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Milt Thompson

Milton Bernard Thompson

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 5, 1959 in Washington, DC
High School: Magruder HS (Rockville, MD)
School: Howard University (Washington, DC)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (January). Player signed January 12, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1984 (Age 25)   vs. HOU 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals/Astros/Braves/Dodgers/... 1984-1996

Final Game: July 28, 1996 (Age 37)   vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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Career Home Runs

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Milt Thompson: 47 Career Home Runs

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 14 go ahead
4 Tms
PHI22
STL20
HOU3
ATL2
 
vs RHP45
vs LHP2
 
Home24
Away23
 
Leverage
High Lev11
Medium Lev13
Low Lev23
12 Opps
LAD7
CHC7
SFG5
MON5
CIN4
NYM3
PIT3
ATL3
STL3
SDP3
HOU3
PHI1
42 Pitchers
Mark Portugal2
Doyle Alexander2
Bryn Smith2
John Burkett2
Danny Cox2
Fernando Valenzuela1
Doug Drabek1
Trevor Hoffman1
Joe Boever1
Luis DeLeon1
Kent Bottenfield1
Dave Burba1
Mike Morgan1
Bill Long1
Ed Lynch1
Bob Walk1
Brian Holton1
Jose Rijo1
Don Sutton1
Tom Candiotti1
12 Parks
VeteransStad13
Busch Stad12
Wrigley Fld4
Astrodome3
Stade Olymp.3
Qualcomm St3
Dodger Stad2
Candlestick2
Cinergy Fld2
Shea Stad1
Atl-Fulton1
3 Rivers Std1
Where Hit
917
8910
Unk7
76
85
782
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
Unk15
210
16
35
44
63
7+2
52
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms45
2·HR gms1
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
2nd11
6th10
7th7
1st7
3rd5
9th4
5th1
4th1
8th1
Outs
019
217
111
 
DefPos
CF21
LF16
PH5
RF5
Bases
---31
1--8
-2-3
1-33
12-2
 
68 RBI
RISP8
0 on31
1 on11
2 on5
Any on16
Inning
15
27
37
41
56
68
74
87
92
 
1-319
4-615
7-end13
RelScore
+4..4
+32
+23
+16
Tied13
-14
-29
-31
-4..5
 
Ahead15
Tied13
Behind19
Before event, for batter
Count
Unk15
0-06
0-16
1-04
2-14
1-14
3-22
3-12
2-22
1-21
2-01

