Tommy Thompson
1933–1939 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns
397G
.266AVG
.335OBP
.328SLG
More career statistics
294H
9HR
119RBI
7SB
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 · Caught stealing | 0 | 4 |
| Batting · Hits | 294 | 293 |
| Batting · Runs | 142 | 143 |
| Batting · RBI | 119 | 120 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 397 | 1,251 | 1,107 | 142 | 294 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 119 | 108 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 363 | .266 | .335 | .328 | .663 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1934-08-25 to 1934-09-04
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1939-06-03 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1934-07-05 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1935-05-24 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 189 | 596 | 135 | 1 | 50 | 53 | 24 | .256 | .315 | .294 |
| Away | 208 | 655 | 158 | 8 | 70 | 55 | 39 | .272 | .325 | .357 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .231 | .323 | .231 |
| May | 84 | 264 | 57 | 2 | 22 | 33 | 13 | .252 | .341 | .310 |
| June | 65 | 146 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 7 | .280 | .363 | .364 |
| July | 71 | 257 | 63 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 | .260 | .296 | .322 |
| August | 61 | 222 | 56 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 14 | .287 | .329 | .379 |
| September | 89 | 327 | 78 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 19 | .264 | .303 | .307 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 55 | 207 | 49 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 11 | .269 | .304 | .308 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 54 | 184 | 54 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 8 | .318 | .348 | .424 |
| chicago-cubs | 50 | 154 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 6 | .206 | .279 | .228 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 50 | 159 | 42 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 6 | .298 | .371 | .397 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 47 | 128 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 8 | .324 | .391 | .360 |
| new-york-giants | 46 | 146 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | .246 | .288 | .315 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 45 | 140 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | .180 | .200 | .226 |
| detroit-tigers | 13 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .125 | .267 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |  Boston Braves | 24 | 97 | 18 | – | 6 | – | .186 | – | – |
| 1934 | Boston Braves | 105 | 343 | 91 | – | 37 | 2 | .265 | – | – |
| 1935 | Boston Braves | 112 | 297 | 80 | 4 | 30 | 2 | .269 | – | – |
| 1936 | Boston Braves | 106 | 266 | 76 | 4 | 37 | 3 | .286 | – | – |
| 1938 |  Chicago White Sox | 19 | 18 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .111 | – | – |
| 1939 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 31 | 86 | 26 | 1 | 8 | – | .302 | – | – |