George Thomas

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: November 29, 1937 in Minneapolis, MN us

High School: Bloomington HS (Bloomington, MN)

Schools: Wayne State University (Detroit, MI), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Debut: September 11, 1957 (Age 19-286d, 9,093rd in MLB history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 6, 1971 (Age 33-281d)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: George Edward Thomas

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.1

AB

1688

R

203

H

430

BA

.255

HR

RBI

202

SB

OBP

.316

SLG

.389

OPS

.705

OPS+

Standard Batting

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1957	19	DET	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1958	20	DET-min	A,B,AA	117	442	390	52	110	20	4	3	53	7		35	51	.282	.342	.377	.719		147		5	4	8	4		AUG,DHM,BIR · SALL,CARL,SOUA
1958	20	DET	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/9

1959	21	DET-min	AA	96	354	314	39	86	16	4	7	48	2		29	52	.274	.344	.417	.761		131		6	2	3	0		BIR · SOUA
1960	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	138	536	477	79	131	42	4	13	85	8		40	79	.275	.335	.461	.796		220		6	7	6	1		BIR,DEN · SOUA,AA
1961	23	TOT	AL	96	316	288	41	79	12	1	13	59	3	6	21	70	.274	.328	.458	.786	100	132	3	3	3	2	1	578/96
1961	23	DET	AL	17	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/96
1961	23	LAA	AL	79	310	282	39	79	12	1	13	59	3	6	21	66	.280	.334	.468	.803	104	132	3	3	3	2	1	578/9
1962	24	LAA	AL	56	203	181	13	43	10	2	4	12	0	0	21	37	.238	.320	.381	.701	91	69	3	1	0	0	0	9/87
1963	25	TOT	AL	102	302	276	27	61	11	2	5	26	2	1	20	54	.221	.276	.330	.605	71	91	5	2	1	3	1	985/734
1963	25	LAA	AL	53	178	167	14	35	7	1	4	15	0	0	9	32	.210	.254	.335	.590	68	56	4	1	1	0	1	95/378
1963	25	DET	AL	49	124	109	13	26	4	1	1	11	2	1	11	22	.239	.306	.321	.628	75	35	1	1	0	3	0	8/974
1964	26	DET	AL	105	333	308	39	88	15	2	12	44	4	1	18	53	.286	.329	.464	.794	117	143	6	3	2	2	0	897/5
1965	27	DET	AL	79	187	169	19	36	5	1	3	10	2	3	12	39	.213	.269	.308	.577	63	52	4	2	1	3	1	98/74
1966	28	BOS	AL	69	200	173	25	41	4	0	5	20	1	0	23	33	.237	.332	.347	.678	88	60	7	2	1	1	1	897/532
1967	29	BOS	AL	65	95	89	10	19	2	0	1	6	0	1	3	23	.213	.255	.270	.525	50	24	0	2	1	0	0	79/382
1968	30	BOS-min	AAA	136	515	475	47	137	33	7	6	52	2	6	34	92	.288	.337	.425	.762		202		2	1	3			LOU · IL
1968	30	BOS	AL	12	11	10	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	.200	.273	.500	.773	124	5	0	0	0	0	0	/789
1969	31	BOS	AL	29	56	51	9	18	3	1	0	8	0	0	3	11	.353	.400	.451	.851	133	23	0	1	1	0	0	3/79528
1970	32	BOS	AL	38	112	99	13	34	8	0	2	13	0	0	11	12	.343	.420	.485	.904	142	48	3	2	0	0	0	7/59
1971	33	TOT	AL	32	48	43	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	7	.209	.292	.233	.524	48	10	0	0	0	0	0	7/935
1971	33	BOS	AL	9	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.077	.143	.077	.220	-38	1	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1971	33	MIN	AL	23	34	30	4	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.267	.353	.300	.653	85	9	0	0	0	0	0	7/35
13 Yrs				685	1864	1688	203	430	71	9	46	202	13	12	138	343	.255	.316	.389	.705	92	657	31	18	10	11	4
162 Game Avg.				162	441	399	48	102	17	2	11	48	3	3	33	81	.255	.316	.389	.705	92	155	7	4	2	3	1
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
BOS (6 yrs)				222	488	435	60	115	17	1	9	49	2	1	42	86	.264	.338	.370	.708	95	161	10	7	3	1	1
DET (6 yrs)				252	651	593	73	150	24	4	16	65	8	5	41	119	.253	.304	.388	.692	91	230	11	6	3	8	1
LAA (3 yrs)				188	691	630	66	157	29	4	21	86	3	6	51	135	.249	.310	.408	.718	92	257	10	5	4	2	2
MIN (1 yr)				23	34	30	4	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.267	.353	.300	.653	85	9	0	0	0	0	0

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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George Thomas

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

Postseason Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

Other Resources & Links

More Thomas Pages

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