Gene Thompson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 7, 1917 in Latham, IL us

Died: August 24, 2006 in Scottsdale, AZ

Buried: Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ

Debut: April 26, 1939 (Age 21-323d, 8,651st in major league history)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 4, 1947 (Age 30-027d)
vs. BRO 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 6 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Eugene Earl Thompson

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1940 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.3

ERA

3.26

185

686.2

315

WHIP

1.354

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-11 / in Starts: 20-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 89 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	63 (29-25-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 89 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (29-18-9)

Most Driven In
J Rizzo	3
E Lombardi	3
H Craft	3
M McCormick	1
M Arnovich	1
E Joost	0
B Myers	0

Most Driven In By
I Goodman	2
B Werber	2
M McCormick	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	43	2 (1)	Apr 18	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.19	-0.122	3.26	-0.20%	-1.25	P
2	44	5 (2)	Apr 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	45	7 (1)	Apr 28	CIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.33	-0.031	.88	-0.05%	-0.91	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	46	13 (5)	May 6	CIN		NYG	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.48	-0.014	1.65	-0.03%	-0.33	P
5	47	17 (3)	May 11	CIN	@	STL	W,12-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.98	0.114	3.67	0.26%	0.39	P
6	48	22 (4)	May 15	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.294	.516	9	.37	0.006	1.95	0.02%	0.00	P
7	49	26 (3)	May 20	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-13	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.294	.516	9	1.69	-0.018	7.37	-0.05%	-0.18	P
8	50	29 (2)	May 25 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.316	.566	9	.77	0.019	3.32	0.05%	0.10	P
9	51	33 (3)	May 28	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.300	.538	9	1.03	-0.026	4.44	-0.07%	-0.23	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	52	37 (3)	Jun 1	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.174	.208	.261	.469	9	1.11	-0.108	5.28	-0.31%	-1.18	P
11	53	42 (4)	Jun 5	CIN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.192	.222	.308	.530	9	.82	0.184	4.94	0.67%	1.45	P
12	54	46 (3)	Jun 9 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.367	.625	9	1.14	0.095	7.48	0.38%	0.15	P
13	55	49 (2)	Jun 14	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.375	.648	9	.66	-0.007	4.07	-0.03%	-0.04	P
14	56	55 (5)	Jun 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.278	.371	.649	9	.44	0.001	2.02	0.00%	0.21	P
15	57	59 (3)	Jun 23 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.243	.263	.351	.615	9	1.10	-0.089	7.39	-0.36%	-1.34	P
16	58	63 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.256	.342	.599	9	.74	-0.019	3.84	-0.06%	-0.23	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	59	67 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.262	.341	.603	9	.74	0.058	3.58	0.17%	0.36	P
18	60	73 (5)	Jul 13 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.244	.318	.563	9	1.11	-0.087	9.76	-0.46%	-0.62	P
19	61	78 (4)	Jul 19	CIN		BSN	L,7-8	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.271	.362	.633	9	.41	-0.008	2.15	-0.02%	-0.17	P
20	62	82 (3)	Jul 23 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.255	.340	.595	9	1.14	-0.093	10.34	-0.51%	-0.72	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	63	100 (17)	Aug 9	CIN		STL	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.255	.333	.588	9	.42	0.086	1.85	0.23%	1.25	P
22	64	105 (4)	Aug 13	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.250	.327	.577	9	1.67	-0.038	8.48	-0.12%	-0.35	P
23	65	108 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-4	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.259	.351	.609	9	1.23	0.017	4.92	0.04%	0.11	P
24	66	112 (3)	Aug 20	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.250	.339	.589	9	.71	-0.035	3.68	-0.11%	-0.26	P
25	67	116 (3)	Aug 24	CIN		BSN	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.238	.323	.561	9	.69	-0.056	2.45	-0.12%	-0.76	P
26	68	122 (5)	Aug 30	CIN		BRO	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.231	.313	.543	9	1.49	-0.080	5.25	-0.17%	-0.59	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	69	127 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	CIN		STL	L,4-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.227	.308	.535	9	.67	-0.016	1.26	-0.02%	-0.16	P
28	70	131 (3)	Sep 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-6	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.235	.303	.538	9	1.21	0.019	3.76	0.04%	0.03	P
29	71	135 (3)	Sep 12	CIN	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.250	.314	.564	9	.62	0.062	.46	0.03%	1.74	P
30	72	140 (4)	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.253	.315	.568	9	.89	-0.024	.12	0.00%	-0.09	P
31	73	145 (4)	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.250	.311	.561	9	.99	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
32	74	149 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.238	.295	.532	9	.42	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-1.02	P
33	75	155 (5)	Sep 29	CIN		PIT	W,11-3	4-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.228	.247	.304	.551	9	.24	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.06	P
							22-11		89	79	5	18	4	1	0	11	2	0	26	0	8		0	1	0	0	.228	.247	.304	.551		.80	-0.264	3.58	-0.80%	-4.82

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