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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Team Record in Appearances: 22-11 / in Starts: 20-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 0

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	43	2	Apr 18	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	1.00	2.11	34	6	14	4	0	5	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.619	4.58	1.02%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	44	5	Apr 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS-1	L(1-1)	7	0.0	2	5	5	3	0	1	0	6.00	4.55	5	0	0	0	0	2	23			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.432	5.16	-0.75%	-5.00	1b start a 1	1b --- 0 out d4
3	45	7	Apr 28	CIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	W(2-1)	1	9.0	5	2	2	6	3	0	0	4.00	4.44	35	12	10	2	3	4	66			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	.79	0.068	2.12	0.11%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	46	13	May 6	CIN		NYG	W,9-1	CG	W(3-1)	7	9.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.00	3.63	33	10	11	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.254	2.24	0.53%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
5	47	17	May 11	CIN	@	STL	W,12-5	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	8	5	4	2	5	1	0	3.25	3.72	37	13	9	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	.42	0.020	1.57	0.05%	-0.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
6	48	22	May 15	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.00	3.55	35	16	6	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.308	4.22	0.98%	2.71	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a3
7	49	26	May 20	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-13	GS-3	L(5-2)	4	2.2	6	6	6	2	0	1	0	3.97	3.92	16	2	6	0	0	6	20			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.549	6.49	-1.44%	-4.73	1b start a 1	3b --- 2 out d3
8	50	29	May 25(2)	CIN		STL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(5-3)	4	6.1	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.17	4.09	29	10	8	0	0	7	43			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.160	2.95	-0.41%	-1.45	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d3
9	51	33	May 28	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-4	L(5-4)	2	4.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.07	19	6	6	1	0	6	33			0	1	0	18	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.03	-0.260	4.45	-0.67%	-2.06	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	52	37	Jun 1	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	3	2	2	5	3	0	0	4.16	4.06	34	9	14	1	0	3	71			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.537	6.51	1.53%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	53	42	Jun 5	CIN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	10	2	2	5	5	0	0	3.91	4.00	40	13	7	2	0	10	59			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	2	0	0	.70	0.173	4.22	0.63%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	54	46	Jun 9(2)	CIN		BRO	W,6-2	CG	W(8-4)	3	9.0	5	2	2	6	3	0	0	3.71	4.03	36	14	8	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.18	0.234	7.69	0.92%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	55	49	Jun 14	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(8-5)	4	8.0	8	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.48	3.89	32	10	9	3	0	8	63			0	1	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.073	4.34	0.27%	2.19	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
14	56	55	Jun 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.1	6	3	2	4	4	1	0	3.41	3.99	31	11	6	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.105	5.94	-0.29%	0.22	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out tie
15	57	59	Jun 23(2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-5)	2	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	1	3.13	3.90	31	14	6	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.615	8.48	2.48%	4.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
16	58	63	Jun 30(2)	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	GS-4		6	4.0	7	6	5	1	1	1	0	3.41	3.99	20	7	4	1	0	7	26			1	0	0	19	2	1	0	1	0	1	.78	-0.379	4.06	-1.18%	-4.03	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	59	67	Jul 4(2)	CIN		PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	3	1	1	7	2	0	0	3.24	4.06	36	15	9	2	0	3	72			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.26	0.449	6.09	1.30%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	60	73	Jul 13(2)	CIN		BRO	L,1-3	CG	L(10-6)	8	9.0	10	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.22	3.98	40	17	10	0	0	10	56			0	1	0	38	2	0	1	0	0	4	1.05	0.162	9.21	0.85%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
19	61	78	Jul 19	CIN		BSN	L,7-8	GS-7	L(10-7)	5	6.0	6	4	2	2	2	0	0	3.21	3.95	26	8	8	3	0	6	48			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.036	6.17	-0.11%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a2
20	62	82	Jul 23(1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	3	5	2	0	0	3.24	3.98	30	9	7	0	0	7	48			0	1	0	25	2	0	2	2	0	0	1.32	-0.024	11.95	-0.13%	0.67	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	63	100	Aug 9	CIN		STL	W,7-2	CG	W(11-7)	16	9.0	8	2	2	6	3	0	0	3.17	4.00	40	13	11	1	0	7	60			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	3	0	2	.93	0.204	4.09	0.54%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
22	64	105	Aug 13	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-3		3	2.1	5	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.30	4.04	15	4	3	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.217	6.15	-0.66%	-2.44	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d3
23	65	108	Aug 16(2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-4		2	3.1	5	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.40	4.07	17	5	3	0	0	5	36			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.302	5.27	-0.72%	-2.26	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out tie
24	66	112	Aug 20	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.32	3.96	36	13	7	0	0	7	70			3	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.65	0.116	3.38	0.36%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
25	67	116	Aug 24	CIN		BSN	W,5-0	SHO	W(13-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	5	9	0	0	3.15	3.90	36	13	5	1	0	4	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.411	3.37	0.87%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	68	122	Aug 30	CIN		BRO	L,2-6	GS-7	L(13-8)	5	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	2	0	3.23	3.98	28	7	8	0	0	8	48			1	0	1	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.120	2.84	-0.25%	-0.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	69	127	Sep 2(2)	CIN		STL	L,4-7	GS-4	L(13-9)	2	3.2	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.36	4.04	19	6	5	0	0	7	30			1	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.302	2.00	-0.34%	-2.52	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d1
28	70	131	Sep 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-6	5-GF	W(14-9)	4	5.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.27	3.98	19	6	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.01	0.427	6.26	0.80%	2.37	5b --- 0 out d3	9b end a 1
29	71	135	Sep 12	CIN	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	W(15-9)	4	9.0	11	4	3	1	3	1	1	3.26	4.00	39	12	11	0	2	11	53			0	1	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	1	.36	0.225	.27	0.10%	0.44	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
30	72	140	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	9	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.26	3.98	36	8	11	1	0	9	52			2	0	0	31	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.17	0.038	.16	0.00%	1.19	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	73	145	Sep 21(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS-4		4	3.2	9	7	7	2	2	0	0	3.50	3.98	22	2	7	0	0	9	15			1	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.377	.00	0.00%	-5.29	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 2 out d6
32	74	149	Sep 25(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(16-9)	3	9.0	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.36	3.97	34	20	6	2	0	2	81			3	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	.81	0.374	.00	0.00%	4.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
33	75	155	Sep 29	CIN		PIT	W,11-3	4-6		3	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.32	3.96	11	3	4	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.122	.00	0.00%	1.48	4t --- 0 out a2	6t 3 out a7
							22-11		W-L:16-9	3.7	225.1	197	90	83	96	103	10	2	3.32	3.96	951	1.30		5%	1%	195	54	0	---%	14	6	1	846	35	8	5	28	0	16	.99	2.166	4.28	6.36%	20.58

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