Bobby
Thigpen
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 17, 1963 in Usa, FL, TALLAHASSEE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1986 22 NYG NL   4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1987 23 NYG NL   4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1988 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1989 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1990 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1986 22 AAA   6 3 .667 37 0 0 0 9 40.0 40 7 3 13 34 1.58 .263 .321 .342 .663  
1987 23 AAA   2 2 .500 25 0 0 0 3 23.7 17 10 2 7 22 3.80 .202 .264 .333 .597  
1988 24 NYG NL 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 23.0 27 11 2 14 21 4.30 .293 .393 .424 .816 0.6
  OAK AL 4 1 .800 27 0 0 0 16 34.3 35 8 2 14 28 2.10 .265 .338 .379 .717 6.5
  TOT   4 1 .800 41 0 0 0 16 57.3 62 19 4 28 49 2.98 .277 .361 .397 .758 7.1
    AAA   1 2 .333 14 0 0 0 1 22.7 25 10 2 9 27 3.97 .275 .340 .440 .780  
1989 25 OAK AL 4 7 .364 68 0 0 0 38 81.7 73 36 9 34 59 3.97 .244 .323 .388 .711 10.3
1990 26 OAK AL 7 9 .438 75 0 0 0 16 103.7 99 46 10 38 89 3.99 .250 .320 .399 .719 8.0
3 Years Sim 15 17 .469 184 0 0 0 70 242.6 234 101 23 100 197 3.75 .255 .331 .395 .726 25.4
3 Years AAA 9 7 .563 76 0 0 0 13 86.3 82 27 7 29 83 2.82 .251 .312 .367 .679  
Season Average 5 5 .500 61 0 0 0 23 80.9 78 33 7 33 65 3.75 .255 .331 .395 .726  
Career Highs 7 9 .800 75 0 0 0 38 103.7 99 46 10 38 89 3.99 .277 .361 .399 .758  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   104 44 9 35 97   .258 .317 .390 .707
vs LH   130 57 14 65 100   .252 .336 .399 .735
Home 8 9 .471 99 0 0 0 39 130.7 122 59 18 55 109 4.06 .251 .327 .425 .752
Away 7 8 .467 85 0 0 0 31 112.0 112 42 5 45 88 3.38 .259 .329 .361 .690
Mar/Apr 2 4 .333 28 0 0 0 8 45.7 46 20 5 22 34 3.94 .261 .343 .426 .770
May 3 5 .375 34 0 0 0 7 42.7 47 22 6 15 37 4.64 .278 .337 .462 .798
June 1 1 .500 25 0 0 0 10 35.0 40 20 4 11 21 5.14 .292 .345 .438 .783
July 3 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 13 37.7 37 15 3 18 31 3.58 .257 .340 .375 .715
August 4 5 .444 36 0 0 0 13 48.0 40 14 2 20 43 2.63 .230 .309 .322 .631
Sep/Oct 2 2 .500 30 0 0 0 19 33.7 24 10 3 14 31 2.67 .202 .286 .336 .622
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1988 24 NYG NL P 14 0 23.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.57    
  OAK AL P 27 0 34.3 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.57    
  TOT   P 41 0 57.3 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.57    
1989 25 OAK AL P 68 0 81.7 3 14 1 0 .944 1.87    
1990 26 OAK AL P 75 0 103.7 4 13 1 1 .944 1.48    
Career Totals   184 0 242.6 11 33 2 2 .957 1.63    
Career Highs   75 0 103.7 4 14 1 1 1.000 1.87    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1989-1-38
1990-9-16
Games Pitched
1990-9-75
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  5. Jay Baller (968)
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  7. Scott Medvin (964)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 72nd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1986
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 6/1/1988 (Going to NYG: RF Bobby Bonilla. Going to OAK: P Todd Stottlemyre, P Bobby Thigpen, P Bob Kipper)
Earned first career win on 7/7/1988
Injured on 9/15/1990 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks