Fresco Thompson

Lafayette Fresco Thompson (Tommy)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: June 6, 1902 in Centreville, AL
High School: George Washington HS (New York, NY)
School: Columbia University (New York, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1925
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Robins/Pirates/Giants/Dodgers 1925-1934

Final Game: April 22, 1934
Died: November 20, 1968 in Fullerton, CA
Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Rowland Heights, CA
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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
1923	21	GRI,OMA	D,A	159	607	607		184	38	7	1						.303	.303	.394	.697		239					GRI,OMA · NESL,WL
1924	22	OMA	A	166	700	700		213	36	13	7						.304	.304	.423	.727		296					OMA · WL
1925	23	KCY	AA	113	469	469		135	12	22	1						.288	.288	.414	.701		194					KCY · AA
1925	23	PIT	NL	14	41	37	4	9	2	1	0	8	2	1	4	1	.243	.317	.351	.668	67	13		0	0	4
1926	24	BFL	AA	159	657	657		217	39	8	26						.330	.330	.533	.863		350					BFL · IL
1926	24	NYG	NL	2	10	8	1	5	0	0	0	1	1		2	0	.625	.700	.625	1.325	262	5		0	0	/4
1927	25	PHI	NL	153	651	597	78	181	32	14	1	70	19		34	36	.303	.343	.409	.752	104	244		2	18	*4
1928	26	PHI	NL	152	700	634	99	182	34	11	3	50	19		42	27	.287	.332	.390	.722	84	247		1	23	*4	MVP-23
1929	27	PHI	NL	148	717	623	115	202	41	3	4	53	16		75	34	.324	.398	.419	.817	98	261		1	16	*4
1930	28	PHI	NL	122	530	478	77	135	34	4	4	46	7		35	29	.282	.331	.395	.727	70	189		0	16	*4
1931	29	BRO	NL	74	208	181	26	48	6	1	1	21	5		23	16	.265	.351	.326	.677	83	59		1	3	46/5
1932	30	LAD-min	AA	102	401	401		120	25	9	10						.299	.299	.481	.781		193					JER · IL
1932	30	BRO	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0

1933	31	JER,BFL	AA	162	622	622		187	32	8	12						.301	.301	.436	.736		271					JER,BFL · IL
1934	32	MTL	AA	135	498	498		155	35	8	12						.311	.311	.486	.797		242					MTL · IL
1934	32	NYG	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1935	33	MTL	AA	155	626	626		194	39	9	5						.310	.310	.425	.735		266					MTL · IL
1936	34	CLE-min	AA	149	573	573		185	39	8	18						.323	.323	.513	.836		294					MTL,MNE · IL,AA
1937	35	BOS-min	AA	82	274	274		85	11	5	7						.310	.310	.464	.774		127					MNE · AA
1938	36	CHC-min	A1	92	275	275		63	9	2	2						.229	.229	.298	.527		82					BIR · SOUA
1939	37	ATL-min	A																								HFD · EL
1940	38	OAK-min	A																								WPT · EL
1941	39	LAD-min	B																								REA · ISLG
9 Yrs				669	2859	2560	400	762	149	34	13	249	69	1	215	143	.298	.353	.398	.751	89	1018	0	5	76
162 Game Avg.				162	692	620	97	185	36	8	3	60	17		52	35	.298	.353	.398	.751	89	247		1	18

PHI (4 yrs)				575	2598	2332	369	700	141	32	12	219	61		186	126	.300	.353	.404	.756	89	941		4	73
NYG (2 yrs)				3	11	9	1	5	0	0	0	1	1		2	0	.556	.636	.556	1.192	225	5	0	0	0
BRO (2 yrs)				77	209	182	26	48	6	1	1	21	5		23	16	.264	.350	.324	.674	82	59		1	3
PIT (1 yr)				14	41	37	4	9	2	1	0	8	2	1	4	1	.243	.317	.351	.668	67	13		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
1925	23	PIT	NL	14	41	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	0.0	.490	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$	4
1926	24	NYG	NL	2	10	2	0	0	1	0	3	0.3	0	4	0.3	.654	.502	0.2	0.1	3	$	/4
1927	25	PHI	NL	153	651	3	0	0	-20	5	-12	-1.2	19	7	0.6	.492	.493	2.7	-1.5	27	$	*4
1928	26	PHI	NL	152	700	-16	0	0	-14	5	-24	-2.6	20	-4	-0.6	.484	.485	0.9	-0.9	10	$	*4	MVP-23
1929	27	PHI	NL	148	717	2	-1	0	-15	5	-9	-0.9	20	11	1.1	.494	.495	2.6	-0.9	26	$	*4
1930	28	PHI	NL	122	530	-25	-0	0	-23	4	-45	-3.9	15	-30	-2.4	.468	.476	-0.4	-1.7	-7	$	*4
1931	29	BRO	NL	74	208	-3	-0	0	-4	2	-5	-0.6	6	1	0.1	.493	.497	0.5	-0.2	5	$	46/5
1932	30	BRO	NL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

