Bobby Thigpen
Robert Thomas Thigpen
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 17, 1963 in Tallahassee, FL
School: Mississippi State University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1986
Final Game: April 27, 1994
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 CHW AL 22 P 20 0 35.2 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.51 0.30 .950 1.84 0.68
1987 CHW AL 23 P 51 0 89.0 24 8 14 2 1 .917 2.22 0.43 .958 1.84 0.67
1988 CHW AL 24 P 68 0 90.0 16 5 11 0 2 1.000 1.60 0.24 .962 1.78 0.67
1989 CHW AL 25 P 61 0 79.0 14 7 7 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.23 .957 1.87 0.66
1990 CHW AL 26 P 77 0 88.2 19 10 8 1 2 .947 1.83 0.23 .953 1.78 0.59 AS,CYA-4,MVP-5
1991 CHW AL 27 P 67 0 69.2 19 3 15 1 0 .947 2.33 0.27 .958 1.80 0.58
1992 CHW AL 28 P 55 0 55.0 13 7 6 0 2 1.000 2.13 0.24 .954 1.72 0.56
1993 TOT MLB 29 P 42 0 54.0 6 1 5 0 2 1.000 1.00 0.14 .967 1.80 0.55
1993 CHW AL 29 P 25 0 34.2 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.78 0.12 .967 1.79 0.56
1993 PHI NL 29 P 17 0 19.1 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.40 0.18 .967 1.82 0.54
1994 SEA AL 30 P 7 0 7.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.14 1.000 1.76 0.51
9 Seasons P 448 0 568.2 118 43 71 4 10 .966 1.80 0.25 .958 1.80 0.62
9 Seasons TOT 448 0 568.2 118 43 71 4 10 .966 1.80 0.25 .924 1.80 0.62

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 CHW AL 22 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CHW AL 23 51 0 2 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CHW AL 24 68 0 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHW AL 25 61 0 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CHW AL 26 77 0 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CHW AL 27 67 0 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CHW AL 28 55 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CHW AL 29 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 PHI NL 29 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 SEA AL 30 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 448 0 19 448 448 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1986 CHW AL 22 145 77% 21% 5 100% 0 2 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1987 CHW AL 23 377 79% 22% 19 84% 0 8 0 5 15 12 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 80%
1988 CHW AL 24 410 76% 29% 9 100% 0 5 1 2 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1989 CHW AL 25 347 75% 27% 10 100% 0 7 1 4 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1990 CHW AL 26 353 71% 26% 14 79% 1 10 3 6 8 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 7 71%
1991 CHW AL 27 326 73% 27% 14 100% 2 3 0 3 15 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1992 CHW AL 28 257 68% 23% 7 100% 0 7 1 5 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1993 CHW AL 29 171 79% 27% 3 67% 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1993 PHI NL 29 93 78% 33% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1994 SEA AL 30 41 78% 15% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 2520 75% 26% 84 92% 3 43 7 26 70 49 6 4 0 1 3 2 9 3 7 2 27 89%
MLB Averages 77% 31% 91% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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