Justin Thomas #60

Justin Joseph Thomas...Attended Clay High School (Oregon, OH) and Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH)...Originally signed by Mariners scout Ken Madeja...Made Major League debut in 2008 with Seattle and has also pitched in the Majors with Pittsburgh, Boston and New York (AL)...Made Red Sox Opening Day roster in 2012 after entering Spring as a non-roster invite...Marked first career Opening Day roster.

2012

Saw action in the majors with Boston and New York (AL) but spent most of the season with the Triple-A affiliates of the two organizations...was on Boston's Opening Day roster and logged a 7.71 ERA in seven relief appearances...claimed off waivers by the Yankees May 12 and compiled a 9.00 ERA in four relief appearances during a September call-up...combined for an 8.22 ERA in 11 big league appearances overall...allowed a .375 opponents batting average, including .235 (4-for-17) against left-handed hitters compared to .533 (8-for-15) against right-handers...opponents batted .500 with runners in scoring position...allowed 6-of-15 (40.0%) inherited runners to score and has allowed 14-of-30 (46.7%) to score in his career...first batters faced were 4-for-10 (.400) with a walk.

2011

Spent the entire season with Triple-A Indianapolis and paced the International League with a career-high 63 appearances...Also topped the league with 12 holds...Topped Indianapolis with 8 relief wins...Went 8-2 with 3 saves overall, including 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA (2 ER/16.2 IP) over his final 13 outings...Held left-handed opponents to a .188 AVG (19-for-101) while allowing just 1 extra-base hit...Had a 3.55 ERA (10 ER/25.1 IP) in 23 appearances after the All-Star break...Went 2-0 with a 2.40 ERA (4 ER/15.0 IP) and 14 strikeouts in 12 games in August...Tallied a season-high 5 strikeouts on 8/28 at Toledo...Won back-to-back games on 8/28 at Toledo and 8/30 vs. Toledo...Following the season, went 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in 9 games for Caracas of the Venezuelan Winter League.

2010

Spent majority of season with Triple-A Indianapolis, but also had four separate stints with Pittsburgh...Picked up win in first appearance with Indy on 4/18 vs. Toledo (2.1ip/2er)...Tossed season-high 4.0 innings (no runs) and earned first save on 4/27 at Pawtucket...Made nine straight scoreless outings (14.1ip) from 4/26 thru 5/22...Went 2-0 with two saves and a 0.60 ERA (15.0ip/1er) in 12 games during the month of May...Was scored upon just twice and did not walk a batter in 15 appearances with Indianapolis from 5/21 thru 7/15 (17.1ip)...Had contract selected by Pittsburgh on 6/24 and made debut with Pirates on 6/25 at Oakland (1.0ip/2er)...Pitched career-high 3.0 innings and gave up three runs on 7/3 vs. Philadelphia; also struck out while making first Major League plate appearance on 7/3...Was scored upon in three straight games with Bucs and was optioned back to Indy on 7/12...Surrendered seven runs in six Triple- A games (6.1ip) between 7/15-29...Earned fourth and final save on 7/29 at Syracuse...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 8/1 and made four scoreless outings (3.2ip) before being optioned to Indianapolis again on 8/6...Picked up fourth Triple-A victory on 8/14 vs. Syracuse...Was recalled by Pittsburgh a third time on 8/23, made one appearance that night vs. St. Louis (2.0ip/2er) and was optioned back to Indy on 8/28...Made five more appearances at the Triple-A level (6.2ip/1er), winning his fifth game on 9/2 vs. Louisville...Was recalled a fourth and final time on 9/7...Surrendered walkoff home run to Joey Votto in Cincinnati on 9/11 and suffered lone loss with Pirates...Made two scoreless appearances (1.1ip) to end the season and posted a 3.38 ERA (8.0ip/3er) in his final nine games with Pittsburgh.

