Bobby Thomson

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: October 25, 1923 in Glasgow, United Kingdom gb

Died: August 16, 2010 in Savannah, GA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Curtis HS (Staten Island, NY)

School: St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)

Debut: September 9, 1946 (Age 22-319d, 10,170th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 17, 1960 (Age 36-266d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Robert Brown Thomson

Nicknames: Flying Scot or The Staten Island Scot

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.6

6305

1705

264

.270

903

RBI

1026

OBP

.332

SLG

.462

OPS

.794

OPS+

110

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

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
2	2	Apr 17	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 18	NYG		BRO	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
4	4	Apr 19	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
5	5	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	0	1	2	3	1
6	6	Apr 23	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	1	7	1
7	7	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-14	CG	52	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	3	6	0	9	0
9	9	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	3	3	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 29	NYG		STL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 30	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 6	NYG		CIN	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 8	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	May 9	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	16	May 10	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	17	May 11 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 11 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-11	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	20	May 14	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	45	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
24	24	May 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 23	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 24	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	30	May 27	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 28	NYG		BRO	L,2-14	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 29	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	33	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	35	May 31	NYG		PIT	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	37	Jun 1 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,13-9	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	38	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	39	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	Jun 4	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
41	41	Jun 5 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 5 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 6	NYG		STL	W,7-4	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 9	NYG		PIT	W,13-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
45	45	Jun 10	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	55	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 15 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 15 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	51 (1)	Jun 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	52	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	53	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	62 (8)	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,15-3	CG	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	63	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
55	64	Jul 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,19-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
56	65	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-16	CG	47	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	66	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
58	67	Jul 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	68	Jul 6	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	69	Jul 10	NYG		STL	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	70	Jul 11 (1)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	71	Jul 11 (2)	NYG		STL	W,17-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	72	Jul 12 (1)	NYG		STL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	73	Jul 12 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	74	Jul 13 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	75	Jul 13 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	76	Jul 14	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	77	Jul 15	NYG		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	78	Jul 16	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	79	Jul 18	NYG		CIN	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	80	Jul 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	81	Jul 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	82	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
74	83	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
75	84	Jul 24	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
76	85	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	86	Jul 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	87	Jul 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	88	Jul 28	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	89	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	90	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	91	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	92	Aug 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	93	Aug 2 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	94	Aug 2 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
86	95	Aug 3 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-8	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	96	Aug 3 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	T,6-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	97	Aug 5	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	98	Aug 6	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	99	Aug 7	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	100	Aug 8	NYG		BSN	L,5-7	CG	50	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	101	Aug 9	NYG		BSN	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	102	Aug 10 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	103	Aug 10 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	104	Aug 11	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
96	105	Aug 12	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	106	Aug 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	107	Aug 14	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	108	Aug 15	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
100	109	Aug 16	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	28	5.1	3	0	0	3	0
101	110	Aug 17 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	111	Aug 17 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
103	112	Aug 19	NYG		CIN	L,1-8	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	113	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	114	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
106	115	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
107	116	Aug 22	NYG		PIT	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	117	Aug 23 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,10-11	CG	47	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
109	118	Aug 23 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	119	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	120	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
112	121	Aug 25	NYG		CHC	L,7-9	CG	45	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
113	122	Aug 26	NYG		CHC	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	123	Aug 27	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	130 (6)	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	132 (1)	Sep 6	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
117	133	Sep 7	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
118	134	Sep 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-8	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	138 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	140 (1)	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	W,9-1	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	141	Sep 15	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	142	Sep 16	NYG	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	143	Sep 17 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	144	Sep 17 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,10-12	CG	0	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
125	145	Sep 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	146	Sep 20	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
127	147	Sep 21 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
128	148	Sep 21 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	149	Sep 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	150	Sep 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	151	Sep 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
132	152	Sep 26	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
133	153	Sep 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-10	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
134	154	Sep 28 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
135	155	Sep 28 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
							135gm		75.0	350	31	12	393	6