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 (Fort Worth, 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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

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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
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
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	/789
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	/798
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2006	26	NYY	AL	37	2	1	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$
2007	27	NYY	AL	23	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/798
2007	27	OAK	AL	15	-3	-1	0	0	-2	0	1	-5	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	/879
2 Seasons				75	-3	0	0	0	-3	-1	3	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$

NYY (2 yrs)				60	0	1	0	0	-1	-1	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	-0.0	$
OAK (1 yr)				15	-3	-1	0	0	-2	0	1	-5	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	E	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2006	NYY	AL	26	OF	15				22	22	0	1.000	0	1				1.47	.986		2.27
2006	NYY	AL	26	RF	10	6	4	64.0	15	15	0	1.000	1	0	13	0	2.11	1.50	.984	2.19	2.17
2006	NYY	AL	26	LF	3	1	1	15.0	6	6	0	1.000	0	1	40	80	3.60	2.00	.987	2.04	2.03
2006	NYY	AL	26	CF	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	1.000	-1	0	-320	0	3.00	0.50	.990	2.70	2.60
2007	TOT	AL	27	OF	19	8	5	82.2	19	18	1	.947	-3	-2	-45	-29	1.96	0.95	.987	86.75	2.28
2007	TOT	AL	27	LF	7	3	3	38.2	8	8	0	1.000	-2	-2	-47	-62	1.86	1.14	.985	2.12	2.09
2007	TOT	AL	27	CF	6	2	1	19.0	3	2	1	.667	-2	-1	-126	-63	0.95	0.33	.990	2.70	2.68
2007	TOT	AL	27	RF	6	3	1	25.0	8	8	0	1.000	0	1	19	48	2.88	1.33	.985	2.05	2.07
2007	NYY	AL	27	OF	11	5	3	47.2	14	14	0	1.000	-1	-2	-25	-50	2.64	1.27	.987	86.78	2.28
2007	NYY	AL	27	LF	5	2	2	22.2	6	6	0	1.000	-2	-2	-79	-106	2.38	1.20	.985	2.10	2.08
2007	NYY	AL	27	RF	5	3	1	24.0	8	8	0	1.000	0	1	25	50	3.00	1.60	.985	2.06	2.06
2007	NYY	AL	27	CF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
2007	OAK	AL	27	OF	8	3	2	35.0	5	4	1	.800	-2	-2	-72	-68	1.03	0.50	.988	86.71	2.28
2007	OAK	AL	27	CF	5	2	1	18.0	3	2	1	.667	-2	-1	-133	-67	1.00	0.40	.990	2.70	2.68
2007	OAK	AL	27	LF	2	1	1	16.0	2	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1.12	1.00	.985	2.14	2.10
2007	OAK	AL	27	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0		-0	0	-120	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
	2 Seasons			OF	34	8	5	82.2	41	40	1	.976	-3	-1	-39	-7	1.96	1.18	.987	86.75	2.27
	2 Seasons			RF	16	9	5	89.0	23	23	0	1.000	1	1	15	13	2.33	1.44	.984	2.15	2.13
	2 Seasons			LF	10	4	4	53.2	14	14	0	1.000	-1	-1	-22	-22	2.35	1.40	.986	2.10	2.07
	2 Seasons			CF	8	2	1	22.0	4	3	1	.750	-3	-1	-153	-54	1.23	0.38	.990	2.70	2.66
	2 Seasons			TOT	34	8	5	82.2	41	40	1	.976	-3	-2	-39	-29	1.96	1.18	.987	86.75	2.27

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 18th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1999: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 31st round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2000.
September 7, 2007: Selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Yankees.
October 15, 2007: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Oakland Athletics.
June 27, 2008: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
September 1, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.

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