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Derrel
Thomas		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 165
 
Born: January 14, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982    1987   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1972 21 SDP   130 500 48 115 15 5 5 36 9 9 41 73 .230 .288 .310 .598 43.9  
1973 22 SDP   113 404 41 96 7 1 0 22 15 5 34 52 .238 .297 .260 .557 33.2  
1974 23 SDP   141 523 48 129 24 6 3 41 7 8 51 58 .247 .314 .333 .646 54.1  
1975 24 SFG   144 540 99 149 21 9 6 48 28 13 57 56 .276 .345 .381 .727 72.3  
1976 25 SFG   81 272 38 63 5 4 2 19 10 11 29 26 .232 .306 .301 .607 24.7  
1977 26 SFG NL 99 177 20 35 3 4 1 16 1 0 21 28 .198 .281 .277 .558 14.5 0.7
1978 27 SFG NL 111 184 27 49 5 3 4 23 3 2 16 19 .266 .328 .391 .720 23.0 5.1
1979 28 SFG NL 109 176 24 58 4 2 2 19 2 4 14 19 .330 .375 .409 .784 23.7 5.8
1980 29 MIL AL 94 124 16 33 2 1 3 16 3 3 8 11 .266 .304 .371 .675 12.9 0.0
1981 30 PIT NL 123 206 19 53 7 1 1 18 1 2 15 29 .257 .308 .316 .624 19.1 2.6
1982 31 LAD NL 128 236 26 48 7 4 2 29 3 1 15 29 .203 .259 .292 .551 15.8 0.5
1983 32 LAD NL 135 282 20 66 10 4 2 20 1 1 24 46 .234 .296 .319 .616 25.0 2.1
1984 33 CHC NL 127 263 26 68 9 6 2 41 0 0 22 35 .259 .310 .361 .672 31.2 8.0
1985 34 CHC NL 132 321 30 80 8 4 0 24 1 0 20 58 .249 .296 .299 .595 26.9 3.5
1986 35 CHC NL 126 272 22 72 15 3 1 31 3 2 19 29 .265 .313 .353 .666 28.3 3.7
1987 36 CHC NL 108 192 23 51 13 3 0 16 8 3 20 31 .266 .333 .365 .698 22.6 4.6
1988 37 CHC NL 110 170 23 43 13 1 0 18 7 2 5 29 .253 .279 .341 .621 15.7 2.4
12 Years Sim 1402 2603 276 656 96 36 18 271 33 20 199 363 .252 .306 .337 .643 258.6 39.0
17 Years Pro 2011 4842 550 1208 168 61 34 437 102 66 411 628 .249 .308 .330 .639 486.8  
162 Game Average 300 31 75 11 4 2 31 3 2 22 41 .252 .306 .337 .643 29.9  
Career Highs 135 321 30 80 15 6 4 41 8 4 24 58 .330 .375 .409 .784 31.2  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 26 SFG NL 3B 26 11 129.0 10 26 3 2 .923 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 17 10 100.0 14 35 4 6 .925 4.41 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 15 12 84.0 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 19 6 78.0 19 25 0 7 1.000 5.08 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 11 1 26.7 33 1 0 3 1.000 11.48 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 1 13.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
1978 27 SFG NL 3B 27 16 161.3 14 51 3 2 .956 3.63 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 30 13 153.0 28 57 3 12 .966 5.00 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    1B 19 2 57.7 73 2 0 11 1.000 11.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 11 2 33.3 14 13 0 4 1.000 7.29 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 1 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 28 SFG NL 1B 30 11 146.7 189 14 0 15 1.000 12.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 24 5 88.0 10 30 0 1 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 14 6 72.3 6 25 2 2 .939 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 13 7 67.0 18 24 3 9 .933 5.64 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 29 MIL AL 2B 39 5 108.0 26 34 2 12 .968 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 17 11 98.0 133 11 1 11 .993 13.22 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 26 6 91.7 11 35 2 11 .958 4.52 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 6 1 15.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 2 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 3 0 5.7 0 1 1 0 .500 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1981 30 PIT NL 1B 24 18 162.3 177 23 1 7 .995 11.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 19 11 104.0 28 1 0 1 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 14 11 82.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.87 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 15 1 36.0 8 16 1 5 .960 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 5 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 2 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 31 LAD NL 1B 31 28 225.3 271 26 0 17 1.000 11.86 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 53 0 122.7 16 64 1 6 .988 5.87 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    LF 15 5 62.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 10 3 43.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 5 0 19.0 3 1 1 0 .800 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 5 0 12.0 6 9 2 3 .882 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1983 32 LAD NL LF 40 25 247.3 47 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 28 26 196.0 204 23 3 17 .987 10.42 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 30 0 64.3 12 38 3 8 .943 7.00 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 12 0 34.