# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dickie-thon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:34:14.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dickie-thon"
name: "Dickie Thon"
slug: "dickie-thon"
description: "Richard William Thon is a Puerto Rican-American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop, most prominently as a member of the Houston Astros where he first established himself as an All-Star player in 1983. Thon's promising career was severely impacted in 1984 when he was struck by a baseball in his left eye. After a lengthy recovery period, he tenaciously resumed his baseball career and played for another 10 years, but he had to contend with headaches and blurred vision and was never able to recapture the form that had made him an All-Star player. He also played for the California Angels, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, and Milwaukee Brewers, during the course of his 15-year Major League career. After his playing career, Thon served as a minor league instructor for the Houston Astros."
tagline: "Puerto Rican baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dickie_Thon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1958-06-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             7.435760303701048
  historical:           6.378405333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Тон, Дики"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديكى ثون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Thon"
    title: "Dickie Thon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Thon"
    title: "Dickie Thon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Thon"
    title: "Dickie Thon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Thon"
    title: "Dickie Thon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ディッキー・ソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3026661"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump