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Eric Thames • 1B
Ht/Wt:5'11", 235 lbs.
Born:Nov 10, 1986 (38 yrs) in Santa Clara, CA
Hometown:San Jose, CA
Experience:6 years
Drafted:Drafted by Toronto in 2008 (7/219).
Bats:L
Throws:R
02/16/2023
4:28pm
Announces retirement
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Thames announced his retirement from professional baseball on Wednesday.
05/10/2022
10:41pm

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Thames was released by Oakland on Tuesday, Melissa Lockard of The Athletic reports.
04/04/2022
4:51pm

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Thames was reassigned to Triple-A Las Vegas on Monday, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
03/06/2022
3:38am

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Thames hopes to return to the majors and "play in front of my family," according to Matt Kawahara of The San Francisco Chronicle.
02/12/2022
5:20pm

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Thames signed a minor-league contract with the Athletics on Friday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
10/28/2020
6:51pm

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Thames' club portion of his mutual contract option was declined by the Nationals on Wednesday, Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post reports.
09/26/2020
4:22pm

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Thames isn't in the lineup for Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Mets.
09/24/2020
6:10pm

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Thames is not in Thursday's lineup against the Mets.
09/23/2020
7:06pm

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Thames isn't in Wednesday's lineup against the Phillies.
09/21/2020
7:01pm

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Thames will sit Monday against the Phillies.
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