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Justin Thompson

Justin Willard Thompson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 8, 1973 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Klein Oak HS (Spring, TX)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (32nd pick) of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1996
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Rangers 1996-2005
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: August 25, 2005
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All-Star

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
1991	18	DET-min	Rk	2	5	.286	3.60	10	10	0	0	0	0	50.0	45	29	20	3	24	1	60	2	6	7	217		1.380	8.1	0.5	4.3	10.8	2.50	BRS · APPY
1992	19	DET-min	A	4	4	.500	2.18	20	19	1	0	0	0	95.0	79	32	23	6	40	0	88	1	3	7	390		1.253	7.5	0.6	3.8	8.3	2.20	FAY · SALL
1993	20	DET-min	AA,A+	7	10	.412	3.88	25	25	0	1	0	0	139.1	161	76	60	10	53	0	118	3	2	7	617		1.536	10.4	0.6	3.4	7.6	2.23	LON,LAK · EL,FLOR
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1995	22	DET-min	AA,A+	8	8	.500	3.92	24	24	0	3	0	0	147.0	140	68	64	8	46	2	118	5	0	3	609		1.265	8.6	0.5	2.8	7.2	2.57	JCK,LAK · SOUL,FLOR
1996	23	DET-min	AAA,A+,A	6	3	.667	3.29	15	15	0	3	1	0	90.1	77	37	33	2	28	0	81	1	0	3	361		1.162	7.7	0.2	2.8	8.1	2.89	TOL,VIS,FAY · IL,CALL,SALL
1996	23	DET	AL	1	6	.143	4.58	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.0	62	35	30	7	31	2	44	2	0	1	267	112	1.576	9.5	1.1	4.7	6.7	1.42
1997	24	DET	AL	15	11	.577	3.02	32	32	0	4	0	0	223.1	188	82	75	20	66	1	151	2	0	4	891	152	1.137	7.6	0.8	2.7	6.1	2.29	AS
1998	25	DET	AL	11	15	.423	4.05	34	34	0	5	0	0	222.0	227	114	100	20	79	4	149	2	0	4	946	116	1.378	9.2	0.8	3.2	6.0	1.89
1999	26	DET	AL	9	11	.450	5.11	24	24	0	0	0	0	142.2	152	85	81	24	59	1	83	4	0	2	626	96	1.479	9.6	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.41

2000	27	TEX-min	AAA,AA,A+	1	0	1.000	6.32	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	21	12	11	1	8	0	10	0	0	1	72		1.851	12.1	0.6	4.6	5.7	1.25	OKC,TUL,CHT · PCL,TL,FLOR
2001		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002	29	TEX-min	Rk	0	0		3.00	7	7	0	0	0	0	15.0	19	6	5	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	64		1.333	11.4	0.0	0.6	6.6	11.00	RGS · GULF
2003	30	TEX-min	A-	2	0	1.000	1.24	23	0	0	0	0	0	29.0	15	5	4	0	8	0	21	1	0	0	110		0.793	4.7	0.0	2.5	6.5	2.63	SPO · NORW
2004	31	TEX-min	AA	3	2	.600	2.61	23	0	3	0	0	0	38.0	35	19	11	3	11	1	26	2	0	1	161		1.211	8.3	0.7	2.6	6.2	2.36	FRI · TL
2005	32	TEX-min	AAA,AA	4	2	.667	4.29	37	1	11	0	0	2	56.2	61	29	27	4	9	3	40	1	0	1	235		1.235	9.7	0.6	1.4	6.4	4.44	OKC,FRI · PCL,TL
2005	32	TEX	AL	0	0		21.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	4	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	25	2.400	21.6	10.8	0.0	5.4
2006	33	MIL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	6.11	8	8	0	1	0	0	35.1	44	27	24	7	7	0	23	0	0	0	158		1.443	11.2	1.8	1.8	5.9	3.29	NVL · PCL
5 Yrs				36	43	.456	4.02	103	101	2	9	0	0	648.2	633	320	290	73	235	8	428	10	0	11	2739	118	1.338	8.8	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82
162 Game Avg.				12	14	.456	4.02	34	34	1	3	0	0	216	211	107	97	24	78	3	143	3	0	4	913	118	1.338	8.8	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82

