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Fresco Thompson

Birthdate:

6/6/1902

Died:

11/20/1968

Height / Weight:

5' 8" / 150 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Centreville, AL, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

1928 Photo

SUMMARY
Informal full-length portrait of baseball player Fresco Thompson of the National League's Philadelphia Phillies, leaning forward with his hands close to the ground, standing at first base on the field at Wrigley Field, located at 1060 West Addison Street and bounded by West Waveland Avenue, North Seminary Avenue, North Clark Street, and North Sheffield Avenue in the Lake View community area of Chicago, Illinois.NOTES This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper.Cite as: SDN-067510, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

A contact hitter Fresco Thompson rarely struck out, just 69 times in over 2500 at bats and was a solid fielding second baseman, compiling a .962 percentage in 669 major league games.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
9 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1925	PIT (NL)	14	37	4	9	2	1	0	8	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.243	.317	SLG
1926	NYG (NL)	2	8	1	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.625	.700	SLG
1927	PHI (NL)	153	597	78	181	32	14	1	70	34	36	19	0	0	2	18	0	.303	.343	SLG
1928	PHI (NL)	152	634	99	182	34	11	3	50	42	27	19	0	0	1	23	0	.287	.332	SLG
1929	PHI (NL)	148	623	115	202	41	3	4	53	75	34	16	0	0	1	16	0	.324	.398	SLG
1930	PHI (NL)	122	478	77	135	34	4	4	46	35	29	7	0	0	0	16	0	.282	.331	SLG
1931	BRO (NL)	74	181	26	48	6	1	1	21	23	16	5	0	0	1	3	0	.265	.351	SLG
1932	BRO (NL)	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1934	NYG (NL)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
9 years		669	2560	400	762	149	34	13	249	215	143	69	1	0	5	76	0	.298	.353	.SLG

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