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Ron Theobald
Ronald Merrill Theobald

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.
School University of Arizona

Debut April 12, 1971
  vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1972
Born July 28, 1943 in Oakland, CA

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 27 MIL AL 126  388   50  107  12  2   1   23  11  8  38  39  .276  .342  .325   92  126  19   4   0   3   4
 1972 28 MIL AL 125  391   45   86  11  0   1   19   0  7  68  38  .220  .342  .256   83  100   9   1   2   5  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      251  779   95  193  23  2   2   42  11 15 106  77  .248  .342  .290   88  226  28   5   2   8  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        503   61  125  15  1   1   27   7 10  68  50  .248  .342  .290   88  146  18   3   1   5  10
 Career High    126  391   50  107  12  2   1   23  11  8  68  39  .276  .342  .325   92  126  19   4   2   5  11
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 27 MIL AL  452  316   46   3.9    91| .276  .253| .342  .324| .325  .375| .667  .700|  92  .487  -2.9  -0.3  57%
 1972 28 MIL AL  474  333   37   3.0    81| .220  .243| .342  .311| .256  .351| .598  .662|  83  .412  -4.3  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       926  649   83   3.4    86| .248  .248| .342  .318| .290  .363| .632  .681|  88  .452  -7.2  -0.8  42%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 27 MIL AL 2B 111 233 311 15 81 .973 .980 4.90 4.76 5.46 5.31 102 896.7 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 4.50 3.15 0 2.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1972 28 MIL AL 2B 113 193 299 6 68 .988 .977 4.35 4.42 4.81 5.17 105 919.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1971 27 MIL AL 2B 111 233 311 15 81 .973 .980 4.90 4.76 5.46 5.31 102 896.7 1972 28 MIL AL 2B 113 193 299 6 68 .988 .977 4.35 4.42 4.81 5.17 105 919.7 1971 27 MIL AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 4.50 3.15 0 2.0 1971 27 MIL AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 4.50 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 224 426 610 21 149 .980 .979 4.62 4.59 5.13 5.24 207 1816.3 3B* 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 4.50 3.15 0 2.0 SS* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 226 426 611 21 149 .980 .979 4.59 4.58 5.13 5.24 207 1819
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls
1972 AL-68-10

Sac. Hits
1971 AL-19-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2070) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3097) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

March 12, 1964: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

November 30, 1964: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins from the Chicago Cubs in the 1964 first-year draft.

March, 1970: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Minnesota Twins.

May 11, 1970: Traded by the Washington Senators with Hank Allen to the Milwaukee Brewers for Wayne Comer.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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