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Danny Thompson

Danny Leon Thompson

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: February 1, 1947 in Wichita, KS
High School: Capron HS (Capron, OK)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1970
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rangers 1970-1976

Final Game: October 2, 1976
Died: December 10, 1976 in Rochester, MN
Buried: Capron Cemetery, Capron, OK
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Standard Batting

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
1968	21	MIN-min	A-	63	241	241		68	16	3	7						.282	.282	.461	.743		111							SCL · NORL
1969	22	MIN-min	AA	89	321	291	45	88	12	8	2	40	4	2	30	22	.302	.368	.419	.787		122							CHR · SOUL
1970	23	MIN-min	AAA	58	236	215	26	53	13	3	0	18	5	1	16	29	.247	.305	.335	.640		72		2	3	0			EVN · AA
1970	23	MIN	AL	96	318	302	25	66	9	0	0	22	0	0	7	39	.219	.234	.248	.482	32	75	6	0	6	3	0	45/6
1971	24	MIN	AL	48	68	57	10	15	2	0	0	7	0	0	7	12	.263	.338	.298	.637	80	17	5	0	3	1	0	5/46
1972	25	MIN	AL	144	624	573	54	158	22	6	4	48	3	4	34	57	.276	.318	.356	.674	97	204	14	2	13	2	1	*6	MVP-23
1973	26	MIN	AL	99	374	347	29	78	13	2	1	36	1	0	16	41	.225	.259	.282	.542	51	98	11	2	4	5	3	6/5
1974	27	MIN	AL	97	296	264	25	66	6	1	4	25	1	1	22	29	.250	.311	.326	.637	81	86	15	2	7	1	0	6/5D
1975	28	MIN	AL	112	384	355	25	96	11	2	5	37	0	3	18	30	.270	.302	.355	.657	84	126	7	0	7	4	2	6/5D4
1976	29	TOT	AL	98	347	320	21	71	7	0	1	19	3	3	16	27	.222	.261	.253	.514	50	81	6	2	6	3	0	654/D
1976	29	MIN	AL	34	131	124	9	29	4	0	0	6	1	1	3	8	.234	.256	.266	.522	52	33	1	1	2	1	0	6
1976	29	TEX	AL	64	216	196	12	42	3	0	1	13	2	2	13	19	.214	.264	.245	.509	49	48	5	1	4	2	0	546/D
7 Yrs				694	2411	2218	189	550	70	11	15	194	8	11	120	235	.248	.287	.310	.596	69	687	64	8	46	19	6
162 Game Avg.				162	563	518	44	128	16	3	4	45	2	3	28	55	.248	.287	.310	.596	69	160	15	2	11	4	1

MIN (7 yrs)				630	2195	2022	177	508	67	11	14	181	6	9	107	216	.251	.289	.316	.605	71	639	59	7	42	17	6
TEX (1 yr)				64	216	196	12	42	3	0	1	13	2	2	13	19	.214	.264	.245	.509	49	48	5	1	4	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1970	23	MIN	AL	96	318	-26	1	1	10	3	-10	-1.2	10	-0	-0.2	.488	.493	-1.3	1.5	-11	$	45/6
1971	24	MIN	AL	48	68	-2	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.496	.499	0.0	0.1	0	$	5/46
1972	25	MIN	AL	144	624	-5	-2	1	2	9	6	0.6	21	26	2.6	.505	.505	2.4	1.3	24	$	*6	MVP-23
1973	26	MIN	AL	99	374	-26	-1	1	2	5	-20	-2.0	12	-8	-0.9	.478	.487	-1.1	0.9	-9	$	6/5
1974	27	MIN	AL	97	296	-8	-0	-1	-5	4	-10	-1.0	10	-0	-0.1	.489	.493	0.5	0.0	5	$	6/5D
1975	28	MIN	AL	112	384	-4	-3	0	-9	5	-11	-1.0	12	2	0.1	.490	.493	1.1	-0.3	11	$	6/5D4
1976	29	MIN	AL	34	131	-8	1	0	-0	2	-5	-0.6	4	-1	-0.2	.482	.496	-0.1	0.2	-0	$	6
1976	29	TEX	AL	64	216	-12	-1	0	-1	2	-12	-1.3	7	-5	-0.7	.478	.491	-0.5	0.1	-4	$	546/D
7 Seasons				694	2411	-91	-5	2	-1	31	-64	-6.7	78	14	0.6	.490	.495	1.0	3.7	15	$

