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Sloppy Thurston
Hollis John Thurston

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 19, 1923
Final Game October 1, 1933
Born June 2, 1899 in Fremont, NE
Died September 14, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1923 24 TOT AL   7   8  46  13   8   0  30  4  195.7  231   74   68  11   38   55   1   0   818       0  3.13  3.95  126 1.375
         SLB AL   0   0   2   1   0   0   1  0    4.0    8    4    3   0    2    0   0   0    22       0  6.75  4.18   62 2.500
         CHW AL   7   8  44  12   8   0  29  4  191.7  223   70   65  11   36   55   1   0   796       0  3.05  3.94  129 1.351
 1924 25 CHW AL  20  14  38  36  28   1   2  1  291.0  330  150  123  17   60   37   6   5  1251       0  3.80  4.10  108 1.340
 1925 26 CHW AL  10  14  36  25   9   0   6  1  183.0  250  143  121  14   47   35   5   4   824       0  5.95  4.17   70 1.623
 1926 27 CHW AL   6   8  31  13   6   1  15  3  134.3  164   85   75  10   36   35   1   1   592       1  5.02  3.86   77 1.489
 1927 28 WSH AL  13  13  29  28  13   2   1  0  205.3  254  118  102  16   60   38   2   1   914       1  4.47  4.05   91 1.529
 1930 31 BRO NL   6   4  24  11   5   2  10  1  106.0  110   46   40   4   17   26   0   1   437       0  3.40  4.92  145 1.198
 1931 32 BRO NL   9   9  24  17  11   0   6  0  143.0  175   72   63   3   39   23   1   2   633       0  3.97  3.82   96 1.497
 1932 33 BRO NL  12   8  28  20  10   2   5  0  153.0  174   81   69  14   38   35   1   0   652       0  4.06  3.80   94 1.386
 1933 34 BRO NL   6   8  32  15   5   0  14  3  131.3  171   70   66   4   34   22   6   5   591       0  4.52  3.20   71 1.561
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .509  89  86 288 178  95   8  89 13 1542.7 1859  839  727  93  369  306  23  19  6712       2  4.24  3.99   94 1.444
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  42  25  13   1  12  1  225.0  271  122  106  13   53   44   3   2   979   0   0  4.24  3.99   94 1.444
 Career High     20  14  46  36  28   2  30  4  291.0  330  150  123  17   60   55   6   5  1251   0   1  3.13  4.92  145 1.198

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 24 TOT AL  47   79   10   25   5  1   0    4   0  0   2   6  .316  .333  .405   94   32   1   0   0   0   0
         CHW AL  45   79   10   25   5  1   0    4   0  0   2   6  .316  .333  .405   94   32   1           0    
 1924 25 CHW AL  51  122   15   31   6  3   1    9   0  0   5  14  .254  .289  .377   73   46   5           1    
 1925 26 CHW AL  44   84    2   24   7  2   0   13   0  0   5  13  .286  .326  .417   91   35   3           0    
 1926 27 CHW AL  38   61    5   19   4  0   0    5   0  1   3   6  .311  .354  .377   94   23   1           1    
 1927 28 WSH AL  42   92   11   29   4  2   2   17   1  0   5  10  .315  .351  .467  112   43   4           0    
 1930 31 BRO NL  36   50    3   10   3  0   1   11   0      0  16  .200  .216  .320   28   16   4           1    
 1931 32 BRO NL  24   60    8   13   2  1   1    8   0      2  10  .217  .242  .333   54   20   2           0    
 1932 33 BRO NL  29   56    7   17   5  1   0    5   0      2   9  .304  .328  .429  103   24   2           0    
 1933 34 BRO NL  32   44    4    7   2  0   0    7   0      0   7  .159  .159  .205    5    9   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      343  648   65  175  38 10   5   79   1  1  24  91  .270  .299  .383   78  248  23   0   0   3   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        306   31   83  18  5   2   37   0  0  11  43  .270  .299  .383   78  117  11   0   0   1   0
 Career High     51  122   15   31   7  3   2   17   1  1   5  16                          46   5   0   0   1   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 24 TOT AL   82   55   11   5.4   107| .316  .289| .333  .359| .405  .399| .738  .758|  94  .561  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         CHW AL   82   55   11   5.4   107| .316  .289| .333  .359| .405  .399| .738  .758|  94  .561  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1924 25 CHW AL  133   96   13   3.6   109| .254  .294| .289  .363| .377  .403| .666  .767|  73  .365  -5.7  -0.6   0%
 1925 26 CHW AL   92   63   11   4.7   111| .286  .293| .326  .363| .417  .411| .743  .774|  91  .458  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1926 27 CHW AL   66   44    8   4.8   106| .311  .285| .354  .356| .377  .399| .731  .755|  94  .515  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1927 28 WSH AL  101   67   15   6.0   110| .315  .292| .351  .360| .467  .410| .818  .769| 112  .594   1.0   0.1 100%
 1930 31 BRO NL   55   44    3   1.8   126| .200  .310| .216  .369| .320  .462| .536  .831|  28  .104  -6.0  -0.5     
 1931 32 BRO NL   64   49    5   2.7   102| .217  .284| .242  .343| .333  .401| .575  .743|  54  .275  -4.2  -0.4     
 1932 33 BRO NL   60   41    8   5.3   102| .304  .282| .328  .334| .429  .408| .757  .742| 103  .551   0.2   0.0     
 1933 34 BRO NL   45   39    1   0.7    88| .159  .270| .159  .322| .205  .369| .364  .690|   5  .037  -5.4  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       698  498   75   4.0   108| .270  .290| .299  .355| .383  .407| .682  .761|  78  .415 -22.9  -2.2     

