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Mark Thompson

Mark Radford Thompson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 7, 1971 in Russellville, KY
High School: Logan County HS (Russellville, KY)
School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1994
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Cardinals 1994-2000

Final Game: July 27, 2000
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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
1994 23 COL NL 1 1 .500 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 16 9 9 2 8 0 5 1 0 0 49 57 2.667 16.0 2.0 8.0 5.0 0.63
1995 24 COL NL 2 3 .400 6.53 21 5 3 0 0 0 51.0 73 42 37 7 22 2 30 1 0 2 240 82 1.863 12.9 1.2 3.9 5.3 1.36
1996 25 COL NL 9 11 .450 5.30 34 28 2 3 1 0 169.2 189 109 100 25 74 1 99 13 1 1 763 98 1.550 10.0 1.3 3.9 5.3 1.34
1997 26 COL NL 3 3 .500 7.89 6 6 0 0 0 0 29.2 40 27 26 8 13 0 9 4 1 0 146 66 1.787 12.1 2.4 3.9 2.7 0.69
1998 27 COL NL 1 2 .333 7.71 6 6 0 0 0 0 23.1 36 22 20 8 12 0 14 5 0 1 116 68 2.057 13.9 3.1 4.6 5.4 1.17
1999 28 STL NL 1 3 .250 2.76 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.1 26 12 9 1 17 1 22 2 0 1 130 169 1.466 8.0 0.3 5.2 6.8 1.29
2000 29 STL NL 1 1 .500 5.04 20 0 4 0 0 0 25.0 24 21 14 4 15 0 19 3 0 3 116 94 1.560 8.6 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.27
7 Yrs 18 24 .429 5.74 94 52 9 3 1 0 337.0 404 242 215 55 161 4 198 29 2 8 1560 90 1.677 10.8 1.5 4.3 5.3 1.23
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .429 5.74 44 24 4 1 0 0 157 188 113 100 26 75 2 92 14 1 4 727 90 1.677 10.8 1.5 4.3 5.3 1.23
COL (5 yrs) 16 20 .444 6.11 69 47 5 3 1 0 282.2 354 209 192 50 129 3 157 24 2 4 1314 86 1.709 11.3 1.6 4.1 5.0 1.22
STL (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 3.81 25 5 4 0 0 0 54.1 50 33 23 5 32 1 41 5 0 4 246 123 1.509 8.3 0.8 5.3 6.8 1.28

