Dickie Thon

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)

Born: June 20, 1958 in South Bend, IN us

Debut: May 22, 1979 (Age 20-336d, 14,178th in major league history)
vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1993 (Age 35-105d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Bill Landman, Tom Reich

Full Name: Richard William Thon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.9

4449

1176

.264

496

RBI

435

167

OBP

.317

SLG

.375

OPS

.691

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 71 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 3 walk-off, 6 tying, 22 go ahead

5 Tms
HOU	33
PHI	32
TEX	4
SDP	1
MIL	1

Platoon
vs RHP	44
vs LHP	27

Home/Road
Away	46
Home	25

Outs
1	28
0	25
2	18

17 Opps
PIT	15
SDP	10
NYM	7
MON	7
CIN	6
ATL	4
SFG	3
STL	3
CHC	3
LAD	3
HOU	3
PHI	2
MIN	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
MIL	1
TOR	1

58 Pitchers
Eric Show	3
Jeff Robinson	2
Bob Walk	2
Neal Heaton	2
Bob Kipper	2
Tom Browning	2
Mark Davis	2
Jim Deshaies	2
Mike Scott	2
Rick Rhoden	2
Tom Seaver	2
Bob Forsch	2
Bob MacDonald	1
Craig McMurtry	1
Rocky Childress	1
Jim Winn	1
Rich Rodriguez	1
Terry Forster	1
Craig Swan	1
Charles Hudson	1
Randy Johnson	1
Guy Hoffman	1
Fred Breining	1
Bruce Berenyi	1
Paul Assenmacher	1
Steve Rogers	1
Andy Hawkins	1
Cris Carpenter	1
Scott Garrelts	1
Dave Dravecky	1
John Smiley	1
Bob Welch	1
Dwight Gooden	1
Ed Whitson	1
Bryn Smith	1
Tim Burke	1
Calvin Schiraldi	1
Joe Hesketh	1
Bob Patterson	1
Zane Smith	1
Gary Lucas	1
Frank Viola	1
Mario Soto	1
Tom Niedenfuer	1
Mel Rojas	1
Bob Ojeda	1
Larry McWilliams	1
Luis DeLeón	1
Dennis Rasmussen	1
Chris Nabholz	1
Scott Sanderson	1
Ricky Bones	1
Stan Belinda	1
Joe Beckwith	1
Jack Armstrong	1
Don Aase	1
Kip Gross	1
Dennis Martínez	1

16 Parks
VeteransStad (PHI)	17
Astrodome (HOU)	11
Qualcomm St (SAN)	7
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	6
Shea Stad (NYC)	5
Stade Olymp. (MON)	4
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	4
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
3Com Park (SFO)	3
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	44
78	6
89	1
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	33
1	17
4	7
2	6
3	4
5	2
6	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	59
2·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	12
12-	3
--3	3
1-3	3
-2-	2
123	1
-23	1

105 RBI
RISP	13
0 on	46
1 on	17
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	25

Inning
1	8
2	8
3	8
4	9
5	6
6	10
7	4
8	9
9	7
Extra	2

1-3	24
4-6	25
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	4
+2	7
+1	8
Tied	17
-1	8
-2	6
-3	5
-4..	9

Ahead	26
Tied	17
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	33
0-0	17
2-1	6
1-1	4
1-0	3
0-1	3
1-2	2
2-2	2
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	68
PH	3

