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Gary
Thomasson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: July 29, 1951 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 20 MON NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5
1973 21 MON NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1974 22 MON NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6
1975 23 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 4
1976 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 5
1977 25 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 5
1978 26 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5
1979 27 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5
1980 28 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 5
1981 29 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5
1982 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5
1983 31 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 4 4
1984 32 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4
1985 33 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 6 7 7 3 3 3
1986 34 CLE AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
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
1972 20 AA   137 547 96 142 28 6 17 66 23 4 85 86 .260 .359 .426 .785 89.3  
1973 21 AA   137 531 62 112 19 0 19 50 13 3 71 76 .211 .304 .354 .658 63.3  
1974 22 AA   137 530 73 145 29 5 20 70 17 5 77 59 .274 .366 .460 .826 91.1  
1975 23 AAA   130 515 76 133 32 3 16 69 14 10 75 103 .258 .353 .425 .778 78.3  
1976 24 MON NL 12 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0.1 0.0
  CLE AL 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   15 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   78 308 51 86 11 1 12 32 14 1 31 57 .279 .345 .438 .783 48.7  
1977 25 AAA   120 460 68 122 31 0 6 41 12 3 66 91 .265 .357 .372 .729 64.7  
1978 26 AAA   137 548 71 143 26 2 9 46 18 3 64 108 .261 .338 .365 .703 71.9  
1979 27 AAA   128 497 76 138 27 5 5 32 22 5 81 106 .278 .379 .382 .761 77.8  
1980 28 AAA   137 578 87 154 23 7 14 42 20 3 55 100 .266 .330 .403 .733 79.6  
1981 29 AAA   137 507 54 116 16 1 11 45 14 3 79 100 .229 .333 .329 .662 63.3  
1982 30 CLE AL 57 154 14 30 0 1 2 13 1 1 13 31 .195 .257 .247 .504 8.9 0.0
1983 31 CLE AL 11 31 6 12 1 0 0 6 1 1 8 8 .387 .512 .419 .932 7.7 2.1
    AAA   133 539 70 156 28 2 3 32 23 7 77 118 .289 .378 .365 .744 79.4  
1984 32 CLE AL 50 112 18 28 5 0 0 12 6 3 19 22 .250 .359 .295 .653 12.8 2.0
1985 33 CLE AL 70 140 23 45 7 0 1 15 6 3 11 28 .321 .371 .393 .764 20.1 4.8
1986 34 AAA   136 524 47 116 11 2 5 44 10 4 53 134 .221 .293 .279 .572 45.6  
5 Years Sim 203 448 65 117 13 1 3 46 14 9 51 91 .261 .337 .315 .652 49.3 8.9
9 Years AAA 1136 4476 600 1164 205 23 81 383 147 39 581 917 .260 .345 .370 .716 609.2  
3 Years AA 411 1608 231 399 76 11 56 186 53 12 233 221 .248 .343 .414 .756 243.7  
12 Years Minors 1547 6084 831 1563 281 34 137 569 200 51 814 1138 .257 .345 .382 .727 852.9  
162 Game Average 357 51 93 10 0 2 36 11 7 40 72 .261 .337 .315 .652 39.4  
Career Highs 70 154 23 45 7 1 2 15 6 3 19 31 .387 .512 .419 .932 20.1  
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   371 59 102 12 1 3 41 11 8 45 66 .275 .354 .337 .691 45.9
vs LH   77 6 15 1 0 0 5 3 1 6 25 .195 .253 .208 .461 4.0
Home 103 219 31 55 7 1 1 17 6 3 19 46 .251 .311 .306 .617 21.4
Away 100 229 34 62 6 0 2 29 8 6 32 45 .271 .361 .323 .684 28.6
RISP   116 0 31 3 1 1 43 0 0 12 21 .267 .333 .336 .670 13.6
Pinch Hitting   6 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.8
Close/Late   46 16 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 11 .239 .314 .261 .575 4.1
Mar/Apr 23 40 11 12 1 0 0 4 1 2 7 10 .300 .404 .325 .729 5.5
May 39 82 7 22 3 0 0 10 1 1 4 16 .268 .302 .305 .607 7.1
June 30 54 5 13 1 0 0 5 1 1 8 11 .241 .339 .259 .598 5.4
July 30 64 10 17 1 1 0 4 3 0 6 9 .266 .329 .313 .641 7.3
August 33 84 17 22 3 0 3 11 5 0 10 14 .262 .340 .405 .745 12.8
Sep/Oct 44 124 13 31 4 0 0 12 3 4 16 31 .250 .338 .282 .620 12.2
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
1976 24 MON NL RF 4 2 26.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 4 0 9.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.0
  CLE AL LF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 5 3 26.0 0 0 1 0 .000 .00   0.0
      LF 5 0 9.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.0
1982 30 CLE AL LF 20 20 156.0 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.7
    RF 12 10 87.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    CF 6 6 40.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    1B 10 1 22.0 36 3 0 3 1.000 15.95   0.1
1983 31 CLE AL LF 10 10 74.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.09   0.1
1984 32 CLE AL CF 23 17 154.3 43 1 2 0 .957 2.57   0.8
    RF 14 7 86.0 21 0 1 0 .955 2.20    
    LF 9 7 64.0 16 0 1 0 .941 2.25    
1985 33 CLE AL LF 24 12 124.3 30 3 2 0 .943 2.39   0.9
    RF 18 7 93.7 14 1 0 1 1.000 1.44    
    1B 11 6 63.0 78 6 1 9 .988 12.00   0.2
    CF 6 4 44.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  LF 68 49 427.6 94 3 3 0 .970 2.04   1.8
  RF 49 27 292.7 59 1 2 1 .968 1.85   0.0
  CF 35 27 238.3 65 2 2 0 .971 2.53   0.8
  1B 21 7 85.0 114 9 1 12 .992 13.02   0.3
Career Totals   173 110 1043.6 332 15 8 13 .977 2.99   2.8
Career Highs   59 37 325.0 133 10 4 10 1.000 3.96    
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
1984 32 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
1985 33 CLE AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Montreal in 1972
Injured on 6/22/1974 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Injured on 5/11/1975 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/15/1976, off Steve Kline (SDP)
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland (A) on 6/1/1976 (Going to MON: P Les Cain, P Jim Merritt. Going to CLE: RF Brian Asselstine, P Rick Rhoden, CF Gary Thomasson)
Injured on 3/25/1977 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 4/15/1979 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1982, off Tom Niedenfuer (BOS)
Injured on 8/29/1983 with a Bruised Foot, out for 5 days
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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