Rich Thompson

Richard Graeme Thompson (twitter: @chopper63)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 1, 1984 in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
High School: St. Ives (Sydney, AU)
Signed
by the Anaheim Angels as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2007
Teams (by GP): Angels/Athletics 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$495k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.047, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2007 22 LAA AL 0 0 10.80 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 10 8 8 4 3 0 9 0 0 2 32 44 1.950 13.5 5.4 4.1 12.2 3.00
2008 23 LAA AL 0 0 22.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 12 23 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
2009 24 LAA AL 0 0 5.12 13 0 2 0 0 0 19.1 27 11 11 6 7 0 21 1 0 5 92 87 1.759 12.6 2.8 3.3 9.8 3.00
2010 25 LAA AL 2 0 1.000 1.37 13 0 7 0 0 0 19.2 12 4 3 2 4 0 15 0 0 4 75 295 0.814 5.5 0.9 1.8 6.9 3.75
2011 26 LAA AL 1 3 .250 3.00 44 0 16 0 0 0 54.0 46 18 18 5 20 0 56 0 1 1 228 129 1.222 7.7 0.8 3.3 9.3 2.80
2012 27 TOT AL 0 1 .000 12.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 16 41 2.333 18.0 3.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2012 27 LAA AL 0 1 .000 15.43 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 5 4 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 13 29 2.571 19.3 3.9 3.9 11.6 3.00
2012 27 OAK AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs 3 4 .429 4.21 82 0 31 0 0 0 104.2 105 50 49 18 37 0 105 1 1 13 455 98 1.357 9.0 1.5 3.2 9.0 2.84
162 Game Avg. 2 3 .429 4.21 68 0 26 0 0 0 87 87 41 41 15 31 0 87 1 1 11 377 98 1.357 9.0 1.5 3.2 9.0 2.84
LAA (6 yrs) 3 4 .429 4.24 81 0 30 0 0 0 104.0 104 50 49 18 37 0 105 1 1 13 452 97 1.356 9.0 1.6 3.2 9.1 2.84
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
2007 22 LAA AL 6.2 7 0 8 10.80 5.07 0.03 -0.38 100.6 4.69 -5 -0.4 .2 0.1 -0.2 -4 .439 .497 $
2008 23 LAA AL 2.0 2 0 5 22.50 5.34 0.08 -0.40 104.0 5.06 -4 -0.3 .2 0.1 -0.2 -4 .333 .498 $391,000
2009 24 LAA AL 19.1 13 0 11 5.12 4.92 0.45 -0.36 97.1 3.98 -3 -0.3 .3 0.0 0.0 -0 .481 .498 $
2010 25 LAA AL 19.2 13 0 4 1.83 4.34 -0.09 -0.33 98.5 4.04 5 0.5 .7 -0.1 0.6 7 .539 .503 $
2011 26 LAA AL 54.0 44 0 18 3.00 4.63 0.19 -0.35 94.1 3.85 5 0.5 .7 -0.2 0.8 11 .512 .503 $418,000
2012 27 LAA AL 2.1 2 0 4 15.43 4.26 0.04 -0.32 95.7 3.74 -3 -0.3 .8 0.0 -0.2 -3 .359 .498 $
2012 27 OAK AL 0.2 1 0 0 0.00 3.86 0.18 -0.28 96.0 3.27 0 0.0 .3 -0.0 0.0 0 .526 .500 $
6 Seasons 104.2 82 0 50 4.30 4.66 0.17 -0.35 96.1 3.98 -4 -0.2 .6 0.0 0.8 8 .497 .500 $809,000
LAA (6 yrs) 104.0 81 0 50 4.33 4.66 0.17 -0.35 96.1 3.98 -4 -0.3 .6 0.0 0.8 8 .497 .500 $809,000
OAK (1 yr) 0.2 1 0 0 0.00 3.86 0.18 -0.28 96.0 3.27 0 0.0 .3 -0.0 0.0 0 .526 .500 $