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
1994 23 COL NL 9.0 2 2 9 9.00 4.39 -0.33 0.16 92.2 4.49 -5 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .310 .498 $109,000
1995 24 COL NL 51.0 21 5 42 7.41 4.81 -0.26 -0.08 134.4 6.70 -4 -0.4 .9 -0.1 -0.1 0 .479 .497 $109,000
1996 25 COL NL 169.2 34 28 109 5.78 4.69 -0.03 0.15 119.6 5.83 2 0.2 .8 -0.1 1.4 18 .507 .502 $145,000
1997 26 COL NL 29.2 6 6 27 8.19 4.15 -0.01 0.15 126.1 5.42 -9 -0.8 -0.0 -0.6 -6 .363 .495 $252,000
1998 27 COL NL 23.1 6 6 22 8.49 4.82 0.10 0.17 120.2 5.89 -7 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .396 .496 $300,000
1999 28 STL NL 29.1 5 5 12 3.68 5.01 -0.02 0.19 100.5 5.24 5 0.5 -0.0 0.7 8 .602 .503 $
2000 29 STL NL 25.0 20 0 21 7.56 5.33 0.28 -0.41 103.9 4.83 -8 -0.7 .7 0.1 -0.5 -5 .464 .496 $400,000
7 Seasons 337.0 94 52 242 6.46 4.74 -0.04 0.08 118.9 5.77 -25 -2.2 .8 -0.2 0.1 7 .476 .498 $1,315,000
COL (5 yrs) 282.2 69 47 209 6.65 4.66 -0.07 0.11 122.1 5.91 -22 -2.0 .9 -0.2 -0.1 4 .471 .497 $915,000
STL (2 yrs) 54.1 25 5 33 5.47 5.16 0.12 -0.09 102.1 5.05 -3 -0.2 .7 0.1 0.2 3 .492 .499 $400,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
1995 24 COL NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1994 23 COL NL 2 49 40 9 16 4 2 2 3 0 8 5 .400 .510 .750 1.260 .424 30 2 1 0 0 0 0
1995 24 COL NL 21 240 209 42 73 17 2 7 7 3 22 30 .349 .407 .550 .957 .375 115 7 1 4 4 2 3
1996 25 COL NL 34 763 663 109 189 45 3 25 15 9 74 99 .285 .367 .475 .842 .303 315 20 13 10 3 1 9
1997 26 COL NL 6 146 124 27 40 8 2 8 4 0 13 9 .323 .399 .613 1.012 .294 76 1 4 3 2 0 2
1998 27 COL NL 6 116 95 22 36 5 0 8 0 1 12 14 .379 .465 .684 1.149 .373 65 5 5 2 2 0 0
1999 28 STL NL 5 130 108 12 26 7 1 1 1 2 17 22 .241 .354 .352 .706 .294 38 3 2 3 0 1 3
2000 29 STL NL 20 116 96 21 24 5 0 4 1 3 15 19 .250 .365 .427 .792 .270 41 1 3 1 1 0 4
7 Yrs 94 1560 1335 242 404 91 10 55 31 18 161 198 .303 .386 .509 .896 .319 680 39 29 23 12 4 21
162 Game Avg. 44 727 622 113 188 42 5 26 14 8 75 92 .303 .386 .509 .896 .319 317 18 14 11 6 2 10
MLB Averages .269 .340 .426 .766 .300

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1994 23 COL NL -2.9 -0.3 51 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 1.10 -0.6 0.2 -4.8 -0.4 1.10 -6.3 0 0 0
1995 24 COL NL -5.2 -0.5 252 -0.8 3.9 -4.7 .96 -0.9 0.0 -14.7 -1.2 0.96 -12.4 4 4 8
1996 25 COL NL 0.0 0.0 785 -1.4 12.0 -13.4 .90 -2.0 0.5 -10.0 -0.9 0.90 -20.8 2 1 3
1997 26 COL NL -6.5 -0.6 151 -0.9 1.9 -2.9 .87 -0.9 -0.2 -11.7 -1.0 0.87 -10.1 0 0 0
1998 27 COL NL -5.3 -0.5 118 -0.8 2.1 -2.9 1.12 -1.0 0.3 -7.6 -0.6 1.12 -11.0 0 0 0
1999 28 STL NL 5.2 0.5 133 0.1 2.9 -2.8 1.21 0.1 -0.0 3.0 0.3 1.21 0.8 0 0 0
2000 29 STL NL -3.4 -0.3 123 -0.1 1.4 -1.5 .71 -0.3 0.2 -6.1 -0.6 0.71 -2.9 2 8 9
7 Yrs -18.1 -1.7 1613 -4.4 25.0 -29.4 .94 -5.6 0.9 -51.9 -4.4 0.94 -62.8 8 13 20

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
1994 23 COL NL 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 41 17 2 0 0 1 5.0 9.0 4.5 94 0 2 0 0 97
1995 24 COL NL 21 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 .400 1 1 0 0 2 40% 42.2 62 25 18 5 1 1 5.4 5.3 5.2 82 2 1 1 0 106
1996 25 COL NL 34 28 9 11 8 1 3 13 15 .464 2 5 3 1 15 54% 44.2 73 6 24 10 1 10 5.9 5.6 5.8 98 5 8 7 5 140
1997 26 COL NL 6 6 3 3 0 2 0 3 3 .500 0 0 0 0 1 17% 35.8 69 20 7 0 0 4 6.6 9.0 4.9 85 1 4 1 0 109
1998 27 COL NL 6 6 1 2 3 1 0 2 4 .333 0 3 0 0 0 0% 36.7 43 27 3 2 0 2 4.3 4.5 3.9 70 5 1 0 0 80
1999 28 STL NL 5 5 1 3 1 0 2 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 4 80% 53.4 67 43 3 0 0 4 3.6 2.3 5.9 93 0 4 1 0 103
6 Yrs 74 52 16 22 14 5 5 22 30 .423 3 9 3 1 22 42% 42 73 6 57 17 2 22 5.5 5.6 5.4 91 13 20 10 5 140
MLB Averages .500 47% 48 105 -21 5.0 4.9 6.0 96

