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Dan
Thomas		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 9, 1951 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1981   
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
1976 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4
1977 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
1978 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
1979 28 WAS NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1980 29 WAS NL $ 3,478,571   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1981 30 WAS NL $ 3,600,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1982 31 WAS NL $ 3,600,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1983 32 WAS NL $ 3,825,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1984 33 WAS NL     7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1985 34 WAS NL $ 648,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1986 35 OAK AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,825,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 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
1976 25 WAS NL 104 370 46 80 11 2 9 41 3 3 39 106 .216 .296 .330 .626 35.8 2.4
    AAA   54 189 35 51 9 1 9 33 4 4 37 41 .270 .389 .471 .860 35.3  
1977 26 WAS NL 147 508 76 117 23 3 13 68 5 5 45 124 .230 .300 .364 .664 53.5 6.3
1978 27 WAS NL 154 579 78 154 26 8 13 75 8 3 47 82 .266 .323 .406 .729 70.7 11.1
1979 28 WAS NL 151 580 89 168 25 14 14 90 2 6 78 83 .290 .374 .453 .827 95.6 22.8
1980 29 WAS NL 155 587 90 177 32 6 18 99 2 5 63 78 .302 .377 .468 .845 93.7 24.2
1981 30 WAS NL 153 597 82 170 31 7 17 76 5 2 44 85 .285 .340 .446 .786 82.6 21.1
1982 31 WAS NL 140 555 74 175 35 4 12 83 1 3 36 64 .315 .361 .458 .818 80.6 20.8
1983 32 WAS NL 151 601 75 169 39 3 11 63 3 5 45 94 .281 .338 .411 .749 78.5 18.0
1984 33 WAS NL 152 570 64 148 28 7 11 76 4 4 34 111 .260 .307 .391 .698 65.0 13.0
1985 34 WAS NL 55 99 10 17 5 0 1 12 1 0 8 26 .172 .231 .253 .484 5.5 0.0
1986 35 AAA   119 406 52 123 23 4 17 62 4 5 41 88 .303 .367 .505 .872 70.6  
10 Years Sim 1362 5046 684 1375 255 54 119 683 34 36 439 853 .272 .335 .415 .751 661.5 139.8
2 Years AAA 173 595 87 174 32 5 26 95 8 9 78 129 .292 .382 .494 .876 105.8  
162 Game Average 600 81 163 30 6 14 81 4 4 52 101 .272 .335 .415 .751 78.7  
Career Highs 155 601 90 177 39 14 18 99 8 6 78 124 .315 .377 .468 .845 95.6  
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   3554 484 966 188 41 72 462 24 26 298 595 .272 .333 .409 .741 463.1
vs LH   1492 200 409 67 13 47 221 10 10 141 258 .274 .342 .431 .773 213.0
Home 668 2447 342 651 128 27 63 325 17 20 201 424 .266 .327 .418 .744 320.0
Away 694 2599 342 724 127 27 56 358 17 16 238 429 .279 .344 .413 .757 356.0
RISP   1259 0 359 63 14 33 512 0 0 132 214 .285 .352 .436 .788 190.4
Pinch Hitting   75 15 18 2 1 3 24 0 0 7 14 .240 .326 .413 .739 9.7
Close/Late   651 77 166 26 8 17 95 0 0 79 112 .255 .339 .398 .737 89.3
Mar/Apr 184 695 101 198 44 9 16 85 3 7 75 95 .285 .358 .443 .801 104.7
May 219 840 125 252 41 6 28 140 7 5 69 119 .300 .357 .463 .820 131.3
June 234 874 104 218 43 4 21 100 10 6 69 168 .249 .309 .380 .689 100.7
July 226 838 131 217 29 8 14 88 5 6 82 152 .259 .328 .363 .691 99.6
August 263 960 117 245 41 17 20 132 4 7 90 174 .255 .322 .396 .718 119.9
Sep/Oct 236 839 106 245 57 10 20 138 5 5 54 145 .292 .345 .455 .801 119.9
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 25 WAS NL LF 29 29 228.7 51 0 1 0 .981 2.01   0.5
1977 26 WAS NL LF 42 40 314.7 61 0 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.6
1978 27 WAS NL LF 130 125 1118.0 230 2 7 1 .971 1.87   1.3
1979 28 WAS NL LF 124 120 1098.7 237 3 5 1 .980 1.97   2.7
1980 29 WAS NL LF 138 127 1176.0 263 4 11 1 .960 2.04   3.7
1981 30 WAS NL LF 113 101 926.7 173 3 5 1 .972 1.71   1.3
1982 31 WAS NL LF 107 100 896.0 166 1 5 0 .971 1.68   1.7
    CF 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1983 32 WAS NL LF 120 119 1053.3 197 2 8 0 .961 1.70   2.4
1984 33 WAS NL LF 149 146 1317.0 284 3 8 2 .973 1.96   1.8
1985 34 WAS NL LF 36 25 215.0 42 1 4 0 .915 1.80   0.4
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 1 1 .500 9.00   0.0
  LF 988 932 8344.0 1704 19 54 6 .970 1.86   16.3
  CF 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 1 1 .500 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   991 932 8350.3 1705 20 55 7 .969 1.86   16.3
Career Highs   149 146 1317.0 284 4 11 2 1.000 2.04    
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
1979 28 WAS NL 5 17 4 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 2 .294 .429 .588 1.017
1981 30 WAS NL 10 39 8 13 1 0 2 8 0 0 2 6 .333 .381 .513 .894
1982 31 WAS NL 5 21 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .381 .409 .429 .838
Career Post-Season Batting 20 77 13 26 2 1 3 12 0 1 7 8 .338 .400 .506 .906
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
1980-8-.302
1982-10-.315
 On-Base Pct
1980-10-.377
 OPS
1980-10-.845
 XR
1979-7-95.6
1980-7-93.7
 Games
1978-9-154
1980-9-155
 At-Bats
1981-5-597
1983-10-601
Hits
1980-6-177
 Total Bases
1980-5-275
 Singles
1980-9-121
 Doubles
1980-9-32
1983-9-39
 Triples
1978-1-8
1979-1-14
1980-9-6
1981-5-7
1984-6-7
 RBIs
1980-9-99
Strikeouts
1977-4-124
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Doug Rader (958)
  2. Wally Moon (956)
  3. Ron Northey (951)
  4. Carlos May (947)
  5. Ken Henderson (947)
  6. Larry Hisle (942)
  7. Gus Bell (936)
  8. Manny Jimenez (935)
  9. Ken Griffey Sr. (935)
  10. Jeffrey Leonard (932)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Washington in 1976
Injured on 5/16/1976 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/1/1976, off Bill Stoneman (LAD)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1979, hitting .476 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1980, hitting .346 with 7 HR, 30 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 8/9/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1980, hitting .700 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/6/1982 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
6/1/1982: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $3,825,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1982, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Injured on 6/24/1982 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1983, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Released by Washington on 10/22/1984
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 6/1/1985 to a 1-year deal worth $648,000 per year
Injured on 6/8/1985 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/3/1986 to a minor league deal
Injured on 8/7/1986 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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