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Dickie Thon
Richard William Thon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

MLB Debut May 22, 1979
Final Game October 3, 1993
Born June 20, 1958 in South Bend, IN (age 65)

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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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 21 TEA AL   48   53    6   16   1   0   0    9   0   0    5   10  .302  .356  .321  .677    93    17   0   1   0   0   1  
 1980 22 TEA AL  109  280   15   65  11   2   0   22   4   4    7   27  .232  .248  .286  .534    75    80   4   3   0   0  14  
 1981 23 PIN NL   72  147   13   46  13   0   0    8   3   2   14   23  .313  .373  .401  .774   114    59   3   0   0   0   4  
 1982 24 PIN NL  122  444   59  109  26   6   1   36  43  15   24   29  .245  .282  .338  .620    90   150   7   3   0   0  13  
 1983 25 PIN NL  162  633   93  172  37   3  17   82  29  12   59   57  .272  .334  .420  .754   104   266   6   4   4   2  17  MVP-7
 1984 26 NYA AL    4   16    3    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .500  .529  .500 1.029   143     8   0   0   0   0   0  
 1985 27 ATN NL   60  195   22   47   4   0   5   19   6   1   10   44  .241  .278  .338  .617    86    66   0   0   0   0   2  
 1986 28 LAN NL  105  259   30   64  10   0   5   23   4   4   23   48  .247  .309  .344  .652    94    89   2   0   0   0  14  
 1987 29 SDN NL    6    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .200  .500  .200  .700    95     1   0   0   0   0   0  
 1988 30 SDN NL   88  258   29   61  15   3   2   23  12   0   37   51  .236  .332  .341  .673   101    88   3   0   0   0   4  
 1989 31 TEA AL  138  451   57  129  18   4  12   60   8   8   40   76  .286  .343  .424  .767   103   191   4   1   4   0  15  
 1990 32 TEA AL  150  555   50  141  24   4   5   48   7   5   32   80  .254  .297  .339  .635    88   188   6   1   1   2   7  
 1991 33 TEA AL  136  496   51  123  13   2  10   36   7   3   21   87  .248  .277  .343  .620    84   170   0   3   0   0   6  
 1992 34 TEA AL   72  212   18   44  13   4   2   22   7   0   16   29  .208  .262  .335  .597    84    71   1   1   1   0   4  
 1993 35 DEA AL   65  207   22   54  14   1   0   13   2   7   16   33  .261  .312  .338  .651    89    70   3   1   2   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     1337 4211  468 1080 199  29  59  403 132  61  308  599  .256  .307  .360  .666        1514  39  18  12   4 104
 Per 600 PA           552   61  141  26   4   8   53  17   8   40   78                                 198   5   2   2   1  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With TEA      653 2047  197  518  80  16  29  197  33  20  121  309  .253  .294  .350  .644         717  15  10   6   2  47
   With PIN      356 1224  165  327  76   9  18  126  75  29   97  109  .267  .320  .388  .708         475  16   7   4   2  34
   With LAN      105  259   30   64  10   0   5   23   4   4   23   48  .247  .309  .344  .652          89   2   0   0   0  14
   With SDN       94  263   29   62  15   3   2   23  12   0   40   53  .236  .337  .338  .675          89   3   0   0   0   4
   With DEA       65  207   22   54  14   1   0   13   2   7   16   33  .261  .312  .338  .651          70   3   1   2   0   3
   With ATN       60  195   22   47   4   0   5   19   6   1   10   44  .241  .278  .338  .617          66   0   0   0   0   2
   With NYA        4   16    3    8   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .500  .529  .500 1.029           8   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1387 4449  496 1176 193  42  71  435 167  63  348  658  .264  .317  .374  .691        1666  30  35  51   9  77
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1979 21 TEA AL  38    6   4.4  44  13   0  .295   2    5    3  .600    0    0  .000  SS   4e88     -110   
 1980 22 TEA AL  55   16   1.8  15   6   0  .400   5   89   64  .719    0    0  .000  2B   3e8       -63   
 1981 23 PIN NL  53   21   5.3  13   4   0  .308   8   46   23  .500    0    0  .000  UT             101   
 1982 24 PIN NL  28   40   2.9   9   2   0  .222  16  127   85  .669    0    0  .000  SS   3e21     -104   
 1983 25 PIN NL  26   87   4.7   0   0   0  .000  25  173  126  .728    0    0  .000  SS   2e30      -44   
