Biography
Career (California, 2024 - Present)
At Cal
44 G/23 GS, .136, 5 HR, 11 RBI
Career Highs: AB - 5, three times, last vs Nevada (2/17/25); R - 2, at Santa Clara (3/2/2025); H - 1, 14 times, last vs Clemson (4/5/25); RBI - 2, three times, last vs Utah (3/24/24); HR - 1, five times, last at Santa Clara (3/2/25); Hit Streak - 2, three times, last (2/17/25 - 2/21/25)
2025 (So.)
20 G/9 GS, .125, 1 HR, 1 RBI
- Played in 20 games with nine starts all in right field but was last in the starting lineup March 7 at Duke and did not play in the final 21 games with his last action April 12 at Georgia Tech when he struck out as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning
- Had his most recent hit when he was 1-for-2 as a pinch hitter and defensive replacement in right field April 5 against Clemson
- Hit his lone home run of the 2005 campaign in the fifth inning at Santa Clara on March 2
2024 (Fr.)
24 G/14 GS, .143, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 0 SB
Season Highs (Batting): AB - 5, twice, last vs. Arizona (4/5); R - 1, six times, last at Stanford (4/27); H - 1, nine times, last at Stanford (4/27); RBI - 2, three times, last vs. Utah (3/24); 2B - 1, vs. Arizona (4/5); HR - 1, four times, last at Stanford (4/27)
- Played in 24 games with 14 starts
- Hit .143 (9-63) with six runs scored, one double, four home runs and 10 RBI
- Registered a .349 slugging percentage with more than half of his hits for extra bases (5-of-9) and nearly half homers with his four
- Posted a .154 on base percentage
- Had three contests with a pair of RBI
- Registered a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage by handling all 28 of his chances (28 putouts)
Notable Games/Series
- Made his collegiate debut as a pinch-hitter in an 8-0 home win over BYU on Feb. 21
- Made his first collegiate start (in right field) three days later on Feb. 24 and scored his first run in a 15-12 win over Connecticut
- Picked up his first collegiate hit in the Connecticut series finale the following day on Feb. 25 in a 5-4 win that swept the series, leading off the bottom of the ninth with a pinch-hit single before being pinch-run for by Jack Johnston who came around with the game-winning run on a walk-off one-out RBI single by Rodney Green Jr.
- Started a winning two-run rally with a single to lead off the bottom of the seventh in an eventual 4-1 win over UCLA on Mar. 9
- Hit his first collegiate home run and drove in his first runs with a two-run shot as an eighth-inning pinch-hitter in a 13-1 win at Oregon in a series opener on Mar. 15
- Had another two-run homer in an 11-3 win at San Francisco on Mar. 19
- Blasted his third two-run homer in a 10-day period on Mar. 24 against Utah as an eighth-inning pinch hitter to get Cal within 6-4 before its comeback bid fell short in a 6-5 defeat
- Had his fourth and final home run of the season as a pinch-hitter at Stanford on Apr. 27
Other
Collegiate Summer League
2024 (Orange County Riptide, California Collegiate League)
- Played in 19 regular-season games for a team that finished 20-17 in the regular season and reached the South Division finals after a playoff victory over Arroyo Seco in the Wld Card Round
- Posted a .159 (10-63) batting average with eight runs scored, one double, two triples, five RBI and two stolen bases, while adding a .312 on-base percentage and a .238 slugging mark
High School
Class Of 2023 (Cypress HS)
- A two-time letterwinner for the Centurions and coach John Weber
- A .391 career hitter in high school
- Named his school's Hitter of the Year as a 2023 freshman
- Hit a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to clinch the Empire League Championship
- Also played football at Cypress
- Named to his school's Honor Roll
Personal
- Full name is Matthew James Thomas
- Born November 2, 2005
- Parents are Milton and Stephanie Thomas
- Dad played football at San Diego State
- Has an older brother, Anthony, who played three seasons of collegiate baseball for Colorado Christian from 2022-24
Last Updated
May 25, 2025
