Danny Thompson
Danny Leon Thompson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: February 1, 1947 in Wichita, KS
High School: Capron (Capron, OK)
School: Oklahoma State University
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1970
Final Game: October 2, 1976
Died: December 10, 1976 in Rochester, MN
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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
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 6/5D
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 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 -29.0 -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 .321 .356 .364 .674 .685 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 .412 -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 Seasons 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

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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*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 2411 0.6% 9.8% 5.0% 4.0% 18% 1.96 9.4 147.9 11.4 1.26 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1970 23 MIN AL 5 0 34% 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 50% 12 8 4 2 1 1 6 1 5
1971 24 MIN AL 0 0 46% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
1972 25 MIN AL 3 0 26% 258 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 8 47% 43 27 14 4 2 2 17 3 14
1973 26 MIN AL 2 0 30% 112 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 45% 19 11 8 2 1 1 10 2 5
1974 27 MIN AL 1 0 24% 114 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 38% 18 14 3 4 2 2 10 3 7
1975 28 MIN AL 11 0 18% 138 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 38% 13 9 3 7 5 2 9 2 6
1976 29 TOT AL 4 0 23% 134 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 33% 23 17 6 5 2 2 8 4 4
1976 29 MIN AL 1 0 27% 44 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 39% 9 6 3 1 0 1 3 2 1
1976 29 TEX AL 3 0 20% 90 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 30% 14 11 3 4 2 1 5 2 3
7 Seasons 26 0 26% 892 8 11 42% 8 10 0 1 0 0 3 0 25 36 42% 133 89 40 24 13 10 63 16 43
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 1.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 60 6 10% 33 13 39% 167 25 15% 17 10 59% 11 6 55% 0
1971 24 MIN AL 68 71% 15 20 5 0 1 1.90 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 13 5 38% 6 4 67% 43 7 16% 3 3 100% 4 1 25% 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% 34 16 47% 0
1973 26 MIN AL 374 38% 78 2 0 0 0 2.23 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 6 4 67% 87 11 13% 36 14 39% 270 35 13% 26 13 50% 26 8 31% 0
1974 27 MIN AL 296 33% 66 6 0 0 0 1.41 4 0 16 1 3 2 2 1 9 7 78% 72 15 21% 34 12 35% 222 23 10% 19 8 42% 14 8 57% 0
1975 28 MIN AL 384 36% 96 6 2 0 1 1.67 5 0 9 4 1 4 1 0 7 7 100% 70 7 10% 37 20 54% 277 33 12% 17 10 59% 28 11 39% 0
1976 29 TOT AL 347 37% 71 7 2 0 2 1.17 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 7 6 86% 60 6 10% 35 14 40% 207 20 10% 17 7 41% 25 9 36% 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% 12 4 33% 0
1976 29 TEX AL 216 42% 42 7 2 0 2 1.17 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 80% 45 5 11% 22 7 32% 138 14 10% 11 5 45% 13 5 38% 0
7 Seasons 2411 35% 550 44 10 0 4 1.67 15 0 53 6 9 9 6 1 55 46 84% 473 64 14% 240 105 44% 1540 189 12% 120 64 53% 142 59 42% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1970 23 96 313 303 26 67 9 0 0 23 0 7 39 .221 .236 .251 .487 18 96
1971 24 48 65 57 12 15 2 0 0 8 0 7 12 .263 .338 .298 .637 6 48
1972 25 151 659 616 68 182 25 7 5 61 3 39 60 .295 .338 .383 .722 79 144
1973 26 99 371 348 31 79 13 2 1 38 1 16 41 .227 .261 .284 .546 26 99
1974 27 97 290 265 28 67 6 1 4 28 1 22 29 .253 .314 .328 .642 27 97
1975 28 113 383 360 27 99 11 2 5 40 0 19 30 .275 .308 .358 .666 40 112
1976 29 99 350 328 24 77 8 0 1 22 3 17 27 .235 .274 .268 .543 24 98
7 Seasons 703 2431 2277 216 586 74 12 16 220 8 127 238 .257 .297 .321 .618 220 694
162 Game Avg. 162 560 525 50 135 17 3 4 51 2 29 55 .257 .297 .321 .618 51 694

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 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.

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 (1469th)

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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Gray InkBatting - 5 (1737), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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