Mark Thurmond

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: September 12, 1956 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 24th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) and the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX).

School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)

Debut: May 14, 1983 (Age 26-244d, 14,732nd in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 2, 1990 (Age 33-355d)
vs. NYM 1.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Mark Anthony Thurmond

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

ERA

3.69

314

837.2

320

WHIP

1.375

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 69 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 3 walk-off, 9 tying, 21 go ahead

4 Tms
SDP	35
BAL	16
DET	12
SFG	6

Platoon
vs RHB	56
vs LHB	13

Home/Road
Home	38
Away	31

Outs
0	29
1	21
2	19

20 Opps
ATL	10
SFG	7
OAK	7
PIT	5
MON	5
NYY	4
KCR	4
CHC	3
DET	3
PHI	3
LAD	3
CHW	3
STL	2
CAL	2
HOU	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
SEA	1

63 Batters
Lonnie Smith	3
Dale Murphy	2
John Russell	2
Mark McGwire	2
Chris Brown	2
Mike Heath	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Barry Bonds	1
Jack Clark	1
Joel Youngblood	1
Rafael Ramírez	1
George Brett	1
Gary Carter	1
Dave Winfield	1
Bill Madlock	1
Bob Boone	1
Rufino Linares	1
Jeff Treadway	1
Brad Komminsk	1
Fred Lynn	1
Keith Moreland	1
Rick Schu	1
Ryne Sandberg	1
Bill Doran	1
Dave Parker	1
Bob Meacham	1
Mickey Tettleton	1
Andre Dawson	1
Harold Reynolds	1
Gerald Perry	1
Mark Bailey	1
Daryl Boston	1
Bob Brenly	1
Jim Presley	1
Tim Raines	1
Danny Tartabull	1
Carney Lansford	1
Ron Hassey	1
Paul Molitor	1
Tony Peña	1
Bobby Ramos	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Pete Incaviglia	1
José Canseco	1
Tim Hulett	1
Greg Brock	1
Bob Melvin	1
Kurt Stillwell	1
Rob Deer	1
Jeffrey Leonard	1
Bobby Bonilla	1
Iván Calderón	1
Paul Householder	1
Jim Morrison	1
Dave Henderson	1
Don Mattingly	1
B.J. Surhoff	1
Ron Cey	1
Lance Parrish	1
Pedro Guerrero	1
Von Hayes	1
Don Slaught	1
Hubie Brooks	1

19 Parks
Qualcomm St (SAN)	21
Tiger Stad (DET)	10
3Com Park (SFO)	6
Memor. Stad (BAL)	6
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	24
9	11
78	5
8	3
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	49
2	5
4	4
3	4
1	3
5	3
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	48
2·HR gms	9
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	12
12-	4
-2-	3
123	1
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

100 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	46
1 on	16
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	23

Inning
1	8
2	10
3	5
4	7
5	4
6	10
7	6
8	9
9	8
Extra	2

1-3	23
4-6	21
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	1
+1	14
Tied	17
-1	9
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	11

