Danny Thompson

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 183lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: February 1, 1947 in Wichita, KS us

Died: December 10, 1976 in Rochester, MN

Buried: Capron Cemetery, Capron, OK

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Capron HS (Capron, OK), the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK), the Washington Senators in the 1st round (11th) of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) and the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (18th) of the 1968 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK).

High School: Capron HS (Capron, OK)

School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)

Debut: June 25, 1970 (Age 23-144d, 13,010th in major league history)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1976 (Age 29-244d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Danny Leon Thompson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

2218

550

.248

189

RBI

194

OBP

.287

SLG

.310

OPS

.596

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	41	10.1	3	3	0	6	2	SS
2	2	Apr 16	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	6	4	1	11	2	SS
4	4	Apr 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 23	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
6	6	Apr 25	MIN		BOS	W,12-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
7	7	Apr 26	MIN		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 28	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
9	9	Apr 29	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 30 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	4	2	0	6	0	SS
11	11	Apr 30 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 3	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
13	13	May 5	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
14	14	May 6	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
15	15	May 7	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
16	16	May 8	MIN		NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	17	May 9	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
18	18	May 10	MIN		NYY	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
19	19	May 12 susp	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	CG	86	22.0	3	8	1	12	1	SS
20	20	May 13	MIN		MIL	W,5-4	GS	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	21	May 14	MIN		MIL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
22	22	May 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
23	23	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
24	24	May 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
25	25	May 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
26	26	May 20	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
27	27	May 21 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	28	May 21 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
29	29	May 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
30	30	May 25	MIN		TEX	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
31	31	May 26	MIN		TEX	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
32	32	May 27	MIN		TEX	L,2-16	GS	29	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
33	33	May 28	MIN		TEX	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
34	34	May 30	MIN		KCR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
35	35	May 31	MIN		KCR	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	MIN		KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
37	37	Jun 2	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	10.1	0	7	0	7	2	SS
38	38	Jun 3	MIN	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
39	39	Jun 4	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
40	40	Jun 5	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
41	41	Jun 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	55	13.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
42	50 (8)	Jun 17	MIN		BAL	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
43	51	Jun 18	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
44	52	Jun 20 (1)	MIN		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
45	53	Jun 20 (2)	MIN		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
46	54	Jun 21	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
47	55	Jun 23	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
48	56	Jun 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
49	57	Jun 25 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
50	58	Jun 25 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
51	59	Jun 26	MIN		CAL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
52	60	Jun 27	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
53	61	Jun 28	MIN		CAL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
54	62	Jun 29 (1)	MIN		KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
55	63	Jun 29 (2)	MIN		KCR	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	64	Jun 30	MIN		KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	65	Jul 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
58	66	Jul 2 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
59	67	Jul 2 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
60	68	Jul 3	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
61	69	Jul 4	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	70	Jul 5	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
63	71	Jul 7	MIN		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
64	72	Jul 8	MIN		NYY	L,0-1	CG	45	11.0	8	6	0	14	3	SS
65	73	Jul 9	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
66	74	Jul 10	MIN		MIL	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
67	75	Jul 11	MIN		MIL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
68	76	Jul 12	MIN		MIL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
69	77	Jul 13	MIN		BOS	W,10-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
70	78	Jul 14	MIN		BOS	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
71	79	Jul 15	MIN		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
72	80	Jul 16	MIN		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
73	81	Jul 18	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
74	82	Jul 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-13	GS	26	4.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
75	83	Jul 20	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
76	84	Jul 21	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
77	85	Jul 22	MIN	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
78	86	Jul 23 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
79	87	Jul 23 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
80	88	Jul 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
81	89	Jul 28	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
82	90	Jul 29	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
83	91	Jul 30	MIN		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
84	92	Jul 31	MIN		CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	93	Aug 1	MIN	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
86	94	Aug 2	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
87	95	Aug 3	MIN	@	TEX	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
88	96	Aug 4	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
89	97	Aug 5	MIN		OAK	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
90	98	Aug 6 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,3-6	CG	58	13.0	4	7	1	12	0	SS
91	99	Aug 6 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
92	100	Aug 7	MIN		TEX	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
93	101	Aug 8	MIN		TEX	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
94	102	Aug 9	MIN		TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
95	103	Aug 10	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
96	104	Aug 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
97	105	Aug 12	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
98	106	Aug 13	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
99	107	Aug 15	MIN	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	56	13.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
100	108	Aug 17 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	2	1	2	5	1	SS
101	109	Aug 17 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
102	110	Aug 18	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
103	111	Aug 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
104	112	Aug 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
105	113	Aug 21	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	114	Aug 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
107	115	Aug 23	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
108	116	Aug 26	MIN		DET	L,3-5	CG	48	11.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
109	117	Aug 27 (1)	MIN		DET	L,3-5	CG	44	11.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
110	118	Aug 27 (2)	MIN		DET	L,0-1	CG	42	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
111	119	Aug 28	MIN		BAL	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
112	120	Aug 29	MIN		BAL	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
113	121	Aug 30	MIN		BAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	122	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
115	123	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
116	124	Sep 3	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	SS
117	125	Sep 4 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
118	126	Sep 4 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
119	127	Sep 5	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
120	128	Sep 6	MIN	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
121	130 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
122	131	Sep 8 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
123	132	Sep 9	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	52	13.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
124	133	Sep 10	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
125	134	Sep 11 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
126	135	Sep 11 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
127	136	Sep 12	MIN		OAK	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
128	137	Sep 13	MIN		OAK	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
129	138	Sep 15	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
130	139	Sep 16	MIN		KCR	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
131	140	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	L,6-10	CG	50	10.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
132	141	Sep 19	MIN		TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
133	143 (1)	Sep 22	MIN		CAL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
134	144	Sep 23	MIN		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
135	145	Sep 24	MIN		CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
136	146	Sep 27 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	39	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
137	147	Sep 27 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	1	6	1	8	0	SS
138	148	Sep 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
139	149	Sep 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
140	150	Sep 30	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
141	151	Oct 1	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
142	152	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
143	153	Oct 3	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
144	154	Oct 4	MIN		CHW	W,14-2	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
							144gm		1295.1	247	468	32	747	76