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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
Schools: 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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1986 22 CHW AL 2 0 1.000 1.77 20 0 14 0 0 7 35.2 26 7 7 1 12 0 20 1 0 0 142 246 1.065 6.6 0.3 3.0 5.0 1.67
1987 23 CHW AL 7 5 .583 2.73 51 0 37 0 0 16 89.0 86 30 27 10 24 5 52 3 0 0 369 169 1.236 8.7 1.0 2.4 5.3 2.17
1988 24 CHW AL 5 8 .385 3.30 68 0 59 0 0 34 90.0 96 38 33 6 33 3 62 4 2 6 398 120 1.433 9.6 0.6 3.3 6.2 1.88
1989 25 CHW AL 2 6 .250 3.76 61 0 56 0 0 34 79.0 62 34 33 10 40 3 47 1 1 2 336 101 1.291 7.1 1.1 4.6 5.4 1.18
1990 26 CHW AL 4 6 .400 1.83 77 0 73 0 0 57 88.2 60 20 18 5 32 3 70 1 0 2 347 210 1.038 6.1 0.5 3.2 7.1 2.19 AS,CYA-4,MVP-5
1991 27 CHW AL 7 5 .583 3.49 67 0 58 0 0 30 69.2 63 32 27 10 38 8 47 4 0 2 309 114 1.450 8.1 1.3 4.9 6.1 1.24
1992 28 CHW AL 1 3 .250 4.75 55 0 40 0 0 22 55.0 58 29 29 4 33 5 45 3 0 0 253 82 1.655 9.5 0.7 5.4 7.4 1.36
1993 29 TOT 3 1 .750 5.83 42 0 16 0 0 1 54.0 74 38 35 7 21 1 29 6 1 0 254 71 1.759 12.3 1.2 3.5 4.8 1.38
1993 29 CHW AL 0 0 5.71 25 0 11 0 0 1 34.2 51 25 22 5 12 0 19 5 0 0 166 74 1.817 13.2 1.3 3.1 4.9 1.58
1993 29 PHI NL 3 1 .750 6.05 17 0 5 0 0 0 19.1 23 13 13 2 9 1 10 1 1 0 88 66 1.655 10.7 0.9 4.2 4.7 1.11
1994 30 SEA AL 0 2 .000 9.39 7 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 12 9 8 3 5 0 4 0 0 0 40 52 2.217 14.1 3.5 5.9 4.7 0.80
9 Seasons 31 36 .463 3.43 448 0 356 0 0 201 568.2 537 237 217 56 238 28 376 23 4 12 2448 119 1.363 8.5 0.9 3.8 6.0 1.58
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .463 3.43 68 0 54 0 0 31 86 82 36 33 9 36 4 57 3 1 2 372 119 1.363 8.5 0.9 3.8 6.0 1.58
CHW (8 yrs) 28 33 .459 3.26 424 0 348 0 0 201 541.2 502 215 196 51 224 27 362 22 3 12 2320 125 1.340 8.3 0.8 3.7 6.0 1.62
PHI (1 yr) 3 1 .750 6.05 17 0 5 0 0 0 19.1 23 13 13 2 9 1 10 1 1 0 88 66 1.655 10.7 0.9 4.2 4.7 1.11
SEA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 9.39 7 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 12 9 8 3 5 0 4 0 0 0 40 52 2.217 14.1 3.5 5.9 4.7 0.80
AL (9 yrs) 28 35 .444 3.34 431 0 351 0 0 201 549.1 514 224 204 54 229 27 366 22 3 12 2360 122 1.353 8.4 0.9 3.8 6.0 1.60
NL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 6.05 17 0 5 0 0 0 19.1 23 13 13 2 9 1 10 1 1 0 88 66 1.655 10.7 0.9 4.2 4.7 1.11

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1993 29 PHI NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 5.4 5.4 16.2 3.00
1993 29 PHI NL WS L TOR 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0.750 3.4 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 2.08 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 2 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 17 0.923 4.2 2.1 4.2 6.2 1.50
1 NLCS 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 5.4 5.4 16.2 3.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0.750 3.4 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1987 23 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 29 TOT 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 29 PHI NL 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (8 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 CHW AL 22 P 20 0 35.2 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.51 0.30 .950 1.84 0.68
1987 CHW AL 23 P 51 0 89.0 24 8 14 2 1 .917 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.59 0.23 .957 1.87 0.66
1990 CHW AL 26 P 77 0 88.2 19 10 8 1 2 .947 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.13 0.24 .954 1.72 0.56
1993 TOT 29 P 42 0 54.0 6 1 5 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.17 0.14 1.000 1.76 0.51
9 Seasons P 448 0 568.2 118 43 71 4 10 .966 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.25 .958 1.80 0.62
9 Seasons TOT 448 0 568.2 118 43 71 4 10 .966 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.25 .924 1.80 0.62

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1990 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1990-AL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1990-AL-5-43%
0.43 Career Shares (471st)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1990-AL--4--14%
0.14 Career Shares (158th)

Games Played s c a p y
1988 AL--68--2nd
1990 AL--77--1st
1991 AL--67--10th

Saves s c a p y
1987 AL--16--6th
1988 AL--34--4th
1989 AL--34--2nd
1990 AL--57--1st
1991 AL--30--8th
Career--201--38th

Games Finished s c a p y
1988 AL--59--1st
1989 AL--56--4th
1990 AL--73--1st
1991 AL--58--5th
Career--356--71st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (458), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 18 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (310), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1071), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Duane Ward (945)
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  5. Jeff Shaw (938)
  6. Wayne Granger (936)
  7. Billy Koch (934)
  8. Keith Foulke (933)
  9. Tom Niedenfuer (931)
  10. Brad Lidge (930)
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  1. Rod Beck (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Doug Bird (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Victor Cruz (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chad Cordero (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lee Smith (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rod Beck (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Robb Nen (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Gregg Olson (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

January 11, 1983: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 7th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

August 10, 1993: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jose DeLeon.

November 1, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

April 29, 1994: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Chicago White Sox$60,000
1987Chicago White Sox$625,000
1988Chicago White Sox$70,000
1989Chicago White Sox$467,500
1990Chicago White Sox$325,000
1991Chicago White Sox$2,418,667
1992Chicago White Sox$3,166,667
1993Chicago White Sox$3,416,667
1994Seattle Mariners$200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,749,501
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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