Andre Thornton

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, AL us

High School: Phoenixville HS (Phoenixville, PA)

Schools: Capital University (Bexley, OH), Cheyney University (Cheyney, PA)

Debut: July 28, 1973 (Age 23-349d, 13,393rd in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 31, 1987 (Age 38-018d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Andre Thornton

Nicknames: Thunder

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Pat Kelly

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.2

5291

1342

253

.254

792

RBI

895

OBP

.360

SLG

.452

OPS

.811

OPS+

123

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-36 / in Starts: 30-29
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 256 PAs	30
Actual Runners on Base	184 (94-58-32)
Avg. MLBer w/ 256 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	155 (76-51-26)

Most Driven In
J Orta	9
Self	6
A Bannister	5
M Hargrove	4
R Manning	2
T Veryzer	2
T Harrah	1
M DilonÃ©	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
B DÃaz	5
R Manning	4
J Charboneau	3
T Harrah	2
D Kuiper	1
R Hassey	0

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	760	7 (6)	Apr 20	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	4	1.10	0.063	.66	0.02%	0.65	DH
2	761	8	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.714	1.089	4	1.49	-0.049	.99	-0.02%	-0.39	DH
3	762	10 (1)	Apr 25	CLE		TEX	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.909	1.326	4	.49	0.051	.36	0.02%	1.86	DH
4	763	11	Apr 26	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.438	.800	1.238	4	1.35	0.063	1.04	0.03%	0.14	DH
5	764	12	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.706	1.127	4	1.26	0.008	1.03	0.00%	-0.15	DH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	765	13	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.381	.458	.714	1.173	4	.57	0.179	.49	0.09%	2.86	DH
7	766	14	May 2	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.444	.652	1.097	4	.86	-0.036	.77	-0.02%	-0.20	DH
8	767	15	May 3	CLE		CHW	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.387	.556	.943	4	.60	-0.062	.56	-0.04%	-1.00	DH
9	768	16	May 6	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.343	.484	.827	4	.62	-0.067	.56	-0.04%	-1.35	DH
10	769	18 (1)	May 8	CLE	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.350	.457	.807	4	1.97	-0.109	1.72	-0.06%	-1.05	DH
11	770	19	May 9	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.356	.450	.806	4	2.18	0.174	1.88	0.09%	0.51	DH
12	771	20	May 10	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.340	.422	.762	4	.65	0.082	.59	0.04%	0.59	DH
13	772	21	May 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.315	.388	.703	4	.71	-0.072	.68	-0.04%	-0.71	DH
14	773	22	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.310	.365	.676	4	1.13	-0.144	1.14	-0.09%	-0.92	DH
15	774	23	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG(16)	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.237	.318	.356	.674	4	1.54	-0.200	1.47	-0.12%	-1.04	DH
16	775	24	May 15	CLE		TOR	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.226	.300	.339	.639	4	.92	-0.018	.92	-0.01%	-0.93	DH
17	776	25	May 16	CLE		TOR	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.284	.318	.602	4	1.00	-0.099	1.02	-0.06%	-1.10	DH
18	777	26	May 17 (1)	CLE		TOR	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.269	.300	.569	4	.83	-0.082	.77	-0.05%	-0.91	DH
19	778	27	May 17 (2)	CLE		TOR	W,2-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.189	.256	.284	.540	4	1.89	-0.324	1.89	-0.20%	-2.42	1B
20	779	28	May 18	CLE		CAL	L,2-7	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.276	.295	.571	4	.83	0.034	.84	0.02%	0.56	DH
21	780	29	May 19	CLE		CAL	W,7-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.286	.305	.591	4	.64	0.029	.60	0.02%	-0.19	DH
22	781	30	May 20	CLE		SEA	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.284	.302	.587	4	1.19	-0.041	1.13	-0.02%	-0.36	DH
23	782	31	May 21	CLE		SEA	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.213	.273	.292	.565	4	1.64	-0.080	1.40	-0.04%	-0.76	DH
24	783	32	May 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.282	.286	.567	4	.95	0.028	.97	0.02%	0.12	DH
25	784	33	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.283	.298	.581	4	.76	-0.020	.80	-0.01%	-0.21	DH
26	785	34	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-5	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.279	.286	.565	4	.30	0.020	.31	0.01%	-0.93	DH
27	786	35	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.287	.333	.620	4	1.34	0.170	1.44	0.11%	2.08	DH
28	787	36	May 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.217	.286	.340	.625	4	.61	0.084	.60	0.05%	1.29	DH
29	788	37	May 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.274	.324	.599	4	1.03	-0.140	1.06	-0.09%	-1.81	DH
30	789	38	May 29	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.202	.273	.316	.589	4	.64	0.001	.61	0.00%	0.31	DH
31	790	40 (1)	May 31	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.295	.342	.637	4	.51	0.070	.45	0.04%	1.57	DH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	791	41	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.314	.350	.664	4	1.06	0.096	.97	0.05%	0.76	DH
