Forrest Thompson

David Forrest Thompson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 3, 1918 in Mooresville, NC(All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1948
Team: Senators 1948-1949

Final Game: June 5, 1949
Died: February 26, 1979 in Charlotte, NC
Buried: Iredell Memorial Gardens, Statesville, NC
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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	Pos	Awards
1937	19	CLE-min	D	47	81	81		19	3	0	0						.235	.235	.272	.506		22					NWC · NCSL
1938	20	LDS	D	32	73	73		14	2	0	0						.192	.192	.219	.411		16					LDS · BIST
1939	21	CLE-min	D,C	22	30	30		7	0	0	0						.233	.233	.233	.467		7					LDS,TYL · BIST,ETXL
1940	22	CLE-min	C,B	31	79	79		22	4	0	0						.278	.278	.329	.608		26					FLI,CDR · MICH,IIIL
1941	23	CLE-min	B	31	71	71		18	0	1	0						.254	.254	.282	.535		20					CDR · IIIL
1942	24	CLE-min	D,B	27	60	60		17	0	0	1						.283	.283	.333	.617		20					THM,CDR · NCSL,IIIL
1944	26	ATA	A1	8	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0					ATA · SOUA
1945	27	ATL-min	D,A1	45	101	101		18	4	0	0						.178	.178	.188	.366		19					MOV,ATA · NCSL,SOUA
1946	28	ATA	AA	26	46	46		6	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261		6					ATA · SOUA
1947	29	ATA	AA	33	88	88		23	2	0	0						.261	.261	.284	.545		25					ATA · SOUA
1948	30	WSH	AL	46	37	35	4	10	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	4	.286	.324	.400	.724	94	14	0	0	0	1
1949	31	OLD	AAA	38	39	38	2	8	1	0	0	5	0		0	7	.211	.231	.237	.468		9		1	0		OLD · PCL
1949	31	WSH	AL	10	7	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.600	.714	.800	1.514	305	4	0	0	0	/1
1950	32	OLD	AAA	29	19	18	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		1	3	.167	.211	.167	.377		3		0	0		OLD · PCL
1951	33	MOV	D	23	36	36		11	1	0	0						.306	.306	.333	.639		12					MOV · NCSL
2 Yrs				56	44	40	6	13	3	1	0	4	0	0	4	4	.325	.386	.450	.836	125	18	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	127	116	17	38	9	3	0	12	0	0	12	12	.325	.386	.450	.836	125	52	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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1948	30	WSH	AL	46	37	-0	-0	4	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.507	.502	0.3	4	$	1
1949	31	WSH	AL	10	7	2	-0	1	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.528	.502	0.3	3	$	/1
2 Seasons				56	44	1	-0	5	6	0.6	1	7	0.6	.511	.502	0.6	7	$

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
1948	30	WSH	AL	37	25	5	5.3	103	.323	.286	.269	.324	.354	.400	.389	.724	.743	94	.566	-0.5	-0.1	.640	.171	.114
1949	31	WSH	AL	7	2	3	39.8	104	.600	.600	.267	.714	.358	.800	.388	1.514	.746	305	.981	1.9	0.2	3.000	.600	.200
2 Yrs				44	27	8	7.9	103	.361	.325	.269	.386	.355	.450	.389	.836	.744	125	.729	1.4	0.1	.815	.225	.125
162 Game Avg.				127	78	23	7.9	103	.361	.325	.269	.386	.355	.450	.389	.836	.744	125	.729	4	0	.815	.225	.125

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	30	WSH	AL	37	0.0%	10.8%	5.4%	8.1%	30%	2.00	8.8		8.8	0.88	84%
1949	31	WSH	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	33%	0.00					71%
2 Yrs				44	0.0%	9.1%	9.1%	9.1%	31%	1.00	10.0		10.0	1.13	82%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.4%	10.2%	6.3%	27%	0.91	9.4	51.8	8.0	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev
1948	30	WSH	AL	-0.5	-0.1	31	1.0	1.3	-0.3	1.11	0.2	0.7	4.2	0.4	0.87	2.1
1949	31	WSH	AL	1.9	0.2	8	0.3	0.4	-0.1	1.77	0.2	-0.0	1.4	0.1	1.02	2.0	0.27
2 Yrs				1.4	0.1	39	1.3	1.7	-0.4	1.25	0.4	0.6	5.6	0.6	0.90	4.1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1948	30	WSH	AL	2	33%	14	0	1	0%	3	3	1	1
1949	31	WSH	AL	0	40%	5	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0
2 Yrs				2	35%	19	1	1	0%	4	4	1	1

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
1948	30	WSH	AL	37	71%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		15	4	27%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1949	31	WSH	AL	7	29%	3			0	0	0	0	0.27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				44	63%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	2	0	0%	20	4	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			122%			15%			34%			15%			51%			56%

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
1948	30	46	37	35	4	10	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	4	.286	.324	.400	.724	94	14	0	0	0
1949	31	56	44	40	6	13	3	1	0	4	0	0	4	4	.325	.386	.450	.836	125	18	0	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	30	48	38	36	4	10	2	1	4	2	4	.278	.316	.389	.705	4	46
1949	31	10	7	5	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	.600	.714	.800	1.514	3	10
2 Yrs		58	45	41	6	13	3	1	4	4	4	.317	.378	.439	.817	7	56
162 Game Avg.		162	126	115	17	36	8	3	11	11	11	.317	.378	.439	.817	20	56

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