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Rich Thompson
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #63
- Born
- July 1, 1984 in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
- MLB debut
- September 1, 2007
- dbWAR
- .2 Regular season, 6 season(s)
- IP
- 3.0
- ERA
- 12.00
- FIP
- 6.43
- K/9
- 9.0
- FIP−
- 160 100 = avg
Rich Thompson was a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2012 he struck out 3 batters over 3.0 innings across 3 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 12.00 was 198.9% higher than the league average of 4.01. Stripping out defence, his 6.43 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 28.6% of swings (14.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.8%. His -0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2012 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | LAA/OAK | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12.00 | 6.43 | 2.33 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 299 | 160 | -0.1 | |
| 2011 | LAA | 44 | 0 | 54.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 18 | 56 | 20 | 3.00 | 3.27 | 1.22 | 9.3 | 3.3 | 76 | 83 | 0.7 | |
| 2010 | LAA | 13 | 0 | 19.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 1.37 | 3.49 | 0.81 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 34 | 85 | 0.2 | |
| 2009 | LAA | 13 | 0 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 5.12 | 6.20 | 1.76 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 118 | 143 | -0.3 | |
| 2008 | LAA | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22.50 | 5.13 | 3.00 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 520 | 119 | -0.0 | |
| 2007 | LAA | 7 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 10.80 | 9.69 | 1.95 | 12.1 | 4.0 | 241 | 217 | -0.3 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .429 | .500 | .857 | .573 | 25.0% |
| vs RHB | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .382 | 12.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Rich Thompson throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Cutter | 44 | 86.3 | 1,444 | 43.2% | 26.1% | 11 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 10 | 74.7 | 1,876 | 40.0% | 40.0% | 4 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.