Scot Thompson

Vernon Scot Thompson

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 7, 1955 in Grove City, PA
High School: Knox HS (Renfrew, PA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1978
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants/Expos 1978-1985

Final Game: October 4, 1985
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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
1974	18	CHC-min	Rk	47	199	169	22	43	6	3	1	19	6	6	26	27	.254	.357	.343	.700		58	4	2	0	2	3		CBF · GULF
1975	19	CHC-min	A	123	467	424	40	95	6	3	3	41	10	3	34	53	.224	.285	.274	.558		116	6	2	7	0	3		KEY · FLOR
1976	20	CHC-min	AA	116	470	425	47	121	11	2	7	54	9	5	35	58	.285	.337	.369	.706		157		1	4	5			MDL · TL
1977	21	CHC-min	AAA	124	500	446	77	136	24	5	11	54	8	3	45	42	.305	.369	.455	.824		203		2	4	3			WCH · AA
1978	22	CHC-min	AAA	135	581	519	83	169	33	7	10	64	35	12	53	60	.326	.384	.474	.858		246		0	3	6			WCH · AA
1978	22	CHC	NL	19	39	36	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.417	.447	.500	.947	154	18	0	0	1	0	0	/839
1979	23	CHC	NL	128	368	346	36	100	13	5	2	29	4	3	17	37	.289	.322	.373	.694	82	129	8	1	1	3	1	987	RoY-3
1980	24	CHC	NL	102	257	226	26	48	10	1	2	13	6	6	28	31	.212	.301	.292	.593	62	66	6	1	1	1	3	983/7
1981	25	CHC-min	AAA	69	300	277	35	74	10	0	2	29	11	4	20	23	.267	.314	.325	.639		90		0	1	2	2		IWA · AA
1981	25	CHC	NL	57	127	115	8	19	5	0	0	8	2	0	7	8	.165	.208	.209	.417	17	24	2	0	2	3	1	8/937
1982	26	CHC-min	AAA	29	105	93	17	32	6	0	2	11	2	1	10	7	.344	.404	.473	.877		44		0	1	1	0		IWA · AA
1982	26	CHC	NL	49	79	74	11	27	5	1	0	7	0	1	5	4	.365	.405	.459	.865	140	34	2	0	0	0	0	7/398
1983	27	CHC-min	AAA	25	91	86	9	18	3	0	1	8	1	1	3	11	.209	.231	.279	.510		24		0	0	2	1		IWA · AA
1983	27	CHC	NL	53	91	88	4	17	3	1	0	10	0	0	3	14	.193	.220	.250	.470	28	22	4	0	0	0	0	7/93
1984	28	SFG	NL	120	280	245	30	75	7	1	1	31	5	3	30	26	.306	.376	.355	.731	110	87	11	0	1	4	5	3/97
1985	29	TOT	NL	98	150	143	10	32	6	0	0	10	0	0	5	17	.224	.248	.266	.514	47	38	6	0	1	1	0	3/9
1985	29	SFG	NL	64	114	111	8	23	5	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	.207	.221	.252	.473	35	28	5	0	1	0	0	3
1985	29	MON	NL	34	36	32	2	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	.281	.333	.313	.646	86	10	1	0	0	1	0	/39
8 Yrs				626	1391	1273	132	333	52	9	5	110	17	13	97	141	.262	.312	.328	.640	76	418	39	2	7	12	10
162 Game Avg.				162	360	329	34	86	13	2	1	28	4	3	25	36	.262	.312	.328	.640	76	108	10	1	2	3	3

