Hank Thompson

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 174lb (175cm, 78kg)

Born: December 8, 1925 in Oklahoma City, OK us

Died: September 30, 1969 in Fresno, CA

Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Fresno, CA

High School: Jackson HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: 1943 (9,311th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: July 17, 1947 (Age 21-221d)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1956 (Age 30-297d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1949 season)

Full Name: Henry Curtis Thompson

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1954 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.7

3572

983

144

.275

625

RBI

568

OBP

.376

SLG

.461

OPS

.837

OPS+

123

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
2	2	Apr 18	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	GF	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 19	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	3B
5	9 (4)	Apr 28	NYG		PHI	L,2-6	GF	10	2.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	21 (11)	May 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	22	May 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
8	24 (1)	May 16	NYG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	26 (1)	May 19	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	28 (1)	May 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
11	31 (2)	May 25	NYG		BRO	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
12	32	May 26	NYG		BRO	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
13	33	May 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	34	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	1	3	1	5	1	3B
15	35	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	62	15.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
16	36	May 31	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	28	7.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	38 (1)	Jun 2	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
18	39	Jun 3 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
19	40	Jun 3 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
20	41	Jun 4	NYG	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
21	42	Jun 5	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
22	43	Jun 6	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	48 (4)	Jun 13	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS	16	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
24	55 (6)	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
25	56	Jun 22	NYG		MLN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	57	Jun 23	NYG		MLN	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
27	58	Jun 24 (1)	NYG		MLN	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	59	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		MLN	L,1-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	70 (10)	Jul 7	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	71	Jul 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,11-1	GS	26	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
31	72	Jul 8 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	73	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	74	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	27	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	LF
34	78 (3)	Jul 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
35	79	Jul 17	NYG	@	MLN	W,8-6	GS	0	10.0	1	1	1	3	0
36	80	Jul 18	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	81	Jul 19	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
38	82	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
39	83	Jul 22 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
40	86 (2)	Jul 25	NYG		MLN	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
41	87	Jul 26	NYG		MLN	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
42	89 (1)	Jul 28	NYG		STL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH 3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	98 (8)	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
44	99	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	114 (14)	Aug 21 (2)	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
46	118 (3)	Aug 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
47	123 (4)	Aug 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	136 (12)	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
49	140 (3)	Sep 14	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	141	Sep 15	NYG		STL	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
51	142	Sep 17 (1)	NYG		MLN	W,7-2	GS	17	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
52	144 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	145	Sep 18 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,8-2	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
54	148 (2)	Sep 21	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	GS	18	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
							56gm		394.0	34	95	14	143	7