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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 CHC NL 22 CF 5 4 38.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -85.3 -2.7 -2.9 0.2 0 1.18 1.00 .980 2.79 2.28
1978 CHC NL 22 OF 5 4 39.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -83.1 -2.7 -2.9 0.2 0 1.38 1.20 .983 2.31 1.94
1978 CHC NL 22 1B 2 1 10.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -36.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 8.10 4.50 .989 9.99 8.30
1978 CHC NL 22 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1979 CHC NL 23 OF 100 74 700.0 173 161 7 5 3 .971 -1.4 -2.4 0.6 -1.9 2.4 -2 2.16 1.68 .979 2.33 2.00 RoY-3
1979 CHC NL 23 RF 71 50 486.0 115 109 4 2 2 .983 2.0 4.9 4.0 1.1 2.9 -2 2.09 1.59 .979 2.19 1.87 RoY-3
1979 CHC NL 23 CF 27 23 183.0 43 38 2 3 0 .930 -3.8 -24.9 -3.8 -3.7 -0.2 0 1.97 1.48 .986 2.82 2.43 RoY-3
1979 CHC NL 23 LF 12 1 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 15.5 0.4 0.7 -0.3 0 2.03 0.58 .971 2.00 1.58 RoY-3
1980 CHC NL 24 OF 66 51 479.1 108 100 4 4 2 .963 -5.4 -13.5 -4.4 -0.9 -3.5 -1 1.95 1.58 .981 2.31 1.98
1980 CHC NL 24 RF 53 37 353.2 66 60 2 4 1 .939 -3.8 -12.9 -2.8 -0.5 -2.3 -1 1.58 1.17 .977 2.06 1.71
1980 CHC NL 24 CF 14 14 123.2 37 35 2 0 1 1.000 -1.3 -12.6 -1.3 -0.4 -0.9 0 2.69 2.64 .984 2.83 2.37
1980 CHC NL 24 1B 12 2 44.0 51 49 2 0 6 1.000 -0.3 -8.2 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 0 10.43 4.25 .992 10.17 8.97
1980 CHC NL 24 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1981 CHC NL 25 OF 30 24 222.1 51 49 1 1 0 .980 -9.9 -53.4 -6.9 -5.2 -1.7 -3 2.02 1.67 .980 2.33 2.02
1981 CHC NL 25 CF 20 20 170.2 43 41 0 2 0 .953 -5.8 -40.8 -3.8 -3.3 -0.5 -2 2.16 2.05 .986 2.80 2.53
1981 CHC NL 25 RF 8 4 48.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -3.8 -95.0 -2.8 -1.6 -1.2 -1 1.50 1.00 .975 2.08 1.65
1981 CHC NL 25 1B 3 0 5.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.6 -144.0 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 12.60 2.33 .988 10.26 8.67
1981 CHC NL 25 LF 3 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -98.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.21 1.80
1982 CHC NL 26 OF 23 10 115.1 38 36 2 0 1 1.000 0.5 5.2 1.5 0.0 1.5 -1 2.97 1.65 .976 2.25 1.91
1982 CHC NL 26 LF 20 9 95.2 31 29 2 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -6.3 0.5 -0.9 1.4 -1 2.92 1.55 .971 2.08 1.60
1982 CHC NL 26 1B 4 0 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 10.12 8.90
1982 CHC NL 26 RF 4 0 12.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 56.8 0.6 0.5 0.1 0 2.13 0.75 .967 2.06 1.65
1982 CHC NL 26 CF 1 1 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 68.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 5.14 4.00 .975 2.70 2.30
1983 CHC NL 27 OF 29 16 144.2 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -2.5 -0.3 -0.7 0.4 0 1.80 1.00 .979 2.27 1.92
1983 CHC NL 27 LF 22 14 125.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 0.5 0 1.87 1.18 .977 2.03 1.60
1983 CHC NL 27 RF 6 2 19.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -18.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 1.37 0.50 .967 2.01 1.63
1983 CHC NL 27 1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.40
1984 SFG NL 28 1B 87 48 518.0 592 555 36 1 48 .998 -9.2 -21.3 -9.2 -3.4 -5.8 0 10.27 6.79 .992 9.86 8.15
1984 SFG NL 28 OF 6 5 40.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.9 -27.0 -0.9 -1.1 0.2 0 1.58 1.17 .975 2.27 1.92
1984 SFG NL 28 RF 4 3 23.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -0.3 -15.7 -0.3 -0.6 0.3 0 1.57 1.00 .980 2.07 1.70
1984 SFG NL 28 LF 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -42.4 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0 1.59 1.50 .967 2.01 1.55
1985 TOT NL 29 1B 27 15 159.2 197 179 17 1 14 .995 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 11.05 7.26 .993 10.06 8.54
1985 SFG NL 29 1B 24 14 148.1 185 168 16 1 13 .995 -0.3 -2.4 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 11.16 7.67 .993 10.06 8.54
1985 MON NL 29 1B 3 1 11.1 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 42.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 9.53 4.00 .992 10.01 8.53
1985 MON NL 29 OF 3 1 10.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -72.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.80 0.67 1.000 2.16 1.87
1985 MON NL 29 RF 3 1 10.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -72.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.80 0.67 1.000 1.98 1.67
8 Seasons OF 262 185 1750.2 415 389 15 11 6 .973 -20.7 -14.2 -13.7 -13.3 -0.5 -7 2.08 1.54 .980 2.31 1.98
8 Seasons RF 150 97 954.0 202 187 8 7 3 .965 -6.2 -7.8 -2.2 -1.9 -0.3 -4 1.84 1.30 .978 2.13 1.78
7 Seasons 1B 136 66 742.2 861 801 57 3 69 .997 -10.7 -17.3 -10.7 -3.3 -7.4 0 10.40 6.31 .992 9.93 8.34
5 Seasons CF 67 62 522.1 132 123 4 5 1 .962 -13.2 -30.3 -11.2 -9.9 -1.4 -2 2.19 1.90 .985 2.81 2.43
