Justin Thompson
[edit] Biography
Born on March 8, 1973 in San Antonio, Texas, Justin Thompson (Justin Willard Thompson) played for the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers over the course of his 5 year career. Thompson broke into the bigs on May 27, 1996 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.58 ERA in 59 innings pitched in 1996, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Justin Thompson's best season was 1997, when he posted a 3.02 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 151 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1996
| DET
| A
| 11
| 11
| 1
| 6
| 4.58
| 44
| 35
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 62
| 7
| 31
| 2
| 1
| 2
|
| 1997
| DET
| A
| 32
| 32
| 15
| 11
| 3.02
| 151
| 82
| 75
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 223.1
| 188
| 20
| 66
| 1
| 4
| 2
|
| 1998
| DET
| A
| 34
| 34
| 11
| 15
| 4.05
| 149
| 114
| 100
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 222
| 227
| 20
| 79
| 4
| 4
| 2
|
| 1999
| DET
| A
| 24
| 24
| 9
| 11
| 5.11
| 83
| 85
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 142.2
| 152
| 24
| 59
| 1
| 2
| 4
|
| 2005
| TEX
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21.60
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.2
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 103
| 101
| 36
| 43
| 4.02
| 428
| 320
| 290
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 648.2
| 633
| 73
| 235
| 8
| 11
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1996
| DET
| A
| P
| 11
| 11
| 59
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| DET
| A
| P
| 32
| 32
| 223.1
| 11
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 11
| 7
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| DET
| A
| P
| 34
| 34
| 222
| 6
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 21
| 16
| 8
| 1.000
|
| 1999
| DET
| A
| P
| 24
| 24
| 142.2
| 5
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 6
| 3
| .941
|
| 2005
| TEX
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 1.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 103
| 101
| 648.2
| 24
| 90
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 6
| 55
| 38
| 19
| .991
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1996
| DET
| A
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| DET
| A
| 32
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| DET
| A
| 34
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| DET
| A
| 24
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| TEX
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 103
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .071
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (32nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed June 25, 1991).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler and Alan Webb to Texas Rangers in exchange for Juan Gonzalez, Danny Patterson and Greg Zaun (November 2, 1999).
- Granted free agency (December 21, 2001).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (February 14, 2002).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2003).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (January 7, 2004).
- Granted free agency (October 10, 2005).
- Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (January 1, 2006).
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