Hank Thompson
1943–1956 · bats L / throws R · ASP, Kansas City Monarchs, New York Giants, St. Louis Browns
1,093G
.275AVG
.375OBP
.460SLG
More career statistics
984H
144HR
568RBI
57SB
9Rare 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 · Games | 1,093 | 1,088 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,577 | 3,504 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 15 | 31 |
| Batting · Doubles | 133 | 140 |
| Batting · Hits | 984 | 1,000 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 28 | 25 |
| Batting · Home runs | 144 | 155 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 337 | 343 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,218 | 4,147 |
| Batting · Runs | 625 | 631 |
| Batting · RBI | 568 | 586 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 57 | 55 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 15 | 16 |
| Batting · Triples | 49 | 53 |
| Batting · Walks | 556 | 564 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,093 | 4,218 | 3,577 | 625 | 984 | 133 | 49 | 144 | 568 | 556 | 337 | 57 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 1,647 | .275 | .375 | .460 | .835 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1948-08-08 to 1948-09-03
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1954-06-03 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1947-05-22 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1947-07-04 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 562 | 2109 | 516 | 94 | 305 | 294 | 145 | .291 | .384 | .518 |
| Away | 526 | 2038 | 484 | 61 | 281 | 270 | 198 | .280 | .370 | .458 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 66 | 260 | 46 | 11 | 33 | 58 | 26 | .234 | .400 | .462 |
| May | 187 | 711 | 153 | 26 | 88 | 117 | 57 | .263 | .380 | .466 |
| June | 201 | 803 | 207 | 30 | 125 | 100 | 51 | .300 | .382 | .491 |
| July | 250 | 982 | 255 | 37 | 145 | 124 | 73 | .305 | .386 | .529 |
| August | 234 | 884 | 213 | 28 | 119 | 102 | 79 | .280 | .356 | .463 |
| September | 145 | 496 | 124 | 23 | 75 | 63 | 56 | .291 | .377 | .500 |
| October | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .182 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 136 | 522 | 115 | 22 | 91 | 76 | 59 | .266 | .366 | .487 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 131 | 499 | 100 | 16 | 62 | 70 | 53 | .242 | .341 | .407 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 130 | 524 | 118 | 18 | 66 | 79 | 42 | .269 | .376 | .441 |
| chicago-cubs | 129 | 516 | 116 | 14 | 63 | 77 | 44 | .268 | .374 | .441 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 125 | 444 | 90 | 13 | 39 | 55 | 47 | .235 | .327 | .392 |
| cincinnati-reds | 122 | 478 | 123 | 23 | 77 | 54 | 41 | .299 | .370 | .540 |
| milwaukee-braves | 75 | 269 | 59 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 26 | .267 | .379 | .439 |
| boston-braves | 57 | 229 | 60 | 12 | 41 | 31 | 20 | .311 | .397 | .544 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 33 | 100 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 2 | .330 | – | – |
| 1946 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 23 | 78 | 32 | 5 | 9 | – | .410 | – | – |
| 1947 | Kansas City Monarchs, St. Louis Browns | 70 | 221 | 78 | 9 | 45 | 9 | .353 | – | – |
| 1948 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 57 | 180 | 76 | 11 | 43 | 13 | .422 | – | – |
| 1949 |  New York Giants | 75 | 275 | 77 | 9 | 34 | 5 | .280 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Giants | 148 | 512 | 148 | 20 | 90 | 8 | .289 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Giants | 87 | 264 | 62 | 8 | 33 | 1 | .235 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Giants | 128 | 423 | 110 | 17 | 67 | 4 | .260 | – | – |
| 1953 | New York Giants | 114 | 388 | 117 | 24 | 75 | 6 | .302 | – | – |
| 1954 | New York Giants | 136 | 448 | 118 | 26 | 86 | 3 | .263 | – | – |
| 1955 | New York Giants | 135 | 432 | 106 | 17 | 63 | 2 | .245 | – | – |
| 1956 | New York Giants | 82 | 183 | 43 | 8 | 29 | 2 | .235 | – | – |