Leslie Arnold "Bubba" Thompson (born June 9, 1998) is an American former professional baseball outfielder.

[2] During his senior year in football, he led his team to the Class 7A state title game, and passed for 3,173 yards and 38 touchdowns.

[13] He spent 2018 with the Hickory Crawdads of the Single–A South Atlantic League, where he slashed .289/.344/.446 in 332 at bats with eight home runs, 42 RBIs, and 32 stolen bases in 39 attempts.

[19] He finished an injury-marred season hitting .178/.261/.312/.573 in 202 at bats with five home runs and 21 RBIs and 12 steals in 15 attempts in 57 games.

Thompson spent the 2021 season with the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Central, hitting .275/.325/.483 in 429 at bats with 16 home runs, 52 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases in 33 attempts.

[27][28][29][30] On August 4, 2022, Texas selected Thompson's contract and promoted him to the active roster to make his MLB debut versus the Chicago White Sox.

[32] On August 30, Thompson hit his first career home run, a solo shot off of Houston Astros starter Framber Valdez.

[37] In 33 games for the Triple–A Omaha Storm Chasers, Thompson hit .259/.313/.410 with 4 home runs, 17 RBI, and 11 stolen bases.

[49] On January 12, 2025, Thompson announced that he was retiring from baseball and would return to college at South Alabama, where he was going to attempt to make the football team as a walk-on.