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Kite Thomas
Keith Marshall Thomas

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 195 lb.
School Kansas State University

Debut April 19, 1952
Final Game September 27, 1953
Born April 27, 1923 in Kansas City, KS
Died January 7, 1995 in Rocky Mount, NC

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 29 PHA AL  75  116   24   29   6  1   6   18   0  1  20  27  .250  .365  .474  127   55   0           1   4
 1953 30 TOT AL  62  107   11   23   3  2   1   14   0  0  14  13  .215  .311  .308   67   33   0           1   7
         PHA AL  24   49    1    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   3   6  .122  .173  .122  -20    6   0           0   2
         WSH AL  38   58   10   17   3  2   1   12   0  0  11   7  .293  .414  .466  139   27   0           1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      137  223   35   52   9  3   7   32   0  1  34  40  .233  .340  .395   98   88   0   0   0   2  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        264   41   61  11  4   8   38   0  1  40  47  .233  .340  .395   98  104   0   0   0   2  13
 Career High     75  116   24   29   6  2   6   18   0  1  20  27                          55   0   0   0   1   7
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 29 PHA AL  137   92   19   5.6   101| .250  .267| .365  .348| .474  .390| .839  .738| 127  .632   4.4   0.5   0%
 1953 30 TOT AL  122   91   12   3.5   103| .215  .270| .311  .346| .308  .398| .619  .745|  67  .396  -4.9  -0.5   0%
         PHA AL   52   45    1   0.6   106| .122  .274| .173  .351| .122  .404| .295  .755| -20  .025  -8.6  -0.9   0%
         WSH AL   70   46   11   6.4   101| .293  .267| .414  .343| .466  .393| .880  .736| 139  .661   3.7   0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       259  183   31   4.6   102| .233  .269| .340  .347| .395  .394| .735  .741|  98  .527  -0.5   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 29 PHA AL OF 29 44 1 2 0 .957 .980 1.55 2.18 12 0 17 1953 30 TOT AL OF 23 42 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.83 2.18 9 0 14 PHA AL OF 15 31 0 0 0 1.000 .981 2.07 2.18 6 0 9 WSH AL OF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.38 2.17 3 0 5 C 1 3 1 2 0 .667 .976 4.00 4.40 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 30 WSH AL C 1 3 1 2 0 .667 .976 4.00 4.40 0 1952 29 PHA AL OF 29 44 1 2 0 .957 .980 1.55 2.18 12 0 17 1953 30 TOT AL OF 23 42 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.83 2.18 9 0 14 PHA AL OF 15 31 0 0 0 1.000 .981 2.07 2.18 6 0 9 WSH AL OF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.38 2.17 3 0 5
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 52 86 1 2 0 .978 .981 1.67 2.18 21 0 31 C 1 3 1 2 0 .667 .976 4.00 4.40 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 53 89 2 4 0 .958 .981 1.72 2.22
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

November 19, 1951: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Yankees in the 1951 rule 5 draft.

June 30, 1953: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Philadelphia Athletics.

March 27, 1954: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Wright.


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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