Gene Thompson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 7, 1917 in Latham, IL us

Died: August 24, 2006 in Scottsdale, AZ

Buried: Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, AZ

Debut: April 26, 1939 (Age 21-323d, 8,651st in major league history)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 4, 1947 (Age 30-027d)
vs. BRO 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 6 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Eugene Earl Thompson

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1940 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.3

ERA

3.26

185

686.2

315

WHIP

1.354

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	7 (1)	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	W,7-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	10 (2)	May 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-8	GF	13	2.2	1	1	0	2	0
4	15 (4)	May 8	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-8	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	17 (1)	May 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
6	19 (1)	May 12	CIN		STL	L,7-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	21 (1)	May 14	CIN		STL	L,5-9	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	28 (6)	May 22	CIN		BRO	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	31 (2)	May 25	CIN		NYG	W,6-1	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
10	37 (5)	May 30 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,0-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	39 (1)	Jun 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	44 (4)	Jun 6	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-17	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	47 (2)	Jun 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-7		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	50 (2)	Jun 14	CIN		PHI	W,10-7		17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	54 (3)	Jun 18 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	57 (2)	Jun 23	CIN		NYG	L,0-7		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	64 (6)	Jul 2 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-9		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	69 (4)	Jul 8	CIN		CHC	L,6-7		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	73 (3)	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-4	GF	22	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
20	78 (4)	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	82 (3)	Jul 23 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	45	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
22	87 (4)	Jul 29 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	92 (4)	Aug 2	CIN		NYG	L,2-12	GS	29	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	96 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,8-6		28	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
25	99 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	GF	26	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	103 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	105 (1)	Aug 14	CIN		PIT	W,9-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
28	108 (2)	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	W,7-6		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	110 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	CIN		STL	L,1-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	113 (2)	Aug 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-4	GS	24	5.1	0	2	0	2	0
31	119 (5)	Aug 28	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	120	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	L,1-6		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	123 (2)	Sep 4 (2)	CIN	@	STL	T,6-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	125 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	38	8.1	0	2	1	3	0
35	127 (1)	Sep 7	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
36	129 (1)	Sep 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	132 (2)	Sep 13	CIN		BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	135 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,10-6	GF	12	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	139 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	145 (5)	Sep 22 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	150 (4)	Sep 26 (1)	CIN		STL	W,3-1	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	155 (4)	Oct 1 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-1	GF	17	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
							42gm		152.0	3	25	3	31	0