Justin Thompson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: March 8, 1973 in San Antonio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (32nd) of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Klein Oak HS (Spring, TX).

High School: Klein Oak HS (Spring, TX)

Debut: May 27, 1996 (Age 23-080d, 16,879th in major league history)
vs. KCR 6.0 IP, 3 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 25, 2005 (Age 32-170d)
vs. SEA 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Justin Willard Thompson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

ERA

4.02

103

101

648.2

428

WHIP

1.338

Summary of 73 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 31 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	71
TEX	2

Platoon
vs RHB	54
vs LHB	19

Home/Road
Home	46
Away	27

Outs
0	29
1	22
2	22

14 Opps
CHW	12
BAL	10
NYY	8
SEA	7
OAK	6
CLE	5
MIL	5
KCR	4
TBD	4
BOS	3
ANA	3
MIN	2
TEX	2
TOR	2

59 Batters
Derek Jeter	3
Dan Wilson	2
Wil Cordero	2
Craig Wilson	2
Rafael Palmeiro	2
Alex Rodriguez	2
Tino Martinez	2
Ray Durham	2
Jeffrey Hammonds	2
Mike Kelly	2
Frank Thomas	2
Jim Thome	2
John Jaha	2
Shane Spencer	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Roberto Alomar	1
Gerónimo Berroa	1
Mark McGwire	1
Chris Singleton	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Jhonny Peralta	1
Albert Belle	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Paul Konerko	1
Jermaine Dye	1
Charles Johnson	1
Charlie Hayes	1
Lyle Mouton	1
Mo Vaughn	1
Shawn Green	1
Tony Tarasco	1
José Offerman	1
Will Clark	1
Ichiro Suzuki	1
Jason Giambi	1
Tim Raines	1
Fred McGriff	1
Javier Valentín	1
Matt Williams	1
Todd Greene	1
Brook Fordyce	1
Cristian Guzmán	1
Mike Blowers	1
Bernie Williams	1
Wade Boggs	1
Bobby Bonilla	1
Billy Ashley	1
Troy Glaus	1
Alex Gonzalez	1
Garret Anderson	1
Mike Stanley	1
Ben Grieve	1
Matt Mieske	1
Gerald Williams	1
Mike Sweeney	1
Carlos Febles	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
Eric Davis	1
Brian Banks	1

12 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	45
Kingdome (SEA)	5
Camden Yards (BAL)	4
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1

Where Hit
9	25
7	24
78	15
8	6
89	3

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	22
3	17
1	9
6	7
5	7
7+	6
4	5

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	37
2·HR gms	13
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	41
1--	17
-2-	6
12-	3
-23	3
123	2
1-3	1

116 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	41
1 on	23
2 on	7
3 on	2
Any on	32

Inning
1	10
2	4
3	10
4	13
5	9
6	15
7	6
8	3
9	3

1-3	24
4-6	37
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	7
+2	3
+1	11
Tied	25
-1	7
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	9

Ahead	26
Tied	25
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	14
3-2	11
1-1	11
0-0	9
0-1	8
2-2	8
3-1	3
2-0	3
0-2	2
1-2	2
2-1	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	17
RF	12
SS	9
DH	8
3B	7
CF	6
C	6
2B	5
LF	3