MIN (7 yrs)				630	2195	-79	-4	1	0	29	-52	-5.4	71	19	1.3	.491	.495	1.5	3.6	19	$
TEX (1 yr)				64	216	-12	-1	0	-1	2	-12	-1.3	7	-5	-0.7	.478	.491	-0.5	0.1	-4	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1970	23	MIN	AL	318	251	17	1.8	100	.248	.219	.261	.234	.336	.248	.399	.482	.735	32	.172	-29.1	-3.0	.339	.053	.030
1971	24	MIN	AL	68	51	5	2.6	95	.326	.263	.258	.338	.331	.298	.384	.637	.714	80	.315	-1.2	-0.1	.511	.158	.035
1972	25	MIN	AL	624	448	63	3.8	87	.300	.276	.252	.318	.322	.356	.364	.674	.686	97	.518	-4.0	-0.4	.552	.138	.080	3.4
1973	26	MIN	AL	374	289	24	2.2	97	.248	.225	.264	.259	.334	.282	.388	.542	.722	51	.228	-23.7	-2.4	.418	.107	.058	1.0
1974	27	MIN	AL	296	222	24	2.9	92	.267	.250	.263	.311	.328	.326	.378	.637	.706	81	.345	-6.9	-0.7	.514	.159	.076	1.6
1975	28	MIN	AL	384	280	37	3.6	94	.281	.270	.260	.302	.330	.355	.382	.657	.713	84	.413	-8.6	-0.9	.524	.127	.085	.0
1976	29	TOT	AL	347	267	22	2.2	88	.237	.222	.259	.261	.323	.253	.365	.514	.688	50	.256	-20.8	-2.2	.384	.081	.031	1.5
1976	29	MIN	AL	131	100	9	2.4	88	.248	.234	.259	.256	.324	.266	.366	.522	.690	52	.288	-7.9	-0.8	.381	.056	.032	.0
1976	29	TEX	AL	216	167	13	2.1	87	.230	.214	.258	.264	.323	.245	.364	.509	.687	49	.237	-12.9	-1.4	.385	.097	.031	1.3
7 Yrs				2411	1808	192	2.9	92	.269	.248	.259	.287	.328	.310	.378	.596	.706	69	.345	-94.3	-9.9	.466	.115	.062	10.4
162 Game Avg.				563	422	45	2.9	92	.269	.248	.259	.287	.328	.310	.378	.596	.706	69	.345	-94.3	-9.9	.466	.115	.062	2

