Bobby Thomson

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: October 25, 1923 in Glasgow, United Kingdom gb

Died: August 16, 2010 in Savannah, GA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Curtis HS (Staten Island, NY)

School: St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)

Debut: September 9, 1946 (Age 22-319d, 10,170th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 17, 1960 (Age 36-266d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Robert Brown Thomson

Nicknames: Flying Scot or The Staten Island Scot

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.6

6305

1705

264

.270

903

RBI

1026

OBP

.332

SLG

.462

OPS

.794

OPS+

110

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	MLN		CHC	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 19	MLN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 20	MLN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 21	MLN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,13-5	GS	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
7	7	Apr 30	MLN		STL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	MLN		PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
9	9	May 4	MLN		NYG	W,3-2	GS	35	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
10	10	May 7	MLN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
11	11	May 8	MLN		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	May 11	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	May 12	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
14	14	May 13 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	W,15-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	15	May 13 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
16	16	May 15	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	17	May 16	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	3	0	1	4	0
18	18	May 17	MLN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	19	May 19	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	20	May 20 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 20 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 22	MLN	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
23	23	May 25	MLN		CIN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	24	May 26	MLN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
25	25	May 27	MLN		CIN	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	26	May 28	MLN	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	27	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	28	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 31	MLN	@	CHC	W,15-8	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	30	Jun 1	MLN		PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	31	Jun 2	MLN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	32	Jun 3 (1)	MLN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	Jun 3 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
34	34	Jun 4	MLN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	37 (2)	Jun 7	MLN		BRO	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	39 (1)	Jun 9	MLN		NYG	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
37	40	Jun 10	MLN		NYG	L,3-5	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF CF
38	41	Jun 11	MLN		PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
39	42	Jun 12	MLN		PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	43	Jun 13	MLN		PHI	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	44	Jun 14	MLN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	45	Jun 15	MLN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	46	Jun 16	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	47	Jun 17 (1)	MLN	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
45	48	Jun 17 (2)	MLN	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	49	Jun 18	MLN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	50	Jun 19	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	51	Jun 20	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	52	Jun 21	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
50	53	Jun 22	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	54	Jun 23	MLN	@	NYG	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
52	55	Jun 24 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	56	Jun 24 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	57	Jun 25	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
55	58	Jun 26	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
56	59	Jun 27	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
57	60	Jun 29	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	61	Jun 30	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	63 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
60	64	Jul 2	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
61	65	Jul 3	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-0	GS	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
62	66	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	67	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		STL	W,6-1	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	69 (1)	Jul 6	MLN		CHC	W,5-0	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	70	Jul 7	MLN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
66	71	Jul 8	MLN		CHC	L,6-10	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	72	Jul 12	MLN		BRO	W,2-0	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	73	Jul 13 (1)	MLN		BRO	W,8-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	74	Jul 13 (2)	MLN		BRO	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
70	76 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	77	Jul 15 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,4-1	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	78	Jul 16	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	79	Jul 17	MLN		NYG	L,6-8	GF	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	80	Jul 18	MLN		NYG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	81	Jul 19	MLN		NYG	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	82	Jul 20	MLN		PHI	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	83	Jul 21	MLN		PHI	L,5-8	CG	70	15.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
78	84	Jul 22 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,8-7	GF	22	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	85	Jul 22 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,16-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	86	Jul 24	MLN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	87	Jul 25	MLN	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
82	88	Jul 26	MLN	@	NYG	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	89	Jul 27	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	90	Jul 29	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
85	91	Jul 30	MLN	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
86	92	Jul 31	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	93	Aug 1	MLN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
88	94	Aug 2	MLN	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	95	Aug 3	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
90	98 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-0	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	99	Aug 6	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
92	100	Aug 7	MLN		CHC	W,6-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	101	Aug 8 (1)	MLN		STL	W,10-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
94	103 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	MLN		STL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	104	Aug 9 (2)	MLN		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	105	Aug 10	MLN		CIN	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	106	Aug 11	MLN		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	107	Aug 12	MLN		CIN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	108	Aug 13	MLN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	109	Aug 14	MLN	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
101	110	Aug 15	MLN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	111	Aug 16	MLN	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
103	112	Aug 17	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	113	Aug 18	MLN	@	CIN	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
105	114	Aug 19	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
106	115	Aug 20	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
107	116	Aug 21 (1)	MLN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	117	Aug 21 (2)	MLN		NYG	W,6-2	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
109	118	Aug 22	MLN		NYG	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
110	119	Aug 23	MLN		PHI	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	120	Aug 24	MLN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
112	121	Aug 25	MLN		PHI	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
113	122	Aug 26	MLN		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
114	123	Aug 27	MLN		BRO	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	124	Aug 28	MLN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	125	Aug 29	MLN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
117	126	Aug 30	MLN		PIT	T,1-1	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	129 (2)	Sep 1	MLN		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
119	130	Sep 2	MLN		STL	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
120	131	Sep 3 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
121	132	Sep 3 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	133	Sep 4	MLN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	2	6	1	9	0	3B
123	134	Sep 5	MLN		CIN	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
124	137 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,7-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	138	Sep 9 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
126	139	Sep 11	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-4	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
127	140	Sep 12	MLN	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
128	141	Sep 13 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	54	13.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
129	142	Sep 13 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	42	12.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
130	143	Sep 14	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-13	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
131	144	Sep 15	MLN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
132	145	Sep 17 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
133	146	Sep 17 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
134	147	Sep 18	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
135	148	Sep 20	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
136	149	Sep 21	MLN		CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
137	150	Sep 22	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
138	154 (3)	Sep 29	MLN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	41	11.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
139	155	Sep 30	MLN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							150gm		1093.1	256	17	10	283	0