Jocko Thompson

John Samuel Thompson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 17, 1917 in Beverly, MA
School: Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1948
Team: Phillies 1948-1951

Final Game: September 16, 1951
Died: February 3, 1988 in Olney, MD
Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD
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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	Pos	Awards
1940	23	BOS-min	D,C	35	102	102		21	2	0	0						.206	.206	.225	.431		23						CTV,CAN · ESHL,MATL
1941	24	BOS-min	B	34	59	59		11	1	2	0						.186	.186	.271	.458		16						GBO · PIED
1946	29	BOS-min	A	26	61	61		16	4	2	0						.262	.262	.393	.656		24						SCR · EL
1947	30	BOS-min	AAA	32	46	42	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	16	.119	.178	.119	.297		5		0	1			TTO · IL
1948	31	PHI-min	AAA	33	72	66	6	15	3	1	0	6	0		2	22	.227	.250	.303	.553		20		0	4			TTO · IL
1948	31	PHI	NL	2	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.000	.400	.000	.400	18	0	0	0	0		/1
1949	32	PHI-min	AAA	36	52	50	8	13	3	0	2	4	0		1	9	.260	.288	.440	.728		22		1	0			TTO · IL
1949	32	PHI	NL	9	11	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	-1	2	0	0	0		/1
1950	33	PHI-min	AAA	42	85	83	6	16	2	2	0	9	0		2	18	.193	.212	.265	.477		22		0	0			TTO · IL
1950	33	PHI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0		/1
1951	34	PHI	NL	30	41	39	2	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	9	.103	.125	.179	.304	-18	7	0	0	1		1
1952	35	PHI-min	AAA	47	82	79	7	9	2	1	0	5	0		2	23	.114	.136	.165	.300		13		0	1			BLT · IL
1953	36	PHI-min	AAA	27	63	58	3	8	1	0	0	5	0		3	17	.138	.180	.155	.336		9		0	2			BLT · IL
1954	37	RMD	AAA	32	76	70	3	8	2	0	0	2	0		6	17	.114	.184	.143	.327		10		0	0	0		RMD · IL
1955	38	RMD	AAA	29	51	45	0	4	0	1	0	0	0		2	17	.089	.128	.133	.261		6		0	4	0		RMD · IL
4 Yrs				43	57	53	5	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	3	16	.113	.161	.170	.331	-10	9	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	215	200	19	23	4	4	0	11	0		11	60	.113	.161	.170	.331	-10	34	0	0	4

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1948	31	PHI	NL	2	5	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1949	32	PHI	NL	9	11	-2	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1950	33	PHI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1951	34	PHI	NL	30	41	-7	-0	0	4	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
4 Seasons				43	57	-8	-0	1	6	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.3	.494	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$

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
1948	31	PHI	NL	5	3	0	0.0	99		.000	.265	.400	.339	.000	.393	.400	.732	18	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.667	.000
1949	32	PHI	NL	11	9	0	0.0	101	.286	.182	.267	.182	.340	.182	.399	.364	.739	-1	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.222	.000	.000

1951	34	PHI	NL	41	36	1	0.8	102	.133	.103	.265	.125	.339	.179	.402	.304	.740	-18	.036	-6.7	-0.7	.229	.103	.077
4 Yrs				57	48	1	0.6	101	.162	.113	.265	.161	.339	.170	.401	.331	.740	-10	.021	-8.5	-0.8	.255	.113	.057
162 Game Avg.				215	181	4	0.6	101	.162	.113	.265	.161	.339	.170	.401	.331	.740	-10	.021	-8.5	-0.8	.255	.113	.057

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	31	PHI	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	40.0%	0.0%		1.50	1.0				0%
1949	32	PHI	NL	11	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8			2.00	64%

1951	34	PHI	NL	41	0.0%	22.0%	2.4%	4.9%	50%	9.00	4.3		13.0	7.00	73%
4 Yrs				57	0.0%	28.1%	5.3%	3.5%	33%	5.33	3.3		17.7	5.75	65%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.6%	10.1%	6.5%	28%	0.95	9.2	47.1	7.9	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1948	31	PHI	NL	-0.2	-0.0	4	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.10	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.38	0.3	0
1949	32	PHI	NL	-1.6	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.18	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.92	-0.6	0
1950	33	PHI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1951	34	PHI	NL	-6.7	-0.7	37	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.97	-0.6	-0.0	-5.1	-0.5	0.95	-5.7	0
4 Yrs				-8.5	-0.9	48	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	1.01	-0.6	-0.0	-6.2	-0.6	0.98	-6.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	31	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1949	32	PHI	NL	0	0	100%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1951	34	PHI	NL	0	0	40%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
4 Yrs				0	0	56%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	1

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
1948	31	PHI	NL	5	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1949	32	PHI	NL	11	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1951	34	PHI	NL	41	81%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	7	1	14%	27	3	11%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				57	81%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	10	0	0%	10	1	10%	36	3	8%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			107%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1948	31	2	5	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	3	.000	.400	.000	.400	18	0	0
1949	32	11	16	14	3	2	0	0	0		2	7	.143	.250	.143	.393	10	2	0
1950	33	13	16	14	3	2	0	0	0		2	7	.143	.250	.143	.393	10	2	0
1951	34	43	57	53	5	6	1	1	3	0	3	16	.113	.161	.170	.331	-10	9	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1948	31	2	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	2
1949	32	9	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9

1951	34	31	42	40	2	4	1	1	0	4	0	1	9	.100	.122	.175	.297	1	30
3 Yrs		42	58	54	3	4	1	1	0	4	0	3	16	.074	.123	.130	.252	1	41
162 Game Avg.		162	224	208	12	15	4	4	0	15	0	12	62	.074	.123	.130	.252	4	41

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