Bill Thomas  
Left Fielder | Retired or Inactive Players

Hitting
This guy can't hit a watermelon with a lampost. Thomas always has been a line-drive hitter who uses the entire field. He hangs in well against lefthanders' breaking balls, and some of the pitchers he hits best are the southpaw specialists often brought in to face him.

Baserunning & Defense
He has below-average speed and is stiff on the basepath. He's poor on a straight steal but has some success at reading pitchers and working a delayed steal. Thomas doesn't read balls well off the bat, misses cutoff men consistently and floats throws to the infield. Bill's arm leaves a little to be a desired.

2010 Outlook
What The Retired or Inactive Players was thinking when they signed Thomas to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 FA LF 35 29 37 48 51 50 53 48 48 30 0 Free Agent 19 46 . 166
1999 FA LF 35 30 37 48 51 50 53 48 48 31 0 Free Agent 19 46 . 166
2000 FA LF 35 30 36 48 51 50 53 48 48 32 0 Free Agent 19 46 . 163
2001 FA LF 35 30 35 48 51 50 53 48 48 33 0 Free Agent 19 46 . 160
2002 FA LF 35 29 33 48 51 50 53 48 48 34 0 Free Agent 19 46 . 154
2003 FA LF 34 29 32 48 51 50 53 48 48 35 0 Free Agent 18 46 . 149
2004 FA LF 33 29 31 48 51 50 53 48 48 36 0 Free Agent 17 44 . 145
2005 FA LF 31 28 28 48 51 50 53 48 48 37 0 Free Agent 16 44 . 134
2006 FA LF 29 27 26 48 51 50 53 48 48 38 0 Free Agent 15 43 . 125
2007 FA LF 27 26 23 48 51 50 53 48 48 39 0 Free Agent 14 41 . 114
2008 FA LF 25 24 19 48 51 50 53 48 48 40 0 Free Agent 13 40 . 101
Ratings Delta     -2 -2 -4             +1     -1 -1   -13
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.