Justin Thompson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: March 8, 1973 in San Antonio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (32nd) of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Klein Oak HS (Spring, TX).

High School: Klein Oak HS (Spring, TX)

Debut: May 27, 1996 (Age 23-080d, 16,886th in major league history)
vs. KCR 6.0 IP, 3 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 25, 2005 (Age 32-170d)
vs. SEA 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Justin Willard Thompson

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

ERA

4.02

103

101

648.2

428

WHIP

1.338

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
1991	18	DET-min	Rk	2	5	.286	3.60	10	10	0	0	0	0	50.0	45	29	20	3	24	1	60	2	6	7	217			1.380	8.1	0.5	4.3	10.8	2.50	BRS APPY
1992	19	DET-min	A	4	4	.500	2.18	20	19	1	0	0	0	95.0	79	32	23	6	40	0	88	1	3	7	390			1.253	7.5	0.6	3.8	8.3	2.20	FAY SALL
1993	20	DET-min	AA,A+	7	10	.412	3.88	25	25	0	1	0	0	139.1	161	76	60	10	53	0	118	3	2	7	617			1.536	10.4	0.6	3.4	7.6	2.23	LON,LAK EL,FLOR
1994			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
1995	22	DET-min	AA,A+	8	8	.500	3.92	24	24	0	3	0	0	147.0	140	68	64	8	46	2	118	5	0	3	609			1.265	8.6	0.5	2.8	7.2	2.57	JCK,LAK SOUL,FLOR
1996	23	DET-min	AAA,A,A+	6	3	.667	3.29	15	15	0	3	1	0	90.1	77	37	33	2	28	0	81	1	0	3	361			1.162	7.7	0.2	2.8	8.1	2.89	TOL,FAY,VIS IL,SALL,CALL
1996	23	DET	AL	1	6	.143	4.58	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.0	62	35	30	7	31	2	44	2	0	1	267	112	4.90	1.576	9.5	1.1	4.7	6.7	1.42
1997	24	DET	AL	15	11	.577	3.02	32	32	0	4	0	0	223.1	188	82	75	20	66	1	151	2	0	4	891	152	3.83	1.137	7.6	0.8	2.7	6.1	2.29	AS
1998	25	DET	AL	11	15	.423	4.05	34	34	0	5	0	0	222.0	227	114	100	20	79	4	149	2	0	4	946	116	4.06	1.378	9.2	0.8	3.2	6.0	1.89
1999	26	DET	AL	9	11	.450	5.11	24	24	0	0	0	0	142.2	152	85	81	24	59	1	83	4	0	2	626	96	5.48	1.479	9.6	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.41

2000	27	TEX-min	AAA,AA,A+	1	0	1.000	6.32	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	21	12	11	1	8	0	10	0	0	1	72			1.851	12.1	0.6	4.6	5.7	1.25	OKC,TUL,CHT PCL,TL,FLOR
2001			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
2002	29	TEX-min	Rk	0	0		3.00	7	7	0	0	0	0	15.0	19	6	5	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	64			1.333	11.4	0.0	0.6	6.6	11.00	RGS GULF
2003	30	TEX-min	A-	2	0	1.000	1.24	23	0	0	0	0	0	29.0	15	5	4	0	8	0	21	1	0	0	110			0.793	4.7	0.0	2.5	6.5	2.63	SPO NORW
2004	31	TEX-min	AA	3	2	.600	2.61	23	0	3	0	0	0	38.0	35	19	11	3	11	1	26	2	0	1	161			1.211	8.3	0.7	2.6	6.2	2.36	FRI TL
2005	32	TEX-min	AAA,AA	4	2	.667	4.29	37	1	11	0	0	2	56.2	61	29	27	4	9	3	40	1	0	1	235			1.235	9.7	0.6	1.4	6.4	4.44	OKC,FRI PCL,TL
2005	32	TEX	AL	0	0		21.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	4	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	25	17.42	2.400	21.6	10.8	0.0	5.4
2006	33	MIL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	6.11	8	8	0	1	0	0	35.1	44	27	24	7	7	0	23	0	0	0	158			1.443	11.2	1.8	1.8	5.9	3.29	NVL PCL
5 Yrs				36	43	.456	4.02	103	101	2	9	0	0	648.2	633	320	290	73	235	8	428	10	0	11	2739	118	4.41	1.338	8.8	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82
162 Game Avg.				12	14	.456	4.02	34	34	1	3	0	0	216	211	107	97	24	78	3	143	3	0	4	913	118	4.41	1.338	8.8	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82

DET (4 yrs)				36	43	.456	3.98	101	101	0	9	0	0	647.0	629	316	286	71	235	8	427	10	0	11	2730	119	4.37	1.335	8.7	1.0	3.3	5.9	1.82
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		21.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	4	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	25	17.42	2.400	21.6	10.8	0.0	5.4

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