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Derrel Thomas
Derrel Osborn Thomas

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 160 lb.

MLB Debut September 14, 1971
Final Game October 5, 1985
Born January 14, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA (age 73)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 21 SDN NL  139  495   45  110  10   3   3   30   5   4   38   77  .222  .277  .273  .550    78   135  43   3   0   1   1  
 1973 22 SDN NL  109  321   34   80  11   1   0   30   3   2   24   28  .249  .303  .290  .593    87    93  12   3   2   2   3  
 1974 23 SDN NL  134  503   61  120  20  10   1   54   1   2   56   40  .239  .314  .324  .638    90   163   6   1   4   0  12  
 1975 24 DEA AL  146  588   66  162  19   9  10   48  19  15   49   55  .276  .331  .389  .720    97   229   5   3   0   1   3  
 1976 25 DEA AL   86  288   33   64   8   3   0   26  13  12   34   32  .222  .307  .271  .578    84    78   1   2   1   2   3  
 1977 26 DEA AL  150  537   57  149  15   7  10   54   6   2   42   76  .277  .333  .387  .721    95   208  21   0   2   3  11  
 1978 27 SLN NL  108  334   30   69   9   0   2   33  16   6   25   48  .207  .262  .251  .514    72    84   8   5   0   2   1  
 1979 28 TOA AL   40  144   17   34   4   2   1   13   1   1   15   20  .236  .309  .312  .621    85    45   1   2   0   1   4  
         CHA AL   74  285   45   79  17   3   5   29  14   4   35   22  .277  .359  .411  .770   103   117   9   1   0   2  12  
         TOT     114  429   62  113  21   5   6   42  15   5   50   42  .263  .342  .378  .720         162  10   3   0   3  16 
 1980 29 CHA AL  112  306   38   65  19   2   1   17   6  13   29   43  .212  .284  .297  .581    82    91   6   4   0   3   8  
 1981 30 TOA AL  101  295   32   66  12   0   7   34   7   3   30   24  .224  .295  .336  .631    88    99   9   0   2   0   5  
 1982 31 TOA AL   44   96   10   24   3   1   0    2   2   0    5    7  .250  .284  .302  .586    80    29   6   1   0   0   2  
 1983 32 TOA AL   74  172   30   37   7   4   1    9  12   1   23   31  .215  .318  .320  .638    86    55   6   0   1   3   5  
 1984 33 KCA AL   83  274   26   65  11   2   0   25   0   0   22   37  .237  .291  .292  .583    80    80   2   3   1   0   4  
 1985 34 LAN NL   32   96    6   20   2   0   3   11   0   2    8   19  .208  .269  .323  .592    84    31   1   0   2   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1432 4734  530 1144 167  47  44  415 105  67  435  559  .242  .306  .325  .631        1537 136  28  15  20  76
 Per 600 PA           531   59  128  19   5   5   47  12   8   49   63                                 172  15   3   2   2   9
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With DEA      382 1413  156  375  42  19  20  128  38  29  125  163  .265  .327  .364  .691         515  27   5   3   6  17
   With SDN      382 1319  140  310  41  14   4  114   9   8  118  145  .235  .298  .296  .594         391  61   7   6   3  16
   With TOA      259  707   89  161  26   7   9   58  22   5   73   82  .228  .302  .322  .625         228  22   3   3   4  16
   With CHA      186  591   83  144  36   5   6   46  20  17   64   65  .244  .320  .352  .672         208  15   5   0   5  20
   With SLN      108  334   30   69   9   0   2   33  16   6   25   48  .207  .262  .251  .514          84   8   5   0   2   1
   With KCA       83  274   26   65  11   2   0   25   0   0   22   37  .237  .291  .292  .583          80   2   3   1   0   4
   With LAN       32   96    6   20   2   0   3   11   0   2    8   19  .208  .269  .323  .592          31   1   0   2   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1597 4677  585 1163 154  54  43  370 140  92  456  593  .249  .317  .332  .649        1554  81  29  32  25  73
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1972 21 SDN NL  23   42   2.6   3   0   0  .000  34  156   94  .603    0    0  .000  SS   3e36      -50   
 1973 22 SDN NL   6   30   3.1   2   0   0  .000  31  113   56  .496    0    0  .000  SS   4e68       34   
 1974 23 SDN NL  30   51   3.5   5   2   0  .400  12   74   49  .662    0    0  .000  UT              -7   
 1975 24 DEA AL  36   76   4.6   1   1   0 1.000  14  122   87  .713    0    0  .000  2B   3e23       -8   
 1976 25 DEA AL  24   24   2.8   3   0   0  .000   7   58   31  .534    0    0  .000  UT             -37   
 1977 26 DEA AL  33   70   4.5   9   1   0  .111  19   89   47  .528    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e5     13   
 1978 27 SLN NL  30   25   2.4   3   0   0  .000  20  109   65  .596    0    0  .000  2B   4e30      -80   
 1979 28 TOA AL  23   14   3.2   0   0   0  .000   9   38   24  .632    0    0  .000  2B   3e30      -58   
         CHA AL   7   41   4.9   0   0   0  .000   0   20   17  .850    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e2     90   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000   9   58   41  .707    0    0  .000
 1980 29 CHA AL  17   23   2.3   5   1   0  .200   6   56   43  .768    2    2  .500  OF   2(0)e7   -102   
 1981 30 TOA AL  35   30   3.3  12   3   2  .250   4   61   39  .639    0    0  .000  UT             -13   
 1982 31 TOA AL  41    8   2.9   4   2   0  .500   1   13    8  .615    0    0  .000  3B   3e26      -53   
 1983 32 TOA AL  62   19   3.6   4   1   0  .250   9   45   29  .644    0    0  .000  UT             -82   
 1984 33 KCA AL  27   24   3.0   2   1   0  .500   7   63   44  .698    0    0  .000  SS   4e26      -25   
 1985 34 LAN NL  13    7   2.5   1   0   0  .000   0   10    7  .700    0    0  .000  3B   3e28      -58   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          491   3.4  54  12   2  .222 173 1027  640  .623    2    2  .500                 -21   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 14.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1972 21 SDN NL  SS   103   188   276   27   42   .945   102   908.1   4.60
