Matt Thornton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-6, 235lb (198cm, 106kg)

Born: September 15, 1976 in Three Rivers, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 27th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Centreville HS (Centreville, MI) and the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI).

High School: Centreville HS (Centreville, MI)

School: Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI)

Debut: June 27, 2004 (Age 27-286d, 18,483rd in major league history)
vs. SDP 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 2, 2016 (Age 39-322d)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Adam Hubble

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Matthew J. Thornton

Nicknames: Thorny

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.4

ERA

3.41

748

662.2

642

WHIP

1.275

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

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2011 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	GF	4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
2	5 (1)	Apr 6	CHW	@	KCR	W,10-7		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	7 (1)	Apr 8	CHW		TBR	L,7-9		8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	10 (2)	Apr 11	CHW		OAK	L,1-2		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	12 (1)	Apr 13	CHW		OAK	L,4-7		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	16 (3)	Apr 18	CHW	@	TBR	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	22 (5)	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	24 (1)	Apr 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2		2	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
9	27 (2)	Apr 29	CHW		BAL	L,4-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	28	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	L,2-6		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	31 (2)	May 3	CHW		MIN	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	33 (1)	May 6	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-3	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	38 (4)	May 11	CHW	@	LAA	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	39	May 13	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	41 (1)	May 15	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	46 (4)	May 20	CHW		LAD	L,4-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	48 (1)	May 22	CHW		LAD	W,8-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	50 (1)	May 24	CHW	@	TEX	W,8-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	54 (3)	May 28	CHW	@	TOR	L,8-9		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	56 (1)	May 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	59 (2)	Jun 3	CHW		DET	W,6-4		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	61 (1)	Jun 5	CHW		DET	L,3-7	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	64 (2)	Jun 8	CHW		SEA	L,4-7		5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
24	66 (1)	Jun 10	CHW		OAK	L,5-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	68 (1)	Jun 12	CHW		OAK	W,5-4		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	70 (1)	Jun 16	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-1		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	72 (1)	Jun 18	CHW	@	ARI	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	75 (2)	Jun 21	CHW		CHC	W,3-2		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	76	Jun 22	CHW		CHC	W,4-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	77	Jun 24	CHW		WSN	L,5-9	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	80 (2)	Jun 28	CHW	@	COL	L,2-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	81	Jun 29	CHW	@	COL	W,3-2		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	84 (2)	Jul 2	CHW	@	CHC	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	92 (7)	Jul 10	CHW		MIN	L,3-6		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	96 (3)	Jul 18	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-2		2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
36	98 (1)	Jul 20	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2		2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
37	99	Jul 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	102 (2)	Jul 26	CHW		DET	L,4-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
39	104 (1)	Jul 29	CHW		BOS	W,3-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	105	Jul 30	CHW		BOS	L,2-10	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	109 (3)	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-18		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	110	Aug 4	CHW		NYY	L,2-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
43	113 (2)	Aug 7	CHW	@	MIN	W,7-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	114	Aug 8	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
45	118 (3)	Aug 12	CHW		KCR	L,1-5	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
46	120 (1)	Aug 14	CHW		KCR	W,6-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	121	Aug 16	CHW		CLE	W,8-7		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	123 (1)	Aug 18	CHW		CLE	L,2-4		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	129 (5)	Aug 26	CHW	@	SEA	W,4-2		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
50	131 (1)	Aug 28	CHW	@	SEA	W,9-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
51	134 (2)	Aug 31	CHW		MIN	L,6-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	138 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
53	140 (1)	Sep 6	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-0		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	142 (1)	Sep 8	CHW		CLE	W,8-1		4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
55	145 (2)	Sep 11	CHW		CLE	L,3-7		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	147 (1)	Sep 13	CHW		DET	L,0-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	150 (2)	Sep 16	CHW	@	KCR	L,6-7	GF	5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
58	154 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
59	157 (2)	Sep 23	CHW		KCR	L,1-11	GF	4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
60	159 (1)	Sep 25	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	160	Sep 26	CHW		TOR	W,4-3		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
62	162 (1)	Sep 28	CHW		TOR	L,2-3		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
							62gm		59.2	5	7	0	12	0