Roy Thomas (pitcher)
| Roy Thomas | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: June 22, 1953 Quantico, Virginia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 21, 1977, for the Houston Astros | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 4, 1987, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 20–11 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.82 | ||
| Strikeouts | 289 | ||
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Roy Justin Thomas (born June 22, 1953) is an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals and Seattle Mariners in all or parts of eight seasons spanning 1977–1987. Listed at 6' 5" (1.98 m), 215 lb. (98 k), Thomas batted and threw right handed. He was born in Quantico, Virginia.
Thomas grew up in Lompoc, California, and was the star pitcher of the Lompoc Nationals Little League team that went to the SoCal finals at El Monte in 1965. He was selected sixth overall in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies straight out of Lompoc High School at eighteen years old.
After a brief stint with the Northwest League's Walla Walla Phillies in 1971, in which he gave up fourteen earned runs in twelve innings pitched, Thomas went 11-7 with a 3.43 earned run average in 24 starts in his first full minor league season in 1972 with the Western Carolinas League's Spartanburg Phillies. He went 17-8 with a stellar 2.14 ERA and 207 strikeouts with the Rocky Mount Phillies and Reading Phillies in 1973 to earn an invitation to Spring training the following season, but failed to earn a spot in the Phillies' rotation.
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