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Bobby
Thomson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 25, 1923 in Scotland, , GLASGOW
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1954   
All-Star Selections 1952    1955   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1947 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1948 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1949 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1950 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1951 27 MIN AL $ 1,892,857   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1952 28 MIN AL $ 2,514,286   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1953 29 MIN AL $ 3,878,571   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1954 30 MIN AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1955 31 MIN AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1956 32 MIN AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7
1957 33 MIN AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1958 34 MIN AL $ 3,500,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1959 35 MIN AL $ 3,500,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4
1960 36 SDP NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
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
1946 22 MIN AL 20 42 5 10 4 0 1 3 0 0 5 7 .238 .319 .405 .724 5.6 0.7
    AAA   135 542 85 148 31 3 32 103 8 11 63 68 .273 .349 .518 .867 94.0  
1947 23 MIN AL 78 282 35 68 11 2 15 46 0 0 20 42 .241 .292 .454 .746 35.7 3.2
    AAA   81 303 68 93 13 2 30 71 5 3 51 42 .307 .407 .660 1.067 75.8  
1948 24 MIN AL 108 182 29 44 6 0 12 36 1 0 11 27 .242 .284 .473 .756 24.0 2.3
1949 25 MIN AL 125 393 73 111 21 3 15 63 5 6 48 51 .282 .362 .466 .827 62.4 8.4
1950 26 MIN AL 140 438 82 115 18 1 21 74 4 1 52 58 .263 .341 .452 .793 68.1 8.2
1951 27 MIN AL 153 574 86 167 28 4 21 89 4 5 57 75 .291 .353 .463 .816 92.0 13.4
1952 28 MIN AL 154 598 113 185 38 8 31 123 2 2 56 56 .309 .369 .555 .924 110.2 18.5
1953 29 MIN AL 156 561 103 171 33 1 23 105 1 2 65 55 .305 .374 .490 .864 98.2 18.2
1954 30 MIN AL 151 571 96 158 23 3 29 88 0 0 60 73 .277 .343 .480 .823 91.3 16.5
1955 31 MIN AL 147 581 97 179 27 3 25 89 0 0 47 53 .308 .361 .494 .855 96.4 20.5
1956 32 MIN AL 145 543 70 131 33 5 24 96 0 1 40 69 .241 .292 .453 .745 69.6 10.4
1957 33 MIN AL 154 566 60 134 21 6 20 71 0 0 46 76 .237 .294 .401 .695 65.5 10.8
1958 34 MIN AL 154 572 62 129 29 2 18 77 0 0 46 113 .226 .283 .378 .660 58.3 4.7
1959 35 MIN AL 105 161 15 30 10 1 3 11 0 0 9 49 .186 .229 .317 .546 11.1 0.0
1960 36 SDP NL 27 17 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .294 .368 .471 .839 2.3 0.3
15 Years Sim 1817 6081 927 1637 302 39 259 973 17 17 564 808 .269 .331 .459 .790 890.7 136.0
2 Years AAA 216 845 153 241 44 5 62 174 13 14 114 110 .285 .371 .569 .940 169.8  
162 Game Average 542 82 145 26 3 23 86 1 1 50 72 .269 .331 .459 .790 79.4  
Career Highs 156 598 113 185 38 8 31 123 5 6 65 113 .309 .374 .555 .924 110.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3899 564 1052 187 24 157 636 8 8 331 494 .270 .326 .451 .777 565.8
vs LH   2182 363 585 115 15 102 337 9 9 233 314 .268 .338 .475 .813 346.4
Home 910 2972 453 829 167 18 117 457 4 10 244 412 .279 .334 .465 .800 445.7
Away 907 3109 474 808 135 21 142 516 13 7 320 396 .260 .327 .454 .781 466.5
RISP   1534 0 419 76 11 66 678 0 0 155 204 .273 .332 .466 .798 239.9
Pinch Hitting   221 31 55 10 0 12 43 0 0 21 38 .249 .310 .457 .767 32.2
Close/Late   756 120 219 45 3 38 140 0 0 76 110 .290 .353 .508 .861 131.0
Mar/Apr 260 894 129 260 48 3 38 153 3 1 79 111 .291 .345 .479 .824 144.1
May 299 1004 160 263 53 5 45 146 3 3 102 136 .262 .329 .459 .788 151.3
June 293 1001 156 259 43 7 33 142 5 6 96 135 .259 .322 .415 .737 134.1
July 310 1051 161 296 56 12 50 171 1 6 91 147 .282 .338 .500 .838 170.5
August 321 1030 166 273 51 7 40 172 1 1 97 125 .265 .329 .445 .774 149.3
Sep/Oct 334 1101 155 286 51 5 53 189 4 0 99 154 .260 .322 .460 .782 162.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1946 22 MIN AL CF 8 7 61.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 23 MIN AL 1B 66 63 553.0 766 55 9 73 .989 13.36 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    LF 8 8 77.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1948 24 MIN AL 1B 28 19 179.3 249 17 0 20 1.000 13.35 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 41 7 140.3 10 44 3 3 .947 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 6 0 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0  
