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Mark Thurmond

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 12, 1956 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 24th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) and the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX).

School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)

Debut: May 14, 1983 (Age 26-244d, 14,739th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 2, 1990 (Age 33-355d)
vs. NYM 1.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Mark Anthony Thurmond

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

ERA

3.69

314

837.2

320

WHIP

1.375

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1979	22	SDP-min	AA	3	5	.375	5.66	17	8		2	1	0	62.0	89	52	39	9	31	0	46	0	0	1				1.935	12.9	1.3	4.5	6.7	1.48	AMA TL
1980	23	SDP-min	AA	10	9	.526	3.87	26	25		7	1	1	156.0	164	80	67	9	61	3	125	2	1	8				1.442	9.5	0.5	3.5	7.2	2.05	AMA TL
1981	24	SDP-min	AA	12	5	.706	3.26	27	27	0	10	2	0	193.0	202	86	70	10	56	1	128	1	1	4				1.337	9.4	0.5	2.6	6.0	2.29	AMA TL
1982	25	SDP-min	AAA	12	10	.545	3.57	28	28	0	9	2	0	194.1	202	88	77	13	58	2	106	1	0	8				1.338	9.4	0.6	2.7	4.9	1.83	HAW PCL
1983	26	SDP-min	AAA	6	1	.857	3.29	19	6	10	1	0	4	63.0	63	28	23	6	24	1	38	2	0	1				1.381	9.0	0.9	3.4	5.4	1.58	LVG PCL
1983	26	SDP	NL	7	3	.700	2.65	21	18	2	2	0	0	115.1	104	40	34	7	33	2	49	2	1	0	466	133	3.60	1.188	8.1	0.5	2.6	3.8	1.48	RoY-9
1984	27	SDP	NL	14	8	.636	2.97	32	29	1	1	1	0	178.2	174	70	59	12	55	3	57	0	2	2	750	121	3.93	1.282	8.8	0.6	2.8	2.9	1.04
1985	28	SDP	NL	7	11	.389	3.97	36	23	4	1	1	2	138.1	154	70	61	9	44	5	57	3	0	0	592	89	3.72	1.431	10.0	0.6	2.9	3.7	1.30
1986	29	TOT	MLB	7	8	.467	4.56	42	19	5	2	1	3	122.1	140	71	62	14	44	7	49	0	1	1	537	85	4.54	1.504	10.3	1.0	3.2	3.6	1.11
1986	29	SDP	NL	3	7	.300	6.50	17	15	0	2	1	0	70.2	96	58	51	7	27	5	32	0	1	0	328	57	4.30	1.741	12.2	0.9	3.4	4.1	1.19
1986	29	DET	AL	4	1	.800	1.92	25	4	5	0	0	3	51.2	44	13	11	7	17	2	17	0	0	1	209	218	4.86	1.181	7.7	1.2	3.0	3.0	1.00
1987	30	DET	AL	0	1	.000	4.23	48	0	23	0	0	5	61.2	83	32	29	5	24	4	21	0	0	4	280	101	4.41	1.735	12.1	0.7	3.5	3.1	0.88
1988	31	BAL-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.65	8	8	0	1	0	0	54.1	40	22	16	3	18	0	25	0	1	0				1.067	6.6	0.5	3.0	4.1	1.39	ROC IL
1988	31	BAL	AL	1	8	.111	4.58	43	6	15	0	0	3	74.2	80	43	38	10	27	3	29	2	0	0	322	86	4.90	1.433	9.6	1.2	3.3	3.5	1.07
1989	32	BAL	AL	2	4	.333	3.90	49	2	12	0	0	4	90.0	102	43	39	6	17	2	34	1	0	1	375	97	3.47	1.322	10.2	0.6	1.7	3.4	2.00
1990	33	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		3.27	9	0	2	0	0	1	11.0	11	4	4	0	1	0	6	0	0	0				1.091	9.0	0.0	0.8	4.9	6.00	TUC PCL
1990	33	SFG	NL	2	3	.400	3.34	43	0	16	0	0	4	56.2	53	26	21	6	18	3	24	0	0	1	238	110	4.29	1.253	8.4	1.0	2.9	3.8	1.33
1991	34	SFG-min	AAA	0	3	.000	3.42	26	0	7	0	0	2	23.2	29	17	9	0	12	3	15	0	1	0	117			1.732	11.0	0.0	4.6	5.7	1.25	PHX PCL
8 Yrs				40	46	.465	3.69	314	97	78	6	3	21	837.2	890	395	343	69	262	29	320	8	4	9	3560	101	4.04	1.375	9.6	0.7	2.8	3.4	1.22
162 Game Avg.				7	8	.465	3.69	52	16	13	1	0	3	139	147	65	57	11	43	5	53	1	1	1	589	101	4.04	1.375	9.6	0.7	2.8	3.4	1.22

SDP (4 yrs)				31	29	.517	3.67	106	85	7	6	3	2	503.0	528	238	205	35	159	15	195	5	4	2	2136	98	3.85	1.366	9.4	0.6	2.8	3.5	1.23
BAL (2 yrs)				3	12	.200	4.21	92	8	27	0	0	7	164.2	182	86	77	16	44	5	63	3	0	1	697	91	4.12	1.372	9.9	0.9	2.4	3.4	1.43
DET (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	3.18	73	4	28	0	0	8	113.1	127	45	40	12	41	6	38	0	0	5	489	133	4.62	1.482	10.1	1.0	3.3	3.0	0.93
SFG (1 yr)				2	3	.400	3.34	43	0	16	0	0	4	56.2	53	26	21	6	18	3	24	0	0	1	238	110	4.29	1.253	8.4	1.0	2.9	3.8	1.33

NL (5 yrs)				33	32	.508	3.63	149	85	23	6	3	6	559.2	581	264	226	41	177	18	219	5	4	3	2374	99	3.89	1.354	9.3	0.7	2.8	3.5	1.24
AL (4 yrs)				7	14	.333	3.79	165	12	55	0	0	15	278.0	309	131	117	28	85	11	101	3	0	6	1186	106	4.32	1.417	10.0	0.9	2.8	3.3	1.19

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