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Dickie Thon
Richard William Thon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut May 22, 1979
  vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1993
Born June 20, 1958 in South Bend, IN

Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 21 CAL AL  35   56    6   19   3  0   0    8   0  0   5  10  .339  .393  .393  118   22   1   0   0   0   2
 1980 22 CAL AL  80  267   32   68  12  2   0   15   7  5  10  28  .255  .282  .315   66   84   5   2   0   1   5
 1981 23 HOU NL  49   95   13   26   6  0   0    3   6  1   9  13  .274  .337  .337   96   32   1   0   1   0   3
 1982 24 HOU NL 136  496   73  137  31 10   3   36  37  8  37  48  .276  .327  .397  110  197   5   1   2   1   4
 1983 25 HOU NL 154  619   81  177  28  9  20   79  34 16  54  73  .286  .341  .457  127  283   3   8  10   2  12 SS,MVP-7,AS
 1984 26 HOU NL   5   17    3    6   0  1   0    1   0  1   0   4  .353  .389  .471  150    8   0   0   0   1   1
 1985 27 HOU NL  84  251   26   63   6  1   6   29   8  3  18  50  .251  .299  .355   85   89   1   2   4   0   2
 1986 28 HOU NL 106  278   24   69  13  1   3   21   6  5  29  49  .248  .318  .335   83   93   1   1   5   0   8
 1987 29 HOU NL  32   66    6   14   1  0   1    3   3  0  16  13  .212  .366  .273   76   18   1   0   3   0   1
 1988 30 SDP NL  95  258   36   68  12  2   1   18  19  4  33  49  .264  .347  .337   99   87   2   2   0   1   4
 1989 31 PHI NL 136  435   45  118  18  4  15   60   6  3  33  81  .271  .321  .434  116  189   1   3   6   0   6
 1990 32 PHI NL 149  552   54  141  20  4   8   48  12  5  37  77  .255  .305  .350   81  193   1   2  10   3  14
 1991 33 PHI NL 146  539   44  136  18  4   9   44  11  5  25  84  .252  .283  .351   79  189   2   4   6   0   9
 1992 34 TEX AL  95  275   30   68  15  3   4   37  12  2  20  40  .247  .293  .367   87  101   3   5   1   0   2
 1993 35 MIL AL  85  245   23   66  10  1   1   33   6  5  22  39  .269  .324  .331   78   81   3   5   3   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1387 4449  496 1176 193 42  71  435 167 63 348 658  .264  .317  .374   95 1666  30  35  51   9  77
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        520   58  137  23  5   8   51  20  7  41  77  .264  .317  .374   95  195   4   4   6   1   9
 Career High    154  619   81  177  31 10  20   79  37 16  54  84  .286  .347  .457  127  283   5   8  10   3  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 21 CAL AL   62   40    8   5.3    98| .339  .265| .393  .329| .393  .401| .786  .730| 118  .556   1.6   0.2   0%
 1980 22 CAL AL  285  216   23   2.9    96| .255  .266| .282  .327| .315  .394| .597  .721|  66  .297 -12.6  -1.3  58%
 1981 23 HOU NL  105   74   11   4.0    88| .274  .257| .337  .321| .337  .368| .674  .689|  96  .490  -0.1   0.0  85%
 1982 24 HOU NL  540  377   69   5.0    88| .276  .256| .327  .318| .397  .372| .724  .690| 110  .571   6.0   0.6  82%
 1983 25 HOU NL  686  481   95   5.3    91| .286  .255| .341  .322| .457  .378| .798  .700| 127  .602  21.4   2.2  68%
 1984 26 HOU NL   18   13    2   4.1    87| .353  .254| .389  .317| .471  .369| .860  .686| 150  .496   0.9   0.1   0%
 1985 27 HOU NL  272  196   27   3.7    92| .251  .257| .299  .324| .355  .382| .654  .706|  85  .444  -5.6  -0.6  72%
 1986 28 HOU NL  309  224   28   3.4    95| .248  .258| .318  .328| .335  .389| .653  .716|  83  .390  -6.0  -0.6  54%
 1987 29 HOU NL   83   54    8   4.0   102| .212  .264| .366  .333| .273  .412| .639  .745|  76  .420  -1.5  -0.1 100%
 1988 30 SDP NL  296  202   34   4.6    89| .264  .255| .347  .319| .337  .374| .684  .693|  99  .559   0.9   0.1  82%
 1989 31 PHI NL  472  330   61   5.0    90| .271  .253| .321  .320| .434  .377| .755  .696| 116  .594   7.2   0.8  66%
 1990 32 PHI NL  595  433   57   3.5    97| .255  .263| .305  .329| .350  .395| .655  .724|  81  .401 -15.6  -1.6  70%
 1991 33 PHI NL  570  423   52   3.3    93| .252  .257| .283  .324| .351  .384| .634  .708|  79  .392 -17.3  -1.8  68%
 1992 34 TEX AL  303  219   32   3.9    92| .247  .256| .293  .324| .367  .380| .660  .704|  87  .449  -5.0  -0.5  85%
 1993 35 MIL AL  275  196   27   3.7   102| .269  .265| .324  .336| .331  .406| .655  .742|  78  .379  -7.1  -0.7  54%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     4871 3478  534   4.1    93| .264  .258| .317  .324| .374  .384| .691  .708|  95  .482 -32.9  -3.2  72%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 21 CAL AL 2B 24 34 38 6 12 .923 .978 3.00 4.80 5.18 5.50 10 125.0 SS 8 3 8 2 1 .846 .965 1.38 4.10 4.07 5.00 2 24.3 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 DH 1 1980 22 CAL AL SS 22 24 66 7 12 .928 .963 4.09 4.26 4.35 4.99 22 186.0 2B 21 39 46 1 15 .988 .982 4.05 4.91 4.64 5.60 18 164.7 DH 15 3B 10 4 16 2 1 .909 .952 2.00 2.59 2.50 3.01 7 72.0 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.40 