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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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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 .965 168 164 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 .746 109 211 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 Seasons 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 .808 124 966 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 .965 168 164 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

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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 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 (1033rd)

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--227th

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
1980 AL--2.7--10th
1981 NL--1.9--7th
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--209th

AB per HR s c a p y
1976 AL--24.235--8th**
1980 AL--20.857--9th
1981 NL--14.867--4th**
1982 NL--17.742--5th
Career--23.087--215th

                                         
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 - 39 (508), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (805), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  8. Jeff Burroughs (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 15th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

May 27, 1980: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the California Angels for Al Cowens.

April 1, 1981: Traded by the California Angels to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mickey Mahler and Ed Ott.

April 4, 1986: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Montreal Expos for players to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Ben Abner (minors) (April 7, 1986) and Ronnie Giddens (minors) (April 7, 1986) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

June 30, 1986: Released by the Montreal Expos.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Pittsburgh Pirates$1,066,667
1986Montreal Expos$1,000,000
1987Pittsburgh Pirates$1,150,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,216,667
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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