Eric Thames stats

Last played for the Washington Nationals, 2020

First Baseman · #9

Age 39 · 6' 0"

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Eric Thames played 6 MLB seasons, 2011 to 2020.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
605
AB
1,868
R
286
H
451
HR
96
RBI
235
SB
18
AVG
.241

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2011TOR95362589512372.262
2012TOR/SEA8627127639251.232
2017MIL1384698311631634.247
2018MIL96247415416377.219
2019MIL149396679825613.247
2020WSH4112310253121.203

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
1
AB
4
R
1
H
2
HR
1
RBI
1
SB
0
AVG
.500

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
2,112
TB
873
XBH
213
HBP
28
IBB
14
GIDP
25
P/PA
4.02

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2011TOR394165415073.6
2012TOR/SEA290108241073.9
2017MIL551243617564.3
2018MIL278118292434.0
2019MIL4592005010404.1
2020WSH1403983124.1

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
2.0
RC
287.7
RC/27
5.30
ISOP
.226
SECA
.343
BB/K
0.34
AB/HR
19.5
GO/FO
0.60

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2011TOR-0.150.74.9.1930.30.330.20.7
2012TOR/SEA-0.927.53.4.1660.20.230.10.8
2017MIL1.488.16.6.2710.40.515.10.6
2018MIL0.637.85.2.2590.40.315.40.5
2019MIL1.671.86.4.2580.40.415.80.5
2020WSH-0.612.13.3.1140.20.3410.8

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
39 yearsNov 10, 1986
Height
6' 0"
Debut
2011
Birthplace
Santa Clara, CA
Draft
2008Rd 7, Pk 219
College
Pepperdine

Latest performance

Eric Thames

Sep 24 · vs NYM · L 3-2

AB
1
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
1
AVG
.203

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Thu, Sep 24vsNYML 3-210000
Tue, Sep 22vsPHIW 8-7 F/821000
Sun, Sep 20atMIAL 2-1 F/730000
Sat, Sep 19atMIAL 7-320000
Fri, Sep 18atMIAW 5-0 F/730100
Tue, Sep 15atTBL 6-130000

What were Eric Thames's career stats?

Eric Thames played 6 seasons for the Blue Jays, the Brewers and the Nationals. He was a career .241 hitter with 451 hits, 96 home runs and 235 RBI. His best season was 2011: a .262 batting average, 12 home runs and 37 RBI.

More on Eric Thames

Playoff series

Eric Thames played 1 game across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.

Eric Thames's line in each playoff series
SeasonOppSeriesGABAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HRHR: Home runs hit.RBIRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2019WSHLost 0-114211

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.