Hank
Thompson
 
Nickname: Mr. T
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 179
 
Born: December 8, 1925 in Usa, OK, OKLAHOMA CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1955    1956    1959   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 21 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 22 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 23 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 24 MON NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 25 MON NL $ 3,978,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 26 MON NL $ 3,978,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 27 CIN NL $ 3,978,571 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 28 BSN NL $ 4,100,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 29 BSN NL $ 4,100,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 30 BSN NL $ 4,100,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 31 BSN NL $ 6,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 32 BSN NL $ 6,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 33 BSN NL $ 6,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 34 CLE AL $ 6,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 35 TAM AL $ 2,188,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 36 WAS NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 21 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 8 8
1948 22 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 9 10 10 8 9 9
1949 23 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 9 10 10 8 9 9
1950 24 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 9 9
1951 25 MON NL $ 3,978,571   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 9 8
1952 26 MON NL $ 3,978,571   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 9 8
1953 27 CIN NL $ 3,978,571   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8
1954 28 BSN NL $ 4,100,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 8 8
1955 29 BSN NL $ 4,100,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 10 8 8 8
1956 30 BSN NL $ 4,100,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 10 8 8 8
1957 31 BSN NL $ 6,500,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 10 7 8 8
1958 32 BSN NL $ 6,500,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 9 8 8 8
1959 33 BSN NL $ 6,500,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 7 8 8
1960 34 CLE AL $ 6,500,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 7 8 7
1961 35 TAM AL $ 2,188,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 8 6 7 7
1962 36 WAS NL     5 5 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 8 9 9
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
1948 22 MON NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 1 0 2 0 5.42 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 1 0 2 0 5.42 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.0
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   1 1 0 1 0   .250 .400 .250 .650
vs LH   0 0 0 1 0   .000 .250 .000 .250
Away 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 1 0 2 0 5.42 .143 .333 .143 .476
August 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 1 0 2 0 5.42 .143 .333 .143 .476
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
1947 21 MON NL 88 251 49 68 11 3 14 46 3 1 45 24 .271 .382 .506 .888 49.8 8.9
    AAA   28 110 20 28 5 0 8 26 3 0 20 9 .255 .369 .518 .887 22.1  
    AA   26 102 28 27 5 0 14 27 2 0 12 7 .265 .342 .725 1.068 25.0  
1948 22 MON NL 142 416 65 99 7 4 16 71 2 0 94 39 .238 .375 .389 .765 68.4 11.3
1949 23 MON NL 141 419 81 107 19 2 16 82 2 0 86 25 .255 .380 .425 .805 71.7 11.8
1950 24 MON NL 142 403 78 120 16 2 20 76 1 1 80 31 .298 .413 .496 .909 80.5 16.8
1951 25 MON NL 136 414 67 106 13 5 18 89 0 0 79 38 .256 .374 .442 .816 70.0 11.1
1952 26 MON NL 135 419 83 101 7 1 32 100 0 0 77 46 .241 .359 .492 .851 76.4 12.8
1953 27 CIN NL 143 485 70 104 19 5 22 75 12 8 84 57 .214 .330 .410 .740 67.5 8.1
1954 28 BSN NL 155 536 98 134 23 4 20 80 4 2 110 52 .250 .378 .420 .797 89.3 16.7
1955 29 BSN NL 155 529 112 144 23 4 28 88 4 1 104 60 .272 .394 .490 .884 99.6 20.5
1956 30 BSN NL 146 526 76 138 20 9 27 94 1 2 70 69 .262 .346 .489 .834 86.9 16.3
1957 31 BSN NL 152 538 101 139 24 2 25 74 4 2 80 84 .258 .354 .450 .804 87.1 15.3
1958 32 BSN NL 156 534 81 129 24 3 30 92 5 4 75 73 .242 .336 .466 .802 81.4 12.8
1959 33 BSN NL 147 510 75 129 21 5 31 95 0 2 71 92 .253 .343 .496 .840 89.9 17.3
1960 34 TAM AL 99 358 51 85 18 8 19 53 3 0 44 58 .237 .322 .492 .813 55.3 12.1
  CLE AL 50 173 29 41 5 3 12 28 1 0 27 29 .237 .342 .509 .850 30.1 6.5
