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Ira Thomas
Ira Felix Thomas

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut May 18, 1906
Final Game June 18, 1915
Born January 22, 1881 in Ballston Spa, NY
Died October 11, 1958 in Philadelphia, PA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1906 25 NYY AL  44  115   12   23   1  2   0   15   2      8      .200  .258  .243   51   28   2           1    
 1907 26 NYY AL  80  208   20   40   5  4   1   24   5     10      .192  .240  .269   57   56   3           3    
 1908 27 DET AL  40  101    6   31   1  0   0    8   0      5      .307  .346  .317  112   32   1           1    
 1909 28 PHA AL  84  256   22   57   9  3   0   31   4     18      .223  .292  .281   79   72   5           7    
 1910 29 PHA AL  60  180   14   50   8  2   1   19   2      6      .278  .301  .361  108   65   3           0    
 1911 30 PHA AL 103  297   33   81  14  3   0   39   4     23      .273  .341  .340   92  101   9           8     MVP-8
 1912 31 PHA AL  48  139   14   30   4  2   1   13   3      8      .216  .268  .295   63   41   5           2    
 1913 32 PHA AL  22   53    3   15   4  1   0    6   0      4   8  .283  .333  .396  115   21   1           0    
 1914 33 PHA AL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1915 34 PHA AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     484 1352  124  327  46 17   3  155  20  0  82   8  .242  .296  .308   82  416  29   0   0  22   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        453   42  109  15  6   1   52   7  0  27   3  .242  .296  .308   82  139  10   0   0   7   0
 Career High    103  297   33   81  14  4   1   39   5  0  23   8  .273  .341  .340   92  101   9   0   0   8   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1906 25 NYY AL  126   94    7   2.0    82| .200  .267| .258  .324| .243  .342| .501  .666|  51  .291  -6.9  -0.8     
 1907 26 NYY AL  224  171   13   2.0    77| .192  .263| .240  .319| .269  .329| .509  .648|  57  .313 -11.0  -1.3     
 1908 27 DET AL  108   71   11   4.2    71| .307  .250| .346  .308| .317  .318| .663  .626| 112  .654   1.3   0.2     
 1909 28 PHA AL  286  204   20   2.6    75| .223  .255| .292  .316| .281  .323| .573  .639|  79  .429  -5.7  -0.7     
 1910 29 PHA AL  189  133   20   4.0    74| .278  .249| .301  .315| .361  .321| .662  .636| 108  .606   0.7   0.1     
 1911 30 PHA AL  337  225   33   3.9    94| .273  .279| .341  .345| .340  .366| .681  .711|  92  .476  -2.5  -0.3     
 1912 31 PHA AL  154  114   11   2.6    89| .216  .269| .268  .337| .295  .354| .563  .691|  63  .315  -7.1  -0.8     
 1913 32 PHA AL   58   39    7   4.8    86| .283  .262| .333  .333| .396  .344| .729  .678| 115  .625   0.9   0.1     
 1914 33 PHA AL    3    3    0   0.0    79| .000  .252| .000  .325| .000  .330| .000  .654|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1915 34 PHA AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1485 1054  122   3.1    82| .242  .263| .296  .326| .308  .338| .604  .664|  82  .450 -31.0  -3.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1906 25 NYY AL C 42 145 38 12 1 .938 .961 4.36 5.46 0 1907 26 NYY AL C 61 257 90 17 7 .953 .968 5.69 5.46 11 1B 2 7 2 0 1 1.000 .978 4.50 10.95 1908 27 DET AL C 29 124 15 4 3 .972 .969 4.79 5.55 1 1909 28 PHA AL C 84 479 112 9 5 .985 .969 7.04 5.79 5 1910 29 PHA AL C 60 324 86 14 8 .967 .968 6.83 6.14 3 1911 30 PHA AL C 103 499 150 17 12 .974 .965 6.30 5.89 11 1912 31 PHA AL C 48 207 58 8 5 .971 .961 5.52 5.85 2 1913 32 PHA AL C 21 88 25 2 1 .983 .967 5.38 5.59 2 1914 33 PHA AL C 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 .972 7.00 5.70 1 1915 34 PHA AL C 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.50 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1907 26 NYY AL 1B 2 7 2 0 1 1.000 .978 4.50 10.95 1906 25 NYY AL C 42 145 38 12 1 .938 .961 4.36 5.46 0 1907 26 NYY AL C 61 257 90 17 7 .953 .968 5.69 5.46 11 1908 27 DET AL C 29 124 15 4 3 .972 .969 4.79 5.55 1 1909 28 PHA AL C 84 479 112 9 5 .985 .969 7.04 5.79 5 1910 29 PHA AL C 60 324 86 14 8 .967 .968 6.83 6.14 3 1911 30 PHA AL C 103 499 150 17 12 .974 .965 6.30 5.89 11 1912 31 PHA AL C 48 207 58 8 5 .971 .961 5.52 5.85 2 1913 32 PHA AL C 21 88 25 2 1 .983 .967 5.38 5.59 2 1914 33 PHA AL C 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 .972 7.00 5.70 1 1915 34 PHA AL C 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.50 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 450 2129 576 83 42 .970 .966 6.01 5.77 36 1B 2 7 2 0 1 1.000 .978 4.50 10.95 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 452 2136 578 83 43 .970 .966 6.00 5.79
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1908   WS    DET CHC     L   2   4   0   2  1  0  0   1   1   0  .500  .600  .750   0  0   0   0   0 
 1910   WS    PHA CHC     W   4  12   2   3  0  0  0   1   4   1  .250  .438  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1911   WS    PHA NYG     W   4  12   1   1  0  0  0   1   1   2  .083  .143  .083   0  1   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1  10  28   3   6  1  0  0   3   6   3  .214  .343  .250   0  1   0   1   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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-AL-8-0.19
Car-740-0.19 shares

HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 20, 1905: Purchased by the New York Highlanders from the Providence (Eastern). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 12, 1907: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the New York Highlanders.

December 8, 1908: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Detroit Tigers.


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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