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Gorman Thomas played 13 major-league seasons (1973-1986) as a OF (1,159), 1B (6), 3B (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 23 | ML4 | 59 | 155 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 61 | .187 | .538 | 52 |
| 1974 | 24 | ML4 | 17 | 46 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 15 | .261 | .835 | 139 |
| 1975 | 25 | ML4 | 121 | 240 | 34 | 43 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 31 | 84 | .179 | .639 | 80 |
| 1976 | 26 | ML4 | 99 | 227 | 27 | 45 | 8 | 36 | 2 | 31 | 67 | .198 | .655 | 92 |
| 1978 | 28 | ML4 | 137 | 452 | 70 | 111 | 32 | 86 | 3 | 73 | 133 | .246 | .866 | 142 |
| 1979 | 29 | ML4 | 156 | 557 | 97 | 136 | 45 | 123 | 1 | 98 | 175 | .244 | .895 | 138 |
| 1980 | 30 | ML4 | 162 | 628 | 78 | 150 | 38 | 105 | 8 | 58 | 170 | .239 | .774 | 109 |
| 1981 | 31 | ML4 | 103 | 363 | 54 | 94 | 21 | 65 | 4 | 50 | 85 | .259 | .841 | 141 |
| 1982 | 32 | ML4 | 158 | 567 | 96 | 139 | 39 | 112 | 3 | 84 | 143 | .245 | .850 | 131 |
| 1983 | 33 | ML4|CLE | 152 | 535 | 72 | 112 | 22 | 69 | 10 | 80 | 148 | .209 | .690 | 89 |
| 1984 | 34 | SEA | 35 | 108 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 28 | 27 | .157 | .535 | 52 |
| 1985 | 35 | SEA | 135 | 484 | 76 | 104 | 32 | 87 | 3 | 84 | 126 | .215 | .781 | 112 |
| 1986 | 36 | SEA|ML4 | 101 | 315 | 45 | 59 | 16 | 36 | 3 | 58 | 105 | .187 | .687 | 87 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | OF | 50 | 39 | 87 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 1973 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | OF | 13 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | OF | 113 | 68 | 215 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 1976 | OF | 94 | 62 | 210 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1976 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | OF | 137 | 130 | 345 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | OF | 152 | 151 | 435 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 160 | 160 | 455 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 1981 | OF | 97 | 97 | 221 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 1982 | OF | 157 | 157 | 427 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| 1983 | OF | 152 | 152 | 439 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 1984 | OF | 34 | 34 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1B | 6 | 6 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Gorman Thomas won: TSN All-Star 1982 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1982, 1979.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 87 / 392 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 44 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.