  TOT   149 531 80 126 23 11 31 81 4 0 71 87 .237 .328 .497 .826 85.4 18.6
1961 35 TAM AL 142 410 52 81 8 5 12 57 9 6 60 72 .198 .305 .329 .634 45.5 5.7
1962 36 WAS NL 134 275 37 64 10 2 12 39 0 0 32 50 .233 .311 .415 .726 39.5 8.0
16 Years Sim 2263 7196 1205 1789 268 67 354 1239 51 29 1218 899 .249 .357 .452 .809 1188.7 211.9
1 Years AAA 28 110 20 28 5 0 8 26 3 0 20 9 .255 .366 .518 .885 22.1  
1 Years AA 26 102 28 27 5 0 14 27 2 0 12 7 .265 .348 .725 1.073 25.0  
2 Years Minors 54 212 48 55 10 0 22 53 5 0 32 16 .259 .358 .618 .976 47.1  
162 Game Average 515 86 128 19 4 25 88 3 2 87 64 .249 .357 .452 .809 85.1  
Career Highs 156 538 112 144 24 11 32 100 12 8 110 92 .298 .413 .506 .909 99.6  
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   5059 886 1295 176 42 262 933 34 17 901 546 .256 .368 .463 .831 900.9
vs LH   2137 319 494 92 25 92 306 17 12 317 353 .231 .330 .427 .757 316.5
Home 1130 3494 571 860 133 32 159 568 27 13 575 421 .246 .354 .439 .793 569.3
Away 1133 3702 634 929 135 35 195 671 24 16 643 478 .251 .360 .464 .825 648.0
RISP   1903 0 470 67 19 87 831 0 0 392 258 .247 .367 .439 .807 337.5
Pinch Hitting   214 35 54 8 1 10 48 2 0 40 24 .252 .370 .439 .809 37.3
Close/Late   874 163 212 31 3 42 130 0 0 158 109 .243 .359 .429 .788 144.1
Mar/Apr 357 1162 183 310 48 11 56 214 12 5 213 149 .267 .382 .472 .854 215.3
May 376 1221 217 314 53 12 68 232 3 7 212 150 .257 .367 .487 .854 222.4
June 376 1192 205 298 46 11 65 207 6 8 202 139 .250 .358 .471 .828 207.5
July 372 1243 189 276 39 11 51 188 10 2 195 154 .222 .327 .394 .721 175.1
August 403 1240 226 311 41 9 54 210 7 6 216 165 .251 .360 .429 .789 203.7
Sep/Oct 379 1138 185 280 41 13 60 188 13 1 180 142 .246 .349 .463 .812 193.3
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
1947 21 MON NL SS 66 61 539.3 90 239 10 43 .971 5.49   1.7
    3B 10 2 29.7 3 9 1 2 .923 3.64   0.1
    2B 3 2 18.0 7 12 1 2 .950 9.50   0.1
    CF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1948 22 MON NL CF 95 94 813.7 239 12 2 3 .992 2.78   3.3
    2B 27 15 147.0 40 77 1 22 .992 7.16   0.9
    SS 11 1 28.7 5 13 0 6 1.000 5.65   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
    P 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 23 MON NL CF 108 103 904.3 317 13 1 2 .997 3.28   2.9
    2B 9 2 28.0 10 15 0 3 1.000 8.04   0.1
    3B 6 0 23.0 0 5 1 1 .833 1.96   0.0
    SS 10 0 20.0 1 9 0 2 1.000 4.50   0.1
1950 24 MON NL CF 103 94 829.3 243 8 0 0 1.000 2.72   2.3
    SS 21 7 95.7 15 35 1 1 .980 4.70   0.2
    2B 5 0 11.0 6 2 0 0 1.000 6.55   0.0
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 25 MON NL CF 98 97 838.3 243 8 1 1 .996 2.69   3.1
    SS 14 6 66.7 14 25 2 7 .951 5.27   0.4
    3B 19 0 37.7 6 13 0 4 1.000 4.54   0.4
    2B 3 3 25.0 4 13 1 2 .944 6.12   0.1
1952 26 MON NL CF 103 100 848.3 240 8 0 2 1.000 2.63   2.8
    3B 23 6 82.3 6 22 0 2 1.000 3.06   0.2
    SS 4 2 21.0 3 10 0 2 1.000 5.57   0.1
    2B 4 2 20.0 7 10 1 3 .944 7.65   0.2
1953 27 CIN NL 2B 83 81 713.3 177 324 12 77 .977 6.32   3.5
    CF 51 51 444.7 123 1 0 0 1.000 2.51   1.2
    3B 3 0 6.7 0 4 0 2 1.000 5.41   0.1
    SS 3 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1954 28 BSN NL SS 94 94 852.3 131 323 10 69 .978 4.79   3.5
    2B 55 50 452.7 85 163 6 34 .976 4.93   1.5
    CF 3 2 19.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.79   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1955 29 BSN NL 2B 147 143 1282.0 300 537 20 136 .977 5.88   5.8
    CF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1956 30 BSN NL 2B 117 115 1021.3 214 383 21 76 .966 5.26   3.3
    SS 26 24 219.7 28 94 1 19 .992 5.00   1.2
    CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1957 31 BSN NL SS 147 147 1324.7 174 539 17 112 .977 4.84   7.8
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 32 BSN NL SS 151 149 1296.7 185 534 16 107 .978 4.99   7.1
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1959 33 BSN NL 2B 142 141 1249.3 282 543 27 123 .968 5.94   4.5
    CF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1960 34 TAM AL CF 64 63 558.4 137 4 1 1 .993 2.27   0.0
    2B 32 32 293.6 51 119 7 23 .960 5.21   0.2
    SS 1 1 5.6 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.1
    3B 1 0 4.7 0 2 1 0 .667 3.83   0.0
  CLE AL CF 32 32 279.2 68 2 0 0 1.000 2.26   0.7
    2B 16 16 146.8 25 59 3 11 .966 5.15   0.8
    SS 0 0 2.8 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.0
  TOT   CF 96 95 837.6 205 6 1 1 .995 2.27   0.7
      2B 48 48 440.4 76 178 10 34 .962 5.19   1.0
