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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 13 (2)	CHC		MON	L,3-13	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
2	7 (1)	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	W,18-9	GF	21	4.0	3	0	2	5	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	29 (21)	May 15	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	51	13.0	15	4	0	19	1	1B
4	30	May 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
5	31	May 17	CHC	@	STL	L,8-9		3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 1B
6	38 (6)	May 25	CHC		STL	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
7	40 (1)	May 27	CHC		SFG	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	45 (4)	Jun 2	CHC		LAD	W,7-6	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
9	46	Jun 4	CHC	@	SDP	L,5-6	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
10	48 (1)	Jun 6	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
11	49	Jun 7	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
12	50	Jun 8	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
13	52 (1)	Jun 11	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-4	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
14	53	Jun 12	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-1	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
15	55 (1)	Jun 14	CHC		HOU	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
16	58 (2)	Jun 17	CHC		SDP	L,5-7	GS	46	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
17	60 (1)	Jun 19	CHC		SDP	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
18	61	Jun 20	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
19	62	Jun 21	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
20	63	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
21	64	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
22	65	Jun 24	CHC		NYM	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	74 (8)	Jul 2	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
24	76 (1)	Jul 4	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
25	77	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		ATL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
26	78	Jul 5 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
27	79	Jul 6	CHC		ATL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
28	80	Jul 7	CHC		ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
29	81	Jul 9	CHC		CIN	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
30	82	Jul 10	CHC		CIN	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
31	83	Jul 11	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
32	85 (1)	Jul 13	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
33	86	Jul 14	CHC	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	52	11.1	16	1	0	17	0	1B
34	87	Jul 15	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
35	88	Jul 16	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	12	2	1	15	1	1B
36	90 (1)	Jul 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
37	91	Jul 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
38	92	Jul 20	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
39	93	Jul 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	33	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
40	94	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
41	95	Jul 26	CHC		PHI	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
42	96	Jul 27	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
43	97	Jul 28	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
44	98	Jul 29	CHC		STL	L,4-11	GS	16	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
45	99	Jul 30	CHC		MON	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	104 (4)	Aug 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
47	105	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
48	106	Aug 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
49	107	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
50	108	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
51	109	Aug 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
52	110	Aug 9	CHC		SFG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
53	111	Aug 11 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	12	0	1	13	2	1B
54	112	Aug 11 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
55	113	Aug 13	CHC		HOU	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
56	114	Aug 14	CHC		HOU	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
57	115	Aug 15	CHC		HOU	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
58	116	Aug 16	CHC		SDP	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
59	117	Aug 17	CHC		SDP	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
60	118	Aug 18	CHC		SDP	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
61	119	Aug 19	CHC		LAD	L,7-8	CG	55	12.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
62	120	Aug 20	CHC		LAD	L,8-18	CG	53	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
63	121	Aug 21	CHC		LAD	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
64	122	Aug 23	CHC	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	1B
65	123	Aug 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
66	124	Aug 25	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
67	125	Aug 27	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
68	126	Aug 28	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-7	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B 1B
69	128 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	46	12.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
70	129	Aug 30 (2)	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	130	Sep 1	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
72	131	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
73	132	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,4-11	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
74	133	Sep 4	CHC		NYM	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
75	136 (2)	Sep 7	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
76	138 (1)	Sep 9	CHC		PIT	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
77	139	Sep 10	CHC		PIT	L,4-12	CG	50	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
78	140	Sep 11 (1)	CHC	@	MON	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
79	142 (1)	Sep 12	CHC	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
80	143	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
81	144	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
82	145	Sep 14	CHC	@	NYM	W,12-0	GS	25	7.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
83	146	Sep 15	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	4	0	10	0	1B
84	147	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
85	148	Sep 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
86	149	Sep 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
87	150	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
88	151	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	W,19-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
89	152	Sep 22	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	10	1	0	11	1	1B
							91gm		707.0	760	70	7	837	61