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Brad Thompson

Bradley Joseph Thompson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 31, 1982 in Las Vegas, NV
High School: Cimarron-Memorial HS (Las Vegas, NV)
School: Dixie State College of Utah (St. George, UT)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 16th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed August 3, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 2005
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Royals 2005-2010
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 23 STL NL 4 0 1.000 2.95 40 0 8 0 0 1 55.0 46 22 18 5 15 2 29 4 0 0 225 145 1.109 7.5 0.8 2.5 4.7 1.93
2006 24 STL NL 1 2 .333 3.34 43 1 16 0 0 0 56.2 58 23 21 4 20 3 32 5 0 1 245 134 1.376 9.2 0.6 3.2 5.1 1.60
2007 25 STL NL 8 6 .571 4.73 44 17 10 0 0 0 129.1 157 76 68 23 40 2 53 13 0 4 580 93 1.523 10.9 1.6 2.8 3.7 1.33
2008 26 STL NL 6 3 .667 5.15 26 6 10 0 0 0 64.2 72 38 37 5 19 1 32 3 0 2 273 82 1.407 10.0 0.7 2.6 4.5 1.68
2009 27 STL NL 2 6 .250 4.84 32 8 17 0 0 0 80.0 85 45 43 8 23 2 34 7 1 5 345 85 1.350 9.6 0.9 2.6 3.8 1.48
2010 28 KCR AL 0 4 .000 6.41 16 0 3 0 0 0 19.2 25 16 14 4 4 1 10 1 0 2 89 66 1.475 11.4 1.8 1.8 4.6 2.50
6 Yrs 21 21 .500 4.46 201 32 64 0 0 1 405.1 443 220 201 49 121 11 190 33 1 14 1757 96 1.391 9.8 1.1 2.7 4.2 1.57
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 4.46 59 9 19 0 0 0 118 129 64 59 14 35 3 55 10 0 4 513 96 1.391 9.8 1.1 2.7 4.2 1.57
STL (5 yrs) 21 17 .553 4.36 185 32 61 0 0 1 385.2 418 204 187 45 117 10 180 32 1 12 1668 99 1.387 9.8 1.1 2.7 4.2 1.54
KCR (1 yr) 0 4 .000 6.41 16 0 3 0 0 0 19.2 25 16 14 4 4 1 10 1 0 2 89 66 1.475 11.4 1.8 1.8 4.6 2.50
NL (5 yrs) 21 17 .553 4.36 185 32 61 0 0 1 385.2 418 204 187 45 117 10 180 32 1 12 1668 99 1.387 9.8 1.1 2.7 4.2 1.54
AL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 6.41 16 0 3 0 0 0 19.2 25 16 14 4 4 1 10 1 0 2 89 66 1.475 11.4 1.8 1.8 4.6 2.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 23 STL NL 55.0 40 0 22 3.60 4.60 0.39 -0.35 101.0 3.90 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.5 7 .505 .501 $
2006 24 STL NL 56.2 43 1 23 3.65 4.68 0.32 -0.32 99.2 4.00 2 0.2 .8 -0.1 0.5 8 .505 .501 $334,000
2007 25 STL NL 129.1 44 17 76 5.29 4.74 0.24 0.04 100.2 4.55 -10 -1.0 .5 -0.1 -0.1 2 .478 .494 $400,000
2008 26 STL NL 64.2 26 6 38 5.29 4.53 0.39 -0.10 97.9 3.96 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .466 .494 $414,000
2009 27 STL NL 80.0 32 8 45 5.06 4.46 0.16 -0.06 96.2 4.08 -9 -0.9 .4 0.0 -0.3 -1 .472 .494 $650,000
2010 28 KCR AL 19.2 16 0 16 7.32 4.55 -0.74 -0.35 104.0 5.14 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .469 .497 $
6 Seasons 405.1 201 32 220 4.88 4.62 0.23 -0.12 99.2 4.23 -29 -2.8 .8 -0.5 -0.3 11 .486 .497 $1,798,000
STL (5 yrs) 385.2 185 32 204 4.76 4.62 0.28 -0.11 98.9 4.18 -24 -2.3 .7 -0.4 0.1 13 .487 .497 $1,798,000
KCR (1 yr) 19.2 16 0 16 7.32 4.55 -0.74 -0.35 104.0 5.14 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .469 .497 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2005 23 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2.250 20.3 6.8 0.0 6.8
2005 23 STL NL NLCS L HOU 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 24 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
2006 24 STL NL NLCS W NYM 0 1 .000 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 4.500 40.5 13.5 0.0 13.5
2006 24 STL NL WS W DET 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
2 Yrs (5 Series) 0 1 .000 8.31 8 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 8 5 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 23 2.077 16.6 4.2 2.1 8.3 4.00
2 NLDS 0 0 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 4.5 4.5 9.0 2.00
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 10.80 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 3.000 27.0 5.4 0.0 5.4
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2005 23 STL NL 40 225 203 22 46 7 1 5 1 1 15 29 .227 .293 .345 .638 .243 70 8 4 3 0 2 3
2006 24 STL NL 43 245 217 23 58 13 1 4 1 1 20 32 .267 .343 .392 .735 .298 85 9 5 3 0 3 3
2007 25 STL NL 44 580 521 76 157 31 3 23 4 4 40 53 .301 .365 .505 .869 .300 263 19 13 4 2 2 9
2008 26 STL NL 26 273 246 38 72 18 3 5 1 1 19 32 .293 .347 .451 .798 .316 111 10 3 2 3 1 1
2009 27 STL NL 32 345 311 45 85 20 4 8 2 1 23 34 .273 .335 .441 .776 .284 137 12 7 2 2 2 6
2010 28 KCR AL 16 89 82 16 25 7 0 4 1 1 4 10 .305 .341 .537 .877 .304 44 0 1 1 1 1 1
6 Yrs 201 1757 1580 220 443 96 12 49 10 9 121 190 .280 .343 .449 .792 .292 710 58 33 15 8 11 23
162 Game Avg. 59 513 461 64 129 28 4 14 3 3 35 55 .280 .343 .449 .792 .292 207 17 10 4 2 3 7
MLB Averages .264 .332 .418 .751 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 23 STL NL 6.8 0.7 228 1.2 3.2 -2.1 .73 0.8 0.8 9.8 1.0 0.73 7.9 9 10 21
2006 24 STL NL 7.2 0.7 248 0.1 2.4 -2.3 .55 0.2 -0.0 9.7 0.9 0.55 7.4 9 7 23
2007 25 STL NL -5.9 -0.6 594 -0.1 8.3 -8.4 .78 -1.7 1.6 -8.7 -0.8 0.78 -21.6 4 2 20
2008 26 STL NL -5.4 -0.5 278 -0.3 3.9 -4.2 .84 -0.1 -0.2 -3.6 -0.4 0.84 -2.5 4 5 11
2009 27 STL NL -6.2 -0.6 356 -1.2 4.0 -5.2 .70 -0.4 -1.3 -6.8 -0.7 0.70 -6.8 2 3 19
2010 28 KCR AL -5.1 -0.5 92 -0.6 1.1 -1.6 .87 -0.4 -0.3 -3.5 -0.3 0.87 -4.9 5 4 7
6 Yrs -8.5 -0.8 1796 -0.9 22.9 -23.8 .74 -1.6 0.4 -3.2 -0.3 0.74 -20.4 33 31 101

