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Lance
Thelen		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 14, 1944 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1973    1975    1976   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 29 CHI JL $ 4,550,000 7 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1974 30 CHI JL $ 4,550,000 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
1975 31 CHI JL $ 4,550,000 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1976 32 CHI JL $ 5,700,000 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1977 33 CHI JL $ 5,700,000 6 7 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1978 34 CHI JL $ 5,700,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1979 35 CHI JL $ 5,700,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1980 36 AUS FL $ 5,246,000 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 4,550,000 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 5,700,000 7 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 37 PHX JL $ 1,500,100   12 12 12 6 7 7 14 15 14 9 10 10 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,500,100   12 12 12 6 7 7 14 15 14 9 10 10 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,100   12 12 12 6 7 7 14 15 14 9 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 29 CHI JL 162 663 97 208 37 3 20 83 0 0 52 109 .314 .365 .469 .834 107.6 20.2
1974 30 CHI JL 115 441 54 151 26 0 7 51 0 1 36 43 .342 .392 .449 .841 70.6 14.4
1975 31 CHI JL 157 599 62 178 29 1 10 59 0 0 39 80 .297 .337 .399 .736 77.4 14.8
1976 32 CHI JL 156 608 71 207 42 0 13 75 0 2 36 66 .340 .380 .474 .854 95.5 21.1
1977 33 CHI JL 157 584 64 161 23 1 9 68 1 0 45 91 .276 .326 .365 .691 64.9 8.3
1978 34 CHI JL 160 572 56 156 41 1 7 68 0 1 56 88 .273 .342 .385 .727 73.6 13.1
1979 35 CHI JL 153 565 66 164 33 3 15 66 1 1 50 93 .290 .346 .439 .785 83.3 16.1
1980 36 AUS FL 114 338 46 99 16 1 10 51 0 0 14 58 .293 .320 .435 .755 42.7 7.6
1981 37 AAA   123 375 72 104 11 0 19 63 2 3 65 93 .277 .384 .459 .843 67.8  
8 Years Sim 1174 4370 516 1324 247 10 91 521 2 5 328 628 .303 .352 .427 .779 615.6 115.6
1 Years AAA 123 375 72 104 11 0 19 63 2 3 65 93 .277 .382 .459 .841 67.8  
162 Game Average 603 71 182 34 1 12 71 0 0 45 86 .303 .352 .427 .779 84.9  
Career Highs 162 663 97 208 42 3 20 83 1 2 56 109 .342 .392 .474 .854 107.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3156 388 1009 185 6 71 382 2 5 267 465 .320 .373 .450 .823 498.6
vs LH   1214 128 315 62 4 20 139 0 0 61 163 .259 .295 .367 .662 126.5
Home 590 2166 259 663 131 5 51 289 0 2 149 298 .306 .351 .442 .793 316.7
Away 584 2204 257 661 116 5 40 232 2 3 179 330 .300 .353 .412 .764 308.5
RISP   1006 0 309 56 1 18 397 0 0 97 148 .307 .362 .418 .780 150.3
Pinch Hitting   65 3 16 2 0 1 8 1 0 5 11 .246 .300 .323 .623 6.6
Close/Late   447 30 138 25 2 7 51 0 0 53 56 .309 .386 .421 .806 70.5
Mar/Apr 189 683 76 210 34 3 10 67 0 0 53 88 .307 .356 .410 .766 96.1
May 186 690 74 209 42 2 13 89 2 0 47 111 .303 .348 .426 .774 97.2
June 195 742 104 218 36 0 13 82 0 2 55 96 .294 .345 .395 .740 96.9
July 200 762 91 231 40 1 22 109 0 3 56 104 .303 .347 .445 .792 112.6
August 204 749 89 237 41 2 21 93 0 0 64 107 .316 .373 .461 .834 120.9
Sep/Oct 200 744 82 219 54 2 12 81 0 0 53 122 .294 .341 .421 .762 101.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 29 CHI JL SS 160 159 1420.0 214 493 23 108 .968 4.48   6.7
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 30 CHI JL SS 113 110 964.7 141 335 13 75 .973 4.44   6.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 31 CHI JL SS 152 148 1297.7 167 438 23 69 .963 4.20   4.6
    2B 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1976 32 CHI JL SS 149 147 1267.7 166 407 25 87 .958 4.07   5.0
    2B 4 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1977 33 CHI JL SS 146 144 1231.0 193 384 28 83 .954 4.22   3.4
    2B 6 0 12.3 6 5 0 4 1.000 8.03   0.1
1978 34 CHI JL SS 159 156 1357.3 253 456 27 123 .963 4.70   4.6
1979 35 CHI JL SS 148 145 1260.7 219 450 23 98 .967 4.78   4.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1980 36 AUS FL SS 84 79 672.0 88 196 7 31 .976 3.80   3.5
    2B 11 4 46.0 12 13 0 5 1.000 4.89   0.3
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  SS 1111 1088 9471.0 1441 3159 169 674 .965 4.37   37.9
  2B 28 4 75.3 20 21 0 9 1.000 4.90   0.4
  3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1140 1092 9548.3 1462 3180 169 683 .965 4.38   38.3
Career Highs   161 159 1422.0 253 493 28 123 .978 4.79    
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
1980 36 AUS FL 3 12 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 .333 .333 .583 .917
Career Post-Season Batting 3 12 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 .333 .333 .583 .917
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
1973-9-.314
1974-1-.328*
1976-1-.340
CAR-44-.303
 On-Base Pct
1974-8-.376*
1976-5-.380
 OPS
1976-8-.854
 XR
1976-9-95.5
 Games
1973-3-162
1975-4-157
1976-9-156
1977-3-157
1978-1-160
 At-Bats
1973-4-663
1975-7-599
1976-4-608
Hits
1973-3-208
1976-1-207
 Total Bases
1976-5-288
 Singles
1973-7-148
1974-10-118
1975-6-138
1976-1-152
1977-8-128
 Doubles
1976-1-42
1978-3-41
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Tim McGraw (940)
  2. Lewis Brundage (936)
  3. Woody Stairs (920)
  4. Keith Minuso (910)
  5. Fok-Han Leung (910)
  6. Tim Riener (893)
  7. Clement Stewart (892)
  8. Austin Purkey (892)
  9. Gary Whitehouse (890)
  10. Jonathan Noon (889)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 46th overall pick, by Lexington in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Xavier Clem (NO)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1973, off Christian Perras (LV)
Traded from Lexington to Chicago on 5/11/1973 (Going to CHI: SS L. Thelen, RF A. Porter, P H. Wayne, P J. Halvorsen. Going to LEX: SS A. Zalot, LF R. Gauthreaux, P C. Lazarus, P M. Madorin)
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Injured on 4/16/1974 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/2/1979, hitting .375 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Omaha on 8/15/1979
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Omaha on 8/15/1979
Signed as a free agent by Austin on 2/17/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $5,246,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/11/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,100 per year
 
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