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John Thomson    \TOM-son\

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 HS (Sulphur, LA)
Schools: Blinn College (Brenham, TX), McNeese State University (Lake Charles, 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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Braves/Rangers/Mets/Royals 1997-2007
Agents: Chris Arnold [*]
Final Game: July 1, 2007 (Age 33)
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All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1041. Hardie Henderson… #1042. Craig Swan… #1043. Bob Walk… #1044. JOHN THOMSON… #1045. Walt Terrell… #1046. Ken Sanders… #1047. Tony Cloninger… 

Standard Pitching

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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
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 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 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 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 3 834 115 1.321 9.5 0.9 2.4 6.0 2.56
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 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 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 Yrs 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) 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) 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 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 Awards
1997 23 COL NL 166.1 27 27 94 5.09 4.74 -0.00 0.17 119.2 5.86 14 1.5 -0.1 2.8 29 .555 .509 $150,000
1998 24 COL NL 161.0 26 26 86 4.81 4.69 0.09 0.17 116.4 5.56 14 1.4 -0.1 2.7 27 .555 .509 $210,000
1999 25 COL NL 62.2 14 13 62 8.90 4.96 -0.61 0.17 127.3 7.31 -11 -1.0 .0 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .426 .494 $300,000
2001 27 COL NL 93.2 14 14 46 4.42 4.92 0.37 0.19 121.0 5.74 13 1.4 -0.1 2.2 22 .603 .509 $300,000
2002 28 COL NL 127.1 21 21 77 5.44 4.68 0.23 0.18 114.5 5.31 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.8 9 .488 .498 $1,100,000
2002 28 NYM NL 54.1 9 9 39 6.46 4.56 -0.17 0.18 94.2 4.62 -11 -1.1 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .382 .493
2003 29 TEX AL 217.0 35 35 125 5.18 4.90 0.35 0.19 108.2 5.12 -1 -0.1 -0.1 2.0 23 .497 .499 $1,300,000
2004 30 ATL NL 198.1 33 33 93 4.22 4.57 0.27 0.18 101.2 4.53 6 0.6 -0.1 2.1 24 .517 .504 $2,250,000
2005 31 ATL NL 98.2 17 17 52 4.74 4.56 0.38 0.17 100.5 4.37 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.4 4 .475 .497 $4,250,000
2006 32 ATL NL 80.1 18 15 55 6.16 4.98 -0.07 0.16 97.0 5.05 -10 -0.9 .9 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .449 .494 $4,750,000
2007 33 KCR AL 10.2 2 2 5 4.22 4.75 0.29 0.18 100.9 4.69 0 0.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .523 .500
10 Seasons 1270.1 216 212 734 5.20 4.75 0.15 0.18 110.1 5.27 7 1.2 .7 -0.8 11.6 126 .506 .501 $14,610,000
COL (5 yrs) 611.0 102 101 365 5.38 4.77 0.06 0.17 118.6 5.80 27 3.1 .0 -0.4 7.9 82 .530 .504 $2,060,000
ATL (3 yrs) 377.1 68 65 200 4.77 4.65 0.23 0.17 100.1 4.60 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.3 2.2 26 .489 .498 $11,250,000
KCR (1 yr) 10.2 2 2 5 4.22 4.75 0.29 0.18 100.9 4.69 0 0.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .523 .500
NYM (1 yr) 54.1 9 9 39 6.46 4.56 -0.17 0.18 94.2 4.62 -11 -1.1 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .382 .493
TEX (1 yr) 217.0 35 35 125 5.18 4.90 0.35 0.19 108.2 5.12 -1 -0.1 -0.1 2.0 23 .497 .499 $1,300,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2004 30 ATL NL NLDS L HOU 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 27.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
2005 31 ATL NL NLDS L HOU 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.286 3.9 0.0 7.7 11.6 1.50
2 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 1.286 3.9 0.0 7.7 11.6 1.50

