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Dickie Thon	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5' 11'' Weight: 190   Born: June 20, 1958 in Usa, IN, SOUTH BEND

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1987
Gold Glove	1982
All-Star Selections	1983    1985    1988

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
1979	21	BOS	AL					5	5	5	3	3	3	6	6	6	4	4	4	7	7	7
1980	22	BOS	AL					6	6	6	3	3	3	6	6	6	4	4	4	7	6	6
1981	23	BOS	AL					6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	7	4	4	4	7	7	7
1982	24	BOS	AL	$ 300,000				6	6	6	5	5	5	8	7	7	5	4	4	7	7	7
1983	25	BOS	AL	$ 300,000				6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7
1984	26	BOS	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	8	7	7
1985	27	BOS	AL	$ 3,328,571				7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	8	7	7
1986	28	BOS	AL	$ 5,007,143				7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	8	7	8
1987	29	BOS	AL	$ 6,690,000				8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	8	8	8
1988	30	BOS	AL	$ 6,690,000				7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	7	7	7
1989	31	BOS	AL	$ 6,690,000				6	6	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	5	5	7	7	7
1990	32	BOS	AL	$ 8,490,000				6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	7	7	7
OOTP6 Min Ratings								5	5	5	3	3	3	6	6	6	4	4	4	7	6	6
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 8,490,000				8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	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
1979	21	AAA		4	22	0	10	1	0	0	7	2	1	0	2	.455	.455	.500	.955	4.1
		AA		131	489	49	137	19	9	6	58	21	1	45	53	.280	.341	.393	.733	68.1
1980	22	AAA		134	526	66	145	26	7	13	50	20	7	30	65	.276	.315	.426	.741	69.2
1981	23	AAA		136	496	50	133	19	2	14	63	7	2	36	68	.268	.318	.399	.717	62.9
1982	24	BOS	AL	142	519	68	130	42	4	9	49	11	1	42	91	.250	.307	.399	.705	58.9	11.7
1983	25	BOS	AL	153	588	75	138	33	6	20	78	10	1	41	80	.235	.282	.413	.696	69.6	9.8
1984	26	BOS	AL	158	595	77	150	33	4	15	69	22	11	59	85	.252	.319	.397	.716	70.7	10.1
1985	27	BOS	AL	156	588	104	173	50	3	26	98	23	10	56	79	.294	.359	.522	.881	100.9	21.9
1986	28	BOS	AL	154	584	82	142	45	3	24	79	23	6	66	85	.243	.320	.454	.774	82.1	14.4
1987	29	BOS	AL	155	573	95	171	53	2	26	118	23	7	57	68	.298	.358	.534	.892	106.0	26.2
1988	30	BOS	AL	155	598	95	158	48	5	25	108	18	8	60	75	.264	.328	.487	.815	89.9	18.2
1989	31	BOS	AL	146	540	75	118	36	3	24	92	16	5	51	86	.219	.285	.430	.714	66.6	9.3
1990	32	BOS	AL	155	567	78	145	45	3	24	103	25	10	62	86	.256	.327	.473	.800	85.3	18.4
9 Years Sim				1374	5152	749	1325	385	33	193	794	171	59	494	735	.257	.321	.457	.778	730.0	140.1
3 Years AAA				274	1044	116	288	46	9	27	120	29	10	66	135	.276	.318	.415	.733	136.2
1 Years AA				131	489	49	137	19	9	6	58	21	1	45	53	.280	.340	.393	.733	68.1
4 Years Minors				405	1533	165	425	65	18	33	178	50	11	111	188	.277	.325	.408	.733	204.4
162 Game Average					607	88	156	45	3	22	93	20	6	58	86	.257	.321	.457	.778	86.1
Career Highs				158	598	104	173	53	6	26	118	25	11	66	91	.298	.359	.534	.892	106.0

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		3769	512	946	272	27	139	578	122	41	341	555	.251	.312	.448	.760	531.9
vs LH		1383	237	379	113	6	54	216	49	18	153	180	.274	.346	.482	.827	227.1
Home	680	2496	356	660	206	17	87	386	72	35	232	350	.264	.326	.465	.791	370.7
Away	694	2656	393	665	179	16	106	408	99	24	262	385	.250	.317	.450	.766	388.2
RISP		1371	0	365	112	8	56	572	0	0	189	181	.266	.349	.482	.831	231.8
Pinch Hitting		51	9	16	4	1	2	6	1	0	6	8	.314	.386	.549	.935	10.2
Close/Late		572	91	153	39	4	25	84	0	0	91	63	.267	.367	.481	.848	101.5
Mar/Apr	221	839	128	228	62	4	33	140	25	6	78	121	.272	.333	.473	.806	131.3
May	241	901	123	240	63	9	31	126	37	4	86	125	.266	.328	.459	.787	139.0
June	233	869	136	230	70	3	33	146	34	11	85	126	.265	.330	.466	.796	133.2
July	212	823	118	211	62	4	33	134	24	13	61	121	.256	.307	.462	.769	114.5
August	240	882	118	208	76	5	33	130	20	14	90	130	.236	.306	.446	.752	119.5
Sep/Oct	227	838	126	208	52	8	30	118	31	11	94	112	.248	.323	.437	.760	121.5

