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Roy Thomas

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 150lb (180cm, 68kg)

Born: March 24, 1874 in Norristown, PA us

Died: November 20, 1959 in Norristown, PA

Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Norristown, PA

High School: Norristown Area HS (Norristown, PA)

School: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: April 14, 1899 (Age 25-021d, 2,122nd in major league history)

Last Game: September 4, 1911 (Age 37-164d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1899 season

Full Name: Roy Allen Thomas

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Relatives: Brother of Bill Thomas

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.7

5296

1537

.290

1011

RBI

299

244

OBP

.414

SLG

.333

OPS

.747

OPS+

124

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

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI	@	BRO	W,12-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 17	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 19	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 22	PHI		NYG	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 24	PHI		NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
9	9	Apr 26	PHI		BSN	T,3-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 28	PHI		BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 29	PHI		BSN	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	May 2	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 3	PHI	@	BRO	L,9-13	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 5	PHI		BRO	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 6	PHI		BRO	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	18 (1)	May 8	PHI		BRO	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	19	May 9	PHI		PIT	L,6-9	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	20	May 10	PHI		PIT	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	21	May 11	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	22	May 12	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	23	May 13	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	24	May 15	PHI		STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	25	May 16	PHI		STL	L,8-11	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	26	May 18	PHI		CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	27	May 19	PHI		CIN	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	28	May 20	PHI		CIN	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	29	May 22	PHI		CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	30	May 23	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	31	May 24	PHI		CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	32	May 25	PHI		CHC	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	33	May 26	PHI		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	34	May 27	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	35	May 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
35	36	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,15-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	37	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	38	May 31	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	39	Jun 1	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	40	Jun 3	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	41	Jun 6	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	42	Jun 7	PHI	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	43	Jun 8	PHI	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	44	Jun 9	PHI	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	45	Jun 10	PHI	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	47 (1)	Jun 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	48	Jun 13	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	49	Jun 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	50	Jun 15	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	51	Jun 16	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	52	Jun 17	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
51	53	Jun 19	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	54	Jun 20	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	55	Jun 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	56	Jun 22	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
55	57	Jun 24 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	58	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,13-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	59	Jun 26	PHI		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	60	Jun 27	PHI		BRO	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	61	Jun 28	PHI		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
60	62	Jun 29 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
61	63	Jun 29 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	64	Jun 30	PHI		BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	65	Jul 1	PHI		BSN	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	66	Jul 3	PHI		NYG	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	67	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	68	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
67	69	Jul 5	PHI		NYG	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	70	Jul 6	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	71	Jul 7	PHI	@	BSN	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	72	Jul 8	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	73	Jul 10	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	74	Jul 11	PHI		STL	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	75	Jul 12	PHI		STL	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	76	Jul 13 (1)	PHI		STL	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	77	Jul 13 (2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	78	Jul 14	PHI		STL	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	79	Jul 15	PHI		CIN	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
78	80	Jul 17	PHI		CIN	L,0-1	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	81	Jul 18	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	CG	0	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	82	Jul 19	PHI		CIN	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	83	Jul 20	PHI		PIT	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	84	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	85	Jul 21 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	86	Jul 24	PHI		CHC	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	87	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	88	Jul 26	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	1	0	1	2	0
87	89	Jul 27	PHI		CHC	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	90	Jul 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	92 (1)	Jul 31	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	93	Aug 1	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	94	Aug 2	PHI	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	95	Aug 5 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
93	96	Aug 5 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	99 (2)	Aug 7	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-13	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	100	Aug 8	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
96	101	Aug 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
97	102	Aug 10	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	103	Aug 11	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	11.2	2	0	0	2	0
99	104	Aug 12	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	105	Aug 14	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	106	Aug 15	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	107	Aug 17	PHI		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	108	Aug 18	PHI		STL	L,9-11	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	109	Aug 19	PHI		STL	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	110	Aug 21	PHI		CIN	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	111	Aug 22	PHI		CIN	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	112	Aug 23	PHI		CIN	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	113	Aug 24	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	20.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	114	Aug 26 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
110	115	Aug 26 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
111	116	Aug 28	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
112	117	Aug 29 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	118	Aug 29 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
114	119	Aug 31	PHI	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	120	Sep 1	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	121	Sep 4 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	122	Sep 4 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-11	CG	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	123	Sep 5	PHI		BRO	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	124	Sep 6	PHI		BRO	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	125	Sep 7	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
121	127 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
122	128	Sep 9 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	129	Sep 13	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	5	0	0	5	0
124	130	Sep 14	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	131	Sep 15	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	132	Sep 16 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	133	Sep 16 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	T,4-4	CG	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
128	134	Sep 19 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
129	135	Sep 19 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	136	Sep 20 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
131	137	Sep 20 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	138	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	139	Sep 21 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
134	140	Sep 22	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	141	Sep 23	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	142	Sep 26	PHI	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	143	Sep 27	PHI	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	144	Sep 28	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	145	Sep 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
140	146	Sep 30	PHI	@	CIN	W,15-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
141	149 (2)	Oct 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	150	Oct 3	PHI	@	CHC	T,5-5	CG	0	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
143	151	Oct 5 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
144	152	Oct 5 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	153	Oct 6	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
146	154	Oct 7 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	1	1	0	2	1
147	155	Oct 7 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
							147gm			373	27	7	407	6