Danny Thompson

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 183lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: February 1, 1947 in Wichita, KS us

Died: December 10, 1976 in Rochester, MN

Buried: Capron Cemetery, Capron, OK

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Capron HS (Capron, OK), the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK), the Washington Senators in the 1st round (11th) of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) and the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (18th) of the 1968 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK).

High School: Capron HS (Capron, OK)

School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)

Debut: June 25, 1970 (Age 23-144d, 13,010th in major league history)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1976 (Age 29-244d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Danny Leon Thompson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

2218

550

.248

189

RBI

194

OBP

.287

SLG

.310

OPS

.596

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 6	MIN	@	KCR	L,6-23	GF	7	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
2	5 (2)	Apr 11	MIN		CHW	T,4-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
3	6	Apr 13	MIN		KCR	L,5-6	CG	39	10.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
4	7	Apr 14	MIN		KCR	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
5	8	Apr 15	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	2	5	0	SS
6	15 (6)	Apr 23	MIN	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	37 (21)	May 22	MIN		OAK	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
8	39 (1)	May 25	MIN		TEX	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
9	40	May 26	MIN		TEX	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
10	41	May 27	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	42	May 28	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
12	43	May 29	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	46 (2)	Jun 2	MIN		NYY	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
14	47	Jun 3	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	GF	12	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
15	48	Jun 4	MIN		BOS	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
16	54 (5)	Jun 11	MIN		BAL	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PR SS
17	55	Jun 12	MIN		BAL	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
18	57 (1)	Jun 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
19	59 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
20	61 (1)	Jun 18	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-10	GF	16	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
21	62	Jun 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
22	63	Jun 20	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
23	64	Jun 21	MIN		CHW	L,7-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
24	65	Jun 22	MIN		CHW	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
25	67 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
26	68	Jun 24	MIN	@	TEX	W,8-4	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
27	69	Jun 25	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
28	70	Jun 26	MIN	@	TEX	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
29	71	Jun 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
30	72	Jun 28	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-3	GS	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
31	73	Jun 29	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
32	74	Jun 30 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	78 (3)	Jul 3	MIN		TEX	L,1-7	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
34	79	Jul 4	MIN		TEX	W,3-1	GF	16	4.0	1	5	0	6	1	PH SS
35	80	Jul 5 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
36	82 (1)	Jul 6	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
37	83	Jul 7 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	L,5-8	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
38	84	Jul 7 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
39	85	Jul 8	MIN		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
40	86	Jul 9	MIN		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
41	87	Jul 10	MIN		DET	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
42	100 (12)	Jul 26	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
43	103 (2)	Jul 28 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	L,9-12	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
44	104	Jul 30	MIN		KCR	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
45	105	Jul 31	MIN		KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	106	Aug 1	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
47	107	Aug 2	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	28	6.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
48	108	Aug 4 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
49	110 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
50	112 (1)	Aug 6	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-17	GF	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
51	113	Aug 7 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
52	115 (1)	Aug 8	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
53	116	Aug 9	MIN		BAL	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
54	117	Aug 10	MIN		BAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
55	118	Aug 11	MIN		BAL	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
56	119	Aug 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
57	120	Aug 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
58	121	Aug 16	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
59	122	Aug 17	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
60	123	Aug 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-9	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
61	124	Aug 19	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
62	125	Aug 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	23	5.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
63	126	Aug 21	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
64	127	Aug 23	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
65	128	Aug 24	MIN	@	BAL	W,9-5	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
66	129	Aug 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-1	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	130	Aug 26	MIN		NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
68	131	Aug 27	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
69	132	Aug 28	MIN		NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
70	133	Aug 30	MIN		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
71	134	Aug 31	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	135	Sep 1	MIN		BOS	W,9-6	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
73	136	Sep 2	MIN	@	TEX	W,9-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
74	137	Sep 3	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
75	139 (1)	Sep 5	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
76	140	Sep 7	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
77	141	Sep 8	MIN	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
78	142	Sep 9	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
79	143	Sep 10	MIN		CHW	W,8-7	GS	59	14.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
80	144	Sep 11	MIN		OAK	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
81	145	Sep 12	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS
82	146	Sep 13	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	0	1	2	3	1	SS
83	147	Sep 14 (1)	MIN		KCR	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
84	148	Sep 14 (2)	MIN		KCR	L,3-13	GS	40	7.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
85	151 (2)	Sep 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
86	152	Sep 18	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
87	153	Sep 20	MIN		CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
88	154	Sep 21	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	GS	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
89	156 (1)	Sep 24	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
90	157	Sep 25	MIN	@	OAK	W,1-0	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
91	161 (3)	Sep 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-4	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
92	162	Oct 1	MIN		TEX	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
93	163	Oct 2	MIN		TEX	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
							93gm		655.1	131	192	13	336	41