10.00 10.00 0 2.7 1981 23 HOU NL 2B 28 37 39 4 10 .950 .982 2.71 4.72 4.01 5.52 18 170.7 SS 13 12 17 2 2 .935 .960 2.23 4.44 4.77 5.10 5 54.7 3B 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 .948 2.20 2.48 3.63 2.84 2 27.3 1982 24 HOU NL SS 119 177 399 15 80 .975 .967 4.84 4.38 5.09 5.01 114 1018.3 3B 8 6 13 2 2 .905 .950 2.38 2.42 2.98 2.76 6 57.3 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 1983 25 HOU NL SS 154 258 533 28 114 .966 .967 5.14 4.16 5.15 4.85 154 1382.3 AS 1984 26 HOU NL SS 5 8 13 0 1 1.000 .963 4.20 3.98 4.85 4.87 5 39.0 1985 27 HOU NL SS 79 106 218 11 48 .967 .963 4.10 4.26 4.81 4.88 68 606.0 1986 28 HOU NL SS 104 142 210 10 39 .972 .963 3.38 3.96 4.51 4.75 76 702.0 1987 29 HOU NL SS 31 21 53 6 7 .925 .965 2.39 3.89 3.73 4.72 18 178.7 1988 30 SDP NL SS 70 82 168 12 28 .954 .967 3.57 3.99 4.10 4.63 62 549.3 2B 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.60 3.60 5.22 1 10.0 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.40 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 1989 31 PHI NL SS 129 174 380 16 65 .972 .966 4.29 3.88 4.87 4.51 118 1024.0 1990 32 PHI NL SS 148 222 439 25 86 .964 .967 4.47 4.00 4.71 4.59 141 1262.0 1991 33 PHI NL SS 146 234 412 21 65 .969 .966 4.42 3.88 4.55 4.67 143 1277.0 1992 34 TEX AL SS 87 117 225 15 38 .958 .969 3.93 4.13 4.54 4.71 75 678.7 1993 35 MIL AL SS 28 28 57 3 8 .966 .973 3.04 4.13 4.34 4.69 19 176.3 3B 25 12 30 1 2 .977 .950 1.68 2.31 2.47 2.69 16 153.3 2B 22 40 32 3 9 .960 .981 3.27 4.54 5.14 5.15 14 126.0 DH 14
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 22 CAL AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.40 10.00 10.00 0 2.7 1979 21 CAL AL 2B 24 34 38 6 12 .923 .978 3.00 4.80 5.18 5.50 10 125.0 1980 22 CAL AL 2B 21 39 46 1 15 .988 .982 4.05 4.91 4.64 5.60 18 164.7 1981 23 HOU NL 2B 28 37 39 4 10 .950 .982 2.71 4.72 4.01 5.52 18 170.7 1982 24 HOU NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 0.00 5.40 0 2.0 1988 30 SDP NL 2B 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.60 3.60 5.22 1 10.0 1993 35 MIL AL 2B 22 40 32 3 9 .960 .981 3.27 4.54 5.14 5.15 14 126.0 1979 21 CAL AL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1980 22 CAL AL 3B 10 4 16 2 1 .909 .952 2.00 2.59 2.50 3.01 7 72.0 1981 23 HOU NL 3B 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 .948 2.20 2.48 3.63 2.84 2 27.3 1982 24 HOU NL 3B 8 6 13 2 2 .905 .950 2.38 2.42 2.98 2.76 6 57.3 1988 30 SDP NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.40 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 1993 35 MIL AL 3B 25 12 30 1 2 .977 .950 1.68 2.31 2.47 2.69 16 153.3 1979 21 CAL AL DH 1 1980 22 CAL AL DH 15 1993 35 MIL AL DH 14 1979 21 CAL AL SS 8 3 8 2 1 .846 .965 1.38 4.10 4.07 5.00 2 24.3 1980 22 CAL AL SS 22 24 66 7 12 .928 .963 4.09 4.26 4.35 4.99 22 186.0 1981 23 HOU NL SS 13 12 17 2 2 .935 .960 2.23 4.44 4.77 5.10 5 54.7 1982 24 HOU NL SS 119 177 399 15 80 .975 .967 4.84 4.38 5.09 5.01 114 1018.3 1983 25 HOU NL SS 154 258 533 28 114 .966 .967 5.14 4.16 5.15 4.85 154 1382.3 1984 26 HOU NL SS 5 8 13 0 1 1.000 .963 4.20 3.98 4.85 4.87 5 39.0 1985 27 HOU NL SS 79 106 218 11 48 .967 .963 4.10 4.26 4.81 4.88 68 606.0 1986 28 HOU NL SS 104 142 210 10 39 .972 .963 3.38 3.96 4.51 4.75 76 702.0 1987 29 HOU NL SS 31 21 53 6 7 .925 .965 2.39 3.89 3.73 4.72 18 178.7 1988 30 SDP NL SS 70 82 168 12 28 .954 .967 3.57 3.99 4.10 4.63 62 549.3 1989 31 PHI NL SS 129 174 380 16 65 .972 .966 4.29 3.88 4.87 4.51 118 1024.0 1990 32 PHI NL SS 148 222 439 25 86 .964 .967 4.47 4.00 4.71 4.59 141 1262.0 1991 33 PHI NL SS 146 234 412 21 65 .969 .966 4.42 3.88 4.55 4.67 143 1277.0 1992 34 TEX AL SS 87 117 225 15 38 .958 .969 3.93 4.13 4.54 4.71 75 678.7 1993 35 MIL AL SS 28 28 57 3 8 .966 .973 3.04 4.13 4.34 4.69 19 176.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1143 1608 3198 173 594 .965 .966 4.20 4.07 4.72 4.74 1022 9158.7 2B* 98 152 157 14 47 .957 .981 3.15 4.74 4.65 5.46 61 598.3 3B* 50 27 67 5 6 .949 .950 1.88 2.41 2.70 2.79 31 313.0 DH 30 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.40 10.00 10.00 0 2.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1292 1790 3422 192 647 .964 .967 4.03 4.06 4.66 4.72 1114 10073
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1979   ALCS  CAL BAL     L   1   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  HOU LAD     L   4  11   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   0  .182  .250  .182   0  0   0   0   0 
 1986   NLCS  HOU NYM     L   6  12   1   3  0  0  1   1   0   1  .250  .250  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   7  12   2   3  0  0  1   1   0   1  .250  .250  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   0-3  11  23   2   5  0  0  1   1   1   1  .217  .250  .348   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1983   HOU NL       3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1983 *

