Bobby
Thompson
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 3, 1953 in Usa, NC, CHARLOTTE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 5
1979 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 5
1980 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 3 4 5 5
1981 27 CLN NL     4 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 3 4 5 5
1982 28 CLN NL     3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
1983 29 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
1984 30 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 3 2 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
1985 31 CLN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
1986 32 CLN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
1987 33 CLN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 24 CLN NL 84 117 32 14 4 1 0 8 29 6 6 23 .120 .169 .171 .340 3.2 0.0
1979 25 CLN NL 80 76 25 16 2 2 0 5 25 10 6 13 .211 .294 .289 .584 8.1 0.6
1980 26 CLN NL 71 34 25 8 1 0 1 6 25 7 4 6 .235 .316 .353 .669 6.4 1.0
    AAA   4 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .176 .263 .176 .440 0.5  
1981 27 AA   137 512 51 127 22 5 12 62 29 9 39 74 .248 .301 .381 .682 61.0  
1982 28 AA   121 432 38 99 13 6 11 49 23 9 41 70 .229 .296 .363 .659 49.2  
1983 29 AA   137 488 61 99 18 8 19 72 21 5 39 77 .203 .262 .389 .651 53.7  
1984 30 CLN NL 14 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -0.6 0.0
    AAA   84 314 32 76 7 6 13 44 16 7 24 53 .242 .296 .427 .723 41.0  
1985 31 CLN NL 39 27 15 1 1 0 0 1 15 6 1 9 .037 .071 .074 .146 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   49 179 20 36 9 1 4 11 9 0 18 36 .201 .274 .330 .604 18.3  
1986 32 CLN NL 43 18 10 3 2 0 0 2 12 3 2 1 .167 .286 .278 .563 2.8 0.4
1987 33 CLN NL 16 14 5 3 0 0 1 1 5 3 1 1 .214 .267 .429 .695 1.4 0.0
    AAA   33 125 15 23 1 0 0 2 2 4 8 26 .184 .233 .192 .425 3.7  
1988 34 AAA   137 515 63 118 21 3 8 44 18 5 28 98 .229 .269 .328 .597 45.8  
7 Years Sim 347 290 117 45 10 3 2 24 115 39 21 54 .155 .225 .231 .456 20.8 2.0
5 Years AAA 307 1150 131 256 38 10 25 101 45 17 80 215 .223 .288 .338 .626 109.3  
3 Years AA 395 1432 150 325 53 19 42 183 73 23 119 221 .227 .293 .378 .671 163.9  
8 Years Minors 702 2582 281 581 91 29 67 284 118 40 199 436 .225 .291 .361 .651 273.2  
162 Game Average 135 54 21 4 1 0 11 53 18 9 25 .155 .225 .231 .456 9.7  
Career Highs 84 117 32 16 4 2 1 8 29 10 6 23 .235 .316 .429 .695 8.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   194 79 28 8 1 0 16 75 29 12 41 .144 .206 .196 .402 8.7
vs LH   96 38 17 2 2 2 8 40 10 9 13 .177 .262 .302 .564 11.4
Home 167 135 56 14 0 0 0 5 60 22 13 24 .104 .188 .104 .292 3.6
Away 180 155 61 31 10 3 2 19 55 17 8 30 .200 .257 .342 .599 16.5
RISP   65 0 11 2 1 0 20 0 0 2 8 .169 .194 .231 .425 2.0
Pinch Hitting   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1
Close/Late   73 55 17 3 1 1 8 0 0 7 10 .233 .309 .342 .651 7.6
Mar/Apr 59 35 20 3 1 0 1 2 20 9 6 7 .086 .238 .200 .438 2.3
May 72 57 27 12 5 0 0 8 20 9 3 13 .211 .274 .298 .572 4.5
June 64 50 25 5 0 0 0 3 27 6 0 8 .100 .118 .100 .218 1.1
July 48 34 17 9 1 1 1 7 17 7 3 3 .265 .324 .441 .766 5.6
August 54 33 16 8 1 2 0 2 17 3 2 6 .242 .306 .394 .699 5.7
Sep/Oct 50 81 12 8 2 0 0 2 14 5 7 17 .099 .170 .123 .294 0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1978 24 CLN NL CF 30 18 196.7 35 1 1 0 .973 1.65   0.7
    RF 12 5 55.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 4 1 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1979 25 CLN NL CF 12 7 74.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.6
    LF 14 6 67.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
    RF 15 3 49.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.28    
1980 26 CLN NL CF 14 0 25.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.1
    LF 9 0 18.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.96    
    RF 5 1 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    2B 5 0 12.7 7 3 0 2 1.000 7.11   0.1
    SS 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 2 1.000 5.00   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 30 CLN NL RF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    CF 5 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 31 CLN NL CF 10 1 27.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.2
    LF 3 2 20.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    RF 4 1 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
1986 32 CLN NL CF 11 2 33.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.2
    RF 10 0 19.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1987 33 CLN NL CF 3 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.2
    LF 3 1 15.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    RF 5 0 10.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
  CF 85 30 382.0 74 1 1 0 .987 1.77   1.9
  RF 55 10 173.3 34 1 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.0
  LF 34 10 139.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.94    
  2B 5 0 12.7 7 3 0 2 1.000 7.11   0.1
  SS 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 2 1.000 5.00   0.1
  3B 3 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
Career Totals   183 51 723.0 148 9 1 4 .994 1.95   2.1
Career Highs   46 24 265.7 49 5 1 4 1.000 2.84    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 24 CLN NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1983 29 CLN NL 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
1984 30 CLN NL 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 31 CLN NL 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 10 7 2 0 0 0 1 9 4 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Stolen Bases
1978-8-29
1979-10-25
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 67th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1978
Had first career hit (double) on 4/14/1978, off Bob Mcclure (PHN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1980, off Rich Wortham (BAL)
Injured on 6/27/1982 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/28/1983 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/24/1985 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
10/22/1986: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $300,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Cleveland (N) on 10/3/1988