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Fresco Thompson

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Full Name: Lafayette Fresco Thompson Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/150 First Game: September 5, 1925
Birthdate: June 6, 1902 Final Game: April 22, 1934
Birthplace: Centreville, Alabama MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: November 20, 1968
Deathplace: Fullerton, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Fresco Thompson (Lafayette Fresco Thompson) was born on June 6, 1902 in Centreville, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on September 5, 1925 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1927, his rookie year, he hit .303 with 1 home run and 70 RBI. Thompson played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Fresco Thompson's best season was 1929, when he hit for a .324 average and knocked in 53 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1925 PIT N 14 37 4 9 0 8 .243 .317 .351 2 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0
1926 NY N 2 8 1 5 0 1 .625 .700 .625 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
1927 PHI N 153 597 78 181 1 70 .303 .343 .409 32 14 34 36 2 18 19 0 0
1928 PHI N 152 634 99 182 3 50 .287 .332 .390 34 11 42 27 1 23 19 0 0
1929 PHI N 148 623 115 202 4 53 .324 .398 .419 41 3 75 34 1 16 16 0 0
1930 PHI N 122 478 77 135 4 46 .282 .331 .395 34 4 35 29 0 16 7 0 0
1931 BRO N 74 181 26 48 1 21 .265 .351 .326 6 1 23 16 1 3 5 0 0
1932 BRO N 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 NY N 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 669 2560 400 762 13 249 .298 .353 .398 149 34 215 143 5 76 69 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1925 PIT N 2B 12 0 0 19 24 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1926 NY N 2B 2 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1927 PHI N 2B 153 0 0 424 485 35 97 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1928 PHI N 2B 152 0 0 409 509 32 109 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1929 PHI N 2B 148 0 0 395 512 33 103 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1930 PHI N 2B 112 0 0 287 386 32 95 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1931 BRO N SS 10 0 0 9 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1931 BRO N 3B 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1931 BRO N 2B 43 0 0 89 120 12 36 0 0 0 0 0 .946
Total 3B 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 10 0 0 9 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .960
Total 2B 622 0 0 1625 2044 145 446 0 0 0 0 0 .962

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by New York Giants with Jack Scott to Philadelphia Phillies as part of 3-team trade in which Philadelphia Phillies sent George Harper to New York Giants; Philadelphia Phillies sent Butch Henline to Brooklyn Robins; and Brooklyn Robins sent Burleigh Grimes to New York Giants (January 9, 1927).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Lefty O'Doul to Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Clise Dudley, Jumbo Elliott, Hal Lee and cash (October 14, 1930).
  • Selected by New York Giants from Buffalo (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 2, 1933).

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