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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 MIN AL 23 2B 81 70 599.2 353 144 204 5 35 .986 10.3 20.6 10.3 4.7 5.6 0 5.22 4.30 .979 5.35 4.64
1970 MIN AL 23 3B 37 0 54.0 14 3 11 0 3 1.000 -0.2 -4.4 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 2.33 0.38 .943 3.07 2.67
1970 MIN AL 23 SS 6 4 42.0 24 9 14 1 1 .958 0.4 11.4 0.4 -1.0 1.5 0 4.93 3.83 .967 4.95 4.38
1971 MIN AL 24 3B 17 8 73.2 29 9 17 3 2 .897 -0.2 -3.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.18 1.53 .959 3.04 2.74
1971 MIN AL 24 2B 3 3 24.0 11 4 6 1 0 .909 0.6 30.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 3.75 3.33 .982 5.32 4.77
1971 MIN AL 24 SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 4.80 4.30
1972 MIN AL 25 SS 144 144 1295.1 747 247 468 32 76 .957 2.5 2.3 3.5 -5.5 8.9 -1 4.97 4.97 .967 4.99 4.51 MVP-23
1973 MIN AL 26 SS 95 92 795.0 481 131 326 24 50 .950 1.9 2.9 3.9 1.0 3.0 -2 5.17 4.81 .963 5.10 4.43
1973 MIN AL 26 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.70
1973 MIN AL 26 DH 1
1974 MIN AL 27 SS 88 69 614.1 322 127 183 12 39 .963 -4.7 -9.2 -4.7 -7.1 2.4 0 4.54 3.52 .965 4.98 4.24
1974 MIN AL 27 3B 5 5 41.0 14 4 9 1 2 .929 -0.5 -14.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 2.85 2.60 .957 3.12 2.76
1974 MIN AL 27 DH 1
1975 MIN AL 28 SS 100 89 751.1 407 138 245 24 40 .941 -9.0 -14.4 -7.0 -6.2 -0.8 -2 4.59 3.83 .960 4.85 4.09
1975 MIN AL 28 3B 7 6 54.0 22 4 16 2 1 .909 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 3.33 2.86 .955 3.17 2.81
1975 MIN AL 28 DH 3
1975 MIN AL 28 2B 1 1 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 9.00 5.00 .980 5.40 4.70
1976 TOT AL 29 SS 44 43 383.2 206 72 130 4 28 .981 -2.6 -8.1 -2.6 -2.8 0.2 0 4.74 4.59 .967 4.99 4.40
1976 MIN AL 29 SS 34 34 299.2 163 58 103 2 23 .988 -0.4 -1.6 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 0 4.84 4.74 .966 4.99 4.40
1976 TEX AL 29 3B 39 30 283.2 84 28 54 2 3 .976 -2.1 -8.9 -1.1 -1.6 0.5 -1 2.60 2.10 .952 2.94 2.64
1976 TEX AL 29 2B 14 11 104.1 54 18 36 0 4 1.000 2.9 33.4 3.9 0.3 3.6 -1 4.66 3.86 .974 5.40 4.64
1976 TEX AL 29 SS 10 9 84.0 43 14 27 2 5 .953 -2.2 -31.4 -2.2 -2.5 0.4 0 4.39 4.10 .967 4.99 4.40
1976 TEX AL 29 DH 1
7 Seasons SS 478 441 3884.2 2188 724 1367 97 234 .956 -11.7 -3.6 -6.7 -21.8 15.2 -5 4.84 4.37 .965 4.98 4.34
6 Seasons 3B 106 49 508.1 163 48 107 8 11 .951 -3.3 -7.8 -2.3 -2.4 0.2 -1 2.74 1.46 .953 3.01 2.68
4 Seasons 2B 99 85 733.0 423 171 246 6 39 .986 13.7 22.4 14.7 5.0 9.7 -1 5.12 4.21 .978 5.36 4.64
4 Seasons DH 6
7 Seasons TOT 683 575 5126.0 2774 943 1720 111 284 .960 -1.3 -0.3 5.7 -19.2 25.1 -7 4.68 3.90 .926 4.84 4.13
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1970 MIN AL 23 96 74 96 96 0 0 0 81 37 6 0 0 0 0 3 2
1971 MIN AL 24 48 11 48 48 0 0 0 3 17 1 0 0 0 0 26 3
1972 MIN AL 25 144 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIN AL 26 99 92 99 96 0 0 0 0 1 95 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1974 MIN AL 27 97 74 97 93 0 0 0 0 5 88 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
1975 MIN AL 28 112 97 112 105 0 0 0 1 7 100 0 0 0 0 1 7 4
1976 TEX AL 29 64 50 64 61 0 0 0 14 39 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1976 MIN AL 29 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 694 576 694 677 0 0 0 99 106 478 0 0 0 0 1 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 23 176 58% 76% 23% 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 5489 58% 78% 27% 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 3581 58% 78% 27% 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 2689 58% 77% 26% 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 3385 56% 76% 27% 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 1377 57% 76% 24% 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 29 381 44% 83% 27% 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 17095 57% 77% 27% 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 61% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 23 227 72% 79% 31% 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 24 306 69% 79% 31% 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 27 177 57% 84% 27% 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 28 258 56% 78% 28% 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 1230 57% 79% 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 2208 60% 80% 27% 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 61% 78% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 2546 62% 75% 26% 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 98 82% 80% 31% 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 29 447 49% 78% 28% 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 3114 61% 76% 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 61% 78% 27% 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 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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