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Tommy Thompson
Rupert Lockhart Thompson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 155 lb.

Debut September 3, 1933
Final Game June 9, 1939
Born May 19, 1910 in Elkhart, IL
Died May 24, 1971 in Auburn, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 23 BSN NL  24   97    6   18   1  0   0    6   0      4   6  .186  .218  .196   23   19   1           0   5
 1934 24 BSN NL 105  343   40   91  12  3   0   37   2     13  19  .265  .300  .318   71  109   9           4   5
 1935 25 BSN NL 112  297   34   81   7  1   4   30   2     36  17  .273  .353  .343   95  102   9           1  13
 1936 26 BSN NL 106  266   37   76   9  0   4   36   3     31  12  .286  .362  .365  101   97   6           1   5
 1938 28 CHW AL  19   18    2    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .111  .158  .111  -32    2   0           0    
 1939 29 TOT AL  31   86   23   26   5  0   1    8   0  0  23   7  .302  .455  .395  117   34   4           1   0
         CHW AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0                           0   1           0   0
         SLB AL  30   86   23   26   5  0   1    7   0  0  23   7  .302  .455  .395  117   34   3           1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      397 1107  142  294  34  4   9  119   7  0 108  63  .266  .335  .328   83  363  29   0   0   7  28
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        452   58  120  14  2   4   49   3  0  44  26  .266  .335  .328   83  148  12   0   0   3  11
 Career High    112  343   40   91  12  3   4   37   3  0  36  19  .286  .362  .365  101  109   9   0   0   4  13
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 23 BSN NL  102   85    4   1.3    85| .186  .264| .218  .316| .196  .362| .414  .678|  23  .105  -9.4  -1.0     
 1934 24 BSN NL  369  266   32   3.2    98| .265  .278| .300  .333| .318  .395| .618  .728|  71  .329 -13.7  -1.3     
 1935 25 BSN NL  343  238   36   4.0    97| .273  .275| .353  .330| .343  .393| .696  .722|  95  .433  -0.2   0.0     
 1936 26 BSN NL  304  201   35   4.7    98| .286  .278| .362  .337| .365  .390| .727  .726| 101  .499   2.0   0.2     
 1938 28 CHW AL   19   16    0   0.0   120| .111  .293| .158  .372| .111  .436| .269  .808| -32  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1939 29 TOT AL  114   64   15   6.2   116| .302  .289| .455  .364| .395  .427| .850  .791| 117  .592   4.3   0.4   0%
         CHW AL    1    1    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
         SLB AL  113   63   15   6.3   116| .302  .289| .455  .364| .395  .427| .850  .791| 117  .599   4.3   0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1251  870  122   3.7    98| .266  .277| .335  .335| .328  .393| .663  .728|  83  .398 -20.9  -2.1     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1933 23 BSN NL OF 24 64 3 0 0 1.000 .977 2.79 2.35 1 13 10 1934 24 BSN NL OF 82 205 12 8 3 .964 .973 2.65 2.26 6 1 75 1935 25 BSN NL OF 85 184 9 7 3 .965 .971 2.27 2.31 12 12 62 1936 26 BSN NL OF 39 94 3 0 0 1.000 .973 2.49 2.25 10 22 7 1B 25 265 17 5 19 .983 .990 11.28 9.91 1938 28 CHW AL 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.60 1939 29 SLB AL OF 23 40 3 1 0 .977 .968 1.87 2.35 0 0 23
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1936 26 BSN NL 1B 25 265 17 5 19 .983 .990 11.28 9.91 1938 28 CHW AL 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.60 1933 23 BSN NL OF 24 64 3 0 0 1.000 .977 2.79 2.35 1 13 10 1934 24 BSN NL OF 82 205 12 8 3 .964 .973 2.65 2.26 6 1 75 1935 25 BSN NL OF 85 184 9 7 3 .965 .971 2.27 2.31 12 12 62 1936 26 BSN NL OF 39 94 3 0 0 1.000 .973 2.49 2.25 10 22 7 1939 29 SLB AL OF 23 40 3 1 0 .977 .968 1.87 2.35 0 0 23
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 253 587 30 16 6 .975 .972 2.44 2.29 29 48 177 1B 26 267 17 5 20 .983 .990 10.92 9.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 279 854 47 21 26 .977 .978 3.23 3.00
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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.

Hit By Pitch
1934 NL-4-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 4, 1936: Traded by the Boston Bees with Tiny Chaplin and cash to the San Diego (PCL) for Vince DiMaggio.

October 5, 1937: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the San Diego (PCL) in the 1937 rule 5 draft.

April 27, 1939: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Chicago White Sox.


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