Chapter 1 · Ryan Thompson
The “other name” in the David Cone trade — Jeff Kent was the famous one. Thompson kept resurfacing for nine seasons anyway; his son became an NBA player.
Exhibitions · Baseball
In productionPersistence, measured — nine seasons of resurfacing, fifteen seasons of professional baseball, the only man to homer in his first at-bat on two continents, 391 games played for 106 chances, and six more years on three continents after being written off.
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The “other name” in the David Cone trade — Jeff Kent was the famous one. Thompson kept resurfacing for nine seasons anyway; his son became an NBA player.
Among all hitters who batted under .200 for their careers, nobody homered more often. Fifty-one RBI on sixty-one hits, across fifteen professional seasons.
The only player ever to homer in his first at-bat in both the majors and Japan. He reinvented himself from catcher to outfielder to get there, then became a major-league hitting coach.
391 games across the minors, Japan, and Mexico, for 106 major-league appearances spread over sixteen seasons.
A top-100 prospect whose major-league window was 45 games. He played six more years across Japan, Mexico, Italy, Korea, and independent ball rather than go home.
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