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Lee Thomas
James Leroy Thomas

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 198 lb.

Debut April 22, 1961
  vs. BAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 27, 1968
Born February 5, 1936 in Peoria, IL

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 25 TOT AL 132  452   77  129  11  5  24   70   0  5  47  74  .285  .353  .491  114  222   2   3   2   2  12 MVP-24,RoY-3
         NYY AL   2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  175    1   0   0   0   0   0
         LAA AL 130  450   77  128  11  5  24   70   0  5  47  74  .284  .353  .491  114  221   2   3   2   2  12
 1962 26 LAA AL 160  583   88  169  21  2  26  104   6  1  55  74  .290  .355  .467  123  272   4   4   3   6  16 MVP-11,AS
 1963 27 LAA AL 149  528   52  116  12  6   9   55   6  0  53  82  .220  .301  .316   78  167   2   2   6   9  13
 1964 28 TOT AL 154  573   58  150  27  3  15   66   3  1  52  51  .262  .325  .398  100  228   3   4   5   4  16
         LAA AL  47  172   14   47   8  1   2   24   1  0  18  22  .273  .340  .366  106   63   3   1   1   0   2
         BOS AL 107  401   44  103  19  2  13   42   2  1  34  29  .257  .319  .411   98  165   0   3   4   4  14
 1965 29 BOS AL 151  521   74  141  27  4  22   75   6  2  72  42  .271  .361  .464  128  242   5   2   8   3  16
 1966 30 TOT NL 114  275   26   61   5  1   7   24   1  1  24  30  .222  .293  .324   70   89   2   1   2   4   3
         ATL NL  39  126   11   25   1  1   6   15   1  1  10  15  .198  .261  .365   70   46   1   1   1   1   0
         CHC NL  75  149   15   36   4  0   1    9   0  0  14  15  .242  .319  .289   70   43   1   0   1   3   3
 1967 31 CHC NL  77  191   16   42   4  1   2   23   1  0  15  22  .220  .284  .283   60   54   1   2   5   3   3
 1968 32 HOU NL  90  201   14   39   4  0   1   11   2  1  14  22  .194  .249  .229   47   46   4   1   4   1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons     1027 3324  405  847 111 22 106  428  25 11 332 397  .255  .327  .397  100 1320  23  19  35  32  85
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        524   64  134  18  3  17   68   4  2  52  63  .255  .327  .397  100  208   4   3   6   5  13
 Career High    160  583   88  169  27  6  26  104   6  5  72  82  .290  .361  .491  128  272   5   4   8   9  16
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 25 TOT AL  506  345   76   5.9   113| .285  .276| .353  .353| .491  .430| .844  .783| 114  .606   7.3   0.7   0%
         NYY AL    2    1    1  26.7    99| .500  .258| .500  .332| .500  .402|1.000  .734| 175  .961   0.2   0.0   0%
         LAA AL  504  344   75   5.8   113| .284  .276| .353  .353| .491  .430| .844  .783| 114  .601   7.1   0.7   0%
 1962 26 LAA AL  652  439   96   5.9   100| .290  .259| .355  .331| .467  .404| .822  .736| 123  .614  18.0   1.8  85%
 1963 27 LAA AL  594  429   52   3.3    89| .220  .248| .301  .314| .316  .384| .617  .697|  78  .387 -14.5  -1.5 100%
 1964 28 TOT AL  636  447   73   4.4    96| .262  .256| .325  .324| .398  .398| .723  .722| 100  .517   0.8   0.1  75%
