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Lee
Thomas		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 198
 
Born: February 5, 1936 in Usa, IL, PEORIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1972   
Gold Glove 1968   
All-Star Selections 1967    1973    1975   
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
1961 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7
1962 26 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1963 27 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1964 28 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 9 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1965 29 COL NL $ 3,021,429   8 8 7 8 9 9 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7
1966 30 COL NL $ 3,192,857   8 8 7 8 9 9 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6
1967 31 COL NL $ 3,192,857   8 8 8 8 8 8 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6
1968 32 COL NL $ 3,350,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
1969 33 COL NL $ 3,000,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
1970 34 CLN NL $ 3,000,000   9 9 8 8 8 8 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1971 35 CLN NL $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1972 36 CLN NL $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1973 37 CLN NL $ 3,200,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1974 38 CLN NL $ 3,200,000   8 8 8 7 8 8 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
1975 39 CLN NL $ 3,200,000   8 8 7 8 8 8 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
1976 40 CLN NL $ 3,200,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,350,000   9 9 8 8 9 9 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
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
1961 25 CIN NL 78 260 42 76 12 0 20 47 4 3 25 49 .292 .352 .569 .921 49.1 13.2
    AAA   80 302 71 100 8 1 36 70 4 6 50 47 .331 .426 .722 1.148 82.5  
1962 26 COL NL 155 550 72 127 12 0 22 76 5 3 42 92 .231 .290 .373 .662 60.6 9.2
1963 27 COL NL 147 484 59 113 9 1 24 66 11 5 31 71 .233 .283 .405 .688 54.8 7.6
1964 28 COL NL 147 499 70 127 12 4 26 67 11 5 55 82 .255 .330 .451 .781 72.3 14.8
1965 29 COL NL 155 542 76 142 12 3 28 85 12 2 53 81 .262 .327 .450 .777 81.5 17.6
1967 31 COL NL 151 552 80 154 10 3 27 103 10 3 58 118 .279 .351 .455 .805 89.0 20.6
1968 32 COL NL 154 562 68 147 11 0 19 73 22 5 55 113 .262 .329 .383 .711 74.5 14.5
1969 33 COL NL 151 565 81 154 13 0 25 96 17 4 46 118 .273 .333 .428 .761 79.5 13.6
1970 34 CLN NL 129 457 75 133 13 2 21 66 13 1 44 97 .291 .354 .466 .820 76.3 15.7
1971 35 CLN NL 111 371 65 119 9 0 19 56 3 5 34 59 .321 .381 .499 .880 64.6 13.3
1972 36 CLN NL 145 531 74 138 13 3 22 80 13 8 39 90 .260 .316 .420 .735 68.1 10.3
1973 37 CLN NL 157 590 96 187 17 1 27 101 20 10 39 83 .317 .366 .486 .852 95.9 20.7
1974 38 CLN NL 149 578 84 160 22 1 23 88 17 5 52 95 .277 .337 .438 .775 83.5 16.5
1975 39 CLN NL 144 549 82 170 8 6 24 107 14 7 46 89 .310 .367 .477 .844 91.4 18.2
1976 40 CLN NL 117 392 51 108 15 1 16 66 11 5 25 69 .276 .322 .441 .764 55.2 8.8
15 Years Sim 2090 7482 1075 2055 188 25 343 1177 183 71 644 1306 .275 .335 .444 .779 1096.2 214.4
1 Years AAA 80 302 71 100 8 1 36 70 4 6 50 47 .331 .423 .722 1.144 82.5  
162 Game Average 579 83 159 14 1 26 91 14 5 49 101 .275 .335 .444 .779 85.0  
Career Highs 157 590 96 187 22 6 28 107 22 10 58 118 .321 .381 .569 .921 95.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5095 779 1450 126 15 259 873 128 54 457 820 .285 .346 .468 .814 815.5
vs LH   2387 296 605 62 10 84 304 55 17 187 486 .253 .311 .393 .704 297.5
Home 1041 3660 532 1004 86 13 163 575 86 29 305 665 .274 .334 .439 .772 536.1
Away 1049 3822 543 1051 102 12 180 602 97 42 339 641 .275 .336 .449 .785 576.9
RISP   1840 0 540 44 6 101 843 0 0 218 313 .293 .365 .489 .853 327.2
Pinch Hitting   145 17 27 3 1 4 22 1 0 14 37 .186 .258 .303 .561 12.1
Close/Late   942 144 276 21 1 48 147 0 0 97 161 .293 .364 .470 .835 157.3
Mar/Apr 337 1227 174 358 32 4 48 179 35 12 122 226 .292 .359 .442 .801 193.8
May 361 1337 162 364 41 2 60 212 23 12 90 229 .272 .323 .441 .763 186.0
June 315 1134 174 327 26 6 49 177 27 11 98 194 .288 .346 .451 .797 175.7
July 348 1249 193 351 37 1 55 205 40 9 120 204 .281 .345 .444 .790 194.8
August 378 1311 203 329 23 8 74 215 34 15 106 258 .251 .311 .450 .761 186.5
Sep/Oct 351 1224 169 326 29 4 57 189 24 12 108 195 .266 .328 .436 .764 176.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1961 25 CIN NL 3B 75 73 649.0 47 151 7 9 .966 2.75 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 1 0 8.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 7.0 6 1 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 26 COL NL 3B 147 144 1268.3 74 327 13 28 .969 2.85 0 0 .000 0 5.4
    RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 27 COL NL 3B 141 140 1207.7 68 309 12 25 .969 2.81 0 0 .000 0 5.7
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1964 28 COL NL RF 122 114 996.0 211 7 3 1 .986 1.97 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    3B 30 13 165.3 12 34 3 2 .939 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 1 1 2 .833 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 29 COL NL RF 101 99 889.0 212 3 5 0 .977 2.18 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    3B 51 48 418.7 19 90 8 3 .932 2.34 0 0 .000 0 2.0
