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

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-23 / in Starts: 6-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 11

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	5	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.59	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.033	1.33	0.06%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
2	2	7	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	5-5		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.19	3	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.019	1.84	0.04%	0.53	5t 1-- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	10	May 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-8	7-GF	BL(0-1)	3	2.2	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	6.23	4.90	13	5	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	-0.657	7.97	-1.23%	-1.59	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
4	4	15	May 8	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-8	8-GF(8)		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.79	4.74	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.009	1.31	0.02%	0.31	8b -2- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
5	5	17	May 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	7.11	4.80	7	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	-0.094	1.51	-0.22%	-1.93	7b 1-- 1 out d2	8b end d 5
6	6	19	May 12	CIN		STL	L,7-8	8-GF		1	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	6.48	5.95	9	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	-0.042	.91	-0.09%	0.02	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
7	7	21	May 14	CIN		STL	L,5-9	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.79	5.38	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
8	8	28	May 22	CIN		BRO	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	7	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.23	5.11	4	2	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.036	1.83	0.09%	0.43	9t --3 0 out a4	9t end a 3
9	9	31	May 25	CIN		NYG	W,6-1	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.63	5.08	6	2	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.031	1.48	0.08%	1.29	8t 123 2 out a5	9t end a 5
10	10	37	May 30(1)	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	7-7		4	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.38	5.03	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.007	1.42	0.02%	0.27	7t --- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	39	Jun 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-4	12-GF(13)	W(1-1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.77	4.76	8	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.136	3.53	0.38%	0.92	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 5
12	12	44	Jun 6	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-17	5-GF(8)		4	4.0	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.42	4.39	16	7	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.98	5b --- 0 out d14	8b end d14
13	13	47	Jun 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-7	7-8		3	1.2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.50	4.69	8	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.089	6.63	0.30%	0.81	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 1-- 2 out a1
14	14	50	Jun 14	CIN		PHI	W,10-7	4-7	W(2-1)	3	4.0	2	2	0	2	2	1	0	3.75	4.97	17	6	5	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.042	4.35	0.12%	0.04	4t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out a1
15	15	54	Jun 18(2)	CIN		BSN	L,0-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.60	4.99	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.11	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
16	16	57	Jun 23	CIN		NYG	L,0-7	7-7		4	0.1	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.91	5.32	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.021	1.23	-0.07%	-2.08	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 123 1 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	17	64	Jul 2(2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-9	6-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	3.62	5.12	9	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.31	0.031	2.02	0.12%	1.02	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
18	18	69	Jul 8	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	6-8		5	3.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.26	4.77	11	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.08	0.016	.52	0.06%	1.53	6t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d5
19	19	73	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-4	4-GF	W(3-1)	6	6.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	1	2.72	4.44	22	7	5	2	0	3		3	2	0	0	1	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.304	9.99	1.26%	2.88	4b 123 0 out a1	9b end a 4
20	20	78	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	GS-6		3	6.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.76	3.99	23	4	8	0	0	7	54			0	1	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.074	6.38	0.25%	1.16	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
21	21	82	Jul 23(1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG(11)	W(4-1)	3	11.0	14	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.53	3.74	45	14	9	1	0	14	67			0	2	0	43	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.30	0.533	5.67	1.39%	3.17	1b start tie	11b 3 out a3
22	22	87	Jul 29(1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-1)	5	9.0	4	0	0	4	8	0	0	2.17	3.51	33	13	4	1	0	4	83			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.424	3.19	0.79%	4.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	23	92	Aug 2	CIN		NYG	L,2-12	GS-6	L(5-2)	3	5.2	11	9	9	2	4	0	0	3.18	3.40	29	7	5	0	0	11	13			0	0	0	27	3	1	1	1	0	0	.67	-0.268	1.45	-0.35%	-5.31	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out d8
24	24	96	Aug 6(2)	CIN		BRO	W,8-6	2-8	W(6-2)	3	6.1	4	4	3	4	3	0	0	3.27	3.41	28	12	5	2	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.57	-0.235	5.82	-0.52%	-0.61	2t -2- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d1
25	25	99	Aug 9(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	3-GF	W(7-2)	2	6.1	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.24	3.42	26	5	9	0	1	6		3	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.32	0.217	4.91	0.49%	1.84	3b 123 2 out d1	9b end a 2
26	26	103	Aug 13(1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.27	3.42	9	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.012	2.20	-0.02%	0.06	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
27	27	105	Aug 14	CIN		PIT	W,9-8	9-GF	W(8-2)	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.33	3.41	6	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.033	1.23	-0.07%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
28	28	108	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	3-4		2	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.27	3.37	6	1	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.029	1.32	0.07%	1.04	3t 1-- 1 out d5	4t 3 out d5
29	29	110	Aug 20(1)	CIN		STL	L,1-7	9-GF		2	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.44	3.33	6	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.06	-0.012	.44	-0.05%	-1.49	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
30	30	113	Aug 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-4	GS-6	L(8-3)	1	5.1	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	3.53	3.32	24	5	9	0	0	4	46			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.02	-0.089	4.78	-0.25%	-1.72	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d3
31	31	119	Aug 28	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	GS-5	L(8-4)	5	5.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.63	3.40	19	5	7	0	0	6	44			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.68	-0.098	2.80	-0.24%	-0.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	32	120	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	L,1-6	7-8		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.56	3.36	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.006	.25	0.02%	1.02	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
33	33	123	Sep 4(2)	CIN	@	STL	T,6-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.52	3.34	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.143	17.88	0.83%	0.53	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end tie
34	34	125	Sep 6(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-9		1	8.1	10	4	1	2	5	0	1	3.33	3.27	38	15	5	1	0	10	56			0	1	0	33	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.99	-0.340	6.99	-0.72%	-0.98	1b start a 1	9b -23 1 out tie
35	35	127	Sep 7	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	9-9		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	3.26	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.91	0.133	9.04	0.25%	0.52	9b 1-- 1 out tie	9b 3 out tie
36	36	129	Sep 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.28	3.29	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2.74	-0.020	10.78	-0.05%	0.51	7b 12- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d1
37	37	132	Sep 13	CIN		BRO	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.03	3.18	31	9	12	2	0	2	87			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.444	3.65	1.34%	4.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
38	38	135	Sep 15(1)	CIN		NYG	W,10-6	6-GF	W(10-4)	1	4.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.93	3.13	12	5	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.134	1.89	0.35%	2.04	6t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 4
39	39	139	Sep 17(2)	CIN		BSN	L,3-5	GS-6	L(10-5)	1	6.0	7	3	2	2	2	0	0	2.94	3.12	26	13	2	0	2	7	48			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	-0.057	4.56	-0.14%	0.06	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
40	40	145	Sep 22(1)	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-5)	4	9.0	7	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.75	3.09	36	13	10	1	0	3	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	2	0	0	.60	0.287	4.25	1.22%	4.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
41	41	150	Sep 26(1)	CIN		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(12-5)	3	9.0	9	1	1	6	4	0	0	2.64	3.12	42	18	14	7	3	0	63			0	0	0	36	3	0	2	1	0	1	1.42	0.475	8.88	1.78%	3.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
42	42	155	Oct 1(1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-1	5-GF	W(13-5)	4	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	3.11	17	7	7	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.149	.00	0.00%	2.45	5b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 8
							18-23		W-L:13-5,Sv:2,BSv:1	2.9	151.2	130	51	43	55	87	6	3	2.55	3.11	625	1.36		6%	2%	117	58	18	28%	7	10	2	551	24	3	7	14	4	11	.98	1.826	4.39	7.31%	25.71

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