DET (4 yrs)				36	43	.456	3.98	101	101	0	9	0	0	647.0	629	316	286	71	235	8	427	10	0	11	2730	119	1.335	8.7	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		21.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	4	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	25	2.400	21.6	10.8	0.0	5.4

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
1996	23	DET	AL	59.0	11	11	35	5.34	5.34	-0.46	0.20	99.7	5.99	3	0.3		-0.0	0.8	12	.529	.502	$109,000
1997	24	DET	AL	223.1	32	32	82	3.30	4.96	-0.34	0.19	99.5	5.46	52	5.6		-0.1	7.4	82	.675	.535	$198,000	AS
1998	25	DET	AL	222.0	34	34	114	4.62	5.06	0.35	0.18	101.1	4.95	8	0.8		-0.1	2.6	37	.524	.505	$400,000
1999	26	DET	AL	142.2	24	24	85	5.36	5.40	0.22	0.21	101.2	5.45	2	0.2		-0.1	1.4	21	.508	.501	$650,000

2005	32	TEX	AL	1.2	2	0	4	21.60	4.90	-0.39	-0.37	100.0	4.92	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.363	.498	$
5 Seasons				648.2	103	101	320	4.44	5.13	0.01	0.19	100.4	5.33	63	6.6	.5	-0.3	12.0	149	.564	.508	$1,357,000

DET (4 yrs)				647.0	101	101	316	4.40	5.13	0.01	0.19	100.4	5.33	66	6.9		-0.4	12.2	152	.568	.511	$1,357,000
TEX (1 yr)				1.2	2	0	4	21.60	4.90	-0.39	-0.37	100.0	4.92	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.363	.498	$

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	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
1997	DET	AL	24	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

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
1996	23	DET	AL	11	267	232	35	62	12	0	7	7	5	31	44	.267	.356	.409	.765	.301	95	5	2	0	2	2	4
1997	24	DET	AL	32	891	807	82	188	32	3	20	20	11	66	151	.233	.289	.354	.644	.260	286	24	2	5	10	1	5
1998	25	DET	AL	34	946	849	114	227	40	3	20	21	16	79	149	.267	.329	.392	.721	.302	333	16	2	10	6	4	13
1999	26	DET	AL	24	626	555	85	152	25	1	24	6	6	59	83	.274	.344	.452	.796	.281	251	16	4	1	7	1	5

2005	32	TEX	AL	2	9	9	4	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	.444	.444	1.111	1.556	.333	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				103	2739	2452	320	633	109	7	73	55	38	235	428	.258	.323	.398	.720	.283	975	61	10	16	25	8	27
162 Game Avg.				34	913	817	107	211	36	2	24	18	13	78	143	.258	.323	.398	.720	.283	325	20	3	5	8	3	9
MLB Averages																.266	.336	.425	.761	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	23	DET	AL	2.4	0.2	280	-0.3	4.9	-5.3	1.09	0.0	-0.3	1.3	0.1	1.09	0.8	0	0	0
1997	24	DET	AL	38.5	3.9	923	3.9	17.1	-13.3	1.00	3.8	0.1	42.1	4.3	1.00	44.4	0	0	0
1998	25	DET	AL	13.6	1.3	991	1.1	17.4	-16.3	1.01	1.8	-0.6	15.6	1.5	1.01	21.2	0	0	0
1999	26	DET	AL	-1.3	-0.1	642	0.9	10.9	-10.0	.95	-0.1	1.1	1.9	0.2	0.95	-2.0	0	0	0

