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Hank Thompson
Henry Curtis Thompson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 174 lb.

Debut July 17, 1947
Final Game September 30, 1956
Born December 8, 1925 in Oklahoma City, OK
Died September 30, 1969 in Fresno, CA

Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 21 SLB AL  27   78   10   20   1  1   0    5   2  1  10   7  .256  .341  .295   76   23   1           0   2
 1949 23 NYG NL  75  275   51   77  10  4   9   34   5     42  30  .280  .377  .444  119  122   2           1   1
 1950 24 NYG NL 148  512   82  148  17  6  20   91   8     83  60  .289  .391  .463  123  237   6           3  10 MVP-33
 1951 25 NYG NL  87  264   37   62   8  4   8   33   1  2  43  23  .235  .342  .386   95  102   1           0   7
 1952 26 NYG NL 128  423   67  110  13  9  17   67   4  4  50  38  .260  .344  .454  119  192   7           4   7
 1953 27 NYG NL 114  388   80  117  15  8  24   74   6  5  60  39  .302  .400  .567  147  220   2           4   5 MVP-24
 1954 28 NYG NL 136  448   76  118  18  1  26   86   3  0  90  58  .263  .389  .482  125  216   9   5       5   7
 1955 29 NYG NL 135  432   65  106  13  1  17   63   2  2  84  56  .245  .367  .398  103  172   5   8   4   4   5
 1956 30 NYG NL  83  183   24   43   9  0   8   29   2  1  31  26  .235  .346  .415  105   76   2   2   2   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      933 3003  492  801 104 34 129  482  33 15 493 337  .267  .372  .453  118 1360  35  15   6  22  46
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        521   85  139  18  6  22   84   6  3  86  59  .267  .372  .453  118  236   6   3   1   4   8
 Career High    148  512   82  148  18  9  26   91   8  5  90  60  .302  .400  .567  147  237   9   8   4   5  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 21 SLB AL   89   62    8   3.4    98| .256  .265| .341  .345| .295  .381| .636  .726|  76  .413  -2.4  -0.2  66%
 1949 23 NYG NL  320  201   46   6.1   104| .280  .270| .377  .344| .444  .405| .821  .749| 119  .630   8.2   0.8     
 1950 24 NYG NL  604  380   92   6.5   109| .289  .271| .391  .348| .463  .420| .854  .768| 123  .640  18.8   1.8     
 1951 25 NYG NL  308  212   34   4.3   104| .235  .269| .342  .343| .386  .407| .728  .750|  95  .478  -1.7  -0.2  33%
 1952 26 NYG NL  484  331   64   5.2    98| .260  .263| .344  .336| .454  .391| .798  .727| 119  .599   9.5   1.0  50%
 1953 27 NYG NL  454  283   86   8.0   112| .302  .276| .400  .348| .567  .431| .967  .779| 147  .718  27.3   2.6  54%
 1954 28 NYG NL  557  351   84   6.4   110| .263  .275| .389  .347| .482  .426| .871  .772| 125  .630  19.8   1.9 100%
 1955 29 NYG NL  533  346   71   5.5   106| .245  .267| .367  .338| .398  .422| .765  .760| 103  .573   5.6   0.5  50%
 1956 30 NYG NL  219  147   29   5.3   102| .235  .263| .346  .330| .415  .415| .761  .745| 105  .575   2.4   0.2  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3568 2313  514   5.9   106| .267  .270| .372  .343| .453  .415| .825  .757| 118  .614  87.5   8.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 21 SLB AL 2B 19 55 55 5 15 .957 .978 5.79 5.19 1949 23 NYG NL 2B 69 197 175 15 44 .961 .976 5.39 5.07 3B 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 3.00 1950 24 NYG NL 3B 138 136 303 26 43 .944 .948 3.18 3.01 OF 10 18 2 0 1 1.000 .980 2.00 2.14 0 2 9 1951 25 NYG NL 3B 71 64 120 15 16 .925 .953 2.59 3.10 1952 26 NYG NL OF 72 182 5 4 1 .979 .981 2.60 2.10 20 51 1 3B 46 47 96 11 8 .929 .954 3.11 2.92 2B 4 7 7 1 2 .933 .972 3.50 4.95 1953 27 NYG NL 3B 101 90 194 13 18 .956 .951 2.81 2.72 OF 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.00 2.11 1 0 8 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 1954 28 NYG NL 3B 130 125 267 23 27 .945 .952 3.02 2.82 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.30 OF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 1 0 0 1955 29 NYG NL 3B 124 104 262 22 23 .943 .951 2.95 2.81 2B 7 9 12 0 2 1.000 .972 3.00 5.00 SS 1 2 2 1 0 .800 .976 4.00 4.60 1956 30 NYG NL 3B 44 25 94 12 7 .908 .956 2.70 2.64 3.30 3.05 39 324.7 OF 10 11 1 2 0 .857 .976 1.20 2.05 1.57 2.28 8 69.0 LF 8 6 1 2 0 .778 .972 0.88 1.70 1.24 2.06 6 51.0 RF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.80 2.00 2.00 2 18.