Derrel Thomas Stats

Derrel Thomas was born on Sunday, January 14, 1951, in Los Angeles, California. Thomas was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 14, 1971, with the Houston Astros. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Derrel Thomas baseball stats page.

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"(Derrel) Thomas, you see, has a reputation. And (Lasorda) Lasorda, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was the one who gave it national prominence. He did it with one statement: 'Every manager should have to manage Darrel Thomas at least once in his career,' Lasorda said after Thomas opted for free-agency after 1983. And that was that. The problems in LA, Thomas said, were with his use of the basket catch while playing the outfield. Even if Willie Mays used to do it, Lasorda didn't want Thomas doing it. And when he kept doing it anyway, a reputation was born. 'The basket catches,' Thomas says now, shaking his head. 'The fact that Lasorda asked me not to use the basket catch, and I continued to use it some, made people think that I was player you can't control.'" - Sports Writer Rich Hofmann in The Philadelphia Daily News, (June 24, 1985, Thomas Promises He's No Problem, Page 93)

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Derrel Thomas Autograph on a 1983 Topps Baseball Card (#748 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1983top03' title='1983 Topps Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Derrel Thomas Autograph on a 1983 Topps Baseball Card (#748 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   Derrel Osbon Thomas
Nickname:   None
Born On:   01-14-1951  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Los Angeles, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Dorsey High School (Los Angeles, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   160
First Game:   09-14-1971 (Age 20)
Last Game:   10-05-1985
Draft:   1969 : 1st Round (1st)

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Derrel Thomas Pitching Stats

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Derrel Thomas Hitting Stats

1971 20 Astros 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1972 21 Padres 130 500 48 115 15 5 5 0 36 41 1 73 6 1 2 6 .230 .290 .310
1973 22 Padres 113 404 41 96 7 1 0 0 22 34 3 52 7 2 2 2 .238 .299 .260
1974 23 Padres 141 523 48 129 24 6 3 0 41 51 7 58 6 4 1 10 .247 .313 .333
1975 24 Giants 144 540 99 149 21 9 6 0 48 57 0 56 8 3 3 7 .276 .347 .381
1976 25 Giants 81 272 38 63 5 4 2 0 19 29 0 26 6 2 4 5 .232 .313 .301
1977 26 Giants 148 506 75 135 13 10 8 0 44 46 1 70 10 4 2 8 .267 .328 .379
1978 27 Padres 128 352 36 80 10 2 3 0 26 35 3 37 9 2 3 2 .227 .301 .293
1979 28 Dodgers 141 406 47 104 15 4 5 1 44 41 7 49 5 3 5 9 .256 .330 .350
1980 29 Dodgers 117 297 32 79 18 3 1 0 22 26 3 48 7 1 1 5 .266 .326 .357
1981 30 Dodgers 80 218 25 54 4 0 4 0 24 25 2 23 7 2 0 2 .248 .322 .321
1982 31 Dodgers 66 98 13 26 2 1 0 0 2 10 1 12 1 0 0 2 .265 .333 .306
1983 32 Dodgers 118 192 38 48 6 6 2 0 8 27 2 36 4 2 2 4 .250 .345 .375
1984 33 Expos 108 243 26 62 12 2 0 0 20 20 1 33 3 3 0 7 .255 .308 .321
1984 33 Angels 14 29 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 .138 .219 .207
1985 34 Phillies 63 92 16 19 2 0 4 0 12 11 1 14 0 0 0 3 .207 .291 .359
15 Years 1,597 4,677 585 1,163 154 54 43 1 370 456 32 593 81 29 25 73 .249 .317 .332

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Derrel Thomas Fielding Stats