1934	32	NYG	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
9 Seasons				669	2859	-39	-1	0	-75	21	-94	-9.0	81	-13	-0.9	.487	.494	6.5	-5.1	62	$

PHI (4 yrs)				575	2598	-35	-1	0	-72	19	-90	-8.6	74	-16	-1.3	.485	.487	5.8	-5.0	56	$
NYG (2 yrs)				3	11	2	0	0	1	0	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.592	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$
BRO (2 yrs)				77	209	-4	-0	0	-4	2	-5	-0.6	6	0	0.1	.493	.498	0.5	-0.2	4	$
PIT (1 yr)				14	41	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	0.0	.490	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
1925	23	PIT	NL	41	29	4	3.7	119	.250	.243	.308	.317	.366	.351	.440	.668	.806	67	.355	-2.0	-0.2	.621	.243	.108	.0
1926	24	NYG	NL	10	3	4	35.5	101	.625	.625	.284	.700	.344	.625	.394	1.325	.739	262	.978	2.2	0.2	2.667	.375	.000	.0
1927	25	PHI	NL	651	434	83	5.1	101	.321	.303	.285	.343	.343	.409	.393	.752	.736	104	.551	2.4	0.2	.719	.194	.106	1.9
1928	26	PHI	NL	700	475	82	4.6	114	.296	.287	.297	.332	.363	.390	.423	.722	.786	84	.483	-17.4	-1.7	.684	.199	.103	5.2
1929	27	PHI	NL	717	437	104	6.3	126	.338	.324	.312	.398	.377	.419	.454	.817	.831	98	.566	0.6	0.0	.838	.241	.095	6.4
1930	28	PHI	NL	530	359	63	4.7	133	.294	.282	.321	.331	.380	.395	.477	.727	.857	70	.396	-24.7	-2.2	.673	.201	.113	5.1
1931	29	BRO	NL	208	136	21	4.1	103	.287	.265	.285	.351	.344	.326	.403	.677	.747	83	.449	-3.5	-0.4	.662	.215	.061	1.7
1932	30	BRO	NL	1	1	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.282	.000	.334	.000	.408	.000	.742	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1934	32	NYG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.285	.000	.340	.000	.405	.000	.745	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
9 Yrs				2859	1875	361	5.1	117	.312	.298	.302	.353	.364	.398	.433	.751	.796	89	.503	-43.0	-4.0	.726	.211	.100	21.9
162 Game Avg.				692	454	87	5.1	117	.312	.298	.302	.353	.364	.398	.433	.751	.796	89	.503	-43.0	-4.0	.726	.211	.100	5

PHI (4 yrs)				2598	1705	332	5.2	118	.314	.300	.303	.353	.365	.404	.435	.756	.800	89	.504	-39.1	-3.6	.730	.209	.103	20.1
NYG (2 yrs)				11	4	4	26.6	102	.556	.556	.284	.636	.344	.556	.395	1.192	.739	225	.962	1.9	0.2	2.000	.333	.000	.0
BRO (2 yrs)				209	137	21	4.1	103	.285	.264	.285	.350	.344	.324	.403	.674	.747	82	.445	-3.8	-0.4	.657	.214	.060	1.7
PIT (1 yr)				41	29	4	3.7	119	.250	.243	.308	.317	.366	.351	.440	.668	.806	67	.355	-2.0	-0.2	.621	.243	.108	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1925	23	PIT	NL	41	0.0%	2.4%	9.8%	7.3%	33%	0.25	37.0		4.6	88%
1926	24	NYG	NL	10	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00			8.0	80%
1927	25	PHI	NL	651	0.2%	5.5%	5.2%	7.2%	26%	1.06	16.6	597.0	8.5	86%
1928	26	PHI	NL	700	0.4%	3.9%	6.0%	6.9%	26%	0.64	23.5	211.3	12.7	86%
1929	27	PHI	NL	717	0.6%	4.7%	10.5%	6.7%	24%	0.45	18.3	155.8	11.8	82%
1930	28	PHI	NL	530	0.8%	5.5%	6.6%	7.9%	31%	0.83	16.5	119.5	10.4	84%
1931	29	BRO	NL	208	0.5%	7.7%	11.1%	3.9%	17%	0.70	11.3	181.0	8.6	79%
1932	30	BRO	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						100%

