Derrel Thomas
Houston Astros 1971; San Diego Padres 1972–1974; San Francisco Giants 1975–1977; San Diego Padres 1978; Los Angeles Dodgers 1979–1983; California Angels 1984; Montreal Expos 1984; Philadelphia Phillies 1985
Percentile snapshot
1977 season — qualified batters
of 147 qualified 1977 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -130.4 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.1 |
| 1972 | 130 | 550 | 500 | 48 | 115 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 73 | 9 | 9 | .230 | .290 | .310 | .600 | 76.4 | 75.7 | .285 | 0.7 |
| 1973 | 113 | 449 | 404 | 41 | 96 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 34 | 52 | 15 | 5 | .238 | .299 | .260 | .559 | 62.0 | 60.8 | .268 | -0.1 |
| 1974 | 141 | 585 | 523 | 48 | 129 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 51 | 58 | 7 | 8 | .247 | .313 | .333 | .645 | 82.3 | 83.5 | .305 | 1.0 |
| 1975 | 144 | 611 | 540 | 99 | 149 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 57 | 56 | 28 | 13 | .276 | .347 | .381 | .728 | 103.4 | 98.9 | .347 | 2.5 |
| 1976 | 81 | 313 | 272 | 38 | 63 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 11 | .232 | .313 | .301 | .614 | 77.1 | 73.4 | .300 | 0.3 |
| 1977 | 148 | 568 | 506 | 75 | 135 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 46 | 70 | 15 | 13 | .267 | .328 | .379 | .707 | 92.4 | 90.4 | .325 | 1.6 |
| 1978 | 128 | 401 | 352 | 36 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 6 | .227 | .301 | .293 | .594 | 74.2 | 72.8 | .284 | 0.1 |
| 1979 | 141 | 460 | 406 | 47 | 104 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 41 | 49 | 18 | 5 | .256 | .330 | .350 | .679 | 87.7 | 88.0 | .314 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 117 | 332 | 297 | 32 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 7 | 9 | .266 | .326 | .357 | .683 | 94.2 | 93.2 | .318 | 1.2 |
| 1981 | 80 | 252 | 218 | 25 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 2 | .248 | .322 | .321 | .644 | 89.3 | 87.6 | .307 | 0.7 |
| 1982 | 66 | 109 | 98 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .265 | .333 | .306 | .639 | 86.7 | 83.6 | .305 | 0.2 |
| 1983 | 118 | 227 | 192 | 38 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 3 | .250 | .345 | .375 | .720 | 105.3 | 101.8 | .337 | 0.8 |
| 1984 | 122 | 302 | 272 | 29 | 66 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 37 | 0 | 4 | .243 | .299 | .309 | .607 | 75.1 | 74.9 | .287 | 0.2 |
| 1985 | 63 | 103 | 92 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .207 | .291 | .359 | .650 | 78.5 | 79.2 | .301 | 0.2 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-08-31 | CHC @ LAD Gameday | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1977-09-13 | ATL @ SF Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1975-07-07 | SF @ STL Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1975-04-13 | ATL @ SF Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1977-08-24 | SF @ STL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.