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Tim Thompson

Charles Lemoine Thompson

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 1, 1924 in Coalport, PA
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1954
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Dodgers/Tigers 1954-1958

Final Game: April 27, 1958
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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
1954 30 BRO NL 10 14 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .231 .445 15 3 0 0 0 0 /27
1956 32 KCA AL 92 288 268 21 73 13 2 1 27 2 4 17 23 .272 .319 .347 .666 77 93 4 2 0 1 1 2
1957 33 KCA AL 81 249 230 25 47 10 0 7 19 0 0 18 26 .204 .262 .339 .601 63 78 3 0 1 0 6 2
1958 34 DET AL 4 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .167 .444 .167 .611 72 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
4 Yrs 187 560 517 49 123 24 2 8 47 2 4 39 52 .238 .293 .338 .632 69 175 7 2 1 1 7
162 Game Avg. 162 485 448 42 107 21 2 7 41 2 3 34 45 .238 .293 .338 .632 69 152 6 2 1 1
KCA (2 yrs) 173 537 498 46 120 23 2 8 46 2 4 35 49 .241 .293 .343 .636 70 171 7 2 1 1 7
BRO (1 yr) 10 14 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .231 .445 15 3 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 4 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .167 .444 .167 .611 72 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 177 546 504 47 121 23 2 8 46 2 4 38 51 .240 .295 .341 .637 71 172 7 2 1 1 7
NL (1 yr) 10 14 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .231 .445 15 3 0 0 0 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
1954 30 BRO NL 10 14 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /27
1956 32 KCA AL 92 288 -9 -2 3 1 3 -4 -0.4 8 4 0.4 .496 .498 0.3 0.4 3 $ 2
1957 33 KCA AL 81 249 -14 1 1 -4 3 -13 -1.5 7 -7 -0.8 .482 .491 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $ 2
1958 34 DET AL 4 9 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
4 Seasons 187 560 -25 -0 4 -3 6 -19 -2.0 15 -3 -0.5 .489 .497 -0.1 0.3 -0 $
KCA (2 yrs) 173 537 -23 -1 4 -3 6 -17 -1.9 14 -3 -0.4 .489 .494 0.0 0.3 0 $
BRO (1 yr) 10 14 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
DET (1 yr) 4 9 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 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
1954 30 BRO NL 14 11 1 2.4 113 .167 .154 .279 .214 .351 .231 .431 .445 .782 15 .225 -1.7 -0.2 .364 .154 .077
1956 32 KCA AL 288 204 29 3.8 106 .294 .272 .267 .319 .349 .347 .408 .666 .757 77 .395 -9.6 -0.9 .542 .131 .075 1.3
1957 33 KCA AL 249 187 20 2.9 100 .203 .204 .264 .262 .337 .339 .399 .601 .736 63 .318 -12.8 -1.3 .516 .213 .135 .0
1958 34 DET AL 9 5 1 5.3 104 .250 .167 .270 .444 .340 .167 .410 .611 .749 72 .599 0.0 0.0 .800 .500 .000
4 Yrs 560 407 51 3.4 104 .251 .238 .266 .293 .344 .338 .405 .632 .748 69 .360 -24.0 -2.4 .528 .172 .101 3.2
162 Game Avg. 485 353 44 3.4 104 .251 .238 .266 .293 .344 .338 .405 .632 .748 69 .360 -24.0 -2.4 .528 .172 .101 3
KCA (2 yrs) 537 391 49 3.4 103 .253 .241 .266 .293 .343 .343 .404 .636 .747 70 .360 -22.4 -2.2 .530 .169 .102 3.2
BRO (1 yr) 14 11 1 2.4 113 .167 .154 .279 .214 .351 .231 .431 .445 .782 15 .225 -1.7 -0.2 .364 .154 .077
DET (1 yr) 9 5 1 5.3 104 .250 .167 .270 .444 .340 .167 .410 .611 .749 72 .599 0.0 0.0 .800 .500 .000
AL (3 yrs) 546 396 50 3.4 103 .253 .240 .266 .295 .343 .341 .404 .637 .747 71 .364 -22.4 -2.2 .533 .173 .101 3.2
NL (1 yr) 14 11 1 2.4 113 .167 .154 .279 .214 .351 .231 .431 .445 .782 15 .225 -1.7 -0.2 .364 .154 .077

