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Lee Thomas

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: February 5, 1936 in Peoria, IL us

High School: Beaumont HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: April 22, 1961 (Age 25-076d, 11,846th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1968 (Age 32-235d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: James Leroy Thomas

Nicknames: Mad Dog or White Fang

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.9

3324

847

106

.255

405

RBI

428

OBP

.327

SLG

.397

OPS

.724

OPS+

100

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1954	18	NYY-min	D	68	326	280	55	85	14	3	4	34	3		39	40	.304	.396	.418	.814		117		4	3				OWN · KITL
1955	19	NYY-min	B	106	471	408	78	108	22	0	12	48	4		46	42	.265	.347	.407	.754		166		7	7	3			QUI · IIIL
1956	20	NYY-min	B,A	118	489	445	46	123	22	4	8	47	4		30	46	.276	.326	.398	.724		177		4	8	2	0		WSM,BNG · CARL,EL
1957	21	NYY-min	A	109	369	321	55	84	12	5	8	33	1		42	27	.262	.356	.405	.761		130		5	1	0			BNG · EL
1958	22	NYY-min	A	133	556	481	61	135	20	5	17	88	5		65	44	.281	.362	.449	.811		216		0	4	6	13		BNG · EL
1959	23	NYY-min	A	138	602	546	79	166	22	5	25	122	2		47	45	.304	.354	.500	.854		273		0	0	9	9		BNG · EL
1960	24	NYY-min	AA,AAA	116	471	413	72	137	27	10	28	112	6	1	48	56	.332	.404	.649	1.053		268		4	3	3			AMA,RMD · TL,IL
1961	25	TOT	AL	132	507	452	77	129	11	5	24	70	0	5	47	74	.285	.353	.491	.844	115	222	12	2	2	3	2	937H	MVP-24,RoY-3
1961	25	NYY	AL	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	175	1	0	0	0	0	0	/H
1961	25	LAA	AL	130	505	450	77	128	11	5	24	70	0	5	47	74	.284	.353	.491	.844	115	221	12	2	2	3	2	937H
1962	26	LAA	AL	160	652	583	88	169	21	2	26	104	6	1	55	74	.290	.355	.467	.821	123	272	16	6	4	4	3	3987/H	AS,AS,MVP-11
1963	27	LAA	AL	149	594	528	52	116	12	6	9	55	6	0	53	82	.220	.301	.316	.617	78	167	13	9	2	2	6	39/H78
1964	28	TOT	AL	154	636	573	58	150	27	3	15	66	3	1	52	51	.262	.325	.398	.723	100	228	16	4	3	4	5	*9/37H
1964	28	LAA	AL	47	194	172	14	47	8	1	2	24	1	0	18	22	.273	.340	.366	.707	106	63	2	0	3	1	1	9/73H
1964	28	BOS	AL	107	442	401	44	103	19	2	13	42	2	1	34	29	.257	.319	.411	.730	98	165	14	4	0	3	4	9/3
1965	29	BOS	AL	151	603	521	74	141	27	4	22	75	6	2	72	42	.271	.361	.464	.826	128	242	16	3	5	2	8	*37/H9
1966	30	TOT	NL	114	306	275	26	61	5	1	7	24	1	1	24	30	.222	.293	.324	.616	70	89	3	4	2	1	2	3H7/8
1966	30	ATL	NL	39	139	126	11	25	1	1	6	15	1	1	10	15	.198	.261	.365	.626	70	46	0	1	1	1	1	3/H
1966	30	CHC	NL	75	167	149	15	36	4	0	1	9	0	0	14	15	.242	.319	.289	.608	70	43	3	3	1	0	1	H37/8
1967	31	CHC	NL	77	212	191	16	42	4	1	2	23	1	0	15	22	.220	.284	.283	.567	60	54	3	3	1	2	5	9H3/8
1968	32	HOU	NL	90	221	201	14	39	4	0	1	11	2	1	14	22	.194	.249	.229	.478	47	46	6	1	4	1	4	H9/73
1970	34	STL-min	AAA	135	544	477	67	128	23	0	8	66	2	1	55	48	.268	.347	.367	.714		175		5	2	5			TUL · AA
8 Yrs				1027	3731	3324	405	847	111	22	106	428	25	11	332	397	.255	.327	.397	.724	100	1320	85	32	23	19	35
162 Game Avg.				162	589	524	64	134	18	3	17	68	4	2	52	63	.255	.327	.397	.724	100	208	13	5	4	3	6

LAA (4 yrs)				486	1945	1733	231	460	52	14	61	253	13	6	173	252	.265	.336	.417	.753	106	723	43	17	11	10	12
CHC (2 yrs)				152	379	340	31	78	8	1	3	32	1	0	29	37	.229	.300	.285	.585	65	97	6	6	2	2	6
BOS (2 yrs)				258	1045	922	118	244	46	6	35	117	8	3	106	71	.265	.343	.441	.785	115	407	30	7	5	5	12
ATL (1 yr)				39	139	126	11	25	1	1	6	15	1	1	10	15	.198	.261	.365	.626	70	46	0	1	1	1	1
NYY (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	175	1	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				90	221	201	14	39	4	0	1	11	2	1	14	22	.194	.249	.229	.478	47	46	6	1	4	1	4

AL (5 yrs)				746	2992	2657	349	705	98	20	96	370	21	9	279	323	.265	.339	.426	.764	109	1131	73	24	16	15	24
NL (3 yrs)				281	739	667	56	142	13	2	10	58	4	2	53	74	.213	.277	.283	.561	61	189	12	8	7	4	11