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Rich Thompson

Richard Neil Thompson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 1, 1958 in New York, NY
School: Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1985
Teams (by GP): Indians/Expos 1985-1990

Final Game: April 22, 1990
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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
1985 26 CLE AL 3 8 .273 6.30 57 0 24 0 0 5 80.0 95 63 56 8 48 6 30 6 2 6 379 66 1.788 10.7 0.9 5.4 3.4 0.63
1989 30 MON NL 0 2 .000 2.18 19 1 9 0 0 0 33.0 27 11 8 2 11 2 15 2 1 0 129 164 1.152 7.4 0.5 3.0 4.1 1.36
1990 31 MON NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs 3 10 .231 5.05 77 1 34 0 0 5 114.0 123 74 64 10 59 8 45 8 3 6 512 79 1.596 9.7 0.8 4.7 3.6 0.76
162 Game Avg. 3 9 .231 5.05 67 1 30 0 0 4 99 107 65 56 9 51 7 39 7 3 5 446 79 1.596 9.7 0.8 4.7 3.6 0.76
MON (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 2.12 20 1 10 0 0 0 34.0 28 11 8 2 11 2 15 2 1 0 133 171 1.147 7.4 0.5 2.9 4.0 1.36
CLE (1 yr) 3 8 .273 6.30 57 0 24 0 0 5 80.0 95 63 56 8 48 6 30 6 2 6 379 66 1.788 10.7 0.9 5.4 3.4 0.63
NL (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 2.12 20 1 10 0 0 0 34.0 28 11 8 2 11 2 15 2 1 0 133 171 1.147 7.4 0.5 2.9 4.0 1.36
AL (1 yr) 3 8 .273 6.30 57 0 24 0 0 5 80.0 95 63 56 8 48 6 30 6 2 6 379 66 1.788 10.7 0.9 5.4 3.4 0.63

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
1985 26 CLE AL 80.0 57 0 63 7.09 4.62 -0.33 -0.36 100.7 4.62 -22 -2.2 1.5 -0.7 -2.2 -13 .462 .487 $
1989 30 MON NL 33.0 19 1 11 3.00 3.99 -0.17 -0.25 99.2 3.88 3 0.4 .5 -0.2 0.5 6 .520 .502 $68,000
1990 31 MON NL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.88 -0.16 -0.37 98.0 4.58 0 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .556 .500 $104,500
3 Seasons 114.0 77 1 74 5.84 4.44 -0.28 -0.33 100.2 4.40 -18 -1.7 1.3 -0.9 -1.7 -7 .477 .496 $172,500
MON (2 yrs) 34.0 20 1 11 2.91 4.02 -0.17 -0.25 99.2 3.90 4 0.4 .5 -0.2 0.5 7 .521 .501 $172,500
CLE (1 yr) 80.0 57 0 63 7.09 4.62 -0.33 -0.36 100.7 4.62 -22 -2.2 1.5 -0.7 -2.2 -13 .462 .487 $

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
1985 26 CLE AL 57 379 314 63 95 18 4 8 12 3 48 30 .303 .398 .462 .860 .309 145 18 6 5 6 6 13
1989 30 MON NL 19 129 112 11 27 2 0 2 4 2 11 15 .241 .315 .313 .627 .258 35 6 2 2 2 2 2
1990 31 MON NL 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 .250 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 77 512 430 74 123 21 4 10 16 5 59 45 .286 .376 .423 .799 .295 182 24 8 7 8 8 15
162 Game Avg. 67 446 375 65 107 18 3 9 14 4 51 39 .286 .376 .423 .799 .295 159 21 7 6 7 7 13
MLB Averages .257 .324 .390 .714 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 26 CLE AL -19.4 -1.9 401 -2.1 6.4 -8.5 1.09 -1.7 -0.2 -27.2 -2.6 1.09 -23.5 26 12 18
1989 30 MON NL 4.2 0.5 138 0.0 1.5 -1.5 .70 0.1 -0.0 2.3 0.2 0.70 3.7 2 2 13
1990 31 MON NL 0.6 0.1 4 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.02 0.2 0 0 1
3 Yrs -14.6 -1.4 543 -2.0 7.9 -9.9 .98 -1.6 -0.5 -24.4 -2.3 0.98 -19.6 28 14 32

