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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
2	2	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.1	1	0	1	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,12-13	CG	48	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	5	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	6	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	8	Apr 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
10	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
11	11	Apr 26	NYG		BSN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	12	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
13	13	Apr 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
14	14	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
15	15	Apr 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
17	17	May 2	NYG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	18	May 3	NYG		PIT	L,4-7	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
19	19	May 4	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
20	20	May 5	NYG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 6 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
22	22	May 6 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
23	23	May 8	NYG		STL	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	24	May 9	NYG		STL	W,17-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	25	May 10	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	26	May 12	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	27	May 13 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	28	May 13 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
29	29	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	32	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	May 20	NYG	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	35	May 21	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	36	May 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	37	May 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	38	May 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
39	39	May 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	40	May 28	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	41	May 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	42	May 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	GS	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
44	44	Jun 2	NYG		PIT	W,14-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 3 (1)	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	46	Jun 3 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	47	Jun 4	NYG		STL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	48	Jun 5	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	49	Jun 6	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	50	Jun 7	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
51	51	Jun 9	NYG		CHC	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	52	Jun 10 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	53	Jun 10 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
54	54	Jun 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	41	10.0	1	1	2	4	0	LF
55	55	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
56	56	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	57	Jun 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 17 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	61 (1)	Jun 18	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
61	62	Jun 19	NYG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	65 (2)	Jun 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
63	67 (1)	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	68	Jun 26	NYG		BRO	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	70 (1)	Jun 28	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	72 (1)	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	73	Jul 2	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	74	Jul 3	NYG		PHI	W,9-8	CG	59	13.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF
69	75	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	GF	19	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	76	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	GF	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	77	Jul 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	78	Jul 6	NYG		BSN	W,12-10	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	79	Jul 7	NYG		BSN	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	80	Jul 8	NYG		BSN	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	83 (2)	Jul 14	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	84	Jul 15 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	85	Jul 15 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	89 (3)	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
79	90	Jul 21	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
80	91	Jul 22 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
81	92	Jul 22 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
82	93	Jul 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
83	94	Jul 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
84	95	Jul 27	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
85	96	Jul 28	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
86	97	Jul 29 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	98	Jul 29 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
88	99	Jul 30	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
89	100	Jul 31	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	101	Aug 1 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
91	102	Aug 1 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
92	103	Aug 2	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
93	104	Aug 3	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
94	105	Aug 4	NYG	@	STL	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
95	106	Aug 5	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
96	107	Aug 8 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
97	108	Aug 8 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	44	9.2	2	4	0	6	1	3B
98	109	Aug 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
99	110	Aug 11	NYG		PHI	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
100	111	Aug 12 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	112	Aug 12 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
102	113	Aug 13	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
103	114	Aug 14	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
104	115	Aug 15	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
105	116	Aug 16	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
106	117	Aug 17	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
107	118	Aug 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
108	119	Aug 19	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
109	120	Aug 21	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	32	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
110	121	Aug 22	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
111	122	Aug 24	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
112	123	Aug 26 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
113	124	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
114	125	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	45	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	126	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
116	127	Aug 28	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
117	128	Aug 29	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
118	129	Aug 30	NYG		PIT	L,9-10	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	130	Sep 1	NYG		BRO	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
120	131	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
121	132	Sep 3 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
122	133	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
123	134	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
124	135	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
125	136	Sep 7	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
126	137	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
127	138	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
128	139	Sep 11 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
129	140	Sep 11 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
130	141	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
131	142	Sep 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
132	143	Sep 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
133	144	Sep 16 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
134	145	Sep 16 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
135	146	Sep 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	3B
136	147	Sep 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
137	148	Sep 22	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
138	149	Sep 23	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
139	150	Sep 24	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
140	151	Sep 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
141	152	Sep 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
142	153	Sep 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
143	154	Sep 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
144	155	Oct 1	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
145	156	Oct 2	NYG		BRO	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
146	157	Oct 3	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
							147gm		1260.0	255	139	20	414	15