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

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Team Record in Appearances: 1-5

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2008	ALDS g2	Oct 3	CHW	@	TBR	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.13	2	8	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.017	2.98	-0.15%	-0.76	8b 1-- 2 out d3	8b end d 4
2	2008	ALDS g3	Oct 5	CHW		TBR	W,5-3	8-8	H(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.88	4	14	9	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.081	11.30	0.46%	0.56	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a2
3	2008	ALDS g4	Oct 6	CHW		TBR	L,2-6	7-8		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.73	8	42	27	3	6	2	4	1	1	0		1	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.41	0.002	7.87	0.03%	0.74	7t -2- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
2014 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	2014	NLDS g1	Oct 3	WSN		SFG	L,2-3	8-8		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.13	4	15	9	1	1	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.047	13.64	0.47%	0.46	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
5	2014	NLDS g2	Oct 4	WSN		SFG	L,1-2	11-11		0	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	5.13	5	14	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.40	0.129	51.90	1.09%	0.46	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
6	2014	NLDS g4	Oct 7	WSN	@	SFG	L,2-3	7-7	L(0-1)	2	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.85	3	5	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.060	34.36	-0.75%	-0.40	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 12- 1 out tie
											5.2	5	1	1	4	3	0	0	1.59		26																			2

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