6 Seasons LF 60 26 274.1 67 65 2 0 1 1.000 -1.3 -5.7 -0.3 -1.5 1.2 -1 2.20 1.12 .973 2.05 1.61
8 Seasons TOT 398 251 2493.1 1276 1190 72 14 75 .989 -31.4 -15.1 -24.4 -16.6 -7.9 -7 0 4.56 3.17 .977 4.58 4.15
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 CHC NL 22 19 5 19 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 0 13 0
1979 CHC NL 23 128 74 128 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 27 71 100 0 33 2
1980 CHC NL 24 102 53 102 74 0 0 13 0 0 0 1 14 53 66 0 28 8
1981 CHC NL 25 57 24 57 33 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 20 8 30 0 23 5
1982 CHC NL 26 49 10 49 26 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 1 4 23 0 30 1
1983 CHC NL 27 53 16 53 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0 6 28 0 28 0
1984 SFG NL 28 120 53 120 91 0 0 87 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 0 33 5
1985 SFG NL 29 64 14 64 24 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0
1985 MON NL 29 34 2 34 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 28 0
8 Seasons 626 251 626 390 0 0 137 0 0 0 60 67 150 261 0 257 21
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 CHC NL 22 46 70% 70% 33% 0 0 8 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CHC NL 24 202 53% 78% 26% 12 83% 0 50 2 47 1 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1981 CHC NL 25 19 68% 100% 58% 1 0% 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHC NL 26 19 74% 68% 16% 1 100% 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 27 12 75% 75% 8% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SFG NL 28 2370 59% 79% 26% 96 98% 1 551 22 526 3 43 37 18 12 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 47 0 2 0 43 2 4 2 2 6 100%
1985 SFG NL 29 669 66% 77% 28% 35 97% 0 168 9 156 3 14 13 7 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 10 0 3 1 2 3 100%
1985 MON NL 29 46 63% 72% 28% 3 100% 0 11 0 11 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3383 60% 78% 27% 148 96% 1 799 34 757 8 65 55 27 17 1 5 3 0 3 0 3 69 1 2 0 62 3 7 3 4 11 91%
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 CHC NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 33% 0% 0
1979 CHC NL 23 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 15 5 1 11 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 7 4 0 37 11 29.7% 25 1 2.7% 3 2168 59% 76% 21% 201 55%
1980 CHC NL 24 4 0 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 20 13 0 7 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 35 16 45.7% 18 1 2.9% 1 1546 55% 78% 22% 140 44%
1981 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 3 27.3% 8 0 0.0% 1 263 54% 78% 40% 30 27%
1982 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 55 51% 62% 20% 6 50%
1983 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 61% 79% 20% 3 100%
1984 SFG NL 28 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 54% 75% 24% 5 80%
1985 MON NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 51 63% 73% 8% 1 100%
8 Seasons 7 0 6 1 5 8 0 1 2 2 42 21 1 20 0 1 6 4 0 4 1 0 12 5 0 84 31 36.9% 51 2 2.4% 6 4280 57% 77% 22% 386 49%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.1% 57% 79% 26% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1978 CHC NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 183 48% 81% 32% 19 26%
1979 CHC NL 23 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 7 4 0 8 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 22 11 50.0% 11 0 0.0% 2 810 52% 79% 23% 75 53%
1980 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 4 1 16 7 43.8% 7 2 12.5% 0 586 55% 78% 21% 60 60%
1981 CHC NL 25 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 21 6 28.6% 15 0 0.0% 0 787 49% 75% 26% 82 50%
1982 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 34 47% 85% 29% 4 100%
5 Seasons 5 0 4 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 21 12 0 21 4 1 2 1 0 11 1 0 12 8 1 67 26 38.8% 39 2 3.0% 2 2400 51% 78% 24% 240 53%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.3% 57% 79% 26% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 CHC NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 128 57% 78% 27% 17 41%
1980 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 47% 67% 13% 2 0%
1981 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 85% 80% 20% 0
1982 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 2 436 47% 82% 25% 46 63%
1983 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 8 7 87.5% 1 0 0.0% 0 551 62% 81% 22% 50 52%
1984 SFG NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 26% 81% 36% 3 100%
6 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 10 0 6 3 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 5 5 0 27 21 77.8% 6 0 0.0% 2 1227 54% 81% 24% 118 55%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.8% 57% 79% 26% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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