Robby Thompson

This article is about the Major League Baseball player and coach. For the Australian rules footballer, see Robbie Thompson. For the Phillies manager, see Rob Thomson. For other people, see Robert Thompson (disambiguation) and Robert Thomson (disambiguation).

Robby Thompson
Thompson with the Seattle Mariners in 2013
Second baseman
Born: (1962-05-10) May 10, 1962 (age 62)
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 8, 1986, for the San Francisco Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 22, 1996, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average.257
Home runs119
Runs batted in458
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
As player

As coach

Career highlights and awards

Robert Randall Thompson (born May 10, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball (1986–1996) as the second baseman for the San Francisco Giants. During the Giants' resurgence in the late 1980s, he was known as a team leader who played the game with a gritty determination.[1] Thompson served as the bench coach for the Seattle Mariners, for the 2011 through 2013 seasons.

  1. ^ Johanson, Matt (2007). San Francisco Giants (Game of My Life). Sports Publishing, LLC. ISBN 9781596701779. Retrieved March 5, 2011.