Hank Thompson
Henry Curtis Thompson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 174 lb.

Born: December 8, 1925 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Jackson (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1947
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: September 30, 1969 in Fresno, CA
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Standard Batting

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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
1947 21 SLB AL 27 89 78 10 20 1 1 0 5 2 1 10 7 .256 .341 .295 .636 76 23 2 0 1 4
1949 23 NYG NL 75 320 275 51 77 10 4 9 34 5 42 30 .280 .377 .444 .821 119 122 1 1 2 4/5
1950 24 NYG NL 148 604 512 82 148 17 6 20 91 8 83 60 .289 .391 .463 .854 123 237 10 3 6 *5O MVP-33
1951 25 NYG NL 87 308 264 37 62 8 4 8 33 1 2 43 23 .235 .342 .386 .728 95 102 7 0 1 5
1952 26 NYG NL 128 484 423 67 110 13 9 17 67 4 4 50 38 .260 .344 .454 .798 119 192 7 4 7 O5/4
1953 27 NYG NL 114 454 388 80 117 15 8 24 74 6 5 60 39 .302 .400 .567 .967 146 220 5 4 2 5/O4 MVP-24
1954 28 NYG NL 136 557 448 76 118 18 1 26 86 3 0 90 58 .263 .389 .482 .871 125 216 7 5 9 5 *5/47
1955 29 NYG NL 135 533 432 65 106 13 1 17 63 2 2 84 56 .245 .367 .398 .766 103 172 5 4 5 8 4 *5/46
1956 30 NYG NL 83 219 183 24 43 9 0 8 29 2 1 31 26 .235 .346 .415 .761 105 76 2 1 2 2 2 5/796
9 Seasons 933 3568 3003 492 801 104 34 129 482 33 15 493 337 .267 .372 .453 .825 118 1360 46 22 35 15 6
162 Game Avg. 162 620 521 85 139 18 6 22 84 6 86 59 .267 .372 .453 .825 118 236 8 4 6
NYG (8 yrs) 906 3479 2925 482 781 103 33 129 477 31 14 483 330 .267 .373 .457 .830 119 1337 44 22 34 15 6
SLB (1 yr) 27 89 78 10 20 1 1 0 5 2 1 10 7 .256 .341 .295 .636 76 23 2 0 1
NL (8 yrs) 906 3479 2925 482 781 103 33 129 477 31 14 483 330 .267 .373 .457 .830 119 1337 44 22 34 15 6
AL (1 yr) 27 89 78 10 20 1 1 0 5 2 1 10 7 .256 .341 .295 .636 76 23 2 0 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1947 21 SLB AL 89 62 8 3.4 98 .282 .256 .265 .341 .345 .295 .381 .636 .726 76 .413 -2.4 -0.2 .557 .179 .038 .0
1949 23 NYG NL 320 201 46 6.1 104 .288 .280 .270 .377 .344 .444 .405 .821 .749 119 .630 8.2 0.8 .854 .335 .164 6.4
1950 24 NYG NL 604 380 92 6.5 109 .296 .289 .271 .391 .348 .463 .420 .854 .768 123 .640 18.8 1.8 .885 .352 .174 11.4
1951 25 NYG NL 308 212 34 4.3 104 .232 .235 .269 .342 .343 .386 .407 .728 .750 95 .478 -1.7 -0.2 .682 .311 .152 1.8
1952 26 NYG NL 484 331 64 5.2 98 .253 .260 .263 .344 .336 .454 .391 .798 .727 119 .599 9.5 1.0 .759 .312 .194 6.5
1953 27 NYG NL 454 283 86 8.0 112 .286 .302 .278 .400 .349 .567 .433 .967 .782 146 .718 26.7 2.5 1.014 .423 .265 9.6
1954 28 NYG NL 557 351 84 6.4 110 .249 .263 .275 .389 .347 .482 .426 .871 .772 125 .630 19.8 1.9 .932 .426 .219 5.4
1955 29 NYG NL 533 346 71 5.5 106 .243 .245 .267 .367 .338 .398 .422 .766 .760 103 .572 5.6 0.5 .781 .347 .153 3.6
1956 30 NYG NL 219 147 29 5.3 102 .232 .235 .263 .346 .330 .415 .415 .761 .745 105 .575 2.4 0.2 .762 .355 .180 3.2
9 Seasons 3568 2313 514 5.9 106 .263 .267 .270 .372 .343 .453 .415 .825 .758 118 .614 86.9 8.4 .837 .356 .186 52.6
162 Game Avg. 620 402 89 5.9 106 .263 .267 .270 .372 .343 .453 .415 .825 .758 118 .614 15 1 .837 .356 .186 9
NYG (8 yrs) 3479 2251 506 6.0 106 .263 .267 .270 .373 .343 .457 .416 .830 .758 119 .618 89.3 8.6 .844 .361 .190 50.0
SLB (1 yr) 89 62 8 3.4 98 .282 .256 .265 .341 .345 .295 .381 .636 .726 76 .413 -2.4 -0.2 .557 .179 .038 .0
NL (8 yrs) 3479 2251 506 6.0 106 .263 .267 .270 .373 .343 .457 .416 .830 .758 119 .618 89.3 8.6 .844 .361 .190 50.0
AL (1 yr) 89 62 8 3.4 98 .282 .256 .265 .341 .345 .295 .381 .636 .726 76 .413 -2.4 -0.2 .557 .179 .038 .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
1951 25 NYG NL WS NYY L 5 19 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .143 .368 .143 .511 2 1 0 0 0 0
1954 28 NYG NL WS CLE W 4 18 11 6 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 .364 .611 .455 1.066 5 0 0 0 0 3
2 Seasons (2 Series) 9 37 25 9 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 3 .240 .486 .280 .766 7 1 0 0 0 3
2 WS 9 37 25 9 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 3 .240 .486 .280 .766 7 1 0 0 0 3

