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Rich Thompson

Richard Graeme Thompson (Chopper) (twitter: @Chopper_54)

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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Angels/Athletics 2007-2012

Final Game: April 23, 2012 (Age 27)
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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
2002	17	ANA-min	Rk	2	0	1.000	2.70	15	0	2	0	0	1	23.1	14	12	7	0	9	0	29	1	1	1	96		0.986	5.4	0.0	3.5	11.2	3.22	ANG · ARIZ
2003	18	ANA-min	A,A+	3	4	.429	2.28	55	0	41	0	0	17	67.0	46	24	17	5	31	1	87	2	0	11	280		1.149	6.2	0.7	4.2	11.7	2.81	CDR,RCU · MIDW,CALL
2004	19	ANA-min	A+	3	2	.600	3.94	41	5	17	0	0	4	77.2	76	36	34	9	33	2	71	3	1	4	339		1.403	8.8	1.0	3.8	8.2	2.15	RCU · CALL
2005	20	ANA-min	A+	6	8	.429	5.27	42	15	14	0	0	3	121.1	132	76	71	20	53	1	92	2	2	12	539		1.525	9.8	1.5	3.9	6.8	1.74	RCU · CALL
2006	21	ANA-min	AA,AAA	3	5	.375	5.58	46	0	32	0	0	11	71.0	61	45	44	14	31	0	63	4	1	6	301		1.296	7.7	1.8	3.9	8.0	2.03	ARK,SLK · TL,PCL
2007	22	ANA-min	AA,AAA,A+	5	3	.625	2.01	38	3	17	0	0	1	76.0	52	22	17	7	20	1	85	6	1	7	305		0.947	6.2	0.8	2.4	10.1	4.25	ARK,SLK,RCU · TL,PCL,CALL
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	ANA-min	AAA,Rk	1	0	1.000	3.63	17	0	7	0	0	2	22.1	18	9	9	1	11	0	24	1	0	2	94		1.299	7.3	0.4	4.4	9.7	2.18	SLK,ANG · PCL,ARIZ
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	ANA-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.12	29	0	10	0	0	0	43.1	41	19	15	7	11	0	51	2	0	2	185		1.200	8.5	1.5	2.3	10.6	4.64	SLK · PCL
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	ANA-min	AAA,Fgn	2	1	.667	1.38	22	0	7	0	0	2	32.2	23	6	5	0	10	0	34	1	0	2	125		1.010	6.3	0.0	2.8	9.4	3.40	SLK,SNY · PCL,AUBL
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	126	1.222	7.7	0.8	3.3	9.3	2.80
2012	27	OAK-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.34	46	0	15	0	0	3	62.0	46	24	23	7	23	2	58	0	0	5	251		1.113	6.7	1.0	3.3	8.4	2.52	SAC · PCL
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	40	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	97	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	97	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	96	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 (v2.2): 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
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	5.29	0.08	-0.39	104.5	5.04	-4	-0.3	.1	0.1	-0.2	-4	.333	.498	$391,000
2009	24	LAA	AL	19.1	13	0	11	5.12	4.91	0.45	-0.36	97.1	3.98	-3	-0.3	.3	0.0	-0.0	-0	.480	.498
2010	25	LAA	AL	19.2	13	0	4	1.83	4.33	-0.09	-0.33	100.7	4.12	5	0.5	.7	-0.1	0.6	7	.540	.503
2011	26	LAA	AL	54.0	44	0	18	3.00	4.62	0.19	-0.35	94.1	3.84	5	0.5	.7	-0.2	0.9	11	.512	.503	$418,000
2012	27	LAA	AL	2.1	2	0	4	15.43	4.38	0.45	-0.32	94.8	3.42	-3	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.2	-3	.357	.498	$495,000
2012	27	OAK	AL	0.2	1	0	0	0.00	4.44	0.18	-0.32	92.0	3.63	0	0.0	.3	-0.0	0.0	0	.529	.500
6 Seasons				104.2	82	0	50	4.30	4.66	0.18	-0.35	96.5	3.98	-4	-0.2	.6	0.0	0.9	7	.497	.500	$1,304,000

