Bobby Thomson stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1946
Bio
- Debut
- 1946
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,779
- AB
- 6,305
- R
- 903
- H
- 1,705
- HR
- 264
- RBI
- 1,026
- SB
- 38
- AVG
- .270
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | SF | 18 | 54 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .315 |
| 1947 | SF | 138 | 545 | 105 | 154 | 29 | 85 | 1 | .283 |
| 1948 | SF | 138 | 471 | 75 | 117 | 16 | 63 | 2 | .248 |
| 1949 | SF | 156 | 641 | 99 | 198 | 27 | 109 | 10 | .309 |
| 1950 | SF | 149 | 563 | 79 | 142 | 25 | 85 | 3 | .252 |
| 1951 | SF | 148 | 518 | 89 | 152 | 32 | 101 | 5 | .293 |
| 1952 | SF | 153 | 608 | 89 | 164 | 24 | 108 | 5 | .270 |
| 1953 | SF | 154 | 608 | 80 | 175 | 26 | 106 | 4 | .288 |
| 1954 | ATL | 43 | 99 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 0 | .232 |
| 1955 | ATL | 101 | 343 | 40 | 88 | 12 | 56 | 2 | .257 |
| 1956 | ATL | 142 | 451 | 59 | 106 | 20 | 74 | 2 | .235 |
| 1957 |  ATL/SF | 122 | 363 | 39 | 87 | 12 | 61 | 3 | .240 |
| 1958 | CHC | 152 | 547 | 67 | 155 | 21 | 82 | 0 | .283 |
| 1959 | CHC | 122 | 374 | 55 | 97 | 11 | 52 | 1 | .259 |
| 1960 |  BAL/BOS | 43 | 120 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 0 | .250 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- AB
- 21
- R
- 1
- H
- 5
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 2
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .238
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,957
- TB
- 2,912
- XBH
- 605
- HBP
- 34
- IBB
- 23
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | SF | 58 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | SF | 591 | 277 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | SF | 506 | 189 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | SF | 689 | 332 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | SF | 625 | 253 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | SF | 602 | 291 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | SF | 666 | 293 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | SF | 656 | 287 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATL | 113 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | ATL | 383 | 142 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | ATL | 505 | 184 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL/SF | 397 | 149 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CHC | 615 | 255 | 53 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CHC | 418 | 149 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | BAL/BOS | 133 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 30.0
- RC
- 1002.4
- RC/27
- 5.80
- ISOP
- .191
- SECA
- .283
- BB/K
- 0.70
- AB/HR
- 23.9
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | SF | 0.5 | 10.4 | 7.6 | .222 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 27 | 0 |
| 1947 | SF | 3.0 | 94.4 | 6.5 | .226 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 18.8 | 0 |
| 1948 | SF | 0.4 | 58.3 | 4.4 | .153 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 29.4 | 0 |
| 1949 | SF | 5.7 | 119.6 | 7.3 | .209 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 23.7 | 0 |
| 1950 | SF | 2.7 | 86.6 | 5.5 | .197 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 22.5 | 0 |
| 1951 | SF | 5.0 | 111.9 | 8 | .268 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 16.2 | 0 |
| 1952 | SF | 4.1 | 99.9 | 6 | .212 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 25.3 | 0 |
| 1953 | SF | 1.4 | 98.8 | 6.1 | .184 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 23.4 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATL | -0.1 | 11 | 3.8 | .091 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 49.5 | 0 |
| 1955 | ATL | 0.5 | 48.4 | 5 | .157 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 28.6 | 0 |
| 1956 | ATL | 1.3 | 58.2 | 4.4 | .173 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 22.6 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL/SF | 1.1 | 45.4 | 4.3 | .171 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 30.3 | 0 |
| 1958 | CHC | 2.8 | 92.7 | 6.2 | .183 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 26 | 0 |
| 1959 | CHC | 1.2 | 51.7 | 4.9 | .139 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 34 | 0 |
| 1960 | BAL/BOS | 0.4 | 16.1 | 4.7 | .167 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 24 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Bobby Thomson's career stats?
Bobby Thomson played 15 seasons for the Giants, the Braves and the Cubs. He was a career .270 hitter with 1,705 hits, 264 home runs and 1,026 RBI. His best season was 1946: a .315 batting average, 2 home runs and 9 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 1 postseason, 1946 to 1960
Championships
- 1957 World Series with the Atlanta Braves
All-time career rank
- 232nd in home runs (264)
- 245th in rbi (1,026)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.