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Gary Thomasson
Gary Leah Thomasson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 5, 1972
  vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 6, 1980
Born July 29, 1951 in San Diego, CA

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 20 SFG NL  10   27    5    9   1  1   0    1   0  0   1   7  .333  .357  .444  125   12   0   0   0   0   1
 1973 21 SFG NL 112  235   35   67  10  4   4   30   2  0  22  43  .285  .345  .413  106   97   3   1   2   0   1
 1974 22 SFG NL 120  315   41   77  14  3   2   29   7  1  38  56  .244  .325  .327   80  103   3   1   2   0   9
 1975 23 SFG NL 114  326   44   74  12  3   7   32   9  3  37  48  .227  .304  .347   78  113   0   5   1   1   1
 1976 24 SFG NL 103  328   45   85  20  5   8   38   8  3  30  45  .259  .321  .424  108  139   0   2   7   1   4
 1977 25 SFG NL 145  446   63  114  24  6  17   71  16  4  75 102  .256  .358  .451  117  201   4   8   8   1   7
 1978 26 TOT AL 101  270   37   63   8  2   8   36   4  3  28  66  .233  .304  .367   92   99   2   1   2   0   3
         OAK AL  47  154   17   31   4  1   5   16   4  1  15  44  .201  .272  .338   76   52   2   0   2   0   3
         NYY AL  54  116   20   32   4  1   3   20   0  2  13  22  .276  .346  .405  114   47   0   1   0   0   0
 1979 27 LAD NL 115  315   39   78  11  1  14   45   4  2  43  70  .248  .339  .422  108  133   2   1   4   1   5
 1980 28 LAD NL  80  111    6   24   3  0   1   12   0  0  17  26  .216  .326  .270   69   30   0   0   3   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      900 2373  315  591 103 25  61  294  50 16 291 463  .249  .330  .391   98  927  14  19  29   5  34
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        427   57  106  19  5  11   53   9  3  52  83  .249  .330  .391   98  167   3   3   5   1   6
 Career High    145  446   63  114  24  6  17   71  16  4  75 102  .285  .358  .451  117  201   4   8   8   1   9
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1972 20 SFG NL   28   19    4   5.7    93| .333  .259| .357  .327| .444  .382| .801  .710| 125  .649   0.7   0.1   0%
 1973 21 SFG NL  261  173   36   5.6   101| .285  .268| .345  .338| .413  .399| .758  .737| 106  .621   1.3   0.1 100%
 1974 22 SFG NL  357  252   35   3.8    99| .244  .268| .325  .341| .327  .387| .652  .728|  80  .442  -8.6  -0.9  87%
 1975 23 SFG NL  369  261   38   3.9    99| .227  .270| .304  .342| .347  .390| .651  .732|  78  .456 -10.4  -1.1  75%
 1976 24 SFG NL  361  252   45   4.8    94| .259  .266| .321  .333| .424  .379| .745  .712| 108  .574   2.7   0.3  72%
 1977 25 SFG NL  534  355   78   5.9   102| .256  .268| .358  .336| .451  .409| .809  .744| 117  .612  13.0   1.3  80%
 1978 26 TOT AL  301  216   31   3.8    90| .233  .256| .304  .320| .367  .377| .671  .697|  92  .446  -3.0  -0.3  57%
