Junior Thompson
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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
|
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- Released by New York Giants (December 19, 1947).
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