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Hank Thompson

Henry Curtis Thompson

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: December 8, 1925 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Jackson HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1947
Teams (by GP): Giants/Browns 1947-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: September 30, 1969 in Fresno, CA
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Fresno, 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 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 148 603 512 82 148 17 6 20 91 8 83 60 .289 .391 .463 .854 123 237 10 3 6 *5O9/8 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 128 486 423 67 110 13 9 17 67 4 4 50 38 .260 .344 .454 .798 119 192 7 4 7 O857/49
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/O947 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 Yrs 933 3569 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 3480 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 3480 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

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
1947 21 SLB AL 27 89 -2 0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .491 .499 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 4
1949 23 NYG NL 75 320 8 0 1 -4 3 9 0.9 11 20 2.0 .512 .506 2.4 -0.1 24 $ 4/5
1950 24 NYG NL 148 603 19 -1 2 9 -0 28 2.7 20 49 4.7 .519 .518 3.9 0.8 40 $ *5O9/8 MVP-33
1951 25 NYG NL 87 308 -1 -1 -0 -1 0 -4 -0.4 10 6 0.6 .495 .498 0.8 -0.1 7 $ 5
1952 26 NYG NL 128 486 11 2 2 3 -1 16 1.7 16 33 3.4 .514 .511 3.1 0.2 30 $ O857/49
1953 27 NYG NL 114 454 27 -1 3 3 0 32 3.1 15 48 4.5 .528 .519 4.4 0.2 45 $ 5/O947 MVP-24
1954 28 NYG NL 136 557 19 2 1 4 0 27 2.6 19 45 4.5 .520 .517 4.2 0.4 42 $ *5/47
1955 29 NYG NL 135 533 5 -1 1 3 1 9 0.7 18 27 2.4 .507 .506 2.4 0.2 24 $18,000 *5/46
1956 30 NYG NL 83 219 1 -0 1 2 -0 3 0.2 7 10 0.9 .504 .502 0.9 0.0 9 $ 5/796
9 Seasons 933 3569 88 0 10 17 3 119 11.2 119 238 23.0 .513 .508 22.2 1.6 221 $18,000
NYG (8 yrs) 906 3480 90 0 10 18 3 121 11.4 117 238 23.0 .513 .509 22.1 1.6 220 $18,000
SLB (1 yr) 27 89 -2 0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .491 .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
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 603 380 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 486 331 64 5.2 98 .253 .260 .263 .344 .336 .454 .391 .798 .727 119 .600 9.5 1.0 .759 .312 .194 6.5
1953 27 NYG NL 454 283 86 8.0 113 .286 .302 .278 .400 .350 .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 .773 125 .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 5.5 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 2.3 0.2 .762 .355 .180 3.2
9 Yrs 3569 2313 514 5.9 106 .263 .267 .270 .372 .343 .453 .415 .825 .758 118 .614 86.8 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) 3480 2251 506 6.0 106 .263 .267 .270 .373 .343 .457 .416 .830 .759 119 .618 89.2 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) 3480 2251 506 6.0 106 .263 .267 .270 .373 .343 .457 .416 .830 .759 119 .618 89.2 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

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
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 Yrs (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*

