Jake Thompson
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| Jake Thompson | |||
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| Born: January 31, 1994 Rockwall, Texas |
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Jacob Keith Thompson (born January 31, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
Career
Thompson attended Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Texas.[1] He committed to attend Texas Christian University (TCU) on a college baseball scholarship to play for the TCU Horned Frogs baseball team.[2] However, the Detroit Tigers selected Thompson in the second round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft,[3][4] and he signed with the Tigers. He made his professional debut for the Gulf Coast Tigers of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League, recording six strikeouts over four innings with one hit allowed.[5] He finished his first season 1–2 with a 1.91 earned run average (ERA) and 31 strikeouts over 28 1⁄3 innings in seven starts.
Thompson played the 2013 season with the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Class A Midwest League.[6] He pitched in 17 games with 16 starts, going 3–3 with a 3.13 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 83 1⁄3 innings. He started the 2014 season with the Lakeland Flying Tigers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League..[7] In July, Thompson played in the All-Star Futures Game, and was promoted to the Erie SeaWolves of the Class AA Eastern League.[8]
On July 23, 2014, the Tigers traded Thompson and Corey Knebel to the Texas Rangers in exchange for reliever Joakim Soria.[9] The Rangers assigned Thompson to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Class AA Texas League.[2]
On July 31, 2015, Thompson was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies along with Nick Williams, Jorge Alfaro, Alec Asher, Matt Harrison, and Jerad Eickhoff in exchange for Cole Hamels and Jake Diekman.[10] Thompson pitched for the Reading Fightin Phils of the Class AA Eastern League.[11]
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Rockwall County, Texas
- Sportspeople from the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
- Baseball players from Texas
- All-Star Futures Game players
- Gulf Coast Tigers players
- West Michigan Whitecaps players
- Lakeland Flying Tigers players
- Erie SeaWolves players
- Frisco RoughRiders players
- Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Reading Fightin Phils players
