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John Thomson

John Carl Thomson

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Braves/Rangers/Mets/Royals 1997-2007
Agents: Chris Arnold [*]
Final Game: July 1, 2007
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:22AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #959. Ben Cantwell… #960. Ray Scarborough… #961. Rick Camp… #962. JOHN THOMSON… #963. Jim Beattie… #964. Sandy Consuegra… #965. Ramiro Mendoza…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #959. Ben Cantwell… #960. Ray Scarborough… #961. Rick Camp… #962. JOHN THOMSON… #963. Jim Beattie… #964. Sandy Consuegra… #965. Ramiro Mendoza…

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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
1993	19	COL-min	Rk	3	5	.375	4.62	11	11	0	0	0	0	50.2	43	40	26	0	31	0	36	3	1	14	228		1.461	7.6	0.0	5.5	6.4	1.16	RKS · ARIZ
1994	20	COL-min	A,A+	9	7	.563	3.01	28	23	1	1	1	0	137.2	113	54	46	3	51	2	120	6	1	4	562		1.191	7.4	0.2	3.3	7.8	2.35	AVL,CNV · SALL,CALL
1995	21	COL-min	AA	7	8	.467	4.18	26	24	0	0	0	0	131.1	132	69	61	8	56	0	82	2	2	3	572		1.431	9.0	0.5	3.8	5.6	1.46	NHV · EL
1996	22	COL-min	AA,AAA	13	11	.542	3.76	27	27	0	1	0	0	167.1	158	80	70	14	53	3	148	5	2	6	694		1.261	8.5	0.8	2.9	8.0	2.79	NHV,CSP · EL,PCL
1997	23	COL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.43	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.0	36	18	16	4	14	1	49	0	0	2	169		1.190	7.7	0.9	3.0	10.5	3.50	CSP · PCL
1997	23	COL	NL	7	9	.438	4.71	27	27	0	2	1	0	166.1	193	94	87	15	51	0	106	5	0	2	721	110	1.467	10.4	0.8	2.8	5.7	2.08
1998	24	COL-min	A	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	5	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	1	32		0.667	5.0	0.0	1.0	12.0	12.00	AVL · SALL
1998	24	COL	NL	8	11	.421	4.81	26	26	0	2	0	0	161.0	174	86	86	21	49	0	106	2	2	4	680	108	1.385	9.7	1.2	2.7	5.9	2.16
1999	25	COL-min	AAA,A+	0	3	.000	9.41	6	6	0	1	0	0	22.0	40	27	23	3	8	0	21	0	1	1	108		2.182	16.4	1.2	3.3	8.6	2.63	CSP,SAL · PCL,CARL
1999	25	COL	NL	1	10	.091	8.04	14	13	1	1	0	0	62.2	85	62	56	11	36	1	34	1	0	2	305	72	1.931	12.2	1.6	5.2	4.9	0.94

