Gary Thomasson

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: July 29, 1951 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 7th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oceanside HS (Oceanside, CA).

High School: Oceanside HS (Oceanside, CA)

Debut: September 5, 1972 (Age 21-038d, 13,280th in major league history)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1980 (Age 29-069d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Gary Leah Thomasson

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1978 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

2373

591

.249

315

RBI

294

OBP

.330

SLG

.391

OPS

.721

OPS+

Summary of 61 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 2 walk-off, 3 tying, 22 go ahead

4 Tms
SFG	38
LAD	15
OAK	5
NYY	3

Platoon
vs RHP	49
vs LHP	12

Home/Road
Home	31
Away	30

Outs
0	21
2	21
1	19

15 Opps
PIT	9
ATL	8
CIN	8
SDP	6
STL	4
LAD	4
HOU	4
PHI	3
MON	3
DET	3
MIN	2
SFG	2
CHC	2
NYY	2
BOS	1

53 Pitchers
Fred Norman	2
Larry Dierker	2
Bert Blyleven	2
John Denny	2
Jack Billingham	2
Bob Moose	2
Jim Lonborg	2
Ken Forsch	2
Carl Morton	1
Joe Henderson	1
Tom Hume	1
Hank Webb	1
Mike Davey	1
Charlie Hough	1
Don Gullett	1
Dave Roberts	1
Bill Bonham	1
Gene Garber	1
Phil Niekro	1
Tom Underwood	1
Don Sutton	1
Manny Sarmiento	1
Tom Griffin	1
Paul Thormodsgard	1
David Palmer	1
Brent Strom	1
Dan Warthen	1
Bruce Kison	1
Buzz Capra	1
Rawly Eastwick	1
Jackie Brown	1
Andy Messersmith	1
Dennis Eckersley	1
Frank Pastore	1
Bob Johnson	1
Ron Reed	1
Phil Nastu	1
Dave Freisleben	1
Tommy John	1
Ray Burris	1
Geoff Zahn	1
Terry Forster	1
Jim Bibby	1
Jim Slaton	1
Eddie Solomon	1
Enrique Romo	1
Donnie Moore	1
Rick Sawyer	1
George Frazier	1
Pedro Borbón	1
Danny Frisella	1
Eric Rasmussen	1
Max León	1

14 Parks
3Com Park (SFO)	21
Dodger Stad (LOS)	9
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	6
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	6
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
9	41
7	8
8	6
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	61

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	34
1--	13
12-	6
--3	2
-2-	2
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

99 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	34
1 on	17
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	27

Inning
1	5
2	9
3	4
4	9
5	9
6	5
7	7
8	7
9	4
Extra	2

1-3	18
4-6	23
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	3
+2	6
+1	5
Tied	17
-1	8
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	10

Ahead	21
Tied	17
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	27
RF	14
1B	12
LF	5
PH	3

