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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 CHC NL 22 CF 5 4 3 38.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -85 1.18 1.00 .984 2.79 2.76
1978 CHC NL 22 OF 5 4 3 39.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -83 1.38 1.20 .980 2.31 2.28
1978 CHC NL 22 1B 2 1 1 10.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -36 8.10 4.50 .992 9.99 9.90
1978 CHC NL 22 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1979 CHC NL 23 OF 100 74 57 700.0 173 161 7 5 3 .971 -1 -2 2.16 1.68 .979 2.33 2.32 RoY-3
1979 CHC NL 23 RF 71 50 43 486.0 115 109 4 2 2 .983 2 5 2.09 1.59 .979 2.18 2.18 RoY-3
1979 CHC NL 23 CF 27 23 13 183.0 43 38 2 3 0 .930 -4 -25 1.97 1.48 .986 2.82 2.81 RoY-3
1979 CHC NL 23 LF 12 1 1 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 2.03 0.58 .970 2.00 2.00 RoY-3
1980 CHC NL 24 OF 66 51 40 479.1 108 100 4 4 2 .963 -5 -14 1.95 1.58 .980 2.31 2.31
1980 CHC NL 24 RF 53 37 30 353.2 66 60 2 4 1 .939 -4 -13 1.58 1.17 .977 2.06 2.06
1980 CHC NL 24 CF 14 14 10 123.2 37 35 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -13 2.69 2.64 .984 2.83 2.83
1980 CHC NL 24 1B 12 2 1 44.0 51 49 2 0 6 1.000 -0 -8 10.43 4.25 .992 10.17 10.17
1980 CHC NL 24 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1981 CHC NL 25 OF 30 24 20 222.1 51 49 1 1 0 .980 -10 -53 2.02 1.67 .980 2.33 2.34
1981 CHC NL 25 CF 20 20 16 170.2 42 41 0 1 0 .976 -6 -41 2.16 2.05 .987 2.80 2.81
1981 CHC NL 25 RF 8 4 4 48.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -4 -95 1.50 1.00 .978 2.08 2.08
1981 CHC NL 25 1B 3 0 0 5.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -1 -144 12.60 2.33 .992 10.26 10.27
1981 CHC NL 25 LF 3 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -98 0.00 0.00 2.21 2.13
1982 CHC NL 26 OF 23 10 8 115.1 38 36 2 0 1 1.000 0 5 2.97 1.65 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 CHC NL 26 LF 20 9 8 95.2 31 29 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -6 2.92 1.55 .973 2.08 2.08
1982 CHC NL 26 1B 4 0 0 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 9.00 1.00 .992 10.12 10.25
1982 CHC NL 26 RF 4 0 0 12.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 57 2.13 0.75 .977 1.99 2.02
1982 CHC NL 26 CF 1 1 0 7.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 69 5.14 4.00 .982 2.70 2.70
1983 CHC NL 27 OF 29 16 10 144.2 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 1.80 1.00 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 CHC NL 27 LF 22 14 9 125.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.87 1.18 .977 2.03 2.02
1983 CHC NL 27 RF 6 2 1 19.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -18 1.37 0.50 .980 2.01 2.00
1983 CHC NL 27 1B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 9.90 9.90
1984 SFG NL 28 1B 87 48 45 518.0 592 555 36 1 48 .998 -9 -21 10.27 6.79 .992 9.86 9.83
1984 SFG NL 28 OF 6 5 3 40.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -1 -27 1.58 1.17 .979 2.27 2.27
1984 SFG NL 28 RF 4 3 1 23.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -0 -16 1.57 1.00 .980 2.07 2.05
1984 SFG NL 28 LF 2 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -42 1.59 1.50 .970 2.01 2.00
1985 TOT NL 29 1B 27 15 13 159.2 197 179 17 1 14 .995 0 1 11.05 7.26 .993 10.06 10.05
1985 SFG NL 29 1B 24 14 13 148.1 185 168 16 1 13 .995 -0 -2 11.16 7.67 .993 10.06 10.05
1985 MON NL 29 1B 3 1 0 11.1 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0 42 9.53 4.00 .993 10.01 10.07
1985 MON NL 29 OF 3 1 0 10.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -72 1.80 0.67 .980 2.16 2.20
1985 MON NL 29 RF 3 1 0 10.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -72 1.80 0.67 .975 1.98 2.00
8 Seasons OF 262 185 141 1750.2 415 389 15 11 6 .973 -21 -14 2.08 1.54 .979 2.31 2.30
8 Seasons RF 150 97 79 954.0 202 187 8 7 3 .965 -6 -8 1.84 1.30 .978 2.12 2.11
7 Seasons 1B 136 66 60 742.2 861 801 57 3 69 .997 -11 -17 10.40 6.31 .992 9.93 9.93
5 Seasons CF 67 62 42 522.1 131 123 4 4 1 .969 -13 -30 2.19 1.90 .986 2.81 2.81
6 Seasons LF 60 26 20 274.1 67 65 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -6 2.20 1.12 .974 2.05 2.04
8 Seasons TOT 398 251 201 2493.1 1276 1190 72 14 75 .989 -31 -15 4.56 3.17 .988 4.58 4.91
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1978 CHC NL 22 CF -3 -85 -3 0 -3 0
1978 CHC NL 22 1B -0 -36 -0 -0 0
1978 CHC NL 22 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CHC NL 23 RF 2 5 4 3 1 -2
1979 CHC NL 23 CF -4 -25 -4 -0 -4 0
1979 CHC NL 23 LF 0 15 0 -0 1 0
1980 CHC NL 24 RF -4 -13 -3 -2 -0 -1
1980 CHC NL 24 CF -1 -13 -1 -1 -0 0