2001	27	COL-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.31	12	12	0	0	0	0	68.0	74	29	25	6	13	0	52	1	0	2	285		1.279	9.8	0.8	1.7	6.9	4.00	CSP · PCL
2001	27	COL	NL	4	5	.444	4.04	14	14	0	1	1	0	93.2	84	46	42	15	25	3	68	4	0	1	386	132	1.164	8.1	1.4	2.4	6.5	2.72
2002	28	TOT	NL	9	14	.391	4.71	30	30	0	0	0	0	181.2	201	116	95	28	44	9	107	2	0	2	800	97	1.349	10.0	1.4	2.2	5.3	2.43
2002	28	COL	NL	7	8	.467	4.88	21	21	0	0	0	0	127.1	136	77	69	21	27	6	76	2	0	2	550	98	1.280	9.6	1.5	1.9	5.4	2.81
2002	28	NYM	NL	2	6	.250	4.31	9	9	0	0	0	0	54.1	65	39	26	7	17	3	31	0	0	0	250	93	1.509	10.8	1.2	2.8	5.1	1.82
2003	29	TEX	AL	13	14	.481	4.85	35	35	0	3	1	0	217.0	234	125	117	27	49	2	136	4	0	5	910	104	1.304	9.7	1.1	2.0	5.6	2.78
2004	30	ATL	NL	14	8	.636	3.72	33	33	0	0	0	0	198.1	210	93	82	20	52	5	133	6	0	3	834	116	1.321	9.5	0.9	2.4	6.0	2.56
2005	31	ATL-min	AA,A,AAA	1	0	1.000	1.98	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	11	3	3	0	2	0	7	1	0	1	52		0.951	7.2	0.0	1.3	4.6	3.50	MSS,ROM,RMD · SOUL,SALL,IL
2005	31	ATL	NL	4	6	.400	4.47	17	17	0	1	0	0	98.2	111	52	49	6	28	2	61	2	0	3	427	95	1.409	10.1	0.5	2.6	5.6	2.18
2006	32	ATL-min	A,AA	0	1	.000	10.12	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14		2.250	16.9	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00	ROM,MSS · SALL,SOUL
2006	32	ATL	NL	2	7	.222	4.82	18	15	1	0	0	0	80.1	93	55	43	11	32	4	46	2	0	1	361	93	1.556	10.4	1.2	3.6	5.2	1.44
2007	33	TOR-KCR-min	AAA,A+,AA,Rk	3	7	.300	6.30	13	13	0	0	0	0	60.0	75	49	42	10	18	0	49	4	1	3	269		1.550	11.2	1.5	2.7	7.4	2.72	SYR,DUN,WCH,OMA,ROY · IL,FLOR,TL,PCL,ARIZ
2007	33	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	13	5	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	46	139	1.500	11.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
10 Seasons				63	85	.426	4.68	216	212	2	10	3	0	1270.1	1398	734	661	154	369	26	800	28	3	23	5470	104	1.391	9.9	1.1	2.6	5.7	2.17
162 Game Avg.				10	14	.426	4.68	34	34	0	2	0	0	202	222	117	105	24	59	4	127	4	0	4	869	104	1.391	9.9	1.1	2.6	5.7	2.17

COL (5 yrs)				27	43	.386	5.01	102	101	1	6	2	0	611.0	672	365	340	83	188	10	390	14	2	11	2642	104	1.408	9.9	1.2	2.8	5.7	2.07
ATL (3 yrs)				20	21	.488	4.15	68	65	1	1	0	0	377.1	414	200	174	37	112	11	240	10	0	7	1622	104	1.394	9.9	0.9	2.7	5.7	2.14
KCR (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	13	5	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	46	139	1.500	11.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
NYM (1 yr)				2	6	.250	4.31	9	9	0	0	0	0	54.1	65	39	26	7	17	3	31	0	0	0	250	93	1.509	10.8	1.2	2.8	5.1	1.82
TEX (1 yr)				13	14	.481	4.85	35	35	0	3	1	0	217.0	234	125	117	27	49	2	136	4	0	5	910	104	1.304	9.7	1.1	2.0	5.6	2.78

NL (8 yrs)			NL	49	70	.412	4.66	179	175	2	7	2	0	1042.2	1151	604	540	127	317	24	661	24	2	18	4514	103	1.408	9.9	1.1	2.7	5.7	2.09
AL (2 yrs)			AL	14	15	.483	4.78	37	37	0	3	1	0	227.2	247	130	121	27	52	2	139	4	1	5	956	105	1.313	9.8	1.1	2.1	5.5	2.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1997	23	COL	NL	166.1	27	94	124	0	1.0	30	2.7	$150,000
1998	24	COL	NL	161.0	26	86	118	2	.9	32	2.7	$210,000
1999	25	COL	NL	62.2	13	62	55	-4	.9	-7	-0.6	$300,000

