Fresco Thompson
1925–1934 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
669G
.298AVG
.353OBP
.398SLG
More career statistics
762H
13HR
249RBI
69SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,560 | 2,563 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 48 |
| Batting · Doubles | 149 | 150 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 143 | 145 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,856 | 2,858 |
| Batting · Runs | 400 | 397 |
| Batting · RBI | 249 | 246 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 69 | 73 |
| Batting · Walks | 215 | 213 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 669 | 2,856 | 2,560 | 400 | 762 | 149 | 34 | 13 | 249 | 215 | 143 | 69 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1,018 | .298 | .353 | .398 | .751 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1929-08-15 to 1929-09-01
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1929-06-25 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1927-06-18 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1927-09-19 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 339 | 1430 | 415 | 9 | 151 | 109 | 51 | .324 | .366 | .438 |
| Away | 330 | 1428 | 347 | 4 | 95 | 104 | 94 | .270 | .316 | .357 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 57 | 249 | 68 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 9 | .306 | .349 | .401 |
| May | 122 | 544 | 138 | 4 | 44 | 50 | 32 | .283 | .346 | .409 |
| June | 104 | 415 | 109 | 4 | 37 | 29 | 31 | .290 | .333 | .394 |
| July | 116 | 487 | 133 | 1 | 41 | 31 | 25 | .302 | .337 | .398 |
| August | 133 | 579 | 152 | 0 | 41 | 41 | 27 | .297 | .333 | .384 |
| September | 131 | 560 | 152 | 2 | 54 | 42 | 21 | .302 | .346 | .397 |
| October | 6 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .435 | .458 | .522 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 103 | 447 | 119 | 2 | 42 | 39 | 15 | .295 | .353 | .395 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 100 | 410 | 106 | 1 | 28 | 26 | 27 | .286 | .322 | .377 |
| boston-braves | 99 | 433 | 124 | 3 | 33 | 28 | 24 | .319 | .351 | .416 |
| chicago-cubs | 98 | 430 | 116 | 1 | 35 | 34 | 27 | .297 | .349 | .391 |
| cincinnati-reds | 86 | 349 | 105 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 19 | .331 | .355 | .461 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 85 | 390 | 91 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 19 | .262 | .315 | .366 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 83 | 346 | 93 | 1 | 40 | 26 | 9 | .308 | .344 | .401 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 15 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | .186 | .321 | .256 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 37 | 9 | – | 8 | 2 | .243 | – | – |
| 1926 |  New York Giants | 2 | 8 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | .625 | – | – |
| 1927 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 153 | 597 | 181 | 1 | 70 | 19 | .303 | – | – |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Phillies | 152 | 634 | 182 | 3 | 50 | 22 | .287 | – | – |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Phillies | 148 | 626 | 202 | 4 | 55 | 17 | .323 | – | – |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Phillies | 122 | 478 | 135 | 4 | 41 | 7 | .282 | – | – |
| 1931 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 74 | 181 | 48 | 1 | 21 | 5 | .265 | – | – |
| 1932 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1934 | New York Giants | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |