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American baseball player (born 1980)
Baseball player
Michael Paul Thompson
(born November 6, 1980) is a former
Major League Baseball
pitcher
.
The 6'4 right-hander was selected by the
San Diego Padres
in the 5th round of the
1999 Major League Baseball Draft
. In
2004
, Thompson showed his first signs of serious major league potential with the Double-A
Mobile BayBears
. That season, he went 10?2 with a 3.41
ERA
.
Thompson started the
2006
season with the Triple-A
Portland Beavers
. He was called up to the Padres on May 17,
2006
, defeating the
Arizona Diamondbacks
in his major league debut. Thompson went on to start 15 more games for the big league club in 2006. In
2008
, he played in the
Pittsburgh Pirates
organization and became a free agent at the end of the season.
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