John Thomson (baseball)

John Thomson
Thomson with the Kansas City Royals
Pitcher
Born: (1973-10-01) October 1, 1973 (age 43) Vicksburg, Mississippi
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 11, 1997, for the Colorado Rockies
Last MLB appearance
July 1, 2007, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Win–Loss record	62–84
Earned run average	4.69
Strikeouts	797
Teams
Colorado Rockies (1997–1999, 2001–2002) New York Mets (2002) Texas Rangers (2003) Atlanta Braves (2004–2006) Kansas City Royals (2007)

John Carl Thomson (born October 1, 1973) is a retired starting pitcher who last played for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. He is a 1991 graduate of Sulphur High School in Sulphur, Louisiana. He went undrafted out of high school and pitched for McNeese State University (Lake Charles, Louisiana) in 1992 and Blinn Junior College (Brenham, Texas) in 1993. The Colorado Rockies selected him in the seventh round of the June 1993 amateur draft and he made his major league debut for the Rockies on May 11, 1997.2007 is his eleventh major league season. In addition to the Rockies, he has played for the New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Royals and also pitched in the Toronto Blue Jays organization from April through June 2007. He currently resides in his hometown of Sulphur, LA.

Thomson pitched in the Rockies minor league system for the Arizona Rockies of the Arizona Rookie League in 1993, the Asheville Tourists of the low single-A South Atlantic League (1994), the Central Valley Rockies of the advanced single-A California League (1994), the New Haven Ravens of the double-A Eastern League (1995–1996) and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the triple-A Pacific Coast League (1996–1997).