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.

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	CHW		KCR	W,1-0		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 3	CHW		KCR	W,5-2		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	5 (2)	Apr 6	CHW		SEA	W,4-3		3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
4	7 (1)	Apr 9	CHW	@	WSN	L,7-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	10 (2)	Apr 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	12 (1)	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	17 (4)	Apr 20	CHW		MIN	L,1-2		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	19 (1)	Apr 22	CHW		CLE	L,2-3		7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
9	20	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	W,3-2		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	22 (1)	Apr 26	CHW		TBR	W,5-4		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
11	24 (1)	Apr 28	CHW		TBR	L,3-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	26 (1)	May 1	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-2		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
13	27	May 2	CHW	@	TEX	W,3-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	28	May 4	CHW	@	KCR	L,0-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	29	May 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	30	May 6	CHW	@	KCR	W,2-1		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	32 (1)	May 8	CHW	@	NYM	W,6-3		3	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
18	34 (1)	May 11	CHW		LAA	L,2-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	38 (3)	May 15	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-4		4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
20	43 (4)	May 20	CHW		BOS	W,6-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	44	May 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-1		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	46 (1)	May 24	CHW		MIA	W,4-3		5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
23	48 (1)	May 26	CHW		MIA	W,5-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	52 (3)	May 31	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	55 (2)	Jun 3	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-4		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	57 (1)	Jun 5	CHW	@	SEA	W,7-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	58	Jun 6	CHW		OAK	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	61 (2)	Jun 9	CHW		OAK	W,4-2		1	0.1	0	0	1	1	0
29	62	Jun 10	CHW		TOR	W,10-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	63	Jun 11	CHW		TOR	L,5-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	66 (2)	Jun 16	CHW	@	HOU	L,4-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	67	Jun 17	CHW	@	HOU	W,4-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	68	Jun 18	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-7		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	73 (4)	Jun 23	CHW	@	KCR	L,6-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	78 (4)	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	79	Jun 30	CHW		CLE	L,0-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	80	Jul 2	CHW		BAL	W,5-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	81	Jul 3	CHW		BAL	L,2-4		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
39	86 (4)	Jul 8	CHW		CHC	L,2-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
40	89 (2)	Jul 11	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Boston Red Sox
41	97	Jul 14	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-3	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
42	99 (1)	Jul 20	BOS		NYY	L,2-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	100	Jul 21	BOS		NYY	W,8-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	102 (1)	Jul 23	BOS		TBR	W,6-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
45	103	Jul 24	BOS		TBR	L,1-5		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
46	106 (2)	Jul 28	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-0		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	108 (1)	Jul 30	BOS		SEA	W,8-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	109	Jul 31	BOS		SEA	W,5-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	111 (1)	Aug 2	BOS		ARI	L,6-7		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
50	113 (1)	Aug 4	BOS		ARI	W,4-0		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	133 (19)	Aug 27	BOS		BAL	W,13-2		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
52	135 (1)	Aug 29	BOS		BAL	L,2-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	139 (3)	Sep 2	BOS		DET	L,0-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
54	142 (2)	Sep 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
55	144 (1)	Sep 7	BOS	@	NYY	W,13-9		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
56	148 (3)	Sep 12	BOS	@	TBR	L,3-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
57	151 (2)	Sep 15	BOS		NYY	W,9-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	156 (4)	Sep 21	BOS		TOR	L,2-4		5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
59	161 (4)	Sep 28	BOS	@	BAL	L,5-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	162	Sep 29	BOS	@	BAL	L,6-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
							60gm		43.1	3	6	2	11	0