Bobby Thigpen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: July 17, 1963 in Tallahassee, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 7th round of the 1983 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Seminole State College of Florida (Sanford, FL) and the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

Schools: Seminole State College of Florida (Sanford, FL), Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: August 6, 1986 (Age 23-020d, 15,210th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: April 27, 1994 (Age 30-284d)
vs. NYY 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Robert Thomas Thigpen

Nicknames: Thiggy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.8

ERA

3.43

448

201

568.2

376

WHIP

1.363

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 56 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 6 walk-off, 13 tying, 16 go ahead

3 Tms
CHW	51
SEA	3
PHI	2

Platoon
vs RHB	32
vs LHB	24

Home/Road
Home	30
Away	26

Outs
1	21
0	21
2	14

15 Opps
TOR	9
MIN	6
NYY	6
MIL	6
OAK	5
DET	5
TEX	4
BAL	4
CAL	3
KCR	2
BOS	2
NYM	1
CIN	1
CLE	1
SEA	1

45 Batters
Rob Deer	3
Rubén Sierra	2
George Bell	2
Gary Gaetti	2
Mark McGwire	2
Dave Bergman	2
Darryl Hamilton	2
Jim Leyritz	2
Dave Winfield	2
Mel Hall	2
Cecil Fielder	1
Lee Stevens	1
Julio Franco	1
Roberto Alomar	1
Dave Henderson	1
Willie Randolph	1
Danny Tartabull	1
Thomas Howard	1
Bob Zupcic	1
Chili Davis	1
Steve Balboni	1
David Segui	1
Jim Presley	1
Lou Whitaker	1
Fred McGriff	1
Randy Bush	1
Joe Carter	1
Matt Nokes	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Kent Hrbek	1
Chris Hoiles	1
Dave Parker	1
Nick Esasky	1
Jim Dwyer	1
Cory Snyder	1
Kevin Seitzer	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Scott Leius	1
Tim Bogar	1
Bill Spiers	1
John Olerud	1
Tony Phillips	1
Pete Incaviglia	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Fred Lynn	1

18 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	17
Guaranteed (CHI)	9
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
County Stad (MIL)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	17
7	13
8	10
78	10
89	4

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	12
5	11
Unk	11
3	7
4	6
1	6
6	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	50
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
1--	13
12-	7
123	4
-2-	4
--3	1
-23	1

102 Runs
RISP	17
0 on	26
1 on	18
2 on	8
3 on	4
Any on	30

Inning
5	1
6	2
7	6
8	16
9	30
Extra	1

4-6	3
7-end	53

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	4
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	6
-1	17
-2	5
-3	5
-4..	3

