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Derrel Osbon Thomas

First name: Derrel

Last name: Thomas

Birthdate: 1951-01-14

Bats: B   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 123242

Retro ID: thomd001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1971HOU0.10.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
1972SDN7.12.09.1-0.81.97.36
1973SDN5.91.87.6-0.81.46.24
1974SDN7.52.09.41.44.25.213
1975SFN7.72.09.73.76.63.220
1976SFN4.01.05.0-0.31.23.84
1977SFN7.21.68.80.93.55.310
1978SDN5.21.26.40.32.24.27
1979LAN5.81.47.22.04.13.112
1980LAN4.21.45.62.03.71.911
1981LAN3.21.04.20.41.62.65
1982LAN1.30.41.8-0.40.11.70
1983LAN2.90.83.70.21.22.44
1984CAL0.40.10.50.00.20.40
1984MON3.51.04.50.21.63.05
1985PHI1.30.31.60.00.51.11
Career67.318.085.28.733.951.5102

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1971HOU6-1-100000000-18.1-0.10.00.0-0.10
1972SDN550-18-151020-14300-268.5-3.10.30.1-2.72
1973SDN449-23-20071-1-11300-249.0-2.70.30.0-2.42
1974SDN585-13-11-131-23200-79.2-0.80.20.1-0.518
1975SFN611303911-1200139.11.40.20.11.714
1976SFN313-8-92111-8100-128.8-1.40.10.0-1.30
1977SFN568-7-6-2-20-12000-99.3-1.00.00.1-0.914
1978SDN401-14-11-2-21-28000-88.3-1.00.00.0-1.017
1979LAN460-7-6120-211-10069.60.6-0.10.00.521
1980LAN332-3-2-1102620068.60.70.20.00.916
1981LAN252-4-30210-5100-58.3-0.60.10.0-0.52
1982LAN109-2-2-1-100-3000-78.9-0.80.00.0-0.80
1983LAN22700-4-10-11000-58.7-0.60.00.0-0.67
1984CAL33-3-301010000-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.11
1984MON269-7-6-1-1-1-13100-78.3-0.80.10.0-0.711
1985PHI103-2-2110-1-2000-39.1-0.30.00.0-0.30
Career5,268-109-97-4207-6-101400-90--10.61.40.4-8.8125

Defense

Catcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Frame Runs SB Runs Block Runs Err Runs Catcher Runs Total Fielding Runs
1980 LAN 2 0.0 0 0 0 -0.7 -1.0 0.1 -2 -2
1985 PHI 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2 0.0 0 0 0 -0.7 -1.0 0.1 -2 -2

