Bobby Thomson
Robert Brown Thomson (Flying Scot and The Staten Island Scot)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 25, 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland
High School: Curtis (Staten Island, NY)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1946
Final Game: July 17, 1960
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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1946 NYG NL 22 3B 16 46 18 25 3 0 .935 2.69 .952 2.84
1947 NYG NL 23 OF 127 349 330 12 7 2 .980 2.69 .977 2.19 0-127-0
1947 NYG NL 23 2B 9 52 27 20 5 4 .904 5.22 .977 5.19
1948 NYG NL 24 OF 125 333 313 10 10 2 .970 2.58 .978 2.20 64-57-4 AS
1949 NYG NL 25 OF 156 507 488 10 9 4 .982 3.19 .977 2.25 0-156-0 AS,MVP-14
1950 NYG NL 26 OF 149 418 394 15 9 5 .978 2.74 .978 2.14 0-149-0
1951 NYG NL 27 OF 77 177 168 3 6 1 .966 2.22 .981 2.23 33-43-3 MVP-8
1951 NYG NL 27 3B 69 240 90 136 14 13 .942 3.28 .954 3.10 MVP-8
1952 NYG NL 28 3B 91 283 82 184 17 13 .940 2.92 .955 2.92 AS,MVP-16
1952 NYG NL 28 OF 63 156 152 3 1 0 .994 2.46 .981 2.10 0-63-0 AS,MVP-16
1953 NYG NL 29 OF 154 414 391 16 7 0 .983 2.64 .980 2.11 0-153-1
1954 MLN NL 30 OF 26 23 200.0 49 45 3 1 2 .980 -0.6 -3.6 -0.6 1.2 -1.9 0 2.16 1.85 .976 2.36 2.18
1954 MLN NL 30 LF 25 23 198.0 44 40 3 1 2 .977 -0.7 -4.2 -0.7 1.2 -2.0 0 1.95 1.72 .970 2.22 1.98
1954 MLN NL 30 RF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
1955 MLN NL 31 OF 91 86 774.2 193 182 5 6 0 .969 0.3 0.5 2.3 2.4 -0.2 -2 2.17 2.05 .977 2.30 2.10
1955 MLN NL 31 LF 88 84 753.2 185 175 5 5 0 .973 0.2 0.3 2.2 2.4 -0.3 -2 2.15 2.05 .973 2.12 1.82
1955 MLN NL 31 CF 3 2 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 5.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.71 1.33 .975 2.70 2.50
1956 MLN NL 32 OF 136 115 1059.1 271 257 7 7 0 .974 11.6 13.1 6.6 4.5 2.1 5 2.24 1.94 .977 2.28 2.05
1956 MLN NL 32 LF 126 98 912.1 234 221 6 7 0 .970 12.7 16.7 7.7 4.4 3.3 5 2.24 1.80 .972 2.07 1.70
1956 MLN NL 32 CF 23 17 147.0 46 45 1 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -9.0 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 0 2.82 2.00 .983 2.77 2.55
1956 MLN NL 32 3B 3 3 27.0 18 5 10 3 0 .833 -0.1 -4.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 5.00 5.00 .961 3.03 2.63
1957 TOT NL 33 OF 109 88 824.0 208 202 4 2 0 .990 7.4 10.8 6.4 2.6 3.8 1 2.25 1.89 .980 2.29 2.07
1957 TOT NL 33 LF 89 63 604.2 135 130 4 1 0 .993 3.4 6.7 2.4 0.2 2.2 1 1.99 1.51 .977 2.03 1.71
1957 TOT NL 33 CF 9 7 59.1 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 24.3 1.2 0.2 1.0 0 3.64 2.67 .987 2.82 2.62
1957 MLN NL 33 OF 38 37 334.0 81 78 2 1 0 .988 1.7 6.1 1.7 -0.3 2.0 0 2.16 2.11 .980 2.29 2.07
1957 MLN NL 33 LF 36 32 295.2 66 63 2 1 0 .985 0.9 3.7 0.9 0.1 0.8 0 1.98 1.81 .977 2.03 1.71
1957 MLN NL 33 CF 6 5 38.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 25.0 0.8 -0.4 1.2 0 3.52 2.50 .987 2.82 2.62
1957 NYG NL 33 OF 71 51 490.0 127 124 2 1 0 .992 5.7 14.0 4.7 2.9 1.8 1 2.31 1.77 .980 2.29 2.07
1957 NYG NL 33 LF 53 31 309.0 69 67 2 0 0 1.000 2.5 9.7 1.5 0.1 1.4 1 2.01 1.30 .977 2.03 1.71
1957 NYG NL 33 RF 20 18 160.0 46 45 0 1 0 .978 2.8 21.0 2.8 2.2 0.6 0 2.53 2.25 .972 1.98 1.72
1957 NYG NL 33 CF 3 2 21.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 22.9 0.4 0.6 -0.2 0 3.86 3.00 .989 2.83 2.63
1957 NYG NL 33 3B 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 3.00 3.00 .933 3.00 2.70
1958 CHC NL 34 OF 148 146 1287.2 370 353 13 4 3 .989 2.6 2.4 -3.4 -6.2 2.8 6 2.56 2.47 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 CHC NL 34 CF 145 144 1259.2 352 335 13 4 3 .989 3.4 3.2 -2.6 -5.8 3.2 6 2.49 2.40 .986 2.72 2.50
1958 CHC NL 34 LF 7 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -70.0 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.03 1.54
1958 CHC NL 34 3B 4 2 21.0 9 5 3 1 1 .889 -0.2 -11.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.43 2.00 .956 3.17 2.85
1958 CHC NL 34 RF 2 2 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -7.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.75
