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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MIN	@	TEX	W,11-4	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 9	MIN	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
3	3	Apr 10	MIN	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 11	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 12	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	40	9.1	1	0	1	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 13	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 15	MIN		CAL	L,3-7	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 16	MIN		CAL	W,10-4	GS	33	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 18	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 19	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 20 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	2	5	0	SS
12	16 (4)	Apr 26	MIN		TEX	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	23 (6)	May 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-8	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
14	24	May 11 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
15	28 (3)	May 15	MIN		CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
16	29	May 16	MIN		MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
17	30	May 17	MIN		MIL	W,8-7	GS	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
18	31	May 18	MIN		MIL	W,6-0	GS	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
19	32	May 19	MIN		DET	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
20	33	May 20	MIN		DET	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
21	34	May 21	MIN		DET	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
22	35	May 23	MIN	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS	26	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
23	36	May 24	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
24	37	May 25	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
25	38	May 26	MIN	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
26	39	May 27	MIN	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
27	40	May 28	MIN	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
28	41	May 30	MIN		BOS	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
29	42	May 31	MIN		BOS	L,8-12	GS	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	43	Jun 1	MIN		BOS	L,9-11	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
31	44	Jun 3	MIN		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
32	45	Jun 4	MIN		NYY	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	2	6	1	3B
33	46	Jun 5	MIN		NYY	L,4-7	GS	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B SS
34	47	Jun 6	MIN	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	41	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
35	48	Jun 7	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
36	49	Jun 8	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
37	50	Jun 9	MIN	@	CLE	W,11-10	CG	50	11.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
38	51	Jun 10	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	49	12.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
39	52	Jun 11	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
40	55 (2)	Jun 15	MIN		BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
41	56	Jun 16	MIN		OAK	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
42	57	Jun 17 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
43	58	Jun 17 (2)	MIN		OAK	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
44	59	Jun 18	MIN		OAK	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
45	61 (1)	Jun 20	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
46	62	Jun 21	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-3	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
47	63	Jun 22 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
48	65 (1)	Jun 23	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
49	66	Jun 24	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS	36	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
50	68 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
51	69	Jun 27 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	W,8-5	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
52	70	Jun 28	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
53	71	Jun 29	MIN	@	TEX	L,7-9	GS	27	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	81 (9)	Jul 6 (2)	MIN		TEX	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
55	83 (1)	Jul 8	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	32	6.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
56	88 (4)	Jul 12 susp	MIN	@	NYY	L,7-8		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
57	90 (1)	Jul 18	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-9	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
58	91	Jul 19	MIN		NYY	W,2-1	GF	17	3.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH SS
59	92	Jul 20 (1)	MIN		NYY	L,2-14	GS	49	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
60	93	Jul 20 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,4-5	GS	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
61	94	Jul 21	MIN		NYY	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
62	95	Jul 22	MIN		BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
63	96	Jul 23	MIN		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
64	98 (1)	Jul 25	MIN	@	CAL	W,12-1	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
65	99	Jul 26 (1)	MIN	@	CAL	W,9-4	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
66	100	Jul 26 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
67	101	Jul 27	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
68	102	Jul 28	MIN		KCR	W,9-8	GS	35	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
69	103	Jul 29	MIN		KCR	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
70	104	Jul 30	MIN		KCR	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
71	105	Jul 31	MIN		KCR	W,7-2	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	106	Aug 1	MIN		CHW	L,1-5	CG	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
73	107	Aug 2 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,4-1	GS	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
74	109 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,7-4	GS	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
75	112 (2)	Aug 5	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-6	GF	20	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
76	113	Aug 6	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	114	Aug 7	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
78	115	Aug 8	MIN	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
79	116	Aug 9	MIN	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
80	117	Aug 10	MIN	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
81	119 (1)	Aug 12	MIN		MIL	L,4-7	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
82	120	Aug 13	MIN		MIL	W,5-2	GS	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
83	125 (4)	Aug 19	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
84	126	Aug 20	MIN		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
85	129 (2)	Aug 24	MIN		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	138 (8)	Sep 7	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-1	GF	17	4.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
87	139	Sep 9 (1)	MIN		TEX	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
88	140	Sep 9 (2)	MIN		TEX	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
89	141	Sep 10	MIN		TEX	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
90	142	Sep 12 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
91	144 (1)	Sep 13	MIN		OAK	L,5-8	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
92	145	Sep 14	MIN		OAK	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
93	146	Sep 15	MIN		CAL	W,7-6	CG	48	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
94	147	Sep 16	MIN		CAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
95	148	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
96	149	Sep 18	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
97	150	Sep 19	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
98	151	Sep 20	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
99	152	Sep 21	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
100	153	Sep 22	MIN	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
101	155 (1)	Sep 24	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
102	156	Sep 25	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
103	157	Sep 26	MIN		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
104	158	Sep 27	MIN		CHW	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
105	159	Sep 28	MIN		CHW	L,4-6	CG	47	10.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
							108gm		810.1	147	261	26	434	41