Ahead	20
Tied	6
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	11
1-0	9
2-2	7
1-2	6
0-0	6
1-1	4
3-1	3
0-1	3
0-2	2
2-1	2
2-0	2
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	12
RF	10
DH	8
LF	8
2B	6
CF	3
PH	2
C	2
SS	2
3B	2
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
4th	14
5th	11
7th	7
2nd	7
6th	6
3rd	5
8th	3
1st	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	28
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-09-27 (2)	Gary Gaetti	MIN	@	CHW	behind 2-3	t 9	0	---		1	5	5	33%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1987-04-12	Matt Nokes	DET	@	CHW	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	---		1	3	2	5%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	2	1	1987-04-18	Dave Bergman	DET		CHW	tied 2-2	b 8	2	---		1	7	3	31%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1987-04-26	George Bell	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 3-2	t 8	1	---		1	4	7	13%	84%		Home Run (Deep CF)
5	5	4	2	1987-04-26	Jesse Barfield	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 4-2	t 8	1	---		1	5	9	8%	91%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	5	1	1987-05-10	Fred Lynn	BAL	@	CHW	ahead 3-2	t 8	1	12-		3	5	8	19%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Lacy Scores; C. Ripken Scores
7	7	6	1	1987-05-25	Steve Balboni	KCR	@	CHW	ahead 4-0	t 8	2	1--		2	6	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Tartabull Scores
8	8	7	1	1987-08-07	Rob Deer	MIL	@	CHW	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---		1	4	9	23%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	8	1	1987-09-15	Randy Bush	MIN	@	CHW	behind 0-6	t 9	1	1--		2	2	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Laudner Scores
10	10	9	1	1987-09-17	Jim Presley	SEA	@	CHW	behind 5-8	t 9	1	-23		3	4	PH/DH	32%	44%		Home Run (Deep CF); P. Bradley Scores; A. Davis Scores
11	11	10	1	1987-09-25	Mark McGwire	OAK		CHW	behind 0-1	b 9	0	---		1	3	3	44%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1988-04-29	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	CHW	ahead 7-0	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	3	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	2	1	1988-05-11	Willie Randolph	NYY		CHW	ahead 9-2	b 8	0	12-	5,(2-2) BSBFX	3	2	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Santana Scores; R. Henderson Scores
14	14	3	1	1988-05-19	Cory Snyder	CLE		CHW	tied 0-0	b 9	1	---	6,(1-2) BFSFFX	1	5	9	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
15	15	4	1	1988-08-18	Dave Bergman	DET		CHW	tied 4-4	b 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	4	3	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores/unER
16	16	5	1	1988-09-07	Rob Deer	MIL		CHW	behind 1-7	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	6	1	1988-09-10	Gary Gaetti	MIN	@	CHW	behind 3-4	t 9	1	--3	1,(0-0) .X	2	8	PH	50%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Bush Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1989-04-05	Chili Davis	CAL		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	12-	5,(3-1) .FBBBX	3	6	7	9%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); W. Joyner Scores; C. Washington Scores
19	19	2	1	1989-05-04	Nick Esasky	BOS	@	CHW	behind 2-5	t 8	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	3	11%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Rice Scores
20	20	3	1	1989-05-06	Rickey Henderson	NYY	@	CHW	tied 2-2	t 9	1	12-	4,(2-1) ..BBFX	3	1	7	39%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Tolleson Scores; R. Kelly Scores
21	21	4	1	1989-05-19	Fred McGriff	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 8-3	t 9	2	---	5,(3-1) BSBBX	1	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run
22	22	5	1	1989-05-28	George Bell	TOR		CHW	tied 5-5	b 10	0	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	7	20%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); K. Gruber Scores
23	23	6	1	1989-05-31	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	CHW	behind 2-3	t 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) 1BX	2	3	4	49%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Pettis Scores
24	24	7	1	1989-06-10	Jim Dwyer	MIN		CHW	behind 7-8	b 8	2	123	3,(0-2) FFX	4	7	DH	60%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Castillo Scores; G. Gaetti Scores; G. Larkin Scores
25	25	8	1	1989-06-23 (2)	Rob Deer	MIL		CHW	behind 3-6	b 9	1	---	5,(2-2) SSBBX	1	5	9	3%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	9	1	1989-07-08	Danny Tartabull	KCR		CHW	behind 2-3	b 9	1	---	5,(2-2) FSBBX	1	6	DH	47%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
27	27	10	1	1989-07-31	Tony Phillips	OAK		CHW	behind 1-2	b 9	0	1--	2,(0-1) .LX	2	7	4	68%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Nelson Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1990-04-24	Rubén Sierra	TEX		CHW	behind 1-4	b 9	1	1--	3,(1-1) .BFX	2	4	9	7%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Franco Scores/unER
29	29	2	2	1990-04-24	Pete Incaviglia	TEX		CHW	behind 3-4	b 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	6	7	80%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Bosley Scores
30	30	3	1	1990-05-29	Mel Hall	NYY	@	CHW	behind 3-4	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	5	DH	34%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	4	1	1990-06-24	Dave Henderson	OAK		CHW	behind 0-2	b 9	2	-2-	5,(2-2) B.CBFX	2	2	8	49%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Henderson Scores
