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John Thomson
John Carl Thomson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 175 lb.

Debut May 11, 1997
  vs. PHI 7.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, L
Born October 1, 1973 in Vicksburg, MS

Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1993. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1997 23 COL NL   7   9  27  27   2   1   0  0  166.3  193   94   87  15   51  106   5   2   721   0   0  4.71  5.18  110 1.467
 1998 24 COL NL   8  11  26  26   2   0   0  0  161.0  174   86   86  21   49  106   0   4   680   0   2  4.81  5.17  108 1.385
 1999 25 COL NL   1  10  14  13   1   0   1  0   62.7   85   62   56  11   36   34   1   2   305   1   0  8.04  5.80   72 1.931
 2001 27 COL NL   4   5  14  14   1   1   0  0   93.7   84   46   42  15   25   68   4   1   386   3   0  4.04  5.32  132 1.164
 2002 28 TOT NL   9  14  30  30   0   0   0  0  181.7  201  116   95  28   44  107   2   2   800   9   0  4.71  4.54   96 1.349
         COL NL   7   8  21  21   0   0   0  0  127.3  136   77   69  21   27   76   2   2   550   6   0  4.88  4.77   98 1.280
         NYM NL   2   6   9   9   0   0   0  0   54.3   65   39   26   7   17   31   0   0   250   3   0  4.31  3.99   93 1.509
 2003 29 TEX AL  13  14  35  35   3   1   0  0  217.0  234  125  117  27   49  136   4   5   910   2   0  4.85  5.03  104 1.304
 2004 30 ATL NL  14   8  33  33   0   0   0  0  198.3  210   93   82  20   52  133   6   3   834   5   0  3.72  4.31  116 1.321
 2005 31 ATL NL   4   6  17  17   1   0   0  0   98.7  111   52   49   6   28   61   2   3   427   2   0  4.47  4.23   95 1.409
 2006 32 ATL NL   2   7  18  15   0   0   1  0   80.3   93   55   43  11   32   46   2   1   361   4   0  4.82  4.45   92 1.556
 2007 33 KCR AL   1   1   2   2   0   0   0  0   10.7   13    5    4   0    3    3   0   0    46   0   1  3.38  4.70  139 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .426  63  85 216 212  10   3   2  0 1270.3 1398  734  661 154  369  800  26  23  5470  26   3  4.68  4.84  103 1.391
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  13  34  33   1   0   0  0  201.7  222  116  105  24   58  127   4   3   869   4   0  4.68  4.84  103 1.391
 Career High     14  14  35  35   3   1   1  0  217.0  234  125  117  28   52  136   6   5   910   9   2  3.72  5.80  132 1.164

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 23 COL NL  25   47    2   10   0  0   0    5   0  0   2  23  .213  .245  .213   12   10   6   0   0   0   0
 1998 24 COL NL  26   50    4    6   0  0   0    2   0  1   2  23  .120  .148  .120  -33    6   9   2   0   0   1
 1999 25 COL NL  14   18    1    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   2   7  .167  .250  .222   10    4   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 27 COL NL  14   29    3    7   0  1   0    1   0  0   1  15  .241  .267  .310   37    9   6   0   0   0   0
 2002 28 TOT NL  28   52    4   11   0  0   0    3   0  0   3  19  .212  .250  .212   19   11   6   1   0   0   0
         COL NL  19   34    2    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  12  .176  .216  .176   -1    6   3   1   0   0   0
         NYM NL   9   18    2    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   7  .278  .316  .278   61    5   3   0   0   0   0
 2003 29 TEX AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 30 ATL NL  31   66    3   13   1  0   0    4   0  0   0  24  .197  .197  .212    6   14  10   0   0   0   2
 2005 31 ATL NL  17   25    2    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   2  12  .200  .259  .280   41    7   9   0   0   0   0
 2006 32 ATL NL  18   30    1    8   2  0   0    4   0  0   0  10  .267  .267  .333   53   10   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     174  318   20   63   6  1   0   22   0  1  12 133  .198  .225  .223   13   71  48   3   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        296   19   59   6  1   0   20   0  1  11 124  .198  .225  .223   13   66  45   3   0   0   3
 Career High     31   66    4   13   2  1   0    5   0  1   3  24                          14  10   2   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 23 COL NL   55   43    3   1.9   126| .213  .295| .245  .370| .213  .463| .458  .833|  12  .148  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1998 24 COL NL   63   57    1   0.5   124| .120  .292| .148  .366| .120  .461| .268  .827| -33  .014 -10.9  -1.1   0%
 1999 25 COL NL   20   15    1   1.8   138| .167  .306| .250  .385| .222  .492| .472  .877|  10  .120  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 2001 27 COL NL   36   28    3   2.9   130| .241  .293| .267  .367| .310  .480| .577  .847|  37  .263  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 2002 28 TOT NL   62   48    4   2.2   115| .212  .276| .250  .352| .212  .440| .462  .791|  19  .197  -6.5  -0.6   0%
         COL NL   40   32    2   1.7   120| .176  .284| .216  .360| .176  .451| .392  .812|  -1  .127  -5.4  -0.5   0%
         NYM NL   22   16    2   3.4   105| .278  .262| .316  .336| .278  .417| .594  .753|  61  .341  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 2003 29 TEX AL    1    1    0   0.0   116| .000  .280| .000  .348| .000  .448| .000  .796|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2004 30 ATL NL   76   65    3   1.2   112| .197  .271| .197  .343| .212  .439| .409  .782|   6  .072  -9.5  -0.9   0%
 2005 31 ATL NL   36   29    2   1.8   109| .200  .270| .259  .340| .280  .430| .539  .770|  41  .147  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 2006 32 ATL NL   32   24    3   3.4   113| .267  .272| .267  .343| .333  .442| .600  .785|  53  .317  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      381  310   20   1.7   120| .198  .283| .225  .357| .223  .452| .448  .809|  13  .128 -44.5  -4.3     

