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Rich Thompson

Richard Charles Thompson

Positions: Pinch Runner and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Rays/Royals 2004-2012
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.083, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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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-TBD-min	AAA	93	384	339	47	105	17	7	2	30	29	7	29	53	.310	.376	.419	.795		142	3	7	9	0	1		LHV,DHM · IL
2012	33	TBR	AL	23	24	22	5	2	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	-24	2	1	2	0	0	0	/78D
2013	34	TBD-min	AAA	35	151	133	19	29	4	1	0	12	10	2	13	25	.218	.286	.263	.549		35	3	0	4	1	0		DHM · IL
2 Yrs				29	25	23	6	2	0	0	0	1	7	2	0	5	.087	.160	.087	.247	-27	2	2	2	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	140	128	34	11	0	0	0	6	39	11	0	28	.087	.160	.087	.247	-27	11	11	11	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)				23	24	22	5	2	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	-24	2	1	2	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$300,000	/9D7

2012	33	TBR	AL	23	24	-4	0	0	-2	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.475	.496	-0.3	-0.3	-3		/78D
2 Seasons				29	25	-4	1	-0	-1	-1	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.5	.482	.498	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$300,000

KCR (1 yr)				6	1	-0	0	-0	1	-0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$300,000
TBR (1 yr)				23	24	-4	0	0	-2	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.475	.496	-0.3	-0.3	-3

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
2004	KCR	AL	25	OF	3	0	0	5.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	72	240	3.60	0.67	.985	2.34	2.27
2004	KCR	AL	25	RF	2	0	0	4.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	90	300	4.50	1.00	.985	2.25	2.20
2004	KCR	AL	25	DH	1	0
2004	KCR	AL	25	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0			0		0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
2012	TBR	AL	33	OF	12	4	3	57.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-2	-43	-42	1.26	0.67	.986	2.16	2.16
2012	TBR	AL	33	LF	7	4	3	47.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-25	-26	1.34	1.00	.984	1.93	1.93
2012	TBR	AL	33	CF	5	0	0	10.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-130	-120	0.90	0.20	.990	2.61	2.56
2012	TBR	AL	33	DH	3	0
	2 Seasons			OF	15	4	3	62.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-1	-34	-19	1.45	0.67	.986	2.18	2.18
	2 Seasons			LF	8	4	3	48.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-25	-25	1.31	0.88	.984	1.93	1.94
	1 Season			CF	5	0	0	10.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	-130	-120	0.90	0.20	.990	2.61	2.56
	1 Season			RF	2	0	0	4.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	90	300	4.50	1.00	.985	2.25	2.20
	2 Seasons			TOT	15	4	3	62.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-1	-34	-19	1.45	0.67	.986	2.18	2.18

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 6th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2000.
July 8, 2003: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Pittsburgh Pirates for John Wasdin.
December 15, 2003: Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2003 rule 5 draft.
December 15, 2003: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Kansas City Royals for Jason Szuminski and cash.
April 29, 2004: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Kansas City Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
October 30, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
January 13, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
April 10, 2008: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
April 22, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
November 20, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
November 6, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
November 9, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
November 2, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
May 16, 2012: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Tampa Bay Rays for Kyle Hudson.
October 26, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
November 29, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	25	Kansas City Royals	$300,000	4/7/04 AP
		Earliest Arb Eligible: 2016, Earliest Free Agent: 2019
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$300,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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