1971 Astros 2B 1 1 24 5 5.0 5 3 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.63
1972 Padres 2B 83 80 2,202 451 5.4 436 197 239 15 52 n/a n/a n/a .967 5.35
1972 Padres CF 2 2 45 5 2.5 4 4 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 2.40
1972 Padres RF 1 0 24 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1972 Padres SS 49 40 1,098 215 4.4 205 87 118 10 25 n/a n/a n/a .953 5.04
1973 Padres 2B 47 32 924 198 4.2 193 96 97 5 27 n/a n/a n/a .975 5.64
1973 Padres SS 74 69 1,776 374 5.1 342 115 227 32 39 n/a n/a n/a .914 5.20
1974 Padres 2B 104 97 2,550 539 5.2 526 232 294 13 45 n/a n/a n/a .976 5.57
1974 Padres 3B 22 20 501 63 2.9 60 19 41 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .952 3.23
1974 Padres CF 19 18 498 60 3.2 59 59 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .983 3.20
1974 Padres LF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1974 Padres SS 5 0 30 3 0.6 2 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 1.80
1975 Giants 2B 141 135 3,528 739 5.2 720 348 372 19 100 n/a n/a n/a .974 5.51
1975 Giants RF 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1976 Giants 2B 69 63 1,689 386 5.6 372 160 212 14 52 n/a n/a n/a .964 5.95
1976 Giants 3B 1 1 27 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1976 Giants CF 1 0 9 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.00
1976 Giants RF 1 1 27 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1976 Giants SS 1 0 9 3 3.0 2 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 6.00
1977 Giants 1B 3 2 39 15 5.0 15 12 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.38
1977 Giants 2B 27 23 633 134 5.0 127 49 78 7 11 n/a n/a n/a .948 5.42
1977 Giants 3B 6 3 105 12 2.0 10 2 8 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .833 2.57
1977 Giants CF 76 70 1,863 205 2.7 203 193 10 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.94
1977 Giants LF 4 2 45 4 1.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.40
1977 Giants SS 26 18 516 104 4.0 101 42 59 3 10 n/a n/a n/a .971 5.28
1978 Padres 1B 14 12 264 121 8.6 119 113 6 2 9 n/a n/a n/a .983 12.17
1978 Padres 2B 40 36 834 194 4.9 188 90 98 6 25 n/a n/a n/a .969 6.09
1978 Padres 3B 26 25 558 84 3.2 81 22 59 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .964 3.92
1978 Padres CF 69 18 789 109 1.6 108 103 5 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .991 3.70
1978 Padres LF 10 1 81 6 0.6 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1978 Padres RF 1 0 9 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.00
1979 Dodgers 1B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1979 Dodgers 2B 5 2 72 14 2.8 14 5 9 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.25
1979 Dodgers 3B 18 9 312 38 2.1 35 20 15 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .921 3.03
1979 Dodgers CF 119 93 2,565 283 2.4 282 272 10 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .996 2.97
1979 Dodgers SS 3 2 63 9 3.0 8 4 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 3.43
1980 Dodgers 2B 18 12 399 78 4.3 76 28 48 2 13 n/a n/a n/a .974 5.14
1980 Dodgers 3B 4 0 33 4 1.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.27
1980 Dodgers C 5 3 93 28 5.6 28 25 3 0 0 3 7 1 1.000 8.13
1980 Dodgers CF 41 13 552 68 1.7 67 65 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .985 3.28
1980 Dodgers LF 4 1 39 6 1.5 6 5 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.15
1980 Dodgers RF 9 0 54 6 0.7 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1980 Dodgers SS 49 42 1,083 204 4.2 193 74 119 11 25 n/a n/a n/a .946 4.81
1981 Dodgers 2B 30 26 720 146 4.9 144 73 71 2 16 n/a n/a n/a .986 5.40
1981 Dodgers 3B 10 5 165 13 1.3 12 3 9 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.96
1981 Dodgers CF 10 5 147 10 1.0 10 9 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.84
1981 Dodgers LF 3 0 9 2 0.7 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 3.00
1981 Dodgers RF 6 1 60 5 0.8 4 4 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 1.80
1981 Dodgers SS 26 21 570 114 4.4 105 42 63 9 13 n/a n/a n/a .921 4.97
1982 Dodgers 2B 18 17 441 73 4.1 72 28 44 1 8 n/a n/a n/a .986 4.41
1982 Dodgers 3B 14 0 60 7 0.5 7 4 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.15
1982 Dodgers CF 16 0 93 11 0.7 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.19
1982 Dodgers LF 6 0 39 1 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.69
1982 Dodgers RF 8 0 51 9 1.1 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.76
1982 Dodgers SS 6 4 93 19 3.2 16 5 11 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .842 4.65
1983 Dodgers 2B 9 7 168 27 3.0 25 13 12 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .926 4.02
1983 Dodgers 3B 7 4 114 14 2.0 13 5 8 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 3.08
1983 Dodgers CF 43 22 714 77 1.8 75 75 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.84
1983 Dodgers LF 15 0 75 8 0.5 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.88
1983 Dodgers RF 31 3 228 17 0.5 17 15 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.01
1983 Dodgers SS 13 11 264 48 3.7 47 19 28 1 7 n/a n/a n/a .979 4.81
1984 Expos 1B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1984 Expos 2B 15 8 219 40 2.7 37 16 21 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .925 4.56
1984 Expos 3B 4 1 36 4 1.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1984 Angels CF 2 1 36 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.75
1984 Expos LF 41 1 288 24 0.6 24 24 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1984 Angels LF 2 1 30 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
1984 Expos RF 7 0 36 5 0.7 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.75
1984 Angels RF 4 2 51 4 1.0 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 1.59
1984 Expos SS 62 45 1,152 191 3.1 184 73 111 7 27 n/a n/a n/a .963 4.31
1984 Angels 3B 3 2 51 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.53
1984 Angels SS 4 0 18 4 1.0 4 3 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.00
1985 Phillies 2B 1 0 3 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1985 Phillies 3B 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1985 Phillies C 1 0 6 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
1985 Phillies CF 2 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1985 Phillies LF 5 2 57 8 1.6 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.79
1985 Phillies SS 21 13 333 64 3.0 58 21 37 6 4 n/a n/a n/a .906 4.70
2B Totals 608 539 14,406 3,025 5.0 2,935 1,338 1,597 90 361 n/a n/a n/a .970 5.50
CF Totals 400 242 7,323 831 2.1 822 794 28 9 8 n/a n/a n/a .989 3.03
SS Totals 339 265 7,005 1,352 4.0 1,267 486 781 85 157 n/a n/a n/a .937 4.88
3B Totals 116 70 1,968 241 2.1 228 78 150 13 14 n/a n/a n/a .946 3.13
LF Totals 91 8 666 63 0.7 62 59 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.51
RF Totals 69 7 546 53 0.8 51 49 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.52
1B Totals 19 14 309 136 7.2 134 125 9 2 9 n/a n/a n/a .985 11.71
C Totals 6 3 99 31 5.2 31 28 3 0 0 3 7 1 1.000 8.45
15 Years 1,648 1,148 32,322 5,732 3.5 5,530 2,957 2,573 202 549 3 7 1 .965 4.62

