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Gary Thurman

Gary Montez Thurman

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 12, 1964 in Indianapolis, IN
High School: North Central HS (Indianapolis, IN)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1987
Teams (by GP): Royals/Tigers/Mariners/Mets 1987-1997

Final Game: May 26, 1997
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 KCR AL 22 OF 27 25 18 217.0 68 61 5 2 1 .971 3 14 2.74 2.44 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 KCR AL 22 LF 22 21 15 177.0 58 51 5 2 1 .966 3 22 2.85 2.55 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 KCR AL 22 CF 6 4 3 40.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -21 2.48 1.83 .986 2.70 2.68
1988 KCR AL 23 OF 32 17 11 175.1 39 36 1 2 0 .949 -2 -16 1.90 1.16 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 KCR AL 23 LF 22 11 7 104.0 25 22 1 2 0 .920 -2 -23 1.99 1.05 .977 2.26 2.24
1988 KCR AL 23 CF 11 6 4 71.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.77 1.27 .985 2.91 2.89
1988 KCR AL 23 DH 1 0
1989 KCR AL 24 OF 60 21 14 277.2 59 54 2 3 0 .949 -8 -35 1.82 0.93 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 KCR AL 24 CF 29 10 6 136.0 38 35 1 2 0 .947 -5 -41 2.38 1.24 .984 2.78 2.75
1989 KCR AL 24 RF 24 4 4 72.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -63 0.74 0.25 .978 2.33 2.30
1989 KCR AL 24 LF 12 7 4 69.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 0 3 1.83 1.17 .977 2.17 2.14
1989 KCR AL 24 DH 3 0
1990 KCR AL 25 OF 21 16 8 142.2 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -29 2.02 1.52 .981 2.39 2.36
1990 KCR AL 25 RF 15 13 7 113.2 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -26 1.98 1.67 .978 2.23 2.21
1990 KCR AL 25 LF 5 2 1 21.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -46 2.57 1.20 .978 2.19 2.16
1990 KCR AL 25 CF 2 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 1.12 0.50 .980 2.70 2.70
1991 KCR AL 26 OF 72 44 25 434.2 135 129 2 4 0 .970 3 8 2.71 1.82 .983 2.37 2.37
1991 KCR AL 26 LF 39 24 15 226.2 70 68 1 1 0 .986 3 14 2.74 1.77 .978 2.17 2.16
1991 KCR AL 26 RF 29 11 7 144.1 39 38 0 1 0 .974 2 20 2.37 1.31 .980 2.19 2.19
1991 KCR AL 26 CF 9 9 3 63.2 26 23 1 2 0 .923 -2 -41 3.39 2.67 .989 2.76 2.76
1992 KCR AL 27 OF 67 55 40 481.1 145 138 5 2 0 .986 1 1 2.67 2.13 .983 2.47 2.46
1992 KCR AL 27 RF 59 51 36 436.1 129 122 5 2 0 .984 0 0 2.62 2.15 .982 2.23 2.22
1992 KCR AL 27 DH 9 0
1992 KCR AL 27 LF 7 2 2 29.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 2.79 1.29 .981 2.30 2.29
1992 KCR AL 27 CF 2 2 2 16.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 60 3.94 3.50 .986 2.92 2.90
1993 DET AL 28 OF 53 25 16 256.2 60 54 3 3 1 .950 -3 -12 2.00 1.08 .983 2.41 2.39
1993 DET AL 28 CF 21 14 8 119.0 25 24 0 1 0 .960 -2 -22 1.82 1.14 .986 2.76 2.73
1993 DET AL 28 LF 17 4 3 66.1 13 11 2 0 1 1.000 2 42 1.76 0.76 .984 2.23 2.21
1993 DET AL 28 RF 15 7 5 71.1 22 19 1 2 0 .909 -3 -45 2.52 1.33 .978 2.23 2.21
1993 DET AL 28 DH 8 0
1995 SEA AL 30 OF 9 6 4 61.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.20 1.67 .983 2.33 2.31
1995 SEA AL 30 LF 5 4 2 38.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -25 2.13 1.80 .982 2.23 2.20
1995 SEA AL 30 RF 4 2 2 22.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 59 2.42 1.50 .978 2.06 2.02
1995 SEA AL 30 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1997 NYM NL 32 OF 7 0 0 10.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 81 3.48 0.57 .980 2.09 2.11
1997 NYM NL 32 CF 4 0 0 5.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 85 4.76 0.75 .983 2.38 2.40
1997 NYM NL 32 LF 3 0 0 4.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 111 2.08 0.33 .980 1.87 1.93
1997 NYM NL 32 RF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
9 Seasons OF 348 209 136 2057.0 557 523 18 16 2 .971 -9 -6 2.37 1.55 .982 2.41 2.39
7 Seasons RF 147 88 61 861.0 227 216 6 5 0 .978 -5 -8 2.32 1.51 .981 2.23 2.22
9 Seasons LF 132 75 49 735.1 206 191 9 6 2 .971 5 8 2.45 1.52 .977 2.18 2.17
9 Seasons CF 85 46 26 460.2 125 118 2 5 0 .960 -9 -23 2.34 1.41 .986 2.78 2.74
9 Seasons TOT 348 209 136 2057.0 557 523 18 16 2 .971 -9 -6 2.37 1.55 .982 2.41 2.39
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1987 KCR AL 22 LF 3 22 2 2 0 1
1987 KCR AL 22 CF -1 -21 -1 -0 -0 0
1988 KCR AL 23 LF -2 -23 -2 -2 0 0
1988 KCR AL 23 CF -0 -7 -1 -2 0 1
1989 KCR AL 24 CF -5 -41 -4 -2 -1 -1
1989 KCR AL 24 RF -4 -63 -3 -0 -2 -1
1989 KCR AL 24 LF 0 3 -1 1 -1 1
1990 KCR AL 25 RF -2 -26 -2 -1 -1 -1
1990 KCR AL 25 LF -1 -46 -1 -1 0 0
1990 KCR AL 25 CF -0 -15 -0 -0 0 0
1991 KCR AL 26 LF 3 14 2 1 1 1
1991 KCR AL 26 RF 2 20 2 0 2 0
1991 KCR AL 26 CF -2 -41 -2 -1 -2 0
1992 KCR AL 27 RF 0 0 0 -2 2 0
1992 KCR AL 27 LF -0 -12 -0 0 -0 0
1992 KCR AL 27 CF 1 60 1 0 1 0
1993 DET AL 28 CF -2 -22 -3 0 -3 1
1993 DET AL 28 LF 2 42 0 0 0 2
