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#12 Thompson, Rich, OF

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Position: OF
Date of Birth: 04/23/1979
Height: 6' 3"   Weight: 185 lbs
Bats: L
Throws: R
Resides: Montrose, PA

Biography:

WENT TO SPRING TRAINING WITH BOSTON... PRIOR TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Toronto in the 6th round of 2000 draft...Traded to Pittsburgh for RHP John Wasdin, 7/8/03... Selected by San Diego from Pirates in Rule 5 major league draft, 12/15/03... Traded by San Diego to Kansas City for RHP Jason Szuminski and cash, 12/15/03... Returned by Kansas City to Pittsburgh, 4/29/04... Signed by Arizona as a minor league free agent 10/6/06... Signed by Boston as a minor league free agent 1/13/08... Madison University from 1998-2000...earned the team’s Most Valuable Player honors and was named Second-Team All-Colonial Athletic Association... All-Star Game with Indianapolis... Led the Southern League in R (109) and AB (554) in 2002... Ranked 2nd among Florida State League hitters in AVG (.311), R (90) and SB (39) in 2001... over a 21-game stretch from April 24-May 20 for Triple-A Tucson...went 25-for-65 (.323) in 24 games from June 24-July 23...had a season-high 8-game hitting streak from August 15-23 during which he went 14-for-37 (.378)...

 

Career Statistics »

Year League Club GP AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
2008 Eastern Reading 3 .300 10 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
2008 International Lehigh Valley 97 .264 352 41 93 18 5 4 42 39 72 25
2009 Lehigh Valley IronPigs Roster »
7 Anderson, Jason P
43 Bisenius, Joe P
35 Mazone, Brian P
18 Carpenter, Drew P
38 Kendrick, Kyle P
13 Lopez, Rodrigo P
27 Majewski, Gary P
30 Woods, Jake P
40 Register, Steven P
41 Chacin, Gustavo P
10 Savery, Joe P
44 Gradoville, Tim C
2 Gosewisch, Tuffy C
22 Cervenak, Mike IF
28 Tracy, Andy 1B
3 Furmaniak, J.J. IF
11 Velandia, Jorge IF
21 Newhan, David IF
12 Thompson, Rich OF
7 Ellison, Jason OF
15 Mayberry, John OF
48 Milner, Gus RF
33 Taylor, Michael OF

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