Ratio Batting*

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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
1947 21 SLB AL 89 0.0% 7.9% 11.2% 2.3% 10% 0.70 11.1 15.6 80%
1949 23 NYG NL 320 2.8% 9.4% 13.1% 7.2% 30% 0.71 9.2 30.6 8.1 74%
1950 24 NYG NL 604 3.3% 9.9% 13.7% 7.1% 29% 0.72 8.5 25.6 5.6 72%
1951 25 NYG NL 308 2.6% 7.5% 14.0% 6.5% 32% 0.53 11.5 33.0 8.0 76%
1952 26 NYG NL 484 3.5% 7.9% 10.3% 8.1% 36% 0.76 11.1 24.9 6.3 76%
1953 27 NYG NL 454 5.3% 8.6% 13.2% 10.4% 40% 0.65 9.9 16.2 5.2 72%
1954 28 NYG NL 557 4.7% 10.4% 16.2% 8.1% 38% 0.64 7.7 17.2 5.2 0.99 66%
1955 29 NYG NL 533 3.2% 10.5% 15.8% 5.8% 29% 0.67 7.7 25.4 6.9 0.87 69%
1956 30 NYG NL 219 3.7% 11.9% 14.2% 7.8% 40% 0.84 7.0 22.9 6.3 0.98 69%
9 Seasons 3568 3.6% 9.5% 13.8% 7.5% 33% 0.68 8.9 23.3 6.2 0.94 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 28 NYG NL 5 0 27% 197 3 0 100% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 16 56% 29 15 14 6 4 2 13 2 11
1955 29 NYG NL 5 0 27% 165 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 48% 20 14 5 5 2 2 15 3 12
1956 30 NYG NL 1 0 24% 50 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 38% 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
9 Seasons 11 0 31% 412 33 15 94% 5 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 23 51% 55 34 20 11 6 4 30 5 25
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 28 NYG NL 511 74% 118 4 0 0 1 4.34 26 1 13 15 8 13 10 0 11 9 82% 125 7 6% 45 19 42% 346 58 17% 32 18 56% 32 13 41% 46
1955 29 NYG NL 368 71% 106 8 1 1 1 1.70 17 0 12 8 2 5 5 0 6 5 83% 71 5 7% 35 15 43% 245 35 14% 30 12 40% 20 7 35% 165
1956 30 NYG NL 156 85% 43 19 5 2 3 1.86 8 0 6 6 0 4 2 0 2 2 100% 31 2 6% 14 6 43% 97 15 15% 8 3 38% 7 4 57% 63
9 Seasons 1035 74% 801 31 6 3 5 2.14 129 1 31 29 10 22 17 0 19 35 184% 227 46 20% 94 40 43% 688 108 16% 70 33 47% 59 24 41% 274
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1947 21 27 89 78 10 20 1 1 0 5 2 1 10 7 .256 .341 .295 .636 76 23 2 0 1
1948 22 27 89 78 10 20 1 1 0 5 2 1 10 7 .256 .341 .295 .636 76 23 2 0 1
1949 23 102 409 353 61 97 11 5 9 39 7 1 52 37 .275 .369 .411 .780 110 145 3 1 3
1950 24 250 1013 865 143 245 28 11 29 130 15 1 135 97 .283 .382 .442 .824 118 382 13 4 9
1951 25 337 1321 1129 180 307 36 15 37 163 16 3 178 120 .272 .373 .429 .802 112 484 20 4 10
1952 26 465 1805 1552 247 417 49 24 54 230 20 7 228 158 .269 .365 .436 .801 114 676 27 8 17
1953 27 579 2259 1940 327 534 64 32 78 304 26 12 288 197 .275 .372 .462 .834 121 896 32 12 19
1954 28 715 2816 2388 403 652 82 33 104 390 29 12 378 255 .273 .376 .466 .841 122 1112 39 17 28 5
1955 29 850 3349 2820 468 758 95 34 121 453 31 14 462 311 .269 .374 .455 .830 119 1284 44 21 33 13 4
1956 30 933 3568 3003 492 801 104 34 129 482 33 15 493 337 .267 .372 .453 .825 118 1360 46 22 35 15 6