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
1982	24	BOS	AL	SS	132	129	1112.0	183	517	17	94	.976	5.67					5.1
				3B	6	3	30.7	1	6	0	0	1.000	2.05					0.1
1983	25	BOS	AL	SS	148	143	1273.0	193	557	26	107	.966	5.30					5.2
				3B	3	0	13.0	1	3	1	0	.800	2.77					0.0
1984	26	BOS	AL	SS	154	151	1341.3	217	603	29	97	.966	5.50					6.4
				3B	2	0	9.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00					0.0
1985	27	BOS	AL	SS	149	147	1310.7	203	599	28	106	.966	5.51					4.6
				3B	6	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.50					0.0
1986	28	BOS	AL	SS	148	147	1322.7	205	573	27	104	.966	5.29					5.3
				3B	6	0	21.3	0	5	0	1	1.000	2.11					0.1
1987	29	BOS	AL	SS	148	148	1292.3	178	598	29	96	.964	5.40					5.9
				2B	2	1	13.0	4	8	1	1	.923	8.31					0.1
				3B	4	0	9.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00					0.0
1988	30	BOS	AL	SS	95	90	799.0	140	353	13	52	.974	5.55					4.1
				3B	60	58	516.7	33	117	7	4	.955	2.61					0.8
1989	31	BOS	AL	SS	60	54	492.3	81	217	9	33	.971	5.45					2.6
				2B	48	48	426.3	103	168	7	39	.975	5.72					1.8
				3B	36	35	299.3	20	91	2	8	.982	3.34					1.8
1990	32	BOS	AL	SS	98	94	831.7	126	411	14	74	.975	5.81					4.3
				3B	55	53	473.0	22	131	5	12	.968	2.91					1.3
				2B	1	0	3.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	6.00					0.0
				SS	1132	1103	9775.0	1526	4428	192	763	.969	5.48					43.5
				3B	178	149	1378.0	77	356	15	26	.967	2.83					4.1
				2B	51	49	442.3	107	178	8	40	.973	5.80					1.9
Career Totals					1361	1301	11595.3	1710	4962	215	829	.969	5.18					49.4
Career Highs					156	151	1350.3	217	607	30	107	.977	5.57

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
1986	28	BOS	AL	6	23	1	6	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	.261	.292	.435	.726
1987	29	BOS	AL	18	71	15	21	6	0	2	13	4	1	9	16	.296	.375	.465	.840
Career Post-Season Batting				24	94	16	27	7	0	3	16	5	1	10	17	.287	.356	.457	.813

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.

Slugging Pct 1985-4-.522 1987-4-.534 OPS 1985-6-.881 1987-3-.892 XR 1985-8-100.9 1987-6-106.0 Games 1984-3-158 1985-4-156 1987-8-155 1988-9-155 1990-7-155 At-Bats 1988-5-598 Runs 1985-4-104 Total Bases 1985-5-307 1987-5-306 1988-9-291 Doubles 1982-3-42 1985-2-50 1986-3-45 1987-2-53 1988-3-48 1990-6-45 Homeruns 1985-8-26 RBIs 1985-10-98 1987-3-118 1988-6-108 1990-7-103 Stolen Bases 1986-10-23 Caught Stealing 1984-10-11

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1979

Injured on 7/19/1979 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks

Injured on 5/24/1980 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks

Injured on 7/22/1980 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks

Injured on 7/21/1981 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 2 weeks

Had first career hit on 4/3/1982, off Steve Mccatty (NYA)

Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1982, off Bob Apodaca (NYG)

Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1982

Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 4/17/1983

Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1983, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 10 RBI

Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game

Injured on 9/28/1983 with a Broken Foot, out for 6 weeks

2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration

Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against New York (A) on 4/3/1985

Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1985, hitting .433 with 4 HR, 9 RBI

Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game

2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,007,143 through salary arbitration

10/3/1986: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $6,690,000 per year, for 3 years

10/3/1986: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $6,690,000 per year, for 3 years

Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1987, hitting .367 with 6 HR, 27 RBI

Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1987

Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game

Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 7/15/1988

Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1988, hitting .462 with 4 HR, 13 RBI

Injured on 7/8/1989 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks

9/22/1989: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $8,490,000 per year, for 3 years

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