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Bobby Thomson played 15 major-league seasons (1946-1960) as a OF (1,506), 3B (184), 2B (9), 1B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 23 | NY1 | 18 | 54 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .315 | .899 | 161 |
| 1947 | 24 | NY1 | 138 | 545 | 105 | 154 | 29 | 85 | 1 | 40 | 78 | .283 | .844 | 130 |
| 1948 | 25 | NY1 | 138 | 471 | 75 | 117 | 16 | 63 | 2 | 30 | 77 | .248 | .697 | 94 |
| 1949 | 26 | NY1 | 156 | 641 | 99 | 198 | 27 | 109 | 10 | 44 | 45 | .309 | .873 | 139 |
| 1950 | 27 | NY1 | 149 | 563 | 79 | 142 | 25 | 85 | 3 | 55 | 45 | .252 | .774 | 109 |
| 1951 | 28 | NY1 | 148 | 518 | 89 | 152 | 32 | 101 | 5 | 73 | 57 | .293 | .947 | 160 |
| 1952 | 29 | NY1 | 153 | 608 | 89 | 164 | 24 | 108 | 5 | 52 | 74 | .270 | .813 | 131 |
| 1953 | 30 | NY1 | 154 | 608 | 80 | 175 | 26 | 106 | 4 | 43 | 57 | .288 | .810 | 116 |
| 1954 | 31 | ML1 | 43 | 99 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 29 | .232 | .639 | 73 |
| 1955 | 32 | ML1 | 101 | 343 | 40 | 88 | 12 | 56 | 2 | 34 | 52 | .257 | .733 | 98 |
| 1956 | 33 | ML1 | 142 | 451 | 59 | 106 | 20 | 74 | 2 | 43 | 75 | .235 | .710 | 95 |
| 1957 | 34 | ML1|NY1 | 122 | 363 | 39 | 87 | 12 | 61 | 3 | 27 | 66 | .240 | .706 | 94 |
| 1958 | 35 | CHN | 152 | 547 | 67 | 155 | 21 | 82 | 0 | 56 | 76 | .283 | .817 | 121 |
| 1959 | 36 | CHN | 122 | 374 | 55 | 97 | 11 | 52 | 1 | 35 | 50 | .259 | .721 | 98 |
| 1960 | 37 | BOS|BAL | 43 | 120 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .250 | .725 | 101 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 3B | 16 | 0 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 1947 | OF | 127 | 0 | 330 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 1947 | 2B | 9 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 |
| 1948 | OF | 125 | 0 | 313 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 1949 | OF | 156 | 0 | 488 | 10 | 9 | 4 |
| 1950 | OF | 149 | 0 | 394 | 15 | 9 | 5 |
| 1951 | OF | 77 | 0 | 168 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 1951 | 3B | 69 | 0 | 90 | 136 | 14 | 13 |
| 1952 | 3B | 91 | 0 | 82 | 184 | 17 | 13 |
| 1952 | OF | 63 | 0 | 152 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1953 | OF | 154 | 0 | 391 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 1954 | OF | 26 | 23 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 1955 | OF | 91 | 86 | 182 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1956 | OF | 136 | 115 | 257 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 1956 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 1957 | OF | 109 | 88 | 202 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1957 | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | OF | 148 | 146 | 353 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 1958 | 3B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1959 | OF | 116 | 96 | 223 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| 1960 | OF | 29 | 26 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1960 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1952, 1951, 1949.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 14 | 25 / 336 | 0 |
| 1951 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 62 / 336 | 1 |
| 1952 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 17 / 336 | 0 |
Bobby Thomson ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #84 | third basemen | 1951 | 160 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.