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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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Minors
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- 1970
- 1974
- 1971
- 1975
- 1972
- 1976
- 1973
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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

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

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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 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 (1456th)	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 Ink Batting - 5 (1625), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.

January 27, 1968: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary).

June 1, 1976: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Bert Blyleven to the Texas Rangers for Mike Cubbage, Jim Gideon, Bill Singer, Roy Smalley and $250,000.

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Uniforms

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