Lee Thomas

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: February 5, 1936 in Peoria, IL us

Died: August 31, 2022 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Affton, MO

High School: Beaumont HS (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: April 22, 1961 (Age 25-076d, 11,832nd in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1968 (Age 32-235d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: James Leroy Thomas

Nicknames: Mad Dog or White Fang

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

2x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

3324

847

106

.255

405

RBI

428

OBP

.327

SLG

.397

OPS

.724

OPS+

100

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	ATL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	50	13.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
2	2	Apr 13	ATL		PIT	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
3	3	Apr 15	ATL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
4	4	Apr 16	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
5	5	Apr 17	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	45	8.1	7	0	1	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 19	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
7	7	Apr 20	ATL	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
8	8	Apr 21	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	11	3	1	15	0	1B
9	9	Apr 22	ATL		NYM	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
10	10	Apr 23	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
11	11	Apr 24 (1)	ATL		NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
12	12	Apr 24 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
13	13	Apr 25	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
14	14	Apr 26	ATL	@	SFG	W,11-3	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
15	15	Apr 27	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
16	16	Apr 28	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-8	GS	12	1.2	2	1	0	3	0	1B
17	17	Apr 29	ATL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
18	18	Apr 30	ATL		HOU	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	ATL		HOU	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
20	20	May 3	ATL		PHI	W,9-8	CG	51	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
21	21	May 4	ATL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
22	22	May 5	ATL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
23	23	May 6	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
24	24	May 7	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
25	25	May 8	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	7	1	0	8	2	1B
26	26	May 9	ATL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
27	27	May 10 (1)	ATL		CIN	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
28	28	May 10 (2)	ATL		CIN	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
29	29	May 11	ATL		CIN	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
30	30	May 12	ATL	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	51	11.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
31	31	May 13	ATL	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
32	32	May 14	ATL	@	STL	W,3-0	GF	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
33	33	May 15	ATL	@	STL	L,3-5	GF	16	4.2	7	0	0	7	0	1B
34	35 (1)	May 18	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
35	36	May 20	ATL		CHC	W,12-2	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
36	39 (2)	May 22 (2)	ATL		CHC	L,3-4	GS	0	7.0	8	1	0	9	0
				Player went from Atlanta Braves to Chicago Cubs
37	39	May 29	CHC		ATL	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
38	40	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
39	41	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
40	42	May 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	GF	0	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	43	Jun 1 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
42	44	Jun 1 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
43	45	Jun 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
44	46	Jun 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
45	56 (9)	Jun 14	CHC	@	SFG	L,7-11	GS	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
46	57	Jun 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
47	58	Jun 16	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	59	Jun 18	CHC		HOU	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	61 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	CHC		HOU	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	66 (4)	Jun 24	CHC		NYM	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
51	68 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,7-0	GF	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
52	69	Jun 26 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	70	Jun 27	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	71	Jun 28	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
55	72	Jun 29	CHC	@	ATL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	73	Jul 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	74	Jul 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,9-12	GS	34	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	79 (4)	Jul 6	CHC		PIT	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
59	80	Jul 7	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
60	82 (1)	Jul 9	CHC		PHI	L,6-11	GS	34	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
61	87 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B LF
62	88	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	90 (1)	Jul 19	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	63	18.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	101 (10)	Jul 29	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	112 (10)	Aug 11 susp	CHC		HOU	L,8-9	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
66	116 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	W,12-10	CG	47	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
67	118 (1)	Aug 16	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	GF	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	119	Aug 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	147 (27)	Sep 16 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
70	149 (1)	Sep 17	CHC		STL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	159 (9)	Sep 28 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
72	160	Sep 30	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
							75gm		555.0	429	35	6	470	35