Mark Thompson
Mark Radford Thompson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 7, 1971 in Russellville, KY
High School: Logan County (Russellville, KY)
School: University of Kentucky
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1994
Final Game: July 27, 2000
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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
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 55 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 83 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 99 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 67 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 1 130 167 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 93 1.560 8.6 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.27
7 Seasons 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 4 246 122 1.509 8.3 0.8 5.3 6.8 1.28

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 94 1560 1335 242 404 91 10 55 31 18 161 198 .303 .386 .509 .896 .319 680 39 29 23 12 4
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
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
1994 23 COL NL 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 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 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 1 5 3 1 15 54% 44 73 6 24 10 1 10 5.9 5.6 5.8 97 5 10 6 5 140
1997 26 COL NL 6 6 3 3 0 2 0 3 3 .500 0 0 0 0 1 17% 36 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% 37 43 27 3 2 0 2 4.3 4.5 3.9 69 6 0 0 0 79
1999 28 STL NL 5 5 1 3 1 0 2 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 4 80% 53 67 43 3 0 0 4 3.6 2.3 5.9 92 0 5 0 0 99
6 Seasons 74 52 16 22 14 5 5 22 30 .423 2 9 3 1 22 42% 42 73 6 57 17 2 22 5.5 5.6 5.4 90 14 22 8 5 140
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
1995 24 COL NL 21 16 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 9 9 100% 6 0.939 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 0.890 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 0.703 2 8 10 9 1 10 5 15 8 5 8 3 3.8 23
3 Seasons 75 42 9 2 2 2 0 2 0% 6 3 23 14 61% 0.881 8 13 21 15 4 23 12 30 20 10 20 4 4.0 25

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%
1994 23 COL NL 49 49% 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 46% 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 45% 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 47% 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 35% 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 40% 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 28% 3.5% 16.4% 12.9% 7.8% 38% 0.68 0.83 64% 24% 11.4% 20% 22 1 5%
7 Seasons 1560 43% 3.5% 12.7% 10.3% 10.0% 39% 0.75 1.11 70% 22% 10.0% 15% 344 39 11%
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
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 714 2617 3.67 1572 60% 24% 13% 28% 34% 75% 0% 45% 83% 55% 8% 54 39 20% 140 66 8 22% 13 14 49 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 130 464 3.57 270 58% 29% 13% 25% 33% 71% 2% 41% 82% 52% 5% 7 4 17% 22 12 0 36% 5 2 0 0 0
2000 29 STL NL 116 464 4.00 266 57% 29% 13% 29% 30% 71% 0% 41% 82% 47% 8% 9 5 26% 30 17 1 42% 2 4 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1470 5394 3.67 3189 59% 26% 12% 28% 35% 74% 1% 44% 84% 52% 7% 108 74 17% 251 121 9 27% 28 30 90 0 4
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
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 1 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 Seasons 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 4 2 31 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+
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 55 2.667 16.0 2.0 8.0 5.0 0.63 55
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 77 1.983 13.4 1.4 4.5 5.3 1.17 77
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

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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
1994 23 0 1 .000 6.92 13.0 20 11 10 2 10 7 1 2.308 13.8 6.9 4.8 0.70 1.4 2
1995 24 3 3 .500 4.73 59.0 70 34 31 7 21 35 1 1.542 10.7 3.2 5.3 1.67 1.1 21
1996 25 10 9 .526 3.93 174.0 166 84 76 22 65 102 11 1.328 8.6 3.4 5.3 1.57 1.1 34
1997 26 1 2 .333 6.10 31.0 37 23 21 7 12 9 4 1.581 10.7 3.5 2.6 0.75 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 2.17 29.0 24 8 7 1 16 22 2 1.379 7.4 5.0 6.8 1.38 0.3 5
2000 29 1 1 .500 4.32 25.0 23 13 12 4 14 19 3 1.480 8.3 5.0 6.8 1.36 1.4 20
7 Seasons 18 18 .500 4.40 354.0 372 191 173 50 149 208 26 1.472 9.5 5.3 1.40 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 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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