John Thomson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: October 1, 1973 in Vicksburg, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Blinn College (Brenham, TX).

High School: Sulphur HS (Sulphur, LA)

Schools: Blinn College (Brenham, TX), McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA)

Debut: May 11, 1997 (Age 23-222d, 17,055th in major league history)
vs. PHI 7.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: July 1, 2007 (Age 33-273d)
vs. CHW 3.2 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: Chris Arnold

Full Name: John Carl Thomson

Pronunciation: \TOM-son\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.3

ERA

4.68

216

212

1270.1

800

WHIP

1.391

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
1993	19	COL-min	Rk	3	5	.375	4.62	11	11	0	0	0	0	50.2	43	40	26	0	31	0	36	3	1	14	228			1.461	7.6	0.0	5.5	6.4	1.16	RKS ARIZ
1994	20	COL-min	A,A+	9	7	.563	3.01	28	23	1	1	1	0	137.2	113	54	46	3	51	2	120	6	1	4	562			1.191	7.4	0.2	3.3	7.8	2.35	AVL,CNV SALL,CALL
1995	21	COL-min	AA	7	8	.467	4.18	26	24	0	0	0	0	131.1	132	69	61	8	56	0	82	2	2	3	572			1.431	9.0	0.5	3.8	5.6	1.46	NHV EL
1996	22	COL-min	AA,AAA	13	11	.542	3.76	27	27	0	1	0	0	167.1	158	80	70	14	53	3	148	5	2	6	694			1.261	8.5	0.8	2.9	8.0	2.79	NHV,CSP EL,PCL
1997	23	COL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.43	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.0	36	18	16	4	14	1	49	0	0	2	169			1.190	7.7	0.9	3.0	10.5	3.50	CSP PCL
1997	23	COL	NL	7	9	.438	4.71	27	27	0	2	1	0	166.1	193	94	87	15	51	0	106	5	0	2	721	110	4.02	1.467	10.4	0.8	2.8	5.7	2.08
1998	24	COL-min	A	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	5	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	1	32			0.667	5.0	0.0	1.0	12.0	12.00	AVL SALL
1998	24	COL	NL	8	11	.421	4.81	26	26	0	2	0	0	161.0	174	86	86	21	49	0	106	2	2	4	680	108	4.47	1.385	9.7	1.2	2.7	5.9	2.16
1999	25	COL-min	AAA,A+	0	3	.000	9.41	6	6	0	1	0	0	22.0	40	27	23	3	8	0	21	0	1	1	108			2.182	16.4	1.2	3.3	8.6	2.63	CSP,SAL PCL,CARL
1999	25	COL	NL	1	10	.091	8.04	14	13	1	1	0	0	62.2	85	62	56	11	36	1	34	1	0	2	305	72	6.10	1.931	12.2	1.6	5.2	4.9	0.94

