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: 2-17 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 2

2004 Pitching Game Log

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2004 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	1	73	Jun 27	SEA		SDP	L,1-5	6-GF		99	4.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.30	13	47	30	7	5	5	6	2	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	.14	0.032	.02	0.00%	2.18	6t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 4
Jul				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
2	2	78	Jul 2	SEA	@	STL	L,2-11	3-5	L(0-1)	4	2.1	5	5	5	5	3	0	0	7.11	4.63	17	83	42	14	6	2	7	5	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.304	.07	-0.02%	-4.05	3b --- 0 out tie	5b 123 1 out d4
3	3	85	Jul 10	SEA	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-5	L(0-2)	7	5.0	3	3	3	7	4	1	0	6.35	6.23	25	99	51	15	6	8	6	1	2	0	46			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.57	-0.082	.03	0.00%	-0.14	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
Aug				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	4	114	Aug 12	SEA		MIN	L,3-6	9-GF		32	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.84	5.64	3	15	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
5	5	117	Aug 15	SEA		NYY	W,7-3	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.40	5.52	5	19	12	7	1	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.55	8t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a4
6	6	120	Aug 20	SEA	@	DET	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	6.91	5.77	8	20	10	3	0	4	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-2.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
7	7	124	Aug 24	SEA		TBD	L,5-6	9-GF		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.60	5.65	3	7	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.20	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.44	9t 1-- 1 out d3	9t end d 4
8	8	126	Aug 26	SEA		KCR	L,3-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.19	5.36	3	12	9	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
9	9	128	Aug 28(1)	SEA		KCR	W,9-7	4-6	W(1-2)	1	3.0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	5.21	4.79	11	62	32	8	9	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.167	.00	0.00%	1.63	4t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out a2
Sep/Oct				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
10	10	133	Sep 2	SEA	@	TOR	L,6-8	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.95	4.75	5	23	12	3	2	0	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.58	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
11	11	135	Sep 4	SEA	@	CHW	L,7-8	4-7		1	3.1	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.63	4.81	15	53	33	2	6	3	9	4	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.84	4b --- 2 out d6	7b 3 out d5
12	12	138	Sep 8	SEA		CLE	L,5-9	6-7		3	1.2	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.40	4.73	8	34	20	4	2	2	4	1	2	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.37	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 12- 2 out d2
13	13	141	Sep 11	SEA		BOS	L,0-9	9-GF		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.33	4.63	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.80	9t 123 2 out d9	9t end d 9
14	14	143	Sep 13	SEA		ANA	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.13	4.49	3	12	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
15	15	146	Sep 16	SEA		ANA	L,1-6	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.94	4.55	4	20	12	1	1	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
16	16	150	Sep 20	SEA	@	ANA	L,2-5	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.60	4.48	8	29	17	3	4	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.059	.00	0.00%	1.09	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
17	17	156	Sep 27	SEA	@	OAK	L,5-6	6-6		6	0.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.55	4.50	4	21	13	2	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-1.08	6b --- 0 out d3	6b 123 1 out d3
18	18	159	Sep 30	SEA	@	OAK	L,2-3	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.40	4.55	5	19	9	1	2	0	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.40	0.113	.00	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
19	19	162	Oct 3	SEA		TEX	L,0-3	7-8		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.13	4.30	7	29	18	7	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.041	.00	0.00%	1.09	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
							2-17		W-L:1-2	2.8	32.2	30	15	15	25	30	2	0	4.13	4.30	148	607	57%	14%	9%	0.69		22%	15%	0	46	4	25%	1	2	0	120	8	0	1	4	1	2	.73	-0.060	.01	-0.02%	2.95

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