Play By Play

View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1984-09-22 ATL @ SDP Luis DeLeon tied 2-2 t 8 0 --- 1 1 7 0.261 76% Home Run
2 2 2 1 1984-09-26 ATL @ CIN Mario Soto tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 7 0.102 60% Lead-Off Home Run
1986 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
3 3 1 1 1986-04-18 PHI @ NYM Ron Darling tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 8 0.107 59% Home Run
4 4 2 1 1986-05-05 PHI MON Jay Tibbs tied 3-3 b 6 2 --- 1 1 8 0.195 71% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
5 5 3 1 1986-06-23 PHI CHC Jay Baller ahead 15-1 b 7 0 --- 1 4 8 0.000 100% Home Run
6 6 4 1 1986-09-07 PHI LAD Brian Holton tied 0-0 b 1 1 --- 1 2 8 0.105 63% Home Run
7 7 5 1 1986-09-08 PHI @ CHC Ed Lynch behind 1-3 t 3 2 1-- 2 2 8 0.202 46% Home Run; Redus Scores
8 8 6 1 1986-09-17 PHI STL Bob Forsch behind 0-2 b 1 1 --- 1 2 8 0.099 42% Home Run
1987 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
9 9 1 1 1987-05-03 PHI CIN Bill Gullickson behind 5-9 b 6 2 --- 1 1 8 0.051 12% Home Run
10 10 2 1 1987-06-07 PHI MON Bryn Smith ahead 1-0 b 3 0 --- 1 1 8 0.095 76% Home Run
11 11 3 1 1987-07-10 PHI @ ATL Doyle Alexander ahead 1-0 t 3 1 1-- 2 2 8 0.166 78% Home Run; Samuel Scores
12 12 4 1 1987-07-26 PHI ATL Doyle Alexander tied 3-3 b 8 0 --- 1 2 8 0.257 87% Home Run
13 13 5 1 1987-07-29 PHI @ PIT Doug Drabek tied 2-2 t 5 2 1-- 2 2 8 0.259 72% Home Run; Samuel Scores
14 14 6 1 1987-08-02 PHI @ CHC Rick Sutcliffe tied 0-0 t 8 0 --- 1 2 8 0.243 74% Home Run
15 15 7 1 1987-08-13 PHI @ STL Danny Cox tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 8 0.099 58% Home Run (CF-RF)
1988 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
16 16 1 1 1988-05-26 PHI LAD Don Sutton behind 0-1 b 2 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 7 8 0.125 51% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17 17 2 1 1988-07-08 PHI @ CIN Jose Rijo tied 0-0 t 8 0 --- 9,(1-2)  1 1 8 0.263 76% Home Run
1989 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
18 18 1 1 1989-05-04 STL @ LAD Fernando Valenzuela ahead 1-0 t 2 0 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 7 8 0.128 80% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Oquendo Scores
19 19 2 1 1989-06-05 STL @ MON Bryn Smith tied 0-0 t 3 0 12- 1,(0-0)  3 2 8 0.211 82% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); DeLeon Scores; Coleman Scores
20 20 3 1 1989-08-03 STL NYM David Cone behind 2-4 b 3 0 12- 2,(0-1)  3 3 8 0.254 68% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Coleman Scores; Smith Scores
21 21 4 1 1989-08-15 STL ATL Joe Boever ahead 8-0 b 7 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 7 8 0.001 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1990 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
22 22 1 1 1990-04-28 STL @ SFG Scott Garrelts ahead 2-0 t 6 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 9 0.082 88% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23 23 2 1 1990-05-04 STL CIN Ron Robinson behind 2-4 b 5 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 3 9 0.125 35% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24 24 3 1 1990-06-03 STL CHC Bill Long ahead 5-1 b 5 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 6 9 0.041 98% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Guerrero Scores
25 25 4 1 1990-06-13 STL PIT Bob Walk tied 3-3 b 5 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 6 9 0.268 80% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Pendleton Scores
26 26 5 1 1990-10-01 STL @ MON Howard Farmer ahead 3-0 t 3 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 3 8 0.069 86% Home Run
27 27 6 2 1990-10-01 STL @ MON Mel Rojas behind 5-7 t 7 0 -2- 2,(0-1)  2 3 8 0.247 50% Home Run; Pena Scores
1991 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
28 28 1 1 1991-05-11 STL @ HOU Mark Portugal behind 0-2 t 6 0 --- 6,(2-2)  1 9 PH 0.124 32% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Thompson Scores
29 29 2 1 1991-06-11 STL @ SDP Jose Melendez ahead 1-0 t 6 1 1-- 6,(3-2)  2 3 9 0.193 86% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Smith Scores; Thompson Scores
30 30 3 1 1991-08-03 STL PIT Bob Kipper behind 4-5 b 8 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 6 7 0.315 60% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Thompson Scores
31 31 4 1 1991-08-24 STL LAD Mike Morgan ahead 2-1 b 6 1 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 7 0.115 85% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Thompson Scores
32 32 5 1 1991-08-27 STL SFG John Burkett behind 0-3 b 2 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 6 7 0.086 28% Home Run (Fly Ball); Thompson Scores
33 33 6 1 1991-09-09 STL PHI Danny Cox ahead 3-0 b 7 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 6 7 0.026 98% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Thompson Scores
1992 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
34 34 1 1 1992-04-11 STL @ CHC Shawn Boskie behind 0-2 t 5 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 7 0.119 35% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Thompson Scores
35 35 2 1 1992-05-16 STL @ HOU Mark Portugal behind 0-2 t 8 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 9 PH 0.113 23% Home Run (Fly Ball); Thompson Scores
36 36 3 1 1992-05-25 STL LAD Orel Hershiser behind 0-1 b 2 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 7 0.128 51% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Thompson Scores
37 37 4 1 1992-07-10 STL @ LAD Tom Candiotti tied 0-0 t 3 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 1 7 0.134 59% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Thompson Scores
1993 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
38 38 1 1 1993-06-09 PHI HOU Pete Harnisch ahead 4-0 b 5 2 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 7 7 0.045 98% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Daulton Scores
39 39 2 1 1993-07-01 PHI @ STL Les Lancaster behind 4-14 t 9 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 2 7 0.000 0% Home Run (Line Drive)
40 40 3 1 1993-07-10 PHI SFG John Burkett behind 1-3 b 2 0 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 7 7 0.176 55% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Eisenreich Scores
41 41 4 1 1993-07-24 PHI @ SFG Dave Burba behind 0-1 t 2 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 6 7 0.108 50% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1994 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
42 42 1 1 1994-04-19 PHI LAD Pedro Astacio ahead 3-2 b 6 2 1-3 3,(2-0)  3 7 7 0.203 94% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Hollins Scores; Eisenreich Scores
43 43 2 1 1994-05-21 PHI NYM Bret Saberhagen behind 0-4 b 2 1 1-3 6,(2-2)  3 7 7 0.182 42% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Eisenreich Scores; Jordan Scores
44 44 3 1 1994-06-07 PHI CHC Anthony Young ahead 5-3 b 6 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 7 0.072 90% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
45 45 4 1 1994-08-06 HOU SFG Kent Bottenfield ahead 6-4 b 8 2 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 9 PH 0.052 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Cedeno Scores
1995 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
46 46 1 1 1995-07-31 HOU @ SDP Trevor Hoffman behind 0-5 t 9 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 8 PH 0.001 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
47 47 2 1 1995-10-01 HOU @ CHC Steve Trachsel behind 1-6 t 4 2 1-3 7,(3-2)  3 9 PH 0.147 22% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Simms Scores; Gutierrez Scores

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.