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Thurman Munson League
8-10-2254
Chick Thompson Left Field
Retired (1959, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .238 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .680 Status Deceased (1986) Option Years 0  
H 432 Age at Death 62 Date of Birth 01-17-1924
HR 60 Drafted Round 3, Pick 42
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 9 years
(9 games)
RBI 229
SB 33
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L D+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (98.4%)   Health D- LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF A+ (98.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1951 CF CLE 5 3 28.0 6 6 0 0 0 -1 1.93 1.000
LF CLE 3 3 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.67 1.000
1952 LF CLE 80 66 608.0 127 125 1 1 0 -2 1.87 .992
RF CLE 5 5 44.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 2.05 1.000
CF CLE 2 2 19.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.37 1.000
1953 LF CLE 42 26 258.2 63 62 0 1 0 +1 2.16 .984
RF CLE 24 24 209.1 40 40 0 0 0 -1 1.72 1.000
1954 LF CLE 57 38 365.0 74 72 0 2 0 +1 1.78 .973
RF CLE 13 13 117.0 22 21 0 1 0 -2 1.62 .955
CF CLE 4 4 36.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.75 1.000
1955 LF CLE 15 11 101.2 28 28 0 0 0 -1 2.48 1.000
RF CLE 9 9 80.1 19 18 0 1 0 0 2.02 .947
CF CLE 6 6 54.0 22 22 0 0 0 -1 3.67 1.000
1956 RF CLE 17 17 153.2 22 21 0 1 0 0 1.23 .955
LF CLE 17 16 140.2 23 22 0 1 0 -4 1.41 .957
CF CLE 2 2 18.0 6 6 0 0 0 +1 3.00 1.000
1957 LF CLE 30 19 174.0 33 33 0 0 0 0 1.71 1.000
RF CLE 11 11 96.0 23 23 0 0 0 -1 2.16 1.000
CF CLE 6 6 54.2 11 11 0 0 0 0 1.81 1.000
1958 RF CLE 9 9 79.1 19 19 0 0 0 0 2.16 1.000
CF CLE 4 4 36.0 3 3 0 0 0 -1 0.75 1.000
LF CLE 7 2 27.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.33 1.000
SS CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total LF 251 181 1702.0 360 354 1 5 0 -5 1.88 .986
RF 88 88 779.2 155 152 0 3 0 -4 1.75 .981
CF 29 27 245.2 60 60 0 0 0 -2 2.20 1.000
SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 369 296 2728.1 575 566 1 8 0 -11 1.87 .986
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Chick Thompson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1959-09-02The Cleveland Grave-diggers have waived Chick Thompson.
1959-04-11The Cleveland Grave-diggers have promoted Jeff Hannan to the major league team. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have promoted Ed Kalfass to the major league team. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have sent Al Taylor to the minors. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have designated Chick Thompson for assignment.
1950-04-01The Cleveland Grave-diggers have promoted Chick Thompson to the major league team. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have sent John Lyons to the minors.