Bobby Thigpen stats
Bio
- Age
- 63 yearsJul 17, 1963
- Height
- 6' 3"
Bobby Thigpen played 9 MLB seasons, 1986 to 1994.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 448
- W
- 31
- L
- 36
- ERA
- 3.43
- IP
- 568.2
- K
- 376
- BB
- 238
- WHIP
- 1.36
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | CHW | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1.77 | 35.2 | 20 | 12 | 1.07 |
| 1987 | CHW | 51 | 7 | 5 | 2.73 | 89.0 | 52 | 24 | 1.24 |
| 1988 | CHW | 68 | 5 | 8 | 3.30 | 90.0 | 62 | 33 | 1.43 |
| 1989 | CHW | 61 | 2 | 6 | 3.76 | 79.0 | 47 | 40 | 1.29 |
| 1990 | CHW | 77 | 4 | 6 | 1.83 | 88.2 | 70 | 32 | 1.04 |
| 1991 | CHW | 67 | 7 | 5 | 3.49 | 69.2 | 47 | 38 | 1.45 |
| 1992 | CHW | 55 | 1 | 3 | 4.75 | 55.0 | 45 | 33 | 1.65 |
| 1993 |  CHW/PHI | 42 | 3 | 1 | 5.83 | 54.0 | 29 | 21 | 1.76 |
| 1994 | SEA | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9.39 | 7.2 | 4 | 5 | 2.22 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 2.08
- IP
- 4.1
- K
- 3
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 0.92
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 6.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 12
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1989 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1990 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1991 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHW/PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 63 yearsJul 17, 1963
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1986
- Birthplace
- Tallahassee, FL
- College
- Mississippi State
What were Bobby Thigpen's career stats?
Bobby Thigpen played 9 seasons for the White Sox and the Mariners. He had 31 wins and 376 strikeouts with a 3.43 ERA over 568.2 innings. His best season was 1987: 7 wins, a 2.73 ERA and 52 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 1 postseason, 1986 to 1994
Bobby Thigpen led MLB in saves (1990); finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.
All-time career rank
- 54th in saves (201)
Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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