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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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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 4:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #952. Hardie Henderson… #953. Ray Benge… #954. Ben Cantwell… #955. JUSTIN THOMPSON… #956. Sloppy Thurston… #957. Vern Ruhle… #958. Bill Wight… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1994 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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
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 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1994 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1996 23 DET AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1997 24 DET AL 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1998 25 DET AL 34 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 26 DET AL 24 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2005 32 TEX AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Yrs 103 14 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 1 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 22 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 2 0 0 0 0 0
DET (4 yrs) 101 14 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 1 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1996 23 DET AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $109,000 1
1997 24 DET AL 32 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $198,000 1 AS
1998 25 DET AL 34 7 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $400,000 1
1999 26 DET AL 24 5 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $650,000 1
2005 32 TEX AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
5 Seasons 103 14 -4 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $1,357,000
DET (4 yrs) 101 14 -4 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $1,357,000
TEX (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1996 DET AL 23 P 11 11 0 59.0 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.29 1.36 .960 1.77 1.76 7 5 42% 30% 0
1997 DET AL 24 P 32 32 4 223.1 42 11 31 0 3 1.000 1.69 1.31 .955 1.71 1.69 20 11 35% 33% 7 AS
1998 DET AL 25 P 34 34 5 222.0 41 6 35 0 2 1.000 1.66 1.21 .958 1.78 1.76 21 16 43% 31% 8
1999 DET AL 26 P 24 24 0 142.2 17 5 11 1 1 .941 1.01 0.67 .952 1.69 1.66 6 6 50% 33% 3
2005 TEX AL 32 P 2 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.62 1.70 1 0 0% 30% 0
5 Seasons P 103 101 9 648.2 115 24 90 1 7 .991 0 0 1.58 1.11 .956 1.73 1.71 55 38 41% 32% 18
5 Seasons TOT 103 101 9 648.2 115 24 90 1 7 .991 0 0 1.58 1.11 .956 1.73 1.71 55 38 41% 32% 18
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1997 AL  1.000 (1st)
1998 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

† 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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (1183), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1320), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (710th), 11.9 career WAR/11.9 7yr-peak WAR/11.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199623Detroit Tigers$109,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199724Detroit Tigers$198,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $25,000 earned bonus
199825Detroit Tigers$400,0004/3/98 USA Today
199926Detroit Tigers$650,0004/6/99 USA Today
200027Texas Rangers$3,025,0004/5/00 AP
200128Texas Rangers$1,420,0004/6/01 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,802,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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