CHC (6 yrs)				408	961	885	92	226	39	8	4	69	12	10	62	98	.255	.303	.331	.634	71	293	22	2	5	7	5
SFG (2 yrs)				184	394	356	38	98	12	1	1	37	5	3	32	36	.275	.332	.323	.655	88	115	16	0	2	4	5
MON (1 yr)				34	36	32	2	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	.281	.333	.313	.646	86	10	1	0	0	1	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	Awards
1978	22	CHC	NL	19	39	4	-0	0	-3	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.504	.500	0.5	-0.3	5	$	/839
1979	23	CHC	NL	128	368	-10	-0	-1	-1	-4	-16	-1.7	11	-6	-0.7	.486	.489	-0.6	-0.5	-4	$	987	RoY-3
1980	24	CHC	NL	102	257	-11	-1	-1	-6	-3	-22	-2.5	8	-15	-1.8	.475	.484	-1.1	-1.0	-9	$	983/7
1981	25	CHC	NL	57	127	-12	-0	-0	-10	-1	-24	-2.7	4	-20	-2.3	.452	.483	-1.1	-1.2	-9	$	8/937
1982	26	CHC	NL	49	79	3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.3	2	5	0.6	.507	.502	0.5	-0.1	5	$	7/398
1983	27	CHC	NL	53	91	-7	0	-1	-0	-1	-10	-1.1	3	-7	-0.8	.480	.493	-0.7	-0.2	-6	$	7/93
1984	28	SFG	NL	120	280	4	-1	-2	-10	-4	-13	-1.4	9	-5	-0.5	.488	.491	0.5	-1.5	6	$	3/97
1985	29	SFG	NL	64	114	-8	-0	-1	-0	-1	-11	-1.2	4	-7	-0.9	.481	.492	-0.8	-0.1	-7	$197,000	3
1985	29	MON	NL	34	36	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	/39
8 Seasons				626	1391	-38	-4	-5	-31	-16	-94	-10.4	42	-52	-6.3	.483	.493	-2.9	-5.0	-21	$197,000

CHC (6 yrs)				408	961	-33	-2	-2	-21	-11	-68	-7.6	29	-40	-4.8	.481	.492	-2.5	-3.3	-19	$
SFG (2 yrs)				184	394	-5	-1	-2	-10	-5	-24	-2.6	12	-12	-1.4	.485	.492	-0.3	-1.6	-1	$197,000
MON (1 yr)				34	36	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	-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	PwrSpd
1978	22	CHC	NL	39	22	8	9.7	104	.469	.417	.274	.447	.344	.500	.404	.947	.747	154	.825	2.8	0.3	.952	.139	.083
1979	23	CHC	NL	368	261	40	4.1	108	.316	.289	.280	.322	.347	.373	.416	.694	.764	82	.470	-9.8	-1.0	.576	.136	.084	2.7
1980	24	CHC	NL	257	192	19	2.7	101	.237	.212	.275	.301	.338	.292	.399	.593	.737	62	.300	-11.5	-1.2	.500	.204	.080	3.0
1981	25	CHC	NL	127	103	6	1.6	95	.173	.165	.267	.208	.333	.209	.383	.417	.716	17	.148	-12.7	-1.4	.337	.122	.043	.0
1982	26	CHC	NL	79	50	13	7.0	96	.386	.365	.268	.405	.331	.459	.389	.865	.721	140	.718	4.0	0.4	.760	.149	.095
1983	27	CHC	NL	91	75	4	1.4	100	.230	.193	.268	.220	.337	.250	.397	.470	.734	28	.120	-9.1	-0.9	.333	.091	.057
1984	28	SFG	NL	280	189	32	4.6	91	.333	.306	.260	.376	.324	.355	.378	.731	.702	110	.540	4.8	0.5	.647	.180	.049	1.7
1985	29	TOT	NL	150	119	8	1.8	91	.252	.224	.254	.248	.321	.266	.379	.514	.700	47	.176	-10.0	-1.0	.368	.077	.042
1985	29	SFG	NL	114	94	5	1.4	91	.228	.207	.254	.221	.321	.252	.379	.473	.700	35	.123	-9.6	-1.0	.323	.063	.045
1985	29	MON	NL	36	25	3	3.2	91	.346	.281	.254	.333	.321	.313	.379	.646	.700	86	.382	-0.4	-0.0	.542	.125	.031
8 Yrs				1391	1011	130	3.5	99	.288	.262	.269	.312	.335	.328	.395	.640	.730	76	.407	-41.5	-4.3	.525	.146	.067	7.7
162 Game Avg.				360	262	34	3.5	99	.288	.262	.269	.312	.335	.328	.395	.640	.730	76	.407	-41.5	-4.3	.525	.146	.067	2

CHC (6 yrs)				961	703	90	3.5	102	.281	.255	.275	.303	.341	.331	.403	.634	.743	71	.402	-36.4	-3.8	.520	.148	.076	6.0
SFG (2 yrs)				394	283	37	3.5	91	.300	.275	.258	.332	.323	.323	.378	.655	.702	88	.421	-4.8	-0.5	.538	.143	.048	1.7
MON (1 yr)				36	25	3	3.2	91	.346	.281	.254	.333	.321	.313	.379	.646	.700	86	.382	-0.4	-0.0	.542	.125	.031