1993 DET AL 28 RF -3 -45 -1 -1 0 -2
1995 SEA AL 30 LF -1 -25 -1 0 -1 0
1995 SEA AL 30 RF 1 59 1 -0 1 0
1995 SEA AL 30 CF 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYM NL 32 CF 0 85 0 0 0 0
1997 NYM NL 32 LF 0 111 0 0 0 0
1997 NYM NL 32 RF -0 -360 -0 0 -0 0
7 Seasons RF -5 -8 -1 -3 2 -4
9 Seasons LF 5 8 -0 2 -2 5
9 Seasons CF -9 -23 -10 -5 -5 1
9 Seasons TOT -9 -6 -11 -7 -5 2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 KCR AL 22 27 25 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 6 0 28 0 0 0
1988 KCR AL 23 35 17 35 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 11 0 33 1 1 8
1989 KCR AL 24 72 21 72 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 29 24 65 3 1 23
1990 KCR AL 25 23 16 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 22 0 0 3
1991 KCR AL 26 80 44 80 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 9 29 77 0 5 16
1992 KCR AL 27 88 55 88 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 59 68 9 11 16
1993 DET AL 28 75 25 75 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 21 15 53 8 1 35
1995 SEA AL 30 13 6 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 10 0 1 5
1997 NYM NL 32 11 0 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 8 0 5 3
9 Seasons 424 209 424 349 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 85 147 364 21 25 109
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 2 20.0% 8 0 0.0% 0 310 45% 74% 35% 28 21%
1990 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 10 2 20.0% 8 0 0.0% 0 474 49% 74% 37% 53 47%
1991 KCR AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 4 0 22 10 45.5% 12 0 0.0% 0 625 53% 76% 39% 60 63%
1992 KCR AL 27 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 1 3 14 7 1 10 2 2 7 3 0 7 3 0 7 3 0 45 18 40.0% 24 3 6.7% 2 1844 60% 83% 46% 189 67%
1993 DET AL 28 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 2 13.3% 13 0 0.0% 1 300 61% 81% 43% 49 41%
1995 SEA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 96 47% 74% 41% 13 46%
1997 NYM NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 6 83% 67% 33% 1 0%
7 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 6 0 2 1 3 45 17 1 25 2 2 8 4 0 12 4 0 18 9 0 108 36 33.3% 69 3 2.8% 3 3655 56% 79% 42% 393 56%
MLB Averages 42.7% 2.6% 58% 79% 39% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 KCR AL 22 2 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 1 3 11 8 0 10 3 3 4 1 0 4 1 0 4 3 1 33 16 48.5% 13 4 12.1% 1 759 62% 79% 34% 104 53%
1988 KCR AL 23 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 7 0 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 18 13 72.2% 4 1 5.6% 0 439 56% 81% 41% 52 44%
1989 KCR AL 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 9 90.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 287 55% 81% 36% 31 45%
1990 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 96 47% 83% 49% 11 55%
1991 KCR AL 26 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12 12 0 9 6 0 6 4 0 5 2 0 6 4 0 38 28 73.7% 10 0 0.0% 1 1045 51% 78% 41% 110 62%
1992 KCR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 120 58% 80% 42% 16 56%
1993 DET AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 7 6 85.7% 0 1 14.3% 1 272 69% 81% 40% 27 44%
1995 SEA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 163 60% 71% 31% 13 69%
1997 NYM NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 20 50% 70% 20% 2 50%
9 Seasons 6 0 5 1 3 9 0 2 1 6 38 32 0 25 10 4 20 15 0 12 4 1 19 15 1 114 76 66.7% 32 6 5.3% 3 3201 57% 79% 38% 366 54%
MLB Averages 61.0% 2.7% 58% 79% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 KCR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 167 61% 82% 26% 24 46%
1988 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 85.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 291 54% 82% 36% 28 50%
1989 KCR AL 24 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 5 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 2 0 25 8 32.0% 16 1 4.0% 0 565 59% 79% 42% 80 46%
1990 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 38 32% 74% 37% 4 25%
1991 KCR AL 26 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 274 59% 81% 45% 33 70%
1992 KCR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 77 55% 73% 44% 9 78%
1993 DET AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 9 60.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 523 62% 83% 41% 69 35%
1995 SEA AL 30 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 0 0 0 4 50% 75% 25% 0
1997 NYM NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 33 58% 91% 64% 5 60%
9 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 28 18 1 16 6 0 7 3 0 7 1 0 11 6 0 69 34 49.3% 34 1 1.4% 1 1972 58% 81% 40% 252 48%
MLB Averages 42.4% 1.9% 58% 79% 39% 56%

* 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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