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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 COL NL 23 P 27 27 166.1 35 9 24 2 2 .943 1.79 1.22 .954 1.85 0.52
1998 COL NL 24 P 26 26 161.0 30 15 15 0 3 1.000 1.68 1.15 .960 1.85 0.54
1999 COL NL 25 P 14 13 62.2 19 9 10 0 1 1.000 2.73 1.36 .947 1.72 0.48
2001 COL NL 27 P 14 14 93.2 26 17 8 1 3 .962 2.40 1.79 .958 1.75 0.46
2002 TOT NL 28 P 30 30 181.2 56 20 35 1 0 .982 2.72 1.83 .961 1.83 0.48
2002 COL NL 28 P 21 21 127.1 38 16 22 0 0 1.000 2.69 1.81 .961 1.83 0.48
2002 NYM NL 28 P 9 9 54.1 18 4 13 1 0 .944 2.82 1.89 .961 1.82 0.48
2003 TEX AL 29 P 35 35 217.0 55 17 36 2 2 .964 2.20 1.51 .956 1.73 0.49
2004 ATL NL 30 P 33 33 198.1 40 12 27 1 2 .975 1.77 1.18 .965 1.84 0.47
2005 ATL NL 31 P 17 17 98.2 20 6 14 0 2 1.000 1.82 1.18 .960 1.75 0.46
2006 ATL NL 32 P 18 15 80.1 23 7 16 0 0 1.000 2.58 1.28 .957 1.71 0.43
2007 KCR AL 33 P 2 2 10.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 1.00 .950 1.60 0.40
10 Seasons P 216 212 1270.1 306 113 186 7 15 .977 2.12 1.38 .958 1.79 0.48
10 Seasons TOT 216 212 1270.1 306 113 186 7 15 .977 2.12 1.38 .935 1.79 0.48

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 COL NL 23 27 25 25 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 COL NL 24 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 COL NL 25 14 13 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 COL NL 27 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 COL NL 28 21 19 19 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 NYM NL 28 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TEX AL 29 35 1 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ATL NL 30 33 31 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 ATL NL 31 17 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 ATL NL 32 18 15 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 KCR AL 33 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 216 170 174 216 216 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1997 COL NL 23 745 78% 36% 29 83% 0 9 1 7 24 19 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 7 57%
1998 COL NL 24 703 78% 32% 18 94% 0 15 2 9 15 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 4 75%
1999 COL NL 25 316 78% 32% 11 100% 0 9 0 7 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2001 COL NL 27 394 75% 27% 9 100% 0 17 2 13 8 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 100%
2002 COL NL 28 563 81% 27% 23 96% 1 2 1 1 21 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 88%
2002 NYM NL 28 261 82% 23% 17 94% 0 3 2 1 14 14 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2003 TEX AL 29 932 80% 36% 41 95% 2 17 3 14 36 30 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 5 60%
2004 ATL NL 30 858 78% 34% 34 82% 0 12 0 10 27 22 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 13 62%
2005 ATL NL 31 443 79% 34% 14 93% 1 6 0 4 14 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 75%
2006 ATL NL 32 374 79% 32% 18 94% 0 7 1 6 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2007 KCR AL 33 48 88% 48% 2 50% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 5637 79% 33% 216 91% 4 98 12 73 186 154 15 7 2 4 1 5 15 8 13 2 51 73%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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