Ahead	22
Tied	17
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	49
1-0	5
0-0	3
1-2	2
1-1	2
2-1	2
3-1	2
2-0	2
3-2	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	13
C	12
3B	10
1B	8
RF	7
2B	6
CF	6
DH	3
SS	3
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	15
5th	11
3rd	10
7th	8
6th	7
9th	6
1st	5
2nd	5
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	26
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1983-07-04	Joel Youngblood	SFG	@	SDP	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---		1	3	7	11%	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1983-07-15	Dave Parker	PIT	@	SDP	behind 0-2	t 7	2	1--		2	6	9	30%	44%		Home Run; J. Morrison Scores
3	3	3	2	1983-07-15	Jim Morrison	PIT	@	SDP	tied 2-2	t 9	1	---		1	5	4	39%	84%		Home Run
4	4	4	3	1983-07-15	Tony Peña	PIT	@	SDP	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	---		1	7	2	10%	92%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1983-07-31	Chris Chambliss	ATL	@	SDP	behind 1-5	t 8	2	---		1	5	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1983-09-05	Pedro Guerrero	LAD		SDP	behind 1-5	b 9	0	---		1	4	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1983-09-11	Paul Householder	CIN	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---		1	5	8	12%	73%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1984-04-14	Dale Murphy	ATL	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---		1	3	8	12%	80%		Home Run
9	9	2	1	1984-04-21	Greg Brock	LAD		SDP	behind 2-8	b 6	1	---		1	6	3	2%	3%		Home Run
10	10	3	1	1984-05-14	Gary Carter	MON	@	SDP	tied 1-1	t 3	1	12-		3	5	2	26%	80%		Home Run; T. Raines Scores; A. Dawson Scores
11	11	4	2	1984-05-14	Tim Raines	MON	@	SDP	ahead 4-1	t 4	2	1--		2	3	8	11%	93%		Home Run; T. Francona Scores
12	12	5	1	1984-06-11	Brad Komminsk	ATL	@	SDP	behind 2-3	t 6	1	-2-		2	6	9	29%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Murphy Scores
13	13	6	1	1984-06-28	Lonnie Smith	STL	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
14	14	7	1	1984-07-03	Keith Moreland	CHC	@	SDP	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---		1	4	3	11%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	8	1	1984-08-11	Rufino Linares	ATL		SDP	behind 0-3	b 7	0	---		1	6	7	9%	21%		Home Run
16	16	9	1	1984-08-17	Andre Dawson	MON	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	9	11%	57%		Home Run
17	17	10	1	1984-08-24 (1)	Bobby Ramos	MON		SDP	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---		1	8	2	14%	53%		Home Run
18	18	11	1	1984-09-16	Mark Bailey	HOU		SDP	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---		1	7	2	12%	67%		Home Run
19	19	12	1	1984-09-21	Gerald Perry	ATL	@	SDP	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	---		1	5	3	13%	86%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1985-05-04	Ron Cey	CHC		SDP	behind 0-4	b 3	0	---		1	7	5	7%	23%		Home Run
21	21	2	2	1985-05-04	Ryne Sandberg	CHC		SDP	behind 2-4	b 3	1	1--		2	2	4	20%	53%		Home Run; G. Woods Scores
22	22	3	1	1985-05-27	John Russell	PHI		SDP	behind 1-4	b 2	2	12-		3	9	PH	28%	51%		Home Run; O. Virgil Scores; S. Jeltz Scores
23	23	4	1	1985-06-11	Bill Doran	HOU		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	4	11%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
24	24	5	1	1985-06-16 (1)	Chris Brown	SFG		SDP	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	---		1	7	5	10%	77%		Home Run
25	25	6	1	1985-08-18 (1)	Dale Murphy	ATL	@	SDP	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---		1	3	8	11%	36%		Home Run
26	26	7	1	1985-09-08	John Russell	PHI	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	7	7	12%	58%		Home Run
27	27	8	1	1985-09-18	Bob Brenly	SFG		SDP	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	-2-		2	5	2	16%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Brown Scores/unER; B. Brenly Scores/unER
28	28	9	2	1985-09-18	Rob Deer	SFG		SDP	ahead 3-2	b 2	0	---		1	7	7	10%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1986-04-18	Jeffrey Leonard	SFG		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-		3	4	7	23%	81%		Home Run; D. Gladden Scores; W. Clark Scores
30	30	2	1	1986-05-06	Jack Clark	STL		SDP	behind 1-2	b 6	1	---		1	4	3	20%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	3	1	1986-05-18	Hubie Brooks	MON	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 1	0	123		4	4	6	18%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Raines Scores; M. Webster Scores; A. Dawson Scores
32	32	4	1	1986-06-08	Rafael Ramírez	ATL	@	SDP	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---		1	2	5	11%	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	5	1	1986-06-13	Bill Madlock	LAD	@	SDP	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	-23		3	4	5	12%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Sax Scores; F. Stubbs Scores
34	34	6	1	1986-06-18	Chris Brown	SFG	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	5	11%	61%		Home Run
35	35	7	2	1986-06-18	Bob Melvin	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--		2	7	2	15%	80%		Home Run; B. Brenly Scores
36	36	8	1	1986-07-26	Lonnie Smith	KCR	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	9	2	1986-07-26	George Brett	KCR	@	DET	behind 1-3	t 4	0	1--		2	3	5	19%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); W. Wilson Scores