Ratio Batting*

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
1954 30 BRO NL 14 0.0% 7.1% 7.1% 7.1% 50% 1.00 13.0 13.0 1.50 86%
1956 32 KCA AL 288 0.4% 8.0% 5.9% 5.6% 22% 1.35 11.7 268.0 9.9 0.70 85%
1957 33 KCA AL 249 2.8% 10.4% 7.2% 6.8% 36% 1.44 8.8 32.9 12.1 0.77 79%
1958 34 DET AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 0.67 3.0 0.50 44%
4 Yrs 560 1.4% 9.3% 7.0% 6.1% 28% 1.33 9.9 64.6 11.0 0.74 82%
MLB Averages 2.3% 11.9% 9.1% 6.6% 29% 1.31 7.4 38.6 8.3 0.98 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 30 BRO NL -1.7 -0.2 15 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .63 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.87 -1.1 0.50 5
1956 32 KCA AL -9.6 -0.9 291 -1.8 4.6 -6.4 1.16 -0.8 -0.8 -9.4 -0.9 1.04 -7.2 2.05 22
1957 33 KCA AL -12.8 -1.3 232 -1.3 3.4 -4.6 1.14 -1.2 0.1 -10.4 -1.1 0.97 -13.2 1.41 19
1958 34 DET AL 0.0 0.0 9 0.2 0.3 -0.1 1.18 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.91 0.3 0.03 1
4 Yrs -24.0 -2.4 547 -3.1 8.2 -11.3 1.14 -2.1 -0.6 -19.4 -1.9 1.00 -21.3 1.58 47

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1954 30 BRO NL 0 0 67% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 32 KCA AL 4 0 22% 99 2 4 33% 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 50% 11 6 3 3 1 2 8 2 6
1957 33 KCA AL 2 0 31% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 64% 7 3 3 1 1 0 6 0 6
1958 34 DET AL 0 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 6 0 26% 156 2 4 33% 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 9 56% 18 9 6 4 2 2 14 2 12

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
1954 30 BRO NL 14 100% 2 5 1 0 0 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 4 1 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 32 KCA AL 288 76% 73 22 4 0 0 2.05 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 81 4 5% 34 9 26% 220 26 12% 13 7 54% 18 7 39% 0
1957 33 KCA AL 249 93% 47 19 1 0 0 1.41 7 0 1 6 0 3 4 0 2 1 50% 44 3 7% 20 5 25% 148 12 8% 4 0 0% 9 5 56% 0
1958 34 DET AL 9 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
4 Yrs 560 84% 123 47 6 0 0 1.58 8 0 10 7 0 3 5 0 3 1 33% 129 7 5% 55 15 27% 377 39 10% 17 7 41% 28 13 46% 0
MLB Averages 48% 79% 11% 31% 14% 49% 54%

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
1954 30 10 14 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .231 .445 15 3 0 0 0 0
1955 31 10 14 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .231 .445 15 3 0 0 0 0
1956 32 102 302 281 23 75 14 2 1 28 2 4 18 24 .267 .315 .342 .656 74 96 4 2 0 1 1
1957 33 183 551 511 48 122 24 2 8 47 2 4 36 50 .239 .291 .341 .631 69 174 7 2 1 1 7
1958 34 187 560 517 49 123 24 2 8 47 2 4 39 52 .238 .293 .338 .632 69 175 7 2 1 1 7

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1954 30 11 17 15 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 .200 .294 .333 .627 1 10
1956 32 96 298 278 21 74 13 2 1 27 2 17 24 .266 .312 .338 .650 29 92
1957 33 85 263 243 27 50 11 0 7 21 0 19 27 .206 .263 .337 .601 22 81
1958 34 4 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 4
4 Yrs 196 587 542 51 127 26 2 8 50 2 41 54 .234 .290 .334 .624 52 187
162 Game Avg. 162 485 448 42 105 21 2 7 41 2 34 45 .234 .290 .334 .624 43 187

* 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

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  6 (10th)

                                         

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