32	32	5	1	1990-08-25	Lee Stevens	CAL	@	CHW	behind 0-2	t 9	2	12-	6,(1-2) BCCFFX	3	6	3	75%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Schofield Scores; D. Bichette Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1991-04-21	Cecil Fielder	DET	@	CHW	behind 1-3	t 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	4	3	30%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Whitaker Scores; C. Fielder Scores
34	34	2	1	1991-04-27	Mel Hall	NYY	@	CHW	behind 8-14	t 9	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBCBX	1	5	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Hall Scores
35	35	3	1	1991-05-10	Roberto Alomar	TOR		CHW	behind 1-2	b 9	2	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	2	4	49%	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); R. Alomar Scores
36	36	4	1	1991-05-21	Dave Parker	CAL		CHW	behind 1-2	b 8	2	12-	4,(3-0) BBBX	3	4	DH	65%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball); D. Gallagher Scores; L. Polonia Scores; D. Parker Scores
37	37	5	1	1991-05-24	Mark McGwire	OAK		CHW	behind 3-5	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	7	3	40%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball); T. Steinbach Scores; M. McGwire Scores
38	38	6	1	1991-06-20	Rubén Sierra	TEX	@	CHW	behind 2-3	t 9	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	3	9	57%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); R. Palmeiro Scores; R. Sierra Scores
39	39	7	2	1991-06-20	Julio Franco	TEX	@	CHW	ahead 4-3	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	4	9%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Franco Scores
40	40	8	1	1991-07-12	Bill Spiers	MIL		CHW	behind 5-8	b 9	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	9	6	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Spiers Scores
41	41	9	1	1991-08-12	Chris Hoiles	BAL		CHW	behind 3-4	b 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	47%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Hoiles Scores
42	42	10	1	1991-10-03 (2)	Kent Hrbek	MIN	@	CHW	behind 10-12	t 9	2	-2-	2,(1-0) ..BX	2	8	PH	36%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Sorrento Scores; K. Hrbek Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1992-05-31	Dave Winfield	TOR		CHW	behind 1-2	b 9	1	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	4	DH	47%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Winfield Scores
44	44	2	1	1992-07-10	Bob Zupcic	BOS		CHW	behind 1-2	b 8	2	123	5,(2-2) BCCBX	4	5	7	60%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Vaughn Scores; B. Hatcher Scores; T. Brunansky Scores; B. Zupcic Scores
45	45	3	1	1992-07-26	Darryl Hamilton	MIL		CHW	ahead 7-2	b 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	6	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Diaz Scores; D. Hamilton Scores
46	46	4	1	1992-08-26	Dave Winfield	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 8-0	t 9	0	---	4,(1-2) ..FFBX	1	4	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Winfield Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1993-04-09	Jim Leyritz	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 7-5	t 8	0	123	5,(1-2) FFFBX	4	5	DH	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. Boggs Scores; D. Mattingly Scores; D. Tartabull Scores
48	48	2	1	1993-06-14	Kevin Seitzer	OAK		CHW	ahead 5-2	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) ..CBX	1	5	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
49	49	3	1	1993-07-09	David Segui	BAL		CHW	ahead 8-3	b 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Hoiles Scores
50	50	4	1	1993-07-19	John Olerud	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 12-6	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	4	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	5	1	1993-07-25	Darryl Hamilton	MIL	@	CHW	ahead 5-3	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	8	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	6	1	1993-08-14	Tim Bogar	NYM	@	PHI	ahead 8-5	t 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	4	2%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball)
53	53	7	1	1993-08-28	Thomas Howard	CIN	@	PHI	behind 4-5	t 6	1	12-	5,(0-2) CTFFX	3	1	7	37%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Branson Scores; J. Daugherty Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1994-04-09	Joe Carter	TOR		SEA	tied 6-6	b 9	1	1--	4,(1-2) SB11SX	2	4	9	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. Molitor Scores
55	55	2	1	1994-04-13	Scott Leius	MIN	@	SEA	ahead 8-5	t 7	2	---	6,(2-2) CFB1B>F1.X	1	7	5	6%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	3	1	1994-04-27	Jim Leyritz	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	123	3,(1-1) BCX	4	2	DH	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball); M. Gallego Scores/unER; P. Kelly Scores/unER; R. Velarde Scores

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TOR	9
MIN	6
NYY	6
MIL	6
OAK	5
DET	5
TEX	4
BAL	4
CAL	3
KCR	2
BOS	2
NYM	1
CIN	1
CLE	1
SEA	1

TOR	9
MIN	6
NYY	6
MIL	6
OAK	5
DET	5
TEX	4
BAL	4
CAL	3
KCR	2
BOS	2
NYM	1
CIN	1
CLE	1
SEA	1

TOR	9
MIN	6
NYY	6
MIL	6
OAK	5
DET	5
TEX	4
BAL	4
CAL	3
KCR	2
BOS	2
NYM	1
CIN	1
CLE	1
SEA	1