33	792	42	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.312	.341	.654	4	.90	-0.051	.73	-0.03%	-0.64	DH
34	793	43	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.310	.339	.649	4	.48	-0.012	.37	-0.01%	-0.43	DH
35	794	44	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.309	.336	.645	4	1.17	-0.089	.95	-0.04%	-0.76	DH
36	795	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.312	.338	.650	4	.38	0.076	.25	0.03%	0.13	DH
37	796	46	Jun 6	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.302	.326	.628	4	1.16	-0.196	.80	-0.08%	-2.14	1B
38	797	47	Jun 7	CLE	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.219	.293	.315	.608	4	1.85	-0.318	1.31	-0.14%	-1.97	1B
39	798	48	Jun 8	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.298	.327	.624	4	.63	0.112	.42	0.05%	0.78	1B
40	799	49	Jun 9	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.221	.295	.318	.613	4	.95	-0.106	.54	-0.04%	-0.96	DH
41	800	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.293	.316	.609	4	.99	-0.025	.53	-0.01%	-0.09	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	801	51	Aug 10	CLE		MIL	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.288	.310	.598	4	.71	-0.055	.89	-0.04%	-0.39	DH
43	802	52	Aug 11 (1)	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.289	.311	.599	4	.77	-0.035	.84	-0.02%	-0.24	DH
44	803	53	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.287	.309	.596	8	.06	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.21	PH
45	804	54	Aug 12	CLE		MIL	W,9-4	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.223	.290	.319	.610	4	.82	0.038	.65	0.02%	0.04	DH
46	805	55	Aug 13	CLE		MIL	L,5-8	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.294	.323	.617	4	.58	0.030	.53	0.02%	1.06	PH
47	806	56	Aug 14	CLE		KCR	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.295	.329	.624	4	2.09	-0.055	1.14	-0.02%	-0.17	DH
48	807	58 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		KCR	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.294	.328	.621	4	1.14	-0.081	.40	-0.02%	-0.27	DH
49	808	59	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		KCR	W,8-6	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.227	.289	.324	.613	4	1.17	-0.036	.34	-0.01%	-0.33	DH
50	809	60	Aug 18	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	7-GF	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.296	.354	.650	6	1.08	0.248	.42	0.06%	1.62	PH
51	810	61	Aug 19	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.297	.359	.656	4	1.08	-0.080	.48	-0.02%	-0.89	DH
52	811	62	Aug 20	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.296	.357	.653	4	.57	-0.017	.20	0.00%	-0.22	PH
53	812	63	Aug 21	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-12	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.296	.357	.653	3						1B
54	813	64	Aug 22	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.230	.288	.348	.636	4	1.62	-0.232	.56	-0.05%	-1.81	1B
55	814	65	Aug 23	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.292	.366	.659	6	.91	0.138	.24	0.02%	1.13	1B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	815	80 (14)	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-14	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.235	.290	.362	.653	4	.72	0.035	.43	0.01%	-0.28	1B
57	816	84 (3)	Sep 12	CLE	@	DET	L,9-11	3-GF(12)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.293	.357	.650	7	1.19	-0.176	.96	-0.09%	-0.41	PH 1B
58	817	85	Sep 13	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.296	.365	.661	3	.89	0.057	.47	0.02%	1.16	PH
59	818	87 (1)	Sep 17	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.236	.295	.365	.660	4	1.14	-0.014	.19	0.00%	0.00	DH
60	819	88	Sep 18	CLE		DET	W,8-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.297	.366	.663	4	.95	0.048	.07	0.00%	0.66	DH
61	820	89	Sep 19	CLE		DET	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.296	.364	.660	9	5.99	-0.309	.70	-0.02%	-0.69	PH
62	821	91 (1)	Sep 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.292	.359	.651	6	.99	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.69	DH
63	822	92	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.236	.298	.363	.662	6	.76	0.043	.01	0.00%	0.82	DH
64	823	95 (2)	Sep 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.237	.299	.363	.662	6	1.46	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.50	DH
65	824	97 (1)	Sep 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-10	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.239	.302	.362	.664	6	.93	0.104	.00	0.00%	0.76	DH
66	825	99 (1)	Sep 29	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.302	.376	.678	6	.88	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.69	DH
67	826	100	Oct 2	CLE		BOS	W,11-4	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.302	.376	.678	4						PH
68	827	101	Oct 3	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.306	.375	.681	4	.90	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.10	1B
69	828	103 (1)	Oct 5	CLE		KCR	L,0-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.303	.372	.675	4	1.34	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.68	DH
							33-36		256	226	22	54	12	0	6	30	23	1	37	0	2	5	3	15	3	1	.239	.303	.372	.675		1.04	-1.475	.73	-0.66%	-9.12

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