Don Thompson

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 28, 1923 in Swepsonville, NC us

Died: September 28, 2009 in Asheville, NC

Buried: Lewis Memorial Park, Asheville, NC

Debut: April 24, 1949 (Age 25-117d, 10,599th in major league history)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 22, 1954 (Age 30-176d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Donald Newlin Thompson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.7

307

.218

RBI

OBP

.296

SLG

.254

OPS

.550

OPS+

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

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BRO		PHI	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
2	2	Apr 18	BRO		PHI	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
3	3	Apr 20	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
5	6 (1)	Apr 23	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
6	8 (1)	Apr 25	BRO		BSN	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	10 (1)	Apr 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	11	Apr 28	BRO		NYG	W,8-4	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
9	12	Apr 29	BRO		NYG	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	19 (6)	May 6	BRO		STL	L,7-11	GF	15	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	23 (3)	May 10	BRO		CHC	W,6-1	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
12	24	May 12	BRO	@	BSN	T,5-5	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	25	May 13	BRO	@	BSN	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
14	26	May 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
15	28 (1)	May 17	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	33 (4)	May 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,17-8	GF	19	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	34	May 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	35	May 25	BRO		BSN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
19	39 (3)	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,5-9	GF	28	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	43 (3)	Jun 3 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,8-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	46 (2)	Jun 6	BRO		STL	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	47	Jun 7	BRO		STL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	49 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,2-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	51 (1)	Jun 12	BRO	@	STL	W,6-2	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
25	52	Jun 13	BRO	@	STL	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
26	53	Jun 14	BRO	@	STL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	57 (3)	Jun 19	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	60 (2)	Jun 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-4	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
29	61	Jun 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,13-1	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
30	66 (4)	Jun 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	67	Jun 29	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	71 (3)	Jul 3	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	76 (4)	Jul 7	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-2	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	77	Jul 8	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	78	Jul 12	BRO		CHC	W,9-3	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
36	80 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	82 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	83	Jul 15 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	84	Jul 16	BRO		CIN	W,11-2	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
40	85	Jul 17	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	86	Jul 18	BRO		PIT	L,12-13	CG	52	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	87	Jul 20	BRO		STL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
43	88	Jul 21	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
44	89	Jul 22	BRO		STL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	90	Jul 24	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	91	Jul 25	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	92	Jul 26	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	93	Jul 27	BRO	@	STL	W,12-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	94	Jul 28	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
50	95	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	W,9-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	96	Jul 31	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	98 (1)	Aug 2	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
53	99	Aug 3	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	21	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
54	101 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-8	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	103 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,7-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
56	106 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,8-1	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	117 (10)	Aug 22 (1)	BRO		STL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
58	127 (9)	Aug 29	BRO		CIN	W,13-1	GF	18	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	PR LF CF
59	128	Aug 30	BRO		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	129	Sep 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
61	134 (4)	Sep 7	BRO		PHI	W,11-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
							62gm		287.2	73	3	1	77	1