Kite Thomas
[edit] Biography
Kite Thomas (Keith Marshall Thomas) was born on April 27, 1923 in Kansas City, Kansas. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1952 for the Philadelphia Athletics. Thomas played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators over the course of his 2 year career.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| 75
| 116
| 24
| 29
| 6
| 18
| .250
| .365
| .474
| 6
| 1
| 20
| 27
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1953
| WAS
| A
| 38
| 58
| 10
| 17
| 1
| 12
| .293
| .414
| .466
| 3
| 2
| 11
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| 24
| 49
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .122
| .173
| .122
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| 62
| 107
| 11
| 23
| 1
| 14
| .215
| .311
| .308
| 3
| 2
| 14
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 137
| 223
| 35
| 52
| 7
| 32
| .233
| .340
| .395
| 9
| 3
| 34
| 40
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1953
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| WAS
| A
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1953
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1947).
- Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from New York Yankees in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 19, 1951).
- Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from Philadelphia Athletics (June 30, 1953).
- Traded by Washington Senators to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Tom Wright (March 27, 1954).
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