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Gorman
Thomas		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: December 12, 1950 in Usa, SC, CHARLESTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1980   
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
1973 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 2 2
1974 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 3 3
1975 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 8 8 4 4 4
1976 25 OAK AL     4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 3 4
1977 26 MIA NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1978 27 MIA NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1979 28 MIA NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1980 29 MIA NL $ 1,707,143   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1981 30 MIA NL $ 2,850,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1982 31 MIA NL $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1983 32 MIA NL $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
1984 33 BOS AL $ 3,333,333   4 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1985 34 BOS AL $ 3,333,333   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 6 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
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
1973 22 OAK AL 14 42 2 7 2 1 1 6 1 0 5 9 .167 .255 .333 .589 4.1 0.2
    A   135 460 99 131 21 5 61 136 0 1 124 121 .285 .437 .750 1.187 140.4  
1974 23 OAK AL 26 76 6 14 2 0 1 5 0 0 18 18 .184 .337 .250 .587 7.7 0.5
    AA   109 383 59 99 21 1 30 80 0 1 86 83 .258 .394 .554 .948 84.5  
    A   26 83 17 28 5 0 9 21 1 0 25 18 .337 .491 .723 1.214 27.0  
1975 24 OAK AL 51 173 13 24 10 0 3 11 0 1 16 50 .139 .216 .249 .464 7.6 0.0
    AAA   28 110 15 21 3 0 6 13 0 0 19 31 .191 .310 .382 .692 14.7  
    AA   81 284 61 87 15 0 35 74 0 0 62 60 .306 .431 .729 1.160 81.9  
1976 25 AAA   103 380 64 92 18 3 22 60 1 0 62 93 .242 .348 .479 .827 65.9  
1977 26 MIA NL 131 337 43 77 19 2 15 45 1 0 43 79 .228 .318 .430 .748 46.8 8.9
1978 27 MIA NL 147 466 55 103 27 1 19 70 0 0 67 102 .221 .319 .406 .724 63.2 12.0
1979 28 MIA NL 136 373 54 71 21 0 16 51 0 1 57 94 .190 .297 .375 .672 42.2 5.3
1980 29 MIA NL 153 526 83 120 34 2 26 65 0 0 90 140 .228 .341 .449 .790 83.1 20.1
1981 30 MIA NL 154 532 85 114 21 1 36 80 0 0 81 109 .214 .317 .461 .777 83.5 17.7
1982 31 MIA NL 151 515 60 92 20 1 27 76 0 0 64 129 .179 .269 .379 .647 53.4 4.7
1983 32 MIA NL 152 530 62 101 25 3 23 70 2 0 84 141 .191 .302 .379 .681 63.2 7.3
1984 33 BOS AL 86 219 32 39 9 0 9 35 1 1 37 56 .178 .295 .342 .637 24.3 2.1
1985 34 AAA   130 390 76 93 15 2 28 99 4 0 93 114 .238 .385 .503 .888 81.0  
11 Years Sim 1201 3789 495 762 190 11 176 514 5 3 562 927 .201 .304 .396 .701 479.1 78.7
3 Years AAA 261 880 155 206 36 5 56 172 5 0 174 238 .234 .363 .477 .840 161.6  
2 Years AA 190 667 120 186 36 1 65 154 0 1 148 143 .279 .408 .628 1.036 166.4  
2 Years A 161 543 116 159 26 5 70 157 1 1 149 139 .293 .442 .746 1.188 167.4  
7 Years Minors 612 2090 391 551 98 11 191 483 6 2 471 520 .264 .399 .595 .994 495.4  
162 Game Average 511 66 102 25 1 23 69 0 0 75 125 .201 .304 .396 .701 64.6  
Career Highs 154 532 85 120 34 3 36 80 2 1 90 141 .228 .341 .461 .790 83.5  
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   2622 337 534 140 6 119 361 1 0 351 644 .204 .297 .398 .695 332.0
vs LH   1167 158 228 50 5 57 153 4 3 211 283 .195 .319 .393 .713 162.6
Home 608 1889 269 396 97 5 101 266 2 2 302 439 .210 .317 .427 .744 276.1
Away 593 1900 226 366 93 6 75 248 3 1 260 488 .193 .291 .366 .657 218.6
RISP   839 0 170 38 4 38 307 0 0 174 203 .203 .332 .393 .725 126.2
Pinch Hitting   122 14 23 5 0 5 24 0 0 15 29 .189 .281 .352 .633 12.9
Close/Late   521 54 107 19 1 26 67 0 0 78 130 .205 .312 .395 .707 69.4
Mar/Apr 212 684 90 145 33 3 37 98 1 2 100 168 .212 .312 .431 .743 98.0
May 188 585 80 127 31 0 37 97 1 0 89 129 .217 .321 .460 .781 91.6
June 177 539 61 96 22 0 22 69 0 0 77 129 .178 .278 .341 .619 57.2
