Michael Wayne Thompson
[edit] Biography
Born on September 6, 1949 in Denver, Colorado, Mike Thompson (Michael Wayne Thompson) played for the Washington Senators, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 4 year career. Thompson broke into the bigs on May 19, 1971 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 4.86 ERA in 66.2 innings pitched in 1971, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1971
| WAS
| A
| 16
| 12
| 1
| 6
| 4.86
| 41
| 39
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 66.2
| 53
| 3
| 54
| 2
| 6
| 3
|
| 1973
| STL
| N
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| STL
| N
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 5.63
| 25
| 24
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 38.1
| 37
| 1
| 35
| 4
| 4
| 2
|
| 1974
| ATL
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| TOT
| N
| 20
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 5.53
| 27
| 26
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42.1
| 44
| 1
| 37
| 4
| 4
| 2
|
| 1975
| ATL
| N
| 16
| 10
| 0
| 6
| 4.70
| 42
| 32
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 51.2
| 60
| 2
| 32
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 38
| 17
| 0
| 9
| 4.87
| 72
| 58
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 98
| 105
| 3
| 74
| 4
| 9
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 16
| 12
| 1
| 6
| 4.86
| 41
| 39
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 66.2
| 53
| 3
| 54
| 2
| 6
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 54
| 29
| 1
| 15
| 4.86
| 113
| 97
| 89
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 164.2
| 158
| 6
| 128
| 6
| 15
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1971
| WAS
| A
| P
| 16
| 12
| 66.2
| 6
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 2
| 1
| .947
|
| 1973
| STL
| N
| P
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1974
| STL
| N
| P
| 19
| 4
| 38.1
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| ATL
| N
| P
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| TOT
| N
| P
| 20
| 5
| 42.1
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1975
| ATL
| N
| P
| 16
| 10
| 51.2
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 54
| 29
| 164.2
| 13
| 27
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 13
| 13
| 1
| .976
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1971
| WAS
| A
| 16
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .250
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| STL
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| STL
| N
| 19
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| ATL
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| TOT
| N
| 20
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| ATL
| N
| 16
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .071
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 38
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .083
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 16
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .250
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 54
| 41
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .098
| .159
| .098
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 28
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
- Selected by Washington Senators in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to St. Louis Cardinals (March 31, 1973) completing trade in which St. Louis Cardinals traded Charlie Hudson and a player to be named later to Texas Rangers in exchange for a player to be named later (February 1, 1973); Texas Rangers received Mike Nagy (March 31, 1973).
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Atlanta Braves (September 10, 1974).
- Traded by Atlanta Braves to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Terry Crowley (April 7, 1976).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Texas Rangers in exchange for Art DeFilippis (November 8, 1976).
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