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Milt
Thompson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 5, 1959 in Usa, DC, WASHINGTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1987    1988    1989    1991   
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
1984 25 MIL AL 71 251 38 68 16 6 1 20 26 7 13 33 .271 .306 .394 .700 29.6 5.8
1985 26 MIL AL 153 600 77 144 21 14 2 50 52 13 36 107 .240 .282 .332 .614 58.4 7.1
1986 27 CHW AL 156 581 105 155 22 15 10 66 78 21 46 82 .267 .319 .408 .726 82.0 13.8
1987 28 CHW AL 160 630 108 186 28 20 9 71 74 21 36 88 .295 .331 .446 .777 94.2 20.1
1988 29 CHW AL 63 263 38 82 8 5 4 33 30 11 15 56 .312 .349 .426 .775 38.4 8.8
  CHC NL 93 379 44 107 13 2 1 32 43 15 17 92 .282 .312 .335 .647 40.5 8.2
  TOT   156 642 82 189 21 7 5 65 73 26 32 148 .294 .327 .372 .700 78.9 17.0
1989 30 CHC NL 158 644 93 184 26 1 6 52 78 24 36 152 .286 .323 .357 .680 77.3 16.2
1990 31 CHC NL 156 632 76 194 28 5 9 45 77 30 41 128 .307 .349 .410 .759 90.1 17.5
1991 32 CHC NL 161 658 88 174 17 10 5 52 62 26 21 153 .264 .287 .343 .631 63.1 8.9
1992 33 CHC NL 162 626 64 159 24 2 5 57 53 12 30 146 .254 .287 .323 .610 59.5 6.9
1993 34 CHC NL 133 333 37 94 9 4 2 33 29 7 14 81 .282 .309 .351 .661 37.3 4.2
1994 35 CHC NL 124 234 27 59 3 3 3 14 16 7 8 68 .252 .277 .329 .606 20.6 1.6
1995 36 CHC NL 116 177 24 42 3 0 0 14 13 4 11 63 .237 .279 .254 .533 13.8 0.5
1996 37 CHC NL 107 162 26 47 5 0 2 15 9 6 12 46 .290 .339 .358 .697 18.4 2.1
13 Years Sim 1813 6170 845 1695 223 87 59 554 640 204 336 1295 .275 .311 .368 .679 723.2 121.7
162 Game Average 551 75 151 19 7 5 49 57 18 30 115 .275 .311 .368 .679 64.6  
Career Highs 162 658 108 194 28 20 10 71 78 30 46 153 .307 .349 .446 .777 94.2  
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
1984 25 MIL AL LF 63 63 501.0 107 4 10 0 .917 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 26 MIL AL LF 151 150 1331.3 281 10 14 2 .954 1.97 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 27 CHW AL LF 149 149 1236.7 228 10 11 1 .956 1.73 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1987 28 CHW AL LF 154 153 1352.7 263 9 19 1 .935 1.81 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 29 CHW AL LF 36 34 312.2 56 2 4 0 .935 1.67 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 15 15 140.7 29 1 2 0 .938 1.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 10 10 94.6 22 0 2 0 .917 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CHC NL LF 54 51 446.5 79 2 6 1 .931 1.63 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 23 22 201.3 42 1 4 0 .915 1.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 16 16 135.4 32 1 3 0 .917 2.19 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 90 85 758.7 135 4 10 1 .933 1.65   3.1
      RF 38 37 342.0 71 2 6 0 .924 1.92   0.0
      CF 26 26 230.0 54 1 5 0 .917 2.15   0.0
1989 30 CHC NL LF 155 145 1337.0 215 8 13 1 .945 1.50 0 0 .000 0 2.4
1990 31 CHC NL LF 146 143 1270.0 236 18 19 3 .930 1.80 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    CF 6 6 56.7 22 1 1 0 .958 3.65 0 0 .000 0  
1991 32 CHC NL CF 88 88 782.3 165 5 11 1 .939 1.96 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    LF 68 66 584.0 108 6 8 1 .934 1.76 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0  
1992 33 CHC NL CF 162 162 1460.7 376 15 17 3 .958 2.41 0 0 .000 0 3.9
1993 34 CHC NL LF 55 36 357.0 52 4 9 0 .862 1.41 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 22 19 182.3 36 3 2 1 .951 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 21 15 148.3 29 1 2 0 .938 1.82 0 0 .000 0  
