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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	40	10.2	4	2	0	6	3	SS
2	2	Apr 10	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 11	MIN	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13	MIN		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
5	5	Apr 14	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 15	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
7	7	Apr 17	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 18	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 19	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
10	10	Apr 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
11	11	Apr 24	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	CG	58	14.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
12	12	Apr 25	MIN		BAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
13	13	Apr 27	MIN		CLE	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
14	14	Apr 28	MIN		CLE	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	MIN		MIL	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
16	16	May 4	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	2	9	0	11	1	SS
17	17	May 5	MIN	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
18	18	May 7	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
19	19	May 8	MIN	@	MIL	W,13-2	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
20	20	May 9	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
21	21	May 10	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	1	SS
22	22	May 11	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
23	24 (1)	May 14	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
24	25	May 15 (1)	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
25	26	May 15 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,15-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
26	27	May 16	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
27	28	May 17	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	GS	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
28	29	May 18	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	31 (1)	May 20	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
30	32	May 21	MIN		KCR	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
31	33	May 22	MIN		KCR	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
32	34	May 23	MIN		KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
33	35	May 24	MIN	@	OAK	L,7-12	CG	45	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
34	36	May 25	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to Texas Rangers
35	44	Jun 2	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	12	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	2B
36	45	Jun 4	TEX		DET	W,14-3	GS	17	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
37	57 (11)	Jun 18	TEX		BAL	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
38	64 (6)	Jun 25 (1)	TEX		CHW	W,8-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
39	66 (1)	Jun 26	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	70 (3)	Jun 30	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	72 (1)	Jul 3	TEX	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	73	Jul 4 (1)	TEX	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	38	7.2	3	1	0	4	0	PH 3B
43	74	Jul 4 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
44	75	Jul 5	TEX		DET	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
45	76	Jul 6	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
46	77	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
47	78	Jul 8	TEX	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	52	12.1	3	4	0	7	1	3B
48	79	Jul 9	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
49	80	Jul 10	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	82 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	TEX	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
51	83	Jul 15 (1)	TEX		NYY	L,6-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	87 (3)	Jul 18	TEX		NYY	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
53	89 (1)	Jul 20	TEX		BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
54	90	Jul 21	TEX		BAL	L,4-6	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
55	91	Jul 22	TEX		BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
56	93 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	95 (1)	Jul 26	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-0	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
58	100 (4)	Jul 31	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-2	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	101	Aug 1	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	103 (1)	Aug 4	TEX		CAL	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
61	104	Aug 5	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
62	105	Aug 6	TEX		MIN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
63	106	Aug 7	TEX		MIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
64	107	Aug 8	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
65	109 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
66	110	Aug 10 (2)	TEX	@	DET	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
67	114 (3)	Aug 14	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
68	116 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
69	117	Aug 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
70	119 (1)	Aug 18	TEX	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	38	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	120	Aug 19	TEX		CLE	L,5-7	GS	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B 3B
72	121	Aug 20	TEX		CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
73	122	Aug 21	TEX		CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
74	123	Aug 22	TEX		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
75	124	Aug 23	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
76	125	Aug 24	TEX		MIL	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	126	Aug 25	TEX		MIL	L,1-5	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	128 (1)	Aug 28	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	130 (1)	Aug 30	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
80	131	Aug 31	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	132	Sep 1	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
82	133	Sep 3	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
83	135 (1)	Sep 5	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
84	136	Sep 6	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
85	139 (2)	Sep 9	TEX		MIN	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
86	140	Sep 10	TEX		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	143 (2)	Sep 13	TEX		CAL	L,2-6	GS	60	14.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B 3B
88	144	Sep 14	TEX		CAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
89	146 (1)	Sep 16	TEX	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	148 (1)	Sep 18	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
91	152 (3)	Sep 21	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	3B
92	155 (2)	Sep 24	TEX		KCR	L,1-2	GF	24	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	156	Sep 25	TEX		KCR	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
94	158 (1)	Sep 28	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-0	GF	15	4.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
95	159	Sep 29	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
							97gm		771.2	118	220	6	344	35