Roy Thomas

Center Field

1899—1911

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Center Field RANK
#98

Player Detail

Roy Allen
GIVEN NAME
Thomas
SURNAME
March 24, 1874, in Norristown, PA
BORN
November 20, 1959, in Norristown, PA, USA
DIED
1899—1911
Playing Career
Played from 27-37
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia Phillies
Boston Braves
Teams Played For
Center Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Philadelphia Phillies
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#1 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 150
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
April 14, 1899
Major League Debut
September 4, 1911
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Roy Thomas?

The best little leadoff batter in baseball in the early years of the 20th century, Thomas played several seasons in the outfield with Sherry Magee and John Titus, forming one of the sport’s greatest trios.
According to Bill James, Roy Thomas holds the unofficial consecutive foul-ball record, with 22 in one plate appearance.
  • Roy Thomas Scouting Report

60

HITTING

30

POWER

50

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1470
1191
7
219
.282

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
31.6
60.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.732
.696
107.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.282
.403
.329

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Tommy Leach
Ginger Beaumont

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.279
.401
.326

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Roy Thomas Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Thomas
483
140
92
9
5
1
27
95
48
22
161
242
.282
.403
.329
732
AVG CF
529
146
76
18
8
3
50
49
26
187
201
.275
.344
.352
.696

Roy Thomas Rankings

AT Center Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
98
50
54
62
30
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Center Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
71
50
61
77
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Roy Thomas PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
32.2
31.1
22.3
15.8
3.54
74.6
45.7
33.5
22.8
5.28
BLUE = Roy Thomas
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
254.5
184.3
129.9
86.2
28.0
373.6
214.5
156.7
102.8
28.1
BLUE = Roy Thomas
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF