Tug Thompson

{{Short description|Canadian baseball player (1856–1938)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tug Thompson

|position=Catcher/Outfielder

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1856|9|5}}

|birth_place=London, Canada West

|death_date={{death date and age|1938|8|1|1856|9|5}}

|death_place=Guelph, Ontario, Canada

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 31

|debutyear=1882

|debutteam=Cincinnati Red Stockings

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 4

|finalyear=1884

|finalteam=Indianapolis Hoosiers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.206

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=21

|teams=

• Cincinnati Red Stockings ({{Baseball year|1882}})
• Indianapolis Hoosiers ({{Baseball year|1884}})

}}

John Parkinson Thompson (September 5, 1856 – August 1, 1938) was a Major League Baseball player. He played for the 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings and the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers in the American Association