1994 35 CHC NL RF 23 18 169.7 28 2 3 1 .909 1.59 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 17 14 122.0 26 2 2 0 .933 2.07 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 11 8 77.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 1 14.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1995 36 CHC NL CF 21 12 126.7 22 0 1 0 .957 1.56 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 17 10 92.0 9 0 2 0 .818 0.88 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 12 4 47.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1996 37 CHC NL LF 24 15 148.0 16 3 1 0 .950 1.16 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 21 12 118.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.53 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 1 20.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1078 1017 9000.4 1655 76 114 10 .938 1.73 0 0 .000 0 21.8
  CF 362 335 3044.6 713 26 39 4 .950 2.18 0 0 .000 0 8.5
  RF 110 85 814.7 148 7 14 2 .917 1.71 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  SS 4 1 20.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1558 1438 12887.0 2523 115 167 17 .940 1.84 0 0 .000 0 31.6
Career Highs   162 162 1460.7 376 19 21 3 .958 2.41 0 0 .000 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
1986 27 CHW AL 2 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375
1987 28 CHW AL 12 50 6 14 3 1 1 5 6 0 1 10 .280 .294 .440 .734
Career Post-Season Batting 14 58 6 15 4 1 1 7 6 0 1 13 .259 .271 .414 .685
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.
XR
1987-9-94.2
 Games
1987-5-160
1991-4-161
1992-1-162
 At-Bats
1987-5-630
1989-2-644
1990-4-632
1991-1-658
1992-2-626
 Runs
1986-3-105
1987-3-108
1989-8-93
 Hits
1987-6-186
1989-4-184
1990-5-194
 Total Bases
1987-7-281
Singles
1987-6-129
1989-4-151
1990-3-152
1991-7-142
 Triples
1985-7-14
1986-2-15
1987-1-20
1991-4-10
 Stolen Bases
1985-8-52
1986-1-78
1987-2-74
1989-4-78
1990-3-77
1991-6-62
CAR-14-640
 Caught Stealing
1986-4-21
1987-3-21
1989-6-24
1990-2-30
1991-4-26
CAR-23-204
 Strikeouts
1989-10-152
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jerry Mumphrey (921)
  2. Bob Dernier (919)
  3. Omar Moreno (917)
  4. Roberto Kelly (910)
  5. Leo Sutherland (905)
  6. John Moses (902)
  7. Rudy Law (893)
  8. Glenn Wilson (889)
  9. Rick Bosetti (889)
  10. Terry Puhl (888)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 36th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1984
Released by Milwaukee on 2/7/1984
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 3/2/1984 to a minor league deal
Traded from Boston to Milwaukee on 3/2/1984 (Going to MIL: LF M. Thompson. Going to BOS: C T. Player)
Had first career hit on 6/19/1984, off Jim Wright (TEX)
Hit first career homerun on 8/10/1984, off Mark Eichhorn (CLE)
Traded from Milwaukee to Chicago (A) on 4/1/1986 (Going to CHW: RF M. Thompson. Going to MIL: CF B. Thompson)
Injured on 10/11/1986 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 5/9/1987
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Traded from Chicago (A) to Chicago (N) on 6/16/1988 (Going to CHC: LF Milt Thompson. Going to CHW: C Trade Player)
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis on 9/6/1988
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game
5/16/1992: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $1,250,000 per year, for 3 years
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/17/1996 to a 1-year deal worth $450,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/15/1997 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
 
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