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Rich Thompson
Richard Neil Thompson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 225 lb.
School Amherst College

Debut April 28, 1985
  vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game April 22, 1990
Born November 1, 1958 in New York, NY

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1985 26 CLE AL   3   8  57   0   0   0  24  5   80.0   95   63   56   8   48   30   6   6   379   6   2  6.30  4.15   66 1.788
 1989 30 MON NL   0   2  19   1   0   0   9  0   33.0   27   11    8   2   11   15   2   0   129   2   1  2.18  3.54  162 1.152
 1990 31 MON NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     4   0   0  0.00  3.64  inf 1.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .231   3  10  77   1   0   0  34  5  114.0  123   74   64  10   59   45   8   6   512   8   3  5.05  3.97   79 1.596
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   8  67   0   0   0  29  4   99.3  107   64   55   8   51   39   6   5   446   6   2  5.05  3.97   79 1.596
 Career High      3   8  57   1   0   0  24  5   80.0   95   63   56   8   48   30   6   6   379   6   2  6.30  4.15   66 1.788

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 30 MON NL  19    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .333  .000    3    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       77    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .333  .000    3    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .000  .333  .000    3    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     57    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1                           0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 30 MON NL    3    2    0   0.0    92| .000  .256| .333  .324| .000  .382| .333  .705|   3  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons         3    2    0   0.0    92| .000  .256| .333  .324| .000  .382| .333  .705|   3  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%

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

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Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 26 CLE AL P 57 2 7 3 1 .750 .957 0.16 0.70 1.01 1.86 0 80.0 1989 30 MON NL P 19 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.21 0.63 1.09 1.88 1 33.0 1990 31 MON NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 26 CLE AL P 57 2 7 3 1 .750 .957 0.16 0.70 1.01 1.86 0 80.0 1989 30 MON NL P 19 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.21 0.63 1.09 1.88 1 33.0 1990 31 MON NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 77 2 11 3 1 .813 .956 0.17 0.68 1.03 1.86 1 114.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 77 2 11 3 1 .813 .956 0.17 0.68 1.03 1.86 1 114
An Important note about our fielding stats


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Transactions 

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

December 16, 1985: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for Scott Roberts (minors).

October 15, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

March 17, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

May 18, 1987: Released by the New York Yankees.

June, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

July, 1987: Released by the Montreal Expos.

August 10, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

March, 1989: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

March 15, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

September 4, 1990: Released by the Montreal Expos.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Montreal Expos$68,000
1990Montreal Expos$104,500
Career (may be incomplete)$172,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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