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 23 COL NL P 27 9 24 2 2 .943 .954 1.22 0.52 1.79 1.85 27 166.3 1998 24 COL NL P 26 15 15 0 3 1.000 .962 1.15 0.54 1.68 1.85 26 161.0 1999 25 COL NL P 14 9 10 0 1 1.000 .950 1.36 0.48 2.73 1.72 13 62.7 2001 27 COL NL P 14 17 8 1 3 .962 .958 1.79 0.46 2.40 1.75 14 93.7 2002 28 TOT NL P 30 20 35 1 0 .982 .962 1.83 0.48 2.73 1.83 30 181.6 COL NL P 21 16 22 0 0 1.000 .962 1.81 0.48 2.69 1.83 21 127.3 NYM NL P 9 4 13 1 0 .944 .960 1.89 0.48 2.82 1.82 9 54.3 2003 29 TEX AL P 35 17 36 2 2 .964 .957 1.51 0.49 2.20 1.73 35 217.0 2004 30 ATL NL P 33 12 27 1 2 .975 .965 1.18 0.47 1.77 1.84 33 198.3 2005 31 ATL NL P 17 6 14 0 2 1.000 .962 1.18 0.46 1.82 1.75 17 98.7 2006 32 ATL NL P 18 7 16 0 0 1.000 .958 1.28 0.43 2.58 1.71 15 80.3 2007 33 KCR AL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.40 1.68 1.60 2 10.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 23 COL NL P 27 9 24 2 2 .943 .954 1.22 0.52 1.79 1.85 27 166.3 1998 24 COL NL P 26 15 15 0 3 1.000 .962 1.15 0.54 1.68 1.85 26 161.0 1999 25 COL NL P 14 9 10 0 1 1.000 .950 1.36 0.48 2.73 1.72 13 62.7 2001 27 COL NL P 14 17 8 1 3 .962 .958 1.79 0.46 2.40 1.75 14 93.7 2002 28 TOT NL P 30 20 35 1 0 .982 .962 1.83 0.48 2.73 1.83 30 181.6 COL NL P 21 16 22 0 0 1.000 .962 1.81 0.48 2.69 1.83 21 127.3 NYM NL P 9 4 13 1 0 .944 .960 1.89 0.48 2.82 1.82 9 54.3 2003 29 TEX AL P 35 17 36 2 2 .964 .957 1.51 0.49 2.20 1.73 35 217.0 2004 30 ATL NL P 33 12 27 1 2 .975 .965 1.18 0.47 1.77 1.84 33 198.3 2005 31 ATL NL P 17 6 14 0 2 1.000 .962 1.18 0.46 1.82 1.75 17 98.7 2006 32 ATL NL P 18 7 16 0 0 1.000 .958 1.28 0.43 2.58 1.71 15 80.3 2007 33 KCR AL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.40 1.68 1.60 2 10.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 216 113 186 7 15 .977 .959 1.38 0.48 2.12 1.79 212 1270.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 216 113 186 7 15 .977 .959 1.38 0.48 2.12 1.79 212 1270
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   1   1   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   1   0   1   0 
 2005   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     0   0   1   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   2   1   0.00  0  0  0  0   2.1   1   0   2   3 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Bases on Balls/9IP
2002 NL-2.18-6
2003 AL-2.03-8
Act-2.61-25

Innings
2003 AL-217.0-7

Games Started
2003 AL-35-2

Comp. Games
2003 AL-3-7

Shutouts
2001 NL-1-7
2003 AL-1-6

Home Runs Allow.
2002 NL-28-6

Hits Allowed
2003 AL-234-6

Losses
2002 NL-14-5
2003 AL-14-7

Earned Runs Allow.
2003 AL-117-3

Batters Faced
2003 AL-910-7

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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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 Jay Payton, Mark Corey, and Robert Stratton (minors).

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 9, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

June 20, 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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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.
Uniforms 
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