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Roy Thomas
Roy Allen Thomas

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 150 lb.
School University of Pennsylvania

Debut April 14, 1899
Final Game September 4, 1911
Born March 24, 1874 in Norristown, PA
Died November 20, 1959 in Norristown, PA
Brother of Bill Thomas

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1899 25 PHI NL 150  547  137  178  12  4   0   47  42    115      .325  .457  .362  128  198  23          17    
 1900 26 PHI NL 140  531  132  168   4  3   0   33  37    115      .316  .451  .335  119  178  14          15    
 1901 27 PHI NL 129  479  102  148   5  2   1   28  27    100      .309  .437  .334  123  160  15           9    
 1902 28 PHI NL 138  500   89  143   4  7   0   24  17    107      .286  .414  .322  123  161  17           2    
 1903 29 PHI NL 130  477   88  156  11  2   1   27  17    107      .327  .453  .365  142  174  20           3    
 1904 30 PHI NL 139  496   92  144   6  6   3   29  28    102      .290  .416  .345  136  171   7           5    
 1905 31 PHI NL 147  562  118  178  11  6   0   31  23     93      .317  .417  .358  135  201  16           4    
 1906 32 PHI NL 142  493   81  125  10  7   0   16  22    107      .254  .393  .302  117  149  14           6    
 1907 33 PHI NL 121  419   70  102  15  3   1   23  11     83      .243  .374  .301  112  126  15           4    
 1908 34 TOT NL 108  410   54  103  11 10   1   24  11     51      .251  .341  .334  116  137   8           5    
         PHI NL   6   24    2    4   0  0   0    0   0      2      .167  .231  .167   26    4   0           0    
         PIT NL 102  386   52   99  11 10   1   24  11     49      .256  .348  .345  121  133   8           5    
 1909 35 BSN NL  82  281   36   74   9  1   0   11   5     47      .263  .369  .302  105   85  11           0    
 1910 36 PHI NL  23   71    7   13   0  2   0    4   4      7   5  .183  .266  .239   46   17   2           1    
 1911 37 PHI NL  21   30    5    5   2  0   0    2   0      8   6  .167  .342  .233   61    7   4           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         5296      1537     53      299      0      11  .290  .413  .333  123      166   0   0  71   0
               1470      1011      100      7      244   1042                            1764
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        584  111  169  11  6   1   33  27  0 115   1  .290  .413  .333  123  194  18   0   0   8   0
 Career High    150  562  137  178  15 10   3   47  42  0 115   6  .327  .457  .365  142  201  23   0   0  17   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1899 25 PHI NL  702  392   88   5.8    97| .325  .286| .457  .348| .362  .373| .819  .721| 128  .633  34.3   3.4     
 1900 26 PHI NL  675  377   78   5.4    98| .316  .285| .451  .347| .335  .377| .786  .723| 119  .607  26.2   2.6     
 1901 27 PHI NL  603  346   69   5.3    90| .309  .278| .437  .333| .334  .363| .771  .696| 123  .632  24.0   2.5     
 1902 28 PHI NL  626  374   66   4.7    81| .286  .271| .414  .327| .322  .334| .736  .660| 123  .638  22.3   2.5     
 1903 29 PHI NL  607  341   78   6.0    86| .327  .268| .453  .330| .365  .349| .818  .678| 142  .684  37.1   3.8     
 1904 30 PHI NL  610  359   70   5.1    77| .290  .256| .416  .315| .345  .331| .761  .646| 136  .693  29.4   3.3     
 1905 31 PHI NL  675  400   83   5.5    81| .317  .260| .417  .321| .358  .339| .775  .661| 135  .694  31.4   3.5     
 1906 32 PHI NL  620  382   58   4.0    76| .254  .253| .393  .320| .302  .322| .695  .642| 117  .609  18.0   2.1     
 1907 33 PHI NL  521  332   46   3.6    74| .243  .251| .374  .317| .301  .319| .675  .636| 112  .580  12.2   1.4     
 1908 34 TOT NL  474  315   46   3.9    72| .251  .247| .341  .309| .334  .318| .675  .627| 116  .623   8.6   1.0     
         PHI NL   26   20    1   1.4    74| .167  .250| .231  .312| .167  .322| .398  .634|  26  .189  -2.0  -0.3     
         PIT NL  448  295   45   4.1    72| .256  .247| .348  .308| .345  .318| .693  .626| 121  .642  10.6   1.3     
 1909 35 BSN NL  339  218   31   3.8    80| .263  .256| .369  .325| .302  .331| .671  .656| 105  .577   4.5   0.5     
 1910 36 PHI NL   81   60    4   1.8    90| .183  .266| .266  .341| .239  .353| .505  .694|  46  .213  -5.2  -0.6     
 1911 37 PHI NL   42   29    2   1.8    96| .167  .269| .342  .347| .233  .371| .575  .718|  61  .196  -1.1  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6575 3925  719   4.8    84| .290  .266| .413  .328| .333  .343| .746  .671| 123  .631 241.7  25.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1900 26 PHI NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.7    4    1    1   0    0    0   0   1     0       0  3.38  3.62  107 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.7    4    1    1   0    0    0   0   1     0       0  3.38  3.62  107 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  183.3  272   68   68   0    0    0   0  68     0   0   0  3.38  3.62  107 1.500

* 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1899 25 PHI NL  OF  135    313   22   17    8  .952  .944  2.48  2.11                            0  135    0
                 1B   14    141    1    3    6  .979  .977 10.14 10.21                        
 1900 26 PHI NL  OF  139    303   19   14    6  .958  .940  2.32  2.13                            0  139    0
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20  0.00  2.67    0    2.7
 1901 27 PHI NL  OF  129    283    9   10    2  .967  .942  2.26  2.03                            0  129    0
 1902 28 PHI NL  OF  138    277   23    8    3  .974  .945  2.17  1.93                            0  138    0
 1903 29 PHI NL  OF  130    318   19   13    3  .963  .942  2.59  1.91                            0  130    0
 1904 30 PHI NL  OF  139    321   21    9    4  .974  .947  2.46  1.86                            0  139    0
 1905 31 PHI NL  OF  147    373   27    7    6  .983  .955  2.72  1.93                            0  147    0
 1906 32 PHI NL  OF  142    340   12    5    7  .986  .959  2.48  1.86                            0  142    0
 1907 33 PHI NL  OF  121    274   15    6    4  .980  .960  2.39  1.94                            0  121    0
 1908 34 TOT NL  OF  107    282    7    7    4  .976  .960  2.70  1.99                            0  107    0
         PHI NL  OF    6     13    0    0    0 1.000  .963  2.17  1.98                            0    6    0
         PIT NL  OF  101    269    7    7    4  .975  .960  2.73  1.99                            0  101    0
 1909 35 BSN NL  OF   76    155    9    4    1  .976  .961  2.16  2.01                           75    2    0
 1910 36 PHI NL  OF   20     38    2    2    0  .952  .959  2.00  2.10                            0   20    0
 1911 37 PHI NL  OF   11     14    3    0    0 1.000  .960  1.55  2.07                            0    0   11
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1899 25 PHI NL  1B   14    141    1    3    6  .979  .977 10.14 10.21                        

 1899 25 PHI NL  OF  135    313   22   17    8  .952  .944  2.48  2.11                            0  135    0
 1900 26 PHI NL  OF  139    303   19   14    6  .958  .940  2.32  2.13                            0  139    0
 1901 27 PHI NL  OF  129    283    9   10    2  .967  .942  2.26  2.03                            0  129    0
 1902 28 PHI NL  OF  138    277   23    8    3  .974  .945  2.17  1.93                            0  138    0
 1903 29 PHI NL  OF  130    318   19   13    3  .963  .942  2.59  1.91                            0  130    0
 1904 30 PHI NL  OF  139    321   21    9    4  .974  .947  2.46  1.86                            0  139    0
 1905 31 PHI NL  OF  147    373   27    7    6  .983  .955  2.72  1.93                            0  147    0
 1906 32 PHI NL  OF  142    340   12    5    7  .986  .959  2.48  1.86                            0  142    0
 1907 33 PHI NL  OF  121    274   15    6    4  .980  .960  2.39  1.94                            0  121    0
 1908 34 TOT NL  OF  107    282    7    7    4  .976  .960  2.70  1.99                            0  107    0
         PHI NL  OF    6     13    0    0    0 1.000  .963  2.17  1.98                            0    6    0
         PIT NL  OF  101    269    7    7    4  .975  .960  2.73  1.99                            0  101    0
 1909 35 BSN NL  OF   76    155    9    4    1  .976  .961  2.16  2.01                           75    2    0
 1910 36 PHI NL  OF   20     38    2    2    0  .952  .959  2.00  2.10                            0   20    0
 1911 37 PHI NL  OF   11     14    3    0    0 1.000  .960  1.55  2.07                            0    0   11

 1900 26 PHI NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20  0.00  2.67    0    2.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1434   3291  188  102   48  .972  .950  2.43  1.97                           75 1349   11
                 1B   14    141    1    3    6  .979  .977 10.14 10.21                        
                  P*   1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                0    2.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1449   3432  189  105   54  .972  .951  2.50  2.05

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.

