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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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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
1946 22 NYG NL 18 58 54 8 17 4 1 2 9 0 4 5 .315 .362 .537 .899 152 29 1 0 0 5
1947 23 NYG NL 138 591 545 105 154 26 5 29 85 1 40 78 .283 .336 .508 .844 120 277 11 4 2 *O/4
1948 24 NYG NL 138 506 471 75 117 20 2 16 63 2 30 77 .248 .296 .401 .697 86 189 15 2 3 *O AS
1949 25 NYG NL 156 689 641 99 198 35 9 27 109 10 44 45 .309 .355 .518 .873 131 332 15 2 2 *O AS,MVP-14
1950 26 NYG NL 149 625 563 79 142 22 7 25 85 3 55 45 .252 .324 .449 .774 100 253 14 5 2 *O
1951 27 NYG NL 148 602 518 89 152 27 8 32 101 5 5 73 57 .293 .385 .562 .947 150 291 14 4 7 O5 MVP-8
1952 28 NYG NL 153 666 608 89 164 29 14 24 108 5 2 52 74 .270 .331 .482 .813 122 293 16 4 2 5O AS,MVP-16
1953 29 NYG NL 154 656 608 80 175 22 6 26 106 4 2 43 57 .288 .338 .472 .810 106 287 18 3 2 *O
1954 30 MLN NL 43 113 99 7 23 3 0 2 15 0 0 12 29 .232 .315 .323 .639 72 32 3 0 2 0 7/9
1955 31 MLN NL 101 383 343 40 88 12 3 12 56 2 1 34 52 .257 .319 .414 .733 97 142 10 0 1 5 4 7/8
1956 32 MLN NL 142 505 451 59 106 10 4 20 74 2 4 43 75 .235 .302 .408 .710 94 184 9 2 5 4 4 *78/5
1957 33 TOT NL 122 397 363 39 87 12 7 12 61 3 3 27 66 .240 .295 .410 .706 90 149 3 2 4 1 2 *79/85
1957 33 MLN NL 41 160 148 15 35 5 3 4 23 2 1 8 27 .236 .285 .392 .677 86 58 1 2 2 0 0 7/8
1957 33 NYG NL 81 237 215 24 52 7 4 8 38 1 2 19 39 .242 .302 .423 .725 93 91 2 0 2 1 2 79/85
1958 34 CHC NL 152 615 547 67 155 27 5 21 82 0 2 56 76 .283 .351 .466 .817 116 255 16 4 2 6 7 *8/759
1959 35 CHC NL 122 418 374 55 97 15 2 11 52 1 0 35 50 .259 .322 .398 .721 92 149 9 2 2 5 6 *789
1960 36 TOT AL 43 133 120 12 30 3 1 5 20 0 1 11 18 .250 .308 .417 .725 93 50 5 0 0 2 0 87/93
1960 36 BOS AL 40 127 114 12 30 3 1 5 20 0 1 11 15 .263 .323 .439 .761 102 50 4 0 0 2 0 87/93
1960 36 BAL AL 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /79
15 Seasons 1779 6957 6305 903 1705 267 74 264 1026 38 20 559 804 .270 .332 .462 .794 110 2912 159 34 36 23 23
162 Game Avg. 162 634 574 82 155 24 7 24 93 3 51 73 .270 .332 .462 .794 110 265 14 3 3
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
NYG (9 yrs) 1135 4630 4223 648 1171 192 56 189 704 31 11 360 477 .277 .337 .484 .821 116 2042 106 24 22 1 2
MLN (4 yrs) 327 1161 1041 121 252 30 10 38 168 6 6 97 183 .242 .307 .400 .706 92 416 23 4 10 9 8
CHC (2 yrs) 274 1033 921 122 252 42 7 32 134 1 2 91 126 .274 .339 .439 .778 107 404 25 6 4 11 13
BOS (1 yr) 40 127 114 12 30 3 1 5 20 0 1 11 15 .263 .323 .439 .761 102 50 4 0 0 2 0
BAL (1 yr) 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 1736 6824 6185 891 1675 264 73 259 1006 38 19 548 786 .271 .332 .463 .795 111 2862 154 34 36 21 23
AL (1 yr) 43 133 120 12 30 3 1 5 20 0 1 11 18 .250 .308 .417 .725 93 50 5 0 0 2 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 27 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 26 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 .238 .385 .286 .670 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 26 21 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 .238 .385 .286 .670 6 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1948 *
1949 *
1952 (3B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1949-NL-14-7%
1951-NL-8-18%
1952-NL-16-5%
0.30 Career Shares (587th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1949 NL--.309--6th
1951 NL--.293--10th

On-Base% s c a p y
1951 NL--.385--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1947 NL--.508--7th
1949 NL--.518--5th
1951 NL--.562--4th
1952 NL--.482--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1947 NL--.844--10th
1949 NL--.873--9th
1951 NL--.947--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1949 NL--156--2nd
1952 NL--153--7th
1953 NL--154--9th
1958 NL--152--3rd

At Bats s c a p y
1949 NL--641--3rd
1952 NL--608--4th
1953 NL--608--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 NL--689--7th
1952 NL--666--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1947 NL--105--6th
1949 NL--99--7th

Hits s c a p y
1949 NL--198--3rd
1952 NL--164--9th
1953 NL--175--10th

Total Bases s c a p y
1947 NL--277--8th
1949 NL--332--3rd
1951 NL--291--7th
1952 NL--293--3rd
1953 NL--287--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1949 NL--35--5th
1952 NL--29--8th
1958 NL--27--10th

Triples s c a p y
1949 NL--9--8th
1951 NL--8--7th
1952 NL--14--1st
1957 NL--7--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 NL--29--5th
1949 NL--27--4th
1950 NL--25--10th
1951 NL--32--4th
1952 NL--24--6th
Career--264--172nd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 NL--109--6th
1951 NL--101--7th
1952 NL--108--2nd
1953 NL--106--10th
1958 NL--82--10th
Career--1026--240th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 NL--78--3rd
1948 NL--77--2nd
1952 NL--74--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1949 NL--10--7th

Singles s c a p y
1949 NL--127--8th
1953 NL--121--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1949 NL--131--8th
1951 NL--150--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1949 NL--117--5th
1951 NL--109--8th
1952 NL--96--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1949 NL--25--8th
1951 NL--37--6th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1949 NL--2.5--8th
1951 NL--3.6--6th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1947 NL--60--8th
1949 NL--71--4th
1951 NL--67--4th
1952 NL--67--3rd

Times On Base s c a p y
1949 NL--244--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1949 NL--.673--9th
1951 NL--.715--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 NL--4--8th
1950 NL--5--7th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 NL--15--7th
1952 NL--16--8th
1953 NL--18--6th
Career--159--216th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1949 NL--14.6--4th

AB per HR s c a p y
1947 NL--18.793--7th
1949 NL--23.741--8th
1951 NL--16.188--5th
1952 NL--25.333--8th
Career--23.883--237th

Outs Made s c a p y
1949 NL--460--4th
1950 NL--437--8th
1952 NL--464--6th
1953 NL--455--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 74 (233), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 30 (575), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (582), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

February 1, 1954: Traded by the New York Giants with Sam Calderone to the Milwaukee Braves for Johnny Antonelli, Billy Klaus, Don Liddle, Ebba St. Claire and $50,000.

June 15, 1957: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Ray Crone and Danny O'Connell to the New York Giants for Red Schoendienst.

April 3, 1958: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Speake and cash.

December 1, 1959: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Al Schroll.

July 1, 1960: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

July 4, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 26, 1960: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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