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: 6-22 / in Starts: 5-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 8

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	103	3	Apr 16	CIN		PIT	W,8-7	GS-4		99	3.2	7	7	5	5	0	0	0	12.27	6.16	22	5	5	0	0	7	18			1	1	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	-0.426	2.84	-0.53%	-3.66	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out tie
2	104	11	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	W,9-5	6-GF	W(1-0)	9	4.0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.87	4.94	17	7	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.90	0.135	1.88	0.17%	1.74	6t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 4
3	105	15	Apr 30	CIN		BRO	L,8-11	5-8		3	2.1	5	3	2	3	0	1	0	6.30	6.47	16	6	2	0	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.95	-0.707	3.18	-0.69%	-4.39	5t 1-- 2 out d1	8t -23 0 out tie
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	106	18	May 3	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	2-8		2	6.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.78	4.35	24	10	9	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	.16	0.018	.23	0.02%	2.23	2t -2- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d5
5	107	25	May 12	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	8	9.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.81	3.71	30	13	13	2	0	1	80			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.358	2.30	0.51%	2.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
6	108	29	May 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-7	GS-4	L(2-1)	3	4.0	6	7	2	3	1	0	1	3.03	3.82	22	7	4	0	0	6	30			1	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	.61	-0.331	.95	-0.31%	-5.25	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
7	109	34	May 23	CIN	@	STL	L,3-6	6-7	L(2-2)	6	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.56	3.88	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	-0.020	2.84	-0.02%	-0.11	6b -23 1 out tie	7b -23 0 out tie
8	110	42	May 30(2)	CIN		STL	L,5-10	GS-2	L(2-3)	6	1.2	2	5	2	4	0	1	0	3.94	4.57	12	5	1	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.357	2.19	-0.34%	-4.22	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d5
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
9	111	53	Jun 9	CIN		NYG	L,1-3	GS-1	L(2-4)	9	0.1	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	4.45	4.73	5	1	1	0	0	1	37			1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	-0.233	2.09	-0.20%	-2.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d2
10	112	64	Jun 23	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		13	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	4.65	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
11	113	66	Jun 25	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-4	3-GF(8)		1	5.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	3.72	4.27	16	6	6	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.047	.46	0.07%	2.51	3b -2- 2 out d4	8b end d 4
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
12	114	74	Jul 5(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	7-7		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	4.21	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.038	.53	0.02%	0.45	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
13	115	78	Jul 11(1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-5	6-8		5	3.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.38	4.09	12	5	4	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.14	-0.016	.16	-0.01%	0.30	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
14	116	84	Jul 15(2)	CIN		BSN	L,2-7	6-7		3	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.43	4.02	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.012	.04	0.00%	-0.13	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
15	117	90	Jul 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	3.94	6	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.89	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 4
16	118	92	Jul 25	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-6	GS-8	W(3-4)	2	7.1	11	5	2	2	4	1	0	3.17	3.89	35	10	8	1	0	11	44			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	1	.53	0.187	.01	0.00%	-1.72	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a3
17	119	98	Jul 31	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-2	GS-9	W(4-4)	5	8.0	3	2	2	7	1	0	0	3.05	3.96	34	11	12	0	0	3	62			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.77	0.231	.01	0.00%	1.56	1b start a 1	9b 123 0 out a5
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
18	120	103	Aug 5	CIN		STL	L,0-5	4-GF		4	6.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.78	3.73	22	12	6	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	2	.15	0.014	.00	0.00%	1.61	4t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
19	121	106	Aug 9(1)	CIN		CHC	L,8-10	8-9		3	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.70	3.77	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.87	8t --- 0 out d4	9t 3 out d4
20	122	108	Aug 11	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-5)	1	7.0	7	3	1	4	4	0	0	2.57	3.67	32	12	5	1	0	7	55			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	-0.152	.00	0.00%	0.13	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
21	123	112	Aug 16(2)	CIN	@	STL	L,3-6	5-6		4	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.53	3.69	7	1	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.32	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.05	5b 1-3 2 out d3	6b 3 out d4
22	124	115	Aug 19	CIN		PIT	L,2-9	6-6		2	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.76	3.69	2	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-2.56	6t 123 0 out d1	6t 1-- 0 out d5
23	125	118	Aug 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	7-GF(11)	L(4-6)	2	4.1	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.72	3.69	16	6	3	0	0	4		2	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	0.179	.00	0.00%	1.82	7b 12- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
24	126	122	Aug 26	CIN		NYG	L,2-11	4-7		3	3.2	7	7	5	3	3	0	0	3.13	3.66	23	4	6	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	19	3	0	1	0	0	2	.28	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-5.47	4t --- 0 out d3	7t 1-- 2 out d10
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
25	127	129	Sep 1	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	GS-5		5	4.2	5	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.26	3.69	21	6	5	1	0	5	39			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.239	.00	0.00%	-1.39	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d1
26	128	132	Sep 4	CIN		STL	L,3-5	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	3.67	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.43	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
27	129	133	Sep 5	CIN		STL	L,2-3	7-GF	L(4-7)	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.22	3.63	13	3	5	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.142	.00	0.00%	0.30	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
28	130	144	Sep 17	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-11	2-6		11	4.1	6	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.44	3.76	22	8	4	1	0	6		3	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-3.52	2b 123 2 out d3	6b 3 out d9
29	131	148	Sep 20(2)	CIN	@	PIT	T,3-3	GS-3		2	2.2	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	3.35	3.69	11	4	1	0	0	2	54			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.13	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out tie
							6-22		W-L:4-7	4.0	102.0	86	60	38	54	34	5	2	3.35	3.69	448	1.43		5%	0%	86	45	15	53%	6	5	0	384	14	1	4	7	0	14	.82	-1.707	.67	-1.31%	-16.47

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