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Robert Brown Thomson

First name: Bobby

Last name: Thomson

Birthdate: 1923-10-25

Bats: R Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 123308

Retro ID: thomb105

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1946	NY1	0.7	0.2	0.9	0.6	0.9	0.1	3
1947	NY1	7.5	1.6	9.1	4.1	6.8	2.4	20
1948	NY1	6.4	1.2	7.5	1.6	3.9	3.7	12
1949	NY1	8.6	1.8	10.5	6.1	9.1	1.3	27
1950	NY1	7.8	1.8	9.5	3.1	5.9	3.7	18
1951	NY1	7.4	1.6	9.0	6.0	8.6	0.4	26
1952	NY1	8.4	1.9	10.3	3.9	6.9	3.3	21
1953	NY1	8.2	1.8	10.0	1.6	4.5	5.5	14
1954	MLN	1.4	0.2	1.6	-0.1	0.4	1.2	1
1955	MLN	4.8	0.7	5.5	0.8	2.5	3.1	7
1956	MLN	6.4	1.0	7.5	2.2	4.4	3.0	13
1957	MLN	2.0	0.3	2.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	2
1957	NY1	3.0	0.5	3.4	1.1	2.1	1.3	6
1958	CHN	7.7	1.7	9.5	2.7	5.4	4.0	16
1959	CHN	5.3	1.0	6.2	1.1	2.9	3.3	9
1960	BAL	0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.3	-0.3	0.3	-1
1960	BOS	1.6	0.2	1.8	0.4	0.9	0.9	3
Career		87.3	17.5	104.7	35.0	65.6	39.0	197

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1946	NY1	58	3	3	1	-1	0	0	1	0	4	9.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	2
1947	NY1	591	14	12	2	6	0	1	2	-1	23	10.6	2.2	-0.1	0.1	2.2	14
1948	NY1	507	-10	-11	2	6	0	0	7	-3	4	10.1	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.1	16
1949	NY1	689	26	26	-1	2	0	0	11	-1	38	9.8	3.9	-0.1	0.1	3.9	25
1950	NY1	627	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	-1	10	9.6	1.0	-0.1	0.2	1.1	23
1951	NY1	603	36	36	-1	7	0	-1	-1	-2	40	9.7	4.1	-0.2	0.2	4.1	10
1952	NY1	666	16	16	2	4	0	1	-7	-1	16	9.5	1.7	-0.1	0.2	1.8	7
1953	NY1	656	6	4	0	2	-2	0	-10	-1	-6	10.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.2	-0.5	3
1954	MLN	113	-5	-4	2	0	0	0	-1	-1	-3	8.8	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0
1955	MLN	383	-4	-1	2	-1	-1	0	0	-3	-1	9.8	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	5
1956	MLN	505	-7	-3	5	1	-1	-1	7	-4	8	9.0	0.9	-0.4	0.2	0.7	14
1957	MLN	160	-5	-4	1	-2	1	0	0	-1	-4	9.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	2
1957	NY1	237	-3	-3	5	-1	0	1	3	-2	5	9.4	0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.4	6
1958	CHN	614	11	12	0	1	0	-2	-4	-2	7	9.9	0.7	-0.2	0.2	0.7	9
1959	CHN	418	-5	-5	3	3	0	0	-1	-3	0	9.5	0.0	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	6
1960	BAL	6	-2	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	-3	9.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	-1
1960	BOS	127	1	0	0	0	0	2	-1	-1	1	9.9	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	1
Career		6,960	72	76	23	28	-3	1	14	-27	139	-	14.2	-2.7	1.8	13.3	142

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1946	NY1	3B	312	52	3.0	2	1	2	2	-0.2	0.0	0	1
1947	NY1	2B	285	43	-1.0	-1	-1	-1	0	-0.1	0.1	0	-1
1951	NY1	3B	1954	290	4.0	2	1	10	5	0.0	0.0	0	1
1952	NY1	3B	2429	343	-3.0	-6	-4	4	15	-0.9	0.0	-1	-5
1956	MLN	3B	94	20	-1.0	-1	-1	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	-1
1957	NY1	3B	36	7	0.0	0	0	0	1	-0.1	0.0	0	0
1958	CHN	3B	63	9	0.0	0	0	-1	-1	0.0	0.0	0	0
1960	BOS	1B	31	4	-1.0	-1	-1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	-1
		1B	31	4	-1.0	-1	-1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	-1
		2B	285	43	-1.0	-1	-1	-1	0	-0.1	0.1	0	-1
		3B	4888	721	3.0	-3	-3	18	25	-1.2	0.0	-1	-4

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1947	NY1	CF	3611	464	2.0	2	2	4	150	1	3
1948	NY1	LF	1560	174	4.0	3	3	3	65	1	4
1948	NY1	CF	1568	203	4.0	4	3	7	71	0	3
1948	NY1	RF	41	11	0.0	0	0	2	3	0	0
1949	NY1	CF	4309	584	16.0	14	12	11	148	-1	11
1950	NY1	CF	4012	538	13.0	10	9	24	198	0	9
1951	NY1	LF	945	93	1.0	0	0	-8	30	0	0
1951	NY1	CF	995	123	-2.0	-3	-3	-9	36	1	-2
1951	NY1	RF	12	1	0.0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
1952	NY1	CF	1670	203	0.0	-2	-2	-10	57	0	-2
1953	NY1	CF	4338	553	-7.0	-12	-10	-17	189	0	-10
1953	NY1	RF	5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	MLN	LF	577	57	-1.0	-1	-1	-7	14	0	-1
1954	MLN	RF	3	1	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1955	MLN	LF	2338	247	5.0	3	3	-5	74	-2	1
1955	MLN	CF	72	10	-1.0	-1	-1	0	6	0	-1
1956	MLN	LF	2705	283	8.0	6	5	5	91	5	10
1956	MLN	CF	483	60	-2.0	-2	-2	-4	21	0	-2
1957	MLN	LF	948	96	0.0	-1	-1	-1	36	0	-1
1957	NY1	LF	1009	105	1.0	0	0	1	29	1	1
1957	NY1	CF	65	12	0.0	0	0	2	5	0	0
1957	MLN	CF	115	19	1.0	1	1	3	8	0	1
1957	NY1	RF	330	65	3.0	2	2	9	21	0	2
1958	CHN	LF	33	1	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	2	0	-1
1958	CHN	CF	3911	495	-6.0	-8	-7	-29	160	4	-3
1958	CHN	RF	29	3	0.0	0	0	-1	2	0	0
1959	CHN	LF	966	94	-1.0	-2	-2	-6	39	2	0
1959	CHN	CF	1233	157	1.0	0	0	-4	59	-3	-3
1959	CHN	RF	410	76	4.0	4	3	14	33	-1	2
1960	BOS	LF	336	44	-1.0	0	0	3	24	-2	-2
1960	BAL	LF	9	0	0.0	0	0	-1	3	0	0
1960	BOS	CF	338	48	2.0	2	2	6	10	0	2
1960	BOS	RF	11	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	BAL	RF	20	1	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	0	0	-1
		LF	11426	1194	15.0	7	6	-18	407	5	11
		CF	26720	3469	21.0	5	4	-16	1118	2	6
		RF	861	160	6.0	5	4	22	60	-1	3

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1951	NY1	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.0	1
Career		0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.0	1

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1951	NY1	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	2
Career		26	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	-	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	2

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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