Jason
Thompson
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 6, 1954 in Usa, CA, HOLLYWOOD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1985   
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
1976 21 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 8 7 4 5 5 9 10 10 6 7 7
1977 22 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 8 7 5 5 5 9 10 10 6 7 7
1978 23 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 7 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 10 6 7 7
1979 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 5 9 10 10 6 7 7
1980 25 TOR AL $ 3,421,429   7 7 7 8 9 8 5 5 5 9 10 10 6 7 6
1981 26 TOR AL $ 3,421,429   7 7 6 8 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 6 6
1982 27 TOR AL $ 3,421,429   6 6 6 8 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 5 5
1983 28 DET AL $ 10,025,000   6 6 6 9 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 6 5
1984 29 DET AL $ 10,025,000   6 6 6 9 10 10 5 6 5 9 10 10 4 5 5
1985 30 DET AL $ 10,025,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 6 5 9 10 10 4 5 4
1986 31 DET AL $ 10,025,000   5 5 5 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 10 10 4 5 4
1987 32 MIA NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 10 10 4 5 4
1988 33 MIA NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 5 6 7 6 4 5 5 8 10 9 4 5 4
1989 34 CLN NL $ 868,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 10 9 4 4 4
1990 35 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 7 9 8 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 7 9 8 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,025,000   7 7 7 9 10 10 5 6 6 10 10 10 6 7 7
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
1976 21 TOR AL 47 57 8 13 3 0 4 9 0 0 10 8 .228 .343 .491 .835 9.9 2.1
    AAA   79 287 64 78 13 1 28 63 0 1 65 38 .272 .406 .617 1.023 70.4  
1977 22 TOR AL 120 278 40 56 12 1 10 39 1 0 50 42 .201 .319 .360 .679 35.4 4.5
1978 23 TOR AL 98 177 25 44 4 1 9 33 0 0 35 20 .249 .367 .435 .802 29.2 5.9
1979 24 TOR AL 137 380 60 107 23 1 16 67 0 0 50 47 .282 .365 .474 .838 64.1 13.1
1980 25 TOR AL 153 517 63 138 23 4 19 95 0 0 82 64 .267 .364 .437 .801 85.7 17.2
1981 26 TOR AL 155 539 82 129 23 4 25 74 0 0 96 105 .239 .353 .436 .789 86.5 15.4
1982 27 TOR AL 139 379 46 96 20 1 15 71 0 0 53 71 .253 .343 .430 .773 54.1 9.4
1983 28 DET AL 154 561 95 116 22 1 32 90 0 0 91 126 .207 .315 .421 .736 78.2 10.7
1984 29 DET AL 156 573 85 111 20 0 33 89 0 0 99 129 .194 .312 .401 .713 77.4 12.9
1985 30 DET AL 154 545 89 139 18 4 36 99 1 0 101 130 .255 .370 .501 .871 101.5 20.0
1986 31 DET AL 153 560 85 115 19 0 24 77 1 2 91 151 .205 .316 .368 .684 70.0 8.6
1987 32 DET AL 73 254 45 55 12 0 17 36 0 0 39 67 .217 .320 .465 .784 39.1 6.6
  MIA NL 74 254 38 61 11 1 10 45 0 0 46 66 .240 .355 .409 .765 38.8 7.3
  TOT   147 508 83 116 23 1 27 81 0 0 85 133 .228 .338 .437 .775 77.9 13.9
1988 33 MIA NL 131 412 65 106 18 0 19 63 0 0 65 110 .257 .359 .439 .798 63.5 12.7
1989 34 MIA NL 24 89 5 17 3 1 1 13 0 0 6 31 .191 .240 .281 .520 6.0 0.0
  CLN NL 53 200 23 46 11 0 5 19 0 0 24 56 .230 .311 .360 .671 24.0 3.2
  TOT   77 289 28 63 14 1 6 32 0 0 30 87 .218 .290 .336 .625 30.0 3.2
1990 35 DET AL 46 92 21 25 2 0 3 11 0 0 17 21 .272 .384 .391 .775 16.1 2.5
15 Years Sim 1867 5867 875 1374 244 19 278 930 3 2 955 1244 .234 .340 .424 .764 879.7 152.2
1 Years AAA 79 287 64 78 13 1 28 63 0 1 65 38 .272 .407 .617 1.024 70.4  
162 Game Average 509 75 119 21 1 24 80 0 0 82 107 .234 .340 .424 .764 76.3  
Career Highs 156 573 95 139 23 4 36 99 1 2 101 151 .282 .384 .501 .871 101.5  
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   4394 679 1061 185 11 210 696 2 2 762 877 .241 .352 .432 .784 713.4
vs LH   1473 196 313 59 8 68 234 1 1 193 367 .212 .303 .402 .705 191.8
Home 926 2897 445 682 137 13 140 457 1 3 477 639 .235 .342 .437 .778 458.5
Away 941 2970 430 692 107 6 138 473 2 0 478 605 .233 .338 .412 .750 446.7