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1972 SDN 2B 2170 369 -3.0 -3 -2 -5 -1 -0.8 -0.2 -1 -3
1972 SDN SS 1149 223 -14.0 -14 -10 -12 -16 0.0 0.0 0 -10
1973 SDN 2B 947 148 -8.0 -8 -6 -19 -16 -0.1 0.9 1 -5
1973 SDN SS 1819 375 -9.0 -9 -6 8 9 0.4 -0.4 0 -6
1974 SDN 2B 2693 473 6.0 6 4 17 18 -0.7 0.0 -1 3
1974 SDN 3B 532 84 -2.0 -2 -1 -1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1974 SDN SS 32 5 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1975 SFN 2B 3635 590 -4.0 -3 -2 -22 -34 0.7 0.7 1 -1
1976 SFN 2B 1883 317 -11.0 -11 -8 -15 -7 -0.3 0.5 0 -8
1976 SFN 3B 23 1 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1976 SFN SS 10 3 0.0 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1977 SFN 1B 45 6 0.0 0 0 2 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1977 SFN 2B 682 126 1.0 1 1 5 6 -0.2 -0.6 -1 0
1977 SFN 3B 125 15 -3.0 -3 -2 -5 -2 0.0 0.0 0 -2
1977 SFN SS 568 97 -2.0 -2 -1 -10 -10 0.0 -0.3 0 -1
1978 SDN 1B 283 26 0.0 0 0 1 1 0.2 0.0 0 0
1978 SDN 2B 887 149 -2.0 -2 -1 2 0 -0.1 0.0 0 -1
1978 SDN 3B 593 108 4.0 3 2 15 11 0.4 0.0 0 2
1979 LAN 1B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1979 LAN 2B 79 14 1.0 1 1 1 2 -0.1 0.1 0 1
1979 LAN 3B 344 45 -2.0 -2 -1 -2 -10 -0.1 0.0 0 -1
1979 LAN SS 66 11 -2.0 -2 -1 -4 -2 0.0 -0.1 0 -1
1980 LAN 2B 372 63 1.0 1 1 -1 4 0.3 0.4 1 2
1980 LAN 3B 38 5 0.0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 0.0 0 0
1980 LAN SS 1141 215 -4.0 -3 -2 -3 -10 -0.1 -0.3 0 -2
1981 LAN 2B 718 121 0.0 0 0 4 -2 -0.1 -0.4 0 0
1981 LAN 3B 169 17 -3.0 -3 -2 -6 -5 -0.1 0.0 0 -2
1981 LAN SS 590 114 -3.0 -3 -2 0 -1 -0.2 0.2 0 -2
1982 LAN 2B 453 68 -2.0 -2 -1 -9 -6 0.0 -0.6 -1 -2
1982 LAN 3B 76 11 0.0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0.0 0 0
1982 LAN SS 101 17 -4.0 -4 -3 -5 -4 0.1 0.5 1 -2
1983 LAN 2B 166 27 -2.0 -2 -1 -3 -6 -0.3 0.2 0 -1
1983 LAN 3B 107 19 1.0 1 1 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 1
1983 LAN SS 278 46 -2.0 -2 -1 -6 -7 0.1 0.3 0 -1
1984 MON 1B 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1984 MON 2B 230 35 -4.0 -4 -3 -7 -6 0.3 0.0 0 -3
1984 CAL 3B 55 4 -2.0 -2 -1 -4 -4 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1984 MON 3B 38 6 1.0 1 1 2 2 0.0 0.0 0 1
1984 CAL SS 24 3 0.0 0 0 -1 -2 0.0 0.1 0 0
1984 MON SS 1173 199 3.0 3 2 -10 -13 0.0 0.4 0 2
1985 PHI 2B 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 -0.2 0 0
1985 PHI 3B 10 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1985 PHI SS 324 64 -3.0 -3 -2 1 -2 -0.7 -0.2 -1 -3
1B 331 32 0.0 0 0 3 2 0.2 0.0 0 0
2B 14919 2500 -27.0 -26 -17 -52 -48 -1.4 0.8 -1 -18
3B 2110 315 -6.0 -7 -3 1 -9 0.0 0.0 0 -3
SS 7275 1372 -41.0 -40 -27 -42 -58 -0.4 0.2 0 -27

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1972 SDN CF 44 7 -1.0 -1 -1 0 2 0 -1
1972 SDN RF 18 2 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1974 SDN LF 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SDN CF 551 80 2.0 2 2 5 21 0 2
1975 SFN RF 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SFN CF 9 2 0.0 0 0 0 3 0 0
1976 SFN RF 20 3 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1977 SFN LF 42 6 0.0 0 0 2 4 0 0
1977 SFN CF 1953 273 1.0 2 2 12 101 3 5
1978 SDN LF 84 9 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SDN CF 855 136 6.0 5 4 23 44 3 7
1978 SDN RF 6 3 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1979 LAN CF 2691 372 7.0 7 6 10 134 6 12
1980 LAN LF 40 7 1.0 1 1 3 3 1 2
1980 LAN CF 575 84 5.0 5 4 10 28 1 5
1980 LAN RF 44 7 1.0 1 1 2 0 0 1
1981 LAN LF 12 2 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1981 LAN CF 160 15 -2.0 -2 -2 -6 8 1 -1
1981 LAN RF 40 6 0.0 0 0 0 4 0 0
1982 LAN LF 35 2 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1982 LAN CF 107 15 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1982 LAN RF 33 12 1.0 1 1 6 4 0 1
1983 LAN LF 82 11 0.0 0 0 1 4 0 0
1983 LAN CF 696 103 2.0 2 2 3 45 0 2
1983 LAN RF 145 24 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 10 1 0
1984 MON LF 283 34 2.0 2 2 4 4 0 2
1984 CAL LF 33 5 1.0 1 1 2 0 0 1
1984 CAL CF 32 2 0.0 0 0 -3 1 0 0
1984 MON RF 21 7 1.0 1 1 3 0 0 1
1984 CAL RF 36 5 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1985 PHI LF 54 10 1.0 1 1 4 2 0 1
1985 PHI CF 8 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
LF 669 86 5.0 5 5 15 19 1 6
CF 7681 1089 20.0 20 17 54 388 14 31
RF 369 70 2.0 2 2 10 21 1 3

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1981LAN0.20.00.2-0.2-0.20.4-1
1983LAN0.10.00.10.30.4-0.21
Career0.30.00.30.10.20.20

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1981LAN11-1-10100-2000-27.1-0.30.00.0-0.3-2
1983LAN9110000100027.20.30.00.00.31
Career20000100-10000-0.00.00.00.0-1

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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