Batting Average
1903 NL-.327-8
1904 NL-.290-9
1905 NL-.317-5

On-base %
1899 NL-.457-4
1900 NL-.451-2
1901 NL-.437-2
1902 NL-.414-1
1903 NL-.453-1
1904 NL-.416-2
1905 NL-.417-4
1906 NL-.393-7
1907 NL-.374-8
Car-.413-29

OPS
1904 NL-.761-8

Games
1899 NL-150-10
1900 NL-140-7
1902 NL-138-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1899 NL-702-2
1900 NL-675-1
1902 NL-626-2
1903 NL-607-5
1905 NL-675-6

Runs
1899 NL-137-3
1900 NL-132-1
1901 NL-102-9
1902 NL-89-6
1903 NL-88-10
1904 NL-92-5
1905 NL-118-2
1906 NL-81-5

Hits
1903 NL-156-10
1905 NL-178-6

Bases on Balls
1899 NL-115-2
1900 NL-115-1
1901 NL-100-1
1902 NL-107-1
1903 NL-107-1
1904 NL-102-1
1905 NL-93-3
1906 NL-107-1
1907 NL-83-1
Car-1042-92

Stolen Bases
1899 NL-42-10
1900 NL-37-7

Singles
1899 NL-162-6
1900 NL-161-3
1901 NL-140-6
1902 NL-132-9
1903 NL-142-4
1904 NL-129-5
1905 NL-161-2

Adjusted OPS+
1903 NL-142-7
1904 NL-136-8
1905 NL-135-10

Runs Created
1904 NL-70-7
1905 NL-83-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1899 NL-34-7
1900 NL-26-6
1902 NL-22-7
1903 NL-37-4
1904 NL-29-2
1905 NL-31-6

Batting Wins
1899 NL-3.4-7
1900 NL-2.6-6
1902 NL-2.5-7
1903 NL-3.8-4
1904 NL-3.3-2
1905 NL-3.5-6

Times on Base
1899 NL-310-1
1900 NL-298-1
1901 NL-257-4
1902 NL-252-1
1903 NL-266-1
1904 NL-251-1
1905 NL-275-1
1906 NL-238-2

Offensive Win%
1904 NL-.693-8
1905 NL-.694-10

Hit By Pitch
1899 NL-17-6
1900 NL-15-6
1901 NL-9-9

Sac. Hits
1899 NL-23-5
1901 NL-15-9
1902 NL-17-10
1903 NL-20-4

Oldest Player
1911 NL-37-8

Black Ink: Batting - 17 (131) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 67 (362) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 26.0 (376) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 27.5 (617) (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.

Transactions
June 1, 1908: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Philadelphia Phillies.
June 18, 1909: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
June 19, 1909: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Doves.
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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Batting Average 1903 NL-.327-8 1904 NL-.290-9 1905 NL-.317-5	On-base % 1899 NL-.457-4 1900 NL-.451-2 1901 NL-.437-2 1902 NL-.414-1 1903 NL-.453-1 1904 NL-.416-2 1905 NL-.417-4 1906 NL-.393-7 1907 NL-.374-8 Car-.413-29	OPS 1904 NL-.761-8	Games 1899 NL-150-10 1900 NL-140-7 1902 NL-138-4	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1899 NL-702-2 1900 NL-675-1 1902 NL-626-2 1903 NL-607-5 1905 NL-675-6	Runs 1899 NL-137-3 1900 NL-132-1 1901 NL-102-9 1902 NL-89-6 1903 NL-88-10 1904 NL-92-5 1905 NL-118-2 1906 NL-81-5
Hits 1903 NL-156-10 1905 NL-178-6	Bases on Balls 1899 NL-115-2 1900 NL-115-1 1901 NL-100-1 1902 NL-107-1 1903 NL-107-1 1904 NL-102-1 1905 NL-93-3 1906 NL-107-1 1907 NL-83-1 Car-1042-92	Stolen Bases 1899 NL-42-10 1900 NL-37-7	Singles 1899 NL-162-6 1900 NL-161-3 1901 NL-140-6 1902 NL-132-9 1903 NL-142-4 1904 NL-129-5 1905 NL-161-2	Adjusted OPS+ 1903 NL-142-7 1904 NL-136-8 1905 NL-135-10	Runs Created 1904 NL-70-7 1905 NL-83-6
Adjusted Batting Runs 1899 NL-34-7 1900 NL-26-6 1902 NL-22-7 1903 NL-37-4 1904 NL-29-2 1905 NL-31-6	Batting Wins 1899 NL-3.4-7 1900 NL-2.6-6 1902 NL-2.5-7 1903 NL-3.8-4 1904 NL-3.3-2 1905 NL-3.5-6	Times on Base 1899 NL-310-1 1900 NL-298-1 1901 NL-257-4 1902 NL-252-1 1903 NL-266-1 1904 NL-251-1 1905 NL-275-1 1906 NL-238-2	Offensive Win% 1904 NL-.693-8 1905 NL-.694-10	Hit By Pitch 1899 NL-17-6 1900 NL-15-6 1901 NL-9-9	Sac. Hits 1899 NL-23-5 1901 NL-15-9 1902 NL-17-10 1903 NL-20-4
Oldest Player 1911 NL-37-8