John Thomson ERA in 2002
4.712002 Regular Season
John Thomson posted a 4.71 ERA in the 2002 regular season.
| ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |||
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| Sep 27, 2002 |  vs ATL | L 3-1 | 4.71 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Sep 20, 2002 |  vs WSH | L 6-1 | 4.74 | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep 13, 2002 | @ WSH | L 11-8 | 4.72 | 4.0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Sep 8, 2002 |  @ PHI | W 11-3 | 4.67 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 3, 2002 |  vs MIA | L 3-2 F/12 | 4.65 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Aug 27, 2002 | @ MIA | W 10-5 | 4.80 | 8.1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Aug 21, 2002 |  @ SF | L 3-1 | 4.77 | 7.1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aug 15, 2002 |  vs SD | L 5-3 | 4.89 | 4.2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Aug 3, 2002 |  vs ARI | L 9-2 | 4.86 | 6.0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Jul 23, 2002 | @ ARI | L 8-5 | 4.88 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Jul 18, 2002 | vs ARI | W 6-4 | 4.78 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jul 13, 2002 | @ SF | L 6-1 | 4.87 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jul 6, 2002 | vs SD | W 3-2 | 4.85 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Jun 30, 2002 |  @ SEA | W 4-3 | 5.00 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jun 25, 2002 |  @ LAD | L 4-0 | 5.03 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jun 20, 2002 |  vs NYY | W 14-11 F/10 | 5.12 | 5.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Jun 14, 2002 |  vs CLE | L 5-3 | 4.69 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Jun 8, 2002 |  @ TOR | L 3-1 | 4.54 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jun 2, 2002 | @ SF | L 9-2 | 4.60 | 4.1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| May 28, 2002 | @ SD | W 3-2 F/12 | 3.86 | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| May 23, 2002 | vs SD | W 16-3 | 4.00 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| May 17, 2002 | vs ATL | L 4-2 | 4.18 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| May 12, 2002 |  @ NYM | W 4-3 F/13 | 4.04 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | @ WSH | W 5-3 | 4.50 | 5.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| May 2, 2002 |  vs PIT | W 7-2 | 4.46 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Apr 26, 2002 | vs PHI | W 4-1 | 4.91 | 7.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 2002 | @ ARI | L 9-8 | 6.14 | 2.1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 14, 2002 | vs ARI | L 6-3 | 4.12 | 6.2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Apr 9, 2002 |  vs HOU | W 10-5 | 4.15 | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Apr 4, 2002 |  @ STL | W 6-1 | 1.29 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
- 5th-best of John Thomson's 10 seasons on file; the best is 3.38 in 2007.
- Up 0.67 from 4.04 in 2001.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on October 27, 2026.