John Thomson  
Starting Pitcher | Milwaukee Brewers

Pitching
The key to Thomson's success always has been his ability to keep hitters off balance by changing speeds and spotting his pitches. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. Thomson also has a decent changeup. Because he can't overpower hitters, Thomson has to fool them instead. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
With a decent slide step and his constant attention to the running game, Thomson limits the damage done by basestealers. He fields both bunts and slow groundballs in front of the plate equally well. Thomson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Thomson has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 STL 65 74 69 53 56 51 53 52 49 50 48 0 0 74 0 0 23 2 Overhand Active 0 1 11 60 296
1999 ST. L. 66 74 92 56 56 51 53 52 49 50 48 0 0 74 0 0 24 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 327
2000 ST. L. 66 76 97 65 56 51 53 52 49 54 53 0 0 74 0 0 25 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 354
2001 ST. L. 66 76 97 68 56 51 53 52 49 58 56 0 0 81 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 373
2002 BOS 66 76 97 63 56 51 53 52 49 60 58 0 0 85 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 56 377
2003 BOS 65 76 97 71 56 51 53 52 49 60 58 0 0 85 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 383
2004 BOS 66 76 97 74 56 51 53 52 49 60 59 0 0 85 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 387
2005 BOS 66 76 97 79 56 51 53 52 49 60 59 0 0 88 0 0 30 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 74 395
2006 BOS 66 76 97 81 56 51 53 52 49 60 59 0 0 88 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 90 396
2007 BOS 66 76 97 83 56 51 53 52 49 60 59 0 0 88 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 93 397
2008 BAL 66 76 97 83 56 51 53 52 49 61 60 0 0 88 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 93 398
2009 BAL 66 75 97 83 56 51 53 52 49 62 60 0 0 89 0 0 34 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 93 399
2010 MIL 65 76 97 83 56 51 53 52 49 62 61 0 0 90 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 92 402
Ratings Delta   -1 +1                 +1     +1       +1           -1 +3
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.