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Derrel
Thomas		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 165
 
Born: January 14, 1951 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 20 MON NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8
1972 21 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8
1973 22 MON NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8
1974 23 MON NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1975 24 MON NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8
1976 25 MON NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1977 26 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1978 27 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1979 28 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
1980 29 MON NL $ 1,100,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 5 5 5
1981 30 MON NL $ 1,100,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 5
1982 31 MON NL $ 1,100,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 5 5 5
1983 32 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,100,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 20 AA   137 526 68 145 22 6 7 56 17 16 63 45 .276 .353 .380 .733 69.9  
1972 21 AAA   83 314 46 80 16 6 3 38 14 3 41 22 .255 .341 .373 .713 42.6  
    AA   54 224 35 72 12 1 4 23 15 9 29 20 .321 .399 .438 .837 38.0  
1973 22 AAA   137 532 62 136 24 6 12 51 21 19 79 48 .256 .352 .391 .743 74.3  
1974 23 AAA   137 543 83 149 26 6 3 50 21 12 51 52 .274 .337 .361 .698 65.7  
1975 24 AAA   137 567 82 171 26 4 10 67 30 18 57 58 .302 .365 .414 .780 83.8  
1976 25 AAA   137 565 71 158 27 5 5 66 16 19 57 50 .280 .346 .372 .717 69.4  
1977 26 MON NL 68 154 29 41 5 3 3 16 2 3 10 15 .266 .311 .396 .707 17.9 3.2
1978 27 MON NL 133 450 67 140 18 5 3 56 3 5 33 37 .311 .358 .393 .751 58.4 10.9
1979 28 MON NL 151 566 99 163 21 6 3 51 6 8 57 43 .288 .352 .362 .715 69.7 14.2
1980 29 MON NL 40 145 30 47 7 5 0 13 5 4 21 8 .324 .405 .441 .846 25.4 6.5
1981 30 MON NL 141 481 47 110 23 3 4 30 8 7 25 90 .229 .268 .314 .582 38.1 2.2
1982 31 MON NL 151 544 61 143 22 10 4 54 14 15 28 94 .263 .300 .362 .662 53.8 8.4
1983 32 MON NL 143 488 51 116 22 5 1 25 11 15 24 87 .238 .273 .309 .582 34.2 0.6
7 Years Sim 827 2828 384 760 118 37 18 245 49 57 198 374 .269 .317 .356 .672 297.5 45.9
5 Years AAA 631 2521 344 694 119 27 33 272 102 71 285 230 .275 .348 .383 .731 335.9  
2 Years AA 191 750 103 217 34 7 11 79 32 25 92 65 .289 .365 .397 .763 108.0  
7 Years Minors 822 3271 447 911 153 34 44 351 134 96 377 295 .279 .352 .386 .738 443.9  
162 Game Average 553 75 148 23 7 3 47 9 11 38 73 .269 .317 .356 .672 58.3  
Career Highs 151 566 99 163 23 10 4 56 14 15 57 94 .324 .405 .441 .846 69.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2255 306 620 96 28 16 193 41 43 160 299 .275 .323 .364 .687 252.3
vs LH   573 78 140 22 9 2 52 8 14 38 75 .244 .291 .325 .615 49.9
Home 424 1411 204 393 59 17 10 114 28 24 95 190 .279 .325 .366 .690 160.0
Away 403 1417 180 367 59 20 8 131 21 33 103 184 .259 .309 .346 .654 142.2
RISP   604 0 157 28 4 1 202 0 0 42 84 .260 .304 .325 .629 59.1
Pinch Hitting   28 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 .321 .321 .357 .679 2.6
Close/Late   332 52 79 11 4 1 21 0 0 19 47 .238 .280 .304 .584 27.2
Mar/Apr 134 433 71 108 14 7 0 27 11 7 34 58 .249 .307 .314 .621 41.0
May 146 459 70 127 16 8 3 53 3 9 42 59 .277 .335 .366 .701 54.2
June 137 483 68 127 24 4 4 43 4 10 35 75 .263 .313 .354 .667 49.9
July 128 447 46 119 24 7 1 37 4 12 28 59 .266 .308 .358 .665 44.4
August 139 510 68 145 21 6 5 47 14 10 27 65 .284 .319 .378 .697 58.5