OrderPos
3rd	21
8th	17
7th	13
2nd	8
1st	5
6th	5
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1982-06-29	HOU	@	ATL	Bob Walk	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	6	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1982-07-17	HOU		PIT	Rick Rhoden	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---		1	1	6	0.140	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1982-08-30	HOU	@	NYM	Craig Swan	behind 0-2	t 6	1	---		1	1	6	0.117	29%		Home Run
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1983-04-15	HOU		MON	Steve Rogers	behind 1-6	b 6	1	1--		2	3	6	0.066	11%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Doran Scores
5	5	2	1	1983-04-19	HOU		CIN	Bruce Berenyi	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---		1	3	6	0.096	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	3	1	1983-05-17	HOU	@	STL	Bob Forsch	behind 0-6	t 4	0	---		1	3	6	0.027	7%		Home Run
7	7	4	1	1983-05-20	HOU	@	PIT	Larry McWilliams	behind 1-4	t 8	0	---		1	3	6	0.063	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	5	1	1983-06-17	HOU	@	SDP	Eric Show	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---		1	3	6	0.112	71%		Home Run
9	9	6	2	1983-06-17	HOU	@	SDP	Eric Show	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---		1	3	6	0.094	84%		Home Run
10	10	7	1	1983-06-24	HOU	@	LAD	Tom Niedenfuer	behind 1-7	t 8	1	---		1	3	6	0.005	1%		Home Run
11	11	8	1	1983-06-26	HOU	@	LAD	Joe Beckwith	ahead 5-3	t 6	2	1-3		3	3	6	0.158	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Mizerock Scores; T. Scott Scores
12	12	9	1	1983-06-28	HOU	@	ATL	Craig McMurtry	behind 0-2	t 6	1	---		1	3	6	0.115	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	10	2	1983-06-28	HOU	@	ATL	Terry Forster	behind 1-2	t 8	0	1--		2	3	6	0.412	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Puhl Scores
14	14	11	1	1983-07-09	HOU	@	NYM	Tom Seaver	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	---		1	3	6	0.099	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	12	2	1983-07-09	HOU	@	NYM	Tom Seaver	ahead 5-2	t 5	0	---		1	3	6	0.057	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	13	1	1983-07-20	HOU	@	PHI	Charles Hudson	behind 2-10	t 9	2	---		1	3	6	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	14	1	1983-07-30	HOU		CIN	Mario Soto	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---		1	3	6	0.117	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	15	1	1983-08-04	HOU	@	SDP	Gary Lucas	behind 1-4	t 9	1	---		1	3	6	0.019	3%		Home Run
19	19	16	1	1983-08-10	HOU		SDP	Luis DeLeón	tied 3-3	b 14	2	---		1	3	6	0.470	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	17	1	1983-08-24	HOU	@	PIT	Rick Rhoden	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	6	0.106	57%		Home Run
21	21	18	1	1983-09-07	HOU	@	SDP	Eric Show	ahead 5-0	t 5	2	-2-		2	3	6	0.035	98%		Home Run; T. Puhl Scores
22	22	19	1	1983-09-10	HOU	@	SFG	Fred Breining	ahead 3-2	t 3	0	---		1	3	6	0.107	73%		Home Run
23	23	20	1	1983-09-19	HOU	@	LAD	Bob Welch	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	---		1	3	6	0.099	68%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1985-07-06	HOU		MON	Joe Hesketh	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	---		1	8	6	0.083	86%		Home Run
25	25	2	1	1985-07-23	HOU	@	PHI	Rocky Childress	behind 5-11	t 8	1	---		1	8	6	0.005	1%		Home Run
26	26	3	1	1985-08-14	HOU	@	SFG	Mark Davis	tied 3-3	t 7	2	12-		3	2	PH	0.409	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Bailey Scores; P. Garner Scores
27	27	4	1	1985-08-20	HOU		STL	Bob Forsch	ahead 13-2	b 6	0	--3		2	8	6	0.000	100%		Home Run; M. Bailey Scores
28	28	5	1	1985-09-14	HOU		SDP	Dave Dravecky	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1--		2	1	6	0.236	66%		Home Run; B. Knepper Scores
29	29	6	1	1985-09-28	HOU	@	CIN	Tom Browning	behind 0-5	t 5	0	---		1	8	6	0.038	9%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1986-05-11	HOU	@	PIT	Jim Winn	behind 2-3	t 9	0	---		1	9	6	0.344	50%		Home Run
31	31	2	1	1986-08-03	HOU	@	SDP	Andy Hawkins	behind 0-3	t 8	0	---		1	7	6	0.061	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	3	1	1986-09-03	HOU	@	CHC	Guy Hoffman	ahead 5-2	t 6	2	-23		3	2	PH	0.100	97%		Home Run; J. Pankovits Scores; B. Hatcher Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1987-05-18	HOU	@	PIT	Bob Kipper	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	1--		2	8	6	0.156	82%		Home Run; G. Davis Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1988-09-18	SDP	@	ATL	Paul Assenmacher	behind 4-5	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	7	PH	0.350	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1989-05-30	PHI	@	SDP	Ed Whitson	behind 1-8	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	6	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	2	1	1989-05-31	PHI	@	SDP	Dennis Rasmussen	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	2	6	0.109	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	3	1	1989-06-05	PHI		PIT	Neal Heaton	behind 0-2	b 6	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	7	6	0.403	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Samuel Scores; J. Kruk Scores
38	38	4	1	1989-06-07	PHI		PIT	John Smiley	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	7	6	0.077	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
39	39	5	1	1989-06-13	PHI	@	PIT	Jeff Robinson	ahead 4-2	t 7	1	12-	4,(2-1) CBB>X	3	7	6	0.112	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Jordan Scores; J. Kruk Scores
40	40	6	1	1989-06-23	PHI	@	NYM	Bob Ojeda	tied 0-0	t 1	0	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	2	6	0.112	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); L. Dykstra Scores
41	41	7	1	1989-07-19	PHI	@	CIN	Tom Browning	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	6	0.115	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
