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Don Thompson
Donald Newlin Thompson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 24, 1949
Final Game June 22, 1954
Born December 28, 1923 in Swepsonville, NC

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 25 BSN NL   7   11    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .182  .182  .182   -0    2   0           0   0
 1951 27 BRO NL  80  118   25   27   3  0   0    6   2  8  12  12  .229  .305  .254   51   30   1           1   1
 1953 29 BRO NL  96  153   25   37   5  0   1   12   2  3  14  13  .242  .310  .294   57   45   1           1   6
 1954 30 BRO NL  34   25    2    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   5   5  .040  .226  .040  -26    1   0   0       1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      217  307   52   67   8  0   1   19   4 11  31  32  .218  .296  .254   46   78   2   0   0   3   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        229   39   50   6  0   1   14   3  8  23  24  .218  .296  .254   46   58   1   0   0   2   5
 Career High     96  153   25   37   5  0   1   12   2  8  14  13                          45   1   0   0   1   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 25 BSN NL   11    9    0   0.0    99| .182  .264| .182  .337| .182  .395| .364  .733|  -0  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
 1951 27 BRO NL  132  101    7   1.9   105| .229  .270| .305  .344| .254  .409| .559  .753|  51  .165  -8.0  -0.8  20%
 1953 29 BRO NL  169  126   13   2.7   112| .242  .277| .310  .348| .294  .431| .604  .779|  57  .260  -9.5  -0.9  40%
 1954 30 BRO NL   31   24    0   0.0   112| .040  .279| .226  .351| .040  .431| .266  .782| -26  .000  -4.8  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       343  260   20   2.0   109| .218  .274| .296  .346| .254  .421| .550  .768|  46  .180 -23.9  -2.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 25 BSN NL OF 2 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 2.00 2.25 0 0 2 1951 27 BRO NL OF 61 75 3 1 1 .987 .981 1.28 2.23 56 6 0 1953 29 BRO NL OF 81 84 5 1 1 .989 .980 1.10 2.11 51 8 25 1954 30 BRO NL OF 29 14 1 0 0 1.000 .974 0.52 2.18 27 2 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 25 BSN NL OF 2 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 2.00 2.25 0 0 2 1951 27 BRO NL OF 61 75 3 1 1 .987 .981 1.28 2.23 56 6 0 1953 29 BRO NL OF 81 84 5 1 1 .989 .980 1.10 2.11 51 8 25 1954 30 BRO NL OF 29 14 1 0 0 1.000 .974 0.52 2.18 27 2 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 173 177 9 3 2 .984 .980 1.08 2.17 134 16 27 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 173 177 9 3 2 .984 .980 1.08 2.17
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Caught Stealing
1951 NL-8-5

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 17, 1947: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1947 minor league draft.

November 10, 1948: Drafted by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1948 rule 5 draft.

October 4, 1949: Traded by the Boston Braves with Al Epperly and Damon Phillips to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Sam Jethroe and Bob Addis.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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