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
2007 22 LAA AL 7 32 29 8 10 1 1 4 0 1 3 9 .345 .406 .862 1.268 .375 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 23 LAA AL 2 12 10 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 .400 .500 .600 1.100 .444 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 24 LAA AL 13 92 82 11 27 5 0 6 6 0 7 21 .329 .385 .610 .994 .375 50 1 1 1 1 0 0
2010 25 LAA AL 13 75 70 4 12 1 1 2 1 0 4 15 .171 .216 .300 .516 .189 21 2 0 1 0 0 2
2011 26 LAA AL 44 228 205 18 46 8 1 5 6 1 20 56 .224 .291 .346 .637 .281 71 0 0 1 2 0 1
2012 27 LAA AL 2 13 12 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 .417 .462 .750 1.212 .500 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 OAK AL 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 TOT AL 3 16 15 4 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 .400 .438 .667 1.104 .455 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 82 455 411 50 105 18 3 18 16 2 37 105 .255 .316 .445 .762 .299 183 3 1 3 3 0 3
162 Game Avg. 68 377 341 41 87 15 2 15 13 2 31 87 .255 .316 .445 .762 .299 152 2 1 2 2 0 2
MLB Averages .261 .329 .411 .740 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 22 LAA AL -4.2 -0.4 35 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .16 -0.5 0.6 -5.0 -0.5 0.16 -4.1 0 0 7
2008 23 LAA AL -3.6 -0.3 14 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .09 -0.2 0.3 -3.9 -0.3 0.09 -1.4 0 0 2
2009 24 LAA AL -1.0 -0.1 104 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 .34 -0.7 0.4 -5.3 -0.5 0.34 -7.8 0 1 12
2010 25 LAA AL 5.7 0.6 81 0.6 1.1 -0.5 .66 0.4 0.4 5.7 0.6 0.66 5.6 3 1 7
2011 26 LAA AL 6.1 0.6 236 -0.5 2.3 -2.8 .68 0.4 -1.1 4.1 0.4 0.68 4.0 8 7 26
2012 27 TOT AL -2.4 -0.2 18 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 .78 -0.3 -0.5 -2.2 -0.2 0.79 -2.0 0 1 2
2012 27 LAA AL -2.9 -0.3 15 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 .89 -0.3 -0.4 -2.8 -0.3 0.89 -2.3 0 1 1
2012 27 OAK AL 0.5 0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .31 0.0 -0.0 0.6 0.1 0.31 0.3 0 0 1
6 Yrs 0.7 0.2 488 -0.7 4.2 -4.9 .55 -0.8 -0.4 -6.7 -0.5 0.55 -5.8 11 10 56

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
2007 22 LAA AL 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 8 .161 0 0 7 1 0 6 4 3 1 2 2 0 2.9 20
2008 23 LAA AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .089 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 28
2009 24 LAA AL 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 5 .338 0 1 12 0 0 13 5 8 7 2 8 2 4.5 28
2010 25 LAA AL 13 13 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 7 .657 3 1 7 1 3 9 3 10 6 1 6 0 4.5 22
2011 26 LAA AL 44 44 16 1 3 1 0 1 0% 4 3 25 7 28% 8 .683 8 7 26 10 7 27 16 28 18 12 20 3 3.7 21
2012 27 TOT AL 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% .780 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.0 19
2012 27 LAA AL 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 .889 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.5 24
2012 27 OAK AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 9 .310 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 8
6 Yrs 82 82 31 3 4 1 0 1 0% 5 4 47 15 32% .560 11 10 56 12 11 59 30 52 33 18 37 5 3.8 22

