Rich Thompson

Richard Charles Thompson

Positions: Pinch Runner and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 23, 1979 in Reading, PA
High School: Montrose HS (Montrose, PA)
School: James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 6th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 2004
Teams (by GP): Royals/Rays 2004-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.025 [*],
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Standard Batting

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
2000	21	TOR-min	A-	68	308	252	42	66	9	5	1	27	28	8	45	57	.262	.386	.349	.735		88	0	6	5	0	1		QNS · NYPL
2001	22	TOR-min	A+,AAA	129	575	507	95	154	14	7	1	63	44	12	48	84	.304	.371	.365	.736		185	4	9	6	5	1		DUN,SYR · FLOR,IL
2002	23	TOR-min	AA	135	631	554	109	155	13	4	2	44	45	13	50	86	.280	.361	.329	.689		182	1	20	7	0	0		KNX · SOUL
2003	24	TOR-PIT-min	AA,AAA	112	456	403	69	118	10	4	0	27	48	7	28	55	.293	.362	.337	.700		136	4	17	6	2	0		NHV,SYR,NVL · EL,IL,PCL
2004	25	PIT-min	AAA	112	461	411	73	118	7	13	5	36	40	15	26	62	.287	.348	.404	.752		166	0	13	10	1	1		NVL · PCL
2004	25	KCR	AL	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/9D7

2005	26	PIT-min	AA,AAA	123	502	437	67	108	12	7	4	33	58	8	39	72	.247	.325	.334	.659		146	5	12	13	1	1		ATO,INA · EL,IL
2006	27	PIT-min	AAA,AA	94	346	282	54	82	15	6	2	27	17	11	39	50	.291	.400	.408	.808		115	1	13	11	1	4		INA,ATO · IL,EL
2007	28	ARI-min	AAA	111	367	325	60	96	18	6	3	41	15	2	28	49	.295	.360	.415	.776		135	4	5	9	0	1		TUC · PCL
2008	29	PHI-min	AAA,AA	100	416	362	42	96	18	6	4	43	25	2	39	74	.265	.340	.381	.721		138	5	4	7	4	1		LHV,REA · IL,EL
2009	30	PHI-min	AAA	119	493	445	69	118	22	7	3	36	26	4	38	73	.265	.334	.366	.700		163	8	8	2	0	0		LHV · IL
2010	31	PHI-min	AAA,AA	132	534	476	70	135	18	7	5	45	41	4	33	75	.284	.339	.382	.721		182	8	9	12	4	1		LHV,REA · IL,EL
2011	32	PHI-min	AAA	124	490	424	81	117	25	8	5	30	48	4	37	84	.276	.354	.408	.762		173	9	16	10	3	2		LHV · IL
2012	33	PHI-min	AAA	30	102	88	6	27	4	2	0	11	7	2	9	18	.307	.396	.398	.794		35	1	4	1	0	0		LHV · IL
2012	33	TBR	AL	6	16	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	.071	.188	.071	.259	-21	1	0	2	0	0	0	/7D
2 Yrs				12	17	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	4	.067	.176	.067	.243	-27	1	1	2	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	230	203	27	14	0	0	0	14	41	14	0	54	.067	.176	.067	.243	-27	14	14	27	0	0	0

KCR (1 yr)				6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
TBR (1 yr)				6	16	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	.071	.188	.071	.259	-21	1	0	2	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2004	25	KCR	AL	6	1	-0	0	-0	1	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.510	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$300,000	/9D7

2012	33	TBR	AL	6	16	-2	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.441	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/7D
2 Seasons				12	17	-3	0	0	0	-1	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.475	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$300,000

KCR (1 yr)				6	1	-0	0	-0	1	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.510	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$300,000
TBR (1 yr)				6	16	-2	-0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.441	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2004	25	KCR	AL	1	2	-1	-13.4	110	.000	.000	.272	.000	.340	.000	.436	.000	.776	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	1.000	.000	.0

2012	33	TBR	AL	16	14	0	0.0	91	.100	.071	.244	.188	.309	.071	.395	.259	.704	-21	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.286	.071	.000	.0
2 Yrs				17	16	-1	-1.7	92	.091	.067	.245	.176	.311	.067	.398	.243	.709	-27	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.313	.133	.000	.0
162 Game Avg.				230	216	-1	-1.7	92	.091	.067	.245	.176	.311	.067	.398	.243	.709	-27	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.313	.133	.000

TBR (1 yr)				16	14	0	0.0	91	.100	.071	.244	.188	.309	.071	.395	.259	.704	-21	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.286	.071	.000	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2004	25	KCR	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%

2012	33	TBR	AL	16	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5		14.0	1.00	0.80	63%	10%	0.0%	20%
2 Yrs				17	0.0%	23.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.8		15.0	1.20	1.20	65%	9%	0.0%	20%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.6%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.07	5.1	33.4	7.8	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2004	25	KCR	AL	-0.3	-0.0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.20	0.0	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.24	-0.4	0

2012	33	TBR	AL	-2.3	-0.2	20	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	1.31	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.98	-1.6	0
2 Yrs				-2.6	-0.3	22	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	1.30	-0.1	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	1.00	-2.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	25	KCR	AL	0	0		6	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2012	33	TBR	AL	0	0	33%	8	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				0	0	67%	14	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	67%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2004	25	KCR	AL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2012	33	TBR	AL	16	44%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	1	13%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				17	47%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	2	0	0%	10	1	10%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2004	25	KCR	AL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2012	33	TBR	AL	16	57	3.56	41	72%	24%	22%	29%	24%	76%	0%	54%	71%	38%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				17	58	3.41	42	72%	24%	21%	29%	26%	76%	0%	55%	72%	41%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SB	CS	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP
2004	25	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
2005	26	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
2006	27	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
2007	28	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
2008	29	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
2009	30	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
2010	31	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
2011	32	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
2012	33	12	17	15	2	1	1	3	1	4	.067	.176	.067	.243	-27	1	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	25	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

2012	33	6	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	6
2 Yrs		12	17	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	.000	.118	.000	.118	0	12
162 Game Avg.		162	230	203	14	0	0	0	0	0	41	0	54	.000	.118	.000	.118	0	12

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