OrderPos
7th	16
6th	12
1st	11
3rd	6
4th	5
9th	5
5th	4
8th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1973-04-12	SFG		HOU	Ken Forsch	behind 1-2	b 4	1	1--	2	7	7	0.246	67%		Home Run; G. Maddox Scores
2	2	2	1	1973-05-01	SFG		PIT	Bob Moose	behind 0-4	b 5	2	---	1	6	8	0.056	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1973-08-17	SFG	@	PIT	Bob Johnson	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	1--	2	4	3	0.072	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Fuentes Scores
4	4	4	1	1973-09-12	SFG	@	ATL	Carl Morton	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	0.106	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1974-09-16	SFG		ATL	Ron Reed	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	---	1	1	8	0.077	88%		Home Run
6	6	2	1	1974-09-19	SFG		CIN	Fred Norman	behind 1-8	b 8	2	12-	3	1	8	0.014	2%		Home Run; C. Speier Scores; K. Rudolph Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1975-04-23 (2)	SFG	@	HOU	Dave Roberts	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	3	0.086	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	2	1	1975-06-11	SFG		PHI	Tom Underwood	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	-23	3	1	8	0.102	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Sadek Scores; M. Caldwell Scores
9	9	3	1	1975-08-02	SFG		HOU	Larry Dierker	behind 1-6	b 5	1	---	1	9	PH	0.039	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	4	1	1975-08-26	SFG		MON	Dan Warthen	tied 3-3	b 8	1	---	1	3	8	0.300	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	5	1	1975-08-28	SFG		PHI	Jim Lonborg	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.106	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	6	1	1975-09-13	SFG		CIN	Don Gullett	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---	1	1	8	0.149	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	7	1	1975-09-28	SFG	@	SDP	Danny Frisella	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	---	1	7	3	0.131	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1976-06-21	SFG	@	SDP	Dave Freisleben	behind 0-5	t 7	0	1--	2	9	PH	0.047	8%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Thomas Scores
15	15	2	1	1976-06-23 (1)	SFG		SDP	Brent Strom	tied 1-1	b 2	2	1-3	3	1	8	0.267	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Evans Scores; R. Dressler Scores
16	16	3	1	1976-07-24 (1)	SFG	@	HOU	Ken Forsch	tied 3-3	t 10	0	---	1	1	PH	0.362	86%		Home Run
17	17	4	1	1976-08-05	SFG	@	ATL	Phil Niekro	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.103	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	5	1	1976-08-17	SFG		PIT	Bob Moose	tied 6-6	b 8	2	---	1	1	8	0.331	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	6	1	1976-09-09	SFG	@	LAD	Tommy John	tied 2-2	t 7	0	1--	2	7	3	0.278	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Speier Scores
20	20	7	1	1976-09-12 (2)	SFG		CIN	Manny Sarmiento	behind 3-6	b 5	1	---	1	5	3	0.090	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	8	1	1976-09-18	SFG	@	CIN	Fred Norman	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	3	0.115	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1977-04-07	SFG	@	LAD	Don Sutton	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.100	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	2	1	1977-04-23	SFG	@	MON	Jackie Brown	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	8	0.082	79%		Home Run (Deep CF)
24	24	3	1	1977-05-22	SFG	@	STL	Larry Dierker	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	8	0.109	74%		Home Run (CF-RF)
25	25	4	1	1977-05-25	SFG		CIN	Tom Hume	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	12-	3	6	8	0.143	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Evans Scores; T. Whitfield Scores
26	26	5	1	1977-05-30 (2)	SFG		SDP	Rick Sawyer	tied 5-5	b 6	1	1--	2	3	3	0.262	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Thomas Scores
27	27	6	1	1977-05-31	SFG		SDP	Tom Griffin	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.106	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	7	1	1977-06-03 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	Max León	behind 1-3	t 4	2	---	1	6	8	0.100	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	8	1	1977-06-11	SFG	@	CHC	Ray Burris	behind 1-2	t 2	1	---	1	6	8	0.101	48%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	9	1	1977-06-18	SFG		PIT	Terry Forster	tied 5-5	b 12	1	-2-	2	4	7	0.304	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); T. Whitfield Scores
31	31	10	1	1977-06-30	SFG	@	CIN	Joe Henderson	behind 2-7	t 8	2	12-	3	6	3	0.058	7%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Harris Scores; J. Clark Scores