Reliever Pitching*

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
1995 24 COL NL 21 16 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 9 9 100% 6 .958 4 4 8 4 2 10 5 11 10 3 10 1 4.7 31
1996 25 COL NL 34 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 1 25% 7 .896 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 4 2 2 2 0 3.2 18
2000 29 STL NL 20 20 4 1 1 1 0 1 0% 3 1 10 4 40% 6 .712 2 8 9 9 1 10 5 15 8 5 8 3 3.8 23
3 Yrs 75 42 9 2 2 2 0 2 0% 6 3 23 14 61% .890 8 13 20 15 4 23 12 30 20 10 20 4 4.0 25

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%
1994 23 COL NL 49 51% 4.1% 10.2% 16.3% 16.3% 50% 0.84 1.20 67% 17% 10.5% 0% 9 2 22%
1995 24 COL NL 240 54% 2.9% 12.5% 9.2% 10.8% 36% 0.81 1.33 73% 22% 8.9% 19% 60 7 12%
1996 25 COL NL 763 55% 3.3% 13.0% 9.7% 9.6% 39% 0.82 1.22 71% 21% 9.3% 13% 153 20 13%
1997 26 COL NL 146 53% 5.5% 6.2% 8.9% 12.3% 45% 0.64 0.95 75% 19% 14.0% 19% 33 1 3%
1998 27 COL NL 116 65% 6.9% 12.1% 10.3% 11.2% 36% 0.62 0.96 65% 26% 18.6% 14% 35 5 14%
1999 28 STL NL 130 60% 0.8% 16.9% 13.1% 6.9% 35% 0.55 0.73 65% 26% 2.1% 15% 32 3 9%
2000 29 STL NL 116 72% 3.5% 16.4% 12.9% 7.8% 38% 0.68 0.83 64% 24% 11.4% 20% 22 1 5%
7 Yrs 1560 57% 3.5% 12.7% 10.3% 10.0% 39% 0.75 1.11 70% 22% 10.0% 15% 344 39 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.8% 16.5% 9.1% 7.9% 33% 0.80 1.09 70% 22% 8.3% 15% 10%

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
1994 23 COL NL 49 188 3.84 100 53% 23% 17% 25% 35% 77% 0% 41% 78% 33% 8% 4 3 2% 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
1995 24 COL NL 199 733 3.68 438 60% 26% 11% 28% 35% 74% 2% 44% 85% 51% 7% 14 8 12% 24 13 0 33% 5 4 41 0 0
1996 25 COL NL 719 2631 3.66 1578 60% 25% 13% 28% 34% 75% 0% 45% 83% 55% 8% 55 40 20% 141 66 8 22% 13 14 44 0 3
1997 26 COL NL 146 507 3.47 296 58% 24% 8% 27% 41% 76% 0% 44% 89% 48% 10% 14 12 12% 18 5 0 11% 2 2 0 0 1
1998 27 COL NL 116 421 3.63 247 59% 29% 11% 26% 34% 71% 0% 42% 85% 47% 5% 6 3 14% 16 8 0 43% 1 3 0 0 0
1999 28 STL NL 131 466 3.56 271 58% 29% 13% 25% 33% 71% 2% 41% 81% 52% 5% 7 4 17% 22 12 0 36% 5 2 -1 0 0
2000 29 STL NL 117 466 3.98 267 57% 29% 13% 29% 30% 71% 0% 41% 82% 47% 8% 9 5 26% 30 17 1 42% 2 4 -1 0 0
7 Yrs 1477 5412 3.66 3197 59% 26% 12% 28% 34% 74% 1% 44% 83% 52% 7% 109 75 17% 252 121 9 27% 28 30 83 0 4
MLB Averages 3.72 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