         LAA AL  194  131   23   4.7    87| .273  .244| .340  .311| .366  .379| .706  .690| 106  .550   2.2   0.2 100%
         BOS AL  442  316   50   4.3   100| .257  .261| .319  .330| .411  .406| .730  .736|  98  .502  -1.4  -0.1  66%
 1965 29 BOS AL  603  405   87   5.8    97| .271  .257| .361  .328| .464  .394| .825  .723| 128  .659  20.5   2.1  75%
 1966 30 TOT NL  306  221   27   3.3    98| .222  .267| .293  .326| .324  .402| .617  .728|  70  .387 -11.4  -1.2  50%
         ATL NL  139  104   13   3.4    99| .198  .268| .261  .327| .365  .404| .626  .731|  70  .397  -5.7  -0.6  50%
         CHC NL  167  117   14   3.2    97| .242  .266| .319  .324| .289  .400| .608  .725|  70  .379  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1967 31 CHC NL  212  155   16   2.8    94| .220  .264| .284  .327| .283  .387| .567  .714|  60  .344 -10.1  -1.1 100%
 1968 32 HOU NL  221  174   11   1.7    79| .194  .249| .249  .306| .229  .350| .478  .657|  47  .206 -12.9  -1.5  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3730 2615  438   4.5    97| .255  .259| .327  .328| .397  .397| .724  .725| 100  .526  -2.3  -0.6  69%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1961 25 LAA AL OF 86 159 9 6 1 .966 .977 1.95 1.98 2.14 2.25 79 707.0 RF 63 106 6 5 1 .957 .976 1.78 1.75 1.91 2.06 61 527.3 1B 34 267 10 5 26 .982 .990 8.15 8.29 9.38 9.45 30 265.7 LF 28 37 2 1 0 .975 .970 1.39 1.62 1.95 2.00 18 179.7 1962 26 LAA AL 1B 90 735 42 14 66 .982 .990 8.63 8.76 9.62 9.44 79 727.3 AS OF 74 133 5 4 1 .972 .980 1.86 1.92 2.02 2.19 67 616.3 AS RF 42 79 4 1 1 .988 .979 1.98 1.71 2.15 2.00 38 346.7 AS CF 18 35 1 3 0 .923 .986 2.00 2.18 2.18 2.57 16 148.7 AS LF 17 25 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.53 1.61 1.93 2.01 13 121.0 AS 1963 27 LAA AL 1B 104 961 84 4 88 .996 .990 10.05 8.59 10.52 9.48 98 894.3 OF 43 71 1 1 1 .986 .981 1.67 1.91 1.83 2.16 41 353.7 RF 38 59 1 1 1 .984 .980 1.58 1.72 1.69 2.01 37 318.7 LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.57 1.89 1.89 2 19.0 CF 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 4.00 2.20 4.50 2.59 2 16.0 1964 28 TOT AL OF 154 247 10 5 2 .981 .980 1.67 1.79 1.72 2.04 151 1343.0 TOT AL RF 152 249 12 5 2 .981 .984 1.72 1.61 1.76 1.88 151 1338.3 TOT AL 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.50 8.10 22.50 9.00 0 2.0 LAA AL OF 47 71 4 4 1 .949 .980 1.60 1.79 1.66 2.04 44 406.7 RF 45 69 4 4 1 .948 .984 1.62 1.61 1.63 1.88 44 402.0 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.45 0.00 1.72 0 4.7 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.10 18.00 9.00 0 1.0 BOS AL RF 107 180 8 1 1 .995 .984 1.76 1.61 1.81 1.88 107 936.3 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 27.00 9.00 0 1.0 1965 29 BOS AL 1B 127 1035 97 18 86 .984 .991 8.91 7.87 9.37 8.28 123 1087.3 OF 20 29 1 1 0 .968 .977 1.50 1.78 1.68 2.04 18 160.7 LF 14 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 1.49 1.52 1.87 13 118.7 RF 6 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 1.67 1.57 2.14 1.84 5 42.0 1966 30 TOT NL 1B 56 402 34 5 35 .989 .989 7.79 8.50 9.67 9.90 45 406.0 ATL NL 1B 36 281 26 4 22 .987 .989 8.53 8.50 9.43 9.90 33 293.0 CHC NL 1B 20 