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2006 24 STL NL 43 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 7 2 1 0 10.0 4.5 2.0 39 1 0 0 0 39
2007 25 STL NL 44 17 6 4 7 1 1 12 5 .706 0 7 0 0 8 47% 44.8 62 7 17 7 5 8 5.8 4.3 5.5 82 5 12 0 0 97
2008 26 STL NL 26 6 3 2 1 2 0 4 2 .667 0 1 0 0 1 17% 46.0 64 18 10 4 0 4 4.7 7.7 4.9 74 4 2 0 0 91
2009 27 STL NL 32 8 2 5 1 1 0 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 1 13% 43.0 67 30 10 3 0 4 3.0 3.3 5.4 76 4 4 0 0 87
4 Yrs 145 32 11 11 10 4 1 20 12 .625 0 10 0 0 10 31% 44 67 7 44 16 6 16 5.0 4.6 5.2 78 14 18 0 0 97
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -12 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 23 STL NL 40 40 8 4 0 1 1 0 100% 8 7 17 5 29% 7 .728 9 10 21 17 7 16 10 30 18 7 23 1 4.1 19
2006 24 STL NL 43 42 16 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 26 7 27% 8 .546 9 7 23 14 7 21 16 26 23 6 23 11 3.9 19
2007 25 STL NL 44 27 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 6 .778 4 2 20 5 4 18 6 21 14 4 14 4 4.1 20
2008 26 STL NL 26 20 10 3 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 12 2 17% 6 .837 4 5 11 5 3 12 6 14 11 2 13 3 5.3 27
2009 27 STL NL 32 24 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 7 .703 2 3 19 4 2 18 4 20 13 2 13 4 4.6 23
2010 28 KCR AL 16 16 3 0 4 1 0 1 0% 2 1 13 3 23% 7 .873 5 4 7 3 5 8 7 9 8 3 8 3 3.7 20
6 Yrs 201 169 64 10 10 3 1 2 33% 15 12 86 26 30% .738 33 31 101 48 28 93 49 120 87 24 94 26 4.2 21