         OAK AL  171  129   14   2.9    89| .201  .254| .272  .318| .338  .374| .610  .692|  76  .325  -5.3  -0.5  80%
         NYY AL  130   87   17   5.2    91| .276  .258| .346  .322| .405  .380| .751  .702| 114  .586   2.3   0.2   0%
 1979 27 LAD NL  362  247   47   5.1    99| .248  .268| .339  .333| .422  .397| .761  .730| 108  .568   3.5   0.3  66%
 1980 28 LAD NL  129   90   10   3.0    94| .216  .266| .326  .328| .270  .385| .596  .713|  69  .347  -4.0  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2702 1865  324   4.7    98| .249  .266| .330  .334| .391  .392| .721  .726|  98  .533  -4.7  -0.6  75%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1972 20 SFG NL 1B 7 59 1 0 7 1.000 .992 8.57 8.41 10.38 9.73 5 52.0 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.65 0.00 1.90 2 9.0 1973 21 SFG NL 1B 47 235 13 2 14 .992 .992 5.28 8.40 9.76 9.83 18 228.7 OF 43 77 2 4 1 .952 .977 1.84 1.96 2.19 2.23 35 324.3 LF 24 42 1 1 0 .977 .977 1.79 1.67 2.08 2.05 20 185.7 CF 11 19 0 2 0 .905 .979 1.73 2.27 2.12 2.63 9 80.7 RF 9 14 1 1 1 .938 .974 1.67 1.77 2.33 2.02 6 58.0 1974 22 SFG NL OF 76 149 4 3 1 .981 .979 2.01 1.96 2.36 2.27 66 583.0 CF 34 60 1 1 0 .984 .985 1.79 2.42 2.22 2.77 27 247.7 RF 26 52 2 1 1 .982 .975 2.08 1.66 2.41 2.04 22 202.0 LF 19 35 1 1 0 .973 .976 1.89 1.55 2.43 1.99 17 133.3 1B 15 86 13 4 8 .961 .991 6.60 8.34 10.16 9.94 7 87.7 1975 23 SFG NL OF 74 172 9 4 2 .978 .978 2.45 2.01 2.72 2.29 64 599.7 CF 34 83 2 3 0 .966 .984 2.50 2.44 2.72 2.72 29 281.0 LF 26 59 5 1 1 .985 .973 2.46 1.71 2.69 2.10 26 214.0 RF 19 31 2 0 1 1.000 .973 1.74 1.74 2.84 2.05 9 104.7 1B 17 121 9 3 12 .977 .990 7.65 8.52 10.00 9.97 11 117.0 1976 24 SFG NL OF 54 114 2 5 0 .959 .979 2.15 2.03 2.71 2.34 43 385.0 1B 39 322 18 7 28 .980 .991 8.72 8.61 10.19 9.95 36 300.3 CF 35 79 1 4 0 .952 .984 2.29 2.50 2.82 2.85 32 255.3 RF 19 34 1 1 0 .972 .975 1.84 1.83 2.78 2.15 10 113.3 LF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.60 2.21 2.04 1 16.3 1977 25 SFG NL OF 113 255 2 11 1 .959 .978 2.27 1.93 2.47 2.26 107 936.3 LF 64 85 0 4 0 .955 .973 1.33 1.51 2.17 1.93 37 352.3 CF 54 135 1 5 1 .965 .986 2.52 2.34 2.85 2.73 52 429.7 1B 31 149 9 3 14 .981 .991 5.10 8.31 9.48 9.89 11 150.0 RF 20 34 1 2 0 .946 .975 1.75 1.78 2.04 2.11 18 154.3 1978 26 TOT AL OF 94 190 8 6 1 .971 .979 2.11 2.13 2.66 2.47 75 671.0 TOT AL RF 56 100 4 4 0 .963 .978 1.86 1.85 2.24 2.24 46 418.0 OAK AL RF 44 87 4 3 0 .968 .978 2.07 1.85 2.22 2.24 42 369.0 1B 5 22 3 1 0 .962 .992 5.00 8.76 11.84 10.04 2 19.0 NYY AL OF 50 101 4 3 1 .972 .979 2.10 2.13 3.13 2.47 33 302.0 LF 24 46 3 2 0 .961 .974 2.04 1.78 3.17 2.21 14 139.0 CF 16 41 1 0 1 1.000 .984 2.62 2.64 3.32 2.97 15 114.0 RF 12 13 0 1 0 .929 .977 1.08 1.85 2.39 2.24 4 49.0 DH 1 1979 27 LAD NL OF 100 194 4 4 1 .980 .979 1.98 2.00 2.44 2.33 77 731.0 