OrderPos
3rd	13
4th	12
7th	8
1st	8
5th	8
2nd	8
6th	8
9th	4
8th	4

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	34
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1996-06-02 (1)	Lyle Mouton	CHW		DET	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	4	DH	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1996-08-17	Jim Thome	CLE		DET	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	5	10%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	1996-08-27	Jim Thome	CLE	@	DET	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	7,(3-2) BFBCFBX	1	3	5	13%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1996-09-01	José Offerman	KCR	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBBFX	1	1	4	16%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1996-09-07	Bobby Bonilla	BAL		DET	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	9	10%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Palmeiro Scores
6	6	6	1	1996-09-12	Bernie Williams	NYY	@	DET	behind 0-2	t 3	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	3	8	23%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Rivera Scores; T. Raines Scores
7	7	7	1	1996-09-29	Brian Banks	MIL	@	DET	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---	8,(3-2) FFFFBBBX	1	7	3	10%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1997-04-19	Gerónimo Berroa	OAK	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	DH	10%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); G. Berroa Scores
9	9	2	2	1997-04-19	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	DET	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	19%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Mashore Scores; M. McGwire Scores
10	10	3	1	1997-04-30	John Jaha	MIL	@	DET	behind 2-7	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) .BBFX	1	4	3	4%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	4	1	1997-05-11	Matt Williams	CLE	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	5	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	5	1	1997-05-21	Rafael Palmeiro	BAL		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	5,(3-1) BBC1BX	2	4	3	18%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Davis Scores
13	13	6	1	1997-06-01	Dan Wilson	SEA		DET	behind 0-1	b 7	2	---	5,(2-2) FFBBX	1	6	2	23%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	7	2	1997-06-01	Mike Blowers	SEA		DET	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---	5,(2-2) BBCSX	1	8	3	25%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
15	15	8	1	1997-06-25	Tino Martinez	NYY	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	3	16%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Martinez Scores
16	16	9	2	1997-06-25	Charlie Hayes	NYY	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 9	1	1--	2,(1-0) 1BX	2	5	5	41%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Martinez Scores; C. Hayes Scores
17	17	10	1	1997-07-05	Tony Tarasco	BAL	@	DET	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	10,(3-2) CBBCFFBFFX	1	8	9	13%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball); T. Tarasco Scores
18	18	11	2	1997-07-05	Jeffrey Hammonds	BAL	@	DET	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	14%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Hammonds Scores
19	19	12	3	1997-07-05	Jeffrey Hammonds	BAL	@	DET	tied 3-3	t 7	2	1--	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	1	8	33%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); L. Webster Scores; J. Hammonds Scores
20	20	13	1	1997-07-21	Frank Thomas	CHW	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	6,(2-2) BCBFF11X	2	3	3	16%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Durham Scores
21	21	14	1	1997-07-26	Matt Mieske	MIL	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	8,(3-2) CBBCFBFX	1	8	7	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
22	22	15	2	1997-07-26	Gerald Williams	MIL	@	DET	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	14%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
23	23	16	1	1997-08-05	Manny Ramirez	CLE	@	DET	behind 2-3	t 5	2	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	4	9	14%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	17	1	1997-08-15	Jermaine Dye	KCR	@	DET	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	5%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Dye Scores
25	25	18	1	1997-09-10	Alex Rodriguez	SEA		DET	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	1--	3,(0-2) CSX	2	5	6	5%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Martínez Scores
26	26	19	2	1997-09-10	Dan Wilson	SEA		DET	ahead 5-0	b 6	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	2	1%	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball)
27	27	20	1	1997-09-21	Rafael Palmeiro	BAL		DET	behind 1-11	b 6	2	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	5	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Berroa Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1998-03-31	Wade Boggs	TBD		DET	behind 0-11	b 6	1	1--	4,(2-2) CBBX	2	3	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Q. McCracken Scores
29	29	2	1	1998-04-17	Tino Martinez	NYY	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	123	5,(2-2) CBBFX	4	5	3	14%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Jeter Scores; T. Raines Scores; B. Williams Scores
30	30	3	2	1998-04-17	Derek Jeter	NYY	@	DET	ahead 5-0	t 4	1	12-	3,(1-2) SBX	3	2	6	6%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Posada Scores; S. Brosius Scores/unER
31	31	4	1	1998-04-27	Mo Vaughn	BOS		DET	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	3	11%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
32	32	5	1	1998-05-02	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	10%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive)
33	33	6	1	1998-05-07	Ben Grieve	OAK		DET	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1--	4,(2-2) CBBX	2	3	DH	22%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. McDonald Scores
34	34	7	1	1998-05-12	Alex Rodriguez	SEA	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	6	18%	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
35	35	8	1	1998-05-22	Ray Durham	CHW		DET	behind 3-5	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	12%	42%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
36	36	9	1	1998-05-28	Wil Cordero	CHW	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	9%	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