2001	27	COL	NL	93.2	14	46	67	4	.8	21	1.6	$300,000
2002	28	COL	NL	127.1	21	77	86	3	1.0	9	0.8	$1,100,000
2002	28	NYM	NL	54.1	9	39	32	-1	.9	-7	-0.7	$
2003	29	TEX	AL	217.0	35	125	162	-6	.9	37	3.2	$1,300,000
2004	30	ATL	NL	198.1	33	93	114	6	1.0	21	2.1	$2,250,000
2005	31	ATL	NL	98.2	17	52	53	4	1.0	1	0.1	$4,250,000
2006	32	ATL	NL	80.1	15	55	48	2	1.0	-7	-0.7	$4,750,000
2007	33	KCR	AL	10.2	2	5	7	0	1.1	2	0.2	$
10 Seasons				1270.1	212	734	866	10	.9	132	11.4	$14,610,000

COL (5 yrs)				611.0	101	365	450	5	.9	85	7.2	$2,060,000
ATL (3 yrs)				377.1	65	200	215	12	1.0	15	1.5	$11,250,000
KCR (1 yr)				10.2	2	5	7	0	1.1	2	0.2	$
NYM (1 yr)				54.1	9	39	32	-1	.9	-7	-0.7	$
TEX (1 yr)				217.0	35	125	162	-6	.9	37	3.2	$1,300,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2004	30	ATL	NL	NLDS	L	HOU	1	1	0.1	1	1	0	3	6.000	27.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
2005	31	ATL	NL	NLDS	L	HOU	1	0	2.0	0	1	3	7	0.500	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00
2 Seasons (2 Series)							2	1	2.1	1	2	3	10	1.286	3.9	7.7	11.6	1.50
2 NLDS							2	1	2.1	1	2	3	10	1.286	3.9	7.7	11.6	1.50

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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
1993	19	COL-min	Rk	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	RKS · ARIZ
1994	20	COL-min	A,A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	AVL,CNV · SALL,CALL
1995	21	COL-min	AA	26	19	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.143	.000	.143		0	0	0	5	0	0	NHV · EL
1996	22	COL-min	AA,AAA	29	39	31	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.097	.118	.097	.214		3	0	0	5	2	0	NHV,CSP · EL,PCL
1997	23	COL-min	AAA	7	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286		1	0	0	1	0	0	CSP · PCL
1997	23	COL	NL	27	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-min	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	AVL · SALL
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-min	AAA,A+	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	CSP,SAL · PCL,CARL
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-min	AAA	12	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.077	.200	.077	.277		1	0	0	0	0	0	CSP · PCL
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	30	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	21	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	35	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	33	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-min	AA,A,AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MSS,ROM,RMD · SOUL,SALL,IL
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-min	AA,A	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000		2	0	0	0	0	0	MSS,ROM · SOUL,SALL
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
2007	33	TOR-KCR-min	AA,AAA,A+,Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WCH,OMA,SYR,DUN,ROY · TL,PCL,IL,FLOR,ARIZ
2007	33	KCR	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
10 Seasons				216	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	286	239	15	47	5	1	0	17	0	1	9	100	.198	.225	.223	.448	13	53	2	0	36	2	0

COL (5 yrs)				102	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)				68	144	121	6	26	5	0	0	10	0	0	2	46	.215	.228	.256	.484	25	31	2	0	21	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	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)				35	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)				179	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)				37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1997	23	COL	NL	55	-6	0	1	0	0	6	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$150,000	1
1998	24	COL	NL	63	-9	0	-1	0	0	6	2	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$210,000	1
1999	25	COL	NL	20	-2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$300,000	1

2001	27	COL	NL	36	-3	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$300,000	1
2002	28	COL	NL	40	-5	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,100,000	1
2002	28	NYM	NL	22	-1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	/1
2003	29	TEX	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,300,000	1
2004	30	ATL	NL	76	-9	0	-1	0	0	8	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$2,250,000	1
2005	31	ATL	NL	36	-2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$4,250,000	1
2006	32	ATL	NL	32	-2	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$4,750,000	1
9 Seasons				381	-39	0	-1	0	0	40	11	10	1.0	11	1.1	-0.1	$14,610,000

