Scot Thompson
Vernon Scot Thompson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 7, 1955 in Grove City, PA
High School: Knox (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
Final Game: October 4, 1985
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1978 22 CHC NL 19 39 36 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .417 .447 .500 .947 153 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 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 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 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 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .275 .447 .345 .500 .405 .947 .750 153 .824 2.7 0.3 .952 .139 .083
1979 23 CHC NL 368 261 40 4.1 108 .316 .289 .280 .322 .347 .373 .416 .694 .763 82 .469 -9.9 -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 4.9 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 Seasons 1391 1011 130 3.5 99 .288 .262 .269 .312 .335 .328 .395 .640 .730 76 .407 -41.6 -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 -41.6 -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 -36.5 -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 -4.7 -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*

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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
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 1.93 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 Seasons 1391 0.4% 10.1% 7.0% 4.7% 20% 1.45 9.0 254.6 11.6 1.22 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 22 CHC NL 2 0 41% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 55% 9 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 2
1979 23 CHC NL 2 0 29% 121 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 10 53% 21 11 9 7 4 3 8 1 7
1980 24 CHC NL 3 0 32% 106 6 6 50% 6 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 8 48% 15 10 4 1 0 1 9 2 7
1981 25 CHC NL 3 0 31% 39 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20% 7 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 0
1982 26 CHC NL 0 0 34% 43 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 78% 3 1 2 2 1 1 4 0 4
1983 27 CHC NL 2 0 20% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1984 28 SFG NL 4 0 28% 131 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 55% 20 10 9 6 2 4 7 2 5
1985 29 TOT NL 2 0 27% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 46% 7 3 3 3 1 2 3 1 1
1985 29 SFG NL 2 0 32% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 60% 5 2 3 2 0 2 3 1 1
1985 29 MON NL 0 0 17% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 18 0 30% 530 17 13 57% 17 11 0 1 0 1 8 0 17 28 52% 83 44 34 20 9 11 36 7 27
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 1.61 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 1.48 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 33% 65 8 12% 44 13 30% 200 29 15% 19 12 63% 24 9 38% 0
1980 24 CHC NL 257 90% 48 21 6 0 1 1.09 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 39 6 15% 17 4 24% 117 12 10% 7 3 43% 11 3 27% 0
1981 25 CHC NL 127 91% 19 21 2 0 1 1.20 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 22 2 9% 15 5 33% 71 8 11% 13 5 38% 8 3 38% 0
1982 26 CHC NL 78 94% 27 27 7 0 2 1.87 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 13% 6 2 33% 40 7 18% 0 0 3 3 100% 1
1983 27 CHC NL 91 97% 17 28 6 0 1 1.58 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 22% 9 2 22% 56 10 18% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1984 28 SFG NL 280 92% 75 31 5 0 4 2.35 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 60 11 18% 24 7 29% 192 31 16% 17 10 59% 18 8 44% 0
1985 29 TOT NL 150 97% 32 62 9 0 6 1.83 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 34 6 18% 18 6 33% 101 12 12% 14 7 50% 6 4 67% 0
1985 29 SFG NL 114 96% 23 39 3 0 2 1.91 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 24 5 21% 15 5 33% 74 8 11% 11 5 45% 4 2 50% 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% 2 2 100% 0
8 Seasons 1390 92% 333 234 53 0 21 1.69 5 0 33 5 0 1 4 0 10 7 70% 266 39 15% 136 39 29% 804 111 14% 76 40 53% 75 32 43% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 .947 153 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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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 22 19 38 36 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 2 4 .417 .447 .500 .947 8 19
1979 23 128 361 341 34 95 12 5 2 28 4 16 37 .279 .310 .361 .671 38 128
1980 24 102 256 226 27 48 10 1 2 13 6 28 31 .212 .301 .292 .593 20 102
1981 25 86 192 176 13 31 8 0 0 13 3 11 12 .176 .219 .222 .440 9 57
1982 26 49 79 74 12 27 5 1 0 8 0 5 4 .365 .405 .459 .865 14 49
1983 27 53 89 86 4 15 3 1 0 10 0 3 14 .174 .202 .233 .435 4 53
1984 28 120 285 249 34 79 7 1 1 35 5 32 26 .317 .389 .365 .755 36 120
1985 29 98 150 144 12 33 6 0 0 12 0 5 17 .229 .253 .271 .524 10 98
8 Seasons 655 1450 1332 143 343 54 9 5 121 18 102 145 .258 .308 .323 .631 139 626
162 Game Avg. 162 359 329 35 85 13 2 1 30 4 25 36 .258 .308 .323 .631 34 626

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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