 1984 26 NYA AL  65    4  14.8   0   0   0  .000   3    7    3  .429    0    0  .000  SS   2e48      170   
 1985 27 ATN NL  81   18   3.4  14   4   0  .286   6   48   30  .625    0    0  .000  SS   3e27      -37   
 1986 28 LAN NL  67   23   3.0  11   2   0  .182  10   85   67  .788    0    0  .000  SS   2e21       -1   
 1987 29 SDN NL  25    0   6.0   2   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  SS   4e48       61   
 1988 30 SDN NL  53   33   4.4   7   2   0  .286  12   69   38  .551    0    0  .000  UT             -11   
 1989 31 TEA AL  34   60   4.7   5   0   0  .000  15  148  107  .723    0    0  .000  SS   3e22       12   
 1990 32 TEA AL  30   55   3.5   2   0   0  .000  29  188  127  .676    0    0  .000  SS   3e29      -19   
 1991 33 TEA AL  28   46   3.3   0   0   0  .000  10  169  108  .639    0    0  .000  SS   4e24      -14   
 1992 34 TEA AL  64   19   3.0   1   0   0  .000  19  100   49  .490    0    0  .000  SS   4e32      -64   
 1993 35 DEA AL  26   20   3.3   7   5   0  .714   8   45   28  .622    0    0  .000  SS   4e25       -3   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons          456   3.7 130  38   0  .292 169 1300  858  .660    0    0  .000                 -27   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 19.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1979 21 TEA AL  SS    20     7    13    2    2   .909     0    41.0   4.39
 1980 22 TEA AL  2B    96   182   196    5   55   .987    68   648.2   5.24
                 3B     6     0     3    0    0  1.000     1    21.0   1.29
                 SS     2     0     1    0    1  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1981 23 PIN NL  2B    33    67    64    2   17   .985    23   197.1   5.97
                 SS    26    29    50    6    7   .929    17   163.0   4.36
                 3B     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   4.50
 1982 24 PIN NL  SS   109   163   374   16   72   .971   105   960.0   5.03
                 2B     1     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1983 25 PIN NL  SS   162   279   550   25  112   .971   162  1463.1   5.10
 1984 26 NYA AL  SS     4     5    12    3    4   .850     4    33.0   4.64
 1985 27 ATN NL  SS    47    83   132    6   27   .973    44   386.0   5.01
 1986 28 LAN NL  SS   100   122   213   10   31   .971    57   608.2   4.95
 1987 29 SDN NL  SS     2     2     1    1    0   .750     1     9.0   3.00
 1988 30 SDN NL  SS    35    75   107    3   14   .984    33   278.2   5.88
                 3B    33    27    41    8    1   .895    32   272.0   2.25
                 2B    10    27    23    1   11   .980    10    77.0   5.84
 1989 31 TEA AL  SS   134   288   409   15   64   .979   127  1147.1   5.47
 1990 32 TEA AL  SS   149   262   404   29   82   .958   145  1296.0   4.62
 1991 33 TEA AL  SS   136   257   362   10   85   .984   136  1207.2   4.61
 1992 34 TEA AL  SS    70   134   212   19   43   .948    64   576.1   5.40
                 3B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1993 35 DEA AL  SS    44    74    94    7   17   .960    42   339.1   4.46
                 3B     5     3    10    1    1   .929     3    34.0   3.44
                 2B     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.2   3.86
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1040  1780  2934  152  561   .969   937  8511.1   4.98
                 2B   141   278   285    8   83   .986   101   929.2   5.45
                 3B    47    32    55    9    2   .906    36   332.0   2.36
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1979  TEA   60-102  Jim Sheehan
 1980  TEA   67-95   Jim Sheehan
 1981  PIN   70-92   Jim Tripodi
 1982  PIN   74-88   Jim Tripodi
 1983  PIN   90-72   Mike Mashanic
 1984  NYA   86-76   Robert Rescigno
 1985  ATN   61-101  Rick Field
 1986  LAN   83-79   Billy Vanson
 1987  SDN   85-77   Mike Tomeo
 1988  SDN   84-78   Mike Tomeo
 1989  TEA   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1990  TEA   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1991  TEA   62-100  Mike Rescigno
 1992  TEA   66-96   Mike Rescigno
 1993  DEA   81-81   Mike Mashanic

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