Kevin Thompson

Kevin Deshawn Thompson

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 18, 1979 in Fort Worth, TX
High School: Western Hills HS (Fort Worth, TX)
School: Grayson County College (Denison, TX)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 31st round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 2006
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 2006-2007
Agents: Tom O'Connell [*]
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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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	IBB	Pos	Awards
2000	20	NYY-min	Rk	20	87	75	13	20	7	1	2	9	2	3	10	14	.267	.356	.467	.823		35	1	1	0	1	0		YNK · GULF
2001	21	NYY-min	A-	68	304	260	46	68	11	4	6	33	11	5	36	48	.262	.360	.404	.764		105	5	5	1	2	0		STI · NYPL
2002	22	NYY-min	A,A-,A+	123	534	452	79	122	34	5	7	52	31	7	67	81	.270	.371	.414	.785		187	8	8	3	4	2		GBO,STI,TAM · SALL,NYPL,FLOR
2003	23	NYY-min	AA,A+	130	577	491	90	128	29	6	10	45	63	13	69	84	.261	.354	.405	.759		199	8	6	3	8	3		TRE,TAM · EL,FLOR
2004	24	NYY-min	AA,A+	80	356	315	55	92	21	0	11	23	38	12	34	47	.292	.370	.463	.834		146	8	5	2	0	1		TRE,TAM · EL,FLOR
2005	25	NYY-min	AA,AAA	139	623	522	87	155	45	5	14	71	43	11	76	113	.297	.394	.483	.877		252	9	12	6	7	1		TRE,CLB · EL,IL
2006	26	NYY-min	AAA	91	416	362	69	96	22	5	9	44	17	7	44	63	.265	.345	.428	.773		155	3	2	4	4	1		CLB · IL
2006	26	NYY	AL	19	37	30	5	9	3	0	1	6	2	0	6	9	.300	.417	.500	.917	136	15	0	0	1	0	0	9/78D
2007	27	NYY-min	AAA	77	319	267	39	75	18	3	5	37	24	8	42	56	.281	.382	.427	.809		114	8	3	5	2	1		SWB · IL
2007	27	TOT	AL	22	38	35	4	5	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	13	.143	.211	.229	.439	17	8	0	0	0	0	0	/789D
2007	27	NYY	AL	13	23	21	2	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.190	.261	.333	.594	55	7	0	0	0	0	0	/79D8
2007	27	OAK	AL	9	15	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.071	.133	.071	.205	-42	1	0	0	0	0	0	/879
2008	28	PIT-min	AAA	63	222	195	35	55	11	1	4	18	19	3	20	36	.282	.358	.410	.768		80	2	3	4	0	1		INA · IL
2009	29	TEX-min	AAA	5	19	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111		0	0	1	1	0	0		OKC · PCL
2 Yrs				41	75	65	9	14	6	0	1	9	2	0	9	22	.215	.311	.354	.665	74	23	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	296	257	36	55	24	0	4	36	8	0	36	87	.215	.311	.354	.665	74	91	0	0	4	0	0

NYY (2 yrs)				32	60	51	7	13	6	0	1	8	2	0	8	19	.255	.356	.431	.787	104	22	0	0	1	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				9	15	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.071	.133	.071	.205	-42	1	0	0	0	0	0

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2006	26	NYY	AL	19	37	2	0	0	1	-1	2	0.2	1	4	0.4	.512	.501	0.3	0.0	3	$	9/78D
2007	27	NYY	AL	13	23	-2	0	0	-1	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.475	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/79D8
2007	27	OAK	AL	9	15	-3	-0	0	-2	-0	-6	-0.6	0	-5	-0.5	.439	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	/879
2 Seasons				41	75	-3	0	0	-2	-2	-6	-0.6	3	-4	-0.3	.484	.499	-0.1	-0.3	-2	$

NYY (2 yrs)				32	60	0	0	0	0	-2	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.2	.497	.500	0.2	-0.1	1	$
OAK (1 yr)				9	15	-3	-0	0	-2	-0	-6	-0.6	0	-5	-0.5	.439	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$

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	PwrSpd
2006	26	NYY	AL	37	22	7	8.5	112	.400	.300	.276	.417	.341	.500	.440	.917	.781	136	.709	1.9	0.2	1.095	.467	.200	1.3
2007	27	TOT	AL	38	30	2	1.8	105	.227	.143	.269	.211	.336	.229	.420	.439	.756	17	.129	-4.2	-0.4	.367	.171	.086
2007	27	NYY	AL	23	17	2	3.1	108	.364	.190	.272	.261	.340	.333	.426	.594	.765	55	.295	-1.3	-0.1	.529	.238	.143
2007	27	OAK	AL	15	13	0	0.0	102	.091	.071	.264	.133	.330	.071	.412	.205	.742	-42	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.154	.071	.000
2 Yrs				75	52	9	4.6	108	.310	.215	.272	.311	.339	.354	.429	.665	.768	74	.451	-2.2	-0.2	.667	.308	.138	1.3
162 Game Avg.				296	205	36	4.6	108	.310	.215	.272	.311	.339	.354	.429	.665	.768	74	.451	-2.2	-0.2	.667	.308	.138	5

