Danny Thompson

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: February 1, 1947 in Wichita, KS us

Died: December 10, 1976 in Rochester, MN

Buried: Capron Cemetery, Capron, OK

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Capron HS (Capron, OK), the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK), the Washington Senators in the 1st round (11th) of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) and the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (18th) of the 1968 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK).

High School: Capron HS (Capron, OK)

School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)

Debut: June 25, 1970 (Age 23-144d, 13,010th in major league history)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1976 (Age 29-244d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Danny Leon Thompson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

2218

550

.248

189

RBI

194

OBP

.287

SLG

.310

OPS

.596

OPS+

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

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	64 (63)	Jun 25	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
2	65	Jun 26	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
3	66	Jun 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-1	GS	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B 3B
4	67	Jun 28 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-1	GS	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B 3B
5	68	Jun 28 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,10-11	GS	19	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
6	70 (1)	Jun 30	MIN		KCR	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	71	Jul 1	MIN		KCR	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
8	72	Jul 2	MIN		KCR	W,5-2	GS	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
9	73	Jul 3	MIN		CHW	W,8-2	GS	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B SS
10	74	Jul 4	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	CG	50	12.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
11	75	Jul 5	MIN		CHW	W,12-3	GS	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B 3B
12	76	Jul 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
13	77	Jul 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
14	78	Jul 8	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-6	GS	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B 3B
15	79	Jul 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
16	80	Jul 10	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
17	81	Jul 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B 3B
18	82	Jul 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
19	83	Jul 16	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
20	84	Jul 17	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-5	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B 3B
21	85	Jul 18	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
22	87 (1)	Jul 20	MIN		CLE	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	89 (1)	Jul 22	MIN		DET	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	90	Jul 23	MIN		DET	W,2-1	GF	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
25	91	Jul 24	MIN		BAL	W,8-0	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
26	93 (1)	Jul 26	MIN		BAL	L,1-11	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	94	Jul 27	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	95	Jul 28	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
29	96	Jul 29	MIN	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
30	97	Jul 30	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
31	98	Jul 31	MIN	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	45	8.2	3	6	0	9	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	99	Aug 1	MIN	@	DET	W,12-4	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
33	100	Aug 2	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	2B
34	101	Aug 3 (1)	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
35	102	Aug 3 (2)	MIN		MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
36	103	Aug 4	MIN		MIL	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
37	104	Aug 5	MIN		CAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	3	2B
38	105	Aug 6	MIN		CAL	W,2-1	CG	54	14.0	3	9	0	12	1	2B
39	106	Aug 7	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	GS	41	11.0	2	8	1	11	0	SS 2B
40	107	Aug 8	MIN		OAK	W,3-1	GS	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B 3B
41	108	Aug 9 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
42	109	Aug 9 (2)	MIN		OAK	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
43	110	Aug 10	MIN		OAK	L,3-7	GS	34	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
44	111	Aug 11	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	44	10.1	2	5	0	7	0	2B 3B
45	113 (1)	Aug 13	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
46	114	Aug 14	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
47	115	Aug 15 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
48	116	Aug 15 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,7-11	GS	44	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B 3B
49	117	Aug 16	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B 3B
50	118	Aug 18	MIN		NYY	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
51	119	Aug 19	MIN		NYY	W,3-0	GS	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B 3B
52	120	Aug 20	MIN		NYY	L,3-4	GS	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B 3B
53	121	Aug 21	MIN		WSA	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B 3B
54	122	Aug 22	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
55	123	Aug 23	MIN		WSA	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
56	124	Aug 25	MIN		BOS	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
57	125	Aug 26	MIN		BOS	W,7-0	GS	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B 3B
58	126	Aug 27	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B 3B
59	127	Aug 28 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
60	128	Aug 28 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	34	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	2B 3B
61	129	Aug 29	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	130	Aug 30	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	131	Sep 1 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
64	132	Sep 1 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-1	GS	46	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B 3B
65	133	Sep 3	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
66	134	Sep 4	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-0	GS	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B 3B
67	135	Sep 5	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
68	136	Sep 6	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B 3B
69	137	Sep 7 (1)	MIN		MIL	W,7-6	GS	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B 3B
70	138	Sep 7 (2)	MIN		MIL	W,8-3	GS	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 3B
71	139	Sep 8	MIN		MIL	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
72	140	Sep 9	MIN		OAK	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
73	141	Sep 10 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,6-1	GF	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
74	142	Sep 10 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
75	143	Sep 11	MIN		CHW	W,6-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
76	144	Sep 12	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	GF	11	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
77	145	Sep 13	MIN		CHW	L,7-8	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
78	146	Sep 15 (1)	MIN		CAL	W,7-5	GF	9	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	PR 2B
79	147	Sep 15 (2)	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	GS	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B 3B
80	148	Sep 16	MIN		CAL	L,1-5	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
81	149	Sep 17	MIN		CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
82	150	Sep 18	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
83	151	Sep 19	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
84	152	Sep 20	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	29	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
85	153	Sep 21	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	6	2	1	9	1	2B
86	154	Sep 22	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	5	0	11	3	2B
87	155	Sep 23	MIN	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
88	156	Sep 25	MIN	@	KCR	W,1-0	GS	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B SS
89	157	Sep 26	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	GS	23	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
90	158	Sep 27	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS 3B
91	159	Sep 28	MIN		KCR	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
92	160	Sep 29	MIN		KCR	L,13-14	GS	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
93	161	Sep 30	MIN		KCR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
94	162	Oct 1	MIN		KCR	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
							124gm		695.2	156	229	6	391	39