Don Thompson

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Full Name: Donald Newlin Thompson	Primary Position: OF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: April 24, 1949
Birthdate: December 28, 1923	Final Game: June 22, 1954
Birthplace: Swepsonville, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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Don Thompson (Donald Newlin Thompson) was born on December 28, 1923 in Swepsonville, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 24, 1949 for the Boston Braves. In 1953, his rookie year, he hit .242 with 1 home run and 12 RBI. Thompson played for the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 4 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1949	BOS	N	7	11	0	2	0	0	.182	.182	.182	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1951	BRO	N	80	118	25	27	0	6	.229	.305	.254	3	0	12	12	1	1	2	0	1
1953	BRO	N	96	153	25	37	1	12	.242	.310	.294	5	0	14	13	1	1	2	0	6
1954	BRO	N	34	25	2	1	0	1	.040	.226	.040	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0
Total			217	307	52	67	1	19	.218	.296	.254	8	0	31	32	3	2	4	0	7

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1949	BOS	N	OF	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1951	BRO	N	OF	61	0	0	75	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1953	BRO	N	OF	81	0	0	84	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1954	BRO	N	LF	27	1	77.1	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	BRO	N	CF	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	BRO	N	OF	29	1	80.1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	27	1	77.1	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	173	1	80.1	177	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.984
Total			CF	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1943).
Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from Boston Red Sox in the minor league draft (November 17, 1947).
Selected by Boston Braves from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 10, 1948).
Traded by Boston Braves with Dee Phillips and Al Epperly to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Sam Jethroe and Bob Addis (October 4, 1949).

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