Scot Thompson
[edit] Biography
Scot Thompson (Vernon Scot Thompson) was born on December 7, 1955 in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1978 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1979, his rookie year, he hit .289 with 2 home runs and 29 RBI. Thompson played for the Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants and Montreal Expos over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Scot Thompson's best season was 1979, when he hit for a .289 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1978
| CHI
| N
| 19
| 36
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 2
| .417
| .447
| .500
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| CHI
| N
| 128
| 346
| 36
| 100
| 2
| 29
| .289
| .322
| .373
| 13
| 5
| 17
| 37
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 8
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| 102
| 226
| 26
| 48
| 2
| 13
| .212
| .301
| .292
| 10
| 1
| 28
| 31
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 6
|
| 1981
| CHI
| N
| 57
| 115
| 8
| 19
| 0
| 8
| .165
| .208
| .209
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 2
|
| 1982
| CHI
| N
| 49
| 74
| 11
| 27
| 0
| 7
| .365
| .405
| .459
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1983
| CHI
| N
| 53
| 88
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 10
| .193
| .220
| .250
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1984
| SF
| N
| 120
| 245
| 30
| 75
| 1
| 31
| .306
| .376
| .355
| 7
| 1
| 30
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 11
|
| 1985
| SF
| N
| 64
| 111
| 8
| 23
| 0
| 6
| .207
| .221
| .252
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| 34
| 32
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .281
| .333
| .313
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1985
| TOT
| N
| 98
| 143
| 10
| 32
| 0
| 10
| .224
| .248
| .266
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 626
| 1273
| 132
| 333
| 5
| 110
| .262
| .312
| .328
| 52
| 9
| 97
| 141
| 2
| 7
| 17
| 10
| 39
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1978
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 1
| 10
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 5
| 4
| 39
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| CHI
| N
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1978
| CHI
| N
| CF
| 5
| 4
| 38
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| CHI
| N
| RF
| 71
| 50
| 486
| 109
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1979
| CHI
| N
| CF
| 26
| 22
| 183
| 38
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1979
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 100
| 73
| 700
| 161
| 7
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1979
| CHI
| N
| LF
| 12
| 1
| 31
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 66
| 51
| 479.1
| 100
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 13
| 2
| 44
| 49
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| RF
| 53
| 37
| 353.2
| 60
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| CF
| 14
| 14
| 123.2
| 35
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| CHI
| N
| CF
| 20
| 20
| 170.2
| 41
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1981
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1981
| CHI
| N
| RF
| 8
| 4
| 48
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 30
| 24
| 222.1
| 49
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1981
| CHI
| N
| LF
| 3
| 0
| 3.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1982
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 23
| 10
| 115.1
| 36
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| CHI
| N
| RF
| 4
| 0
| 12.2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| CHI
| N
| LF
| 20
| 9
| 95.2
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| CHI
| N
| CF
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 28
| 16
| 144.2
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1983
| CHI
| N
| LF
| 22
| 14
| 125
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| CHI
| N
| RF
| 6
| 2
| 19.2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| SF
| N
| RF
| 4
| 3
| 23
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1984
| SF
| N
| 1B
| 87
| 48
| 518
| 555
| 36
| 1
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .998
|
| 1984
| SF
| N
| LF
| 2
| 2
| 17
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| SF
| N
| OF
| 6
| 5
| 40
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1985
| SF
| N
| 1B
| 24
| 14
| 148.1
| 168
| 16
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 1
| 11.1
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| OF
| 3
| 1
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| MON
| N
| RF
| 3
| 1
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| TOT
| N
| 1B
| 27
| 15
| 159.2
| 179
| 17
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 60
| 26
| 274.1
| 65
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 137
| 66
| 742.2
| 801
| 57
| 3
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .997
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 261
| 184
| 1750.2
| 389
| 15
| 11
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 66
| 61
| 522.1
| 123
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 150
| 97
| 954
| 187
| 8
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (7th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1974 - signed June 7, 1974).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1983).
- Signed by San Francisco Giants (January 12, 1984).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants with Bill Laskey to Montreal Expos in exchange for Dan Driessen (August 1, 1985).
- Released by Montreal Expos (April 7, 1986).
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