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 1.13 74%
1950 24 NYG NL 603 3.3% 10.0% 13.8% 7.1% 29% 0.72 8.5 25.6 5.6 0.57 72%
1951 25 NYG NL 308 2.6% 7.5% 14.0% 6.5% 32% 0.53 11.5 33.0 8.0 0.85 76%
1952 26 NYG NL 486 3.5% 7.8% 10.3% 8.0% 36% 0.76 11.1 24.9 6.3 0.97 76%
1953 27 NYG NL 454 5.3% 8.6% 13.2% 10.4% 40% 0.65 9.9 16.2 5.2 0.99 72%
1954 28 NYG NL 557 4.7% 10.4% 16.2% 8.1% 38% 0.64 7.7 17.2 5.2 1.00 66%
1955 29 NYG NL 533 3.2% 10.5% 15.8% 5.8% 29% 0.67 7.7 25.4 6.9 0.88 69%
1956 30 NYG NL 219 3.7% 11.9% 14.2% 7.8% 40% 0.84 7.0 22.9 6.3 0.93 69%
9 Yrs 3569 3.6% 9.4% 13.8% 7.5% 33% 0.68 8.9 23.3 6.2 0.88 72%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.4% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.07 8.5 44.4 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
1947 21 SLB AL -2.4 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 23 NYG NL 7.8 0.8 184 0.8 3.3 -2.5 .92 1.2 -0.3 9.6 0.9 0.94 10.3 2.77 2
1950 24 NYG NL 18.8 1.8 469 0.9 8.4 -7.6 .98 1.9 -1.0 21.1 2.0 0.96 21.2 2.62 2
1951 25 NYG NL -1.7 -0.2 249 -0.2 4.6 -4.7 1.10 0.4 -0.5 -2.6 -0.3 1.01 2.0 1.56 16
1952 26 NYG NL 9.5 1.0 427 3.1 9.7 -6.6 1.02 1.6 1.5 26.9 2.7 0.99 19.1 2.81 10
1953 27 NYG NL 26.7 2.5 444 2.3 9.1 -6.8 .98 2.4 -0.0 32.3 3.0 0.93 29.2 1.16 4
1954 28 NYG NL 19.8 1.9 539 3.5 12.3 -8.8 1.09 3.2 0.0 34.7 3.3 0.95 39.4 4.35 4
1955 29 NYG NL 5.5 0.5 460 0.4 8.5 -8.1 1.11 1.4 -1.0 6.9 0.7 0.97 10.1 1.92 10
1956 30 NYG NL 2.3 0.2 199 1.3 4.7 -3.4 1.15 0.2 1.0 5.4 0.5 0.96 2.1 1.86 22
9 Yrs 86.4 8.3 2971 12.1 60.6 -48.4 1.04 12.2 -0.6 134.2 12.9 0.96 133.5 2.08 70

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 23 NYG NL 1 0 38% 96 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 63% 18 9 9 1 0 1 8 0 7
1950 24 NYG NL 5 0 29% 168 8 3 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 10 4 51% 28 12 14 2 2 0 7 2 5
1951 25 NYG NL 5 0 30% 108 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 41% 10 9 1 3 1 2 9 3 6
1952 26 NYG NL 3 0 34% 142 4 4 50% 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 61% 23 11 12 2 1 1 11 2 9
1953 27 NYG NL 6 0 36% 180 6 5 55% 4 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 0 62% 34 14 19 8 2 5 11 2 9
1954 28 NYG NL 6 0 27% 205 3 0 100% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 17 58% 30 15 15 6 4 2 14 2 12
1955 29 NYG NL 7 0 27% 195 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 8 46% 26 17 8 6 3 2 16 4 12
1956 30 NYG NL 1 0 24% 62 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 46% 7 6 1 1 0 1 3 0 3
9 Yrs 34 0 31% 1156 33 15 94% 21 15 3 1 4 5 8 1 36 37 55% 176 93 79 29 13 14 79 15 63