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 4.50 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 21 SLB AL 2B 19 55 55 5 15 .957 .978 5.79 5.19 1949 23 NYG NL 2B 69 197 175 15 44 .961 .976 5.39 5.07 1952 26 NYG NL 2B 4 7 7 1 2 .933 .972 3.50 4.95 1953 27 NYG NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 1954 28 NYG NL 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.30 1955 29 NYG NL 2B 7 9 12 0 2 1.000 .972 3.00 5.00 1949 23 NYG NL 3B 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 3.00 1950 24 NYG NL 3B 138 136 303 26 43 .944 .948 3.18 3.01 1951 25 NYG NL 3B 71 64 120 15 16 .925 .953 2.59 3.10 1952 26 NYG NL 3B 46 47 96 11 8 .929 .954 3.11 2.92 1953 27 NYG NL 3B 101 90 194 13 18 .956 .951 2.81 2.72 1954 28 NYG NL 3B 130 125 267 23 27 .945 .952 3.02 2.82 1955 29 NYG NL 3B 124 104 262 22 23 .943 .951 2.95 2.81 1956 30 NYG NL 3B 44 25 94 12 7 .908 .956 2.70 2.64 3.30 3.05 39 324.7 1956 30 NYG NL LF 8 6 1 2 0 .778 .972 0.88 1.70 1.24 2.06 6 51.0 1950 24 NYG NL OF 10 18 2 0 1 1.000 .980 2.00 2.14 0 2 9 1952 26 NYG NL OF 72 182 5 4 1 .979 .981 2.60 2.10 20 51 1 1953 27 NYG NL OF 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.00 2.11 1 0 8 1954 28 NYG NL OF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 1 0 0 1956 30 NYG NL OF 10 11 1 2 0 .857 .976 1.20 2.05 1.57 2.28 8 69.0 1956 30 NYG NL RF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.80 2.00 2.00 2 18.0 1955 29 NYG NL SS 1 2 2 1 0 .800 .976 4.00 4.60 1956 30 NYG NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 4.50 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B* 655 592 1341 122 142 .941 .951 2.95 2.87 39 324.7 2B 102 270 250 21 63 .961 .976 5.10 5.08 OF* 102 219 10 6 2 .974 .981 2.25 2.10 8 69.0 30 53 20# LF* 8 6 1 2 0 .778 .972 0.88 1.70 6 51.0 RF* 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.80 2 18.0 SS* 2 2 2 1 0 .800 .976 2.00 4.55 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 861 1083 1603 150 207 .947 .958 3.12 3.04
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   5  14   3   2  0  0  0   0   5   2  .143  .368  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
 1954   WS    NYG CLE     W   4  11   6   4  1  0  0   2   7   1  .364  .611  .455   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   9  25   9   6  1  0  0   2  12   3  .240  .486  .280   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-NL-33-0.01
1953-NL-24-0.00
Car-1440-0.01 shares

On-base %
1950 NL-.391-9
1954 NL-.389-9

Slugging %
1953 NL-**.567-7

OPS
1953 NL-**.967-9
1954 NL-.871-10

Triples
1952 NL-9-5
1953 NL-8-8

Home Runs
1954 NL-26-9

Bases on Balls
1950 NL-83-8
1954 NL-90-4
1955 NL-84-4

Stolen Bases
1950 NL-8-10

Adjusted OPS+
1954 NL-125-9

Offensive Win%
1954 NL-.630-10

Hit By Pitch
1954 NL-5-6
1955 NL-4-10

Sac. Flies
1955 NL-8-6

Caught Stealing
1953 NL-5-9

Power/Speed Number
1950 NL-11.4-7
1953 NL-9.6-8

At Bats per Home Run
1952 NL-24.9-7
1953 NL-**16.2-7
1954 NL-17.2-8

     
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1077) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (889) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1408) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 17, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

Before 1948 Season: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

Before 1949 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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