John Thomson
John Carl Thomson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 1, 1973 in Vicksburg, MS
High School: Sulphur (Sulphur, LA)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1997
Final Game: July 1, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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
1997 23 COL NL 25 55 47 2 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 23 .213 .245 .213 .458 12 10 0 0 6 0 0 1
1998 24 COL NL 26 63 50 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 23 .120 .148 .120 .268 -33 6 1 0 9 2 0 1
1999 25 COL NL 14 20 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .167 .250 .222 .472 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 27 COL NL 14 36 29 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 15 .241 .267 .310 .577 37 9 0 0 6 0 0 1
2002 28 TOT NL 28 62 52 4 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .212 .250 .212 .462 19 11 0 0 6 1 0 1
2002 28 COL NL 19 40 34 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .176 .216 .176 .393 -1 6 0 0 3 1 0 1
2002 28 NYM NL 9 22 18 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .278 .316 .278 .594 61 5 0 0 3 0 0 /1
2003 29 TEX AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 30 ATL NL 31 76 66 3 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 24 .197 .197 .212 .409 6 14 2 0 10 0 0 1
2005 31 ATL NL 17 36 25 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .200 .259 .280 .539 41 7 0 0 9 0 0 1
2006 32 ATL NL 18 32 30 1 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 .267 .267 .333 .600 53 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
10 Seasons 174 381 318 20 63 6 1 0 22 0 1 12 133 .198 .225 .223 .448 13 71 3 0 48 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 355 296 19 59 6 1 0 20 0 1 11 124 .198 .225 .223 .448 13 66 3 0 45 3 0
COL (5 yrs) 98 214 178 12 32 1 1 0 11 0 1 9 80 .180 .216 .197 .412 1 35 1 0 24 3 0
ATL (3 yrs) 66 144 121 6 26 5 0 0 10 0 0 2 46 .215 .228 .256 .484 25 31 2 0 21 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 9 22 18 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .278 .316 .278 .594 61 5 0 0 3 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 173 380 317 20 63 6 1 0 22 0 1 12 133 .199 .226 .224 .450 13 71 3 0 48 3 0
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1997 23 COL NL 55 43 3 1.9 126 .417 .213 .295 .245 .370 .213 .463 .458 .833 12 .148 -6.9 -0.7 .324 .043 .000
1998 24 COL NL 63 57 1 0.5 124 .207 .120 .292 .148 .366 .120 .461 .268 .827 -33 .014 -10.9 -1.1 .152 .020 .000
1999 25 COL NL 20 15 1 1.8 138 .273 .167 .306 .250 .385 .222 .492 .472 .877 10 .120 -2.8 -0.3 .400 .167 .056
2001 27 COL NL 36 28 3 2.9 130 .500 .241 .293 .267 .367 .310 .480 .577 .847 37 .263 -3.3 -0.3 .455 .103 .069
2002 28 TOT NL 62 48 4 2.2 115 .324 .212 .276 .250 .352 .212 .440 .462 .791 19 .197 -6.5 -0.6 .341 .058 .000
2002 28 COL NL 40 32 2 1.7 120 .261 .176 .284 .216 .360 .176 .451 .393 .812 -1 .127 -5.4 -0.5 .286 .059 .000
2002 28 NYM NL 22 16 2 3.4 105 .455 .278 .262 .316 .336 .278 .417 .594 .753 61 .341 -1.0 -0.1 .462 .056 .000
2003 29 TEX AL 1 1 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .280 .000 .348 .000 .448 .000 .796 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
2004 30 ATL NL 76 65 3 1.2 112 .310 .197 .271 .197 .343 .212 .439 .409 .782 6 .072 -9.5 -0.9 .255 .015 .015
2005 31 ATL NL 36 29 2 1.8 109 .385 .200 .270 .259 .340 .280 .430 .539 .770 41 .147 -2.2 -0.2 .450 .160 .080
2006 32 ATL NL 32 24 3 3.4 113 .400 .267 .272 .267 .343 .333 .442 .600 .785 53 .317 -2.2 -0.2 .455 .067 .067
10 Seasons 381 310 20 1.7 120 .335 .198 .283 .225 .357 .223 .452 .448 .809 13 .128 -44.5 -4.3 .317 .060 .025
162 Game Avg. 355 289 19 1.7 120 .335 .198 .283 .225 .357 .223 .452 .448 .809 13 .128 -44.5 -4.3 .317 .060 .025
COL (5 yrs) 214 175 10 1.5 126 .317 .180 .293 .216 .368 .197 .466 .412 .834 1 .106 -29.3 -2.9 .291 .062 .017
