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Junior Thompson

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Full Name: Eugene Earl Thompson Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185 First Game: April 26, 1939
Birthdate: June 7, 1917 Final Game: July 4, 1947
Birthplace: Latham, Illinois MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: August 24, 2006
Deathplace: Scottsdale, Arizona
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

Born on June 7, 1917 in Latham, Illinois, Junior Thompson (Eugene Earl Thompson) played for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants over the course of his 6 year career. Thompson broke into the bigs on April 26, 1939 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 2.54 ERA in 152.1 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Junior Thompson's best season was 1939, when he posted a 2.54 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 87 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1939 CIN N 42 11 13 5 2.54 87 51 43 5 3 2 152.1 130 6 55 0 1 3
1940 CIN N 33 31 16 9 3.32 103 90 83 17 3 0 225.1 197 10 96 0 3 2
1941 CIN N 27 15 6 6 4.87 46 65 59 4 0 1 109 117 6 57 0 2 3
1942 CIN N 29 10 4 7 3.36 35 61 38 1 0 0 101.2 86 5 53 0 3 2
1946 NY N 39 1 4 6 1.29 31 18 9 0 0 4 62.2 36 5 40 0 2 0
1947 NY N 15 0 4 2 4.29 13 20 17 0 0 0 35.2 36 3 27 0 1 1
Total 185 68 47 35 3.26 315 305 249 27 6 7 686.2 602 35 328 0 12 11

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1939 CIN N P 42 0 0 3 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .903
1940 CIN N P 33 0 0 12 40 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1941 CIN N P 27 0 0 6 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1942 CIN N P 29 0 0 9 39 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1946 NY N P 39 0 0 5 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 NY N P 15 0 0 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 185 0 0 40 163 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 .940

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1939 CIN N 42 48 3 11 0 1 .229 .229 .250 1 0 0 11 0 3 0 0 0
1940 CIN N 33 79 5 18 0 11 .228 .247 .304 4 1 2 26 0 8 0 0 1
1941 CIN N 27 30 2 7 0 2 .233 .233 .333 3 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 0
1942 CIN N 29 30 3 8 0 4 .267 .313 .267 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0
1946 NY N 39 7 0 1 0 0 .143 .333 .143 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0
1947 NY N 15 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 185 200 13 45 0 18 .225 .248 .275 8 1 6 52 0 20 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Released by New York Giants (December 19, 1947).

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