Michael Wayne Thompson (September 6, 1949 – October 9, 2022[1]) was an American right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the big leagues in 1971 and from 1973 to 1975 for the Washington Senators, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves.
Although he allowed only one hit earned run in seven innings, he also walked nine batters and struck out only one.
Thompson also spent time with the Denver Bears in 1971, going 5–3 with a 4.20 ERA in 11 games (nine starts).
On March 31, 1973, he was sent to the Cardinals as the player to be named later in a deal that originally occurred on February 1 of that year.
[2] He played for the Indianapolis Indians in the Reds organization that year, going 5–7 with a 3.97 ERA in 21 games with them.
On November 8, he was traded to the Texas Rangers for minor leaguer Art DeFilippis.