1959 CHC NL 35 OF 116 96 895.1 235 223 9 3 4 .987 4.4 5.9 7.4 1.9 5.5 -3 2.33 2.00 .977 2.21 1.90
1959 CHC NL 35 LF 61 31 297.0 66 60 4 2 2 .970 0.9 3.6 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 1 1.94 1.05 .971 2.04 1.59
1959 CHC NL 35 CF 50 46 394.0 114 111 3 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.0 -2.8 5.8 -3 2.60 2.28 .980 2.63 2.24
1959 CHC NL 35 RF 29 19 204.1 57 54 2 1 0 .982 3.5 20.6 4.5 4.3 0.2 -1 2.47 1.93 .977 1.96 1.64
1960 TOT AL 36 OF 29 26 233.1 68 65 1 2 1 .971 1.6 8.2 3.6 0.7 2.9 -2 2.55 2.28 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 TOT AL 36 LF 13 12 110.0 30 28 0 2 0 .933 -1.4 -15.3 0.6 0.7 -0.1 -2 2.29 2.15 .983 2.14 1.67
1960 TOT AL 36 RF 3 1 14.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -58.6 -0.7 -0.1 -0.6 0 0.63 0.33 1.000 1.95 1.70
1960 BOS AL 36 OF 27 25 222.1 68 65 1 2 1 .971 2.5 13.5 4.5 1.0 3.5 -2 2.67 2.44 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 BOS AL 36 CF 13 13 109.0 37 36 1 0 1 1.000 3.7 40.7 3.7 0.1 3.6 0 3.06 2.85 .986 2.66 2.30
1960 BOS AL 36 LF 12 12 108.0 30 28 0 2 0 .933 -1.1 -12.2 0.9 1.0 -0.1 -2 2.33 2.33 .983 2.14 1.67
1960 BOS AL 36 RF 2 0 5.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -22.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.69 0.50 1.000 1.86 1.70
1960 BOS AL 36 1B 1 1 9.0 12 10 0 2 2 .833 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 10.00 10.00 .992 9.60 8.00
1960 BAL AL 36 OF 2 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 -98.2 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.29 1.95
1960 BAL AL 36 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1960 BAL AL 36 RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -80.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.70
14 Seasons OF 1506 580 5274.1 3748 3563 111 74 24 .980 27.3 6.2 22.3 7.1 15.0 5 6.27 2.44 .978 2.27 2.10 506-991-63
7 Seasons (incomplete) LF 409 311 2887.2 694 654 22 18 4 .974 14.4 6.0 11.4 8.8 2.4 3 2.11 1.65 .974 2.08 1.73
6 Seasons (incomplete) CF 243 229 1990.0 577 555 18 4 6 .993 7.3 4.4 4.3 -8.2 12.5 3 2.59 2.36 .985 2.70 2.44
6 Seasons 3B 184 6 57.0 599 200 361 38 27 .937 -0.6 -12.6 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 88.58 3.05 .954 3.08 2.97
5 Seasons (incomplete) RF 55 40 396.2 107 103 2 2 0 .981 5.6 16.9 6.6 6.5 0.1 -1 2.38 1.91 .976 1.97 1.68
1 Season 2B 9 52 27 20 5 4 .904 5.22 .977 5.19
1 Season 1B 1 1 9.0 12 10 0 2 2 .833 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 10.00 10.00 .992 9.60 8.00
15 Seasons TOT 1700 587 5340.1 4411 3800 492 119 57 .973 26.8 6.0 21.8 7.0 14.6 5 0 7.23 2.52 .948 2.29 2.22 506-991-63
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 LF-CF-RF 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
1946 NYG NL 22 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NYG NL 23 138 138 138 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 127 0 127
1948 NYG NL 24 138 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 57 4 125
1949 NYG NL 25 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156
1950 NYG NL 26 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149
1951 NYG NL 27 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 69 0 33 43 3 77
1952 NYG NL 28 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 91 0 0 63 0 63
1953 NYG NL 29 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 1 154
1954 MLN NL 30 43 23 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26 18 2
1955 MLN NL 31 101 86 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 3 0 91 13 0
1956 MLN NL 32 142 118 142 142 0 0 0 0 3 0 126 23 0 136 5 0
1957 NYG NL 33 81 52 81 81 0 0 0 0 1 0 53 3 20 71 7 4
1957 MLN NL 33 41 37 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 6 0 38 4 0
1958 CHC NL 34 152 148 152 152 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 145 2 148 2 0
1959 CHC NL 35 122 96 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 50 29 116 10 3
1960 BOS AL 36 40 26 40 40 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 13 2 27 14 0
1960 BAL AL 36 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0
15 Seasons 1779 587 1779 1779 0 0 1 9 184 0 507 991 62 1506 74 9