ATL (3 yrs) 144 118 8 1.8 112 .347 .215 .271 .228 .342 .256 .438 .484 .780 25 .136 -13.9 -1.3 .340 .058 .041
NYM (1 yr) 22 16 2 3.3 105 .455 .278 .262 .316 .336 .278 .417 .594 .753 61 .341 -1.0 -0.1 .462 .056 .000
TEX (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .280 .000 .348 .000 .448 .000 .796 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (8 yrs) 380 309 20 1.7 120 .337 .199 .283 .226 .357 .224 .452 .450 .809 13 .128 -44.2 -4.3 .318 .060 .025
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .280 .000 .348 .000 .448 .000 .796 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 30 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 31 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1997 23 COL NL 55 0.0% 41.8% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 11.50 2.0 9.4 1.75 8.00 44% 20% 0.0% 0%
1998 24 COL NL 63 0.0% 36.5% 3.2% 0.0% 0% 11.50 2.2 25.0 1.55 3.13 46% 16% 0.0% 0%
1999 25 COL NL 20 0.0% 35.0% 10.0% 5.0% 33% 3.50 2.6 18.0 1.00 1.67 55% 27% 0.0% 0%
2001 27 COL NL 36 0.0% 41.7% 2.8% 2.8% 14% 15.00 1.9 29.0 0.30 1.60 39% 35% 0.0% 0%
2002 28 TOT NL 62 0.0% 30.7% 4.8% 0.0% 0% 6.33 2.7 17.3 1.00 2.44 55% 23% 0.0% 12%
2002 28 COL NL 40 0.0% 30.0% 5.0% 0.0% 0% 6.00 2.8 17.0 0.92 1.86 58% 19% 0.0% 8%
2002 28 NYM NL 22 0.0% 31.8% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 7.00 2.6 18.0 1.20 4.50 50% 29% 0.0% 20%
2003 29 TEX AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2004 30 ATL NL 76 0.0% 31.6% 0.0% 1.3% 8% 2.8 16.5 1.00 2.07 55% 19% 0.0% 5%
2005 31 ATL NL 36 0.0% 33.3% 5.6% 5.6% 40% 6.00 2.1 12.5 1.00 3.50 36% 14% 0.0% 17%
2006 32 ATL NL 32 0.0% 31.3% 0.0% 6.3% 25% 3.0 7.5 1.22 1.29 63% 18% 0.0% 0%
10 Seasons 381 0.0% 34.9% 3.2% 1.8% 11% 11.08 2.4 14.5 1.09 2.47 49% 20% 0.0% 5%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1997 23 COL NL 2 0 17% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 24 COL NL 0 0 50% 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1999 25 COL NL 0 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 27 COL NL 0 0 38% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 28 TOT NL 0 0 29% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 5 4 1 2 1 1 3 1 2
2002 28 COL NL 0 0 25% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
2002 28 NYM NL 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
2003 29 TEX AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 30 ATL NL 0 0 23% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
2005 31 ATL NL 0 0 29% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 32 ATL NL 0 0 13% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
10 Seasons 2 0 27% 105 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 32% 17 13 4 3 1 2 8 5 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1997 23 COL NL 55 18% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 9 0 0% 10 4 40% 46 5 11% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1998 24 COL NL 63 37% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 17 1 6% 20 6 30% 41 2 5% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
1999 25 COL NL 20 15% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 13 1 8% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
2001 27 COL NL 36 17% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 9 0 0% 10 4 40% 25 1 4% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
2002 28 TOT NL 62 24% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 11 0 0% 16 7 44% 46 4 9% 3 2 67% 4 3 75% 0
2002 28 COL NL 40 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 0 0% 9 5 56% 25 3 12% 3 2 67% 2 2 100% 0
2002 28 NYM NL 22 23% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 5 0 0% 7 2 29% 21 1 5% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