1949 25 MIN AL 3B 112 100 898.3 69 231 19 29 .940 3.01 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    1B 7 3 34.0 51 8 0 6 1.000 15.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 26 MIN AL 3B 102 95 855.0 54 204 11 16 .959 2.72 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    1B 23 10 117.0 138 13 1 9 .993 11.62 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 3 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1951 27 MIN AL 3B 145 143 1282.0 97 301 27 21 .936 2.79 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    LF 5 0 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 28 MIN AL 3B 143 140 1254.3 87 362 24 27 .949 3.22 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    RF 6 6 54.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
1953 29 MIN AL 3B 148 147 1316.7 80 347 24 31 .947 2.92 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    LF 4 0 10.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 30 MIN AL 1B 148 148 1300.3 1738 129 13 160 .993 12.92 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    3B 4 0 15.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1955 31 MIN AL 1B 99 98 870.3 1079 93 7 97 .994 12.12 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 44 44 385.7 79 0 2 0 .975 1.84 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    3B 6 0 12.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0  
1956 32 MIN AL RF 136 134 1186.0 257 3 4 1 .985 1.97 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    3B 8 0 17.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 6 0 12.7 2 0 1 0 .667 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 33 MIN AL RF 151 148 1304.7 253 6 4 2 .985 1.79 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1958 34 MIN AL 3B 149 145 1304.7 101 295 23 31 .945 2.73 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    CF 5 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 3.3 4 1 0 0 1.000 13.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 35 MIN AL 3B 21 18 159.0 13 38 2 3 .962 2.89 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 17 5 58.7 79 7 2 8 .977 13.19 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 6 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1960 36 SDP NL SS 5 0 15.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 6 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 5 0 8.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 889 795 7273.0 514 1833 134 161 .946 2.90 0 0 .000 0 20.4
  1B 394 346 3123.0 4112 325 32 373 .993 12.79 0 0 .000 0 6.8
  RF 362 332 2975.0 610 9 10 3 .984 1.87 0 0 .000 0 7.1
  LF 41 8 146.7 34 0 1 0 .971 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 35 8 125.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  SS 5 0 15.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1727 1489 13658.6 5297 2170 177 538 .977 4.92 0 0 .000 0 34.9
Career Highs   157 148 1329.3 1740 362 27 160 1.000 12.74 0 0 .000 0  
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
1948 24 MIN AL 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1954 30 MIN AL 13 53 3 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 .189 .271 .226 .498
1955 31 MIN AL 12 45 8 9 3 0 1 3 0 0 5 9 .200 .275 .333 .608
1956 32 MIN AL 7 27 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .148 .148 .148 .296
Career Post-Season Batting 33 128 14 24 5 0 1 12 0 0 11 20 .188 .250 .250 .500
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.
Batting Average
1952-9-.309
1953-8-.305
1955-8-.308
 Slugging Pct
1954-10-.480
 XR
1952-10-110.2
1955-10-96.4
 At-Bats
1952-8-598
1955-8-581
 Runs
1952-9-113
 Hits
1952-7-185
1953-9-171
1955-5-179
Total Bases
1952-6-332
1955-10-287
 Singles
1953-10-114
1955-5-124
 Doubles
1952-5-38
 Triples
1952-4-8
1956-8-5
1957-5-6
 Homeruns
1952-9-31
1954-10-29
 RBIs
1952-6-123
1953-10-105
Caught Stealing
1949-9-6
1951-9-5
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Bob Horner (901)
  6. Benny Ayala (900)
  7. Al Ferrara (892)
  8. Wes Covington (889)
  9. Steve Kemp (888)
  10. Lou Whitaker (883)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1946
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1946, off Joe Dobson (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 9/19/1946, off Jack Hallett (TAM)
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,514,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1952, hitting .320 with 7 HR, 26 RBI
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,878,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1953, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 7/18/1953
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1953, hitting .389 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1953, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1954, hitting .419 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1954
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Injured on 8/10/1955 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
3/3/1957: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle on 4/25/1958
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/16/1960 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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