RISP   1613 0 370 68 6 79 620 0 0 320 332 .229 .349 .426 .775 266.9
Pinch Hitting   276 35 68 13 1 8 50 0 0 46 34 .246 .349 .388 .736 40.6
Close/Late   746 69 186 32 2 26 107 0 0 146 149 .249 .367 .402 .769 121.4
Mar/Apr 315 1013 143 215 32 1 54 171 1 0 161 243 .212 .317 .406 .723 144.2
May 308 1016 150 246 59 5 41 163 1 1 154 199 .242 .341 .431 .772 155.5
June 298 920 159 224 34 2 59 169 0 1 155 207 .243 .352 .477 .829 161.6
July 271 841 141 202 29 4 44 139 1 0 140 176 .240 .346 .441 .788 137.3
August 343 1095 143 248 48 3 38 144 0 1 159 238 .226 .323 .380 .703 144.3
Sep/Oct 332 982 139 239 42 4 42 144 0 0 186 181 .243 .362 .423 .785 162.3
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
1976 21 TOR AL 1B 12 3 44.0 58 1 0 6 1.000 12.07   0.1
    2B 1 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1977 22 TOR AL 1B 105 73 684.7 774 61 3 85 .996 10.98   1.1
1978 23 TOR AL 1B 73 18 266.0 325 28 2 40 .994 11.94   0.7
    SS 1 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1979 24 TOR AL 1B 78 39 418.3 510 45 5 39 .991 11.94   0.9
1980 25 TOR AL 1B 152 149 1299.0 1530 113 12 127 .993 11.38   3.7
1981 26 TOR AL 1B 155 146 1303.3 1568 122 10 162 .994 11.67   3.2
1982 27 TOR AL 1B 121 71 731.3 914 63 8 96 .992 12.02   1.8
1983 28 DET AL 1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1985 30 DET AL 1B 3 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1987 32 DET AL 1B 2 1 11.4 16 0 0 2 1.000 12.63   0.0
    LF 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MIA NL 1B 3 1 11.6 16 1 0 3 1.000 13.19   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 5 2 23.0 32 1 0 5 1.000 12.91   0.1
      LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1988 33 MIA NL 1B 14 2 41.0 39 2 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.1
1989 34 MIA NL 1B 17 16 138.6 162 15 2 19 .989 11.49   0.5
  CLN NL 1B 37 35 323.0 377 36 4 44 .990 11.51   0.2
  TOT   1B 54 51 461.6 539 51 6 63 .990 11.50   0.7
1990 35 DET AL 1B 18 11 111.3 131 8 2 17 .986 11.24   0.2
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  1B 791 565 5389.6 6427 495 48 642 .993 11.56   12.7
  SS 1 0 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
  2B 2 0 4.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.79   0.0
  RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   797 565 5407.2 6430 497 48 642 .993 11.53   12.7
Career Highs   155 149 1303.3 1568 122 12 162 1.000 13.50    
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
1983 28 DET AL 7 25 7 8 1 0 3 4 0 0 4 5 .320 .414 .720 1.134
1987 32 MIA NL 6 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .357 .571
Career Post-Season Batting 13 39 8 11 3 0 3 4 0 0 4 10 .282 .349 .590 .939
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.
On-Base Pct
1985-10-.370
Slugging Pct
1985-6-.501
OPS
1985-7-.871
XR
1985-7-101.5
Games
1981-9-155
1984-8-156
Runs
1983-8-95
Homeruns
1981-8-25
1983-8-32
1984-3-33
1985-2-36
RBIs
1980-8-95
1984-10-89
1985-8-99
Walks
1980-8-82
1981-3-96
1983-5-91
1984-3-99
1985-3-101
1986-3-91
Strikeouts
1983-3-126
1984-6-129
1985-5-130
1986-2-151
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 48    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Toronto in 1976
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/14/1976, off Jim Kern (KCR)
Injured on 5/12/1976 with a Pulled Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/6/1983 to a 4-year deal worth $10,025,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 5/3/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1985, hitting .409 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
10/3/1986: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Miami on 7/1/1987 (Going to MIA: DH Jason Thompson. Going to DET: CF Mike Hart)
Released by Miami on 5/1/1989
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1989 to a 1-year deal worth $868,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/3/1990 to a minor league contract