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 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%
1954 MLN NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 9 69.2% 4 0 0.0% 1 728 62% 80% 32% 73 48%
1955 MLN NL 31 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 1 0 3 18 16 0 10 0 2 6 3 0 9 3 0 11 11 0 54 33 61.1% 19 2 3.7% 2 2440 61% 79% 30% 204 65%
1956 MLN NL 32 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 22 21 0 22 8 4 8 5 0 9 5 0 5 5 0 66 44 66.7% 18 4 6.1% 0 2764 59% 81% 32% 295 54%
1957 NYG NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 8 8 0 6 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 22 13 59.1% 8 1 4.5% 1 1184 57% 80% 27% 113 58%
1957 MLN NL 33 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 14 10 0 8 3 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 34 20 58.8% 14 0 0.0% 2 1250 63% 81% 28% 135 47%
1958 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 36 56% 81% 31% 4 0%
1959 CHC NL 35 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 14 12 0 8 3 1 7 4 0 2 1 0 4 3 1 35 23 65.7% 10 2 5.7% 2 1314 55% 80% 28% 137 45%
1960 BOS AL 36 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 20 5 25.0% 15 0 0.0% 0 495 64% 74% 24% 65 43%
1960 BAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 14 71% 64% 7% 3 0%
7 Seasons 14 0 14 0 3 17 0 3 1 9 85 74 0 67 16 8 41 20 0 24 9 0 31 30 1 248 149 60.1% 90 9 3.6% 8 10225 60% 80% 30% 1029 53%
MLB Averages 56.4% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

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%
1955 MLN NL 31 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 52 60% 69% 19% 5 60%
1956 MLN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 14 4 28.6% 10 0 0.0% 1 463 62% 83% 30% 61 49%
1957 MLN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 182 62% 73% 29% 24 63%
1957 NYG NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 92 57% 80% 26% 14 64%
1958 CHC NL 34 4 0 3 1 2 13 0 4 5 3 43 27 2 38 5 1 5 4 0 21 4 1 24 21 1 131 61 46.6% 65 5 3.8% 8 5258 59% 75% 27% 532 61%
1959 CHC NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 9 6 0 19 0 0 3 1 0 7 1 0 7 4 0 45 12 26.7% 33 0 0.0% 3 1682 53% 78% 27% 186 58%
1960 BOS AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 474 60% 78% 27% 63 57%
6 Seasons 4 0 3 1 2 18 0 5 6 3 62 40 2 69 7 1 13 6 0 33 7 1 33 26 1 210 86 41.0% 119 5 2.4% 13 8203 58% 77% 27% 885 59%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.2% 62% 79% 29% 57%

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%
1954 MLN NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 11 64% 91% 9% 1 100%
1957 NYG NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 19 10 52.6% 9 0 0.0% 0 596 59% 83% 31% 75 52%
1958 CHC NL 34 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 68 69% 71% 31% 3 67%
1959 CHC NL 35 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 12 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 0 24 7 29.2% 16 1 4.2% 1 909 60% 77% 29% 98 57%
1960 BOS AL 36 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 23 65% 78% 30% 2 50%
1960 BAL AL 36 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 40 45% 83% 25% 2 0%
5 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 11 2 0 15 2 1 7 4 0 3 2 0 9 8 0 45 18 40.0% 26 1 2.2% 1 1647 60% 79% 29% 181 55%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1956 MLN NL 32 125 63% 79% 26% 15 80% 0 5 3 1 1 9 8 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 33 46 74% 87% 20% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 34 93 82% 78% 18% 7 86% 1 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
3 Seasons 264 72% 80% 22% 26 85% 1 9 5 1 3 16 14 2 0 1 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

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%
1960 BOS AL 36 46 87% 78% 30% 4 50% 0 10 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1 Season 46 87% 78% 30% 4 50% 0 10 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* 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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