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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC		LAD	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	2	Apr 12	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
4	4	Apr 15	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	7 (2)	Apr 18	CHC	@	LAD	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	8	Apr 19	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
7	10 (1)	Apr 22	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	18 (7)	May 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
9	19	May 3 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
10	20	May 3 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	21	May 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	8	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
12	22	May 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	23	May 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	27 (3)	May 10 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,10-9	GS	53	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
15	28	May 10 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	39	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
16	29	May 11	CHC		MLN	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	30	May 12	CHC		MLN	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	31	May 13	CHC		CIN	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
19	32	May 14	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
20	33	May 16	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	34	May 17 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
22	35	May 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
23	36	May 19	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
24	37	May 20	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	GS	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
25	38	May 21	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
26	39	May 22	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	50	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	40	May 23	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
28	41	May 24	CHC		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	42	May 25	CHC	@	STL	W,9-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF LF
30	43	May 27	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	44	May 28	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	45	May 29	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-4	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
33	46	May 30	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
34	47	May 31	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	48	Jun 3	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	49	Jun 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
37	50	Jun 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-5	GS	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
38	51	Jun 6	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-2	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF LF
39	52	Jun 7 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
40	53	Jun 7 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	54	Jun 8	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
42	55	Jun 9	CHC		CIN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
43	56	Jun 10	CHC		CIN	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	57	Jun 11	CHC		CIN	L,0-8	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
45	58	Jun 12	CHC		MLN	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	59	Jun 13	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
47	60	Jun 14	CHC		MLN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	62 (1)	Jun 17	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF CF
49	64 (1)	Jun 19	CHC		PHI	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	65	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	66	Jun 21	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	GS	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
52	67	Jun 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
53	68	Jun 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	69	Jun 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
55	70	Jun 26	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
56	71	Jun 27	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-1	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
57	72	Jun 28	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	73	Jun 30	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	74	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
60	75	Jul 2	CHC		SFG	W,10-4	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
61	76	Jul 3	CHC		SFG	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	77	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	79 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
64	80	Jul 5 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
65	82 (1)	Jul 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	18	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	83	Jul 11	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	84	Jul 12 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	86 (1)	Jul 14	CHC		MLN	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	87	Jul 15	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
70	88	Jul 16	CHC		MLN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	89	Jul 17	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	90	Jul 18	CHC		CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	91	Jul 20	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	92	Jul 21	CHC	@	STL	W,8-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
75	93	Jul 22	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	95 (1)	Jul 24	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS	47	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
77	96	Jul 25	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS	21	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
78	97	Jul 26	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-3	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
79	98	Jul 28	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF RF
80	99	Jul 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	100	Jul 30	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	101	Jul 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	102	Aug 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	104 (1)	Aug 4	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
85	105	Aug 5	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
86	106	Aug 6	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
87	107	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
88	108	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	61	14.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
89	109	Aug 9	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
90	110	Aug 11	CHC		LAD	W,5-4	GS	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
91	112 (1)	Aug 13	CHC		SFG	W,20-9	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
92	113	Aug 14	CHC		SFG	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	115 (1)	Aug 16	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
94	116	Aug 17	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
95	118 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	T,7-7	CG	54	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF
96	119	Aug 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF
97	120	Aug 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	121	Aug 22 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
99	122	Aug 22 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
100	125 (2)	Aug 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	126	Aug 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
102	127	Aug 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
103	129 (1)	Aug 29	CHC		MLN	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
104	130	Aug 30	CHC		MLN	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	131	Sep 2	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
106	132	Sep 3	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-8	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
107	133	Sep 4	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
108	134	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-0	GS	40	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF LF
109	136 (1)	Sep 7	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
110	139 (2)	Sep 10 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	149 (9)	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,4-11	GF	20	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF CF
112	150	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	151	Sep 22	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
114	152	Sep 23	CHC		SFG	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
115	154 (1)	Sep 26	CHC		LAD	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	155	Sep 27	CHC		LAD	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							140gm		895.1	224	9	3	236	4