32	32	11	1	1977-07-03	SFG		LAD	Charlie Hough	behind 2-10	b 7	1	---	1	1	3	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	12	1	1977-07-17	SFG	@	ATL	Buzz Capra	behind 0-5	t 5	2	---	1	4	9	0.033	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	13	1	1977-07-21	SFG		PHI	Jim Lonborg	tied 0-0	b 3	1	123	4	4	9	0.231	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Madlock Scores; D. Thomas Scores; D. Evans Scores
35	35	14	1	1977-08-21	SFG	@	PIT	Bruce Kison	behind 1-3	t 6	1	---	1	5	7	0.115	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	15	1	1977-09-02	SFG		STL	John Denny	behind 1-2	b 6	1	12-	3	6	9	0.384	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Madlock Scores; D. Evans Scores
37	37	16	1	1977-09-06	SFG	@	ATL	Mike Davey	ahead 10-0	t 6	2	1--	2	6	3	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Clark Scores
38	38	17	1	1977-09-26	SFG	@	LAD	Hank Webb	ahead 7-1	t 9	0	1--	2	3	3	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Andrews Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1978-04-25 (1)	OAK		MIN	Paul Thormodsgard	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	9	9	0.166	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	2	1	1978-04-25 (2)	OAK		MIN	Geoff Zahn	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1-3	3	9	9	0.306	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Armas Scores/unER; W. Gross Scores/unER; G. Thomasson Scores/unER
41	41	3	1	1978-05-12	OAK	@	DET	Jack Billingham	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	1	9	9	0.103	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	4	1	1978-06-03	OAK		NYY	Andy Messersmith	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	-2-	2	2	9	0.178	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Edwards Scores
43	43	5	1	1978-06-04	OAK		NYY	Rawly Eastwick	tied 2-2	b 4	2	---	1	8	9	0.150	66%		Home Run
44	44	6	1	1978-07-01	NYY		DET	Jack Billingham	behind 1-8	b 8	2	12-	3	7	8	0.013	2%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Chambliss Scores; R. Jackson Scores
45	45	7	1	1978-07-02 (2)	NYY		DET	Jim Slaton	tied 3-3	b 9	2	1--	2	6	7	0.440	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jackson Scores
46	46	8	1	1978-07-03	NYY	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	behind 2-3	t 4	0	---	1	7	9	0.121	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1979-04-15	LAD		ATL	Gene Garber	behind 2-7	b 7	0	1--	2	3	9	0.063	11%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Russell Scores
48	48	2	1	1979-05-11	LAD		MON	David Palmer	ahead 5-0	b 6	0	1--	2	7	8	0.014	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Ferguson Scores
49	49	3	1	1979-05-16	LAD	@	ATL	Eddie Solomon	behind 0-1	t 3	2	--3	2	3	8	0.205	58%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Lopes Scores
50	50	4	1	1979-05-25	LAD		CIN	Frank Pastore	ahead 9-2	b 4	1	1--	2	7	8	0.010	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Baker Scores
51	51	5	1	1979-05-27	LAD		CIN	Bill Bonham	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	8	0.096	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	6	1	1979-06-05	LAD	@	PIT	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	7	8	0.097	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	7	1	1979-06-18	LAD		CHC	Donnie Moore	ahead 6-3	b 7	1	---	1	7	8	0.029	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	8	1	1979-08-11	LAD	@	SFG	Pedro Borbón	ahead 6-2	t 8	2	---	1	7	8	0.017	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Thomasson Scores/unER
55	55	9	1	1979-08-14	LAD	@	STL	George Frazier	ahead 7-0	t 9	2	--3	2	7	8	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Ferguson Scores
56	56	10	1	1979-08-17	LAD	@	PIT	Jim Bibby	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	12-	3	6	8	0.159	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Cey Scores; D. Baker Scores
57	57	11	1	1979-08-18	LAD	@	PIT	Enrique Romo	ahead 4-1	t 9	2	---	1	7	9	0.022	98%		Home Run (Deep CF)
58	58	12	1	1979-08-25	LAD		STL	John Denny	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	---	1	7	9	0.079	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	13	1	1979-09-23	LAD	@	SDP	Eric Rasmussen	behind 0-1	t 7	0	1--	2	4	9	0.353	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Garvey Scores
60	60	14	1	1979-09-25	LAD	@	SFG	Phil Nastu	ahead 7-0	t 2	2	1--	2	6	8	0.023	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Baker Scores/unER; G. Thomasson Scores/Team unER
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1980-07-20 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-5	t 5	0	---	1	5	9	0.037	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)