MLB / Players

Gene Thompson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb
BornJune 7, 1917 · Latham, IL, USA
MLB debutApril 26, 1939
Final gameJuly 4, 1947
Seasons6 (1939–1947)

Cincinnati Reds 1939–1942; New York Giants 1946–1947

Percentile snapshot

1940 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
60.6
GS
31
79.8
W
16
86.2
L
9
42.6
SV
0
0
CG
17
77.7
SHO
3
78.7
H
197
39.4
ER
83
37.2
BB
96
6.4
SO
103
85.1
HR
10
52.1
IP
225.3
74.5
ERA
3.32
69.1
WHIP
1.300
64.9
K/9
4.11
56.4
FIP
3.72
72.3
FIP-
98.2
46.8
ERA+
114.1
53.2
sWAR
3.7
71.3

of 95 qualified 1940 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
10.7
87.6

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1939425148311100101100.229.229.250.47917.929.7.2203.8
19403389795184101122600.228.247.304.55144.652.4.2523.7
19412737302730020600.233.233.333.56748.759.8.258-0.5
19422933303800042400.267.313.267.57969.771.7.2831.0
1946391070100002400.143.333.143.47653.236.6.2742.3
194715660000000100.000.000.000.000-130.3-100.0.0000.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
193942111352531304355876152.32.541.2145.143.3286.2151.73.8
194033311690173197839610310225.33.321.3004.113.7298.2114.13.7
19412715661401175957466109.04.871.5963.804.09114.673.3-0.5
1942291047010863853355101.73.361.3673.103.86118.496.91.0
1946391464003694031562.71.291.2134.454.28123.7267.82.3
19471504200036172713335.74.291.7663.285.29128.096.30.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
185
PA
226
AB
200
R
13
H
45
2B
8
3B
1
HR
0
RBI
18
BB
6
SO
52
SB
0
BA
.2250
OBP
.2476
SLG
.2750
OPS
.5226

Pitching

G (P)
185
GS
68
W
47
L
35
SV
7
CG
27
SHO
6
IP
687
SO (P)
315
BB allowed
328
ERA
3.264
WHIP
1.3544
K/9
4.13

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1941-09-17PHI @ CIN Gameday403200105
1940-06-09LAD @ CIN Gameday412100103
1940-07-19ATL @ CIN Gameday302100003
1940-05-15CIN @ LAD Gameday101010013
1940-09-12CIN @ SF Gameday402000202

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1940-08-24ATL @ CIN Gameday9.0400590
1941-08-18CIN @ PHI Gameday9.0944392
1939-07-29PHI @ CIN Gameday9.0400480
1939-07-23CIN @ PHI Gameday11.01422171
1940-04-18CHC @ CIN Gameday9.0511270

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.