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Jason Thompson

Jason Dolph Thompson

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 6, 1954 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Apple Valley HS (Apple Valley, CA)
School: California State University Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1976 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Tigers/Angels/Expos 1976-1986

Final Game: June 23, 1986 (Age 31)
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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 5:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #780. Randy Velarde… #781. Scott Fletcher… #782. Jerry Mumphrey… #783. JASON THOMPSON… #784. Oscar Gamble… #785. Buck Freeman… #786. Ian Desmond… 

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
1976 21 DET AL 123 486 412 45 90 12 1 17 54 2 4 68 72 .218 .328 .376 .704 104 155 8 1 1 4 6 *3
1977 22 DET AL 158 668 585 87 158 24 5 31 105 0 1 73 91 .270 .347 .487 .834 121 285 15 1 0 9 2 *3 AS,MVP-21
1978 23 DET AL 153 669 589 79 169 25 3 26 96 0 0 74 96 .287 .364 .472 .836 131 278 11 0 1 5 3 *3 AS
1979 24 DET AL 145 569 492 58 121 16 1 20 79 2 0 70 90 .246 .338 .404 .742 98 199 15 1 1 5 8 *3/D
1980 25 TOT AL 138 529 438 69 126 19 0 21 90 2 1 83 86 .288 .398 .475 .873 141 208 12 1 2 5 10 3D
1980 25 DET AL 36 142 126 10 27 5 0 4 20 0 1 13 26 .214 .289 .349 .638 73 44 4 1 0 2 1 3
1980 25 CAL AL 102 387 312 59 99 14 0 17 70 2 0 70 60 .317 .439 .526 .965 167 164 8 0 2 3 9 3D
1981 26 PIT NL 86 285 223 36 54 13 0 15 42 0 0 59 49 .242 .396 .502 .899 150 112 6 0 0 3 1 *3
1982 27 PIT NL 156 662 550 87 156 32 0 31 101 1 0 101 107 .284 .391 .511 .902 147 281 11 2 0 9 7 *3 AS,MVP-17
1983 28 PIT NL 152 623 517 70 134 20 1 18 76 1 0 99 128 .259 .376 .406 .782 115 210 14 1 0 6 7 *3
1984 29 PIT NL 154 636 543 61 138 22 0 17 74 0 0 87 73 .254 .357 .389 .746 110 211 13 2 0 4 14 *3
1985 30 PIT NL 123 490 402 42 97 17 1 12 61 0 0 84 58 .241 .369 .378 .747 111 152 8 0 0 4 10 *3
1986 31 MON NL 30 69 51 6 10 4 0 0 4 0 1 18 12 .196 .406 .275 .680 92 14 0 0 0 0 2 3
11 Yrs 1418 5686 4802 640 1253 204 12 208 782 8 7 816 862 .261 .366 .438 .804 122 2105 113 9 5 54 70
162 Game Avg. 162 650 549 73 143 23 1 24 89 1 1 93 98 .261 .366 .438 .804 122 240 13 1 1 6 8
PIT (5 yrs) 671 2696 2235 296 579 104 2 93 354 2 0 430 415 .259 .376 .432 .808 125 966 52 5 0 26 39
DET (5 yrs) 615 2534 2204 279 565 82 10 98 354 4 6 298 375 .256 .343 .436 .779 113 961 53 4 3 25 20
MON (1 yr) 30 69 51 6 10 4 0 0 4 0 1 18 12 .196 .406 .275 .680 92 14 0 0 0 0 2
CAL (1 yr) 102 387 312 59 99 14 0 17 70 2 0 70 60 .317 .439 .526 .965 167 164 8 0 2 3 9
AL (5 yrs) 717 2921 2516 338 664 96 10 115 424 6 6 368 435 .264 .355 .447 .802 120 1125 61 4 5 28 29
NL (6 yrs) 701 2765 2286 302 589 108 2 93 358 2 1 448 427 .258 .377 .429 .806 124 980 52 5 0 26 41