July 177 571 89 121 36 4 26 81 1 0 68 149 .212 .297 .426 .722 75.1
August 193 609 89 122 32 3 24 80 1 1 102 154 .200 .315 .381 .696 80.0
Sep/Oct 254 801 86 151 36 1 30 89 1 0 126 198 .189 .300 .348 .648 92.8
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
1973 22 OAK AL RF 3 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 23 OAK AL CF 26 26 206.0 46 1 2 1 .959 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1975 24 OAK AL CF 26 25 211.0 49 1 1 0 .980 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1977 26 MIA NL CF 70 58 521.3 159 1 3 0 .982 2.76 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 41 28 274.7 66 3 0 2 1.000 2.26 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 8 1 24.0 32 0 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 27 MIA NL RF 111 106 947.0 186 4 1 0 .995 1.81 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 15 3 54.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 3 32.7 39 1 1 6 .976 11.02 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 28 MIA NL CF 88 66 634.3 180 6 3 2 .984 2.64 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    1B 15 10 98.3 127 9 1 7 .993 12.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 18 8 96.3 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 29 MIA NL CF 136 135 1176.0 363 7 6 2 .984 2.83 0 0 .000 0 5.7
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 30 MIA NL CF 146 145 1265.0 345 5 1 3 .997 2.49 0 0 .000 0 6.3
    RF 3 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 0 13.0 16 2 0 1 1.000 12.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 31 MIA NL CF 80 74 676.3 214 2 2 1 .991 2.87 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    RF 15 12 113.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 0 17.0 21 1 0 3 1.000 11.65 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 32 MIA NL 1B 2 0 3.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 33 BOS AL 1B 57 54 440.7 515 41 4 43 .993 11.36 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 27 8 103.0 19 2 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 4 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 592 533 4761.0 1373 24 18 10 .987 2.64 0 0 .000 0 21.2
  RF 220 164 1564.7 319 10 1 2 .997 1.89 0 0 .000 0 2.8
  1B 98 68 628.7 755 55 6 62 .993 11.60 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   911 765 6955.3 2447 89 25 74 .990 3.28 0 0 .000 0 25.4
Career Highs   153 147 1296.0 538 43 6 43 1.000 18.00 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
1973 22 OAK AL 8 16 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .438 .571 .625 1.196
Career Post-Season Batting 8 16 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .438 .571 .625 1.196
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.
Doubles
1980-6-34
 Homeruns
1980-8-26
1981-2-36
1982-6-27
 Walks
1980-5-90
1981-7-81
1983-3-84
 Strikeouts
1978-7-102
1980-1-140
1982-3-129
1983-2-141
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ken Phelps (958)
  2. Kent Hadley (923)
  3. Don Lenhardt (900)
  4. Roman Mejias (888)
  5. Andre Thornton (884)
  6. Max West (883)
  7. Jim Gentile (881)
  8. Gary Gaetti (879)
  9. Fred Whitfield (878)
  10. Eddie Robinson (878)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Oakland in 1973
Had first career hit on 9/6/1973, off Dave Tomlin (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/29/1973, off Dave Boswell (DET)
Injured on 4/19/1974 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/2/1975 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days
Injured on 5/3/1976 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1980, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1980, hitting .438 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1980
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,850,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1981: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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