Tommy Thompson (baseball, born 1947)

Thomas Norman Thompson (May 22, 1947 - September 30, 2019) was an American infielder and manager in minor league baseball.

Thompson was an infield instructor in the St. Louis organization before beginning his managerial career on June 14, 1977, taking over for Buzzy Keller as skipper of the Cardinals' Arkansas Travelers Double-A affiliate.

Thompson rallied the below-.500 Travelers to the second-half Texas League championship, then won the TL playoffs.

[3] He spent the last years of his career as the Miami Marlins' Senior Adviser for Player Development.

Thompson died of natural causes on Sept. 30, 2019 in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA at the age of 72.