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1976 21 DET AL 123 486 2 -2 1 2 -6 -2 -0.2 17 15 1.5 .498 .499 1.3 -0.4 13 *3
1977 22 DET AL 158 668 16 1 -1 7 -9 14 1.5 24 37 3.8 .509 .509 3.1 -0.2 31 $35,000 *3 AS,MVP-21
1978 23 DET AL 153 669 25 1 1 11 -9 30 3.3 23 53 5.6 .521 .520 4.4 0.3 42 $75,000 *3 AS
1979 24 DET AL 145 569 -5 -3 -1 4 -8 -12 -1.1 20 8 0.8 .492 .493 0.4 -0.3 5 *3/D
1980 25 DET AL 36 142 -5 -1 -0 4 -2 -4 -0.3 5 1 0.1 .489 .498 -0.3 0.3 -3 3
1980 25 CAL AL 102 387 29 -1 -0 1 -7 22 2.4 13 35 3.6 .522 .514 3.5 -0.6 35 3D
1981 26 PIT NL 86 285 16 -1 -0 -7 -4 4 0.5 10 14 1.5 .505 .503 2.2 -1.2 21 *3
1982 27 PIT NL 156 662 34 -2 -0 -2 -9 22 2.4 23 44 4.7 .515 .515 4.7 -1.1 46 *3 AS,MVP-17
1983 28 PIT NL 152 623 10 -2 -2 -2 -8 -4 -0.6 21 18 1.6 .497 .497 1.8 -1.2 20 $950,000 *3
1984 29 PIT NL 154 636 2 -2 -0 -3 -8 -12 -1.3 22 10 0.9 .491 .492 1.0 -1.2 13 $1,050,000 *3
1985 30 PIT NL 123 490 8 -2 -1 -7 -6 -8 -0.9 17 9 0.9 .493 .495 1.6 -1.5 16 $1,066,667 *3
1986 31 MON NL 30 69 -0 -1 0 -3 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .485 .497 0.1 -0.4 1 $1,000,000 3
11 Seasons 1418 5686 133 -14 -3 6 -76 46 5.4 197 244 24.8 .503 .503 23.7 -7.6 238 $4,176,667
PIT (5 yrs) 671 2696 70 -9 -3 -20 -35 3 0.2 92 95 9.6 .500 .500 11.3 -6.3 115 $3,066,667
DET (5 yrs) 615 2534 34 -4 0 28 -33 26 3.3 90 115 11.9 .505 .505 8.9 -0.3 87 $110,000
MON (1 yr) 30 69 -0 -1 0 -3 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .485 .497 0.1 -0.4 1 $1,000,000
CAL (1 yr) 102 387 29 -1 -0 1 -7 22 2.4 13 35 3.6 .522 .514 3.5 -0.6 35