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 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 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 30 62 52 4 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .212 .250 .212 .462 20 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 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
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 Yrs 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 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 Awards
1997 23 COL NL 27 55 -6 0 0 0 8 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .512 .502 0.3 -0.0 5 $150,000 1
1998 24 COL NL 26 63 -13 -0 -0 0 9 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .484 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $210,000 1
1999 25 COL NL 14 20 -3 -0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $300,000 1
2001 27 COL NL 14 36 -4 -0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .512 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $300,000 1
2002 28 COL NL 21 40 -6 -0 0 0 6 -0 -0.0 1 1 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 1 $1,100,000 1
2002 28 NYM NL 9 22 -1 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .522 .501 0.2 0.0 3 /1
2003 29 TEX AL 35 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,300,000 1
2004 30 ATL NL 33 76 -10 -0 -0 0 11 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $2,250,000 1
2005 31 ATL NL 17 36 -3 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 4 0.2 .515 .502 0.2 0.0 4 $4,250,000 1
2006 32 ATL NL 18 32 -2 -0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .513 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $4,750,000 1
2007 33 KCR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
10 Seasons 216 381 -48 -1 1 0 55 8 0.7 12 20 0.7 .504 .500 0.7 0.0 20 $14,610,000
COL (5 yrs) 102 214 -30 -0 1 0 31 1 -0.0 7 7 -0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 7 $2,060,000
ATL (3 yrs) 68 144 -16 -0 0 0 21 5 0.5 4 10 0.5 .508 .501 0.5 0.0 10 $11,250,000
KCR (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0
NYM (1 yr) 9 22 -1 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .522 .501 0.2 0.0 3
TEX (1 yr) 35 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,300,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
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
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 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

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% lgCS% PO Awards
1997 COL NL 23 P 27 27 2 166.1 35 9 24 2 2 .943 1.79 1.22 .953 1.85 1.84 15 8 35% 32% 0
1998 COL NL 24 P 26 26 2 161.0 30 15 15 0 3 1.000 1.68 1.15 .961 1.85 1.84 10 3 23% 32% 1
1999 COL NL 25 P 14 13 1 62.2 19 9 10 0 1 1.000 2.73 1.36 .951 1.72 1.71 7 2 22% 29% 0
2001 COL NL 27 P 14 14 1 93.2 26 17 8 1 3 .962 2.40 1.79 .959 1.75 1.73 6 0 0% 33% 0
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% 32% 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% 32% 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% 32% 0
2003 TEX AL 29 P 35 35 3 217.0 55 17 36 2 2 .964 4 4 2.20 1.51 .957 1.73 1.71 13 4 24% 30% 0
2004 ATL NL 30 P 33 33 0 198.1 40 12 27 1 2 .975 0 0 1.77 1.18 .965 1.84 1.82 14 4 22% 28% 0
2005 ATL NL 31 P 17 17 1 98.2 20 6 14 0 2 1.000 -1 -2 1.82 1.18 .960 1.75 1.73 9 6 40% 29% 1
2006 ATL NL 32 P 18 15 0 80.1 23 7 16 0 0 1.000 2 5 2.58 1.28 .958 1.71 1.71 11 4 27% 28% 0
2007 KCR AL 33 P 2 2 0 10.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.69 1.00 .955 1.60 1.60 1 0 0% 27% 0
10 Seasons P 216 212 10 1270.1 307 113 187 7 15 .977 5 1 2.13 1.39 .959 1.79 1.77 105 35 25% 30% 2
10 Seasons TOT 216 212 10 1270.1 307 113 187 7 15 .977 5 9 2.13 1.39 .959 1.79 1.77 105 35 25% 30% 2
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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  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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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 (208th)

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)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2002 NL  2.77 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1380), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1566), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (740th), 12.3 career WAR/13.2 7yr-peak WAR/12.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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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 Notes/Other Sources
199723Colorado Rockies$150,0001997 postseason AP survey
199824Colorado Rockies$210,0004/3/98 USA Today
199925Colorado Rockies$300,0004/6/99 USA Today
200026Colorado Rockies$300,0004/5/00 AP
200127Colorado Rockies$300,0004/6/01 USA Today
200228Colorado Rockies$1,100,0004/3/02 AP
200329Texas Rangers$1,300,0004/3/03 AP
200430Atlanta Braves$2,250,0004/7/04 AP
200531Atlanta Braves$4,250,000
200632Atlanta Braves$4,750,000
200733Toronto Blue Jays$500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$15,410,000
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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