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JAKE THOMPSON # 48
BORN: JAN. 31, 1994 OPENING DAY AGE: 26
BIRTHPLACE: DALLAS, TX RESIDES: DALLAS, TX
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 139 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SIGNED MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACT, DEC. 18, 2019
MARRIED: SARAH WHEELER, DEC. 28, 2017

RHP HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 225 BATS: R THROWS: R

NON-ROSTER INVITEE
THOMPSON’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2012— Tigers (GCL) 1-2 1.91 7 7 0 0 0 0 28.1 14 6 6 1 1 10 0 31 3 1 .149
2013— West Michigan 3-3 3 .13 17 16 0 0 0 0 83 .1 79 38 29 4 11 32 0 91 4 0 .244
2014— Lakeland 6-4 3 .14 16 16 0 0 0 0 83 75 31 29 3 7 25 0 79 4 1 .244
Erie 1-0 2 .45 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 10 3 3 0 1 4 0 7 2 0 .238
Frisco 3-1 3 .28 7 6 0 0 0 0 35 .2 28 13 13 3 1 18 0 44 1 0 .219
2015— Frisco 6-6 4 .72 17 17 1 0 0 0 87 .2 94 51 46 7 7 30 0 78 5 0 .272
Reading 5-1 1 .80 7 7 0 0 0 0 45 33 9 9 3 0 12 0 34 2 0 .217
2016— Lehigh Valley 11-5 2 .50 21 21 0 0 0 0 129 .2 105 44 36 10 6 37 1 87 5 0 .225
PHILADELPHIA 3-6 5 .70 10 10 0 0 0 0 53 .2 53 34 34 10 4 28 1 32 4 0 .265
2017— Lehigh Valley 5-14 5 .25 22 22 0 0 0 0 118 .1 136 83 69 12 3 47 1 90 9 0 .293
PHILADELPHIA 3-2 3 .88 11 8 0 1 0 0 46 .1 50 27 20 9 5 22 0 35 1 0 .276
2018—PHILADELPHIA 1-0 4 .96 9 0 0 6 0 2 16 .1 14 10 9 1 0 11 2 14 1 0 .230 Thompson
Lehigh Valley 1-2 4 .60 28 4 0 5 0 2 47 41 25 24 5 2 26 0 49 8 0 .244
Colo . Springs 0-0 1 .69 5 0 0 1 0 1 5 .1 6 1 1 0 1 3 0 6 1 0 .286
2019— Lotte (S. Korea) 2-3 4.74 11 11 1 0 1 0 62.2 54 35 33 4 5 23 0 60 8 0 .223
Lakeland 4-0 1 .90 6 4 0 1 0 0 23 .2 19 7 5 1 0 11 0 21 5 0 .211
Erie 1-0 2 .25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 13 1 0 .154
MAJOR TOTALS 7-8 4.87 30 18 0 7 0 2 116.1 117 71 63 20 9 61 3 81 6 0 .265
MINOR TOTALS 47-38 3.47 156 123 1 7 0 3 706 644 313 272 50 40 256 2 630 50 2 .245
S. KOREA TOTALS 2-3 4.74 11 11 1 0 1 0 62.2 54 35 33 4 5 23 0 60 8 0 .223
◆ Jacob Keith Thompson...On Twitter: @jthomp15...Originally signed by Tigers scout Tim Grieve.
◆ 2020 marks first season with Angels after signing a minor league contract Dec. 18, 2019.
◆ In MLB career, has pitched in 30 games (18 starts) across parts of three seasons (2016-18) with Phillies . . .In MiLB
career, started 123 of 156 games, owning a 47-38 record and 3.47 ERA (706 IP - 262 ER).
◆ Began 2019 with Lotte of KBO, South Korea’s highest pro baseball league...Signed minor league contract with
Tigers, the organization that originally drafted him in 2012 (second round)...Made seven appearances (5 GS)
between A.-Adv. Lakeland and Double-A Erie, posted a 5-0 record with a 1.99 ERA (31.2 IP - 7 ER), 1.11 WHIP, .198
BAA (23/116) and 34 SO.
◆ Made nine appearances for Phillies in 2018 for Phillies, (his most recent MLB experience), and spent majority of
season in Triple-A between Lehigh Valley and Colorado Springs .
◆ In 2017, had four stints with Phillies...Posted a 3.27 ERA (41.1 IP - 15 ER) in his eight starts, the lowest ERA by a
Phillies starter with at least five starts that season...Allowed one-or-fewer runs in five of eight starts, the third-
most such starts among Phillies starters...Tossed 5.0 scoreless IP on July 28 vs. Atlanta for his first scoreless MLB
start...Held left-handed hitters to a .219 BA (14-for-64) with just one HR in 77 plate appearances.
◆ Began 2016 with Triple-A Lehigh Valley...Named International League Most Valuable Pitcher and led league in ERA
(2.50) and T-1st in wins (11)...Phillies MiLB Pitcher of the Month in June (3-0, 0.76 ERA, 35.1 IP, 3 ER, 26 H, 8 BB,
18 SO)...Won final eight decisions and allowed just one HR in final seven starts (45.1 IP)...Named Triple-A All-Star
by Baseball America and International League Post-Season All-Star...Made MLB debut with Phillies Aug. 6 at San
Diego (L; 4.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, HB, SO) and collected his first MLB hit (infield single)...Picked up first MLB win
Aug. 12 vs. Colorado (5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 6 SO)...Posted 3.41 ERA (34.1 IP - 13 ER) over his final six starts.
◆ In 2015, named Texas League Mid-Season All-Star with Double-A Frisco...Traded by Rangers to Phillies on July
31 with C Jorge Alfaro, RHP Alec Asher, RHP Jerad Eickhoff, LHP Matt Harrison and OF Nick Williams for LHP Cole
Hamels, LHP Jake Diekman and cash considerations...After trade, went 5-1 in seven starts (45 IP) for Double-A
Reading...Named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week 8/31-9/7...Went 2-0, 0.56 ERA in two playoff starts,
including a shutout in Divisional Series Sept. 11 at Binghamton (9 IP, 3 H, BB, 8 SO)...Following season, ranked as
Phillies No. 3 prospect by Baseball America .
◆ Entered 2014 ranked as Tigers No. 4 prospect by MLB.com...Selected to 2014 All-Star Futures Game, where he
earned the win for Team USA (0.2 IP, 2 SO) at Target Field...Mid-Season All-Star for Lakeland...Traded from Tigers to
Rangers July 23 with RHP Corey Knebel for RHP Joakim Soria...Finished year as No. 8 Texas prospect, per MLB.com.
◆ Named a First-Team All-American his senior season at Rockwall-Heath High School (TX) afer going 12-3 with a 1.90
ERA and batting .504 (66-131) with 17 2B, 3B, 15 HR and 58 RBI.
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