Rich Thompson
Richard Neil Thompson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 1, 1958 in New York, NY
School: Amherst College
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1985
Final Game: April 22, 1990
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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
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 0 129 162 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 Seasons 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 0 133 167 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 0 133 167 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

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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 77 512 430 74 123 21 4 10 16 5 59 45 .286 .376 .423 .799 .295 182 24 8 7 8 8
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
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
1989 30 MON NL 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 74 1 0 0 0 74
1 Season 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 74 1 0 0 0 74
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
1985 26 CLE AL 57 57 24 3 8 11 5 6 45% 12 1 73 31 42% 8 1.101 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 0.758 2 3 13 1 2 15 5 13 8 5 8 6 4.7 18
1990 31 MON NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.025 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 15
3 Seasons 77 76 34 3 9 11 5 6 45% 12 1 82 34 41% 1.006 28 15 32 15 12 49 48 28 36 22 44 22 4.3 18

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%
1985 26 CLE AL 379 39% 2.1% 7.9% 12.7% 7.9% 32% 1.99 74% 96 18 19%
1989 30 MON NL 129 43% 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 Seasons 512 40% 2.0% 8.8% 11.5% 6.8% 29% 1.04 1.78 75% 13% 5.3% 22% 115 24 21%
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
1989 30 MON NL 122 406 3.33 246 61% 22% 12% 26% 39% 77% 4% 47% 83% 60% 6% 7 3 11% 13 7 0 21% 3 2 7 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 Seasons 126 421 3.34 254 60% 22% 12% 26% 39% 77% 4% 46% 83% 58% 6% 8 4 10% 13 7 0 21% 3 2 7 0 3
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
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

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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 97 64 58 8 49 28 6 1.921 11.5 5.8 3.3 0.57 0.9 57
1989 30 2 1 .667 2.70 30.0 27 10 9 2 11 14 2 1.267 8.1 3.3 4.2 1.27 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 Seasons 4 7 .364 5.64 107.0 124 74 67 10 60 42 8 1.720 10.4 3.5 0.70 0.8 77

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Similarity Scores

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