John Thomson

Full Name: John Carl Thomson Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/175 First Game: May 11, 1997 Birthdate: October 1, 1973 MLB Experience: 9 years Birthplace: Vicksburg, Mississippi Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on October 1, 1973 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, John Thomson (John Carl Thomson) played for the Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 9 year career. Thomson broke into the bigs on May 11, 1997 with the Colorado Rockies, and put up a 4.71 ERA in 166.1 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Thomson's best season was 2004, when he posted a 3.72 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 133 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1997	COL	N	27	27	7	9	4.71	106	94	87	2	1	0	166.1	193	15	51	0	2	5
1998	COL	N	26	26	8	11	4.81	106	86	86	2	0	0	161	174	21	49	0	4	2
1999	COL	N	14	13	1	10	8.04	34	62	56	1	0	0	62.2	85	11	36	1	2	1
2001	COL	N	14	14	4	5	4.04	68	46	42	1	1	0	93.2	84	15	25	3	1	4
2002	NY	N	9	9	2	6	4.31	31	39	26	0	0	0	54.1	65	7	17	3	0	0
2002	COL	N	21	21	7	8	4.88	76	77	69	0	0	0	127.1	136	21	27	6	2	2
2002	TOT	N	30	30	9	14	4.71	107	116	95	0	0	0	181.2	201	28	44	9	2	2
2003	TEX	A	35	35	13	14	4.85	136	125	117	3	1	0	217	234	27	49	2	5	4
2004	ATL	N	33	33	14	8	3.72	133	93	82	0	0	0	198.1	210	20	52	5	3	6
2005	ATL	N	17	17	4	6	4.47	61	52	49	1	0	0	98.2	111	6	28	2	3	2
2006	ATL	N	18	15	2	7	4.82	46	55	43	0	0	0	80.1	93	11	32	4	1	2
2007	KC	A	2	2	1	1	3.38	3	5	4	0	0	0	10.2	13	0	3	0	0	0
Total	NL		179	175	49	70	4.66	661	604	540	7	2	0	1042.2	1151	127	317	24	18	24
Total	AL		37	37	14	15	4.78	139	130	121	3	1	0	227.2	247	27	52	2	5	4
Total			216	212	63	85	4.68	800	734	661	10	3	0	1270.1	1398	154	369	26	23	28

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1997	COL	N	P	27	27	166.1	9	24	2	2	0	1	15	8	0	.943
1998	COL	N	P	26	26	161	15	15	0	3	0	1	10	3	1	1.000
1999	COL	N	P	14	13	62.2	9	10	0	1	0	1	7	2	0	1.000
2001	COL	N	P	14	14	93.2	17	8	1	3	0	1	6	0	0	.962
2002	NY	N	P	9	9	54.1	4	13	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	.944
2002	COL	N	P	21	21	127.1	16	22	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	1.000
2002	TOT	N	P	30	30	181.2	20	35	1	0	0	0	19	4	0	.982
2003	TEX	A	P	35	35	217	17	36	2	2	0	2	13	4	0	.964
2004	ATL	N	P	33	33	198.1	12	27	1	2	0	2	14	4	1	.975
2005	ATL	N	P	17	17	98.2	6	14	0	2	0	0	9	6	1	1.000
2006	ATL	N	P	18	15	80.1	7	16	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	1.000
2007	KC	A	P	2	2	10.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	216	212	1270.1	113	186	7	15	0	8	105	35	3	.977

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1997	COL	N	27	47	2	10	0	5	.213	.245	.213	0	0	2	23	0	6	0	0	0
1998	COL	N	26	50	4	6	0	2	.120	.148	.120	0	0	2	23	0	9	0	0	1
1999	COL	N	14	18	1	3	0	1	.167	.250	.222	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0
2001	COL	N	14	29	3	7	0	1	.241	.267	.310	0	1	1	15	0	6	0	0	0
2002	NY	N	9	18	2	5	0	1	.278	.316	.278	0	0	1	7	0	3	0	0	0
2002	COL	N	21	34	2	6	0	2	.176	.216	.176	0	0	2	12	0	3	0	0	0
2002	TOT	N	30	52	4	11	0	3	.212	.250	.212	0	0	3	19	0	6	0	0	0
2003	TEX	A	35	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	ATL	N	33	66	3	13	0	4	.197	.197	.212	1	0	0	24	0	10	0	0	2
2005	ATL	N	17	25	2	5	0	2	.200	.259	.280	2	0	2	12	0	9	0	0	0
2006	ATL	N	18	30	1	8	0	4	.267	.267	.333	2	0	0	10	0	2	0	0	0
2007	KC	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		179	317	20	63	0	22	.199	.226	.224	6	1	12	133	0	48	0	0	3
Total	AL		37	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			216	318	20	63	0	22	.198	.225	.223	6	1	12	133	0	48	0	0	3

Transactions

• Selected by Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed June 9, 1993).
• Traded by Colorado Rockies with Mark Little to New York Mets in exchange for Jay Payton, Mark Corey and Robert Stratton (July 31, 2002).
• Granted free agency (December 21, 2002).
• Signed by Texas Rangers (January 3, 2003).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2003).
• Signed by Atlanta Braves (December 10, 2003).
• Granted free agency (November 2, 2006).