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 23 NYG NL 320 74% 77 2 1 0 0 2.77 9 0 5 3 4 6 3 0 2 2 100% 36 1 3% 16 6 38% 103 16 16% 9 6 67% 9 7 78% 0
1950 24 NYG NL 603 65% 148 2 0 0 0 2.62 20 0 8 13 6 15 5 2 4 6 150% 97 10 10% 44 22 50% 306 48 16% 39 23 59% 13 11 85% 0
1951 25 NYG NL 308 78% 62 16 2 0 0 1.56 8 0 10 6 1 8 0 0 1 1 100% 61 7 11% 26 9 35% 182 19 10% 27 11 41% 6 5 83% 0
1952 26 NYG NL 486 83% 110 10 3 0 1 2.81 17 1 7 13 3 11 6 1 4 7 175% 88 7 8% 36 11 31% 275 49 18% 21 10 48% 12 8 67% 0
1953 27 NYG NL 454 81% 117 4 1 1 1 1.16 24 1 5 22 2 14 10 0 4 2 50% 106 5 5% 32 9 28% 280 47 17% 27 11 41% 18 13 72% 0
1954 28 NYG NL 557 74% 118 4 0 0 1 4.35 26 1 14 17 8 14 12 0 11 9 82% 128 7 5% 45 19 42% 355 59 17% 34 19 56% 19 11 58% 0
1955 29 NYG NL 533 69% 106 10 1 1 2 1.92 17 0 15 12 2 8 9 0 6 5 83% 97 5 5% 44 19 43% 310 42 14% 39 19 49% 18 6 33% 0
1956 30 NYG NL 219 84% 43 22 6 2 3 1.86 8 0 6 7 1 6 2 0 2 2 100% 38 2 5% 20 10 50% 117 17 15% 9 4 44% 8 6 75% 0
9 Yrs 3480 75% 801 70 14 4 8 2.08 129 3 70 93 27 82 47 3 34 35 103% 651 46 7% 263 105 40% 1928 297 15% 205 103 50% 103 67 65% 0
MLB Averages 50% 104% 13% 32% 14% 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
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 1012 865 143 245 28 11 29 130 15 1 135 97 .283 .382 .442 .824 118 382 13 4 9
1951 25 337 1320 1129 180 307 36 15 37 163 16 3 178 120 .272 .373 .429 .802 112 484 20 4 10
1952 26 465 1806 1552 247 417 49 24 54 230 20 7 228 158 .269 .365 .436 .801 114 676 27 8 17
1953 27 579 2260 1940 327 534 64 32 78 304 26 12 288 197 .275 .372 .462 .834 121 896 32 12 19
1954 28 715 2817 2388 403 652 82 33 104 390 29 12 378 255 .273 .376 .466 .841 122 1112 39 17 28 5
1955 29 850 3350 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 3569 3003 492 801 104 34 129 482 33 15 493 337 .267 .372 .453 .825 118 1360 46 22 35 15 6

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
1947 21 28 92 81 11 21 1 1 0 5 2 10 7 .259 .341 .296 .637 8 27
1949 23 78 331 285 52 79 10 4 9 35 5 43 31 .277 .374 .435 .809 47 75
1950 24 155 620 528 80 148 17 6 20 89 8 83 63 .280 .381 .449 .830 90 148
1951 25 90 318 273 37 63 8 4 8 33 1 44 24 .231 .338 .377 .715 35 87
1952 26 134 510 445 73 118 14 10 18 73 4 54 40 .265 .350 .463 .813 71 128
1953 27 118 459 395 75 114 15 8 23 69 6 58 40 .289 .385 .542 .927 81 114
1954 28 143 579 468 77 121 18 1 27 87 3 92 61 .259 .382 .474 .857 84 136
1955 29 142 555 452 66 109 13 1 17 64 2 86 59 .241 .362 .387 .749 64 135
1956 30 87 232 193 27 47 10 0 9 32 2 34 27 .244 .357 .435 .792 29 83
9 Yrs 975 3696 3120 498 820 106 35 131 487 33 504 352 .263 .368 .445 .813 509 933
162 Game Avg. 162 614 518 83 136 18 6 22 81 5 84 58 .263 .368 .445 .813 85 933

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 NL (33, 1%)
1953 NL (24, 0%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1950 NL  4.7 (9th)
1954 NL  4.5 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1953 NL  4.4 (10th)
1954 NL  4.2 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 NL  .391 (9th)
1954 NL  .389 (9th)
Career  .372 (233rd)

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 (238th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1952 NL  26.90 (8th)
1954 NL  34.69 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1952 NL  3.1 (6th)
1954 NL  3.5 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1954 NL  3.2 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.7 (8th)
1954 NL  3.3 (9th)

                                         
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.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (993), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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