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

Born: October 1, 1973 in Vicksburg, MS
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 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 0 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 96 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 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 92 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 Seasons 63 85 .426 4.68 216 212 2 10 3 0 1270.1 1398 734 661 154 369 26 800 26 3 23 5470 103 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 4 869 103 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 12 2 11 2642 103 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 22 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

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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 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

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
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 Seasons (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 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 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
Active--2.614--26th

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
Active--10--47th

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
Active--2.168--48th
Career--2.168--187th

Losses s c a p y
2002 NL--14--5th
2003 AL--14--7th
Active--85--43rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 AL--117--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
2003 AL--910--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1379), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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 and may not include some earned bonuses
1997Colorado Rockies$150,000
1998Colorado Rockies$210,000
1999Colorado Rockies$300,000
2000Colorado Rockies$300,000
2001Colorado Rockies$300,000
2002Colorado Rockies$1,100,000
2003Texas Rangers$1,300,000
2004Atlanta Braves$2,250,000
2005Atlanta Braves$4,250,000
2006Atlanta Braves$4,750,000
2007Toronto Blue Jays$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$15,410,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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