121 8 1 13 .992 .989 6.45 8.50 10.27 9.90 12 113.0 LF 18 23 1 1 0 .960 .964 1.33 1.35 1.54 1.74 14 140.0 OF 17 23 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.41 1.78 1.45 2.03 15 149.0 CF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 2.10 4.00 2.40 1 9.0 1967 31 CHC NL OF 43 60 2 2 0 .969 .976 1.44 1.81 1.65 2.03 36 338.0 RF 43 59 2 2 0 .968 .976 1.42 1.76 1.65 2.04 36 333.0 1B 10 71 5 0 9 1.000 .991 7.60 8.82 11.27 9.96 6 60.7 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.34 0 5.0 1968 32 HOU NL OF 48 67 5 2 0 .973 .976 1.50 1.82 1.69 2.02 41 383.3 RF 42 64 4 1 0 .986 .981 1.62 1.77 1.76 2.02 37 348.3 LF 7 3 1 1 0 .800 .952 0.57 1.39 1.03 1.65 4 35.0 1B 2 13 3 0 3 1.000 .994 8.00 8.90 10.29 10.09 2 14.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 25 LAA AL 1B 34 267 10 5 26 .982 .990 8.15 8.29 9.38 9.45 30 265.7 1962 26 LAA AL 1B 90 735 42 14 66 .982 .990 8.63 8.76 9.62 9.44 79 727.3 1963 27 LAA AL 1B 104 961 84 4 88 .996 .990 10.05 8.59 10.52 9.48 98 894.3 1964 28 TOT AL 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.50 8.10 22.50 9.00 0 2.0 LAA AL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.10 18.00 9.00 0 1.0 BOS AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 27.00 9.00 0 1.0 1965 29 BOS AL 1B 127 1035 97 18 86 .984 .991 8.91 7.87 9.37 8.28 123 1087.3 1966 30 TOT NL 1B 56 402 34 5 35 .989 .989 7.79 8.50 9.67 9.90 45 406.0 ATL NL 1B 36 281 26 4 22 .987 .989 8.53 8.50 9.43 9.90 33 293.0 CHC NL 1B 20 121 8 1 13 .992 .989 6.45 8.50 10.27 9.90 12 113.0 1967 31 CHC NL 1B 10 71 5 0 9 1.000 .991 7.60 8.82 11.27 9.96 6 60.7 1968 32 HOU NL 1B 2 13 3 0 3 1.000 .994 8.00 8.90 10.29 10.09 2 14.0 1962 26 LAA AL CF 18 35 1 3 0 .923 .986 2.00 2.18 2.18 2.57 16 148.7 1963 27 LAA AL CF 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 4.00 2.20 4.50 2.59 2 16.0 1966 30 CHC NL CF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 2.10 4.00 2.40 1 9.0 1967 31 CHC NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.34 0 5.0 1961 25 LAA AL LF 28 37 2 1 0 .975 .970 1.39 1.62 1.95 2.00 18 179.7 1962 26 LAA AL LF 17 25 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.53 1.61 1.93 2.01 13 121.0 1963 27 LAA AL LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.57 1.89 1.89 2 19.0 1964 28 LAA AL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.45 0.00 1.72 0 4.7 1965 29 BOS AL LF 14 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 1.49 1.52 1.87 13 118.7 1966 30 CHC NL LF 18 23 1 1 0 .960 .964 1.33 1.35 1.54 1.74 14 140.0 1968 32 HOU NL LF 7 3 1 1 0 .800 .952 0.57 1.39 1.03 1.65 4 35.0 1961 25 LAA AL OF 86 159 9 6 1 .966 .977 1.95 1.98 2.14 2.25 79 707.0 1962 26 LAA AL OF 74 133 5 4 1 .972 .980 1.86 1.92 2.02 2.19 67 616.3 1963 27 LAA AL OF 43 71 1 1 1 .986 .981 1.67 1.91 1.83 2.16 41 353.7 1964 28 TOT AL OF 154 247 10 5 2 .981 .980 1.67 1.79 1.72 2.04 151 1343.0 LAA AL OF 47 71 4 4 1 .949 .980 1.60 1.79 1.66 2.04 44 406.7 BOS AL OF 107 176 6 1 1 .995 .980 1.70 1.79 1.75 2.04 107 936.3 1965 29 BOS AL OF 20 29 1 1 0 .968 .977 1.50 1.78 1.68 2.04 18 160.7 1966 30 CHC NL OF 17 23 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.41 