Sep/Oct 143 496 61 134 19 5 5 38 13 9 32 58 .270 .317 .359 .676 54.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 26 MON NL 3B 17 10 98.0 9 30 0 5 1.000 3.58   0.5
    RF 13 11 85.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.6
    2B 15 7 72.3 21 30 0 7 1.000 6.35   0.4
    SS 14 7 65.0 10 28 0 8 1.000 5.26   0.5
    CF 5 3 26.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.46    
    LF 6 1 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1978 27 MON NL 2B 118 115 970.7 235 394 9 108 .986 5.83   5.7
    3B 9 9 80.0 3 29 0 3 1.000 3.60   0.5
    SS 4 0 17.7 4 4 1 0 .889 4.08   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 28 MON NL 3B 144 143 1261.3 82 333 11 35 .974 2.96   4.5
    SS 5 4 39.0 6 18 3 3 .889 5.54   0.2
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1980 29 MON NL 3B 38 37 326.3 20 82 0 4 1.000 2.81   0.8
    CF 2 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1981 30 MON NL 2B 69 62 552.0 133 212 4 48 .989 5.63   1.6
    3B 44 41 370.0 30 95 3 8 .977 3.04   0.6
    SS 15 12 112.0 20 43 1 9 .984 5.06   0.5
    CF 8 6 55.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.13   0.2
    RF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1982 31 MON NL SS 62 57 544.3 84 224 15 40 .954 5.09   2.9
    2B 61 59 516.0 139 228 12 53 .968 6.40   2.9
    RF 24 22 194.0 51 3 1 1 .982 2.51   0.8
    LF 2 1 13.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 4.15    
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 32 MON NL 3B 100 90 789.7 48 223 8 19 .971 3.09   2.8
    SS 29 21 191.3 20 89 5 10 .956 5.13   0.9
    2B 7 5 48.0 8 29 1 7 .974 6.94   0.3
    LF 4 1 14.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.2
    CF 2 1 10.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 6.30    
    RF 2 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
  3B 353 331 2933.3 192 792 22 74 .978 3.02   9.8
  2B 272 248 2162.0 536 895 26 223 .982 5.96   11.0
  SS 129 101 969.3 144 406 25 70 .957 5.11   5.0
  RF 41 34 297.0 78 3 1 1 .988 2.45   1.3
  CF 20 10 102.7 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.89   0.2
  LF 14 4 59.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.3
Career Totals   829 728 6523.3 1001 2097 74 368 .977 4.27   27.7
Career Highs   152 147 1306.3 279 456 28 111 1.000 5.63    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 26 MON NL 6 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 27 MON NL 11 43 3 12 2 1 0 4 1 0 4 0 .279 .340 .372 .713
1979 28 MON NL 10 47 4 12 1 0 1 6 0 3 0 5 .255 .255 .340 .596
Career Post-Season Batting 27 98 8 24 3 1 1 10 1 4 4 5 .245 .275 .327 .601
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Runs
1979-6-99
 Singles
1979-6-133
 Triples
1982-1-10
 Caught Stealing
1982-9-15
1983-8-15
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bob Johnson (962)
  2. Bill Doran (956)
  3. Rudy Meoli (955)
  4. Greg Mulleavy (954)
  5. Bobby Knoop (954)
  6. Freddy Spurgeon (952)
  7. Al Kozar (950)
  8. Stan Sperry (949)
  9. Jose Oquendo (947)
  10. Red Schoendienst (946)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 58th overall pick, by Montreal in 1971
Injured on 5/2/1975 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Injured on 5/14/1975 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/30/1975 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/19/1977, off Dennis Eckersley (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 6/9/1977, off Lary Sorensen (IND)
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,100,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/17/1980 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,100,000 through salary arbitration
 
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