You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > T Listing > Justin Thompson Statistics and History

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
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
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1997 24 DET AL 1 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 2 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 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 5 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. 162 454 454 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 32 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1996 DET AL 23 P 11 11 59.0 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.29 1.36 .960 1.77 0.52
1997 DET AL 24 P 32 32 223.1 42 11 31 0 3 1.000 1.69 1.31 .952 1.71 0.49 AS
1998 DET AL 25 P 34 34 222.0 41 6 35 0 2 1.000 1.66 1.21 .956 1.78 0.50
1999 DET AL 26 P 24 24 142.2 17 5 11 1 1 .941 1.01 0.67 .953 1.69 0.47
2005 TEX AL 32 P 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.62 0.45
5 Seasons P 103 101 648.2 115 24 90 1 7 .991 1.58 1.11 .955 1.73 0.49
5 Seasons TOT 103 101 648.2 115 24 90 1 7 .991 1.58 1.11 .946 1.73 0.49

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 (1169), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1250), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Jose Rosado (974)
  2. Noah Lowry (973)
  3. Chris Nabholz (973)
  4. Bill Steele (970)
  5. Paul Maholm (967)
  6. Greg Mathews (965)
  7. John Tsitouris (963)
  8. Brian Holman (963)
  9. Albert Williams (961)
  10. Francisco Barrios (961)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Fritz Clausen (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Marcelino Lopez (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Hendley (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Al Gettel (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1996Detroit Tigers$109,000
1997Detroit Tigers$198,000
1998Detroit Tigers$400,000
1999Detroit Tigers$650,000
2000Texas Rangers$3,025,000
2001Texas Rangers$1,420,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,802,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Justin Thompson    

Viewed 36,564 times through November 8, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Justin Justin Willard Thompson thomson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.