#76 Dickie Thon, Shortstop, 30 yrs, New York Empires

#76 Dickie Thon, Shortstop, 30 yrs, New York Empires
Sunday, 8/8/1988

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Dickie Thon

6/20/1958
30
USA,IN,SOUTH BEND
5"11
180

Shortstop
R
R

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Minimal
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
2 / 6 (Fair)
Average
Suffers
Normal
2.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 1,000,000
1988
9 Year(s), 98 Days (1646 total Days)
129 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 109 Days (1657 total Days)
10 Year(s)
Not eligible

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	39	58	41	56	53
Versus LHP	42	59	41	57	54
Versus RHP	38	57	41	56	52
Talent	43	57	45	63	57

Running & Bunting Ratings
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37
38
49
3
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
1B : 36 (Range), .998 (Fielding Pct.)
2B : 34 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 30 (Range), .955 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 40 (Range), .931 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 97
Outfield Arm : 12

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
7/29	@SC	L 0-6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#8
7/30	@SC	L 0-9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	#8
7/31	@SC	L 4-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#8
8/1	@NS	W 4-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#8
8/2	@NS	W 10-1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	#8
8/3	@NS	W 10-3	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	#8
8/4	@NS	L 4-6	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8
8/5	CHA	L 6-14	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	#8
8/6	CHA	L 1-8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
8/7	CHA	L 8-10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#8

Batting Stats 1988

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	112	389	95	21	2	16	56	53	47	107	.244	.330	.432	.761	.718	.188
Projected	162	563	137	30	3	23	81	77	68	155	.244	.330	.432	.761	.718	.188

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	112	443	4	0	0	10	0	3	168	39	0	1	.0	56.9	5.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	133	35	6	1	6	18	15	13	38	2	0	0	.263	.324	.459	.783
vs. RHP	256	60	15	1	10	38	38	34	69	1	0	4	.234	.332	.418	.750
Close/Late	26	6	1	0	0	5	1	2	6	0	0	0	.231	.286	.269	.555
Scoring Position	107	24	9	0	1	35	0	21	25	3	0	1	.224	.348	.336	.685
Pinch Hitting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	47	160	37	8	0	11	29	21	15	42	.231	.298	.487	.785
Road	65	229	58	13	2	5	27	32	32	65	.253	.351	.393	.744
This Week	6	21	5	1	0	1	2	2	1	6	.238	.304	.429	.733
Last Week	6	17	2	0	0	2	5	3	2	9	.118	.200	.471	.671
March/April	25	92	21	5	1	2	16	11	14	27	.228	.330	.370	.700
May	27	97	22	1	0	3	11	12	15	24	.227	.342	.330	.672
June	27	97	28	11	1	6	14	15	9	26	.289	.352	.608	.960
July	26	80	19	3	0	4	13	13	7	23	.237	.292	.425	.717
August	7	23	5	1	0	1	2	2	2	7	.217	.308	.391	.699

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1980	109	407	106	14	4	3	34	45	19	2	2	52	7	5	.260	.295	.337	.632	NS
1981	162	619	161	22	6	7	72	65	31	2	5	72	8	7	.260	.295	.349	.644	NS
1982	162	582	165	27	8	15	89	78	40	5	3	79	8	5	.284	.333	.435	.768	NS
1983	162	500	113	25	1	18	79	83	55	4	6	106	5	4	.226	.304	.388	.692	NS
1984	89	140	32	9	1	4	22	15	10	0	1	28	2	0	.229	.278	.393	.671	NS
1985	75	58	13	1	0	2	9	9	6	0	1	15	3	0	.224	.292	.345	.637	NS
1986	143	532	137	30	4	19	80	79	53	1	2	123	12	4	.258	.325	.436	.761	NS BRO LOU
1987	162	589	135	32	7	20	97	86	73	1	6	142	12	8	.229	.312	.409	.722	LOU NY
1988	112	389	95	21	2	16	56	53	47	4	3	107	0	1	.244	.330	.432	.761	NY
Total	1176	3816	957	181	33	104	538	513	334	19	29	724	57	34	.251	.312	.397	.709

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1980, AA	13	44	10	2	0	1	5	4	6	2	2	2	.227	.308	.341	.649
1980, AAA	39	170	52	10	1	4	33	16	8	17	2	0	.306	.335	.447	.782
1986, AAA	17	64	19	4	0	5	15	13	9	19	0	2	.297	.384	.594	.977

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1981	11	41	9	1	0	1	4	4	4	3	2	2	.220	.289	.317	.606
1987	5	16	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	.125	.176	.250	.426
Total	16	57	11	3	0	1	4	6	5	8	2	2	.193	.258	.298	.556

Fielding Stats 1988

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Shortstop

112

133

367

529

.945

941.1

5.06

Player History

Drafted in 14th round, 360th overall pick, by North Shore in 1980...
Injured on 4/16/1980 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
Had first career hit (double) on 6/2/1980, off Tommy John (BV)...
Hit first career homerun on 8/17/1980, off John Curtis (FAY)...
1/31/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,392,857 through salary arbitration...
1/31/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,392,857 through salary arbitration...
1/31/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,392,857 through salary arbitration...
9/28/1985: Signed a contract extension with North Shore, $1,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Traded from North Shore to Brooklyn on 2/15/1986 (Going to BRO: C Robert McWilliams, SS Dickie Thon. Going to NS: 2B Paul Molitor)...
Traded from Brooklyn to Louisville on 3/2/1986 (Going to BRO: C Gary Gardner. Going to LOU: SS Dickie Thon)...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/30/1986, hitting .419 with 4 HR, 11 RBI...
Traded from Louisville to New York on 2/10/1987 (Going to NY: SS Dickie Thon, P Kaz Tanaka, P Ron Darling, 1B John Monad. Going to LOU: LF Steve Kemp)...
Drove in 6 runs against Millbrae on 6/2/1987...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Triples
1982 - 8 - 10th

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