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	22	CHC	NL	39	0.0%	10.3%	5.1%	7.7%	20%	2.00	9.0		18.0	2.20	82%
1979	23	CHC	NL	368	0.5%	10.1%	4.6%	5.4%	20%	2.18	9.4	173.0	11.9	0.92	84%
1980	24	CHC	NL	257	0.8%	12.1%	10.9%	5.1%	27%	1.11	7.3	113.0	17.4	0.91	75%
1981	25	CHC	NL	127	0.0%	6.3%	5.5%	3.9%	26%	1.14	14.4		14.4	1.21	87%
1982	26	CHC	NL	79	0.0%	5.1%	6.3%	7.6%	22%	0.80	18.5		10.6	2.00	89%
1983	27	CHC	NL	91	0.0%	15.4%	3.3%	4.4%	24%	4.67	6.3		8.8	1.81	81%
1984	28	SFG	NL	280	0.4%	9.3%	10.7%	3.2%	12%	0.87	9.4	245.0	7.9	1.24	79%
1985	29	TOT	NL	150	0.0%	11.3%	3.3%	4.0%	19%	3.40	8.4		14.3	2.13	85%
1985	29	SFG	NL	114	0.0%	8.8%	1.8%	4.4%	22%	5.00	11.1		18.5	1.93	89%
1985	29	MON	NL	36	0.0%	19.4%	8.3%	2.8%	11%	2.33	4.6		8.0	3.50	72%
8 Yrs				1391	0.4%	10.1%	7.0%	4.7%	20%	1.45	9.0	254.6	11.6	1.22	82%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.56	6.8	44.3	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	22	CHC	NL	2.7	0.3	39	0.5	1.0	-0.6	1.22	0.3	0.0	4.2	0.4	1.00	3.3	1.57	12
1979	23	CHC	NL	-9.8	-1.0	381	-0.6	6.1	-6.7	1.00	-0.7	0.0	-9.1	-0.9	0.94	-8.0	1.45	32
1980	24	CHC	NL	-11.5	-1.2	277	-1.3	3.8	-5.1	1.08	-0.8	-0.4	-10.6	-1.1	0.92	-9.1	1.05	21
1981	25	CHC	NL	-12.7	-1.4	131	-1.1	1.6	-2.7	1.08	-1.2	0.2	-9.9	-1.0	0.94	-12.3	1.14	21
1982	26	CHC	NL	4.0	0.4	80	0.5	2.3	-1.8	1.41	0.4	-0.0	2.9	0.3	0.94	3.8	1.82	27
1983	27	CHC	NL	-9.1	-0.9	91	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	1.07	-0.7	0.1	-4.5	-0.5	0.93	-7.1	1.50	28
1984	28	SFG	NL	4.8	0.5	291	0.2	5.4	-5.2	1.08	0.6	-0.4	4.3	0.5	1.00	5.0	2.27	31
1985	29	TOT	NL	-10.0	-1.0	152	-1.9	2.6	-4.6	1.56	-1.1	-0.2	-10.1	-1.1	1.02	-10.8	1.79	62
1985	29	SFG	NL	-9.6	-1.0	116	-2.0	1.7	-3.8	1.53	-1.0	-0.4	-9.5	-1.0	1.00	-9.9	1.85	39
1985	29	MON	NL	-0.4	-0.0	36	0.1	0.9	-0.8	1.63	-0.1	0.2	-0.6	-0.1	1.09	-0.9	1.68	23
8 Yrs				-41.6	-4.3	1442	-4.5	24.2	-28.7	1.13	-3.2	-0.8	-32.8	-3.3	0.96	-35.2	1.64	234

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	22	CHC	NL	2	41%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	55%	9	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	2
1979	23	CHC	NL	2	29%	121	4	3	57%	4	2	1	0	1	5	10	53%	21	11	9	7	4	3	8	1	7
1980	24	CHC	NL	3	32%	106	6	6	50%	6	5	0	1	3	2	8	48%	15	10	4	1	0	1	9	2	7
1981	25	CHC	NL	3	31%	39	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	20%	7	5	2	1	1	0	2	1	0
1982	26	CHC	NL	0	34%	43	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	78%	3	1	2	2	1	1	4	0	4
1983	27	CHC	NL	2	20%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1984	28	SFG	NL	4	28%	131	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	2	3	4	55%	20	10	9	6	2	4	7	2	5
1985	29	TOT	NL	2	27%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	2	46%	7	3	3	3	1	2	3	1	1
1985	29	SFG	NL	2	32%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	1	2	60%	5	2	3	2	0	2	3	1	1
1985	29	MON	NL	0	17%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				18	30%	530	17	13	57%	17	11	1	1	8	17	28	52%	83	44	34	20	9	11	36	7	27

