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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1970	MIN	AL	23	2B	81	70	39	599.2	353	144	204	5	35	.986	10	21	5.22	4.30	.979	5.35	5.32
1970	MIN	AL	23	3B	37	0	0	54.0	14	3	11	0	3	1.000	-0	-4	2.33	0.38	.949	3.07	3.06
1970	MIN	AL	23	SS	6	4	2	42.0	24	9	14	1	1	.958	0	11	4.93	3.83	.967	4.93	4.92
1971	MIN	AL	24	3B	17	8	4	73.2	29	9	17	3	2	.897	-0	-3	3.18	1.53	.956	3.04	3.03
1971	MIN	AL	24	2B	3	3	2	24.0	11	4	6	1	0	.909	1	30	3.75	3.33	.980	5.32	5.27
1971	MIN	AL	24	SS	1	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-80	3.00	1.00	.960	4.80	4.90
1972	MIN	AL	25	SS	144	144	138	1295.1	747	247	468	32	76	.957	2	2	4.97	4.97	.967	4.99	4.97	MVP-23
1973	MIN	AL	26	SS	95	92	81	795.0	481	131	326	24	50	.950	2	3	5.17	4.81	.963	5.10	5.07
1973	MIN	AL	26	3B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-180	0.00	0.00		3.15	3.00
1974	MIN	AL	27	SS	88	69	52	614.1	322	127	183	12	39	.963	-5	-9	4.54	3.52	.965	4.98	4.96
1974	MIN	AL	27	3B	5	5	3	41.0	14	4	9	1	2	.929	-0	-15	2.85	2.60	.954	3.12	3.10
1974	MIN	AL	27	DH	1	0
1975	MIN	AL	28	SS	100	89	52	751.1	407	138	245	24	40	.941	-9	-14	4.59	3.83	.959	4.85	4.84
1975	MIN	AL	28	3B	7	6	4	54.0	22	4	16	2	1	.909	0	0	3.33	2.86	.954	3.17	3.14
1975	MIN	AL	28	DH	4	1
1975	MIN	AL	28	2B	1	1	0	5.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-24	9.00	5.00	.976	5.40	5.40
1976	TOT	AL	29	SS	44	43	40	383.2	206	72	130	4	28	.981	-3	-8	4.74	4.59	.967	4.99	5.01
1976	MIN	AL	29	SS	34	34	31	299.2	163	58	103	2	23	.988	-0	-2	4.84	4.74	.967	4.99	5.01
1976	TEX	AL	29	3B	39	30	24	283.2	84	28	54	2	3	.976	-2	-9	2.60	2.10	.953	2.94	2.95
1976	TEX	AL	29	2B	14	11	8	104.1	54	18	36	0	4	1.000	3	33	4.66	3.86	.975	5.40	5.42
1976	TEX	AL	29	SS	10	9	9	84.0	43	14	27	2	5	.953	-2	-31	4.39	4.10	.967	4.99	5.01
1976	TEX	AL	29	DH	1	0
	7 Seasons			SS	478	441	365	3884.2	2188	724	1367	97	234	.956	-12	-4	4.84	4.37	.964	4.98	4.96
	6 Seasons			3B	106	49	35	508.1	163	48	107	8	11	.951	-3	-8	2.74	1.46	.953	3.01	3.02
	4 Seasons			2B	99	85	49	733.0	423	171	246	6	39	.986	14	22	5.12	4.21	.978	5.36	5.33
	7 Seasons			TOT	683	575	449	5126.0	2774	943	1720	111	284	.960	-1	-0	4.68	3.90	.966	4.84	4.72
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1970	MIN	AL	23	2B	10	21	10	6	5	0
1970	MIN	AL	23	3B	-0	-4	-0	0	-0	0
1970	MIN	AL	23	SS	0	11	0	2	-1	0
1971	MIN	AL	24	3B	-0	-3	-0	-0	0	0
1971	MIN	AL	24	2B	1	30	1	1	0	0
1971	MIN	AL	24	SS	-0	-80	-0	0	-0	0
1972	MIN	AL	25	SS	2	2	4	9	-6	-1
1973	MIN	AL	26	SS	2	3	4	3	1	-2
1973	MIN	AL	26	3B	-0	-180	-0	-0	0	0
1974	MIN	AL	27	SS	-5	-9	-5	2	-7	0
1974	MIN	AL	27	3B	-0	-15	-0	-0	-0	0
1975	MIN	AL	28	SS	-9	-14	-7	-1	-6	-2
1975	MIN	AL	28	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	MIN	AL	28	2B	-0	-24	-0	-0	0	0
1976	MIN	AL	29	SS	-0	-2	-0	-0	-0	0
1976	TEX	AL	29	3B	-2	-9	-1	0	-2	-1
1976	TEX	AL	29	2B	3	33	4	4	0	-1
1976	TEX	AL	29	SS	-2	-31	-2	0	-2	0
	7 Seasons			SS	-12	-4	-7	15	-22	-5
	6 Seasons			3B	-3	-8	-2	0	-2	-1
	4 Seasons			2B	14	22	15	10	5	-1
	7 Seasons			TOT	-1	-0	6	25	-19	-7
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	DH	PH	PR
1970	MIN	AL	23	96	74	96	94	81	36	6	0	3	2
1971	MIN	AL	24	48	11	48	20	3	17	1	0	26	3
1972	MIN	AL	25	144	144	144	144	0	0	144	0	0	0
1973	MIN	AL	26	99	92	99	96	0	1	95	0	3	0
1974	MIN	AL	27	97	74	97	93	0	5	88	1	6	4
1975	MIN	AL	28	112	97	112	105	1	7	100	4	7	4
1976	TEX	AL	29	64	50	64	61	14	39	10	1	8	0
1976	MIN	AL	29	34	34	34	34	0	0	34	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			694	576	694	647	99	105	478	6	53	13