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
1947 21 28 91 81 10 21 1 1 0 5 2 10 7 .259 .341 .296 .637 8 27
1949 23 78 329 285 52 79 10 4 9 35 5 43 31 .277 .374 .435 .809 47 75
1950 24 155 614 528 80 148 17 6 20 89 8 83 63 .280 .381 .449 .830 90 148
1951 25 90 317 273 38 63 8 4 8 34 1 44 24 .231 .338 .377 .715 35 87
1952 26 134 501 444 73 117 14 10 18 73 4 53 40 .264 .347 .462 .809 70 128
1953 27 118 456 394 75 113 14 8 23 69 6 58 40 .287 .384 .538 .922 80 114
1954 28 143 572 469 77 122 19 1 27 87 3 93 61 .260 .385 .478 .862 85 136
1955 29 142 563 459 66 116 14 1 19 64 2 92 59 .253 .377 .412 .788 72 135
1956 30 87 233 195 26 49 10 0 9 32 2 35 27 .251 .365 .441 .806 31 83
9 Seasons 975 3676 3128 497 828 107 35 133 488 33 511 352 .265 .370 .449 .819 518 933
162 Game Avg. 162 611 520 83 138 18 6 22 81 5 85 58 .265 .370 .449 .819 86 933

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1950-NL-33-1%
1953-NL-24-0%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 NL--.391--9th
1954 NL--.389--9th
Career--.372--232nd

Slugging % s c a p y
1953 NL--.567--7th**

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1953 NL--.967--9th**
1954 NL--.871--10th

Triples s c a p y
1952 NL--9--5th
1953 NL--8--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 NL--26--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 NL--83--8th
1954 NL--90--4th
1955 NL--84--4th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1950 NL--8--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1954 NL--125--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1954 NL--.630--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL--5--6th
1955 NL--4--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 NL--8--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1953 NL--5--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1950 NL--11.4--7th
1953 NL--9.6--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1952 NL--24.9--7th
1953 NL--16.2--7th**
1954 NL--17.2--8th
Career--23.3--224th

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1087), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1448), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1022), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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