Mark Thurmond

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 180 lb

BornSeptember 12, 1956 · Houston, TX, USA

MLB debutMay 14, 1983

Final gameSeptember 2, 1990

Seasons8 (1983–1990)

San Diego Padres 1983–1985; Detroit Tigers 1986; San Diego Padres 1986; Detroit Tigers 1987; Baltimore Orioles 1988–1989; San Francisco Giants 1990

Percentile snapshot

1984 season — qualified pitchers

25.8

23.7

63.4

82.8

4.3

SHO

174

88.2

95.7

69.9

1.1

81.7

178.7

12.9

ERA

2.97

88.2

WHIP

1.282

58.1

K/9

2.87

2.2

FIP

3.95

32.3

FIP-

110.8

17.2

ERA+

120.0

77.4

sWAR

3.2

59.1

of 94 qualified 1984 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

8.4

84.9

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1983	21	45	37	1	2	1	0	2	6	.054	.103	.081	.184	-58.1	-47.4	.097	2.1
1984	32	68	58	1	11	1	4	3	10	.190	.230	.207	.436	20.3	24.4	.212	3.2
1985	36	45	34	2	3	0	2	1	10	.088	.111	.088	.199	-57.9	-42.9	.098	0.5
1986	43	26	24	0	6	1	6	0	3	.250	.250	.292	.542	44.3	50.7	.248	0.2
1987	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
1988	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2
1989	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8
1990	43	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.7	-100.0	.000	0.7

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1983	21	18	7	3	0	2	0	104	34	33	49	7	115.3	2.65	1.188	3.82	3.52	100.1	132.7	2.1
1984	32	29	14	8	0	1	1	174	59	55	57	12	178.7	2.97	1.282	2.87	3.95	110.8	120.0	3.2
1985	36	23	7	11	2	1	1	154	61	44	57	9	138.3	3.97	1.431	3.71	3.66	103.3	89.3	0.5
1986	42	19	7	8	3	2	1	140	62	44	49	14	122.3	4.56	1.504	3.60	4.53	117.3	84.7	0.2
1987	48	0	0	1	5	0	0	83	29	24	21	5	61.7	4.23	1.735	3.06	4.41	103.0	101.3	0.6
1988	43	6	1	8	3	0	0	80	38	27	29	10	74.7	4.58	1.433	3.50	4.95	126.4	85.5	0.2
1989	49	2	2	4	4	0	0	102	39	17	34	6	90.0	3.90	1.322	3.40	3.56	93.5	97.6	0.8
1990	43	0	2	3	4	0	0	53	21	18	24	6	56.7	3.34	1.253	3.81	4.29	116.5	110.5	0.7

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

315

190

158

RBI

.1392

OBP

.1687

SLG

.1582

OPS

.3269

Pitching

G (P)

314

SHO

838

SO (P)

320

BB allowed

262

ERA

3.685

WHIP

1.3752

K/9

3.44

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
1986-06-08	ATL @ SD Gameday	4	0	2	1	4	3
1983-07-26	SD @ PIT Gameday	3	0	2	1	0	3
1984-07-16	SD @ CHC Gameday	4	0	2	0	1	2
1985-08-23	SD @ NYM Gameday	3	1	2	0	1	2
1986-04-10	SD @ LAD Gameday	3	0	2	0	1	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1985-08-27	SD @ PHI Gameday	7.2	7	0	0	2	8
1985-09-23	SF @ SD Gameday	8.0	6	3	0	1	5
1985-09-29	SD @ ATL Gameday	7.0	7	2	2	3	5
1985-10-04	HOU @ SD Gameday	6.2	7	0	0	2	5
1986-04-14	LAD @ SD Gameday	6.2	6	2	2	2	5

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.