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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 8	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 10	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
5	5	Apr 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
6	6	Apr 13	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
7	7	Apr 14	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 17	MIN		CAL	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
9	9	Apr 18	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
10	12 (2)	Apr 22	MIN		TEX	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
11	13	Apr 24	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
12	14	Apr 25	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
13	15	Apr 28	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
14	16	Apr 29 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
15	17	Apr 29 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	18	May 2	MIN		CLE	L,4-8	CG	50	10.0	1	7	2	10	2	SS
17	19	May 4	MIN		BOS	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
18	21 (1)	May 6	MIN		BOS	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
19	22	May 8	MIN		NYY	L,4-14	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
20	23	May 9	MIN		NYY	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
21	24	May 11	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
22	25	May 12	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
23	26	May 13	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
24	27	May 14 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	1	6	0	7	0	SS
25	28	May 14 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	43	11.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
26	29	May 15	MIN	@	TEX	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
27	30	May 16	MIN		CHW	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
28	31	May 17	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
29	32	May 18	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
30	33	May 19	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
31	34	May 20 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
32	35	May 20 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
33	36	May 22	MIN		KCR	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
34	37	May 23	MIN		KCR	W,8-6	CG	47	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
35	38	May 24	MIN		KCR	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
36	39	May 25	MIN		KCR	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
37	40	May 26	MIN		BAL	L,2-7	CG	35	7.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
38	41	May 28	MIN		BAL	W,10-3	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
39	44 (2)	May 31	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	47 (2)	Jun 3	MIN		DET	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
41	48	Jun 6 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	66	15.0	2	7	2	11	1	SS
42	50 (1)	Jun 8	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
43	51	Jun 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	2	8	1	11	2	SS
44	52	Jun 10	MIN	@	BAL	W,11-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
45	53	Jun 11	MIN		MIL	L,6-10	GS	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
46	54	Jun 12	MIN		MIL	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
47	55	Jun 13	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	79 (23)	Jul 7 (1)	MIN		NYY	W,9-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	80	Jul 7 (2)	MIN		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
50	81	Jul 8	MIN		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
51	84 (2)	Jul 11	MIN		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
52	86 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	MIN		CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
53	87	Jul 13	MIN		CLE	L,2-11	CG	49	9.0	2	9	0	11	3	SS
54	88	Jul 14	MIN		CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	9	0	9	0	SS
55	89	Jul 15	MIN		CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
56	91 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
57	94 (2)	Jul 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
58	95	Jul 21	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
59	96	Jul 22	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
60	98 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,7-5	GS	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
61	99	Jul 27	MIN		OAK	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	100	Jul 28	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
63	101	Jul 29	MIN		CHW	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
64	102	Jul 30	MIN		CHW	L,1-9	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
65	103	Jul 31	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	44	10.2	1	8	1	10	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	104	Aug 1	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
67	105	Aug 2	MIN	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
68	106	Aug 3	MIN		KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
69	107	Aug 4	MIN		KCR	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
70	108	Aug 5	MIN		KCR	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
71	109	Aug 7 (1)	MIN		BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
72	110	Aug 7 (2)	MIN		BAL	L,4-10	GS	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
73	111	Aug 8	MIN		BAL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
74	112	Aug 9	MIN		BAL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
75	113	Aug 10	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
76	119 (5)	Aug 17	MIN	@	CLE	W,14-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
77	133 (13)	Aug 31	MIN	@	TEX	W,11-2	GS	23	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	134	Sep 1	MIN	@	TEX	W,10-7	GS	22	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
79	135	Sep 2	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-2	GS	30	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
80	136	Sep 3	MIN	@	KCR	W,11-5	GS	33	7.0	0	4	3	7	0	SS
81	139 (2)	Sep 7	MIN		CHW	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
82	140	Sep 8	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
83	141	Sep 9	MIN		CHW	L,7-10	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
84	142	Sep 10	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
85	143	Sep 11	MIN		TEX	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
86	144	Sep 12	MIN		TEX	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
87	145	Sep 14	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
88	146	Sep 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
89	147	Sep 16	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
90	148	Sep 17	MIN	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
91	149	Sep 18	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
92	150	Sep 19	MIN		OAK	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
93	151	Sep 20 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	GS	22	5.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
94	160 (8)	Sep 28	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
95	161	Sep 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	45	10.2	2	5	0	7	1	SS
96	162	Sep 30	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
							96gm		797.0	131	326	24	481	50