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Justin Thompson
Justin Willard Thompson

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 215 lb.

Debut May 27, 1996
  vs. KCR 6.0 IP, 3 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER
Born March 8, 1973 in San Antonio, TX

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (32nd pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1991. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1996 23 DET AL   1   6  11  11   0   0   0  0   59.0   62   35   30   7   31   44   2   1   267   2   0  4.58  5.10  111 1.576
 1997 24 DET AL  15  11  32  32   4   0   0  0  223.3  188   82   75  20   66  151   2   4   891   1   0  3.02  4.57  151 1.137 AS
 1998 25 DET AL  11  15  34  34   5   0   0  0  222.0  227  114  100  20   79  149   2   4   946   4   0  4.05  4.70  116 1.378
 1999 26 DET AL   9  11  24  24   0   0   0  0  142.7  152   85   81  24   59   83   4   2   626   1   0  5.11  4.92   96 1.479
 2005 32 TEX AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    1.7    4    4    4   2    0    1   0   0     9   0   0 21.60  4.62   21 2.400
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .456  36  43 103 101   9   0   2  0  648.7  633  320  290  73  235  428  10  11  2739   8   0  4.02  4.74  118 1.338
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  14  34  33   3   0   0  0  216.0  211  106   96  24   78  142   3   3   913   2   0  4.02  4.74  118 1.338
 Career High     15  15  34  34   5   0   2  0  223.3  227  114  100  24   79  151   4   4   946   4   0  3.02  5.10  151 1.137

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 24 DET AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 AS
 1998 25 DET AL   2    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .143  .143  .143  -25    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 26 DET AL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       18   14    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .071  .071  .071  -63    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        126    9    9   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  54  .071  .071  .071  -63    9   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     11    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3                           1   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 24 DET AL    2    2    0   0.0   108| .000  .270| .000  .340| .000  .427| .000  .766|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1998 25 DET AL    7    6    0   0.0   110| .143  .272| .143  .340| .143  .432| .286  .773| -25  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1999 26 DET AL    5    5    0   0.0   113| .000  .274| .000  .346| .000  .438| .000  .785|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        14   13    0   0.0   111| .071  .272| .071  .342| .071  .434| .142  .776| -63  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1996 23 DET AL P 11 2 13 0 1 1.000 .962 1.36 0.52 2.29 1.77 11 59.0 1997 24 DET AL P 32 11 31 0 3 1.000 .955 1.31 0.49 1.69 1.71 32 223.3 AS 1998 25 DET AL P 34 6 35 0 2 1.000 .958 1.21 0.50 1.66 1.78 34 222.0 1999 26 DET AL P 24 5 11 1 1 .941 .952 0.67 0.47 1.01 1.69 24 142.7 2005 32 TEX AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.45 0.00 1.59 0 1.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1996 23 DET AL P 11 2 13 0 1 1.000 .962 1.36 0.52 2.29 1.77 11 59.0 1997 24 DET AL P 32 11 31 0 3 1.000 .955 1.31 0.49 1.69 1.71 32 223.3 1998 25 DET AL P 34 6 35 0 2 1.000 .958 1.21 0.50 1.66 1.78 34 222.0 1999 26 DET AL P 24 5 11 1 1 .941 .952 0.67 0.47 1.01 1.69 24 142.7 2005 32 TEX AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.45 0.00 1.59 0 1.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 103 24 90 1 7 .991 .956 1.11 0.49 1.58 1.73 101 648.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 103 24 90 1 7 .991 .956 1.11 0.49 1.58 1.73 101 649
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1997   DET AL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1997   DET AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1997 *

ERA
1997 AL-3.02-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1997 AL-1.137-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1997 AL-7.58-4

Innings
1997 AL-223.3-9
1998 AL-222.0-9

Games Started
1998 AL-34-2

Comp. Games
1997 AL-4-6
1998 AL-5-7

Hits Allowed
1998 AL-227-10

Losses
1998 AL-15-4

Batters Faced
1998 AL-946-10

Adjusted ERA+
1997 AL-151-5

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 17 (1143) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1220) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (32nd pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1991.

November 2, 1999: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Alan Webb (minors), Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman, and Gabe Kapler to the Texas Rangers for Juan Gonzalez, Danny Patterson, and Gregg Zaun.

December 21, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

February 14, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 10, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 1, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

June 20, 2006: Retired from the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1996Detroit Tigers$109,000
1997Detroit Tigers$198,000
1998Detroit Tigers$400,000
1999Detroit Tigers$650,000
2000Texas Rangers$3,025,000
2001Texas Rangers$1,420,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,802,000

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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