MIN (7 yrs)				2195	1641	179	2.9	93	.273	.251	.259	.289	.329	.316	.379	.605	.708	71	.355	-81.4	-8.5	.474	.116	.065	8.4
TEX (1 yr)				216	167	13	2.1	87	.230	.214	.258	.264	.323	.245	.364	.509	.687	49	.237	-12.9	-1.4	.385	.097	.031	1.3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1970	23	MIN	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	3	9	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	2	2	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							3	9	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	2	2	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	23	MIN	AL	318	0.0%	12.3%	2.2%	2.8%	14%	5.57	7.7		13.7	1.02	84%
1971	24	MIN	AL	68	0.0%	17.7%	10.3%	2.9%	13%	1.71	4.8		8.1	2.00	68%
1972	25	MIN	AL	624	0.6%	9.1%	5.5%	5.1%	20%	1.68	10.1	143.3	11.9	1.27	82%
1973	26	MIN	AL	374	0.3%	11.0%	4.3%	4.3%	21%	2.56	8.5	347.0	9.6	1.25	83%
1974	27	MIN	AL	296	1.4%	9.8%	7.4%	3.7%	17%	1.32	9.1	66.0	10.6	1.94	78%
1975	28	MIN	AL	384	1.3%	7.8%	4.7%	4.7%	19%	1.67	11.8	71.0	9.6	1.25	84%
1976	29	TOT	AL	347	0.3%	7.8%	4.6%	2.3%	11%	1.69	11.9	320.0	16.8	1.04	85%
1976	29	MIN	AL	131	0.0%	6.1%	2.3%	3.1%	14%	2.67	15.5		20.7	1.07	89%
1976	29	TEX	AL	216	0.5%	8.8%	6.0%	1.9%	10%	1.46	10.3	196.0	15.1	1.03	82%
7 Yrs				2411	0.6%	9.8%	5.0%	4.0%	18%	1.96	9.4	147.9	11.4	1.26	82%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.8%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.58	6.4	46.9	9.0	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	23	MIN	AL	-29.1	-3.0	321	-1.5	4.0	-5.5	.92	-2.0	0.4	-17.4	-1.8	0.90	-23.4	1.39	3
1971	24	MIN	AL	-1.2	-0.1	69	-0.1	1.2	-1.4	1.16	-0.2	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.95	-2.2	1.84	20
1972	25	MIN	AL	-4.0	-0.4	638	0.3	10.7	-10.4	1.02	-0.1	0.5	2.6	0.3	0.94	-0.5		0
1973	26	MIN	AL	-23.7	-2.4	377	-1.6	5.2	-6.8	.97	-2.4	0.8	-16.4	-1.6	0.99	-24.8	2.27	2
1974	27	MIN	AL	-6.9	-0.7	300	-1.2	4.7	-5.9	1.11	-0.9	-0.2	-14.1	-1.4	1.03	-9.0	1.36	6
1975	28	MIN	AL	-8.6	-0.9	388	-0.8	6.6	-7.4	1.13	-0.6	-0.2	-11.6	-1.2	0.99	-8.0	1.72	6
1976	29	TOT	AL	-20.8	-2.2	358	-2.9	3.9	-6.8	1.04	-2.4	-0.4	-27.9	-3.0	0.96	-23.4	1.07	8
1976	29	MIN	AL	-7.9	-0.8	136	-0.7	1.4	-2.1	.88	-1.0	0.3	-9.8	-1.0	0.92	-9.7		0
1976	29	TEX	AL	-12.9	-1.4	222	-2.2	2.5	-4.7	1.13	-1.3	-0.6	-18.1	-1.9	0.99	-13.6	1.07	8
7 Yrs				-94.3	-9.9	2451	-7.7	36.4	-44.1	1.03	-8.6	1.1	-85.2	-8.8	0.97	-91.3	1.61	45

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	23	MIN	AL	5	34%	110	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	50%	12	8	4	2	1	1	6	1	5
1971	24	MIN	AL	0	46%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	5	3	2	0	0	0	3	1	2
1972	25	MIN	AL	3	26%	258	3	4	43%	3	3	1	1	11	8	47%	43	27	14	4	2	2	17	3	14
1973	26	MIN	AL	2	30%	112	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	6	6	45%	19	11	8	2	1	1	10	2	5
1974	27	MIN	AL	1	24%	114	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	3	38%	18	14	3	4	2	2	10	3	7
1975	28	MIN	AL	11	18%	138	0	3	0%	0	3	0	1	4	2	38%	13	9	3	7	5	2	9	2	6
1976	29	TOT	AL	4	23%	134	3	3	50%	3	3	0	1	3	6	33%	23	17	6	5	2	2	8	4	4
1976	29	MIN	AL	1	27%	44	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	5	39%	9	6	3	1	0	1	3	2	1
1976	29	TEX	AL	3	20%	90	2	2	50%	2	2	0	1	2	1	30%	14	11	3	4	2	1	5	2	3
7 Yrs				26	26%	892	8	11	42%	8	10	1	3	25	36	42%	133	89	40	24	13	10	63	16	43