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
1989 30 MON NL 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 4 0 1 0 2.0 0.0 4.7 76 1 0 0 0 76
1 Yr 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 4 0 1 0 2.0 0.0 4.7 76 1 0 0 0 76
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -3 4.4 4.3 6.2 94

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
1985 26 CLE AL 57 57 24 3 8 11 5 6 45% 12 1 73 31 42% 8 1.086 26 12 18 14 10 33 43 14 28 17 36 16 4.2
1989 30 MON NL 19 18 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 8 .700 2 2 13 1 2 15 5 13 8 5 8 6 4.7 17
1990 31 MON NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .017 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 15
3 Yrs 77 76 34 3 9 11 5 6 45% 12 1 82 34 41% .980 28 14 32 15 12 49 48 28 36 22 44 22 4.3 17

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%
1985 26 CLE AL 379 61% 2.1% 7.9% 12.7% 7.9% 32% 1.99 74% 96 18 19%
1989 30 MON NL 129 57% 1.6% 11.6% 8.5% 3.1% 15% 1.09 1.44 75% 14% 5.7% 24% 19 6 32%
1990 31 MON NL 4 50% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 0.33 0.50 100% 0% 0.0% 0% 0 0
3 Yrs 512 60% 2.0% 8.8% 11.5% 6.8% 29% 1.04 1.78 75% 13% 5.3% 22% 115 24 21%
MLB Averages 40% 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.6% 26% 11%

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
1989 30 MON NL 123 408 3.32 247 61% 22% 12% 26% 38% 77% 4% 46% 83% 60% 6% 7 3 11% 13 7 0 21% 3 2 6 0 3
1990 31 MON NL 4 15 3.75 8 53% 25% 13% 13% 50% 75% 0% 40% 83% 0% 25% 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 127 423 3.33 255 60% 22% 12% 26% 39% 76% 4% 46% 83% 58% 6% 8 4 10% 13 7 0 21% 3 2 6 0 3
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 19% 26%

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
1985 26 CLE AL 379 95 8 0 23 4 4 6 2 42 26 3 62% 13 6 1 176 12 3 80% 12 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 0
1989 30 MON NL 129 27 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 5 0 100% 2 0 1 44 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
1990 31 MON NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 512 123 3 1 10 0 23 5 5 7 3 47 31 3 66% 15 6 2 221 16 5 76% 15 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 27 0
MLB Averages 53% 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+
1985 26 3 8 .273 6.30 57 0 24 0 0 5 80.0 95 63 56 8 48 6 30 6 2 6 379 66 1.788 10.7 0.9 5.4 3.4 0.63 66
1986 27 3 8 .273 6.30 57 0 24 0 0 5 80.0 95 63 56 8 48 6 30 6 2 6 379 66 1.788 10.7 0.9 5.4 3.4 0.63 66
1987 28 3 8 .273 6.30 57 0 24 0 0 5 80.0 95 63 56 8 48 6 30 6 2 6 379 66 1.788 10.7 0.9 5.4 3.4 0.63 66
1988 29 3 8 .273 6.30 57 0 24 0 0 5 80.0 95 63 56 8 48 6 30 6 2 6 379 66 1.788 10.7 0.9 5.4 3.4 0.63 66
1989 30 3 10 .231 5.10 76 1 33 0 0 5 113.0 122 74 64 10 59 8 45 8 3 6 508 78 1.602 9.7 0.8 4.7 3.6 0.76 78
1990 31 3 10 .231 5.05 77 1 34 0 0 5 114.0 123 74 64 10 59 8 45 8 3 6 512 79 1.596 9.7 0.8 4.7 3.6 0.76 79

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
1985 26 2 6 .250 6.87 76.0 96 64 58 8 49 28 6 1.908 11.4 5.8 3.3 0.57 0.9 57
1989 30 2 1 .667 2.79 29.0 29 10 9 2 12 13 2 1.414 9.0 3.7 4.0 1.08 0.6 19
1990 31 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
3 Yrs 4 7 .364 5.69 106.0 125 74 67 10 61 41 8 1.755 10.6 3.5 0.67 0.8 77

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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