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American baseball player (born 1981)

Baseball player
Derek Thompson
Pitcher
Born: (1981-01-08) January 8, 1981 (age 44)
Tampa, Florida
Batted: LeftThrew: Left
MLB debut
May 28, 2005, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
June 23, 2005, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
Win–loss0-0
Earned run average3.50
Strikeouts13
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Derek Rain Thompson (born January 8, 1981) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft and pitched in the Indians minor league system for the Burlington Indians (2000), Columbus Indians (2001–2002) and Kinston Indians (2002). He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 draft on December 16, 2002, and then sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers. For the Dodgers he played for the Jacksonville Suns in 2004 & 2005, appearing in the Southern League All-Star Game in 2004.

Thompson pitched briefly for Triple-A Las Vegas in 2005 before he was called up to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He started 3 games for the Dodgers in 2005. He was released by the Dodgers after the season, and signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics.

See also

References

  1. Athletics sign Thompson

External links

2000 Major League Baseball draft first round selections
Cleveland Guardians first-round draft picks


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