CF 61 142 1 3 0 .979 .986 2.34 2.43 2.86 2.82 50 450.3 RF 43 52 3 2 1 .965 .979 1.28 1.87 2.05 2.19 24 241.0 LF 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.58 1.81 2.02 3 39.7 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.60 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 1980 28 LAD NL OF 31 36 1 1 0 .974 .979 1.19 1.98 2.09 2.31 17 159.7 RF 15 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.33 1.71 0.85 2.05 4 53.0 CF 9 16 1 0 0 1.000 .983 1.89 2.37 2.65 2.82 7 57.7 LF 9 15 0 1 0 .938 .974 1.67 1.68 2.76 2.06 6 49.0 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.00 9.00 10.35 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1972 20 SFG NL 1B 7 59 1 0 7 1.000 .992 8.57 8.41 10.38 9.73 5 52.0 1973 21 SFG NL 1B 47 235 13 2 14 .992 .992 5.28 8.40 9.76 9.83 18 228.7 1974 22 SFG NL 1B 15 86 13 4 8 .961 .991 6.60 8.34 10.16 9.94 7 87.7 1975 23 SFG NL 1B 17 121 9 3 12 .977 .990 7.65 8.52 10.00 9.97 11 117.0 1976 24 SFG NL 1B 39 322 18 7 28 .980 .991 8.72 8.61 10.19 9.95 36 300.3 1977 25 SFG NL 1B 31 149 9 3 14 .981 .991 5.10 8.31 9.48 9.89 11 150.0 1978 26 OAK AL 1B 5 22 3 1 0 .962 .992 5.00 8.76 11.84 10.04 2 19.0 1979 27 LAD NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.60 18.00 9.90 0 1.0 1980 28 LAD NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.00 9.00 10.35 0 2.0 1973 21 SFG NL CF 11 19 0 2 0 .905 .979 1.73 2.27 2.12 2.63 9 80.7 1974 22 SFG NL CF 34 60 1 1 0 .984 .985 1.79 2.42 2.22 2.77 27 247.7 1975 23 SFG NL CF 34 83 2 3 0 .966 .984 2.50 2.44 2.72 2.72 29 281.0 1976 24 SFG NL CF 35 79 1 4 0 .952 .984 2.29 2.50 2.82 2.85 32 255.3 1977 25 SFG NL CF 54 135 1 5 1 .965 .986 2.52 2.34 2.85 2.73 52 429.7 1978 26 NYY AL CF 16 41 1 0 1 1.000 .984 2.62 2.64 3.32 2.97 15 114.0 1979 27 LAD NL CF 61 142 1 3 0 .979 .986 2.34 2.43 2.86 2.82 50 450.3 1980 28 LAD NL CF 9 16 1 0 0 1.000 .983 1.89 2.37 2.65 2.82 7 57.7 1978 26 NYY AL DH 1 1972 20 SFG NL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.65 0.00 1.90 2 9.0 1973 21 SFG NL LF 24 42 1 1 0 .977 .977 1.79 1.67 2.08 2.05 20 185.7 1974 22 SFG NL LF 19 35 1 1 0 .973 .976 1.89 1.55 2.43 1.99 17 133.3 1975 23 SFG NL LF 26 59 5 1 1 .985 .973 2.46 1.71 2.69 2.10 26 214.0 1976 24 SFG NL LF 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.60 2.21 2.04 1 16.3 1977 25 SFG NL LF 64 85 0 4 0 .955 .973 1.33 1.51 2.17 1.93 37 352.3 1978 26 NYY AL LF 24 46 3 2 0 .961 .974 2.04 1.78 3.17 2.21 14 139.0 1979 27 LAD NL LF 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.58 1.81 2.02 3 39.7 1980 28 LAD NL LF 9 15 0 1 0 .938 .974 1.67 1.68 2.76 2.06 6 49.0 1972 20 SFG NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.95 1.00 2.20 2 9.0 1973 21 SFG NL OF 43 77 2 4 1 .952 .977 1.84 1.96 2.19 2.23 35 324.3 1974 22 SFG NL OF 76 149 4 3 1 .981 .979 2.01 1.96 2.36 2.27 66 583.0 1975 23 SFG NL