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Luke
Thelen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 230
 
Born: October 18, 1945 in Usa
 
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 27 MON FL $ 2,790,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1974 28 MON FL $ 2,790,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1975 29 MON FL $ 2,790,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1976 30 HON JL $ 2,790,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1977 31 HON JL $ 2,790,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1978 32 VAN JL $ 2,100,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1979 33 VAN JL $ 2,100,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1980 34 CLG FL $ 804,000 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 804,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,790,000 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 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 35 GRE JL $ 1,525,000   8 8 8 12 12 12 15 15 15 11 11 11 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,525,000   8 8 8 12 12 12 15 15 15 11 11 11 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,525,000   8 8 8 12 12 12 15 15 15 11 11 11 8 8 8
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 27 MON FL 126 284 34 78 16 1 11 38 7 0 15 49 .275 .315 .454 .769 39.5 6.5
1974 28 MON FL 115 335 42 84 23 4 5 32 7 6 42 69 .251 .340 .388 .728 44.6 7.2
1975 29 MON FL 87 124 14 27 8 3 2 16 3 1 12 26 .218 .283 .379 .662 14.0 1.6
1976 30 MON FL 44 68 17 23 4 1 3 13 1 0 6 13 .338 .400 .559 .959 13.8 3.5
  HON JL 62 242 28 61 9 3 7 21 2 2 16 55 .252 .302 .401 .702 29.4 4.5
  TOT   106 310 45 84 13 4 10 34 3 2 22 68 .271 .323 .435 .759 43.2 8.1
    AAA   17 63 6 17 7 1 0 9 0 1 5 8 .270 .324 .413 .736 7.5  
1977 31 HON JL 149 545 69 125 30 3 13 44 8 7 50 119 .229 .300 .367 .667 57.2 5.9
1978 32 VAN JL 106 292 49 59 20 4 7 28 4 2 24 71 .202 .275 .370 .645 31.1 3.3
1979 33 VAN JL 102 239 27 49 12 3 4 26 0 0 21 65 .205 .271 .331 .601 20.2 0.5
1980 34 CLG FL 99 179 23 44 10 4 5 26 2 1 18 43 .246 .320 .430 .750 25.0 4.2
    AAA   19 71 12 21 9 1 1 7 3 0 5 18 .296 .342 .493 .835 11.4  
1981 35 GRE JL 69 124 16 23 8 2 3 17 5 2 9 33 .185 .244 .355 .599 11.1 0.5
9 Years Sim 959 2432 319 573 140 28 60 261 39 21 213 543 .236 .302 .390 .692 286.0 37.8
2 Years AAA 36 134 18 38 16 2 1 16 3 1 10 26 .284 .333 .455 .789 18.9  
162 Game Average 410 53 96 23 4 10 44 6 3 35 91 .236 .302 .390 .692 48.3  
Career Highs 149 545 69 125 30 4 13 44 8 7 50 119 .275 .340 .454 .769 57.2  
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   1568 216 350 91 18 36 138 27 11 131 360 .223 .287 .373 .660 167.5
vs LH   864 103 223 49 10 24 123 12 10 82 183 .258 .329 .421 .750 115.5
Home 469 1128 155 272 69 12 24 119 19 9 84 241 .241 .300 .387 .688 127.1
Away 490 1304 164 301 71 16 36 142 20 12 129 302 .231 .304 .393 .696 155.9
RISP   574 0 121 24 4 17 189 0 0 56 150 .211 .283 .355 .638 59.5
Pinch Hitting   236 37 58 10 2 9 39 3 1 22 53 .246 .314 .419 .734 31.4
Close/Late   395 58 87 16 4 12 52 0 0 44 86 .220 .303 .372 .676 45.9
Mar/Apr 168 522 63 113 29 6 14 54 6 4 32 118 .216 .265 .375 .641 50.7
May 177 421 54 93 19 4 11 47 5 3 41 90 .221 .297 .363 .660 45.6
June 158 358 59 103 30 5 12 53 9 4 26 78 .288 .348 .500 .848 56.8
July 142 338 40 72 26 5 2 29 7 2 37 81 .213 .292 .337 .629 34.0
August 165 442 60 122 28 6 10 47 7 3 42 101 .276 .342 .434 .776 63.7
Sep/Oct 149 351 43 70 8 2 11 31 5 5 35 75 .199 .277 .328 .605 32.4
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 27 MON FL SS 88 38 447.0 60 169 4 39 .983 4.61 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    2B 23 6 88.0 20 27 3 8 .940 4.81 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 2 0 9.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 28 MON FL SS 80 72 644.7 93 209 13 37 .959 4.22 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    2B 29 14 162.3 38 69 3 15 .973 5.93 0 0 .000 0 1.2
1975 29 MON FL SS 48 15 200.3 37 70 4 15 .964 4.81 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    2B 31 0 58.3 15 15 0 6 1.000 4.63 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 1 0 9.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 30 MON FL SS 37 26 135.2 16 40 2 7 .966 3.73 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 1 1 3.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  HON JL SS 52 36 472.4 58 141 7 23 .966 3.79 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 1 1 12.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 4 0 8.6 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 1 7.0 9 1 0 2 1.000 12.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 89 62 607.6 74 181 9 30 .966 3.78   2.6
      LF 2 2 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
      2B 6 0 11.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.45   0.0
      1B 1 1 9.0 12 1 0 2 1.000 13.00   0.0
1977 31 HON JL SS 147 143 1247.7 154 382 24 77 .957 3.87 0 0 .000 0 6.8
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 32 VAN JL 2B 71 58 537.3 125 198 12 49 .964 5.41 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    SS 16 16 133.0 15 41 7 10 .889 3.79 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 1 0 2.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.73 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 33 VAN JL SS 72 52 497.7 79 187 11 40 .960 4.81 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    2B 9 8 73.0 8 25 2 2 .943 4.07 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 34 CLG FL SS 22 20 170.0 23 58 3 17 .964 4.29 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 12 10 102.3 27 47 2 14 .974 6.51 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 3 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 35 GRE JL SS 43 25 246.3 49 82 2 17 .985 4.79 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 11 8 78.0 11 36 0 4 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 605 443 4194.2 584 1379 77 282 .962 4.21 0 0 .000 0 22.1
  2B 194 104 1113.3 246 419 22 99 .968 5.38 0 0 .000 0 5.1
  RF 4 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 7 0 18.7 0 4 1 1 .800 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 2 1 18.0 18 2 0 2 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 2 2 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.73 1 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   817 552 5386.9 856 1805 100 384 .964 4.45 1 0 .000 0 27.4
Career Highs   149 143 1250.7 155 382 24 77 .989 5.08 1 0 .000 0  
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
1973 27 MON FL 4 20 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 .200 .304 .200 .504
1974 28 MON FL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
1975 29 MON FL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
1978 32 VAN JL 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 5 27 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 4 .148 .303 .148 .451
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  5. Grover Crover (923)
  6. Bill Choizza (921)
  7. Joseph Drewes (920)
  8. Kurt Radkle (917)
  9. Dickie Thon (915)
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 97th overall pick, by Montreal in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/3/1973, off Aaron Kristof (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1973, off Zachary Sumner (BIR)
Traded from Montreal to Honolulu on 7/1/1976 (Going to HON: SS L. Thelen, RF M. Cervantes, CF A. Dicken. Going to MON: SS L. Jeffcoat, RF M. Elliott)
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/11/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $2,100,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Charlotte on 5/31/1978
Signed as a free agent by Calgary on 4/1/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $804,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Greenville on 2/5/1981 to a 2-year deal worth $1,525,000 per year
 
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