Bobby Thomson

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: October 25, 1923 in Glasgow, United Kingdom gb

Died: August 16, 2010 in Savannah, GA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Curtis HS (Staten Island, NY)

School: St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)

Debut: September 9, 1946 (Age 22-319d, 10,170th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 17, 1960 (Age 36-266d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Robert Brown Thomson

Nicknames: Flying Scot or The Staten Island Scot

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.6

6305

1705

264

.270

903

RBI

1026

OBP

.332

SLG

.462

OPS

.794

OPS+

110

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

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	MLN		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 14	MLN	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 16	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	W,10-1	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 17 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 18	MLN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	7	Apr 19	MLN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	8	Apr 20	MLN	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
9	9	Apr 22	MLN		STL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	10	Apr 23	MLN		STL	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	11	Apr 26	MLN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	Apr 27	MLN	@	NYG	W,9-6	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	Apr 28	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
14	14	Apr 29	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-13	GS	33	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
15	15	Apr 30	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	MLN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	17	May 2	MLN	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	44	11.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	18	May 3	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	19	May 4	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	20	May 5	MLN	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	32 (11)	May 18	MLN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	33	May 19	MLN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	34	May 20	MLN		CHC	L,2-4	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	42 (7)	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	43	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	44	Jun 1	MLN	@	BRO	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	45	Jun 2	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-13	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	46	Jun 3	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	47	Jun 4	MLN	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	48	Jun 5 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	49	Jun 5 susp	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
32	50	Jun 6	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	51	Jun 7	MLN	@	NYG	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
34	52	Jun 8	MLN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	45	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	LF
35	53	Jun 11	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
36	54	Jun 12 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	55	Jun 12 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	64 (8)	Jun 21	MLN		PIT	W,6-4	GF	0	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	66 (1)	Jun 24	MLN		BRO	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
40	67	Jun 25	MLN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	68	Jun 26	MLN		BRO	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	69	Jun 28	MLN		CHC	L,3-7	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	70	Jun 29	MLN		CHC	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	71	Jun 30	MLN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	72	Jul 1	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-14	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	73	Jul 2	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	74	Jul 3	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	75	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		STL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	76	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		STL	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	77	Jul 6	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
51	78	Jul 7	MLN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	79	Jul 8 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	80	Jul 8 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	81	Jul 9	MLN		CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	82	Jul 10 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	83	Jul 10 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	84	Jul 14	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	85	Jul 15	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
59	86	Jul 16	MLN	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	87	Jul 17 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	88	Jul 17 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	89	Jul 18	MLN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	90	Jul 19	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	78	18.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	91	Jul 20	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	92	Jul 21	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	29	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	105 (12)	Aug 3	MLN		BRO	L,6-9	GF	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	106	Aug 4	MLN		BRO	L,10-11	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF
68	109 (2)	Aug 7 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
69	110	Aug 7 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,4-2	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	111	Aug 9	MLN		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	112	Aug 10	MLN		STL	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	113	Aug 11 (1)	MLN		STL	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
73	114	Aug 11 (2)	MLN		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	115	Aug 12	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	117 (1)	Aug 14	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
76	119 (1)	Aug 16	MLN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	120	Aug 17	MLN	@	STL	W,11-4	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	124 (3)	Aug 21	MLN		CHC	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	127 (2)	Aug 26	MLN	@	NYG	W,7-1	GF	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	128	Aug 27	MLN	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
81	129	Aug 28 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	130	Aug 28 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	131	Aug 30	MLN	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	2	8	0	LF
84	132	Aug 31	MLN	@	BRO	W,13-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	133	Sep 1	MLN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	134	Sep 2	MLN		CIN	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	135	Sep 3	MLN		CIN	W,6-5	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	136	Sep 4	MLN		CIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
89	137	Sep 5 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
90	140 (2)	Sep 8	MLN		BRO	L,2-10	GF	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
91	145 (4)	Sep 13	MLN		NYG	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							91gm		774.2	164	5	6	175	0