2009

Spent entire season with Tacoma (Mariners' AAA) - his first used exclusively as a reliever...Ranked first on staff in appearances and second in saves...Earned three saves and was charged with just one earned run in his first 10 outings (9.1ip) thru 5/4...Was scored up in four straight games from 5/6-12 (5.2ip/8er), raising ERA from 0.96 to 5.40...Gave up eight runs over three outings (4.1ip) and lost two games between 5/27 and 6/3...Posted a 0.60 ERA (15.0ip/1er) in 11 appearances during the month of July...Won first game on 7/24 vs. Las Vegas and earned last save on 7/26 vs. Las Vegas...Was charged with just one earned run in 16.0ip over a 12-game stretch from 7/2 thru 8/1, lowering ERA from 6.26 to 4.24...Was scored upon in next three games (1.2ip/7er) thru 8/10...Surrendered just one run in his final 10 appearances (12.0ip - 0.75 ERA)...Picked up second win in last outing on 9/5 vs. Colorado Springs...Was claimed off waivers by Pittsburgh from Seattle on 10/29...Was designated for assignment on 11/20...Cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Indianapolis on 11/30.

2008

Was the only pitcher and one of five players to make their Major League debut with the Mariners in 2008...Selected from Tacoma (AAA) on Sept. 1, making Major League debut that night with perfect 9th inning at Texas (1.0,0,0,0,0,1)...Allowed 4 consecutive batters to reach base safely without recording an out in 3 relief appearances from Sept. 6-15 (3 H, BB)...Recorded first Major League loss on Sept. 20 at Oakland, allowing 1 run on 4 hits in 1.2 innings of work...Split season between West Tennessee (AA) and Tacoma (AAA), combining to go 9-8 with 1 save and a 4.25 ERA (64 ER, 135.2 IP) in 32 games, 18 starts...Set minor league career-highs in innings pitched (135.2) and strikeouts (127), while tying his career-high in wins (9)...finished 2nd among all Mariners farmhands with 127 strikeouts and 9th with a 4.25 ERA...tied for the West Tennessee team lead with 7 wins...Tossed second career complete game shutout June 8 at Huntsville (9.0,5,0,0,0,10)...also set season-high with 10 strikeouts...On the disabled list with a left hand laceration from June 19-28...Tossed at least 5.0 innings in 14 of 17 starts, including tossing 7.0 innings or more on three occasions...Began season in the starting rotation, but moved to the bullpen on July 27...went 5-6 with a 4.80 ERA (53 ER, 99.1 IP) in 17 starts, and 2-1 with a 1.86 ERA (4 ER, 19.1 IP) in 8 relief appearances...Promoted to Tacoma on Aug. 17, appearing in 7 games, 1 start...Recorded first career save on Aug. 24 at Portland...Played for Lara in the Venezuelan Winter League...went 0-0, 3.97 in 12 games (11.1 IP).

2007

Began season on the disabled list with a strained left elbow, April 6-May 2...made 24 starts with AA West Tennessee after being activated from the DL...finished 3rd on the team with 100 strikeouts and 4th with 119.1 innings pitched...allowed 3 hits while walking 2 and striking out 6 in a season-high 8.0 scoreless innings for the win, June 7 vs. Huntsville...struck out at least 5 batters 11 times, including a season-high 7 strikeouts, July 5 at Birmingham and Aug. 5 at Carolina...allowed 3-or-fewer earned runs in 14 starts, while recording 6 quality starts.

2006

Led Seattle farmhands with 14 wins and ranked 2nd with 162 strikeouts while splitting the season between Single-A Wisconsin and High-A Inland Empire...Set career highs in wins, starts (28), innings (166.1) and strikeouts...Began the year with Wisconsin, where he had a 3.10 ERA (21 ER/61.0 IP) in 11 starts before joining the 66ers for a start on 6/9...Threw 7 straight quality starts from 7/24-8/24, going 4-1 with a 14 ER/48.1 IP) in that time...Tossed 1st professional shutout while allowing 4 hits on 8/19 at Rancho Cucamonga.

2005

Began professional career in 18 games (6 starts) with Short-A Everett...Went 2-0 with a 2.76 ERA (9 ER/29.1 IP) and 25 strikeouts in 12 relief appearances.