Best Of The San Francisco Giants: Top 10 Seasons At 2nd Base
By Phil Watson
7. Robby Thompson, 1991
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 29 | 144 | 573 | 74 | 129 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 63 | 95 | .262 | .352 | .447 | .799 | 128 |
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Generated 2/16/2014.
Thompson, who spent his entire 11-year career with San Francisco, belted a career-high in homers in 1991.
He was eighth among National League position players with a 5.1 WAR and 10th with a Power-Speed number of 16.1.
Thompson was also sixth in the league being hit by six pitches and eighth with 11 sacrifice hits. Defensively, he led NL second basemen with 98 double plays.
Offensively among second basemen in the NL, Thompson was second with 19 home runs, 24 doubles, a .447 slugging percentage and .799 OPS and third with 74 runs and a .352 on-base percentage.
Thompson got better after the All-Star break, hitting .273/.362/.449 in 72 games with 29 runs, nine homers and 24 RBI.