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Lee Thomas
James Leroy Thomas

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 198 lb.

MLB Debut April 22, 1961
Final Game September 27, 1968
Born February 5, 1936 in Peoria, IL
Died August 31, 2022 (age 86)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 25 SLN NL  127  450   60  124  14   5  16   57   0   0   50   88  .276  .349  .436  .785   108   196   2   2   8   2  12  
 1962 26 SLN NL  154  580   83  164  26   2  24   93   2   0   57   79  .283  .351  .459  .809   114   266   0   6   8   7   8  MVP-15
 1963 27 SLN NL   85  211   27   47   4   4   4   35   1   0   25   27  .223  .304  .336  .641    83    71   0   3   4   1   4  
 1964 28 CHA AL  120  399   46  114  23   2   8   57   0   1   41   23  .286  .359  .414  .772   113   165   0   3   4   6  11  
 1965 29 CHA AL  114  380   66  100  19   1  15   56   1   0   42   38  .263  .335  .437  .772   113   166   2   4   0   1   8  
 1966 30 CHN NL   80  225   19   60   4   1   9   24   0   1   11   22  .267  .315  .413  .729   102    93   0   0   0   5   7  
 1967 31 CHN NL   30   65    3   14   2   0   1    7   0   0    2    5  .215  .250  .292  .542    80    19   0   0   0   1   1  
 1968 32 OAA AL    1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000   315     1   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  8 Seasons      711 2311  304  624  92  15  77  330   4   2  228  282  .270  .339  .423  .762         977   4  18  24  23  51
 Per 600 PA           537   71  145  21   3  18   77   1   0   53   65                                 227   1   4   6   5  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLN      366 1241  170  335  44  11  44  185   3   0  132  194  .270  .342  .429  .772         533   2  11  20  10  24
   With CHA      234  779  112  214  42   3  23  113   1   1   83   61  .275  .347  .425  .772         331   2   7   4   7  19
   With CHN      110  290   22   74   6   1  10   31   0   1   13   27  .255  .301  .386  .687         112   0   0   0   6   8
   With OAA        1    1    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000           1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1027 3324  405  847 111  22 106  428  25  11  332  397  .255  .327  .397  .724        1320  23  19  35  32  85
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1961 25 SLN NL  30   67   5.4   9   3   0  .333  10   41   25  .610    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e12   -60   
 1962 26 SLN NL  30   96   6.1   3   2   1  .667   7   41   26  .634    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e11   -12   
 1963 27 SLN NL  12   22   3.6  17   6   1  .353   1   18    7  .389    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e5     24   
 1964 28 CHA AL   7   58   5.3  20   5   1  .250   7   37   20  .541    0    0  .000  UT              49   
 1965 29 CHA AL  14   56   5.2  13   3   0  .231   3   25   13  .520    0    0  .000  1B   3e25      -54   
 1966 30 CHN NL   5   27   4.3  16   5   0  .312   1   19    7  .368    0    0  .000  OF   5(0)e6    112   
 1967 31 CHN NL  10    4   2.4   9   3   0  .333   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e11   -25   
 1968 32 OAA AL   0    1     ?   1   1   0 1.000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            1522   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  8 Seasons          335   5.1  88  28   3  .318  29  182   98  .538    0    0  .000                  -2   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1961 25 SLN NL  RF    97   189     5   10    2   .951    96   865.0   2.02
                 CF    22    47     4    0    0  1.000    21   188.2   2.43
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1962 26 SLN NL  RF   126   239    10    7    3   .973   126  1107.2   2.02
                 LF    25    35     1    0    0  1.000    25   222.0   1.46
 1963 27 SLN NL  LF    52    72     1    1    0   .986    40   382.0   1.72
                 CF     9     9     0    0    0  1.000     6    54.0   1.50
                 RF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     2    16.0   1.12
 1964 28 CHA AL  1B    63   542    49    6   44   .990    57   524.2  10.14
                 LF    27    48     5    1    1   .981    24   211.0   2.26
                 RF    16    30     1    0    0  1.000    14   117.0   2.38
 1965 29 CHA AL  1B    67   569    57    3   41   .995    63   565.0   9.97
                 LF    38    53     1    0    0  1.000    27   243.0   2.00
                 RF     4     6     0    0    0  1.000     4    29.0   1.86
 1966 30 CHN NL  RF    55    72     4    0    1  1.000    55   428.2   1.60
                 1B     5    31     3    1    0   .971     4    27.0  11.33
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   1.00
 1967 31 CHN NL  RF    16    23     0    0    0  1.000    14   124.2   1.66
                 1B     6    20     1    0    1  1.000     0    11.1  16.68
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF   316   561    20   17    6   .972   311  2688.0   1.95
                 1B   141  1162   110   10   86   .992   124  1128.0  10.15
                 LF   144   209     8    2    1   .991   117  1068.0   1.83
                 CF    31    56     4    0    0  1.000    27   242.2   2.23
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1961  SLN   64-90   Mike Rescigno
 1962  SLN   58-104  Mike Rescigno
 1963  SLN   90-72   Mike Rescigno
 1964  CHA   96-67   Jon Fellows
 1965  CHA   79-83   Jon Fellows
 1966  CHN   78-84   Alan Boodman
 1967  CHN   74-88   Alan Boodman
 1968  OAA   84-78   Bob Lind

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