Jason Thompson
Jason Dolph Thompson
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 6, 1954 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Apple Valley (Apple Valley, CA)
School: California State University, Northridge
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1976
Final Game: June 23, 1986
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 DET AL 21 1B 117 117 1039.1 1253 1157 88 8 104 .994 2.5 2.9 2.5 -0.8 3.3 0 10.78 10.64 .992 8.66 8.55
1977 DET AL 22 1B 158 157 1416.0 1712 1599 97 16 135 .991 6.7 5.7 6.7 3.4 3.3 0 10.78 10.73 .990 6.36 6.33 AS,MVP-21
1978 DET AL 23 1B 151 151 1353.2 1606 1503 92 11 153 .993 11.1 9.8 10.1 -2.4 12.5 1 10.60 10.56 .992 6.65 6.62 AS
1979 DET AL 24 1B 140 128 1157.1 1275 1176 91 8 135 .994 3.8 3.9 2.8 0.1 2.6 1 9.85 9.05 .992 7.78 7.14
1979 DET AL 24 DH 2
1980 TOT AL 25 1B 83 76 689.2 730 679 51 0 66 1.000 4.9 8.5 4.9 3.7 1.3 0 9.53 8.80 .992 10.02 8.40
1980 DET AL 25 1B 36 33 301.0 358 328 30 0 33 1.000 4.2 16.7 4.2 2.7 1.6 0 10.70 9.94 .992 10.02 8.40
1980 CAL AL 25 1B 47 43 388.2 372 351 21 0 33 1.000 0.7 2.2 0.7 1.0 -0.3 0 8.61 7.91 .992 10.02 8.40
1980 CAL AL 25 DH 45
1981 PIT NL 26 1B 78 65 596.0 643 590 46 7 65 .989 -6.8 -13.7 -6.8 -6.6 -0.1 0 9.60 8.15 .992 10.22 8.68
1982 PIT NL 27 1B 155 152 1357.1 1510 1395 105 10 114 .993 -1.8 -1.6 -2.8 -3.9 1.0 1 9.95 9.68 .992 6.63 6.45 AS,MVP-17
1983 PIT NL 28 1B 151 144 1295.1 1364 1266 89 9 131 .993 -2.1 -1.9 -2.1 2.0 -4.1 0 9.41 8.97 .992 6.95 6.62
1984 PIT NL 29 1B 152 150 1327.0 1425 1337 74 14 111 .990 -2.6 -2.4 -2.6 -5.9 3.3 0 9.57 9.28 .992 6.78 6.58
1985 PIT NL 30 1B 114 114 1009.0 1086 995 82 9 69 .992 -7.2 -8.6 -6.2 -2.0 -4.2 -1 9.61 9.45 .993 8.92 8.54
1986 MON NL 31 1B 15 14 99.0 130 121 4 5 7 .962 -3.0 -36.4 -3.0 -1.0 -2.0 0 11.36 8.33 .992 9.94 8.31
11 Seasons 1B 1314 1268 11339.2 12734 11818 819 97 1090 .992 5.5 0.6 3.5 -13.4 16.9 2 10.03 9.62 .992 7.58 7.21
2 Seasons DH 47
11 Seasons TOT 1314 1268 11339.2 12734 11818 819 97 1090 .992 5.5 0.6 3.5 -13.4 16.9 2 10.03 9.62 .984 7.58 7.21

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
1976 DET AL 21 123 117 123 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1977 DET AL 22 158 157 158 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 DET AL 23 153 151 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 DET AL 24 145 130 145 140 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
1980 CAL AL 25 102 84 102 47 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 15 0
1980 DET AL 25 36 33 36 36 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 PIT NL 26 86 65 86 78 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1982 PIT NL 27 156 152 156 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 PIT NL 28 152 144 152 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1984 PIT NL 29 154 150 154 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1985 PIT NL 30 123 114 123 114 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1986 MON NL 31 30 14 30 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
11 Seasons 1418 1311 1418 1314 0 0 1314 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 82 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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1976 DET AL 21 4588 58% 80% 29% 234 95% 4 1159 50 1094 15 105 85 41 23 5 7 8 1 5 2 5 103 4 1 2 96 7 6 2 4 11 91%
1977 DET AL 22 6268 59% 80% 29% 369 95% 1 1595 74 1508 13 190 96 65 24 1 4 16 0 15 1 14 136 2 1 2 127 6 8 2 6 12 100%
1978 DET AL 23 5940 52% 80% 27% 369 96% 2 1507 73 1424 10 201 93 55 24 5 6 11 1 10 0 5 153 7 0 4 137 11 16 3 11 12 83%
1979 DET AL 24 5186 55% 78% 25% 281 96% 6 1180 62 1113 5 124 88 61 18 2 6 8 0 7 1 5 134 9 3 0 124 11 10 4 5 23 91%
1980 CAL AL 25 1803 55% 78% 21% 87 93% 1 353 26 324 3 38 21 10 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 1 0 31 3 2 0 2 7 43%
1980 DET AL 25 1347 50% 81% 27% 86 95% 0 330 15 311 4 44 28 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 0 1 29 3 4 3 1 1 100%
1981 PIT NL 26 2647 56% 79% 26% 140 93% 0 591 39 540 12 49 47 34 8 0 3 7 0 7 0 7 65 1 1 1 54 3 11 5 6 11 100%
1982 PIT NL 27 6008 58% 77% 27% 268 95% 1 1386 67 1293 25 98 104 74 16 0 9 10 2 7 1 6 114 4 4 1 103 9 11 3 8 21 95%
1983 PIT NL 28 5670 60% 74% 25% 260 94% 1 1264 52 1184 26 120 87 50 19 3 5 9 0 9 0 9 131 4 0 0 114 5 17 7 10 18 89%
1984 PIT NL 29 5737 65% 76% 25% 244 97% 0 1331 66 1243 23 121 70 37 12 1 13 14 3 10 1 5 112 1 3 0 99 4 12 2 9 19 100%
1985 PIT NL 30 4496 57% 75% 26% 208 96% 2 1002 37 941 23 95 78 56 9 2 6 9 0 9 0 8 68 1 0 1 62 3 5 0 5 7 100%
1986 MON NL 31 463 60% 77% 32% 19 74% 3 120 3 114 3 6 5 3 1 0 0 5 0 2 3 2 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 4 75%
11 Seasons 50153 58% 78% 27% 2565 95% 21 11818 564 11089 162 1191 802 504 165 20 62 97 7 81 9 66 1089 37 14 12 983 65 102 31 67 146 91%
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95% 89%

* 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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