 0 3 2 2 26 16 8 0 0 0
1989 PHI NL 31 4647 62% 76% 33% 477 90% 2 177 77 71 29 385 298 75 1 6 16 0 9 7 14 65 29 4 16 8 1 58 33 25 5 1 2
1990 PHI NL 32 5671 60% 77% 33% 561 88% 6 219 101 93 25 441 347 79 2 5 25 1 17 7 20 87 37 2 26 7 4 80 39 37 5 4 1
1991 PHI NL 33 5787 55% 74% 30% 584 82% 0 237 114 92 31 410 323 76 0 7 21 2 15 4 18 65 18 3 24 5 7 58 21 37 5 1 3
1992 TEX AL 34 3080 55% 74% 29% 319 78% 3 117 50 44 23 225 166 47 1 2 15 0 10 5 12 38 16 4 11 3 2 37 20 16 1 1 0
1993 MIL AL 35 828 56% 78% 31% 72 90% 1 28 13 9 6 56 38 16 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 9 4 0 0 3 0 7 4 3 0 0 0
15 Seasons 40876 56% 76% 29% 4112 88% 26 1603 747 634 224 3207 2468 620 8 34 173 9 125 39 133 593 241 29 172 43 30 545 271 251 35 20 10
MLB Averages 56% 78% 29% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1979 CAL AL 21 558 53% 80% 25% 55 85% 1 33 12 15 6 42 33 8 0 1 6 1 4 1 4 12 3 3 5 0 11 5 6 1 0 1
1980 CAL AL 22 775 51% 80% 20% 57 95% 0 39 16 15 8 48 37 11 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 16 6 0 8 1 16 9 6 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 23 691 59% 80% 28% 48 94% 0 37 10 19 8 42 38 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 10 3 4 2 0 9 2 7 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 24 7 71% 100% 57% 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 0 0
1988 SDP NL 30 51 29% 82% 20% 4 50% 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1993 MIL AL 35 613 52% 78% 31% 49 90% 1 38 17 17 4 33 27 5 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 9 3 3 3 0 9 3 6 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2695 53% 80% 26% 213 90% 2 149 55 66 28 167 136 29 0 2 14 1 9 4 7 48 15 10 19 1 46 20 25 1 0 1
MLB Averages 56% 78% 29% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1979 CAL AL 21 4 100% 100% 25% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CAL AL 22 337 48% 79% 23% 22 86% 0 4 4 0 0 16 13 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1981 HOU NL 23 111 55% 75% 21% 12 92% 0 4 3 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 24 252 53% 77% 31% 20 75% 0 6 3 0 3 14 11 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1988 SDP NL 30 8 63% 50% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIL AL 35 663 56% 81% 33% 46 89% 0 12 11 0 1 30 26 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
6 Seasons 1375 53% 79% 29% 103 85% 0 27 22 1 4 68 55 9 1 3 5 0 3 2 4 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 4 50%
MLB Averages 56% 78% 29% 89% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1980 CAL AL 22 11 64% 73% 18% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 11 64% 73% 18% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 29% 94% 88%

* 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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