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Name	Team	Age
Joe Thomas	Retired (1983, Age 35)	40
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 40 (1969)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Old Jeter Wood League	0	5 years (73 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A+	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C	B-	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	10/10/1948
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (RF)
A+ (99.0 %)	A+ (98.8 %)	D  (15.6 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1970

Minors

73.00

7 / 9

4 / 6

5 / 11

7 / 10

7 / 11

3 / 12

6 / 14

39 / 73

1970

Pos (3B)

38.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

15 / 38

1971

Minors

54.00

3 / 6

6 / 7

4 / 7

2 / 8

4 / 6

4 / 13

2 / 7

25 / 54

1971

Pos (2B)

43.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

17 / 43

1972

Minors

23.00

1 / 4

3 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 3

2 / 5

6 / 23

1973

Minors

27.00

2 / 5

3 / 4

1 / 3

3 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 3

10 / 27

1974

Minors

29.00

0 / 2

0 / 3

5 / 8

2 / 3

3 / 9

0 / 2

0 / 2

10 / 29

1975

Majors

21.75

162

11

0

1 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 4

2 / 21

1976

Majors

21.68

162

13

0

0 / 3

1 / 5

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 5

2 / 21

1977

Majors

59.96

145

111

17

0 / 10

5 / 11

1 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 8

7 / 59

1978

Minors

19.00

1 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 5

3 / 19

1978

Majors

11.96

30

23

0

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 11

1979

Minors

24.00

1 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 1

1 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 2

3 / 24

1980

Minors

26.00

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 26

1981

Majors

33.72

162

24

0

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 1

0 / 5

1 / 6

1 / 33

1982

Majors

51.34

162

67

0

1 / 7

-4 / 13

-3 / 4

-3 / 8

-4 / 5

-1 / 8

-3 / 6

-17 / 51

1983

Minors

9.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 9

1983

Majors

11.21

60

13

0

-4 / 0

-5 / 3

-3 / 1

-5 / 2

-1 / 0

-2 / 4

-1 / 1

-21 / 11

Total

883

262

17

13 / 70

16 / 75

11 / 68

7 / 66

12 / 63

5 / 79

7 / 70

103 / 572

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1983-11-01	Joe Thomas has retired from the Texas Bandits
1983-07-04	The Texas Bandits have designated Joe Thomas for assignment.
1983-06-04	The Texas Bandits have promoted Joe Thomas to the major league team.
1983-05-26	The Texas Bandits have promoted Dave Simmons to the major league team. The Texas Bandits have designated Joe Thomas for assignment.
1983-04-18	The Texas Bandits have promoted Joe Thomas to the major league team.
1983-04-18	The Texas Bandits have acquired Joe Thomas from the waiver wire.
1983-04-01	The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Ray Odwell to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Bo Hogan to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Guy Williams to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have waived Darnell Kruger. The Kansas City Monarchs have waived Joe Thomas. The Kansas City Monarchs have waived Lou Everitt. The Kansas City Monarchs have waived Burt Polonia.
1981-04-01	The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Joe Thomas to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have waived Reid Claset.
1978-05-23	The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Oliver Bockman to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have designated Joe Thomas for assignment.
1978-05-16	The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted King Berryhill to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Joe Thomas to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Rene Creeden to the major league team.
1978-05-16	The Kansas City Monarchs have acquired Joe Thomas from the waiver wire.
1978-04-28	The Texas Bandits have promoted Al Thompson to the major league team. The Texas Bandits have waived Joe Thomas.
1977-06-18	Joe Thomas of the Texas Bandits is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1976-09-16	Trade #1449541 has been completed between the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Fredbirds. The St. Louis Fredbirds receive Jesse Smith, Draft Pick - 1977 Round 3 (OAK) from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Joe Thomas.
1976-06-27	The St. Louis Fredbirds have placed Joe Thomas on the trade block.
1975-04-01	The St. Louis Fredbirds have promoted Joe Thomas to the major league team. The St. Louis Fredbirds have designated Rick Downs for assignment.