COL (5 yrs)				214	-25	0	0	0	0	23	6	3	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$2,060,000
ATL (3 yrs)				144	-13	0	-1	0	0	15	4	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$11,250,000
NYM (1 yr)				22	-1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$
TEX (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,300,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2004	30	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	L	1
2005	31	ATL	NL	NLDS	HOU	L	1
2 Seasons (2 Series)							2
2 NLDS							2

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1997	COL	NL	23	P	27			166.1	35	9	24	2	2	.943			1.79	1.22	.953	1.85	1.84
1998	COL	NL	24	P	26			161.0	30	15	15	0	3	1.000			1.68	1.15	.961	1.85	1.84
1999	COL	NL	25	P	14			62.2	19	9	10	0	1	1.000			2.73	1.36	.951	1.72	1.71
2001	COL	NL	27	P	14			93.2	26	17	8	1	3	.962			2.40	1.79	.959	1.75	1.73
2002	TOT	NL	28	P	30	30	0	181.2	57	20	36	1	0	.982			2.77	1.87	.963	1.83	1.81	19	4	17%	0
2002	COL	NL	28	P	21	21	0	127.1	38	16	22	0	0	1.000			2.69	1.81	.963	1.83	1.81	9	3	25%	0
2002	NYM	NL	28	P	9	9	0	54.1	19	4	14	1	0	.947			2.98	2.00	.963	1.82	1.81	10	1	9%	0
2003	TEX	AL	29	P	35			217.0	55	17	36	2	2	.964	4	4	2.20	1.51	.957	1.73	1.71
2004	ATL	NL	30	P	33			198.1	40	12	27	1	2	.975	1	1	1.77	1.18	.965	1.84	1.82
2005	ATL	NL	31	P	17			98.2	20	6	14	0	2	1.000	-1	-2	1.82	1.18	.960	1.75	1.73
2006	ATL	NL	32	P	18			80.1	23	7	16	0	0	1.000	1	2	2.58	1.28	.958	1.71	1.71
2007	KCR	AL	33	P	2			10.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.69	1.00	.955	1.60	1.60
	10 Seasons			P	216	30	0	1270.1	307	113	187	7	15	.977	5	1	2.13	1.39	.959	1.79	1.77	19	4	17%	0
	10 Seasons			TOT	216	30	0	1270.1	307	113	187	7	15	.977	5	9	2.13	1.39	.959	1.79	1.77	19	4	17%	0

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

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2002 NL 2.180 (6th) 2003 AL 2.032 (8th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 2003 AL 217.0 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 2003 AL 35 (2nd)	Complete Games s c a p y 2003 AL 3 (7th)
Shutouts s c a p y 2001 NL 1 (7th) 2003 AL 1 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2002 NL 28 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 2003 AL 234 (6th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y Career 2.168 (198th)
Losses s c a p y 2002 NL 14 (5th) 2003 AL 14 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 2003 AL 117 (3rd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2003 AL 910 (7th)	Putouts as P s c a p y 2001 NL 17 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1351), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Dick Fowler (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Amaury Telemaco (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Harris (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Morton (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Babich (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Shawn Boskie (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Bush (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Bush (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Redman (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Glenn Abbott (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1993.
July 31, 2002: Traded by the Colorado Rockies with Mark Little to the New York Mets for Robert Stratton (minors), Mark Corey and Jay Payton.
December 21, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
January 3, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 28, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 10, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
November 2, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
January 11, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
June 18, 2007: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
June 22, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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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
1997	23	Colorado Rockies	$150,000	1997 postseason AP survey
1998	24	Colorado Rockies	$210,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	25	Colorado Rockies	$300,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	26	Colorado Rockies	$300,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	27	Colorado Rockies	$300,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	28	Colorado Rockies	$1,100,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	29	Texas Rangers	$1,300,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	30	Atlanta Braves	$2,250,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	31	Atlanta Braves	$4,250,000
2006	32	Atlanta Braves	$4,750,000
2007	33	Toronto Blue Jays	$500,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$15,410,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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