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
1994 23 COL NL 49 16 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 6 2 1 33% 0 0 0 18 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 24 COL NL 240 73 6 1 7 0 8 5 2 5 2 21 13 2 62% 3 2 0 101 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 0
1996 25 COL NL 763 189 18 4 25 0 14 13 12 15 10 36 22 5 61% 9 1 1 308 15 9 63% 13 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1997 26 COL NL 146 40 7 2 8 1 3 4 4 6 2 14 7 0 50% 2 0 0 58 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1998 27 COL NL 116 36 4 1 8 0 10 4 4 6 2 11 4 0 36% 0 1 0 46 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 28 STL NL 130 26 2 0 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 11 4 1 36% 3 1 0 50 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 29 STL NL 116 24 1 0 4 0 6 2 2 3 1 6 4 2 67% 4 3 0 40 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
7 Yrs 1560 404 39 8 55 1 52 29 26 36 19 105 56 11 53% 21 8 1 621 31 18 63% 29 17 2 1 0 0 3 2 31 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1994 23 1 1 .500 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 16 9 9 2 8 0 5 1 0 0 49 57 2.667 16.0 2.0 8.0 5.0 0.63 57
1995 24 3 4 .429 6.90 23 7 3 0 0 0 60.0 89 51 46 9 30 2 35 2 0 2 289 78 1.983 13.4 1.4 4.5 5.3 1.17 78
1996 25 12 15 .444 5.72 57 35 5 3 1 0 229.2 278 160 146 34 104 3 134 15 1 3 1052 92 1.663 10.9 1.3 4.1 5.3 1.29 92
1997 26 15 18 .455 5.97 63 41 5 3 1 0 259.1 318 187 172 42 117 3 143 19 2 3 1198 88 1.677 11.0 1.5 4.1 5.0 1.22 88
1998 27 16 20 .444 6.11 69 47 5 3 1 0 282.2 354 209 192 50 129 3 157 24 2 4 1314 86 1.709 11.3 1.6 4.1 5.0 1.22 86
1999 28 17 23 .425 5.80 74 52 5 3 1 0 312.0 380 221 201 51 146 4 179 26 2 5 1444 89 1.686 11.0 1.5 4.2 5.2 1.23 89
2000 29 18 24 .429 5.74 94 52 9 3 1 0 337.0 404 242 215 55 161 4 198 29 2 8 1560 90 1.677 10.8 1.5 4.3 5.3 1.23 90

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1994 23 0 1 .000 8.25 12.0 21 12 11 3 10 7 1 2.583 15.8 7.5 5.3 0.70 2.3 2
1995 24 3 3 .500 4.73 59.0 71 34 31 7 21 35 1 1.559 10.8 3.2 5.3 1.67 1.1 21
1996 25 9 10 .474 3.98 174.0 166 86 77 22 65 101 11 1.328 8.6 3.4 5.2 1.55 1.1 34
1997 26 1 2 .333 5.63 32.0 35 22 20 7 11 10 4 1.438 9.8 3.1 2.8 0.91 2.0 6
1998 27 1 1 .500 6.26 23.0 32 18 16 7 11 14 4 1.870 12.5 4.3 5.5 1.27 2.7 6
1999 28 2 1 .667 2.48 29.0 25 9 8 1 16 22 2 1.414 7.8 5.0 6.8 1.38 0.3 5
2000 29 1 1 .500 4.15 26.0 22 13 12 4 14 20 3 1.385 7.6 4.8 6.9 1.43 1.4 20
7 Yrs 17 19 .472 4.44 355.0 372 194 175 51 148 209 26 1.465 9.4 5.3 1.41 1.3 94

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 NL  1 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1996 NL  100 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1996 NL  13 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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