2003 29 TEX AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 30 ATL NL 76 36% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 63% 21 2 10% 22 6 27% 58 4 7% 4 2 50% 4 2 50% 0
2005 31 ATL NL 36 6% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 9 0 0% 13 5 38% 28 2 7% 1 0 0% 6 3 50% 0
2006 32 ATL NL 32 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 0 0% 7 1 14% 24 4 17% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
10 Seasons 381 25% 63 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 64 48 75% 83 3 4% 99 33 33% 281 23 8% 22 9 41% 23 11 48% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1997 23 COL NL 55 198 3.60 144 73% 26% 29% 24% 21% 74% 0% 54% 61% 47% 0% 0 0 7% 4 0 4% 2 0 17% 0 0 0
1998 24 COL NL 63 218 3.46 156 72% 22% 29% 24% 24% 78% 0% 56% 63% 48% 5% 3 1 6% 4 1 3% 2 2 13% 0 0 0
1999 25 COL NL 20 67 3.35 45 67% 36% 22% 18% 24% 64% 0% 43% 66% 40% 5% 1 0 15% 3 0 10% 2 0 57% 0 0 0
2001 27 COL NL 36 121 3.36 91 75% 27% 32% 19% 22% 73% 0% 55% 56% 56% 0% 0 0 8% 3 1 3% 1 0 20% 0 0 0
2002 28 TOT NL 62 201 3.24 137 68% 22% 26% 23% 29% 78% 0% 53% 66% 52% 5% 3 0 11% 7 1 6% 4 3 37% 0 0 0
2002 28 COL NL 40 133 3.33 90 68% 20% 32% 19% 29% 80% 0% 54% 60% 50% 5% 2 0 13% 5 1 8% 3 3 25% 0 0 0
2002 28 NYM NL 22 68 3.09 47 69% 26% 15% 30% 30% 74% 0% 51% 80% 55% 5% 1 0 9% 2 0 5% 1 0 57% 0 0 0
2003 29 TEX 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
2004 30 ATL NL 76 230 3.03 170 74% 22% 26% 21% 31% 78% 0% 57% 66% 51% 0% 0 0 1% 1 1 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
2005 31 ATL NL 36 113 3.14 79 70% 24% 13% 35% 28% 76% 0% 53% 83% 50% 0% 0 0 8% 3 1 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2006 32 ATL NL 32 121 3.78 80 66% 24% 19% 30% 28% 76% 0% 50% 75% 34% 6% 2 1 16% 5 3 9% 3 1 20% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 381 1270 3.33 903 71% 24% 26% 24% 26% 76% 0% 54% 66% 49% 2% 9 2 8% 30 8 4% 14 6 26% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 23 25 55 47 2 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 23 .213 .245 .213 .458 12 10 0 0 6 0 0
1998 24 51 118 97 6 16 0 0 0 7 0 1 4 46 .165 .194 .165 .359 -12 16 1 0 15 2 0
1999 25 65 138 115 7 19 1 0 0 8 0 1 6 53 .165 .203 .174 .377 -8 20 1 0 15 2 0
2000 26 65 138 115 7 19 1 0 0 8 0 1 6 53 .165 .203 .174 .377 -8 20 1 0 15 2 0
2001 27 79 174 144 10 26 1 1 0 9 0 1 7 68 .181 .216 .201 .417 1 29 1 0 21 2 0
2002 28 107 236 196 14 37 1 1 0 12 0 1 10 87 .189 .225 .204 .429 6 40 1 0 27 3 0
2003 29 108 237 197 14 37 1 1 0 12 0 1 10 87 .188 .224 .203 .427 5 40 1 0 27 3 0
2004 30 139 313 263 17 50 2 1 0 16 0 1 10 111 .190 .217 .205 .423 5 54 3 0 37 3 0
2005 31 156 349 288 19 55 4 1 0 18 0 1 12 123 .191 .221 .212 .433 8 61 3 0 46 3 0
2006 32 174 381 318 20 63 6 1 0 22 0 1 12 133 .198 .225 .223 .448 13 71 3 0 48 3 0
2007 33 174 381 318 20 63 6 1 0 22 0 1 12 133 .198 .225 .223 .448 13 71 3 0 48 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1997 23 25 48 46 1 9 0 0 0 3 0 2 23 .196 .229 .196 .425 2 25
1998 24 26 54 50 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 23 .120 .148 .120 .268 1 26
1999 25 14 20 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 .167 .250 .222 .472 1 14
2001 27 14 29 28 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 15 .214 .241 .286 .527 2 14
2002 28 28 56 52 3 11 0 0 0 3 0 3 19 .212 .250 .212 .462 3 28
2003 29 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
2004 30 31 66 66 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 24 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 31
2005 31 17 27 25 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 12 .200 .259 .280 .539 2 17
2006 32 18 30 30 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 18
9 Seasons 174 331 316 16 40 3 1 0 20 0 12 133 .127 .157 .142 .300 17 174
162 Game Avg. 162 308 294 15 37 3 1 0 19 0 11 124 .127 .157 .142 .300 16 174

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