42	42	8	1	1989-08-02	PHI		CHC	Scott Sanderson	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	6	0.133	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	9	2	1989-08-02	PHI		CHC	Calvin Schiraldi	ahead 4-0	b 4	2	1--	4,(1-2) BF1FX	2	8	6	0.052	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Daulton Scores
44	44	10	1	1989-09-04	PHI		PIT	Jeff Robinson	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	8	6	0.207	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Murphy Scores; D. Daulton Scores
45	45	11	1	1989-09-05	PHI		PIT	Neal Heaton	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	6	0.159	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	12	1	1989-09-09	PHI	@	MON	Tim Burke	behind 2-5	t 9	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	6	0.371	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Kruk Scores; R. Jordan Scores
47	47	13	1	1989-09-12	PHI		NYM	Don Aase	tied 1-1	b 9	1	---	6,(2-2) FSBBFX	1	6	6	0.430	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	14	1	1989-09-23	PHI	@	STL	Cris Carpenter	behind 1-7	t 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	6	0.050	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); V. Hayes Scores
49	49	15	1	1989-10-01	PHI		MON	Bryn Smith	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	4,(2-1) 1C1BB.X	2	3	6	0.169	74%		Home Run; C. Ford Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1990-05-21	PHI	@	SFG	Scott Garrelts	tied 0-0	t 2	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	7	6	0.197	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Jordan Scores
51	51	2	1	1990-06-20	PHI		PIT	Bob Patterson	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	6	0.100	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
52	52	3	1	1990-07-13	PHI	@	HOU	Mike Scott	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	8	6	0.211	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Jordan Scores
53	53	4	2	1990-07-13	PHI	@	HOU	Mike Scott	ahead 3-1	t 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	8	6	0.081	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
54	54	5	1	1990-07-14	PHI	@	HOU	Jim Deshaies	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	7	6	0.100	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
55	55	6	1	1990-07-23	PHI		NYM	Frank Viola	behind 1-3	b 6	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	7	6	0.437	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Martínez Scores; C. Hayes Scores/unER; R. Ready Scores
56	56	7	1	1990-08-12	PHI	@	MON	Chris Nabholz	behind 2-6	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	6	0.044	10%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
57	57	8	1	1990-09-10	PHI		PIT	Zane Smith	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	6	0.119	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1991-04-28	PHI		SDP	Rich Rodriguez	ahead 8-0	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	7	6	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Thon Scores
59	59	2	1	1991-05-31	PHI		PIT	Bob Walk	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	6	0.116	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Thon Scores
60	60	3	1	1991-06-07	PHI	@	CIN	Jack Armstrong	ahead 3-1	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	6	0.085	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Thon Scores
61	61	4	1	1991-06-30	PHI	@	NYM	Dwight Gooden	ahead 5-2	t 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	6	0.089	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Jordan Scores; D. Thon Scores
62	62	5	1	1991-08-02	PHI	@	MON	Dennis Martínez	tied 3-3	t 7	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	6	0.223	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Thon Scores
63	63	6	2	1991-08-02	PHI	@	MON	Mel Rojas	tied 5-5	t 11	0	---	5,(3-1) ..BFBBX	1	8	6	0.349	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Thon Scores
64	64	7	1	1991-08-20	PHI		PIT	Stan Belinda	behind 4-5	b 9	2	1--	3,(1-1) BSX	2	8	6	0.909	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Morris Scores; D. Thon Scores
65	65	8	1	1991-09-02	PHI		CIN	Kip Gross	ahead 6-0	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) ..X	2	2	6	0.017	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Ready Scores; D. Thon Scores
66	66	9	1	1991-09-20	PHI	@	PIT	Bob Kipper	ahead 6-3	t 8	1	---	7,(1-2) FSBFFFX	1	2	6	0.034	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Thon Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1992-05-16	TEX	@	MIL	Ricky Bones	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	6	0.182	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); I. Rodríguez Scores; D. Thon Scores
68	68	2	1	1992-05-22	TEX		KCR	Mark Davis	ahead 9-3	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	2	6	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Thon Scores
69	69	3	1	1992-06-10	TEX		SEA	Randy Johnson	ahead 3-2	b 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	6	0.181	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Russell Scores; D. Thon Scores
70	70	4	1	1992-06-30	TEX	@	TOR	Bob MacDonald	ahead 12-8	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	6	0.018	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Thon Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1993-07-02	MIL	@	MIN	Jim Deshaies	behind 2-4	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	6	6	0.105	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)

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PIT	15
SDP	10
NYM	7
MON	7
CIN	6
ATL	4
SFG	3
STL	3
CHC	3
LAD	3
HOU	3
PHI	2
MIN	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
MIL	1
TOR	1

PIT	15
SDP	10
NYM	7
MON	7
CIN	6
ATL	4
SFG	3
STL	3
CHC	3
LAD	3
HOU	3
PHI	2
MIN	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
MIL	1
TOR	1

PIT	15
SDP	10
NYM	7
MON	7
CIN	6
ATL	4
SFG	3
STL	3
CHC	3
LAD	3
HOU	3
PHI	2
MIN	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
MIL	1
TOR	1