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Lee Thomas (MLB)

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Full Name: James Leroy Thomas Primary Position: OF,RF,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195 First Game: April 22, 1961
Birthdate: February 5, 1936 Final Game: September 27, 1968
Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Lee Thomas (James Leroy Thomas) was born on February 5, 1936 in Peoria, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1961 for the Los Angeles Angels. In 1961, his rookie year, he hit .285 with 24 home runs and 70 RBI. Thomas played for the Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Lee Thomas's best season was 1962, when he slugged 26 home runs, hit for a .290 average and knocked in 104 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1961 NY A 2 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LA A 130 450 77 128 24 70 .284 .353 .491 11 5 47 74 2 2 0 2 12
1961 TOT A 132 452 77 129 24 70 .285 .353 .491 11 5 47 74 2 2 0 2 12
1962 LA A 160 583 88 169 26 104 .290 .355 .467 21 2 55 74 6 4 6 3 16
1963 LA A 149 528 52 116 9 55 .220 .301 .316 12 6 53 82 9 2 6 6 13
1964 LA A 47 172 14 47 2 24 .273 .340 .366 8 1 18 22 0 3 1 1 2
1964 BOS A 107 401 44 103 13 42 .257 .319 .411 19 2 34 29 4 0 2 4 14
1964 TOT A 154 573 58 150 15 66 .262 .325 .398 27 3 52 51 4 3 3 5 16
1965 BOS A 151 521 74 141 22 75 .271 .361 .464 27 4 72 42 3 5 6 8 16
1966 CHI N 75 149 15 36 1 9 .242 .319 .289 4 0 14 15 3 1 0 1 3
1966 ATL N 39 126 11 25 6 15 .198 .261 .365 1 1 10 15 1 1 1 1 0
1966 TOT N 114 275 26 61 7 24 .222 .293 .324 5 1 24 30 4 2 1 2 3
1967 CHI N 77 191 16 42 2 23 .220 .284 .283 4 1 15 22 3 1 1 5 3
1968 HOU N 90 201 14 39 1 11 .194 .249 .229 4 0 14 22 1 4 2 4 6
Total NL 281 667 56 142 10 58 .213 .277 .283 13 2 53 74 8 7 4 11 12
Total AL 746 2657 349 705 96 370 .265 .339 .426 98 20 279 323 24 16 21 24 73
Total 1027 3324 405 847 106 428 .255 .327 .397 111 22 332 397 32 23 25 35 85

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1961 LA A 1B 34 30 265.2 267 10 5 26 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1961 LA A OF 86 79 707 159 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1961 LA A LF 28 18 179.2 37 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1961 LA A RF 63 61 527.1 106 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1962 LA A OF 74 67 616.1 133 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1962 LA A LF 17 13 121 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 LA A RF 42 38 346.2 78 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1962 LA A 1B 90 79 727.1 735 42 14 66 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1962 LA A CF 18 16 148.2 35 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1963 LA A RF 38 37 318.2 59 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1963 LA A 1B 104 98 894.1 961 84 4 88 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1963 LA A LF 3 2 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 LA A OF 43 41 353.2 71 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1963 LA A CF 2 2 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 LA A LF 2 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1964 LA A OF 47 44 406.2 71 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1964 LA A 1B 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 LA A RF 45 44 402 69 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1964 BOS A RF 107 107 936.1 180 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1964 BOS A 1B 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 BOS A OF 107 107 936.1 176 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1964 TOT A 1B 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 TOT A OF 154 151 1343 247 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1964 TOT A RF 152 151 1338.1 249 12 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1965 BOS A OF 20 18 160.2 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1965 BOS A LF 14 13 118.2 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 BOS A 1B 127 123 1087.1 1035 97 18 86 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1965 BOS A RF 6 5 42 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1966 CHI N LF 18 14 140 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1966 CHI N OF 19 15 149 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 CHI N CF 1 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 CHI N 1B 19 12 113 121 8 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1966 ATL N 1B 36 33 293 281 26 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1966 TOT N 1B 55 45 406 402 34 5 35 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1967 CHI N RF 43 36 333 59 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1967 CHI N 1B 10 6 60.2 71 5 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 CHI N OF 43 36 338 60 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1967 CHI N CF 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1968 HOU N OF 48 41 383.1 67 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1968 HOU N 1B 2 2 14 13 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 HOU N RF 42 37 348.1 64 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1968 HOU N LF 7 4 35 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
Total LF 89 64 618 111 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
Total 1B 424 383 3457.1 3489 275 46 313 0 0 0 0 0 .988
Total OF 487 448 4051 789 34 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 .975
Total CF 22 19 178.2 47 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
Total RF 386 365 3254.1 625 28 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 .976

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1954).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Ryne Duren and Johnny James to Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Tex Clevenger and Bob Cerv (May 8, 1961).
  • Traded by Los Angeles Angels to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Lou Clinton (June 4, 1964).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Arnold Earley and a player to be named later to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Bob Sadowski and Dan Osinski (December 15, 1965); Atlanta Braves received Jay Ritchie (January 11, 1966).
  • Traded by Atlanta Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ted Abernathy (May 28, 1966).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to Houston Astros in exchange for Tommy Murray and Levi Brown (February 9, 1968).

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