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Jason
Thompson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 6, 1954 in Hollywood, CA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1990   
Gold Glove Award 1977    1978    1986    1987   
All-Star Selections 1979    1980    1982    1986   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 22 DET AL 152 557 81 127 23 3 27 74 1 0 83 77 .228 .326 .425 .752 76.0 8.6
1978 23 DET AL 152 539 90 152 27 0 19 72 2 0 79 62 .282 .373 .438 .811 84.6 15.1
1979 24 DET AL 161 602 107 171 32 0 37 103 1 0 95 70 .284 .381 .522 .902 113.6 23.3
1980 25 DET AL 160 561 89 158 37 0 27 105 5 1 103 69 .282 .390 .492 .882 108.6 26.6
1981 26 DET AL 158 577 116 174 35 0 31 103 0 0 98 71 .302 .402 .523 .926 112.7 25.8
1982 27 DET AL 152 582 100 179 33 1 29 101 0 0 65 89 .308 .378 .517 .895 102.5 28.0
1983 28 DET AL 160 579 80 156 30 0 18 79 0 0 88 92 .269 .367 .415 .781 83.0 18.6
1984 29 DET AL 157 543 74 143 29 3 16 86 0 0 72 92 .263 .349 .416 .766 77.5 20.7
1985 30 DET AL 157 579 75 143 31 1 7 62 0 0 91 102 .247 .348 .340 .688 74.8 17.8
1986 31 DET AL 157 579 94 159 28 3 25 117 0 1 75 99 .275 .352 .463 .815 92.9 25.4
1987 32 DET AL 157 556 98 147 26 2 24 75 0 0 94 127 .264 .370 .448 .818 93.9 21.9
1988 33 DET AL 158 557 81 153 28 0 16 80 0 0 75 128 .275 .358 .411 .770 80.5 14.6
1989 34 DET AL 157 583 78 159 17 0 20 89 0 0 74 141 .273 .353 .405 .758 83.8 14.5
1990 35 DET AL 154 542 75 130 21 0 7 71 0 0 72 148 .240 .327 .317 .644 58.9 9.0
1991 36 DET AL 39 68 5 16 2 0 0 8 0 0 6 22 .235 .293 .265 .558 5.3 0.1
15 Years Sim 2231 8004 1243 2167 399 13 303 1225 9 2 1170 1389 .271 .362 .437 .800 1248.8 270.1
162 Game Average 581 90 157 28 0 22 88 0 0 84 100 .271 .362 .437 .800 90.7  
Career Highs 161 602 116 179 37 3 37 117 5 1 103 148 .308 .402 .523 .926 113.6  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 22 DET AL 1B 148 146 1298.7 1776 120 14 193 .993 13.14 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 23 DET AL 1B 150 134 1209.3 1674 128 9 169 .995 13.41 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    2B 2 1 18.0 4 8 1 4 .923 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1979 24 DET AL 1B 161 157 1416.7 1865 131 15 156 .993 12.68 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1980 25 DET AL 1B 160 154 1360.3 1748 125 18 188 .990 12.39 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1981 26 DET AL 1B 155 151 1356.3 1779 127 11 183 .994 12.65 0 0 .000 0 1.8
1982 27 DET AL 1B 150 147 1305.3 1672 104 9 148 .995 12.25 0 0 .000 0 1.1
1983 28 DET AL 1B 123 121 1076.0 1429 97 7 140 .995 12.76 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    C 1 1 9.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 2 1 .500 0 0.0
1984 29 DET AL 1B 41 41 357.0 459 47 8 44 .984 12.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1985 30 DET AL 1B 33 32 299.7 383 26 2 33 .995 12.28 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 31 DET AL 1B 154 149 1348.0 1816 126 18 170 .991 12.97 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1987 32 DET AL 1B 155 148 1312.0 1791 147 20 187 .990 13.29 0 0 .000 0 3.2
1988 33 DET AL 1B 97 94 831.7 1017 75 16 77 .986 11.82 0 0 .000 0 1.2
1989 34 DET AL 1B 72 69 616.7 755 56 5 72 .994 11.84 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 35 DET AL 1B 152 151 1323.7 1679 135 20 168 .989 12.33 0 0 .000 0 2.8
1991 36 DET AL 1B 27 13 147.0 174 12 0 13 1.000 11.39 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  1B 1778 1707 15258.3 20017 1456 172 1941 .992 12.67 0 0 .000 0 19.7
  2B 2 1 18.0 4 8 1 4 .923 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 2 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 1 9.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 2 1 .500 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1784 1710 15299.3 20024 1466 173 1945 .992 12.64 2 1 .500 0 19.8
Career Highs   161 157 1416.7 1865 147 20 193 1.000 13.30 2 1 .500 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 24 DET AL 5 18 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .222 .333 .278 .611
1981 26 DET AL 12 43 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 8 .163 .280 .163 .443
1983 28 DET AL 10 38 3 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 9 .237 .268 .263 .531
1985 30 DET AL 4 13 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 .308 .444 .385 .829
1986 31 DET AL 5 18 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .111 .227 .111 .338
1990 35 DET AL 14 50 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 19 .240 .283 .320 .603
1991 36 DET AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 52 181 16 38 4 0 1 19 0 0 22 50 .210 .291 .249 .540
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1981-10-.302
1982-7-.308
 On-Base Pct
1979-9-.381
1980-6-.390
1981-2-.402
1987-9-.370
 Slugging Pct
1979-5-.522
1980-8-.492
1981-3-.523
1982-3-.517
1986-6-.463
 OPS
1979-6-.902
1980-7-.882
1981-3-.926
1982-3-.895
1986-7-.815
1987-10-.818
 XR
1979-7-113.6
1980-6-108.6
1981-3-112.7
1982-6-102.5
1986-7-92.9
1987-10-93.9
CAR-37-1248.8
 Games
1981-7-158
1983-4-160
1988-6-158
CAR-38-2231
At-Bats
CAR-41-8004
 Runs
1979-10-107
1981-2-116
1982-5-100
1986-7-94
1987-8-98
CAR-39-1243
 Hits
1982-8-179
 Total Bases
1979-8-314
1981-5-302
1982-5-301
1986-7-268
 Homeruns
1979-1-37
1980-8-27
1981-2-31
1982-4-29
1986-7-25
1987-6-24
 RBIs
1979-7-103
1980-10-105
1981-7-103
1982-6-101
1986-3-117
CAR-40-1225
Walks
1979-5-95
1980-4-103
1981-4-98
1983-5-88
1985-2-91
1986-9-75
1987-2-94
1988-6-75
1989-7-74
CAR-12-1170
 Strikeouts
1987-7-127
1990-6-148
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 106    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Roy Smalley (896)
  2. Dwight Evans (894)
  3. Sam Horn (879)
  4. Fred McGriff (874)
  5. Albert Belle (871)
  6. Pedro Guerrero (863)
  7. Mo Vaughn (859)
  8. Greg Luzinski (852)
  9. Keith Hernandez (850)
  10. Billy Jo Robidoux (849)
History
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 9/3/1978
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1979, hitting .380 with 8 HR, 29 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1981, hitting .462 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1982, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 10/7/1982, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1983, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Kansas City on 9/29/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1986, hitting .350 with 4 HR, 15 RBI
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1986, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1986
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1987
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1989, hitting .357 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 5/17/1989, off Mark Souza (KCR)
Won World Championship with Detroit in 1990
 
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