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 The 1999 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 2 and 3, 1999. A total of 1474 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds. First round selections ...

. In , 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 season with the Triple-A Portland Beavers. He was called up to the Padres on May 17, , 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 , he played in the

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

organization and became a free agent at the end of the season.

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