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1970	23	MIN	AL	318	30%	66			3	1	0	0	1.39	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	60	6	10%	33	13	39%	167	25	15%	17	10	59%	5	2	40%	0
1971	24	MIN	AL	68	71%	15			20	5	0	1	1.84	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	13	5	38%	6	4	67%	43	7	16%	3	3	100%	4	3	75%	0
1972	25	MIN	AL	624	30%	158			0	0	0	0		4	0	11	1	3	2	2	0	17	13	76%	111	14	13%	59	28	47%	354	46	13%	21	13	62%	22	16	73%	0
1973	26	MIN	AL	374	38%	78			2	0	0	0	2.27	1	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	6	4	67%	87	11	13%	36	14	39%	270	35	13%	26	13	50%	18	8	44%	0
1974	27	MIN	AL	296	33%	66			6	0	0	0	1.36	4	0	16	1	3	2	2	1	9	7	78%	72	15	21%	34	12	35%	222	23	10%	19	8	42%	13	9	69%	0
1975	28	MIN	AL	384	36%	96			6	2	0	1	1.72	5	0	9	4	1	4	1	0	7	7	100%	70	7	10%	37	20	54%	277	33	12%	17	10	59%	17	10	59%	0
1976	29	TOT	AL	347	37%	71			8	2	0	2	1.07	1	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	7	6	86%	60	6	10%	35	14	40%	207	20	10%	17	7	41%	8	4	50%	0
1976	29	MIN	AL	131	29%	29			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	15	1	7%	13	7	54%	69	6	9%	6	2	33%	5	3	60%	0
1976	29	TEX	AL	216	42%	42			8	2	0	2	1.07	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	5	4	80%	45	5	11%	22	7	32%	138	14	10%	11	5	45%	3	1	33%	0
7 Yrs				2411	35%	550			45	10	0	4	1.61	15	0	53	6	9	9	6	1	55	46	84%	473	64	14%	240	105	44%	1540	189	12%	120	64	53%	87	52	60%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			75%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1970	23	96	318	302	25	66	9	0	0	22	0	0	7	39	.219	.234	.248	.482	32	75	6	0	6	3	0
1971	24	144	386	359	35	81	11	0	0	29	0	0	14	51	.226	.252	.256	.508	40	92	11	0	9	4	0
1972	25	288	1010	932	89	239	33	6	4	77	3	4	48	108	.256	.293	.318	.610	74	296	25	2	22	6	1
1973	26	387	1384	1279	118	317	46	8	5	113	4	4	64	149	.248	.284	.308	.592	67	394	36	4	26	11	4
1974	27	484	1680	1543	143	383	52	9	9	138	5	5	86	178	.248	.288	.311	.599	70	480	51	6	33	12	4
1975	28	596	2064	1898	168	479	63	11	14	175	5	8	104	208	.252	.291	.319	.610	73	606	58	6	40	16	6
1976	29	694	2411	2218	189	550	70	11	15	194	8	11	120	235	.248	.287	.310	.596	69	687	64	8	46	19	6

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1970	23	96	319	303	25	67	9	0	0	22	0	7	39	.221	.236	.251	.487	18	96
1971	24	48	68	57	10	15	2	0	0	7	0	7	12	.263	.338	.298	.637	6	48
1972	25	151	677	619	68	185	26	7	5	61	4	40	60	.299	.342	.388	.730	82	144
1973	26	99	378	350	31	81	14	2	1	38	1	17	41	.231	.267	.291	.559	27	99
1974	27	97	301	268	27	70	6	1	4	27	1	23	29	.261	.323	.336	.659	29	97
1975	28	113	391	361	27	100	11	2	5	40	0	19	30	.277	.310	.360	.670	41	112
1976	29	99	356	328	24	77	8	0	1	22	3	17	27	.235	.274	.268	.543	24	98
7 Yrs		703	2490	2286	212	595	76	12	16	217	9	130	238	.260	.300	.325	.625	227	694
162 Game Avg.		162	574	527	49	137	18	3	4	50	2	30	55	.260	.300	.325	.625	52	694

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 1974 ML Hutch Award	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1972 AL (23, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	At Bats s c a p y 1972 AL 573 (8th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1972 AL 624 (10th)
Hits s c a p y 1972 AL 158 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1972 AL 6 (6th)	Singles s c a p y 1972 AL 126 (3rd)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1972 AL 13 (8th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1972 AL 448 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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