Pinch Thomas
1912–1926 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, PIR
486G
.237AVG
.318OBP
.284SLG
More career statistics
245H
2HR
102RBI
12SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 486 | 487 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,035 | 1,038 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 10 |
| Batting · Doubles | 27 | 26 |
| Batting · Hits | 245 | 244 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 82 | 87 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,198 | 1,202 |
| Batting · Runs | 88 | 87 |
| Batting · RBI | 102 | 106 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 12 | 11 |
| Batting · Walks | 118 | 117 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 486 | 1,198 | 1,035 | 88 | 245 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 102 | 118 | 82 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 294 | .237 | .318 | .284 | .602 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1913-09-24 to 1914-04-15
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1917-05-20 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1914-07-29 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 5 | 6 total bases | 1916-05-29 | 1 in 43 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 246 | 564 | 117 | 0 | 52 | 59 | 37 | .242 | .312 | .290 |
| Away | 241 | 638 | 127 | 2 | 54 | 58 | 50 | .229 | .290 | .274 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 8 | .208 | .315 | .250 |
| May | 74 | 182 | 38 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 16 | .245 | .319 | .297 |
| June | 115 | 269 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 17 | .232 | .301 | .283 |
| July | 86 | 231 | 49 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 15 | .241 | .299 | .291 |
| August | 72 | 162 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 12 | .250 | .340 | .295 |
| September | 87 | 228 | 46 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 16 | .222 | .250 | .256 |
| October | 15 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .250 | .317 | .306 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 75 | 173 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 14 | .250 | .312 | .299 |
| new-york-yankees | 72 | 178 | 37 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 11 | .237 | .315 | .308 |
| detroit-tigers | 71 | 179 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 15 | .184 | .240 | .228 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 71 | 195 | 43 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 12 | .264 | .338 | .294 |
| st-louis-browns | 69 | 170 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 10 | .223 | .288 | .264 |
| chicago-white-sox | 64 | 148 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 13 | .226 | .264 | .270 |
| cleveland-guardians | 48 | 120 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 9 | .275 | .333 | .304 |
| boston-red-sox | 17 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | .233 | .359 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Boston Red Sox | 13 | 31 | 6 | – | 5 | 1 | .194 | – | – |
| 1913 | Boston Red Sox | 39 | 91 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .275 | – | – |
| 1914 | Boston Red Sox | 68 | 127 | 24 | – | 4 | 1 | .189 | – | – |
| 1915 | Boston Red Sox | 86 | 204 | 48 | – | 24 | 3 | .235 | – | – |
| 1916 | Boston Red Sox | 100 | 217 | 57 | 1 | 21 | 3 | .263 | – | – |
| 1917 | Boston Red Sox | 83 | 205 | 49 | – | 22 | 2 | .239 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Cleveland Guardians | 34 | 74 | 18 | – | 7 | – | .243 | – | – |
| 1919 | Cleveland Guardians | 34 | 45 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .111 | – | – |
| 1920 | Cleveland Guardians | 9 | 9 | 3 | – | – | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1921 | Cleveland Guardians | 21 | 35 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .257 | – | – |