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
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Promote your website or business by sponsoring this page for $10 on Baseball-Reference.com. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1940	23	BOS-min	D,C	19	6	.760	1.78	34						237.0	171	68	47		83							1.072	6.5		3.2			CTV,CAN · ESHL,MATL
1941	24	BOS-min	B	8	13	.381	3.56	28						162.0	158	82	64		64							1.370	8.8		3.6			GBO · PIED
1946	29	BOS-min	A	13	7	.650	2.60	26	20					180.0	164	72	52		97							1.450	8.2		4.8			SCR · EL
1947	30	BOS-min	AAA	6	12	.333	3.80	32	17		6	4		135.0	128	72	57		55	69	4	0	4			1.356	8.5		3.7	4.6	1.25	TTO · IL
1948	31	PHI-min	AAA	12	8	.600	5.09	32	24		10	1		161.0	166	95	91		93	92	4	1	2			1.609	9.3		5.2	5.1	0.99	TTO · IL
1948	31	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	2.77	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.0	10	4	4	0	9	7	0	0	0	52	146	1.462	6.9	0.0	6.2	4.8	0.78
1949	32	PHI-min	AAA	14	5	.737	2.73	32	16		7	3		145.0	111	49	44		63	121	3	2	6			1.200	6.9		3.9	7.5	1.92	TTO · IL
1949	32	PHI	NL	1	3	.250	6.89	8	5	1	1	0	0	31.1	38	24	24	6	11	12	0	0	1	134	58	1.564	10.9	1.7	3.2	3.4	1.09
1950	33	PHI-min	AAA	10	14	.417	4.57	35	26		12	2		201.0	209	122	102		100	115	7	1	2			1.537	9.4		4.5	5.1	1.15	TTO · IL
1950	33	PHI	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	17		1.250	2.3	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
1951	34	PHI	NL	4	8	.333	3.85	29	14	4	3	2	1	119.1	102	55	51	12	59	60	2	0	3	507	100	1.349	7.7	0.9	4.4	4.5	1.02
1952	35	PHI-min	AAA	13	14	.481	2.49	39	28		11	2		231.0	179	71	64		80	119	1	1	2			1.121	7.0		3.1	4.6	1.49	BLT · IL
1953	36	PHI-min	AAA	10	4	.714	3.80	25	22		7	2		154.0	142	77	65	16	50	68	1	1	2			1.247	8.3	0.9	2.9	4.0	1.36	BLT · IL
1954	37	RMD	AAA	8	14	.364	5.00	32	29		10	4		198.0	232	133	110	17	67	112	9	1	6			1.510	10.5	0.8	3.0	5.1	1.67	RMD · IL
1955	38	RMD	AAA	6	16	.273	5.17	29	21		5	1		148.0	170	93	85	18	49	70	5	0	3			1.480	10.3	1.1	3.0	4.3	1.43	RMD · IL
4 Yrs				6	11	.353	4.24	41	21	5	5	2	1	167.2	151	84	79	18	83	81	2	0	4	710	92	1.396	8.1	1.0	4.5	4.3	0.98
162 Game Avg.				7	12	.353	4.24	45	23	5	5	2	1	184	166	92	87	20	91	89	2	0	4	779	92	1.396	8.1	1.0	4.5	4.3	0.98

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1948	31	PHI	NL	13.0	2	2	4	2.77	4.36	-0.21	98.7	4.51	2	0.3		-0.0	0.4	4	.641	.502	$
1949	32	PHI	NL	31.1	8	5	24	6.89	4.95	-0.06	98.5	4.94	-7	-0.7	.6	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.418	.496	$
1950	33	PHI	NL	4.0	2	0	1	2.25	4.65	0.16	99.2	4.46	1	0.1	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.553	.501	$
1951	34	PHI	NL	118.2	29	14	55	4.17	4.33	-0.01	97.1	4.21	1	0.1	.9	-0.1	1.1	13	.502	.500	$
4 Seasons				167.0	41	21	84	4.53	4.45	-0.03	97.5	4.38	-3	-0.2	.8	-0.1	1.2	16	.495	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	31	PHI	NL	2	37	48	4	10	0	1	0	0	2	9	7	.208	.333	.250	.583	.244	12	0	0	0	0	2
1949	32	PHI	NL	8	94	126	24	38	2	0	6	3	1	11	12	.302	.358	.460	.818	.296	58	2	0	2	0	0
1950	33	PHI	NL	2	17	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	.077	.294	.077	.371	.091	1	0	0	0	0	1
1951	34	PHI	NL	29	427	443	55	102	8	3	12	2	2	59	60	.230	.323	.343	.667	.243	152	8	2	5	0	6
4 Yrs				41	575	630	84	151	10	4	18	6	6	83	81	.240	.330	.354	.684	.250	223	10	2	7	0	9
162 Game Avg.				45	631	691	92	166	11	4	20	7	7	91	89	.240	.330	.354	.684	.250	245	11	2	8	0	10
MLB Averages																.263	.342	.374	.716	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	31	PHI	NL	2.1	0.2	39	0.3	0.7	-0.4	.88	0.2	0.1	3.4	0.4	0.88	2.5	0	0	0
1949	32	PHI	NL	-9.0	-0.8	99	-1.0	1.3	-2.3	.88	-0.8	-0.3	-10.0	-0.9	0.88	-9.2	0	0	2
1950	33	PHI	NL	1.6	0.2	19	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.16	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.1	0.16	0.4	0	0	2
1951	34	PHI	NL	1.3	0.1	432	-0.7	7.3	-7.9	1.01	0.1	-0.8	3.8	0.4	1.01	0.9	1	3	6
4 Yrs				-4.1	-0.3	589	-1.3	9.3	-10.7	.95	-0.4	-1.0	-1.6	-0.1	0.95	-5.4	1	3	10

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1948	31	PHI	NL	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	1	0	1	50%	55.5	73	38	0	0	0	2	7.7	7.7	6.5
1949	32	PHI	NL	8	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	.200	0	1	1	0	1	20%	37.6	58	23	2	1	0	4	3.0	2.6	5.5

1951	34	PHI	NL	29	14	4	6	4	1	2	5	9	.357	2	0	3	2	6	43%	51.9	84	31	16	6	6	6	4.6	5.1	6.6
3 Yrs				39	21	6	9	6	1	2	8	13	.381	2	1	5	2	8	38%	49	84	23	18	7	6	12	4.4	4.9	6.3
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	104	-9					4.7	4.7	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1949	32	PHI	NL	8	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0			.880	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	4.0
1950	33	PHI	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		4	.164	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	6.0
1951	34	PHI	NL	29	15	4	2	1	1	1	100%	1	5	0%		1.011	1	3	6	2	8	3	7	5	4	4	5.1
3 Yrs				39	20	5	2	1	1	1	100%	1	5	0%		.961	1	3	10	2	12	3	11	7	4	5	5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1948	31	PHI	NL	57	24%	0.0%	18.9%	24.3%	2.7%	10%	0.43	111%	9	0	0%
1949	32	PHI	NL	139	26%	6.4%	12.8%	11.7%	8.5%	21%	0.59	115%	16	2	13%
1950	33	PHI	NL	17	29%	0.0%	11.8%	23.5%	0.0%	0%	0.50	65%	2	0	0%
1951	34	PHI	NL	509	27%	2.8%	14.1%	13.8%	5.4%	23%	0.79	87%	89	8	9%
4 Yrs				722	26%	3.1%	14.1%	14.4%	5.6%	21%	0.72	92%	116	10	9%
MLB Averages					49%	2.5%	12.9%	13.6%	7.3%	23%	0.94	103%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1948	31	PHI	NL	37	10			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0%	2	0	0	19	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
1949	32	PHI	NL	94	38			6	0	0	3	2	1	4	2	1	0	50%	0	1	0	39	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	45
1950	33	PHI	NL	17	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0	6	1	1	50%	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
1951	34	PHI	NL	427	102			12	0	10	7	3	5	5	15	9	0	60%	6	3	0	158	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	82
4 Yrs				575	151			18	0	10	10	5	6	9	19	11	0	58%	9	4	0	222	6	6	50%	5	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	147
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1948	31	1	0	1.000	2.77	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.0	10	4	4	0	9	7	0	0	52	146	1.462	6.9	0.0	6.2	4.8	0.78	146
1949	32	2	3	.400	5.68	10	7	1	2	0	0	44.1	48	28	28	6	20	19	0	1	186	70	1.534	9.7	1.2	4.1	3.9	0.95	70
1950	33	2	3	.400	5.21	12	7	1	2	0	0	48.1	49	29	28	6	24	21	0	1	203	77	1.510	9.1	1.1	4.5	3.9	0.88	77
1951	34	6	11	.353	4.24	41	21	5	5	2	1	167.2	151	84	79	18	83	81	2	4	710	92	1.396	8.1	1.0	4.5	4.3	0.98	92

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1948	31	0	1	.000	4.09	11.0	11	6	5	0	10	6	0	1.909	9.0	8.2	4.9	0.60	0.0	2
1949	32	1	2	.333	8.07	29.0	40	29	26	6	12	11	0	1.793	12.4	3.7	3.4	0.92	1.9	8
1950	33	0	0		0.00	5.0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0.800	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50	0.0	2
1951	34	6	7	.462	4.08	119.0	107	60	54	13	62	60	2	1.420	8.1	4.7	4.5	0.97	1.0	29
4 Yrs		7	10	.412	4.66	164.0	158	95	85	19	88	79	2	1.500	8.7		4.3	0.90	1.0	41

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Oscar Judd (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Jocko Thompson

Viewed 3,688 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: John Jocko Samuel Thompson thomson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.