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Leroy
Thornsberry		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: November 18, 1923 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1955   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 28 NO PL $ 300,000  
1953 29 MIN PL $ 1,530,000  
1954 30 OKC PL $ 1,530,000  
1955 31 DAL PL $ 1,530,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,530,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 28 NO PL 68 156 20 49 4 0 6 34 5 3 17 22 .314 .388 .455 .843 27.2 4.2
1953 29 MIN PL 120 315 59 98 15 2 14 59 15 6 36 42 .311 .384 .505 .889 59.5 10.1
1954 30 MIN PL 77 133 33 45 5 3 7 30 3 4 19 22 .338 .414 .579 .993 29.6 4.6
  OKC PL 36 93 19 34 7 0 4 12 2 2 17 13 .366 .460 .570 1.030 22.3 4.5
  TOT   113 226 52 79 12 3 11 42 5 6 36 35 .350 .433 .575 1.009 51.9 9.2
1955 31 OKC PL 53 190 36 70 11 0 5 40 3 1 17 25 .368 .422 .505 .927 36.1 6.5
  DAL PL 82 287 43 92 13 2 8 42 4 2 35 43 .321 .396 .463 .860 50.5 7.7
  TOT   135 477 79 162 24 2 13 82 7 3 52 68 .340 .406 .480 .886 86.7 14.2
4 Years Sim 436 1174 210 388 55 7 44 217 32 18 141 167 .330 .403 .502 .905 225.3 37.7
162 Game Average 436 78 144 20 2 16 80 11 6 52 62 .330 .403 .502 .905 83.7  
Career Highs 135 477 79 162 24 3 14 82 15 6 52 68 .350 .433 .575 1.009 86.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1060 189 359 49 7 38 201 29 17 132 137 .339 .413 .506 .918 207.1
vs LH   114 21 29 6 0 6 16 3 1 9 30 .254 .312 .465 .777 16.6
Home 211 565 112 199 26 4 22 96 17 13 69 80 .352 .424 .529 .953 115.3
Away 225 609 98 189 29 3 22 121 15 5 72 87 .310 .384 .476 .860 108.4
RISP   332 0 110 15 1 16 171 0 0 53 39 .331 .409 .527 .937 70.6
Pinch Hitting   127 24 41 8 1 6 39 0 1 14 14 .323 .386 .543 .930 24.6
Close/Late   169 22 51 8 0 5 30 0 0 15 28 .302 .360 .438 .798 25.7
Mar/Apr 43 128 20 41 5 3 3 19 3 0 9 18 .320 .371 .477 .848 21.3
May 85 233 37 73 13 0 9 45 3 6 20 34 .313 .367 .485 .852 37.9
June 83 214 51 88 7 2 11 51 7 5 31 30 .411 .480 .617 1.097 55.1
July 91 232 38 67 8 1 10 49 6 2 27 30 .289 .365 .461 .826 39.0
August 86 251 45 88 18 1 7 42 7 4 31 39 .351 .426 .514 .940 50.0
Sep/Oct 48 116 19 31 4 0 4 11 6 1 23 16 .267 .390 .405 .795 20.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 28 NO PL RF 40 34 300.7 65 4 3 1 .958 2.07   0.6
    LF 4 0 8.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1953 29 MIN PL RF 54 52 448.0 123 4 5 2 .962 2.55   1.0
    LF 12 12 93.7 29 1 1 0 .968 2.88    
    CF 5 5 41.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.07    
1954 30 MIN PL RF 22 16 134.5 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.4
    LF 23 15 121.5 28 0 1 0 .966 2.07   0.0
    CF 1 0 4.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.39   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.2 2 0 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
  OKC PL RF 11 7 96.2 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.8
    LF 11 7 86.9 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.07   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.10   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
  TOT   RF 33 23 230.7 55 0 0 0 1.000 2.15   1.2
      LF 34 22 208.4 48 0 1 0 .980 2.07   0.0
      CF 2 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
      1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1955 31 OKC PL RF 48 44 395.5 74 2 2 1 .974 1.73   0.3
    LF 3 0 13.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.0
  DAL PL RF 74 68 614.8 116 4 2 1 .984 1.76   1.2
    LF 4 1 21.3 5 0 1 0 .833 2.11   0.0
  RF 249 221 1989.7 433 14 12 5 .974 2.02   4.3
  LF 57 35 345.4 87 1 3 0 .967 2.29   0.0
  CF 8 5 52.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.0
  1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
Career Totals   316 261 2390.1 542 15 15 6 .974 2.10   4.3
Career Highs   129 113 1045.3 198 6 6 2 .991 2.64    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1954 30 OKC PL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1955-4-.340
 Singles
1955-8-123
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 4
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36
 
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History
Drafted in 21st round, 408th overall pick, by New Orleans in 1952
Had first career hit on 5/14/1952, off Joshua Stephens (SA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/11/1952, off John Rademacher (OMA)
Drove in 6 runs against Salt Lake City on 7/30/1952
Injured on 8/27/1952 with a Broken Finger, out for 5-6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Minneapolis on 2/28/1953 to a 3-year deal worth $1,530,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1953, hitting .609 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Dallas on 7/2/1953
Traded from Minneapolis to Oklahoma on 7/28/1954 (Going to MIN: P Martin Reddin, P Wendell Mejorado. Going to OKC: RF Leroy Thornsberry)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1955, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Oklahoma to Denver on 6/16/1955 (Going to OKC: 2B Joe Whelan, 1B August Jones, LF Carl Benda. Going to DEN: 1B Rod Madera, 3B Joel Monroy, RF Leroy Thornsberry, LF Greg Wampler)
Traded from Denver to Dallas on 6/16/1955 (Going to DAL: RF Leroy Thornsberry. Going to DEN: 2B Tom Jost)
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
 
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