Silver Sluggers
1983-NL--SS

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-NL-7-0.20
Car-720-0.20 shares

At Bats
1983 NL-619-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1983 NL-686-6

Hits
1983 NL-177-7

Total Bases
1983 NL-283-4

Triples
1982 NL-10-1
1983 NL-9-5

Stolen Bases
1982 NL-37-9

Singles
1983 NL-120-10

Runs Created
1983 NL-95-10

Extra-Base Hits
1983 NL-57-8

Times on Base
1983 NL-233-10

Sac. Flies
1983 NL-8-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1990 NL-14-8

Caught Stealing
1983 NL-16-5

Power/Speed Number
1983 NL-25.2-4

Outs
1983 NL-481-5

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

November 23, 1975: Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent.

April 1, 1981: Traded by the California Angels to the Houston Astros for Ken Forsch.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

February 18, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

January 27, 1989: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the San Diego Padres.

November 4, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 16, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 5, 1992: Released by the Texas Rangers.

February 2, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Houston Astros$675,000
1986Houston Astros$600,000
1987Houston Astros$675,000
1988San Diego Padres$200,000
1989Philadelphia Phillies$600,000
1990Philadelphia Phillies$1,100,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$1,250,000
1992Texas Rangers$600,000
1993Milwaukee Brewers$250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,950,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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