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Jason Thompson

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: July 6, 1954 in Hollywood, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 15th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Apple Valley HS (Apple Valley, CA) and the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Apple Valley HS (Apple Valley, CA)

School: California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 23, 1976 (Age 21-292d, 13,747th in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 23, 1986 (Age 31-352d)
vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Jason Dolph Thompson

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.0

4802

1253

208

.261

640

RBI

782

OBP

.366

SLG

.438

OPS

.804

OPS+

122

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

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	DET		TOR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
2	2	Apr 8	DET		TOR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
3	3	Apr 9	DET		TOR	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
4	4	Apr 11	DET	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
5	5	Apr 12	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
6	6	Apr 14	DET	@	TOR	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
7	7	Apr 15	DET	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
8	8	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
9	9	Apr 17	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
10	10	Apr 22	DET		TEX	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
11	11	Apr 23 (1)	DET		TEX	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
12	12	Apr 23 (2)	DET		TEX	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
13	13	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	1B
14	14	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
15	15	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
16	16	Apr 28	DET	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
17	17	Apr 29	DET	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
18	18	Apr 30	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	8	2	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 2	DET	@	CAL	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
20	20	May 3	DET	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
21	21	May 5	DET	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
22	22	May 6	DET	@	OAK	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
23	23	May 7	DET	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
24	24	May 9	DET		CAL	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
25	25	May 12	DET		OAK	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
26	26	May 13	DET		OAK	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
27	27	May 14	DET		OAK	W,15-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
28	28	May 15	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
29	29	May 16	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	63	16.0	22	1	0	23	2	1B
30	30	May 17	DET	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
31	31	May 18	DET	@	MIL	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
32	32	May 19	DET		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	4	1B
33	33	May 20	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	4	1B
34	34	May 21 (1)	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
35	35	May 21 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
36	36	May 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
37	37	May 24 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
38	38	May 24 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
39	39	May 25	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
40	40	May 26	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
41	41	May 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
42	42	May 28 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
43	43	May 28 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
44	44	May 29	DET		BAL	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
45	45	May 30	DET		BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
46	46	May 31	DET		MIL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	47	Jun 1	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
48	48	Jun 2	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
49	49	Jun 3	DET		MIN	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
50	50	Jun 4	DET		MIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
51	51	Jun 6	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
52	52	Jun 7	DET	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
53	53	Jun 9	DET		KCR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
54	54	Jun 10	DET		KCR	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
55	55	Jun 11	DET		KCR	W,5-2	CG	38	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
56	56	Jun 12	DET		MIL	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
57	57	Jun 13	DET		MIL	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
58	58	Jun 14	DET	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	10	1	1	12	3	1B
59	59	Jun 15	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
60	60	Jun 16	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
61	61	Jun 17	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
62	62	Jun 18	DET	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
63	63	Jun 20	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	20	0	0	20	1	1B
64	64	Jun 21	DET	@	TOR	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
65	65	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
66	66	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
67	67	Jun 24	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
68	68	Jun 25	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
69	69	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
70	70	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
71	71	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	4	1B
72	72	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
73	73	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
74	74	Jun 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	75	Jul 1	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
76	76	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
77	77	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
78	78	Jul 3	DET		TOR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
79	79	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
80	80	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
81	81	Jul 6	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
82	82	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
83	83	Jul 8	DET	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
84	84	Jul 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	53	12.1	12	1	0	13	1	1B
85	85	Jul 13	DET	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
86	86	Jul 14	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
87	87	Jul 15	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
88	88	Jul 16	DET	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
89	89	Jul 17	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	15	0	1	16	2	1B
90	90	Jul 18	DET	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
91	91	Jul 19	DET	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
92	92	Jul 21 (1)	DET		CAL	L,2-4	CG	53	11.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
93	93	Jul 21 (2)	DET		CAL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
94	94	Jul 22	DET		CAL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
95	95	Jul 23 (1)	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
96	96	Jul 23 (2)	DET		CAL	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
97	97	Jul 24	DET		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
98	98	Jul 25	DET		OAK	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
99	99	Jul 26	DET		BAL	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
100	100	Jul 27	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
101	101	Jul 28	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
102	102	Jul 29	DET		SEA	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
103	103	Jul 30	DET		SEA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
104	104	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	54	13.1	18	2	0	20	3	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	105	Aug 1	DET	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
106	106	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
107	107	Aug 4	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
108	108	Aug 5	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
109	109	Aug 6	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
110	110	Aug 8	DET		TEX	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
111	111	Aug 9	DET		TEX	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
112	112	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
113	113	Aug 12	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
114	114	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,10-2	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
115	118 (3)	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
116	119	Aug 18	DET	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
117	126 (6)	Aug 24	DET		TOR	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
118	127	Aug 25	DET		MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
119	128	Aug 26	DET		MIL	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
120	129	Aug 27	DET		MIL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
121	130	Aug 28	DET		MIL	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
122	131	Aug 29	DET		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
123	132	Aug 31	DET		MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	133	Sep 1	DET	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
125	134	Sep 2	DET	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
126	135	Sep 3	DET	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	31	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
127	136	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
128	137	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
129	138	Sep 5	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
130	139	Sep 6	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
131	140	Sep 8	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
132	141	Sep 9	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	14	0	1	15	1	1B
133	142	Sep 10	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
134	143	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
135	144	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
136	145	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
137	146	Sep 15	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	17	1	0	18	3	1B
138	149 (2)	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
139	150	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
140	151	Sep 20	DET		BOS	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
141	152	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
142	153	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	46	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
143	154	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
144	155	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
145	156	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
146	157	Sep 26	DET	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
147	158	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
148	159	Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
149	160	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
150	161	Sep 30	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
151	162	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
							151gm		1353.2	1503	92	11	1606	153