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%
2007 22 LAA AL 32 66% 12.5% 28.1% 9.4% 18.8% 60% 0.43 1.50 50% 30% 28.6% 0% 7 0 0%
2008 23 LAA AL 12 50% 0.0% 8.3% 16.7% 16.7% 50% 2.00 75% 22% 0.0% 0% 0 0
2009 24 LAA AL 92 55% 6.5% 22.8% 7.6% 12.0% 41% 0.48 0.68 61% 24% 17.1% 17% 11 1 9%
2010 25 LAA AL 75 57% 2.7% 20.0% 5.3% 5.3% 33% 0.62 0.65 71% 18% 7.1% 18% 14 2 14%
2011 26 LAA AL 228 52% 2.2% 24.6% 8.8% 6.1% 30% 0.67 0.78 64% 13% 6.3% 11% 43 0 0%
2012 27 TOT AL 16 50% 6.3% 18.8% 6.3% 12.5% 33% 0.71 1.00 69% 33% 16.7% 14% 4 0 0%
2012 27 LAA AL 13 46% 7.7% 23.1% 7.7% 15.4% 40% 0.80 3.00 62% 33% 20.0% 0% 3 0 0%
2012 27 OAK AL 3 67% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 0.00 100% 33% 0.0% 50% 1 0 0%
6 Yrs 455 54% 4.0% 23.1% 8.1% 8.6% 37% 0.62 0.81 64% 18% 10.9% 13% 79 3 4%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 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
2007 22 LAA AL 32 139 4.34 77 55% 25% 22% 27% 26% 75% 0% 42% 71% 41% 9% 3 0 13% 4 1 0 22% 0 3 0 0 0
2008 23 LAA AL 12 55 4.58 32 58% 41% 3% 28% 28% 59% 0% 35% 95% 67% 8% 1 1 25% 3 2 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 24 LAA AL 92 370 4.02 224 61% 27% 18% 27% 28% 73% 0% 44% 75% 59% 7% 6 6 18% 17 5 0 24% 3 0 0 0 0
2010 25 LAA AL 75 288 3.84 185 64% 32% 12% 26% 30% 68% 0% 44% 83% 55% 5% 4 1 24% 18 8 2 27% 2 3 0 0 0
2011 26 LAA AL 230 919 4.00 604 66% 29% 15% 30% 25% 71% 0% 46% 78% 60% 3% 6 2 30% 68 34 3 36% 9 4 -2 0 0
2012 27 TOT AL 16 56 3.50 35 63% 20% 23% 23% 34% 80% 0% 50% 71% 56% 6% 1 1 19% 3 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 LAA AL 13 48 3.69 30 63% 23% 27% 20% 30% 77% 0% 48% 65% 62% 8% 1 1 23% 3 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 OAK AL 3 8 2.67 5 63% 0% 0% 40% 60% 100% 0% 63% 100% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 457 1827 4.00 1157 63% 29% 16% 28% 27% 71% 0% 45% 78% 58% 5% 21 11 25% 113 51 7 30% 14 10 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

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
2007 22 LAA AL 32 10 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 0% 0 2 0 11 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 23 LAA AL 12 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0% 0 1 0 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 24 LAA AL 92 27 1 0 6 0 2 3 3 4 2 5 2 2 40% 0 5 0 37 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2010 25 LAA AL 75 12 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 33% 2 4 0 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2011 26 LAA AL 228 46 4 0 5 0 7 5 0 2 3 15 4 4 27% 1 1 0 87 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0
2012 27 TOT AL 16 6 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 7 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 LAA AL 13 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 OAK AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 455 105 9 0 18 0 13 14 4 10 8 27 7 9 26% 3 13 0 175 16 2 89% 14 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 22 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2007 22 0 0 10.80 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 10 8 8 4 3 0 9 0 0 2 32 44 1.950 13.5 5.4 4.1 12.2 3.00 44
2008 23 0 0 13.50 9 0 3 0 0 0 8.2 14 13 13 4 5 0 10 0 0 3 44 36 2.192 14.5 4.2 5.2 10.4 2.00 36
2009 24 0 0 7.71 22 0 5 0 0 0 28.0 41 24 24 10 12 0 31 1 0 8 136 59 1.893 13.2 3.2 3.9 10.0 2.58 59
2010 25 2 0 1.000 5.10 35 0 12 0 0 0 47.2 53 28 27 12 16 0 46 1 0 12 211 86 1.448 10.0 2.3 3.0 8.7 2.88 86
2011 26 3 3 .500 3.98 79 0 28 0 0 0 101.2 99 46 45 17 36 0 102 1 1 13 439 103 1.328 8.8 1.5 3.2 9.0 2.83 103
2012 27 3 4 .429 4.21 82 0 31 0 0 0 104.2 105 50 49 18 37 0 105 1 1 13 455 98 1.357 9.0 1.5 3.2 9.0 2.84 98

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
2007 22 0 0 12.00 6.0 10 9 8 4 3 9 0 2.167 15.0 4.5 13.5 3.00 6.0 7
2008 23 0 0 18.00 2.0 4 4 4 0 2 1 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.0 2
2009 24 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 27 12 11 6 7 21 1 1.789 12.8 3.3 9.9 3.00 2.8 13
2010 25 2 0 1.000 1.42 19.0 13 3 3 2 4 15 0 0.895 6.2 1.9 7.1 3.75 0.9 13
2011 26 3 2 .600 3.40 53.0 49 22 20 5 21 55 0 1.321 8.3 3.6 9.3 2.62 0.8 44
2012 27 0 0 12.00 3.0 6 4 4 1 1 3 0 2.333 18.0 3.0 9.0 3.00 3.0 3
6 Yrs 6 3 .667 4.41 102.0 109 54 50 18 38 104 1 1.441 9.6 9.2 2.74 1.6 82

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