38	38	10	1	1986-08-12	Daryl Boston	CHW	@	DET	behind 0-6	t 4	0	---		1	2	8	3%	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	11	2	1986-08-12	Tim Hulett	CHW	@	DET	behind 2-6	t 6	2	---		1	5	5	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	12	1	1986-08-19 (1)	Bob Boone	CAL	@	DET	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	--3		2	9	2	18%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Grich Scores/unER; B. Boone Scores/unER
41	41	13	1	1986-08-25	Mickey Tettleton	OAK	@	DET	ahead 7-3	t 5	2	---		1	9	2	5%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	14	1	1986-09-28	Dave Winfield	NYY		DET	ahead 4-1	b 3	0	---		1	5	9	5%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1987-05-03	José Canseco	OAK		DET	ahead 1-0	b 8	1	---		1	4	7	8%	93%		Home Run (LF-CF)
44	44	2	1	1987-05-31 (2)	Tom Brunansky	MIN	@	DET	ahead 10-3	t 8	2	---		1	6	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	3	1	1987-06-10	B.J. Surhoff	MIL	@	DET	tied 5-5	t 10	2	1-3		3	7	2	46%	96%		Home Run (CF-RF); R. Deer Scores; G. Brock Scores
46	46	4	1	1987-07-22	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	DET	ahead 8-0	t 8	0	1--		2	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Canseco Scores
47	47	5	1	1987-08-01	Bob Meacham	NYY		DET	behind 3-10	b 9	2	1--		2	9	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Bonilla Scores/unER; B. Meacham Scores/unER
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1988-04-19	Paul Molitor	MIL		BAL	behind 2-3	b 2	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	1	DH	25%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Sveum Scores; J. Gantner Scores
49	49	2	1	1988-04-24	Kurt Stillwell	KCR		BAL	tied 0-0	b 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	6	16%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF Line)
50	50	3	2	1988-04-24	Danny Tartabull	KCR		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	9	16%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Brett Scores
51	51	4	1	1988-04-30	Iván Calderón	CHW		BAL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	5,(2-2) BSBFX	1	4	9	11%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	5	1	1988-05-10	Pete Incaviglia	TEX		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	3,(1-1) FBX	2	4	7	18%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Sierra Scores
53	53	6	1	1988-08-17	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	BAL	ahead 7-3	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	3	3%	96%		Home Run
54	54	7	1	1988-09-02	Harold Reynolds	SEA		BAL	ahead 2-1	b 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	2	4	11%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	8	1	1988-09-16	Fred Lynn	DET		BAL	behind 6-7	b 9	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	7	68%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Salazar Scores
56	56	9	1	1988-09-21	Don Slaught	NYY		BAL	tied 2-2	b 12	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	10	1	1988-09-29	Don Mattingly	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 4-1	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	3	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1989-04-27	Dave Henderson	OAK		BAL	behind 1-3	b 5	1	---	4,(1-2) CSBX	1	3	8	13%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
59	59	2	2	1989-04-27	Carney Lansford	OAK		BAL	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	19%	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
60	60	3	1	1989-06-16 (1)	Ron Hassey	OAK	@	BAL	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	1--	7,(3-2) BBFFFBX	2	5	2	13%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. McGwire Scores
61	61	4	1	1989-06-30	Mike Heath	DET	@	BAL	ahead 6-5	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	9	2	12%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
62	62	5	1	1989-07-03	Rick Schu	DET	@	BAL	behind 3-11	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	4	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
63	63	6	1	1989-07-13	Lance Parrish	CAL	@	BAL	tied 5-5	t 6	0	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	8	2	17%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1990-05-25	Barry Bonds	PIT		SFG	behind 6-9	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	5	7	8%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
65	65	2	1	1990-06-08	Jeff Treadway	ATL		SFG	behind 6-16	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
66	66	3	2	1990-06-08	Lonnie Smith	ATL		SFG	behind 7-19	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
67	67	4	1	1990-06-15	Jim Presley	ATL	@	SFG	behind 1-8	t 9	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	4	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
68	68	5	1	1990-06-30	Bobby Bonilla	PIT	@	SFG	behind 2-3	t 8	0	1--		2	4	9	44%	76%		Home Run; A. Van Slyke Scores
69	69	6	1	1990-08-16	Von Hayes	PHI		SFG	tied 4-4	b 9	1	1--		2	3	7	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); D. Daulton Scores

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ATL	10
SFG	7
OAK	7
PIT	5
MON	5
NYY	4
KCR	4
CHC	3
DET	3
PHI	3
LAD	3
CHW	3
STL	2
CAL	2
HOU	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
SEA	1

ATL	10
SFG	7
OAK	7
PIT	5
MON	5
NYY	4
KCR	4
CHC	3
DET	3
PHI	3
LAD	3
CHW	3
STL	2
CAL	2
HOU	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
SEA	1

ATL	10
SFG	7
OAK	7
PIT	5
MON	5
NYY	4
KCR	4
CHC	3
DET	3
PHI	3
LAD	3
CHW	3
STL	2
CAL	2
HOU	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
SEA	1