Mark Thompson Notable

b. April 7, 1971 · Colorado Rockies 1994–1998, St. Louis Cardinals 1999–2000

Mark Thompson divided seven seasons between two clubs as a pitcher: the Colorado Rockies from 1994, then the St. Louis Cardinals through 2000.

He went 18 and 24 with a 5.74 earned run average, pitching 337 innings in 94 games. He struck out 198 and threw 1 shutout. Across 94 games he batted .154, with 16 hits and 7 runs. He finished with 1 home run and 4 doubles.

He was born in Russellville, KY, USA on April 7, 1971. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1994	COL	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000
1995	COL	21	13	2	5	0	0	0	0	7	.385
1996	COL	34	58	3	8	3	0	2	1	21	.138
1997	COL	6	11	1	2	1	1	1	0	5	.182
1998	COL	6	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.143
1999	STL	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000
2000	STL	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Career	—	94	104	7	16	4	1	3	1	47	.154

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1994	COL	1	1	2	2	9.0	16	9	8	5	9.00
1995	COL	2	3	21	5	51.0	73	37	22	30	6.53
1996	COL	9	11	34	28	169.2	189	100	74	99	5.30
1997	COL	3	3	6	6	29.2	40	26	13	9	7.89
1998	COL	1	2	6	6	23.1	36	20	12	14	7.71
1999	STL	1	3	5	5	29.1	26	9	17	22	2.76
2000	STL	1	1	20	0	25.0	24	14	15	19	5.04
Career	—	18	24	94	52	337.0	404	215	161	198	5.74

On this day & linked events

1971

Born April 7, 1971

Russellville, KY, USA

1996

Al Leiter's No-Hitter

Al Leiter threw a no-hitter for the Florida Marlins against the Colorado Rockies on May 11, 1996, winning 11–0.