Cody Thomas

Cody Ryan Thomas (born October 8, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He is a multi-sport athlete. He played college baseball and college football at the University of Oklahoma.

Cody Thomas
Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 95
Outfielder
Born: (1994-10-08) October 8, 1994
Colleyville, Texas
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Early years

Thomas attended Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas. In football, he passed for 3,057 yards with 32 touchdowns as a junior and 4,154 yards with 51 touchdowns as a senior. Thomas was rated as a four-star recruit and was ranked among the top quarterbacks in his class.[1][2] He committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football.[3]

Thomas was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 30th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft but did not sign.[4]

College career

Football

Thomas was redshirted his first year at Oklahoma in 2013. As a redshirt freshman in 2014, he appeared in seven games and made three starts. He completed 30-of-66 passes for 342 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions. Thomas competed with Baker Mayfield and Trevor Knight for the starting job in 2015.[5] Mayfield won the job with Thomas appearing in three games as a backup. In January 2016, he left football to focus on his baseball career.[6][7]

Baseball

Thomas appeared in 14 games as freshman in 2014, recording one hit in 12 at-bats. He did not play in 2015 while focusing on football.[8] He returned to baseball in 2016, appearing in 40 games. He hit .299/.354/.556 with six home runs and 27 runs batted in (RBI) over 117 at-bats.

Professional career

Thomas was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 13th round of the 2016 MLB Draft.[9] He signed with the Dodgers and made his professional debut with the Arizona League Dodgers. After seven games he was promoted to the Ogden Raptors. Thomas was awarded the Joe Bauman Home Run Award for finishing the 2016 season with 19 home runs among short season A and rookie ball players.[10] On August 3, 2017 Thomas set Great Lake Loons' single-game records in homers (3), RBIs (7) and total bases (12). In the same game, both Cody & teammate Carlos Rincon also hit back to back HR's twice in the same inning which has only been done one other time in the history of professional baseball (Boone/Cameron, Mariners 2002).[11]

With the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in 2018 he was named to the post-season California League All-Star team.[12] In 127 games he hit .285 with 19 homers and 87 RBI.[13] In 2019, he began the season with the Tulsa Drillers and was selected to the mid-season Texas League All-Star Game.[14]

References
  1. "Cody Thomas, 2013 Pro-style quarterback - Rivals.com". n.rivals.com.
  2. "Cody Thomas, Oklahoma Sooners, Pro-Style Quarterback". 247Sports.
  3. "QB Cody Thomas commits to OU". ESPN.com. May 17, 2012.
  4. "Source: Oklahoma quarterback signee Cody Thomas won't sign MLB contract". Oklahoman.com. June 10, 2013.
  5. Writer, GUERIN EMIG World Sports. "Baker Mayfield, Trevor Knight or Cody Thomas? A deep dive into the quarterback battle underway at Oklahoma". Tulsa World.
  6. "Oklahoma football: Cody Thomas leaving football program to focus on baseball". Oklahoman.com. January 23, 2016.
  7. "Oklahoma QB, Colleyville Heritage graduate Cody Thomas leaving OU baseball team".
  8. "Oklahoma football: Cody Thomas quitting baseball to focus on the spring quarterback competition". Oklahoman.com. February 3, 2015.
  9. "OU's Cody Thomas signs with Los Angeles Dodgers". Oklahoman.com. June 22, 2016.
  10. "Dylan Cozens Wins 2016 Joe Bauman Home Run Award". MiLB.com. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  11. "Cody Thomas and Carlos Rincon hit back-to-back homers twice in the same inning". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  12. Bumbaca, Chris (August 21, 2018). "Bannon leads California League All-Stars". milb.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  13. "Cody Thomas Minor League Statistics". Baseball Reference.
  14. Tulsa Drillers (June 13, 2019). "Top Prospects Named to Rosters for ONEOK Field All-Star Game". milb.com. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
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