Andrés Péres Thomas (born November 10, 1963) is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a shortstop for the Atlanta Braves from 1985-1990. He batted and threw right-handed. Thomas brought a power bat to the shortstop position for the Braves (13 HR each in 1988 and 1989); however, he struck out quite a bit (95 Ks in 1988) and walked only 59 times in five seasons. His free-swinging prompted then-Braves' broadcaster Don Sutton to ask hypothetically during games, "Why would you even throw him a strike?" He was also an erratic fielder, leading all NL shortstops with 29 errors in 1988.

He was the manager of the Detroit Tigers' affiliate in the Dominican Summer League for 2006

Andrés Thomas

References

External links

Baseball Reference

1963 births

Atlanta Braves players

Canton-Akron Indians players

Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States

Living people

Major League Baseball shortstops

Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic

Anderson Braves players

Durham Bulls players

Gulf Coast Braves players

Greenville Braves players

Omaha Royals players

Phoenix Firebirds players

Richmond Braves players

Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Italy

Grosseto Baseball Club players

Dominican Republic expatriate baseball people in Canada

Andrés Thomas