1.78 1.45 2.03 15 149.0 1967 31 CHC NL OF 43 60 2 2 0 .969 .976 1.44 1.81 1.65 2.03 36 338.0 1968 32 HOU NL OF 48 67 5 2 0 .973 .976 1.50 1.82 1.69 2.02 41 383.3 1961 25 LAA AL RF 63 106 6 5 1 .957 .976 1.78 1.75 1.91 2.06 61 527.3 1962 26 LAA AL RF 42 79 4 1 1 .988 .979 1.98 1.71 2.15 2.00 38 346.7 1963 27 LAA AL RF 38 59 1 1 1 .984 .980 1.58 1.72 1.69 2.01 37 318.7 1964 28 TOT AL RF 152 249 12 5 2 .981 .984 1.72 1.61 1.76 1.88 151 1338.3 LAA AL RF 45 69 4 4 1 .948 .984 1.62 1.61 1.63 1.88 44 402.0 BOS AL RF 107 180 8 1 1 .995 .984 1.76 1.61 1.81 1.88 107 936.3 1965 29 BOS AL RF 6 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 1.67 1.57 2.14 1.84 5 42.0 1967 31 CHC NL RF 43 59 2 2 0 .968 .976 1.42 1.76 1.65 2.04 36 333.0 1968 32 HOU NL RF 42 64 4 1 0 .986 .981 1.62 1.77 1.76 2.02 37 348.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 485 789 34 21 5 .975 .979 1.70 1.86 1.83 2.11 448 4051.0 89 22 386# 1B* 425 3489 275 46 313 .988 .990 8.86 8.38 9.80 9.15 383 3457.3 RF* 386 626 29 16 5 .976 .980 1.70 1.69 1.81 1.97 365 3254.3 LF* 89 111 6 3 0 .975 .972 1.31 1.52 1.70 1.89 64 618.0 CF* 22 47 1 3 0 .941 .986 2.18 2.17 2.42 2.56 19 178.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 910 4278 309 67 318 .986 .988 5.04 4.90 5.50 5.35 831 7508
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1962-1 LAA AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-2 LAA AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1962-1 *
1962-2 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1961-AL-24-0.00
1962-AL-11-0.11
Car-854-0.11 shares

On-base %
1965 AL-.361-8

OPS
1965 AL-.826-10

Games
1962 AL-160-5

Doubles
1964 AL-27-10
1965 AL-27-6

Triples
1963 AL-6-10

Home Runs
1962 AL-26-10

RBI
1962 AL-104-6

Bases on Balls
1965 AL-72-9

Runs Created
1965 AL-87-10

Extra-Base Hits
1965 AL-53-7

Hit By Pitch
1963 AL-9-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1965 AL-16-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1964 AL-11.2-7
1965 AL-12.4-3

At Bats per Home Run
1961 AL-18.8-9
1965 AL-23.7-10

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 16 (1124) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1781) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.0 (1156) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

May 8, 1961: Traded by the New York Yankees with Ryne Duren and Johnny James to the Los Angeles Angels for Tex Clevenger and Bob Cerv.

June 4, 1964: Traded by the Los Angeles Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Lou Clinton.

December 15, 1965: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with a player to be named later and Arnold Earley to the Atlanta Braves for Bob Sadowski and Dan Osinski. The Boston Red Sox sent Jay Ritchie (January 11, 1966) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

May 28, 1966: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Ted Abernathy.

February 9, 1968: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Houston Astros for Levi Brown (minors) and Tommy Murray (minors).


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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