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Pinch Thomas
Chester David Thomas

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 173 lb.

Debut April 24, 1912
Final Game June 19, 1921
Born January 24, 1888 in Camp Point, IL
Died December 24, 1953 in Modesto, CA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 24 BOS AL  13   30    0    6   0  0   0    5   1      2      .200  .250  .200   27    6   1           0    
 1913 25 BOS AL  38   91    6   26   1  2   1   15   1      2  11  .286  .309  .374   97   34   2           1    
 1914 26 BOS AL  66  130    9   25   1  0   0    5   1     18  17  .192  .291  .200   48   26   2           0    
 1915 27 BOS AL  86  203   21   48   4  4   0   21   3  2  13  20  .236  .286  .296   76   60   7           1    
 1916 28 BOS AL  99  216   21   57  10  1   1   21   4     33  13  .264  .364  .333  109   72  15           1    
 1917 29 BOS AL  83  202   24   48   7  0   0   24   2     27   9  .238  .333  .272   86   55   7           2    
 1918 30 CLE AL  32   73    2   18   0  1   0    5   0      6   6  .247  .304  .274   68   20   3           0    
 1919 31 CLE AL  34   46    2    5   0  0   0    2   0      4   3  .109  .180  .109  -20    5   2           0    
 1920 32 CLE AL   9    9    2    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   3   1  .333  .500  .444  149    4   0           0    
 1921 33 CLE AL  21   35    1    9   3  0   0    4   0  0  10   2  .257  .422  .343   95   12   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     481 1035   88  245  27  8   2  102  12  2 118  82  .237  .318  .284   78  294  40   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        349   30   83   9  3   1   34   4  1  40  28  .237  .318  .284   78   99  13   0   0   2   0
 Career High     99  216   24   57  10  4   1   24   4  2  33  20  .264  .364  .333  109   72  15   0   0   2   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 24 BOS AL   33   25    2   2.1    95| .200  .278| .250  .348| .200  .366| .450  .714|  27  .246  -3.0  -0.3     
 1913 25 BOS AL   96   67   10   4.0    89| .286  .268| .309  .340| .374  .352| .683  .692|  97  .543  -1.2  -0.1     
 1914 26 BOS AL  150  107    8   2.0    82| .192  .256| .291  .330| .200  .336| .491  .665|  48  .289  -7.7  -0.9     
 1915 27 BOS AL  224  164   17   2.8    81| .236  .252| .286  .329| .296  .331| .582  .660|  76  .405  -6.9  -0.8  60%
 1916 28 BOS AL  265  174   26   4.0    83| .264  .258| .364  .332| .333  .337| .697  .669| 109  .573   3.8   0.4     
 1917 29 BOS AL  238  161   18   3.0    79| .238  .254| .333  .325| .272  .328| .605  .653|  86  .449  -2.0  -0.2     
 1918 30 CLE AL   82   58    6   2.8    89| .247  .271| .304  .343| .274  .345| .578  .688|  68  .402  -3.2  -0.4     
 1919 31 CLE AL   52   43    1   0.6   100| .109  .283| .180  .350| .109  .381| .289  .731| -20  .032  -7.7  -0.8     
 1920 32 CLE AL   12    6    2   8.9   109| .333  .295| .500  .360| .444  .405| .944  .765| 149  .772   1.0   0.1   0%
 1921 33 CLE AL   46   27    5   5.0   116| .257  .302| .422  .368| .343  .424| .765  .792|  95  .489   0.6   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1198  832   95   3.1    85| .237  .261| .318  .334| .284  .342| .602  .676|  78  .437 -26.3  -2.9     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 24 BOS AL C 8 42 14 2 1 .966 .961 7.00 5.85 1 1913 25 BOS AL C 31 135 41 3 2 .983 .967 5.68 5.59 5 1914 26 BOS AL C 64 235 47 10 6 .966 .967 4.41 5.70 13 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.10 1915 27 BOS AL C 82 325 81 13 7 .969 .965 4.95 5.46 3 1916 28 BOS AL C 90 321 86 8 7 .981 .974 4.52 5.21 4 1917 29 BOS AL C 77 296 69 5 8 .986 .971 4.74 4.98 12 1918 30 CLE AL C 24 85 24 6 1 .948 .970 4.54 4.96 0 1919 31 CLE AL C 21 39 9 1 0 .980 .974 2.29 4.96 0 1920 32 CLE AL C 7 14 3 0 0 1.000 .971 2.43 4.59 0 1921 33 CLE AL C 19 27 3 4 0 .882 .971 1.58 4.33 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 26 BOS AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.10 1912 24 BOS AL C 8 42 14 2 1 .966 .961 7.00 5.85 1 1913 25 BOS AL C 31 135 41 3 2 .983 .967 5.68 5.59 5 1914 26 BOS AL C 64 235 47 10 6 .966 .967 4.41 5.70 13 1915 27 BOS AL C 82 325 81 13 7 .969 .965 4.95 5.46 3 1916 28 BOS AL C 90 321 86 8 7 .981 .974 4.52 5.21 4 1917 29 BOS AL C 77 296 69 5 8 .986 .971 4.74 4.98 12 1918 30 CLE AL C 24 85 24 6 1 .948 .970 4.54 4.96 0 1919 31 CLE AL C 21 39 9 1 0 .980 .974 2.29 4.96 0 1920 32 CLE AL C 7 14 3 0 0 1.000 .971 2.43 4.59 0 1921 33 CLE AL C 19 27 3 4 0 .882 .971 1.58 4.33 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 423 1519 377 52 32 .973 .969 4.48 5.25 38 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 424 1520 377 52 32 .973 .969 4.47 5.27
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1915   WS    BOS PHI     W   2   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
 1916   WS    BOS BRO     W   2   7   0   1  0  1  0   0   0   1  .143  .143  .429   0  0   1   0   0 
 1920   WS    CLE BRO     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        3-0   5  12   0   2  0  1  0   0   0   1  .167  .167  .333   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

At Bats per Strikeout
1916 AL-16.6-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3867) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (1021) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 14, 1917: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp, and $60,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics for Amos Strunk, Joe Bush, and Wally Schang.

June 1, 1918: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Philadelphia Athletics.


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