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Matt Thornton
Matthew J. Thornton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 6", Weight 220 lb.
School Grand Valley State University

Debut June 27, 2004

Born September 15, 1976 in Three Rivers, MI

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 1998. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2004 27 SEA AL   1   2  19   1   0   0   8  0   32.7   30   15   15   2   25   30   0   2   148   1   0  4.13  4.54  110 1.684
 2005 28 SEA AL   0   4  55   0   0   0  15  0   57.0   54   33   33  13   42   57   0   7   262   2   0  5.21  4.19   80 1.684
 2006 29 CHW AL   5   3  63   0   0   0  20  2   54.0   46   20   20   5   21   49   1   1   227   4   0  3.33  4.75  142 1.241
 2007 30 CHW AL   4   4  68   0   0   0  13  2   56.3   59   31   30   4   26   55   2   3   249   6   0  4.79  4.74   99 1.509
 2008 31 CHW AL   5   3  74   0   0   0  12  1   67.3   48   20   20   5   19   77   2   3   268   2   0  2.67  4.57  171 0.995
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .484  15  16 279   1   0   0  68  5  267.3  237  119  118  29  133  268   5  16  1154  15   0  3.97  4.56  115 1.384
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   3  67   0   0   0  16  1   64.7   57   28   28   7   32   65   1   3   280   3   0  3.97  4.56  115 1.384
 Career High      5   4  74   1   0   0  20  2   67.3   59   33   33  13   42   77   2   7   268   6   0  2.67  4.75  171 0.995

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 30 CHW AL  68    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      279    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     74    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2007 30 CHW AL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .276| .000  .344| .000  .431| .000  .775|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons         1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .276| .000  .344| .000  .431| .000  .775|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

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Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 27 SEA AL P 19 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.21 0.45 1.10 1.65 1 32.7 2005 28 SEA AL P 55 0 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.11 0.46 0.95 1.69 0 57.0 2006 29 CHW AL P 63 2 8 1 0 .909 .962 0.16 0.41 1.67 1.57 0 54.0 2007 30 CHW AL P 68 5 8 0 2 1.000 .956 0.19 0.42 2.08 1.60 0 56.3 2008 31 CHW AL P 74 1 8 0 1 1.000 .947 0.12 0.42 1.20 1.60 0 67.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 27 SEA AL P 19 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.21 0.45 1.10 1.65 1 32.7 2005 28 SEA AL P 55 0 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.11 0.46 0.95 1.69 0 57.0 2006 29 CHW AL P 63 2 8 1 0 .909 .962 0.16 0.41 1.67 1.57 0 54.0 2007 30 CHW AL P 68 5 8 0 2 1.000 .956 0.19 0.42 2.08 1.60 0 56.3 2008 31 CHW AL P 74 1 8 0 1 1.000 .947 0.12 0.42 1.20 1.60 0 67.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 279 8 34 1 5 .977 .955 0.15 0.43 1.41 1.62 1 267.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 279 8 34 1 5 .977 .955 0.15 0.43 1.42 1.62 1 267
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2008   ALDS  CHW TBR     L   3   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3.1   2   0   2   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
2008 AL-74-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 27th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 1998.

March 20, 2006: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Chicago White Sox for Joe Borchard.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Seattle Mariners$323,000
2006Chicago White Sox$355,000
2007Chicago White Sox$425,000
2008Chicago White Sox$875,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,978,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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