1967 31 COL NL 3B 78 75 678.0 36 177 3 12 .986 2.83 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 71 69 618.7 137 4 2 2 .986 2.05 0 0 .000 0 1.6
1968 32 COL NL RF 150 143 1317.7 306 5 4 2 .987 2.12 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 33 COL NL RF 141 137 1244.3 284 8 5 0 .983 2.11 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    3B 8 0 13.3 1 4 0 2 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1970 34 CLN NL RF 122 115 1028.7 213 8 5 0 .978 1.93 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    1B 3 0 9.7 11 1 0 0 1.000 11.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 35 CLN NL RF 102 86 789.0 153 7 4 2 .976 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 36 CLN NL RF 124 113 1043.0 206 8 3 3 .986 1.85 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    C 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 37 CLN NL RF 101 98 890.0 177 8 3 3 .984 1.87 0 0 .000 0 2.0
1974 38 CLN NL RF 137 134 1198.3 244 11 6 2 .977 1.92 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    3B 7 6 56.7 4 13 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 6.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 12.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 39 CLN NL RF 132 131 1170.0 224 16 5 3 .980 1.85 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    1B 7 1 24.0 33 2 1 4 .972 13.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 2 23.0 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
1976 40 CLN NL RF 112 96 857.3 163 8 6 5 .966 1.80 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  RF 1421 1335 12055.3 2532 93 51 23 .981 1.96 0 0 .000 0 35.4
  3B 545 501 4487.0 262 1113 46 81 .968 2.76 0 0 .000 0 20.6
  1B 16 1 52.0 65 6 2 8 .973 12.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 5 3 29.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1988 1840 16628.3 2871 1212 100 112 .976 2.21 0 0 .000 0 56.2
Career Highs   153 147 1321.7 306 327 13 28 .987 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
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
1964 28 COL NL 6 19 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .211 .318 .263 .581
1967 31 COL NL 7 28 4 11 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 5 .393 .433 .500 .933
1968 32 COL NL 5 19 2 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 .263 .300 .421 .721
1969 33 COL NL 20 85 8 18 0 0 2 13 1 0 3 25 .212 .239 .282 .521
1970 34 CLN NL 7 25 5 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .400 .464 .480 .944
1971 35 CLN NL 2 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .500 .625
1972 36 CLN NL 19 72 7 23 2 0 1 7 1 3 5 7 .319 .359 .389 .748
1973 37 CLN NL 5 20 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 .100 .143 .250 .393
1974 38 CLN NL 5 19 2 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 8 .211 .250 .474 .724
1975 39 CLN NL 5 19 3 5 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 4 .263 .300 .421 .721
Career Post-Season Batting 81 314 33 83 7 0 9 37 4 4 20 66 .264 .307 .373 .680
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.
Batting Average
1973-3-.317
 Slugging Pct
1973-6-.486
 OPS
1973-7-.852
 XR
1973-8-95.9
 Games
1973-4-157
 Runs
1973-7-96
Hits
1973-1-187
1975-10-170
 Total Bases
1973-6-287
1975-10-262
 Singles
1967-10-114
1968-10-117
1969-10-116
1973-2-142
1975-5-132
 Triples
1975-6-6
 Homeruns
1969-8-25
1973-7-27
1975-6-24
 RBIs
1967-4-103
1969-10-96
1973-7-101
1975-4-107
Stolen Bases
1962-10-5
1968-4-22
1969-7-17
 Caught Stealing
1962-6-3
1972-9-8
1973-9-10
 Strikeouts
1968-9-113
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1961
Had first career hit (double) on 7/5/1961, off Joe Presko (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/1961, off Earl Wilson (SEM)
Injured on 7/10/1963 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,021,429 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 7/30/1965
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,192,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,192,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,350,000 through salary arbitration
10/22/1968: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1968
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 8/19/1969
Traded from Colorado to Cleveland (N) on 2/21/1970 (Going to CLN: RF Lee Thomas, 3B Rich Rollins. Going to COL: 1B Joe Hague)
Injured on 8/18/1971 with a Sore Back, out for one week
7/31/1972: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $3,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1973, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1973, hitting .362 with 6 HR, 23 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 9/30/1973
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tampa Bay on 9/2/1974
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 9/18/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1975, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1975, hitting .367 with 7 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Injured on 9/9/1975 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 5/23/1976, off Jim Burton (MIN)
Injured on 5/31/1976 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 4 weeks
7/31/1976: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 7 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/22/1976
 
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