LAA (6 yrs)				104.0	81	0	50	4.33	4.66	0.18	-0.35	96.6	3.99	-5	-0.3	.6	0.0	0.9	7	.497	.500	$1,304,000
OAK (1 yr)				0.2	1	0	0	0.00	4.44	0.18	-0.32	92.0	3.63	0	0.0	.3	-0.0	0.0	0	.529	.500

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2002	17	ANA-min	Rk	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		ANG · ARIZ
2003	18	ANA-min	A,A+	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		CDR,RCU · MIDW,CALL
2004	19	ANA-min	A+	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		RCU · CALL
2005	20	ANA-min	A+	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		RCU · CALL
2006	21	ANA-min	AA,AAA	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		ARK,SLK · TL,PCL
2007	22	ANA-min	AA,AAA,A+	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		ARK,SLK,RCU · TL,PCL,CALL
2007	22	LAA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2008	23	ANA-min	AAA,Rk	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		SLK,ANG · PCL,ARIZ
2008	23	LAA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2009	24	ANA-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
2009	24	LAA	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	25	ANA-min	AAA,Fgn	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		SLK,SNY · PCL,AUBL
2010	25	LAA	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	26	LAA	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2012	27	OAK-min	AAA	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2012	27	TOT	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2012	27	LAA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2012	27	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
6 Yrs				82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

LAA (6 yrs)				81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
2007	22	LAA	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
2008	23	LAA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$391,000	/1
2009	24	LAA	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2010	25	LAA	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2011	26	LAA	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$418,000	1
2012	27	LAA	AL	2		0	0	0	0	0	0					.501	.500		0.0		$495,000	/1
2012	27	OAK	AL	1		0	0	0	0	0	0					.500	.500		0.0			/1
6 Seasons				82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,304,000

LAA (6 yrs)				81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,304,000
OAK (1 yr)				1		0	0	0	0	0	0					.500	.500		0.0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
2007	LAA	AL	22	P	7	6.2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.35	0.14	.960	1.62	1.59	0	1	100%	27%	0
2008	LAA	AL	23	P	2	2.0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1	100	4.50	0.50	.950	1.80	1.60	1	0	0%	27%	0
2009	LAA	AL	24	P	13	19.1	2	0	1	1	.500	-1	-10	0.47	0.08	.955	1.54	1.51	6	0	0%	26%	0
2010	LAA	AL	25	P	13	19.2	4	2	1	1	.750	-1	-10	1.37	0.23	.952	1.65	1.61	1	0	0%	26%	0
2011	LAA	AL	26	P	44	54.0	7	3	4	0	1.000	-1	-4	1.17	0.16	.949	1.60	1.59	6	1	14%	28%	2
2012	TOT	AL	27	P	3	3.0	0	0	0	0		-1	-66	0.00	0.00		1.50	1.57	2	0	0%	26%	0
2012	LAA	AL	27	P	2	2.1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.54	1.55	2	0	0%	26%	0
2012	OAK	AL	27	P	1	0.2	0	0	0	0		-1	-286	0.00	0.00		1.35	1.60	0	0			0
	6 Seasons			P	82	104.2	15	6	7	2	.867	-3	-5	1.12	0.16	.951	1.60	1.58	16	2	11%	27%	2
	6 Seasons			TOT	82	104.2	15	6	7	2	.867	-3	-33	1.12	0.16	.951	1.60	1.58	16	2	11%	27%	2

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Transactions

February 13, 2002: Signed by the Anaheim Angels as an amateur free agent.
April 20, 2012: Selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
November 3, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
December 11, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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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
2008	23	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$391,000

2011	26	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$418,000
2012	27	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$495,000	contracts
		Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,304,000

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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