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Don Thompson

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 28, 1923 in Swepsonville, NC us

Died: September 28, 2009 in Asheville, NC

Buried: Lewis Memorial Park, Asheville, NC

Debut: April 24, 1949 (Age 25-117d, 10,599th in major league history)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 22, 1954 (Age 30-176d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Donald Newlin Thompson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.7

307

.218

RBI

OBP

.296

SLG

.254

OPS

.550

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BRO		PIT	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 15	BRO		PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
4	4	Apr 17 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 19	BRO	@	PIT	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	7 (1)	Apr 22	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
7	8	Apr 23	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
8	9	Apr 24	BRO		NYG	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	11 (1)	Apr 26	BRO		NYG	W,8-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	12	Apr 28	BRO		CIN	W,5-1	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	13	Apr 29	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	14	Apr 30	BRO		CIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	15	May 1	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	16	May 3	BRO		MLN	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
15	17	May 4	BRO		MLN	L,4-9	GF	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH RF LF
16	18	May 6	BRO		STL	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	19	May 9 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF LF
18	21 (1)	May 10	BRO		PHI	W,5-0	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
19	22	May 12	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS	47	10.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
20	27 (4)	May 18	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
21	28	May 19	BRO	@	MLN	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	29	May 20	BRO	@	MLN	W,7-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	31 (1)	May 22	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	32	May 23	BRO	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
25	33	May 24	BRO	@	PHI	W,16-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
26	34	May 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-9	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	55 (20)	Jun 16	BRO	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
28	56	Jun 17	BRO	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	58 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,8-11	GF	14	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	59	Jun 19 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	60	Jun 20	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
32	61	Jun 21	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	63 (1)	Jun 23	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	6	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	66 (2)	Jun 26	BRO	@	MLN	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
35	67	Jun 27	BRO	@	MLN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	68	Jun 28	BRO	@	MLN	W,11-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	70 (1)	Jul 1	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
38	71	Jul 2	BRO		PHI	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
39	72	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	76 (3)	Jul 7 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	78 (1)	Jul 8	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	79	Jul 9	BRO	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	86 (6)	Jul 18	BRO		STL	W,14-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	89 (2)	Jul 20	BRO		CHC	W,3-0	GF	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR RF
45	100 (10)	Jul 31	BRO	@	STL	W,2-1	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	101	Aug 1	BRO	@	STL	W,11-4	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	103 (1)	Aug 3	BRO	@	MLN	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
48	104	Aug 5	BRO	@	MLN	L,3-5	GF	20	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
49	105	Aug 6 (1)	BRO	@	MLN	W,4-3	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	107 (1)	Aug 7	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-4	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	108	Aug 8	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	109	Aug 9	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	110	Aug 11	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-0	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
54	111	Aug 12	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	112	Aug 13	BRO	@	NYG	W,9-8	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	113	Aug 15	BRO		PIT	W,14-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	114	Aug 16 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	115	Aug 16 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,9-5	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	116	Aug 17	BRO		PIT	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	119 (2)	Aug 20	BRO		NYG	W,10-0	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
61	121 (1)	Aug 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-3	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	125 (3)	Aug 25 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	127 (1)	Aug 27	BRO		CHC	W,7-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	128	Aug 28	BRO		CIN	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
65	129	Aug 29	BRO		CIN	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	130	Aug 30	BRO		STL	W,20-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	133 (2)	Sep 2	BRO		MLN	L,8-9	GS	38	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
68	136 (2)	Sep 5	BRO	@	NYG	W,16-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	137	Sep 6	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-3	GF	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	138	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,6-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
71	140 (1)	Sep 9	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-0	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	142 (1)	Sep 11	BRO	@	MLN	L,8-9		19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
73	143	Sep 12	BRO	@	MLN	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	144	Sep 13	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
75	145	Sep 14	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
76	146	Sep 15	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	148 (1)	Sep 17	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	149	Sep 19	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	150	Sep 20 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	151	Sep 20 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
81	152	Sep 22	BRO		PIT	W,5-4	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							88gm		395.2	84	5	1	90	1