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Fresco Thompson
Lafayette Fresco Thompson (Tommy)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 150 lb.
School Columbia University

Debut September 5, 1925
Final Game April 22, 1934
Born June 6, 1902 in Centreville, AL
Died November 20, 1968 in Fullerton, CA

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1925 23 PIT NL  14   37    4    9   2  1   0    8   2  1   4   1  .243  .317  .351   66   13   0           0    
 1926 24 NYG NL   2    8    1    5   0  0   0    1   1      2   0  .625  .700  .625  260    5   0           0    
 1927 25 PHI NL 153  597   78  181  32 14   1   70  19     34  36  .303  .343  .409  104  244  18           2    
 1928 26 PHI NL 152  634   99  182  34 11   3   50  19     42  27  .287  .332  .390   83  247  23           1     MVP-23
 1929 27 PHI NL 148  623  115  202  41  3   4   53  16     75  34  .324  .398  .419   98  261  16           1    
 1930 28 PHI NL 122  478   77  135  34  4   4   46   7     35  29  .282  .331  .395   70  189  16           0    
 1931 29 BRO NL  74  181   26   48   6  1   1   21   5     23  16  .265  .351  .326   84   59   3           1    
 1932 30 BRO NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1934 32 NYG NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      669 2560  400  762 149 34  13  249  69  1 215 143  .298  .353  .398   89 1018  76   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        620   97  185  36  8   3   60  17  0  52  35  .298  .353  .398   89  247  18   0   0   1   0
 Career High    153  634  115  202  41 14   4   70  19  1  75  36  .324  .398  .419  104  261  23   0   0   2   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1925 23 PIT NL   41   29    4   3.7   120| .243  .309| .317  .367| .351  .441| .668  .809|  66  .355  -2.0  -0.2  66%
 1926 24 NYG NL   10    3    4  35.5   102| .625  .286| .700  .346| .625  .396|1.325  .742| 260  .977   2.2   0.2     
 1927 25 PHI NL  651  434   83   5.1   101| .303  .285| .343  .343| .409  .393| .752  .736| 104  .551   2.4   0.2     
 1928 26 PHI NL  700  475   82   4.6   115| .287  .299| .332  .364| .390  .425| .722  .789|  83  .483 -18.2  -1.8     
 1929 27 PHI NL  715  437  104   6.3   126| .324  .312| .398  .377| .419  .454| .817  .831|  98  .566   0.6   0.1     
 1930 28 PHI NL  529  359   63   4.7   133| .282  .321| .331  .380| .395  .477| .726  .857|  70  .396 -24.7  -2.2     
 1931 29 BRO NL  208  136   21   4.1   102| .265  .284| .351  .343| .326  .401| .677  .744|  84  .449  -3.2  -0.3     
 1932 30 BRO NL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .282| .000  .334| .000  .408| .000  .742|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1934 32 NYG NL    1    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .285| .000  .340| .000  .405| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2856 1875  361   5.1   117| .298  .302| .353  .364| .398  .433| .751  .797|  89  .503 -43.5  -4.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1925 23 PIT NL  2B   12     19   24    1    6  .977  .966  3.58  5.61            
 1926 24 NYG NL  2B    2      2    8    0    0 1.000  .962  5.00  5.30            
 1927 25 PHI NL  2B  153    424  485   35   97  .963  .966  5.94  5.63            
 1928 26 PHI NL  2B  152    409  509   32  109  .966  .970  6.04  5.71            
 1929 27 PHI NL  2B  148    395  512   33  103  .965  .968  6.13  5.46            
 1930 28 PHI NL  2B  112    287  386   32   95  .955  .963  6.01  5.59            
 1931 29 BRO NL  2B   43     89  120   12   36  .946  .964  4.86  5.22            
                 SS   10      9   15    1    4  .960  .952  2.40  5.06            
                 3B    5      4    0    0    0 1.000  .952  0.80  2.72            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1925 23 PIT NL  2B   12     19   24    1    6  .977  .966  3.58  5.61            
 1926 24 NYG NL  2B    2      2    8    0    0 1.000  .962  5.00  5.30            
 1927 25 PHI NL  2B  153    424  485   35   97  .963  .966  5.94  5.63            
 1928 26 PHI NL  2B  152    409  509   32  109  .966  .970  6.04  5.71            
 1929 27 PHI NL  2B  148    395  512   33  103  .965  .968  6.13  5.46            
 1930 28 PHI NL  2B  112    287  386   32   95  .955  .963  6.01  5.59            
 1931 29 BRO NL  2B   43     89  120   12   36  .946  .964  4.86  5.22            

 1931 29 BRO NL  3B    5      4    0    0    0 1.000  .952  0.80  2.72            

 1931 29 BRO NL  SS   10      9   15    1    4  .960  .952  2.40  5.06            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  2B  622   1625 2044  145  446  .962  .967  5.90  5.57            
                 SS   10      9   15    1    4  .960  .952  2.40  5.06            
                 3B    5      4    0    0    0 1.000  .952  0.80  2.72            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       637   1638 2059  146  450  .962  .967  5.80  5.54

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1928-NL-23-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Games
1927 NL-153-4
1928 NL-152-6

At Bats
1927 NL-597-5
1928 NL-634-5
1929 NL-623-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1927 NL-651-8
1928 NL-700-3
1929 NL-715-3

Runs
1928 NL-99-9

Hits
1927 NL-181-9
1929 NL-202-10

Doubles
1927 NL-32-7
1929 NL-41-10

Triples
1927 NL-14-3
1928 NL-11-9

Bases on Balls
1929 NL-75-10

Stolen Bases
1927 NL-19-7
1928 NL-19-3
1929 NL-16-8

Singles
1927 NL-134-10
1928 NL-134-8
1929 NL-154-5

Times on Base
1929 NL-278-7

Outs
1927 NL-434-4
1928 NL-475-1
1929 NL-437-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 28 (812) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1186) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.0 (960) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
January 9, 1927: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the New York Giants with Jack Scott to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Philadelphia Phillies sent George Harper to the New York Giants. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Butch Henline to the Brooklyn Robins. The Brooklyn Robins sent Burleigh Grimes to the New York Giants.
October 14, 1930: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Lefty O'Doul to the Brooklyn Robins for Clise Dudley, Jumbo Elliott, Hal Lee, and cash.
October 2, 1933: Drafted by the New York Giants from the Buffalo (International) in the 1933 rule 5 draft.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1928-NL-23-0.01 Car-1456-0.01 shares	Games 1927 NL-153-4 1928 NL-152-6	At Bats 1927 NL-597-5 1928 NL-634-5 1929 NL-623-5	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1927 NL-651-8 1928 NL-700-3 1929 NL-715-3	Runs 1928 NL-99-9	Hits 1927 NL-181-9 1929 NL-202-10
Doubles 1927 NL-32-7 1929 NL-41-10	Triples 1927 NL-14-3 1928 NL-11-9	Bases on Balls 1929 NL-75-10	Stolen Bases 1927 NL-19-7 1928 NL-19-3 1929 NL-16-8	Singles 1927 NL-134-10 1928 NL-134-8 1929 NL-154-5	Times on Base 1929 NL-278-7
Outs 1927 NL-434-4 1928 NL-475-1 1929 NL-437-6