Bobby Thigpen
[edit] Biography
Born on July 17, 1963 in Tallahassee, Florida, Bobby Thigpen (Robert Thomas Thigpen) played for the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 9 year career. Thigpen broke into the bigs on August 6, 1986 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 2.73 ERA in 89 innings pitched in 1987, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bobby Thigpen's best season was 1990, when he posted a 1.83 ERA, notched 57 saves and struck out 70 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.77
| 20
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 35.2
| 26
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1987
| CHI
| A
| 51
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 2.73
| 52
| 30
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 89
| 86
| 10
| 24
| 5
| 0
| 3
|
| 1988
| CHI
| A
| 68
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 3.30
| 62
| 38
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 90
| 96
| 6
| 33
| 3
| 6
| 4
|
| 1989
| CHI
| A
| 61
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 3.76
| 47
| 34
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 79
| 62
| 10
| 40
| 3
| 2
| 1
|
| 1990
| CHI
| A
| 77
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 1.83
| 70
| 20
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 88.2
| 60
| 5
| 32
| 3
| 2
| 1
|
| 1991
| CHI
| A
| 67
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 3.49
| 47
| 32
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 69.2
| 63
| 10
| 38
| 8
| 2
| 4
|
| 1992
| CHI
| A
| 55
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4.75
| 45
| 29
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 55
| 58
| 4
| 33
| 5
| 0
| 3
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 6.05
| 10
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19.1
| 23
| 2
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1993
| CHI
| A
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.71
| 19
| 25
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 34.2
| 51
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1993
| Total
|
| 42
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 5.83
| 29
| 38
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 54
| 74
| 7
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| 1994
| SEA
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9.39
| 4
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.2
| 12
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 6.05
| 10
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19.1
| 23
| 2
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 431
| 0
| 28
| 35
| 3.34
| 366
| 224
| 204
| 0
| 0
| 201
| 549.1
| 514
| 54
| 229
| 27
| 12
| 22
|
| Total
|
|
| 448
| 0
| 31
| 36
| 3.43
| 376
| 237
| 217
| 0
| 0
| 201
| 568.2
| 537
| 56
| 238
| 28
| 12
| 23
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 35.2
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| CHI
| A
| P
| 51
| 0
| 89
| 8
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .917
|
| 1988
| CHI
| A
| P
| 68
| 0
| 90
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| CHI
| A
| P
| 61
| 0
| 79
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| CHI
| A
| P
| 77
| 0
| 88.2
| 10
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1991
| CHI
| A
| P
| 67
| 0
| 69.2
| 3
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 5
| 0
| .947
|
| 1992
| CHI
| A
| P
| 55
| 0
| 55
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 19.1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| CHI
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 34.2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| Total
|
| P
| 42
| 0
| 54
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| SEA
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 7.2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 448
| 0
| 568.2
| 43
| 71
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 5
| 32
| 12
| 1
| .966
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| CHI
| A
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| CHI
| A
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| CHI
| A
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| CHI
| A
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| CHI
| A
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| CHI
| A
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| CHI
| A
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| Total
|
| 42
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| SEA
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 431
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 448
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 7th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 11, 1983).
- Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Jose DeLeon (August 10, 1993).
- Granted free agency (November 1, 1993).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (January 31, 1994).
- Released by Seattle Mariners (April 29, 1994).
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