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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 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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1954 BRO NL 30 C 2 2 2 18.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0 0 5.00 5.00 .986 5.35 5.35 0 0 1 0 0% 44% 0
1954 BRO NL 30 LF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1954 BRO NL 30 OF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1956 KCA AL 32 C 68 63 57 572.1 373 328 38 7 7 .981 1 2 5.76 5.38 .988 5.91 5.86 9 17 16 21 57% 44% 0
1957 KCA AL 33 C 62 59 51 514.2 303 272 29 2 7 .993 -4 -9 5.26 4.85 .991 5.92 5.94 6 20 21 12 36% 47% 0
1958 DET AL 34 C 4 2 1 20.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.05 2.25 .990 6.03 5.95 0 0 1 1 50% 46% 0
4 Seasons C 136 126 111 1125.0 696 618 68 10 14 .986 -3 -3 5.49 5.04 .989 5.91 5.89 15 37 39 34 47% 46% 0
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1 Season LF 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
4 Seasons TOT 137 126 111 1125.2 696 618 68 10 14 .986 -3 -3 5.48 5.01 .989 5.91 5.87 15 37 39 34 47% 46% 0
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
1954 BRO NL 30 C 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 30 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 KCA AL 32 C 1 2 1
1957 KCA AL 33 C -4 -9 -4
1958 DET AL 34 C 0 0 0
4 Seasons C -3 -3 -3
1 Season LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons TOT -3 -3 0 0 0 0 -3

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 BRO NL 30 10 2 10 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 1
1956 KCA AL 32 92 63 92 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1957 KCA AL 33 81 59 81 62 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1958 DET AL 34 4 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 187 126 187 137 0 136 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 51 1
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 -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 BRO NL 30 76 3.00 5.50 0 1 0 10 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 KCA AL 32 2513 4.74 5.35 53 98% 1 0 326 40 2 14 270 35 5 0 1 5 7 1 5 1 0 7 0 1 2 3 100%
1957 KCA AL 33 2009 4.11 4.51 30 100% 0 0 242 22 3 7 209 27 8 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 7 0 1 1 1 100%
1958 DET AL 34 84 3.60 3.60 2 100% 0 0 8 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 4682 4.42 4.95 85 99% 2 0 586 63 5 23 494 63 13 0 1 6 10 2 6 2 0 14 0 2 3 4 100%
MLB Averages 3.93 4.43 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 BRO NL 30 0 0 25 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.03
1956 KCA AL 32 8 17 993 16 21 19 57% 15 18 1 2 0 1 0 0 66 25 1.21 1.14
1957 KCA AL 33 6 20 720 19 12 12 39% 17 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 57 19 1.21 1.41
1958 DET AL 34 0 0 29 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.21 0.64
4 Seasons 14 37 1767 37 34 32 48% 34 31 3 2 0 1 0 0 125 46 1.15 1.22
MLB Averages 44% 1.18 1.18

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%
1954 BRO NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 4 50% 75% 0% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 4 50% 75% 0% 1 0%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.5% 64% 81% 30% 49%

* 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

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1956 AL  7 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1956 AL  9 (1st)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1956 AL  21 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1956 AL  56.8 (2nd)

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