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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 SLB AL 21 2B 19 115 55 55 5 15 .957 5.79 .978 5.19
1949 NYG NL 23 2B 69 387 197 175 15 44 .961 5.39 .976 5.07
1949 NYG NL 23 3B 1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.00 .950 3.00
1950 NYG NL 24 3B 138 465 136 303 26 43 .944 3.18 .948 3.01 MVP-33
1950 NYG NL 24 OF 10 20 18 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 .980 2.14 0-2-9 MVP-33
1951 NYG NL 25 3B 71 199 64 120 15 16 .925 2.59 .954 3.10
1952 NYG NL 26 OF 72 191 182 5 4 1 .979 2.60 .981 2.10 20-51-1
1952 NYG NL 26 3B 46 154 47 96 11 8 .929 3.11 .955 2.92
1952 NYG NL 26 2B 4 15 7 7 1 2 .933 3.50 .973 4.95
1953 NYG NL 27 3B 101 297 90 194 13 18 .956 2.81 .951 2.72 MVP-24
1953 NYG NL 27 OF 9 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .978 2.11 1-0-8 MVP-24
1953 NYG NL 27 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 4.80 MVP-24
1954 NYG NL 28 3B 130 127 1130.0 415 125 267 23 27 .945 2.8 3.0 0.8 -2.2 3.0 2 3.12 3.02 .952 3.17 2.82
1954 NYG NL 28 2B 2 0 3.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 72.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 5.40 1.00 1.000 5.40 5.30
1954 NYG NL 28 LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 480.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.25 2.00
1954 NYG NL 28 OF 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 480.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.20
1955 NYG NL 29 3B 124 117 1034.2 388 104 262 22 23 .943 4.3 5.0 5.3 -1.6 6.9 -1 3.18 2.95 .951 3.13 2.81
1955 NYG NL 29 2B 7 4 37.1 21 9 12 0 2 1.000 -0.3 -9.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.1 0 5.06 3.00 .971 5.47 5.00
1955 NYG NL 29 SS 1 1 9.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -1.3 -173.3 -1.3 0.0 -1.3 0 4.00 4.00 .980 5.00 4.60
1956 NYG NL 30 3B 44 39 324.2 131 25 94 12 7 .908 3.5 12.9 3.5 2.0 1.4 0 3.30 2.70 .958 3.05 2.64
1956 NYG NL 30 OF 10 8 69.0 14 11 1 2 0 .857 -1.7 -29.6 -1.7 -1.0 -0.7 0 1.57 1.20 .979 2.28 2.05
1956 NYG NL 30 LF 8 6 51.0 9 6 1 2 0 .778 -1.5 -35.3 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0 1.24 0.88 .978 2.06 1.70
1956 NYG NL 30 RF 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -13.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.00 2.00 .975 2.00 1.80
1956 NYG NL 30 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.50
8 Seasons 3B 655 283 2489.1 2055 592 1341 122 142 .941 10.6 5.1 9.6 -1.8 11.3 1 6.99 2.95 .952 3.14 2.87
6 Seasons 2B 102 4 40.2 541 270 250 21 63 .961 -0.1 -3.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0 115.08 5.10 .977 5.47 5.08
5 Seasons OF 102 8 71.0 235 219 10 6 2 .974 -0.9 -15.2 -1.9 -1.0 -0.9 1 29.03 2.25 .981 2.28 2.10 31-53-20
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 10 6 53.0 10 6 2 2 0 .800 -0.7 -15.8 -1.7 -1.0 -0.7 1 1.36 0.80 .980 2.07 1.76
1 Season (incomplete) RF 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -13.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.00 2.00 .975 2.00 1.80
2 Seasons SS 2 1 10.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -1.4 -168.0 -1.4 -0.1 -1.3 0 3.60 2.00 .980 4.95 4.55
9 Seasons TOT 861 296 2611.0 2836 1083 1603 150 207 .947 8.2 3.8 6.2 -3.0 9.2 1 1 9.26 3.12 .906 3.16 3.04 31-53-20
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 SLB AL 21 27 27 27 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYG NL 23 75 75 75 0 0 0 69 1 0 0 0 0 0
1950 NYG NL 24 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 2 9 10
1951 NYG NL 25 87 87 87 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYG NL 26 128 128 128 0 0 0 4 46 0 20 51 1 72
1953 NYG NL 27 114 114 114 0 0 0 1 101 0 1 0 8 9
1954 NYG NL 28 136 127 136 136 0 0 0 2 130 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
1955 NYG NL 29 135 122 135 135 0 0 0 7 124 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1956 NYG NL 30 83 47 83 83 0 0 0 0 44 1 8 0 2 10 24 0
9 Seasons 933 296 933 933 0 0 0 102 655 2 30 53 20 102 41 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 28 4567 65% 78% 27% 378 90% 1 111 84 14 13 250 198 46 3 5 19 1 17 1 14 28 22 0 24 3 1 2 11 91%
1955 NYG NL 29 3097 63% 79% 27% 247 87% 2 66 53 5 8 167 131 28 1 6 13 1 11 1 11 11 7 1 9 2 1 1 12 75%
1956 NYG NL 30 1094 65% 78% 28% 112 88% 2 24 18 2 4 79 69 9 0 0 10 0 9 1 7 6 4 2 6 0 0 0 11 91%
3 Seasons 8758 65% 78% 27% 737 89% 5 201 155 21 25 496 398 83 4 11 42 2 37 3 32 45 33 3 39 5 2 3 34 85%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 NYG NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 9 67% 100% 33% 1 100%
1956 NYG NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 117 56% 79% 20% 9 22%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 2 1 20.0% 1 126 57% 80% 21% 10 30%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 NYG NL 28 14 79% 86% 36% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 29 175 61% 78% 23% 13 100% 0 10 2 1 7 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 189 62% 78% 24% 14 100% 0 11 2 1 8 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 NYG NL 29 50 54% 72% 12% 3 100% 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYG NL 30 6 83% 83% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 56 57% 73% 13% 3 100% 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 NYG NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 42 79% 71% 17% 3 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 42 79% 71% 17% 3 33%
MLB Averages 44.7% 3.3% 63% 79% 30% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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