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Junior Thompson
Eugene Earl Thompson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 26, 1939
Final Game July 4, 1947
Born June 7, 1917 in Latham, IL
Died August 24, 2006 in Scottsdale, AZ

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1939 22 CIN NL  13   5  42  11   5   3  19  2  152.3  130   51   43   6   55   87   3   1   625       0  2.54  3.84  151 1.214
 1940 23 CIN NL  16   9  33  31  17   3   1  0  225.3  197   90   83  10   96  103   2   3   951       2  3.32  3.81  115 1.300
 1941 24 CIN NL   6   6  27  15   4   0   6  1  109.0  117   65   59   6   57   46   3   2   509       0  4.87  3.63   75 1.596
 1942 25 CIN NL   4   7  29  10   1   0   7  0  101.7   86   61   38   5   53   35   2   3   443       0  3.36  3.31   98 1.367
 1946 29 NYG NL   4   6  39   1   0   0  27  4   62.7   36   18    9   5   40   31   0   2   244       0  1.29  3.45  267 1.213
 1947 30 NYG NL   4   2  15   0   0   0   6  0   35.7   36   20   17   3   27   13   1   1   164       0  4.29  4.07   95 1.766
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .573  47  35 185  68  27   6  66  7  686.7  602  305  249  35  328  315  11  12  2936       2  3.26  3.69  113 1.354
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   9  49  18   7   1  17  1  184.3  161   81   66   9   88   84   2   3   789   0   0  3.26  3.69  113 1.354
 Career High     16   9  42  31  17   3  27  4  225.3  197   90   83  10   96  103   3   3   951   0   2  1.29  3.84  267 1.213

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 22 CIN NL  42   48    3   11   1  0   0    1   0      0  11  .229  .229  .250   28   12   3           0   0
 1940 23 CIN NL  33   79    5   18   4  1   0   11   0      2  26  .228  .247  .304   50   24   8           0   1
 1941 24 CIN NL  27   30    2    7   3  0   0    2   0      0   6  .233  .233  .333   58   10   7           0   0
 1942 25 CIN NL  29   30    3    8   0  0   0    4   0      2   4  .267  .313  .267   70    8   1           0   0
 1946 29 NYG NL  39    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      2   4  .143  .333  .143   37    1   1           0   0
 1947 30 NYG NL  15    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      185  200   13   45   8  1   0   18   0  0   6  52  .225  .248  .275   44   55  20   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        175   11   39   7  1   0   16   0  0   5  46  .225  .248  .275   44   48  18   0   0   0   1
 Career High     42   79    5   18   4  1   0   11   0  0   2  26                          24   8   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 22 CIN NL   51   40    3   2.0   104| .229  .282| .229  .347| .250  .402| .479  .750|  28  .181  -5.0  -0.5     
 1940 23 CIN NL   89   70    6   2.3    99| .228  .273| .247  .338| .304  .393| .551  .730|  50  .237  -5.6  -0.6     
 1941 24 CIN NL   37   30    2   1.8    95| .233  .267| .233  .338| .333  .376| .566  .714|  58  .177  -1.8  -0.2     
 1942 25 CIN NL   33   23    3   3.5    87| .267  .256| .313  .328| .267  .356| .580  .684|  70  .464  -1.2  -0.1     
 1946 29 NYG NL   10    7    0   0.0    93| .143  .263| .333  .339| .143  .369| .476  .708|  37  .000  -0.5   0.0     
 1947 30 NYG NL    6    6    0   0.0   107| .000  .275| .000  .351| .000  .408| .000  .759|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       226  176   14   2.1    98| .225  .271| .248  .339| .275  .387| .523  .725|  44  .217 -15.8  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 22 CIN NL P 42 3 25 3 0 .903 .959 0.67 1.09 1.65 2.19 11 152.3 1940 23 CIN NL P 33 12 40 4 1 .929 .961 1.58 1.10 2.08 2.22 31 225.3 1941 24 CIN NL P 27 6 32 2 0 .950 .964 1.41 1.09 3.14 2.23 15 109.0 1942 25 CIN NL P 29 9 39 4 4 .923 .968 1.66 1.17 4.25 2.35 10 101.7 1946 29 NYG NL P 39 5 18 0 1 1.000 .958 0.59 1.01 3.30 2.24 1 62.7 1947 30 NYG NL P 15 5 9 0 1 1.000 .966 0.93 0.91 3.53 2.12 0 35.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 22 CIN NL P 42 3 25 3 0 .903 .959 0.67 1.09 1.65 2.19 11 152.3 1940 23 CIN NL P 33 12 40 4 1 .929 .961 1.58 1.10 2.08 2.22 31 225.3 1941 24 CIN NL P 27 6 32 2 0 .950 .964 1.41 1.09 3.14 2.23 15 109.0 1942 25 CIN NL P 29 9 39 4 4 .923 .968 1.66 1.17 4.25 2.35 10 101.7 1946 29 NYG NL P 39 5 18 0 1 1.000 .958 0.59 1.01 3.30 2.24 1 62.7 1947 30 NYG NL P 15 5 9 0 1 1.000 .966 0.93 0.91 3.53 2.12 0 35.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 185 40 163 13 7 .940 .963 1.10 1.07 2.66 2.23 68 686.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 185 40 163 13 7 .940 .963 1.10 1.07 2.66 2.23 68 687
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1939   WS    CIN NYY     L   1   1  13.50  0  1  0  0   4.2   5   7   4   3 
 1940   WS    CIN DET     W   1   1  16.20  0  1  0  0   3.1   8   6   4   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   2   2  14.62  0  2  0  0   8    13  13   8   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1939   WS    CIN NYY     L   1   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1940   WS    CIN DET     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wins
1940 NL-16-4

Won-Loss %
1939 NL-.722-2
1940 NL-.640-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1940 NL-7.87-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1940 NL-4.11-6

Games
1939 NL-42-9

Saves
1946 NL-4-6

Strikeouts
1940 NL-103-8

Games Started
1940 NL-31-8

Comp. Games
1940 NL-17-8

Shutouts
1939 NL-3-5
1940 NL-3-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1940 NL-96-2

Games Finished
1939 NL-19-7
1946 NL-27-1

Gray Ink: Pitching - 25 (913) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.0 (476) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (955) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 19, 1947: Released by the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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