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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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-30 / in Starts: 11-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 133 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	92 (53-22-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 133 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	82 (42-25-13)

Most Driven In
Self	5
P Runnels	3
P Green	2
D Buddin	2
F Malzone	2
G Geiger	1
G Stephens	1
V Wertz	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
L Clinton	3
R Repulski	1
F Malzone	1
D Buddin	1
M Keough	1
P Green	0
G Geiger	0

1960 Batting Game Log

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1960 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	1737	2 (1)	Apr 19	BOS		NYY	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	.50	-0.051	1.10	-0.07%	-0.67	CF
2	1738	3	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	5	.47	-0.043	.96	-0.05%	-0.94	LF
3	1739	4	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	5	.82	-0.106	1.83	-0.14%	-1.05	LF
4	1740	5	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	4	1.47	-0.243	3.17	-0.32%	-2.01	LF
5	1741	6	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.300	.490	5	.67	0.095	1.62	0.14%	1.53	LF
6	1742	7	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	L,10-11	CG	5	5	1	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.308	.600	.908	5	.92	0.255	2.25	0.38%	3.65	LF
7	1743	8	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.276	.323	.552	.874	5	.71	-0.087	1.82	-0.13%	-1.14	LF
8	1744	9	Apr 27	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.313	.533	.846	8	.31	-0.013	.70	-0.02%	-0.73	PH
9	1745	10	Apr 28	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.515	.848	4	.77	-0.015	1.83	-0.02%	-0.13	LF
10	1746	11	Apr 30	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.350	.514	.864	6	1.68	0.274	3.53	0.35%	0.88	LF
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
11	1747	12	May 3	BOS		KCA	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.293	.333	.488	.821	6	2.08	-0.035	4.88	-0.05%	-0.59	LF
12	1748	13	May 4	BOS		KCA	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.327	.455	.781	5	1.65	0.078	4.17	0.12%	0.18	LF
13	1749	14	May 6	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.292	.340	.458	.798	5	1.83	-0.057	4.19	-0.08%	-0.57	CF
14	1750	15	May 7	BOS		DET	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.333	.462	.795	5	.63	-0.023	1.56	-0.03%	-0.29	CF
15	1751	16	May 10	BOS		CHW	W,9-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.328	.446	.774	5	.82	0.028	2.54	0.05%	-0.38	CF
16	1752	17	May 12	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.308	.417	.724	5	2.16	-0.261	6.63	-0.48%	-1.72	CF
17	1753	18	May 14	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.290	.391	.680	5	.94	-0.001	2.98	0.00%	-0.10	CF
18	1754	19	May 15 (1)	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.301	.388	.689	5	1.68	-0.003	4.94	-0.01%	0.12	CF
19	1755	21 (1)	May 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.297	.382	.680	9	.06	-0.001	.15	0.00%	-0.10	PH
20	1756	22	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.236	.282	.361	.643	5	1.45	-0.082	3.23	-0.11%	-1.21	CF
21	1757	23	May 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.278	.356	.635	5	2.83	-0.062	5.74	-0.08%	-0.35	PH
22	1758	24	May 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.275	.351	.626	8	.56	-0.014	1.02	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
23	1759	26 (1)	May 22 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.253	.294	.380	.674	6	1.74	0.160	2.18	0.12%	1.55	CF
24	1760	27	May 24	BOS	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.292	.410	.702	6	.90	-0.081	.95	-0.05%	0.19	CF
25	1761	31 (3)	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.301	.442	.743	4	.69	0.132	.98	0.11%	1.07	CF
26	1762	33 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.298	.437	.735	9	1.47	-0.037	1.51	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
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
27	1763	36 (2)	Jun 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.295	.432	.727	9	.98	-0.022	.87	-0.01%	-0.36	PH
28	1764	37	Jun 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,7-8	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.256	.303	.433	.736	5	1.46	0.115	1.13	0.05%	0.72	CF
29	1765	39 (1)	Jun 4	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-2	GS-7	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.247	.301	.419	.720	5	.63	0.065	.40	0.03%	1.16	CF
30	1766	40	Jun 5 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.308	.426	.733	9	.09	0.004	.07	0.00%	0.12	PH
31	1767	41	Jun 5 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.305	.421	.726	9	.09	-0.002	.06	0.00%	-0.10	PH
32	1768	42	Jun 7	BOS		CLE	L,3-12	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.321	.459	.780	4	.49	0.027	.24	0.01%	1.54	1B
33	1769	43	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.318	.455	.773	9	1.25	-0.032	.52	-0.01%	-0.11	PH
34	1770	46 (2)	Jun 10	BOS		CHW	L,3-13	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.315	.450	.765	9	.22	-0.006	.05	0.00%	-0.36	PH
35	1771	47	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.321	.455	.777	9	1.41	0.054	.22	0.01%	0.26	PH
36	1772	48	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,4-8	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.325	.462	.787	3	.24	0.010	.05	0.00%	1.69	LF
37	1773	52 (3)	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	6-GF(10)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.325	.454	.779	7	1.93	-0.083	.26	-0.01%	-0.34	PH RF
38	1774	54 (1)	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.331	.454	.784	7	2.83	0.115	.52	0.01%	0.38	PH
39	1775	58 (3)	Jun 21	BOS	@	KCA	L,7-11	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.336	.459	.795	7	.86	0.038	.13	0.00%	1.67	PH RF
40	1776	64 (5)	Jun 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-21	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.263	.323	.439	.761	7	.44	-0.043	.01	0.00%	-1.24	LF
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
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Baltimore Orioles
41	1777	78	Jul 5	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.435	.755	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
42	1778	79	Jul 6	BAL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.252	.311	.420	.731	1	1.06	-0.151	6.19	-0.53%	-1.32	RF
43	1779	87 (7)	Jul 17 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-14	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.417	.725	3	.01	0.000	.04	0.00%	-0.36	LF
							13-30		133	120	12	30	3	1	5	20	11	0	18	0	0	2	5	6	0	1	.250	.308	.417	.725		1.06	-0.104	2.15	-0.86%	-0.07

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