2000	26	COL-min	Rk,A-	0	1	.000	8.68	4	4	0	0	0	0	9.1	12	9	9	0	5	0	10	0	0	1	46			1.821	11.6	0.0	4.8	9.6	2.00	RKS,POR ARIZ,NORW
2001	27	COL-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.31	12	12	0	0	0	0	68.0	74	29	25	6	13	0	52	1	0	2	285			1.279	9.8	0.8	1.7	6.9	4.00	CSP PCL
2001	27	COL	NL	4	5	.444	4.04	14	14	0	1	1	0	93.2	84	46	42	15	25	3	68	4	0	1	386	132	4.61	1.164	8.1	1.4	2.4	6.5	2.72
2002	28	TOT	NL	9	14	.391	4.71	30	30	0	0	0	0	181.2	201	116	95	28	44	9	107	2	0	2	800	97	4.55	1.349	10.0	1.4	2.2	5.3	2.43
2002	28	COL	NL	7	8	.467	4.88	21	21	0	0	0	0	127.1	136	77	69	21	27	6	76	2	0	2	550	98	4.60	1.280	9.6	1.5	1.9	5.4	2.81
2002	28	NYM	NL	2	6	.250	4.31	9	9	0	0	0	0	54.1	65	39	26	7	17	3	31	0	0	0	250	93	4.43	1.509	10.8	1.2	2.8	5.1	1.82
2003	29	TEX	AL	13	14	.481	4.85	35	35	0	3	1	0	217.0	234	125	117	27	49	2	136	4	0	5	910	104	4.13	1.304	9.7	1.1	2.0	5.6	2.78
2004	30	ATL	NL	14	8	.636	3.72	33	33	0	0	0	0	198.1	210	93	82	20	52	5	133	6	0	3	834	115	3.90	1.321	9.5	0.9	2.4	6.0	2.56
2005	31	ATL-min	AA,A,AAA	1	0	1.000	1.98	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	11	3	3	0	2	0	7	1	0	1	52			0.951	7.2	0.0	1.3	4.6	3.50	MSS,ROM,RMD SOUL,SALL,IL
2005	31	ATL	NL	4	6	.400	4.47	17	17	0	1	0	0	98.2	111	52	49	6	28	2	61	2	0	3	427	95	3.49	1.409	10.1	0.5	2.6	5.6	2.18
2006	32	ATL-min	A,AA	0	1	.000	10.12	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14			2.250	16.9	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00	ROM,MSS SALL,SOUL
2006	32	ATL	NL	2	7	.222	4.82	18	15	1	0	0	0	80.1	93	55	43	11	32	4	46	2	0	1	361	93	5.05	1.556	10.4	1.2	3.6	5.2	1.44
2007	33	TOR-KCR-min	A+,AA,AAA,Rk	3	7	.300	6.30	13	13	0	0	0	0	60.0	75	49	42	10	18	0	49	4	1	3	269			1.550	11.3	1.5	2.7	7.4	2.72	SYR,DUN,WCH,OMA,ROY IL,FLOR,TL,PCL,ARIZ
2007	33	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	13	5	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	46	139	3.52	1.500	11.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
10 Yrs				63	85	.426	4.68	216	212	2	10	3	0	1270.1	1398	734	661	154	369	26	800	28	3	23	5470	104	4.32	1.391	9.9	1.1	2.6	5.7	2.17
162 Game Avg.				10	14	.426	4.68	34	34	0	2	0	0	202	222	117	105	24	59	4	127	4	0	4	869	104	4.32	1.391	9.9	1.1	2.6	5.7	2.17

COL (5 yrs)				27	43	.386	5.01	102	101	1	6	2	0	611.0	672	365	340	83	188	10	390	14	2	11	2642	104	4.56	1.408	9.9	1.2	2.8	5.7	2.07
ATL (3 yrs)				20	21	.488	4.15	68	65	1	1	0	0	377.1	414	200	174	37	112	11	240	10	0	7	1622	104	4.03	1.394	9.9	0.9	2.7	5.7	2.14
KCR (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	13	5	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	46	139	3.52	1.500	11.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
NYM (1 yr)				2	6	.250	4.31	9	9	0	0	0	0	54.1	65	39	26	7	17	3	31	0	0	0	250	93	4.43	1.509	10.8	1.2	2.8	5.1	1.82
TEX (1 yr)				13	14	.481	4.85	35	35	0	3	1	0	217.0	234	125	117	27	49	2	136	4	0	5	910	104	4.13	1.304	9.7	1.1	2.0	5.6	2.78

NL (8 yrs)				49	70	.412	4.66	179	175	2	7	2	0	1042.2	1151	604	540	127	317	24	661	24	2	18	4514	103	4.36	1.408	9.9	1.1	2.7	5.7	2.09
AL (2 yrs)				14	15	.483	4.78	37	37	0	3	1	0	227.2	247	130	121	27	52	2	139	4	1	5	956	105	4.10	1.313	9.8	1.1	2.1	5.5	2.67

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