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Don Thompson

Donald Newlin Thompson

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 28, 1923 in Swepsonville, NC
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1949
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Braves 1949-1954

Final Game: June 22, 1954
Died: September 28, 2009 in Asheville, NC
Cremated
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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
1949 25 BSN NL 7 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0 2 0 0 0 /O9
1951 27 BRO NL 80 132 118 25 27 3 0 0 6 2 8 12 12 .229 .305 .254 .560 51 30 1 1 1 O7/8
1953 29 BRO NL 96 169 153 25 37 5 0 1 12 2 3 14 13 .242 .310 .294 .604 56 45 6 1 1 O79/8
1954 30 BRO NL 34 31 25 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 .040 .226 .040 .266 -26 1 0 1 0 0 7/8
4 Yrs 217 343 307 52 67 8 0 1 19 4 11 31 32 .218 .296 .254 .550 45 78 7 3 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 256 229 39 50 6 0 1 14 3 23 24 .218 .296 .254 .550 45 58 5 2 1
BRO (3 yrs) 210 332 296 52 65 8 0 1 19 4 11 31 30 .220 .300 .257 .557 47 76 7 3 2 0
BSN (1 yr) 7 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0 2 0 0 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
1949 25 BSN NL 7 11 -2 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .479 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /O9
1951 27 BRO NL 80 132 -8 -2 1 -3 -2 -14 -1.5 4 -10 -1.0 .482 .491 -0.7 -0.5 -6 $ O7/8
1953 29 BRO NL 96 169 -6 -1 -0 2 -3 -9 -0.9 6 -3 -0.3 .491 .495 -0.5 -0.2 -5 $ O79/8
1954 30 BRO NL 34 31 -3 -0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ 7/8
4 Seasons 217 343 -19 -3 1 -1 -5 -28 -2.9 11 -16 -1.7 .487 .496 -1.6 -0.7 -15 $
BRO (3 yrs) 210 332 -17 -3 1 -1 -5 -26 -2.8 11 -15 -1.6 .487 .494 -1.5 -0.7 -14 $
BSN (1 yr) 7 11 -2 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .479 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $

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
1949 25 BSN NL 11 9 0 0.0 99 .222 .182 .264 .182 .337 .182 .395 .364 .733 -0 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .222 .000 .000
1951 27 BRO NL 132 101 7 1.9 105 .255 .229 .270 .305 .344 .254 .409 .560 .753 51 .164 -8.0 -0.8 .370 .076 .025 .0
1953 29 BRO NL 169 126 13 2.7 113 .259 .242 .278 .310 .350 .294 .433 .604 .782 56 .260 -9.8 -0.9 .472 .137 .052 1.3
1954 30 BRO NL 31 24 0 0.0 113 .050 .040 .279 .226 .351 .040 .431 .266 .782 -26 .000 -4.8 -0.5 .292 .200 .000
4 Yrs 343 260 20 2.0 109 .241 .218 .274 .296 .347 .254 .422 .550 .769 45 .180 -24.2 -2.4 .407 .114 .036 1.6
162 Game Avg. 256 194 15 2.0 109 .241 .218 .274 .296 .347 .254 .422 .550 .769 45 .180 -24.2 -2.4 .407 .114 .036 1
BRO (3 yrs) 332 251 20 2.1 110 .242 .220 .275 .300 .348 .257 .423 .557 .771 47 .189 -22.6 -2.2 .414 .118 .037 1.6
BSN (1 yr) 11 9 0 0.0 99 .222 .182 .264 .182 .337 .182 .395 .364 .733 -0 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .222 .000 .000

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
1953 29 BRO NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1949 25 BSN NL 11 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.5 0.67 82%
1951 27 BRO NL 132 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 2.3% 11% 1.00 9.8 19.7 1.16 80%
1953 29 BRO NL 169 0.6% 7.7% 8.3% 3.6% 16% 0.93 11.8 153.0 12.8 1.33 82%
1954 30 BRO NL 31 0.0% 16.1% 16.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 5.0 25.0 1.43 65%
4 Yrs 343 0.3% 9.3% 9.0% 2.6% 13% 1.03 9.6 307.0 16.2 1.25 80%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.2% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.05 8.7 44.7 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1949 25 BSN NL -1.6 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .84 -0.1 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.04 -0.8 0.84 5
1951 27 BRO NL -8.0 -0.8 147 -0.4 2.1 -2.4 .97 -0.7 0.3 -5.9 -0.6 0.96 -7.7 0.89 14
1953 29 BRO NL -9.8 -0.9 179 -2.0 1.8 -3.8 .95 -0.7 -1.4 -11.9 -1.1 0.97 -9.1 1.23 13
1954 30 BRO NL -4.8 -0.5 31 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .99 -0.3 -0.1 -3.6 -0.3 1.03 -3.5 0.56 5
4 Yrs -24.2 -2.4 365 -2.8 4.0 -6.9 .96 -1.9 -1.1 -22.7 -2.2 0.97 -21.1 0.96 37

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1949 25 BSN NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 27 BRO NL 1 0 63% 73 2 8 20% 1 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 58% 11 6 5 2 1 1 6 1 5
1953 29 BRO NL 6 0 47% 97 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 39% 12 10 2 4 4 0 10 2 8
1954 30 BRO NL 2 0 29% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 9 0 51% 184 4 11 27% 3 11 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 6 46% 24 17 7 6 5 1 16 3 13

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
1949 25 BSN NL 11 100% 2 5 1 0 0 0.84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1951 27 BRO NL 132 88% 27 14 3 0 1 0.89 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 28 1 4% 15 7 47% 67 6 9% 7 4 57% 4 2 50% 0
1953 29 BRO NL 169 96% 37 13 0 0 0 1.23 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 25% 33 6 18% 16 6 38% 114 12 11% 8 3 38% 7 3 43% 0
1954 30 BRO NL 31 90% 1 5 0 0 0 0.56 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 21 1 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 343 93% 67 37 4 0 1 0.96 1 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 6 2 33% 66 7 11% 34 14 41% 208 19 9% 16 7 44% 11 5 45% 0
MLB Averages 50% 91% 12% 32% 15% 51% 55%

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
1949 25 7 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0 2 0 0 0
1950 26 7 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0 2 0 0 0
1951 27 87 143 129 25 29 3 0 0 6 2 8 12 14 .225 .296 .248 .544 47 32 1 1 1
1952 28 87 143 129 25 29 3 0 0 6 2 8 12 14 .225 .296 .248 .544 47 32 1 1 1
1953 29 183 312 282 50 66 8 0 1 18 4 11 26 27 .234 .303 .273 .576 52 77 7 2 2
1954 30 217 343 307 52 67 8 0 1 19 4 11 31 32 .218 .296 .254 .550 45 78 7 3 2 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1949 25 7 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1951 27 83 137 123 26 28 3 0 0 6 2 12 12 .228 .301 .252 .554 9 80
1953 29 100 170 155 23 35 5 0 1 11 2 13 14 .226 .290 .277 .567 12 96
1954 30 36 32 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 .000 .188 .000 .188 0 34
4 Yrs 226 350 315 49 63 8 0 1 17 4 30 33 .200 .276 .235 .511 21 217
162 Game Avg. 162 251 226 35 45 6 0 1 12 3 22 24 .200 .276 .235 .511 15 217

* 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

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL  8 (5th)

                                         

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