37	37	10	1	1998-07-19	Billy Ashley	BOS	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	DH	11%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
38	38	11	1	1998-07-30	Eric Davis	BAL	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	1	3	9	9%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
39	39	12	1	1998-08-05	Roberto Alomar	BAL		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	4	9%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball)
40	40	13	1	1998-08-14	Jason Giambi	OAK	@	DET	behind 1-6	t 3	2	1-3	8,(3-2) BSBBSFFX	3	6	3	15%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Grieve Scores/unER; M. Stairs Scores/unER; J. Giambi Scores/unER
41	41	14	1	1998-08-24	Will Clark	TEX		DET	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	5	3	10%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. González Scores
42	42	15	1	1998-08-29 (1)	Mike Kelly	TBD	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	5,(2-2) FCBBX	1	7	9	12%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
43	43	16	2	1998-08-29 (1)	Mike Kelly	TBD	@	DET	tied 2-2	t 6	0	-23	3,(1-1) CBX	3	7	9	16%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Flaherty Scores; P. Sorrento Scores
44	44	17	1	1998-09-08	Wil Cordero	CHW		DET	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	6%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	18	1	1998-09-14	Craig Wilson	CHW	@	DET	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	2	6	12%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Machado Scores/unER; C. Wilson Scores/unER
46	46	19	1	1998-09-27	Alex Gonzalez	TOR		DET	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	6	11%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
47	47	20	2	1998-09-27	Shawn Green	TOR		DET	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	9	10%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1999-04-16	Derek Jeter	NYY	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	6	9%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
49	49	2	1	1999-05-02	Fred McGriff	TBD		DET	behind 0-6	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	4%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
50	50	3	1	1999-05-07	Albert Belle	BAL	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	12-	5,(3-1) BCBBX	3	4	9	15%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Reboulet Scores; B. Surhoff Scores
51	51	4	2	1999-05-07	Charles Johnson	BAL	@	DET	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	1--	8,(3-2) BC1F1BF11BFX	2	9	2	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Otáñez Scores
52	52	5	1	1999-05-12	Tim Raines	OAK	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	7	9%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	6	1	1999-05-28	Brook Fordyce	CHW	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBSFX	1	9	2	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
54	54	7	2	1999-05-28	Ray Durham	CHW	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 5	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	1	4	22%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Wilson Scores
55	55	8	3	1999-05-28	Frank Thomas	CHW	@	DET	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	3	DH	8%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
56	56	9	4	1999-05-28	Paul Konerko	CHW	@	DET	ahead 4-1	t 6	0	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	3	5%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Ordóñez Scores; C. Lee Scores
57	57	10	1	1999-06-02	Mike Stanley	BOS		DET	behind 0-4	b 9	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	3	6%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); N. Garciaparra Scores
58	58	11	1	1999-06-18	John Jaha	OAK	@	DET	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	4	DH	10%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
59	59	12	1	1999-06-29	Shane Spencer	NYY		DET	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
60	60	13	2	1999-06-29	Derek Jeter	NYY		DET	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	6	15%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Williams Scores
61	61	14	1	1999-07-04	Cristian Guzmán	MIN		DET	behind 0-10	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	6	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
62	62	15	2	1999-07-04	Javier Valentín	MIN		DET	behind 4-10	b 6	2	---	6,(3-2) BBFFBX	1	6	2	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
63	63	16	1	1999-07-10	Jeromy Burnitz	MIL	@	DET	behind 1-6	t 6	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	9	8%	15%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Cirillo Scores
64	64	17	1	1999-07-21	Mike Sweeney	KCR	@	DET	behind 0-3	t 6	1	---	6,(2-2) FBBCFX	1	4	DH	8%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
65	65	18	2	1999-07-21	Carlos Febles	KCR	@	DET	behind 2-3	t 7	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BBBCSX	2	2	4	34%	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); R. Sánchez Scores
66	66	19	1	1999-08-03	Craig Wilson	CHW	@	DET	behind 2-3	t 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	8	5	22%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Fordyce Scores
67	67	20	2	1999-08-03	Chris Singleton	CHW	@	DET	behind 4-5	t 5	0	1--	2,(0-1) 11CX	2	2	8	20%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Durham Scores
68	68	21	1	1999-08-10	Iván Rodríguez	TEX		DET	behind 0-2	b 3	1	-23	3,(1-1) BFX	3	2	2	19%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); L. Stevens Scores; R. Clayton Scores
69	69	22	1	1999-08-15	Troy Glaus	ANA	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	5	15%	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Vaughn Scores
70	70	23	2	1999-08-15	Todd Greene	ANA	@	DET	ahead 4-1	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	7	DH	6%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
71	71	24	3	1999-08-15	Garret Anderson	ANA	@	DET	ahead 5-1	t 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) BC11X	2	2	7	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Durrington Scores
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	2005-08-18	Jhonny Peralta	CLE		TEX	ahead 7-4	b 8	2	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	3	6	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); G. Sizemore Scores
73	73	2	1	2005-08-25	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	@	TEX	ahead 4-1	t 9	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	1	9	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Dobbs Scores; J. Reed Scores; J. Strong Scores