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 5 1 30.0 0 8 1 0 .889 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 5 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 33 CHC NL 1B 31 23 211.0 244 18 0 26 1.000 11.18 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 38 8 133.7 30 45 2 10 .974 5.05 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 14 9 97.0 4 24 3 2 .903 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 22 6 90.0 7 37 2 5 .957 4.40 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 6 5 36.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 4 3 26.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1985 34 CHC NL 2B 41 8 136.7 42 52 8 16 .922 6.19 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 19 13 125.7 8 27 2 4 .946 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 19 17 124.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.81 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 14 10 94.0 130 15 0 12 1.000 13.88 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 15 13 90.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 15 11 89.0 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 10 7 69.3 13 25 0 5 1.000 4.93 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1986 35 CHC NL 2B 36 11 143.3 33 45 8 13 .907 4.90 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 19 9 99.7 7 28 2 2 .946 3.16 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 13 10 94.0 14 30 1 7 .978 4.21 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 14 11 92.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 15 9 90.3 110 9 1 14 .992 11.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 16 6 65.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 3 28.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
1987 36 CHC NL 2B 14 12 110.0 30 59 2 11 .978 7.28 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 18 9 94.0 4 25 3 3 .906 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 13 9 89.3 14 49 3 10 .955 6.35 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 13 7 67.0 73 10 0 11 1.000 11.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 1 15.0 5 0 1 0 .833 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 1 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 1 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 0 0 .000 0  
1988 37 CHC NL 1B 44 5 103.7 128 19 1 15 .993 12.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 14 6 66.0 11 20 0 6 1.000 4.23 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 7 7 56.0 14 24 1 7 .974 6.11 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 11 5 49.3 5 12 0 2 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 8 5 42.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 4 4 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 277 151 1478.6 1765 171 7 159 .996 11.78 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  SS 267 73 1064.3 158 436 20 82 .967 5.02 0 0 .000 0 7.7
  2B 237 66 915.3 235 340 28 93 .954 5.65 0 0 .000 0 5.4
  3B 166 79 891.0 61 229 21 19 .932 2.93 0 0 .000 0 2.5
  LF 123 74 681.0 127 3 0 1 1.000 1.72 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  RF 89 59 480.7 98 2 1 1 .990 1.87 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  CF 49 26 243.3 64 2 1 0 .985 2.44 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  C 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1209 528 5758.2 2510 1183 78 355 .979 5.77 0 0 .000 0 21.3
Career Highs   133 79 728.7 317 143 12 43 .993 7.74 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
1981 30 PIT NL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 31 LAD NL 3 22 3 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 .318 .375 .545 .920
1987 36 CHC NL 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 27 3 9 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 2 .333 .379 .519 .898
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  1. Brian Dayett (951)
  2. Joe Zdeb (947)
  3. Barry Bonnell (940)
  4. Hector Cruz (931)
  5. Jerry Hairston (927)
  6. Elliott Maddox (926)
  7. Tom Poquette (920)
  8. Otis Nixon (917)
  9. Alex Ochoa (913)
  10. Mike Kingery (913)
History
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/3/1980 to a 2-year deal worth $1,300,000 per year
Released by Milwaukee on 1/31/1981
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/15/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $1,300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/1/1982 to a 2-year deal worth $1,200,000 per year
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1982
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/16/1984 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 7/23/1987
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 1987
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/5/1989 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year
 
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