OF 74 172 9 4 2 .978 .978 2.45 2.01 2.72 2.29 64 599.7 1976 24 SFG NL OF 54 114 2 5 0 .959 .979 2.15 2.03 2.71 2.34 43 385.0 1977 25 SFG NL OF 113 255 2 11 1 .959 .978 2.27 1.93 2.47 2.26 107 936.3 1978 26 TOT AL OF 94 190 8 6 1 .971 .979 2.11 2.13 2.66 2.47 75 671.0 OAK AL OF 44 89 4 3 0 .969 .979 2.11 2.13 2.27 2.47 42 369.0 NYY AL OF 50 101 4 3 1 .972 .979 2.10 2.13 3.13 2.47 33 302.0 1979 27 LAD NL OF 100 194 4 4 1 .980 .979 1.98 2.00 2.44 2.33 77 731.0 1980 28 LAD NL OF 31 36 1 1 0 .974 .979 1.19 1.98 2.09 2.31 17 159.7 1973 21 SFG NL RF 9 14 1 1 1 .938 .974 1.67 1.77 2.33 2.02 6 58.0 1974 22 SFG NL RF 26 52 2 1 1 .982 .975 2.08 1.66 2.41 2.04 22 202.0 1975 23 SFG NL RF 19 31 2 0 1 1.000 .973 1.74 1.74 2.84 2.05 9 104.7 1976 24 SFG NL RF 19 34 1 1 0 .972 .975 1.84 1.83 2.78 2.15 10 113.3 1977 25 SFG NL RF 20 34 1 2 0 .946 .975 1.75 1.78 2.04 2.11 18 154.3 1978 26 TOT AL RF 56 100 4 4 0 .963 .978 1.86 1.85 2.24 2.24 46 418.0 OAK AL RF 44 87 4 3 0 .968 .978 2.07 1.85 2.22 2.24 42 369.0 NYY AL RF 12 13 0 1 0 .929 .977 1.08 1.85 2.39 2.24 4 49.0 1979 27 LAD NL RF 43 52 3 2 1 .965 .979 1.28 1.87 2.05 2.19 24 241.0 1980 28 LAD NL RF 15 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.33 1.71 0.85 2.05 4 53.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 587 1188 32 38 7 .970 .978 2.08 2.00 2.50 2.32 486 4399.0 183 254 207# CF* 254 575 8 18 2 .970 .985 2.30 2.42 2.74 2.78 221 1916.3 RF* 207 322 14 11 4 .968 .976 1.62 1.80 2.25 2.15 139 1344.3 LF* 183 294 10 10 1 .968 .974 1.66 1.61 2.40 2.03 126 1138.3 1B* 163 998 66 20 83 .982 .991 6.53 8.46 10.00 9.90 90 957.7 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 750 2186 98 58 90 .975 .984 3.05 3.40 3.84 3.67 576 5357
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1978   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY LAD     W   3   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   6   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .200  .200  .200   0  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Flies
1977 NL-8-5

Youngest Player
1972 NL-20-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft.

March 15, 1978: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later, Gary Alexander, Dave Heaverlo, Phil Huffman, John Henry Johnson, Alan Wirth, and $300,000 to the Oakland Athletics for Vida Blue. The San Francisco Giants sent Mario Guerrero (April 7, 1978) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

June 15, 1978: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Yankees for Dell Alston, Mickey Klutts, and $50,000.

February 15, 1979: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Brad Gulden.

December 22, 1980: Purchased by the Yomiura Giants (Japan Central) from the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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