1980 CHC NL 24 1B -0 -8 -0 -0 0 0
1980 CHC NL 24 LF -0 -180 -0 -0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 25 CF -6 -41 -4 -0 -3 -2
1981 CHC NL 25 RF -4 -95 -3 -1 -2 -1
1981 CHC NL 25 1B -1 -144 -1 -0 -0 0
1981 CHC NL 25 LF -0 -98 -0 0 -0
1982 CHC NL 26 LF -0 -6 0 1 -1 -1
1982 CHC NL 26 1B -0 -60 -0 0 -0 0
1982 CHC NL 26 RF 1 57 1 0 0 0
1982 CHC NL 26 CF 0 69 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 27 LF 0 0 0 0 -0 0
1983 CHC NL 27 RF -0 -18 -0 -0 -0 0
1983 CHC NL 27 1B -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1984 SFG NL 28 1B -9 -21 -9 -6 -3 0
1984 SFG NL 28 RF -0 -16 -0 0 -1 0
1984 SFG NL 28 LF -1 -42 -1 -0 -0 0
1985 SFG NL 29 1B -0 -2 -0 -0 -0 0
1985 MON NL 29 1B 0 42 0 0 0 0
1985 MON NL 29 RF -1 -72 -1 0 -1 0
8 Seasons RF -6 -8 -2 -0 -2 -4
7 Seasons 1B -11 -17 -11 -7 -3 0
5 Seasons CF -13 -30 -11 -1 -10 -2
6 Seasons LF -1 -6 -0 1 -2 -1
8 Seasons TOT -31 -15 -24 -8 -17 0 -7
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 6 0 13 0
1979 CHC NL 23 128 74 128 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 27 71 110 0 33 2
1980 CHC NL 24 102 53 102 74 0 0 13 0 0 0 1 14 53 68 0 28 8
1981 CHC NL 25 57 24 57 33 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 20 8 31 0 23 5
1982 CHC NL 26 49 10 49 26 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 1 4 25 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 67 150 277 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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 44 73% 73% 34% 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 24 195 55% 81% 27% 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 2271 62% 82% 28% 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 29 638 69% 81% 29% 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 45 64% 73% 29% 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 3243 63% 82% 28% 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 59% 82% 27% 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 19 6 1 11 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 8 5 0 42 13 31.0% 28 1 2.4% 3 2090 61% 79% 22% 201 55%
1980 CHC NL 24 4 0 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 23 14 0 7 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 38 17 44.7% 20 1 2.6% 1 1487 57% 81% 23% 140 44%
1981 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 4 30.8% 9 0 0.0% 1 246 58% 83% 42% 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 53 53% 64% 21% 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 81 63% 81% 21% 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 0 103 57% 81% 25% 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 48 67% 77% 8% 1 100%
8 Seasons 7 0 6 1 5 8 0 1 2 2 50 23 1 20 0 1 6 4 0 4 1 0 14 7 0 94 35 37.2% 57 2 2.1% 6 4111 59% 80% 23% 386 49%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.2% 59% 82% 27% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 172 51% 86% 34% 19 26%
1979 CHC NL 23 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 10 5 1 8 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 26 12 46.2% 13 1 3.8% 1 781 54% 82% 24% 75 53%
1980 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 5 1 19 8 42.1% 9 2 10.5% 0 556 58% 82% 22% 60 60%
1981 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 3 0 24 7 29.2% 17 0 0.0% 0 749 52% 79% 27% 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 31 52% 94% 32% 4 100%
5 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 31 16 1 21 4 1 2 1 0 11 1 0 16 10 1 81 32 39.5% 46 3 3.7% 1 2289 54% 82% 26% 240 53%
MLB Averages 44.2% 2.5% 59% 82% 27% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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% 0 126 58% 79% 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 14 50% 71% 14% 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 19 89% 84% 21% 0
1982 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 16 9 56.3% 7 0 0.0% 2 410 50% 87% 26% 46 63%
1983 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 9 7 77.8% 2 0 0.0% 0 529 65% 84% 23% 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 76 26% 82% 37% 3 100%
6 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 6 3 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 6 5 0 30 21 70.0% 9 0 0.0% 2 1174 56% 84% 25% 118 55%
MLB Averages 59.5% 3.0% 59% 82% 27% 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 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1984 NL  10.27 (4th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1984 NL  .998 (2nd)

                           

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