2005	32	TEX	AL	-2.6	-0.2	10	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.19	-0.2	-0.2	-4.9	-0.4	0.19	-2.6	0	1	1
5 Yrs				50.5	5.1	2846	5.5	50.4	-44.9	1.00	5.2	0.3	56.1	5.7	1.00	61.8	0	1	1

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
1996	23	DET	AL	11	11	1	6	4	1	1	1	10	.091	2	2	0	0	3	27%	46.5	75	31	5	2	0	6	2.9	3.6	5.4	94	0	8	3	0	109
1997	24	DET	AL	32	32	15	11	6	2	8	18	14	.563	2	2	4	0	25	78%	57.8	76	29	10	4	0	12	4.7	4.5	7.0	104	1	10	17	4	127
1998	25	DET	AL	34	34	11	15	8	2	4	13	21	.382	2	3	5	0	19	56%	50.4	82	19	23	11	0	11	4.9	4.2	6.5	103	1	13	16	3	130
1999	26	DET	AL	24	24	9	11	4	2	2	10	14	.417	2	1	0	0	13	54%	46.3	84	11	10	5	0	9	4.4	4.8	5.9	98	3	9	8	4	131
4 Yrs				101	101	36	43	22	7	15	42	59	.416	8	8	9	0	60	59%	51	84	11	48	22	0	38	4.5	4.4	6.4	101	5	40	44	11	131
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	105	-21					4.9	4.9	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2005	32	TEX	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	8	.189	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	14
1 Yr				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%		.189	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	14

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%
1996	23	DET	AL	267	19%	2.6%	16.5%	11.6%	7.1%	31%	0.95	1.21	69%	17%	8.5%	15%	55	5	9%
1997	24	DET	AL	891	16%	2.2%	17.0%	7.4%	6.2%	29%	0.99	1.37	73%	18%	7.1%	16%	144	24	17%
1998	25	DET	AL	946	21%	2.1%	15.8%	8.4%	6.7%	28%	0.84	1.13	73%	23%	6.2%	15%	183	16	9%
1999	26	DET	AL	626	20%	3.8%	13.3%	9.4%	8.0%	33%	0.74	0.88	73%	21%	10.4%	16%	140	16	11%

2005	32	TEX	AL	9	56%	22.2%	11.1%	0.0%	22.2%	50%	1.00	3.00	67%	13%	50.0%	0%	2	0	0%
5 Yrs				2739	19%	2.7%	15.6%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	0.87	1.15	72%	20%	8.0%	15%	524	61	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.8%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.2%	14%			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
1996	23	DET	AL	271	1030	3.80	631	61%	26%	13%	31%	30%	74%	2%	46%	83%	54%	7%	18	9	24%	66	44	5	27%	10	7	-4	0	0
1997	24	DET	AL	896	3338	3.73	2109	63%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	0%	46%	80%	57%	5%	43	25	23%	208	112	9	28%	24	17	-5	0	3
1998	25	DET	AL	951	3421	3.60	2143	63%	24%	18%	25%	33%	76%	1%	47%	77%	59%	5%	43	25	19%	177	94	10	21%	31	14	-5	0	0
1999	26	DET	AL	629	2361	3.75	1473	62%	25%	14%	29%	33%	75%	0%	47%	81%	56%	6%	36	23	19%	120	61	10	24%	14	12	-3	0	0

2005	32	TEX	AL	9	27	3.00	18	67%	28%	0%	28%	44%	72%	0%	48%	100%	78%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2756	10177	3.69	6374	63%	25%	15%	27%	32%	75%	1%	47%	79%	57%	5%	140	82	21%	571	311	34	25%	79	50	-17	0	3
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			20%				27%

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
1996	23	DET	AL	267	62	10	0	7	0	13	5	2	4	3	19	10	1	53%	4	1	0	94	7	5	58%	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
1997	24	DET	AL	891	188	28	2	20	0	13	16	4	14	6	34	23	3	68%	5	4	2	285	20	11	65%	17	10	3	1	0	0	7	7	19	0
1998	25	DET	AL	946	227	53	3	20	1	8	12	8	10	10	40	28	4	70%	13	4	2	360	21	16	57%	18	15	3	1	0	0	8	5	17	0
1999	26	DET	AL	626	152	18	2	24	0	12	20	4	17	7	28	23	2	82%	5	2	2	242	6	6	50%	6	4	0	2	0	0	3	3	13	0

