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Danny
Thompson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 203
 
Born: February 1, 1947 in Usa, KS, WICHITA
 
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
1970 23 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 8 8 8
1971 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 8 8 8
1972 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1973 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1974 27 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1976 29 WAS NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1977 30 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1978 31 WAS NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1980 33 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1981 34 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 3 9 9 9
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
1970 23 DET AL 134 425 30 83 18 2 2 19 7 6 14 53 .195 .222 .261 .483 17.4 0.0
1971 24 DET AL 52 170 15 36 7 1 1 12 3 2 7 14 .212 .243 .282 .525 10.0 0.0
    AAA   83 342 33 96 13 3 5 40 1 0 18 32 .281 .317 .380 .697 39.9  
1972 25 SDP NL 31 65 8 17 3 1 0 5 1 0 2 5 .262 .284 .338 .622 5.1 0.5
1973 26 SDP NL 44 51 3 11 2 1 0 5 0 1 2 4 .216 .245 .294 .539 2.1 0.0
1974 27 SDP NL 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
    AAA   82 323 40 94 7 4 13 44 2 2 10 22 .291 .312 .458 .771 44.1  
1975 28 AAA   135 542 47 137 18 2 4 43 6 4 35 42 .253 .298 .315 .614 50.1  
1976 29 AAA   72 207 30 57 10 0 5 21 1 1 7 18 .275 .299 .396 .695 23.2  
    AA   31 108 16 32 6 0 2 13 1 1 10 8 .296 .356 .407 .763 15.2  
1977 30 WAS NL 36 42 7 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .238 .238 .262 .500 2.0 0.0
    AAA   22 42 5 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 .310 .356 .381 .737 5.4  
1978 31 WAS NL 51 67 7 13 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 5 .194 .214 .284 .498 3.6 0.0
1979 32 AAA   61 129 11 33 4 2 2 18 0 1 5 7 .256 .284 .364 .648 12.5  
1980 33 AAA   75 210 14 53 9 1 2 18 3 0 9 13 .252 .283 .333 .616 19.4  
1981 34 AAA   74 153 20 46 5 1 2 22 1 0 4 13 .301 .318 .386 .704 17.8  
7 Years Sim 353 823 70 171 34 5 4 46 11 9 27 82 .208 .233 .276 .509 40.5 0.5
8 Years AAA 604 1948 200 529 69 13 33 211 14 8 91 150 .272 .303 .371 .675 212.4  
1 Years AA 31 108 16 32 6 0 2 13 1 1 10 8 .296 .358 .407 .766 15.2  
9 Years Minors 635 2056 216 561 75 13 35 224 15 9 101 158 .273 .306 .373 .680 227.6  
162 Game Average 377 32 78 15 2 1 21 5 4 12 37 .208 .233 .276 .509 18.6  
Career Highs 134 425 30 83 18 2 2 19 7 6 14 53 .333 .333 .338 .667 17.4  
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   623 57 129 28 4 4 35 7 8 24 63 .207 .238 .284 .522 36.0
vs LH   200 13 42 6 1 0 11 4 1 3 19 .210 .218 .250 .468 9.1
Home 179 406 34 83 17 1 4 30 5 7 12 32 .204 .226 .281 .507 21.3
Away 174 417 36 88 17 4 0 16 6 2 15 50 .211 .240 .271 .511 23.9
RISP   154 0 28 6 0 0 37 0 0 5 20 .182 .201 .221 .422 4.9
Pinch Hitting   20 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .350 .409 .400 .809 3.2
Close/Late   115 11 25 6 1 1 5 0 0 2 9 .217 .229 .313 .542 7.3
Mar/Apr 72 190 15 34 2 1 1 11 4 2 4 21 .179 .193 .216 .409 5.4
May 78 191 15 38 11 0 1 14 0 2 11 22 .199 .249 .272 .521 10.8
June 58 126 15 34 8 2 1 5 4 0 2 10 .270 .281 .389 .670 13.3
July 54 124 9 22 4 1 1 5 0 4 3 12 .177 .197 .250 .447 3.3
August 52 130 12 32 5 1 0 6 3 1 6 15 .246 .279 .300 .579 10.5
Sep/Oct 38 62 4 11 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .177 .188 .242 .429 1.8
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
1970 23 DET AL 3B 54 52 454.7 32 109 9 16 .940 2.79   0.8
    SS 10 1 22.7 6 6 0 1 1.000 4.77   0.1
1971 24 DET AL 3B 52 52 428.7 27 108 5 10 .964 2.83   1.2
    SS 7 0 16.7 4 5 1 1 .900 4.86   0.0
1972 25 SDP NL 2B 10 4 59.0 13 25 0 4 1.000 5.80   0.1
    3B 6 4 40.7 4 10 1 2 .933 3.10   0.1
    SS 7 2 25.0 6 9 1 3 .938 5.40   0.1
1973 26 SDP NL SS 20 3 53.3 12 26 2 7 .950 6.41   0.3
    3B 12 3 42.0 4 11 2 0 .882 3.21   0.1
    2B 4 2 19.7 4 14 0 1 1.000 8.24   0.1
1974 27 SDP NL SS 2 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1977 30 WAS NL 1B 12 5 58.7 80 2 0 6 1.000 12.58   0.1
    2B 11 1 28.0 9 9 0 3 1.000 5.79   0.1
    3B 7 1 17.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.71   0.1
    SS 4 1 16.0 0 4 1 0 .800 2.25   0.0
1978 31 WAS NL 3B 32 8 112.0 9 34 1 4 .977 3.46   0.3
    1B 11 7 65.7 85 10 0 11 1.000 13.02   0.2
    SS 4 2 20.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 163 120 1095.0 77 278 18 32 .952 2.92   2.7
  SS 54 9 159.7 31 59 5 13 .947 5.07   0.6
  1B 23 12 124.3 165 12 0 17 1.000 12.81   0.3
  2B 27 7 108.7 26 49 0 8 1.000 6.21   0.4
Career Totals   267 148 1487.6 299 398 23 70 .968 4.22   3.9
Career Highs   64 53 477.3 96 115 9 17 1.000 8.35    
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 81st overall pick, by Detroit in 1970
Had first career hit on 4/2/1970, off George Culver (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1970, off Jack Billingham (CLE)
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 7/31/1971 (Going to SDP: P Fred Beene, SS Danny Thompson. Going to DET: P Phil Niekro, P Bob Locker)
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by San Diego on 10/31/1975
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/15/1976 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Washington on 10/3/1979
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/3/1980 to a minor league contract
 
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