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1970	MIN	AL	23	171	60%	78%	24%	21	95%	0	9	7	1	1	15	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1971	MIN	AL	24	17	71%	65%	18%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	MIN	AL	25	5330	60%	80%	28%	605	91%	4	248	136	81	31	459	349	96	0	7	32	0	26	6	26	77	31	4	20	6	1	67	35	27	8	5	3
1973	MIN	AL	26	3449	60%	81%	28%	387	91%	1	134	60	60	14	322	238	76	1	4	24	2	17	5	20	50	19	3	18	3	3	48	23	24	2	2	0
1974	MIN	AL	27	2587	60%	80%	27%	249	92%	1	124	63	40	20	183	136	43	0	1	12	2	10	0	7	39	19	1	11	2	2	37	20	15	1	0	1
1975	MIN	AL	28	3240	58%	80%	28%	309	94%	3	138	69	54	15	249	196	42	1	5	24	0	18	6	18	40	13	3	9	5	4	36	16	19	2	1	1
1976	MIN	AL	29	1304	60%	81%	26%	121	98%	0	59	24	25	10	103	75	26	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	23	13	1	6	0	0	20	14	6	2	0	2
1976	TEX	AL	29	369	46%	86%	28%	32	81%	1	14	3	6	4	27	22	5	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	5	1	0	2	1	0	4	1	3	1	0	1
	7 Seasons			16467	59%	80%	28%	1725	92%	10	726	362	267	95	1359	1031	289	2	19	97	4	75	18	75	235	96	12	67	17	10	213	109	95	16	8	8
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	28%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1970	MIN	AL	23	225	72%	80%	32%	19	84%	0	4	4	0	0	12	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
1971	MIN	AL	24	298	71%	82%	32%	27	93%	0	9	5	2	2	19	19	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
1973	MIN	AL	26	10	20%	90%	20%	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	MIN	AL	27	173	58%	86%	28%	16	81%	0	4	3	1	0	9	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0%
1975	MIN	AL	28	240	60%	84%	30%	20	90%	0	4	1	2	1	16	15	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%
1976	TEX	AL	29	1189	59%	82%	26%	82	90%	0	29	19	4	6	55	44	8	1	4	2	0	2	0	2	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	4	75%
	6 Seasons			2135	62%	82%	28%	165	88%	0	50	32	9	9	111	94	14	1	6	8	0	7	1	7	11	6	3	9	2	0	2	6	67%
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	28%		89%																								68%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1970	MIN	AL	23	2474	64%	78%	27%	247	94%	1	142	59	59	24	201	173	23	2	1	5	1	4	0	3	35	15	7	10	1	33	11	22	2	2	0
1971	MIN	AL	24	94	85%	83%	32%	9	89%	0	3	2	1	0	6	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	MIN	AL	28	23	83%	65%	17%	2	100%	0	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TEX	AL	29	429	51%	82%	29%	42	95%	0	18	4	9	5	36	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			3020	63%	78%	27%	300	94%	1	168	67	71	30	243	207	31	2	1	6	1	5	0	4	39	15	7	14	1	37	15	22	2	2	0
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	28%		93%

* 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)	Assists† s c a p y 1972 AL 468 (5th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1972 AL 32 (1st) 1975 AL 26 (5th)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1972 AL 144 (5th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1972 AL 247 (3rd)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1972 AL 468 (5th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1972 AL 32 (1st) 1973 AL 24 (4th) 1975 AL 24 (4th)
Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y 1970 AL 10 (4th) 1976 AL 3 (5th) Career 14 (94th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1970 AL .986 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1972 AL 4.97 (5th) 1973 AL 5.17 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1972 AL 4.97 (4th)

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