NYY (2 yrs)				60	39	9	6.1	110	.387	.255	.275	.356	.341	.431	.434	.787	.775	104	.581	0.6	0.1	.842	.373	.176	1.3
OAK (1 yr)				15	13	0	0.0	102	.091	.071	.264	.133	.330	.071	.412	.205	.742	-42	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.154	.071	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2006	26	NYY	AL	37	2.7%	24.3%	16.2%	10.8%	44%	1.50	3.3	30.0	5.0	0.91	0.86	54%	27%	9.1%	0%
2007	27	TOT	AL	38	0.0%	34.2%	7.9%	7.9%	60%	4.33	2.7		11.7	0.38	0.55	58%	18%	0.0%	19%
2007	27	NYY	AL	23	0.0%	43.5%	8.7%	13.0%	75%	5.00	2.1		10.5	0.10	0.17	48%	27%	0.0%	10%
2007	27	OAK	AL	15	0.0%	20.0%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	4.7		14.0	0.83	1.00	73%	9%	0.0%	33%
2 Yrs				75	1.3%	29.3%	12.0%	9.3%	50%	2.44	3.0	65.0	7.2	0.59	0.67	56%	23%	4.2%	11%
MLB Averages					2.8%	17.0%	8.5%	8.1%	34%	2.00	5.2	32.4	7.5	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.7%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2006	26	NYY	AL	1.9	0.2	40	0.1	0.8	-0.6	1.03	0.3	-0.2	2.7	0.2	1.02	3.3	0.00	0
2007	27	TOT	AL	-4.2	-0.4	38	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	1.05	-0.4	-0.2	-3.3	-0.3	1.00	-4.8	0.79	3
2007	27	NYY	AL	-1.3	-0.1	23	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.08	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.90	-1.8	0.79	3
2007	27	OAK	AL	-2.9	-0.3	15	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.01	-0.3	-0.1	-3.1	-0.3	1.16	-3.0		0
2 Yrs				-2.2	-0.2	78	-0.4	1.1	-1.5	1.04	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.1	1.01	-1.5	0.79	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	SB3	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	2^ndS	2^ndSH
2006	26	NYY	AL	29%	25	2	100%	1	1	0	60%	4	2	2	0	1	1
2007	27	TOT	AL	50%	13	0		0	0	1	33%	2	1	1	1	0	0
2007	27	NYY	AL	33%	9	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	27	OAK	AL	100%	4	0		0	0	1	33%	2	1	1	1	0	0
2 Yrs				36%	38	2	100%	1	1	1	50%	6	3	3	1	1	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
2006	26	NYY	AL	37	41%	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	8	0	0%	2	1	50%	28	5	18%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
2007	27	TOT	AL	38	50%	5	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.79	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	29	3	10%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
2007	27	NYY	AL	23	57%	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.79	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	13	2	15%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2007	27	OAK	AL	15	40%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	16	1	6%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				75	45%	14	3	0	3	1	0	0	0.79	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	13	0	0%	4	1	25%	57	8	14%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2006	26	NYY	AL	37	173	4.68	104	60%	39%	15%	24%	21%	61%	0%	36%	75%	11%	11%	4	0	19%	7	1	19%	7	4	22%	0	0	0
2007	27	TOT	AL	38	159	4.18	104	65%	41%	13%	25%	21%	59%	0%	38%	79%	13%	3%	1	0	11%	4	1	5%	2	0	54%	0	0	0
2007	27	NYY	AL	23	98	4.26	64	65%	45%	14%	23%	17%	55%	0%	36%	74%	13%	4%	1	0	9%	2	0	4%	1	0	60%	0	0	0
2007	27	OAK	AL	15	61	4.07	40	66%	35%	10%	28%	28%	65%	0%	43%	85%	13%	0%	0	0	13%	2	1	7%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				75	332	4.43	208	63%	40%	14%	25%	21%	60%	0%	37%	77%	12%	7%	5	0	15%	11	2	12%	9	4	41%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.76		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2006	26	19	37	30	5	9	3	0	1	6	2	0	6	9	.300	.417	.500	.917	136	15	0	0	1	0	0
2007	27	41	75	65	9	14	6	0	1	9	2	0	9	22	.215	.311	.354	.665	74	23	0	0	1	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2006	26	19	37	30	5	9	3	1	6	2	6	9	.300	.417	.500	.917	6	19
2007	27	22	40	36	4	6	4	0	3	0	4	13	.167	.250	.278	.528	2	22
2 Yrs		41	77	66	9	15	7	1	9	2	10	22	.227	.329	.379	.708	8	41
162 Game Avg.		162	304	261	36	59	28	4	36	8	40	87	.227	.329	.379	.708	32	41

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