                 2B    33    87    63    7   14   .955    33   273.2   4.93
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1973 22 SDN NL  SS   104   129   294   31   50   .932   103   840.1   4.53
                 2B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1974 23 SDN NL  2B    64   167   159    8   42   .976    60   521.2   5.62
                 LF    45    61     3    1    1   .985    45   374.0   1.54
                 3B    23    18    46    2    3   .970    19   177.0   3.25
                 RF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     2    15.0   1.20
                 SS     2     1     2    1    1   .750     0     6.0   4.50
 1975 24 DEA AL  2B   121   367   318   13   77   .981   114  1033.2   5.96
                 LF    18    26     0    0    0  1.000    18   153.1   1.53
                 CF     9    23     0    1    0   .958     9    78.0   2.65
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1976 25 DEA AL  2B    43   141    97    7   28   .971    38   350.1   6.11
                 RF    26    56     3    0    0  1.000    26   218.2   2.43
                 3B     6    12    11    0    0  1.000     6    54.0   3.83
                 CF     5     8     2    0    0  1.000     3    29.1   3.07
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1977 26 DEA AL  RF    88   156     7    3    3   .982    83   739.1   1.98
                 SS    39    53    94    5   16   .967    25   232.0   5.70
                 3B    27    32    35   11    3   .859    26   215.1   2.80
                 CF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1978 27 SLN NL  2B   104   283   253   20   63   .964    99   863.0   5.59
                 3B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1979 28 TOT     RF    79   164     5    0    2  1.000    77   692.0   2.20
                 2B    36   104    84    9   12   .954    27   265.1   6.38
                 LF     4     7     0    0    0  1.000     4    30.0   2.10
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1980 29 CHA AL  CF    92   181     9    2    2   .990    66   625.0   2.74
                 2B    17    36    29    4    7   .942    12    95.1   6.14
                 RF     8     0     0    0    0   .000     0    10.1   0.00
                 SS     3     4     6    0    1  1.000     0    10.0   9.00
                 C      4     5     2    0    0  1.000     0    10.0   6.30
                 3B     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1981 30 TOA AL  2B    58   138   134    1   36   .996    51   447.1   5.47
                 3B    17    20    29    2    2   .961    16   142.0   3.11
                 LF    19    22     0    0    0  1.000     8    95.0   2.08
                 SS     3     2    12    1    0   .933     3    25.0   5.04
 1982 31 TOA AL  3B    35    16    27    1    1   .977     9   153.2   2.52
                 2B     7    10    14    0    2  1.000     7    52.0   4.15
                 RF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     7.0   2.57
                 SS     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
 1983 32 TOA AL  2B    30    62    75    7   17   .951    29   243.0   5.07
                 RF     8    15     1    1    0   .941     7    70.2   2.04
                 LF    22    20     0    0    0  1.000     2    67.2   2.66
                 CF     4    10     0    1    0   .909     3    27.1   3.29
                 3B     6     3     3    0    0  1.000     2    18.0   3.00
 1984 33 KCA AL  SS    38    75   129    5   21   .976    37   329.0   5.58
                 LF    16    31     2    0    0  1.000    14   123.0   2.41
                 RF     6     4     0    1    0   .800     5    43.0   0.84
                 3B     1     1     4    1    0   .833     1     9.0   5.00
                 1B     1     5     0    0    2  1.000     0     6.0   7.50
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1985 34 LAN NL  3B    26    18    49    0    5  1.000    24   216.1   2.79
                 LF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     1    12.1   1.46
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     8.2   0.00
                 2B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   516  1397  1226   76  298   .972   470  4150.1   5.69
                 SS   294   453   814   70  131   .948   270  2354.2   4.84
                 RF   220   399    16    5    5   .988   202  1806.2   2.07
                 3B   146   121   205   17   14   .950   103   992.1   2.96
                 LF   129   169     5    1    1   .994    92   859.1   1.82
                 CF   114   223    11    4    2   .983    81   767.2   2.74
                 C      4     5     2    0    0  1.000     0    10.0   6.30
                 1B     1     5     0    0    2  1.000     0     6.0   7.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1979 ALCS  CHA BOA   L    3   9  0  1  0  0  0   2  1  1  .111  .182  .111  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1972  SDN   68-94   Mike Tomeo
 1973  SDN   68-94   Mike Tomeo
 1974  SDN   84-78   Mike Tomeo
 1975  DEA   47-115  Dennis Van Langen
 1976  DEA   54-108  Dennis Van Langen
 1977  DEA   68-94   Dennis Van Langen
 1978  SLN   83-79   Steve Dewing, Jim Sheehan, Rob Tomlinson
 1979  TOA   64-98   Alan Boodman
 1979  CHA   97-65   Ben Lea
 1980  CHA   56-106  Ben Lea
 1981  TOA   66-96   Alan Boodman
 1982  TOA   88-74   Alan Boodman
 1983  TOA   93-69   Alan Boodman
 1984  KCA   66-96   Thomas Toney
 1985  LAN   88-74   Billy Vanson

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