* 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 ------+

 1923 24 TOT AL   P   46      6   50    2    2  .966  .959  1.22  1.49  2.58  2.72   13  195.7
         SLB AL   P    2      0    1    1    0  .500 1.000  0.50  1.50  2.25  2.70    1    4.0
         CHW AL   P   44      6   49    1    2  .982  .958  1.25  1.49  2.58  2.72   12  191.7
 1924 25 CHW AL   P   38     15   75    3    1  .968  .959  2.37  1.32  2.78  2.53   36  291.0
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.30                            0    0    1
 1925 26 CHW AL   P   36     15   55    2    4  .972  .960  1.94  1.40  3.44  2.66   25  183.0
 1926 27 CHW AL   P   31      4   30    1    1  .971  .958  1.10  1.39  2.28  2.66   13  134.3
 1927 28 WSH AL   P   29     12   46    4    4  .935  .959  2.00  1.40  2.54  2.62   28  205.3
 1930 31 BRO NL   P   24      3   30    0    1 1.000  .965  1.38  1.10  2.80  2.21   11  106.0
 1931 32 BRO NL   P   24      3   30    2    3  .943  .959  1.38  1.20  2.08  2.22   17  143.0
 1932 33 BRO NL   P   28     10   34    0    2 1.000  .957  1.57  1.21  2.59  2.29   20  153.0
 1933 34 BRO NL   P   32      3   40    1    0  .977  .964  1.34  1.28  2.95  2.36   15  131.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1924 25 CHW AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.30                            0    0    1

 1923 24 TOT AL   P   46      6   50    2    2  .966  .959  1.22  1.49  2.58  2.72   13  195.7
         SLB AL   P    2      0    1    1    0  .500 1.000  0.50  1.50  2.25  2.70    1    4.0
         CHW AL   P   44      6   49    1    2  .982  .958  1.25  1.49  2.58  2.72   12  191.7
 1924 25 CHW AL   P   38     15   75    3    1  .968  .959  2.37  1.32  2.78  2.53   36  291.0
 1925 26 CHW AL   P   36     15   55    2    4  .972  .960  1.94  1.40  3.44  2.66   25  183.0
 1926 27 CHW AL   P   31      4   30    1    1  .971  .958  1.10  1.39  2.28  2.66   13  134.3
 1927 28 WSH AL   P   29     12   46    4    4  .935  .959  2.00  1.40  2.54  2.62   28  205.3
 1930 31 BRO NL   P   24      3   30    0    1 1.000  .965  1.38  1.10  2.80  2.21   11  106.0
 1931 32 BRO NL   P   24      3   30    2    3  .943  .959  1.38  1.20  2.08  2.22   17  143.0
 1932 33 BRO NL   P   28     10   34    0    2 1.000  .957  1.57  1.21  2.59  2.29   20  153.0
 1933 34 BRO NL   P   32      3   40    1    0  .977  .964  1.34  1.28  2.95  2.36   15  131.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 288     71  390   15   18  .968  .960  1.60  1.33              178 1542.7
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.30                            0    0    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       289     71  390   15   18  .968  .960  1.60  1.33
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.

ERA
1923 AL-3.13-6

Wins
1924 AL-20-3

Won-Loss %
1932 NL-.600-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1923 AL-1.75-3
1924 AL-1.86-2
1925 AL-2.31-6

Games
1923 AL-46-7

Saves
1923 AL-4-8
1926 AL-3-7

Innings
1924 AL-291.0-2

Games Started
1924 AL-36-2

Comp. Games
1924 AL-28-1

Shutouts
1927 AL-2-10
1930 NL-2-5
1932 NL-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1923 AL-11-8
1924 AL-17-1
1925 AL-14-4
1927 AL-16-3

Hits Allowed
1924 AL-330-1
1927 AL-254-9

SO to Walk
1923 AL-1.45-5

Losses
1924 AL-14-8
1925 AL-14-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1924 AL-123-1
1925 AL-121-4
1927 AL-102-9

Wild Pitches
1924 AL-5-3
1933 NL-5-10

Hit Batsmen
1933 NL-6-6

Batters Faced
1924 AL-1251-2

Games Finished
1923 AL-30-1

Adjusted ERA+
1923 AL-126-4

        

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (729) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 33 (708) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3095) Pitching - 6.0 (1192) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.5 (1119) (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 

May 12, 1923: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

January 15, 1927: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Leo Mangum to the Washington Senators for Roger Peckinpaugh.

October 7, 1929: Drafted by the Brooklyn Robins from the San Francisco (PCL) in the 1929 rule 5 draft.

October 11, 1933: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Joe Hutcheson, Ray Phelps, and cash to the St Paul (American Association) for Les Munns.

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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