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Gary
Thomasson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 29, 1951 in San Diego, CA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1978   
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
1973 21 SFG   112 235 35 67 10 4 4 30 2 0 22 43 .285 .346 .413 .759 33.3  
1974 22 SFG   120 315 41 77 14 3 2 29 7 1 38 56 .244 .326 .327 .653 36.1  
1975 23 SFG   114 326 44 74 12 3 7 32 9 3 37 48 .227 .306 .347 .652 36.9  
1976 24 SFG   103 328 45 85 20 5 8 38 8 3 30 45 .259 .321 .424 .745 44.5  
1977 25 SFG NL 153 481 56 114 24 4 17 80 15 5 64 73 .237 .325 .410 .734 65.2 11.3
1978 26 SFG NL 159 566 82 136 31 7 21 76 8 3 76 124 .240 .331 .431 .762 82.6 15.2
1979 27 SFG NL 159 583 69 137 40 9 10 73 7 3 71 124 .235 .317 .386 .703 70.0 13.3
1980 28 SFG NL 133 305 43 66 15 2 11 46 4 0 36 65 .216 .298 .387 .685 36.7 7.0
1981 29 SFG NL 158 572 79 143 22 8 18 83 11 6 66 90 .250 .329 .411 .740 74.1 11.9
1982 30 SFG NL 116 280 47 73 6 5 5 40 11 3 37 50 .261 .346 .371 .717 39.1 10.4
1983 31 PHI NL 159 586 69 162 42 8 11 76 25 10 50 127 .276 .334 .432 .766 81.0 18.1
1984 32 PHI NL 121 133 27 29 3 4 6 23 5 4 18 30 .218 .316 .436 .752 18.7 4.5
1985 33 PHI NL 132 270 32 70 18 4 7 39 13 2 16 58 .259 .299 .433 .732 35.3 5.8
1986 34 HOU NL 160 585 88 136 33 12 20 84 15 4 47 127 .232 .291 .432 .723 73.2 12.3
1987 35 HOU NL 157 567 85 160 30 7 17 79 24 5 45 132 .282 .335 .450 .785 82.6 19.0
1988 36 HOU NL 152 486 54 128 24 7 15 74 11 4 35 122 .263 .310 .434 .745 64.4 10.9
1989 37 HOU NL 162 630 45 92 15 5 5 48 8 3 36 223 .146 .193 .210 .403 13.8 0.0
13 Years Sim 1921 6044 776 1446 303 82 163 821 157 52 597 1345 .239 .308 .397 .705 736.5 139.6
17 Years Pro 2370 7248 941 1749 359 97 184 950 183 59 724 1537 .241 .310 .394 .704 887.3  
162 Game Average 509 65 121 25 6 13 69 13 4 50 113 .239 .308 .397 .705 62.1  
Career Highs 162 630 88 162 42 12 21 84 25 10 76 223 .282 .346 .450 .785 82.6  
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   DWS
1977 25 SFG NL CF 143 128 1153.0 337 2 12 1 .966 2.65   2.2
    RF 5 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
    LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 26 SFG NL CF 151 151 1347.3 410 6 13 3 .970 2.78   2.8
    1B 3 0 6.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1979 27 SFG NL CF 156 155 1397.3 440 5 16 2 .965 2.87   4.9
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1980 28 SFG NL CF 81 62 578.7 170 3 10 0 .945 2.69   1.5
    LF 38 0 74.0 11 1 1 1 .923 1.46    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1981 29 SFG NL CF 107 107 942.0 270 1 19 0 .934 2.59   0.4
    LF 48 46 415.7 75 3 5 0 .940 1.69    
    RF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1982 30 SFG NL RF 81 72 648.3 132 0 4 0 .971 1.83   1.7
    1B 6 4 39.0 39 2 1 3 .976 9.46   0.0
    CF 11 0 22.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.86    
    LF 9 0 20.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1983 31 PHI NL 1B 158 157 1405.7 1662 101 15 132 .992 11.29   1.5
1984 32 PHI NL 1B 17 10 112.3 139 10 2 14 .987 11.94   0.0
    LF 21 0 41.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.3
    CF 13 0 24.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 5 0 11.0 4 0 1 0 .800 3.27    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1985 33 PHI NL CF 59 5 167.3 43 0 3 0 .935 2.31   1.1
    LF 25 15 144.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    1B 20 12 122.0 147 10 1 16 .994 11.58   0.1
    RF 10 8 69.3 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1986 34 HOU NL 1B 156 156 1380.7 1594 117 12 161 .993 11.15   1.5
    CF 1 0 2.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 11.59   0.0
1987 35 HOU NL 1B 151 150 1305.0 1458 124 16 149 .990 10.91   2.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00    
1988 36 HOU NL 1B 64 55 503.3 598 48 4 56 .994 11.55   0.8
    CF 68 52 471.0 113 2 8 0 .935 2.20   1.5
    RF 6 4 42.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
    LF 6 3 36.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1989 37 HOU NL 1B 162 162 1465.7 1677 132 16 149 .991 11.11   1.7
  1B 739 706 6343.6 7325 544 67 681 .992 11.16   8.0
  CF 791 660 6106.0 1803 19 81 6 .957 2.69   14.6
  RF 113 84 796.7 167 2 5 1 .971 1.91   1.8
  LF 150 64 735.7 126 4 6 1 .956 1.59   0.3
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1794 1514 13983.9 9421 570 159 689 .984 6.43   24.7
Career Highs   162 162 1465.7 1677 132 24 161 .993 11.29    
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
1982 30 SFG NL 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .600 .800
1983 31 PHI NL 15 52 8 12 3 2 3 7 1 1 8 10 .231 .344 .538 .883
1984 32 PHI NL 0 10 3 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 5 .300 .364 1.100 1.464
1985 33 PHI NL 0 10 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .400 .455 .900 1.355
Career Post-Season Batting 15 77 14 20 5 4 6 12 1 1 10 19 .260 .352 .662 1.015
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.
Games
1983-6-159
1986-5-160
1989-1-162
 At-Bats
1989-4-630
 Runs
1986-8-88
 Doubles
1979-4-40
1983-5-42
 Triples
1978-10-7
1979-7-9
1986-9-12
 Homeruns
1986-9-20
RBIs
1986-10-84
 Strikeouts
1978-5-124
1979-5-124
1983-6-127
1986-10-127
1987-9-132
1989-2-223
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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  1. J.T. Snow (935)
  2. Dave Winfield (910)
  3. John Olerud (898)
  4. Ruppert Jones (895)
  5. Joe Lefebvre (884)
  6. Dan Driessen (883)
  7. Steve Garvey (875)
  8. Tony Armas (874)
  9. Ken Smith (872)
  10. Dan Meyer (871)
History
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/18/1980 to a 3-year deal worth $2,800,000 per year
Injured on 6/3/1980 with a Pulled Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Atlanta on 8/1/1981
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/8/1983 to a 3-year deal worth $24,500,000 per year
Released by Milwaukee on 2/14/1983
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/18/1983 to a 3-year deal worth $2,895,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/1/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $2,250,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1987, hitting .421 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1987, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 1 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1987, hitting .360 with 6 HR, 20 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1988, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
 
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