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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 (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-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #918. Jim Deshaies… #919. Connie Johnson… #920. Carlos Marmol… #921. JUSTIN THOMPSON… #922. Mickey Haefner… #923. Scott Bankhead… #924. Walt Masterson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #918. Jim Deshaies… #919. Connie Johnson… #920. Carlos Marmol… #921. JUSTIN THOMPSON… #922. Mickey Haefner… #923. Scott Bankhead… #924. Walt Masterson…

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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
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
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,FAY,VIS · IL,SALL,CALL
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	97	1.479	9.6	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.41

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	26	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 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	26	2.400	21.6	10.8	0.0	5.4

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1996	23	DET	AL	59.0	11	35	46	-3	1.1	11	1.0	$109,000
1997	24	DET	AL	223.1	32	82	155	-9	1.0	73	7.2	$198,000	AS
1998	25	DET	AL	222.0	34	114	142	9	1.0	28	2.7	$400,000
1999	26	DET	AL	142.2	24	85	99	4	.9	14	1.3	$650,000

2005	32	TEX	AL	1.2	0	4	1	0	.2	-3	-0.2	$
5 Seasons				648.2	101	320	443	1	1.0	123	12.0	$1,357,000

DET (4 yrs)				647.0	101	316	442	1	1.0	126	12.2	$1,357,000
TEX (1 yr)				1.2	0	4	1	0	.2	-3	-0.2	$

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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
1991	18	DET-min	Rk	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BRS · APPY
1992	19	DET-min	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	FAY · SALL
1993	20	DET-min	A+,AA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LAK,LON · FLOR,EL
1995	22	DET-min	AA,A+	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	JCK,LAK · SOUL,FLOR
1996	23	DET-min	A,AAA,A+	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	FAY,TOL,VIS · SALL,IL,CALL
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

2005	32	TEX-min	AA,AAA	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	FRI,OKC · TL,PCL
2005	32	TEX	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2006	33	MIL-min	AAA	8	7	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600		2	0	0	2	0	0	NVL · PCL
5 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1997	24	DET	AL	2	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$198,000	1	AS
1998	25	DET	AL	7	-1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	$400,000	1
1999	26	DET	AL	5	-1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	$650,000	1
3 Seasons				14	-3	2	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$1,248,000

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1996	DET	AL	23	P	11	59.0	15	2	13	0	1	1.000	2.29	1.36	.960	1.77	1.76
1997	DET	AL	24	P	32	223.1	42	11	31	0	3	1.000	1.69	1.31	.955	1.71	1.69	AS
1998	DET	AL	25	P	34	222.0	41	6	35	0	2	1.000	1.66	1.21	.958	1.78	1.76
1999	DET	AL	26	P	24	142.2	17	5	11	1	1	.941	1.01	0.67	.952	1.69	1.66
2005	TEX	AL	32	P	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.62	1.70
	5 Seasons			P	103	648.2	115	24	90	1	7	.991	1.58	1.11	.956	1.73	1.71
	5 Seasons			TOT	103	648.2	115	24	90	1	7	.991	1.58	1.11	.956	1.73	1.71

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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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 7.1 (6th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1997 AL 7.2 (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)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 Ink	Pitching - 17 (1173), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (32nd pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1991.
November 2, 1999: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Alan Webb (minors), Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman and Gabe Kapler to the Texas Rangers for Juan Gonzalez, Danny Patterson and Gregg Zaun.
December 21, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
February 14, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 7, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 10, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
January 1, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
June 20, 2006: Retired from the Milwaukee Brewers.

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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
1996	23	Detroit Tigers	$109,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	24	Detroit Tigers	$198,000	1997 postseason AP survey	Includes $25,000 earned bonus
1998	25	Detroit Tigers	$400,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	26	Detroit Tigers	$650,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	27	Texas Rangers	$3,025,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	28	Texas Rangers	$1,420,000	4/6/01 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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