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
1978	22	CHC	NL	39	74%	15			12	6	0	2	1.57	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	3	0	0%	27	2	7%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1979	23	CHC	NL	368	94%	100			32	12	0	4	1.45	2	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	33%	65	8	12%	44	13	30%	200	29	15%	19	12	63%	14	5	36%	0
1980	24	CHC	NL	257	90%	48			21	6	0	1	1.05	2	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100%	39	6	15%	17	4	24%	117	12	10%	7	3	43%	7	4	57%	0
1981	25	CHC	NL	127	91%	19			21	2	0	1	1.14	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	22	2	9%	15	5	33%	71	8	11%	13	5	38%	3	1	33%	0
1982	26	CHC	NL	79	94%	27			27	7	0	2	1.82	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	2	12%	6	2	33%	41	7	17%	0	0		0	0		0
1983	27	CHC	NL	91	97%	17			28	6	0	1	1.50	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	4	22%	9	2	22%	56	10	18%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
1984	28	SFG	NL	280	92%	75			31	5	0	4	2.27	1	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	60	11	18%	24	7	29%	192	31	16%	17	10	59%	11	5	45%	0
1985	29	TOT	NL	150	97%	32			62	9	0	6	1.79	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	34	6	18%	18	6	33%	101	12	12%	14	7	50%	3	3	100%	0
1985	29	SFG	NL	114	96%	23			39	3	0	2	1.85	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	24	5	21%	15	5	33%	74	8	11%	11	5	45%	3	3	100%	0
1985	29	MON	NL	36	100%	9			23	6	0	4	1.68	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	10	1	10%	3	1	33%	27	4	15%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
8 Yrs				1391	92%	333			234	53	0	21	1.64	5	0	33	5	0	1	4	0	10	7	70%	267	39	15%	136	39	29%	805	111	14%	76	40	53%	42	20	48%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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
1978	22	19	39	36	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.417	.447	.500	.947	154	18	0	0	1	0	0
1979	23	147	407	382	43	115	16	5	2	31	4	3	19	41	.301	.333	.385	.718	89	147	8	1	2	3	1
1980	24	249	664	608	69	163	26	6	4	44	10	9	47	72	.268	.321	.350	.671	79	213	14	2	3	4	4
1981	25	306	791	723	77	182	31	6	4	52	12	9	54	80	.252	.303	.328	.631	70	237	16	2	5	7	5
1982	26	355	870	797	88	209	36	7	4	59	12	10	59	84	.262	.312	.340	.652	76	271	18	2	5	7	5
1983	27	408	961	885	92	226	39	8	4	69	12	10	62	98	.255	.303	.331	.634	71	293	22	2	5	7	5
1984	28	528	1241	1130	122	301	46	9	5	100	17	13	92	124	.266	.320	.336	.656	80	380	33	2	6	11	10
1985	29	626	1391	1273	132	333	52	9	5	110	17	13	97	141	.262	.312	.328	.640	76	418	39	2	7	12	10

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
1978	22	19	39	36	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	2	4	.417	.447	.500	.947	8	19
1979	23	128	366	344	35	98	13	5	2	28	4	17	37	.285	.318	.369	.687	40	128
1980	24	102	257	226	26	48	10	1	2	13	6	28	31	.212	.301	.292	.593	20	102
1981	25	86	195	176	14	31	8	0	0	14	3	11	12	.176	.219	.222	.440	9	57
1982	26	49	80	75	12	28	5	1	0	8	0	5	4	.373	.413	.467	.879	15	49
1983	27	53	91	88	4	17	3	1	0	10	0	3	14	.193	.220	.250	.470	5	53
1984	28	120	287	250	33	80	7	1	1	35	5	32	26	.320	.392	.368	.760	37	120
1985	29	98	153	146	11	35	7	0	0	11	0	5	17	.240	.263	.288	.551	11	98
8 Yrs		655	1468	1341	142	352	56	9	5	121	18	103	145	.262	.313	.329	.642	145	626
162 Game Avg.		162	363	332	35	87	14	2	1	30	4	25	36	.262	.313	.329	.642	36	626

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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