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 DET AL 21 1B 117 117 114 1039.1 1253 1157 88 8 104 .994 2 3 10.78 10.64 .992 9.85 9.89
1977 DET AL 22 1B 158 157 157 1416.0 1712 1599 97 16 135 .991 7 6 10.78 10.73 .990 10.02 9.95 AS,MVP-21
1978 DET AL 23 1B 151 151 150 1353.2 1606 1503 92 11 153 .993 11 10 10.60 10.56 .992 10.05 9.95 AS
1979 DET AL 24 1B 140 128 118 1157.1 1275 1176 91 8 135 .994 4 4 9.85 9.05 .992 10.08 9.96
1979 DET AL 24 DH 2 2
1980 TOT AL 25 1B 83 76 71 689.2 730 679 51 0 66 1.000 5 9 9.53 8.80 .992 10.02 10.00
1980 DET AL 25 1B 36 33 32 301.0 358 328 30 0 33 1.000 4 17 10.70 9.94 .992 10.02 10.00
1980 CAL AL 25 1B 47 43 39 388.2 372 351 21 0 33 1.000 1 2 8.61 7.91 .992 10.02 10.00
1980 CAL AL 25 DH 45 41
1981 PIT NL 26 1B 78 65 53 596.0 643 590 46 7 65 .989 -7 -14 9.60 8.15 .992 10.22 10.25
1982 PIT NL 27 1B 155 152 141 1357.1 1510 1395 105 10 114 .993 -2 -2 9.95 9.68 .992 10.23 10.26 AS,MVP-17
1983 PIT NL 28 1B 151 144 130 1295.1 1364 1266 89 9 131 .993 -2 -2 9.41 8.97 .992 9.96 9.92
1984 PIT NL 29 1B 152 150 130 1327.0 1425 1337 74 14 111 .990 -3 -2 9.57 9.28 .992 9.86 9.83
1985 PIT NL 30 1B 114 114 104 1009.0 1086 995 82 9 69 .992 -7 -9 9.61 9.45 .993 10.06 10.05
1986 MON NL 31 1B 15 14 4 99.0 130 121 4 5 7 .962 -3 -36 11.36 8.33 .992 9.94 9.95
11 Seasons 1B 1314 1268 1172 11339.2 12734 11818 819 97 1090 .992 6 1 10.03 9.62 .992 10.03 9.99
11 Seasons TOT 1314 1268 1172 11339.2 12734 11818 819 97 1090 .992 6 1 10.03 9.62 .992 10.03 9.99
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1977
1978 *
1982 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (21, 2%)
1982 NL (17, 4%)
0.06 Career Shares (1072nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1978 AL  5.6 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1980 AL  .398 (5th)
1982 NL  .391 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1982 NL  .511 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1980 AL  .873 (7th)
1982 NL  .902 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  169 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1978 AL  278 (5th)
1982 NL  281 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  31 (6th)
1981 NL  15 (8th)
1982 NL  31 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1977 AL  105 (8th)
1978 AL  96 (8th)
1982 NL  101 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  83 (8th)
1981 NL  59 (4th)
1982 NL  101 (2nd)
1983 NL  99 (2nd)
1984 NL  87 (4th)
1985 NL  84 (6th)
Career  816 (236th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1982 NL  107 (7th)
1983 NL  128 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1980 AL  141 (7th)
1982 NL  147 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1978 AL  104 (4th)
1982 NL  117 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  29 (10th)
1981 NL  18 (8th)
1982 NL  40 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1981 NL  1.9 (8th)
1982 NL  4.0 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1982 NL  63 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1978 AL  243 (9th)
1982 NL  259 (4th)
1983 NL  234 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1980 AL  .691 (6th)
1982 NL  .747 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1977 AL  9 (6th)
1982 NL  9 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  10 (9th)
1984 NL  14 (6th)
Career  70 (223rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1976 AL  24.2 (8th)**
1980 AL  20.9 (9th)
1981 NL  14.9 (4th)**
1982 NL  17.7 (5th)
Career  23.1 (234th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1980 AL  35.63 (8th)
1982 NL  40.67 (5th)
Career  189.34 (226th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.6 (7th)
1982 NL  4.5 (5th)
Career  18.4 (203rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.0 (6th)
1981 NL  2.1 (9th)
1982 NL  3.5 (7th)
Career  16.7 (233rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1980 AL  3.5 (8th)
1982 NL  4.1 (5th)
Career  18.8 (219th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1977 AL  1,599 (1st)
1978 AL  1,503 (2nd)
1982 NL  1,395 (5th)
1983 NL  1,266 (4th)
1984 NL  1,337 (1st)
Career  11,818 (92nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1977 AL  158 (2nd)
1978 AL  151 (3rd)
1979 AL  140 (4th)
1983 NL  151 (2nd)
1984 NL  152 (3rd)
Career  1,314 (80th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1977 AL  1,599 (1st)
1978 AL  1,503 (2nd)
1982 NL  1,395 (5th)
1983 NL  1,266 (4th)
1984 NL  1,337 (1st)
Career  11,818 (83rd)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1979 AL  91 (5th)
1983 NL  89 (5th)
1984 NL  74 (4th)
Career  819 (76th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1977 AL  16 (2nd)
1978 AL  11 (5th)
1981 NL  7 (4th)
1983 NL  9 (5th)
1984 NL  14 (1st)
1985 NL  9 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
1977 AL  135 (3rd)
1978 AL  153 (1st)
1979 AL  135 (3rd)
1982 NL  114 (4th)
1983 NL  131 (3rd)
1984 NL  111 (3rd)
Career  1,090 (69th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1977 AL  7 (2nd)
1978 AL  11 (1st)
1979 AL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1976 AL  10.78 (1st)
1977 AL  10.78 (2nd)
1978 AL  10.60 (3rd)
Career  10.03 (18th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  10.64 (1st)
1977 AL  10.73 (1st)
1978 AL  10.56 (2nd)
1984 NL  9.28 (4th)
Career  9.62 (92nd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  .994 (4th)
1978 AL  .993 (5th)
1982 NL  .993 (5th)
1983 NL  .993 (5th)
Career  .992 (97th)

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 1945-1973, 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 - 42 (600), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (837), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (930), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (100th), 24.8 career WAR/22.4 7yr-peak WAR/23.6 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  6. John Mayberry (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jeff Burroughs (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jeff Burroughs (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Mayberry (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197722Detroit Tigers$35,0003/25/78 TSN$25K salary + $10K bonus; 4/23/77 TSN survey $45K
197823Detroit Tigers$75,0003/25/78 TSN
198126California Angels$395,0001982 TSN GuidePlayer win; team offered $250K
198328Pittsburgh Pirates$950,0002/14/83 TSN5/$5.25MM, incl 200K bonus, 100K buyout, 1.2MM def
198429Pittsburgh Pirates$1,050,0002/14/83 TSN5/$5.25MM, incl 200K bonus, 100K buyout, 1.2MM def
198530Pittsburgh Pirates$1,066,6673/3/86 TSN and 1985 USA Today survey2/14/83 TSN: $5.25MM w/200K bon, 100K buy, 1.2Mdef
198631Montreal Expos$1,000,0001986 USA Today survey5/$5.25MM, incl 200K bonus, 100K buyout, 1.2MM def
198732Pittsburgh Pirates$1,150,000
32Montreal Expos$1,100,0002/14/83 TSN5/$5.25MM, incl 200K bonus, 100K buyout, 1.2MM def
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,821,667
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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