Justin Thompson
Justin Willard Thompson
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 8, 1973 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Klein Oak (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
Final Game: August 25, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 1 267 111 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 4 891 151 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
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 21 2.400 21.6 10.8 0.0 5.4
5 Seasons 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 21 2.400 21.6 10.8 0.0 5.4

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1997 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0.00 0 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*

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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
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
1997 24 DET AL 32 890 807 82 188 32 3 20 20 11 66 151 .233 .289 .354 .644 .260 286 24 2 5 10 1
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
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
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
5 Seasons 103 2738 2452 320 633 109 7 73 55 38 235 428 .258 .323 .398 .720 .283 975 61 10 16 25 8
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 47 75 31 5 2 0 6 2.9 3.6 5.4 93 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% 58 76 29 10 4 0 12 4.7 4.5 7.0 104 1 10 18 3 125
1998 25 DET AL 34 34 11 15 8 2 4 13 21 .382 2 3 5 0 19 56% 50 82 19 23 11 0 11 4.9 4.2 6.5 102 1 11 15 2 128
1999 26 DET AL 24 24 9 11 4 2 2 10 14 .417 2 1 0 0 13 54% 46 84 11 10 5 0 9 4.4 4.8 5.9 98 3 9 8 4 131
4 Seasons 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 6.4 100 5 38 44 9 131
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 32 TEX AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0.200 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.5 14
1 Season 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 0.200 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.5 14

Ratio Pitching*

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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 81% 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 84% 2.3% 17.0% 7.4% 6.2% 29% 0.99 1.37 73% 18% 7.1% 16% 144 24 17%
1998 25 DET AL 946 79% 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 80% 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 44% 22.2% 11.1% 0.0% 22.2% 50% 1.00 3.00 67% 13% 50.0% 0% 2 0 0%
5 Seasons 2739 81% 2.7% 15.6% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 0.87 1.15 72% 20% 8.0% 15% 524 61 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 267 1021 3.82 626 61% 26% 13% 31% 30% 74% 2% 46% 83% 54% 7% 18 9 25% 66 44 5 27% 10 7 0 0 0
1997 24 DET AL 891 3324 3.73 2099 63% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 0% 46% 80% 57% 5% 43 25 23% 207 111 9 28% 24 17 0 0 3
1998 25 DET AL 946 3404 3.60 2136 63% 24% 18% 25% 34% 76% 1% 48% 77% 59% 5% 43 25 19% 177 94 10 21% 31 14 0 0 0
1999 26 DET AL 626 2355 3.76 1467 62% 24% 14% 29% 33% 76% 0% 47% 81% 56% 6% 36 23 19% 119 60 10 24% 14 12 0 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 Seasons 2739 10131 3.70 6346 63% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 1% 47% 79% 57% 5% 140 82 21% 569 309 34 25% 79 50 0 0 3
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 1 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 Seasons 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 19 16 52 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1996 23 1 6 .143 4.58 11 11 0 0 0 0 59.0 62 35 30 7 31 2 44 2 0 1 267 111 1.576 9.5 1.1 4.7 6.7 1.42 111
1997 24 16 17 .485 3.35 43 43 0 4 0 0 282.1 250 117 105 27 97 3 195 4 0 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 0 0 504.1 477 231 205 47 176 7 344 6 0 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 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 1.82 119
2000 27 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 1.82 119
2001 28 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 1.82 119
2002 29 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 1.82 119
2003 30 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 1.82 119
2004 31 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 1.82 119
2005 32 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 1.82 118

Neutralized Pitching

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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 4.69 140.0 146 81 73 23 57 81 4 1.450 9.4 3.7 5.2 1.42 1.5 24
2005 32 0 0 12.00 3.0 0 4 4 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 2
5 Seasons 36 32 .529 3.82 631.0 607 297 268 69 227 416 10 1.322 8.7 5.9 1.83 1.0 103

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1997 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1997 AL  3.022 (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  .806 (7th)
1998 AL  .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  151 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (1151), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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