Robert Thomas Thigpen (born July 17, 1963) is an American former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Thigpen was part of MSU's 1985 College World Series team, recording a .305 batting average and saving seven games during the season.

[2] He joined the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and attempted to return to the majors in 1996, only to be derailed by back problems, which ended his career.

In 2003, Thigpen was leaving a Stanley Cup playoff game at the St. Pete Times Forum when he tripped and fell on the stairs, triggering massive internal bleeding.

"He had about a gallon of blood in his abdomen", said Dr. Kevin Hirsch, a trauma surgeon at Bayfront Medical Center who operated on Thigpen.