2005	32	TEX	AL	9	4	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	2	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2739	633	110	7	73	2	48	54	19	46	27	123	86	10	70%	27	11	6	983	55	38	59%	49	33	6	5	0	0	18	15	52	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1996	23	1	6	.143	4.58	11	11	0	0	59.0	62	35	30	7	31	2	44	2	1	267	112	1.576	9.5	1.1	4.7	6.7	1.42	112
1997	24	16	17	.485	3.35	43	43	0	4	282.1	250	117	105	27	97	3	195	4	5	1158	140	1.229	8.0	0.9	3.1	6.2	2.01	140
1998	25	27	32	.458	3.66	77	77	0	9	504.1	477	231	205	47	176	7	344	6	9	2104	128	1.295	8.5	0.8	3.1	6.1	1.95	128
1999	26	36	43	.456	3.98	101	101	0	9	647.0	629	316	286	71	235	8	427	10	11	2730	119	1.335	8.7	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82	119
2000	27	36	43	.456	3.98	101	101	0	9	647.0	629	316	286	71	235	8	427	10	11	2730	119	1.335	8.7	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82	119
2001	28	36	43	.456	3.98	101	101	0	9	647.0	629	316	286	71	235	8	427	10	11	2730	119	1.335	8.7	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82	119
2002	29	36	43	.456	3.98	101	101	0	9	647.0	629	316	286	71	235	8	427	10	11	2730	119	1.335	8.7	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82	119
2003	30	36	43	.456	3.98	101	101	0	9	647.0	629	316	286	71	235	8	427	10	11	2730	119	1.335	8.7	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82	119
2004	31	36	43	.456	3.98	101	101	0	9	647.0	629	316	286	71	235	8	427	10	11	2730	119	1.335	8.7	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82	119
2005	32	36	43	.456	4.02	103	101	2	9	648.2	633	320	290	73	235	8	428	10	11	2739	118	1.338	8.8	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82	118

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996	23	3	3	.500	3.97	59.0	58	29	26	7	29	44	2	1.475	8.8	4.4	6.7	1.52	1.1	11
1997	24	15	8	.652	3.04	213.0	184	80	72	20	65	144	2	1.169	7.8	2.7	6.1	2.22	0.8	32
1998	25	12	12	.500	3.88	216.0	219	103	93	19	76	145	2	1.366	9.1	3.2	6.0	1.91	0.8	34
1999	26	6	9	.400	4.76	140.0	145	82	74	23	56	82	4	1.436	9.3	3.6	5.3	1.46	1.5	24

2005	32	0	0		9.00	3.0	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.0		0.0	2
5 Yrs		36	32	.529	3.82	631.0	606	297	268	69	226	417	10	1.319	8.6		5.9	1.85	1.0	103

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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All-Star Games 1997 *	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1997 AL 7.4 (5th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1997 AL 7.4 (4th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1997 AL 3.02 (5th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1997 AL 1.137 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1997 AL 7.576 (4th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1997 AL 223.3 (9th) 1998 AL 222.0 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 1998 AL 34 (2nd)
Complete Games s c a p y 1997 AL 4 (6th) 1998 AL 5 (7th)	Hits s c a p y 1998 AL 227 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1997 AL 0.806 (7th) 1998 AL 0.811 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 1998 AL 15 (4th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1998 AL 946 (10th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1997 AL 152 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1997 AL 38 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1997 AL 3.9 (4th)
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1997 AL 42.10 (4th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1997 AL 3.9 (4th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1997 AL 3.8 (4th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1997 AL 4.3 (4th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 17 (1180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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