John Thomson
1997–2007 · bats R / throws R · Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Texas Rangers
214G
.198AVG
.225OBP
.223SLG
More career statistics
63H
0HR
22RBI
0SB
63–85W–L
1,270.1IP
800K
4.68ERA
212GS
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 214 | 216 |
| Pitching · p cg | 9 | 10 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 214 | 381 | 318 | 20 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 133 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 71 | .198 | .225 | .223 | .448 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,270.3 | 216 | 212 | 9 | 63 | 85 | 0 | 1,398 | 734 | 661 | 154 | 369 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 4.68 | 1.391 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 2005-04-30 to 2005-05-16
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1997-09-28 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 12 strikeouts | 2001-10-07 | 1 in 426 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 1998-04-06 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 106 | 179 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 60 | .203 | .190 | .229 |
| Away | 110 | 202 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 73 | .194 | .203 | .218 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | .136 | .182 | .182 |
| May | 43 | 84 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 20 | .215 | .190 | .262 |
| June | 31 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | .209 | .205 | .209 |
| July | 23 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .290 | .278 | .290 |
| August | 42 | 84 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | .167 | .179 | .167 |
| September | 40 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | .200 | .189 | .250 |
| October | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .250 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| florida-marlins | 19 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | .294 | .289 | .294 |
| new-york-mets | 17 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | .118 | .132 | .118 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 15 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | .200 | .216 | .267 |
| san-francisco-giants | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .136 | .130 | .136 |
| san-diego-padres | 13 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | .226 | .200 | .258 |
| montreal-expos | 13 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .207 | .194 | .207 |
| arizona-diamondbacks | 12 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .269 | .250 | .269 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .231 | .278 | .231 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  Colorado Rockies | 27 | 47 | 10 | – | 5 | – | .213 | 166 | 106 |
| 1998 | Colorado Rockies | 26 | 50 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .120 | 161 | 106 |
| 1999 | Colorado Rockies | 14 | 18 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 62 | 34 |
| 2001 | Colorado Rockies | 14 | 29 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .241 | 93 | 68 |
| 2002 | Colorado Rockies, New York Mets | 30 | 52 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .212 | 181 | 107 |
| 2003 |  Texas Rangers | 35 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 217 | 136 |
| 2004 |  Atlanta Braves | 33 | 66 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .197 | 198 | 133 |
| 2005 | Atlanta Braves | 17 | 25 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 98 | 61 |
| 2006 | Atlanta Braves | 18 | 30 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .267 | 80 | 46 |
| 2007 |  Kansas City Royals | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 3 |