      SS 1 1 8.4 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.36   0.1
      3B 2 0 7.0 0 3 1 0 .750 3.86   0.0
1961 35 TAM AL CF 56 54 471.0 126 4 1 1 .992 2.48   1.3
    SS 40 30 287.0 44 120 4 24 .976 5.14   1.6
    2B 40 31 282.7 62 125 3 28 .984 5.95   1.7
    3B 2 0 11.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
1962 36 WAS NL 2B 54 28 314.7 69 116 9 25 .954 5.29   1.3
    3B 34 8 124.3 11 38 1 5 .980 3.55   1.0
    CF 16 14 116.0 31 2 0 0 1.000 2.56   0.5
    SS 17 3 66.0 15 29 3 5 .936 6.00   0.6
  CF 743 704 6147.2 1778 62 6 10 .997 2.69   18.2
  2B 738 661 6007.4 1339 2499 112 566 .972 5.75   24.0
  SS 607 525 4833.4 707 1977 64 397 .977 5.00   24.5
  3B 108 16 338.6 27 99 5 16 .962 3.35   1.9
  P 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   2197 1906 17328.3 3851 4637 187 989 .978 4.41   68.5
Career Highs   154 149 1328.7 328 544 27 136 .997 5.91    
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
1949 23 MON NL 6 12 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .417 .417 .750 1.167
1950 24 MON NL 5 9 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 .222 .333 .556 .889
1951 25 MON NL 10 19 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .263 .364 .316 .679
1952 26 MON NL 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .091 .167 .091 .258
1957 31 BSN NL 5 18 4 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .444 .524 .556 1.079
1960 34 CLE AL 11 41 3 9 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 10 .220 .238 .317 .555
Career Post-Season Batting 40 110 10 30 5 0 3 21 0 1 10 16 .273 .331 .400 .731
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
1950-10-.400*
1954-10-.378
Slugging Pct
1960-8-.497
OPS
1960-9-.826
Games
1955-8-155
1958-8-156
Runs
1955-5-112
1957-7-101
Total Bases
1960-10-264
Triples
1953-9-5
1956-2-9
1959-10-5
1960-1-11
Homeruns
1952-7-32
1960-5-31
RBIs
1952-9-100
1959-9-95
Stolen Bases
1958-8-5
1961-9-9
Caught Stealing
1953-7-8
1956-8-2
1958-5-4
1961-5-6
Walks
1954-6-110
1955-5-104
1957-7-80
1958-7-75
1959-10-71
1960-9-71
CAR-35-1218
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Mike Schmidt (871)
  2. Dick Kokos (869)
  3. Don Demeter (857)
  4. Reggie Jackson (855)
  5. Bill Serena (850)
  6. John Milner (839)
  7. Ken Boyer (835)
  8. Oscar Gamble (833)
  9. Rick Monday (826)
  10. Jim Ray Hart (822)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Montreal in 1947
Had first career hit on 6/2/1947, off Cliff Fannin (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 6/6/1947, off Gerry Staley (MIN)
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 8/21/1947
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1947, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,978,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 5/29/1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,978,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/11/1952 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,978,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Cincinnati on 3/3/1953 (Going to CIN: CF Hank Thompson. Going to MON: SS Johnny Logan)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/6/1954 to a 3-year deal worth $4,100,000 per year
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/12/1956
Injured on 6/17/1956 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
9/1/1956: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 4/23/1957
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 8/4/1957
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 4/13/1958
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 5/2/1958
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/1/1958
Injured on 6/14/1959 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 5 runs on 9/30/1959
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1960 (Going to TAM: LF Dick Kokos, 2B Hank Thompson, 1B Bill Skowron. Going to BSN: LF Irv Noren, RF Gus Bell, 2B Bobby Avila)
Injured on 7/27/1960 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cleveland on 7/31/1960 (Going to TAM: C Earl Averill, RF Fred Valentine. Going to CLE: CF Hank Thompson)
Hit for the cycle against Seattle on 9/11/1960
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/2/1961 to a 1-year deal worth $2,188,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to Tampa Bay on 4/2/1961 (Going to SDP: SS Jack Kubiszyn. Going to TAM: CF Hank Thompson)
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/6/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year
Released by Washington on 11/1/1962