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Derrel Thomas Miscellaneous Stats

1971 Astros 0 1 .000 1 3 n/a 0.0 2.5 0.0 - - -
1972 Padres 9 9 .500 4 3 n/a 100.0 6.8 13.9 - - -
1973 Padres 15 5 .750 6 2 n/a 0.0 7.8 18.4 - - -
1974 Padres 7 8 .467 5 1 n/a 174.3 9.0 12.8 - - -
1975 Giants 28 13 .683 1 5 n/a 90.0 9.6 11.3 - - -
1976 Giants 10 11 .476 12 3 n/a 136.0 10.5 14.3 - - -
1977 Giants 15 13 .536 24 4 n/a 63.3 7.2 11.5 - - -
1978 Padres 11 6 .647 7 8 n/a 117.3 9.5 13.5 - - -
1979 Dodgers 18 5 .783 12 5 n/a 81.2 8.3 9.2 - - -
1980 Dodgers 7 9 .438 9 14 n/a 297.0 6.2 13.5 - - -
1981 Dodgers 7 2 .778 3 6 n/a 54.5 9.5 9.1 - - -
1982 Dodgers 2 3 .400 6 11 n/a 0.0 8.2 49.0 - - -
1983 Dodgers 9 3 .750 18 12 n/a 96.0 5.3 24.0 - - -
1984 Expos 0 4 .000 15 13 n/a 0.0 7.4 12.2 - - -
1984 Angels 0 0 .000 3 2 0 0.0 7.3 14.5 - - -
1985 Phillies 2 0 1.000 42 3 n/a 23.0 6.6 7.7 - - -
15 Years 140 92 .603 168 95 0 108.8 7.9 12.6 - - -

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Derrel Thomas Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1971 Houston Astros 19 $12,750.00 - -
1972 San Diego Padres 30 $13,500.00 - -
1973 San Diego Padres 30 $15,000.00 - -
1974 San Diego Padres 30 $35,000.00 - -
1975 San Francisco Giants 30 $45,000.00 - -
1976 San Francisco Giants 30 $55,000.00 - -
1977 San Francisco Giants 30 $75,000.00 - -
1978 San Diego Padres 30 $100,000.00 - -
1979 Los Angeles Dodgers 1, 3 $130,000.00 - -
1980 Los Angeles Dodgers 30 $130,000.00 - -
1981 Los Angeles Dodgers 30 $130,000.00 - Stats
1982 Los Angeles Dodgers 30 $150,000.00 - -
1983 Los Angeles Dodgers 30 $160,000.00 - -
1984 Montreal Expos 13 $140,000.00 - -
1984 California Angels 15, 30 "     "     - -
1985 Philadelphia Phillies 18 $130,000.00 - -

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Derrel Osborn Thomas was a Major League baseball player who played for the Houston Astros (1971), San Diego Padres (1972-1974, 1978), San Francisco Giants (1975-1977), Los Angeles Dodgers (1979-1983), Montreal Expos (1984), California Angels (1984), and Philadelphia Phillies (1985). A truly versatile player, Derrell played every position on the field, except pitcher, several times in his career.

Did you know that when Houston selected Derrel Thomas with the first pick overall, from the 1969 January Amateur Draft, he became the first player in Astros' history selected first overall in any amateur baseball draft?

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Derrel Thomas | 1973 Topps Baseball Card (#57 | Checklist) | Baseball Almanac Collection

Did you know that Derrell Thomas was selected in that draft out of Susan Miller Dorsey High School, and eventually became their seventh player to make it to the majors? Thomas joined Billy Consolo (1953-1962), Ed Palmquist (1960-1961), Don Buford (1963-1972), Rene Lachemann (1965-1968), Marcel Lachemann (1969-1971), and a Hall of Fame manager who played Major League Baseball in 1959. Who was it? [Answer]

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