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 23 STL NL 225 64% 2.2% 12.9% 6.7% 5.8% 28% 1.44 2.32 75% 16% 7.7% 8% 41 8 20%
2006 24 STL NL 245 61% 1.6% 13.1% 8.2% 7.4% 31% 1.28 2.02 74% 20% 5.7% 14% 48 9 19%
2007 25 STL NL 580 55% 4.0% 9.1% 6.9% 9.8% 36% 1.00 1.49 77% 19% 10.9% 9% 112 19 17%
2008 26 STL NL 273 58% 1.8% 11.7% 7.0% 9.5% 36% 1.04 1.52 78% 19% 5.4% 12% 53 10 19%
2009 27 STL NL 345 53% 2.3% 9.9% 6.7% 9.3% 38% 1.12 1.81 79% 19% 6.8% 9% 61 12 20%
2010 28 KCR AL 89 57% 4.5% 11.2% 4.5% 12.4% 44% 0.87 1.40 78% 18% 11.4% 10% 16 0 0%
6 Yrs 1757 57% 2.8% 10.8% 6.9% 8.9% 35% 1.11 1.70 77% 19% 8.3% 10% 331 58 18%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.4% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 23 STL NL 225 772 3.43 505 65% 25% 15% 25% 35% 75% 3% 49% 80% 56% 4% 8 5 20% 45 30 2 17% 10 1 0 0 0
2006 24 STL NL 246 856 3.48 547 64% 29% 10% 27% 34% 71% 4% 46% 86% 61% 4% 11 6 20% 50 32 2 28% 10 2 -1 0 0
2007 25 STL NL 580 1937 3.34 1231 64% 26% 10% 26% 39% 74% 1% 47% 87% 62% 5% 28 15 18% 107 61 7 19% 13 11 0 0 0
2008 26 STL NL 274 978 3.57 624 64% 28% 12% 25% 35% 72% 1% 46% 84% 57% 4% 11 5 20% 56 22 1 13% 4 5 -1 0 0
2009 27 STL NL 345 1150 3.33 755 66% 31% 9% 23% 37% 69% 2% 45% 87% 68% 3% 12 4 23% 81 41 4 32% 9 6 0 0 0
2010 28 KCR AL 90 319 3.54 209 66% 29% 9% 27% 35% 71% 4% 46% 88% 71% 2% 2 1 28% 25 11 3 70% 2 0 -1 0 0
6 Yrs 1760 6012 3.42 3871 64% 28% 11% 25% 37% 72% 2% 46% 85% 62% 4% 72 36 21% 364 197 19 24% 48 25 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 23 STL NL 225 46 7 0 5 0 6 2 3 2 3 9 3 1 33% 3 0 1 75 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 24 STL NL 245 58 5 0 4 0 9 3 1 1 3 13 5 3 38% 3 1 0 105 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 25 STL NL 580 157 8 0 23 0 10 13 10 8 15 22 10 2 45% 9 4 0 229 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0
2008 26 STL NL 273 72 11 1 5 0 5 2 3 3 2 15 12 0 80% 1 2 0 96 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2009 27 STL NL 345 85 6 1 8 0 4 3 5 3 5 25 12 3 48% 6 5 0 126 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
2010 28 KCR AL 89 25 3 0 4 0 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 1 75% 1 2 0 33 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Yrs 1757 443 40 2 49 0 37 24 25 19 30 88 45 10 51% 23 14 1 664 10 9 53% 10 9 0 0 0 0 4 1 24 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 23 4 0 1.000 2.95 40 0 8 0 0 1 55.0 46 22 18 5 15 2 29 4 0 0 225 145 1.109 7.5 0.8 2.5 4.7 1.93 145
2006 24 5 2 .714 3.14 83 1 24 0 0 1 111.2 104 45 39 9 35 5 61 9 0 1 470 139 1.245 8.4 0.7 2.8 4.9 1.74 139
2007 25 13 8 .619 4.00 127 18 34 0 0 1 241.0 261 121 107 32 75 7 114 22 0 5 1050 110 1.394 9.7 1.2 2.8 4.3 1.52 110
2008 26 19 11 .633 4.24 153 24 44 0 0 1 305.2 333 159 144 37 94 8 146 25 0 7 1323 103 1.397 9.8 1.1 2.8 4.3 1.55 103
2009 27 21 17 .553 4.36 185 32 61 0 0 1 385.2 418 204 187 45 117 10 180 32 1 12 1668 99 1.387 9.8 1.1 2.7 4.2 1.54 99
2010 28 21 21 .500 4.46 201 32 64 0 0 1 405.1 443 220 201 49 121 11 190 33 1 14 1757 96 1.391 9.8 1.1 2.7 4.2 1.57 96

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 23 3 2 .600 2.83 54.0 45 19 17 5 15 28 4 1.111 7.5 2.5 4.7 1.87 0.8 40
2006 24 4 2 .667 3.33 54.0 57 22 20 4 20 31 5 1.426 9.5 3.3 5.2 1.55 0.7 43
2007 25 6 7 .462 4.61 125.0 153 71 64 22 39 51 13 1.536 11.0 2.8 3.7 1.31 1.6 44
2008 26 2 4 .333 5.55 60.0 72 41 37 5 19 30 3 1.517 10.8 2.9 4.5 1.58 0.8 26
2009 27 3 5 .375 5.21 76.0 86 49 44 8 23 32 7 1.434 10.2 2.7 3.8 1.39 0.9 32
2010 28 0 2 .000 7.11 19.0 26 17 15 4 4 10 1 1.579 12.3 1.9 4.7 2.50 1.9 16
6 Yrs 18 22 .450 4.57 388.0 439 219 197 48 120 182 33 1.441 10.2 4.2 1.52 1.1 201

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 NL  13 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1952), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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