1934	32	NYG	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						100%
9 Yrs				2859	0.5%	5.0%	7.5%	6.9%	26%	0.67	17.9	196.9	10.3	84%
MLB Averages					1.2%	7.7%	8.0%	6.9%	28%	0.97	11.6	72.5	7.7	80%

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
1925	23	14	41	37	4	9	2	1	0	8	2	1	4	1	.243	.317	.351	.668	67	13		0	0
1926	24	16	51	45	5	14	2	1	0	9	3	1	6	1	.311	.392	.400	.792	101	18		0	0
1927	25	169	702	642	83	195	34	15	1	79	22	1	40	37	.304	.346	.408	.755	104	262		2	18
1928	26	321	1402	1276	182	377	68	26	4	129	41	1	82	64	.295	.339	.399	.738	93	509		3	41
1929	27	469	2119	1899	297	579	109	29	8	182	57	1	157	98	.305	.359	.405	.765	95	770		4	57
1930	28	591	2649	2377	374	714	143	33	12	228	64	1	192	127	.300	.354	.403	.757	90	959		4	73
1931	29	665	2857	2558	400	762	149	34	13	249	69	1	215	143	.298	.353	.398	.751	89	1018		5	76
1932	30	668	2858	2559	400	762	149	34	13	249	69	1	215	143	.298	.353	.398	.751	89	1018		5	76
1933	31	668	2858	2559	400	762	149	34	13	249	69	1	215	143	.298	.353	.398	.751	89	1018		5	76
1934	32	669	2859	2560	400	762	149	34	13	249	69	1	215	143	.298	.353	.398	.751	89	1018	0	5	76

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1925	23	15	42	38	3	8	2	1	0	6	2	4	1	.211	.286	.316	.602	3	14
1926	24	2	10	8	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	.625	.700	.625	1.325	3	2
1927	25	161	687	630	83	192	34	15	1	74	20	36	38	.305	.344	.411	.755	88	153
1928	26	160	720	654	93	179	33	11	3	47	19	41	28	.274	.318	.372	.689	77	152
1929	27	156	712	626	95	183	37	3	4	44	14	68	36	.292	.363	.380	.743	85	148
1930	28	128	524	476	59	118	30	3	3	35	6	31	30	.248	.294	.342	.636	48	122
1931	29	77	215	188	26	49	6	1	1	21	5	23	17	.261	.344	.319	.663	21	74
1932	30	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1934	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
9 Yrs		703	2912	2622	360	734	142	34	12	228	67	205	150	.280	.333	.374	.707	325	669
162 Game Avg.		162	671	604	83	169	33	8	3	53	15	47	35	.280	.333	.374	.707	75	669

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1928 NL (23, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Games Played s c a p y 1927 NL 153 (4th) 1928 NL 152 (6th)	At Bats s c a p y 1927 NL 597 (5th) 1928 NL 634 (5th) 1929 NL 623 (5th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1927 NL 651 (8th) 1928 NL 700 (3rd) 1929 NL 717 (3rd)
Runs Scored s c a p y 1928 NL 99 (9th)	Hits s c a p y 1927 NL 181 (9th) 1929 NL 202 (10th)	Doubles s c a p y 1927 NL 32 (7th) 1929 NL 41 (10th)	Triples s c a p y 1927 NL 14 (3rd) 1928 NL 11 (9th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1929 NL 75 (10th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1927 NL 19 (7th) 1928 NL 19 (3rd) 1929 NL 16 (8th)	Singles s c a p y 1927 NL 134 (10th) 1928 NL 134 (8th) 1929 NL 154 (5th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1929 NL 278 (7th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1927 NL 434 (4th) 1928 NL 475 (1st) 1929 NL 437 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 28 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 14 (996), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Charlie Irwin (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Piet (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Ray (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Ray (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Murphy (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Avila (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sparky Adams (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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