MLB / Players

Hollis Thurston

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 165 lb
BornJune 2, 1899 · Fremont, NE, USA
MLB debutApril 19, 1923
Final gameOctober 1, 1933
Seasons9 (1923–1933)

Chicago White Sox 1923; St. Louis Browns 1923; Chicago White Sox 1924–1926; Washington Senators 1927; Brooklyn Robins 1930–1931; Brooklyn Dodgers 1932–1933

Percentile snapshot

1927 season — qualified pitchers

G
29
41.9
GS
28
75.2
W
13
62
L
13
17.1
SV
0
0
CG
13
61.2
SHO
2
65.9
H
254
16.3
ER
102
12.4
BB
60
42.6
SO
38
17.8
HR
16
2.3
IP
205.3
65.9
ERA
4.47
24
WHIP
1.529
23.3
K/9
1.67
3.9
FIP
4.61
14
FIP-
113.1
6.2
ERA+
91.1
24
sWAR
2.0
47.3

of 130 qualified 1927 pitchers (min 157 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
94.6
17
sWAR
14.8
90.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1923478279102551042600.316.333.405.73889.994.3.3434.2
1924511331221531631951400.254.289.377.66665.971.9.3094.5
19254492842247201351300.286.326.417.74387.891.5.342-0.9
192638666151940053601.311.354.377.73193.694.7.3450.1
1927421019211294221751010.315.351.467.818108.6112.2.3732.0
19303655503103011101600.200.216.320.53622.728.3.2332.6
1931246460813211821000.217.242.333.57546.154.1.2611.4
193229605671751052900.304.328.429.756100.7102.6.3361.7
19333245444720070700.159.159.205.364-11.24.5.165-0.9

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
192346137848023168385511195.73.131.3752.533.6792.8126.54.2
1924383620141281330123603717291.03.801.3401.144.31103.2109.84.5
192536251014190250121473514183.05.951.6231.724.57108.970.5-0.9
192631136836116475363510134.35.021.4892.344.19108.876.70.1
1927292813130132254102603816205.34.471.5291.674.61113.191.12.0
19302411641521104017264106.03.401.1982.214.0382.4144.12.6
193124179901101756339233143.03.971.4971.453.7698.596.31.4
19322820128010217469383514153.04.061.3862.064.41114.994.51.7
19333215683501716634224131.34.521.5611.513.54108.971.9-0.9

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
343
PA
698
AB
648
R
65
H
175
2B
38
3B
10
HR
5
RBI
79
BB
24
SO
91
SB
1
BA
.2701
OBP
.2993
SLG
.3827
OPS
.6820

Pitching

G (P)
288
GS
178
W
89
L
86
SV
13
CG
95
443rd-most career CG
SHO
8
IP
1,543
SO (P)
306
BB allowed
369
ERA
4.241
WHIP
1.4443
K/9
1.79

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1930-09-28ATL @ LAD Gameday413101407
1932-08-13LAD @ SF Gameday524100205
1927-05-28MIN @ NYY Gameday323010005
1925-08-16DET @ CWS Gameday212110205
1931-06-26STL @ LAD Gameday522001205

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1932-08-07CIN @ LAD Gameday8.1887263
1923-08-22ATH @ CWS Gameday3.0311060
1927-06-11CWS @ MIN Gameday9.01344250
1932-06-10CHC @ LAD Gameday9.0631151
1931-09-17LAD @ CHC Gameday8.21144650

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.