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.

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	8 (5)	Apr 9	CHW		MIN	L,5-12		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	11 (2)	Apr 13	CHW		DET	W,11-0		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	15 (3)	Apr 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	16	Apr 18	CHW	@	TBR	W,9-2		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	19 (2)	Apr 22	CHW		NYY	L,5-9		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	21 (1)	Apr 24	CHW		NYY	W,7-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	22	Apr 26 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,1-5		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	24 (1)	Apr 27	CHW		BAL	W,6-1		4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	27 (2)	Apr 30	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	31 (3)	May 5	CHW	@	TOR	L,0-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	36 (4)	May 10	CHW	@	SEA	W,8-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	38 (1)	May 12	CHW	@	LAA	L,7-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	39	May 13	CHW	@	LAA	L,0-2		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	41 (1)	May 15	CHW	@	LAA	W,4-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	44 (2)	May 18	CHW	@	SFG	W,13-8		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	45	May 20	CHW		CLE	W,4-1		1	0.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
18	46	May 21	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	51 (4)	May 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	54 (2)	May 29	CHW	@	TBR	W,5-1		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
21	55	May 30	CHW	@	TBR	L,1-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	57 (1)	Jun 1	CHW	@	TBR	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	59 (1)	Jun 4	CHW		KCR	W,6-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	60	Jun 5	CHW		KCR	W,6-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	61	Jun 6	CHW		MIN	W,10-6		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	64 (2)	Jun 9	CHW		MIN	W,7-5		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	68 (3)	Jun 13	CHW		COL	W,5-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	70 (1)	Jun 15	CHW		COL	L,3-5		4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	73 (2)	Jun 19	CHW		PIT	W,13-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	74	Jun 20	CHW	@	CHC	L,3-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	78 (3)	Jun 25	CHW	@	LAD	L,0-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	79	Jun 26	CHW	@	LAD	W,2-0		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	81 (1)	Jun 28	CHW		CHC	W,6-5		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	83 (1)	Jun 30	CHW		CLE	W,9-7	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	84	Jul 1	CHW		CLE	W,3-2		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	88 (3)	Jul 5	CHW		OAK	W,6-1		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	89	Jul 6	CHW		OAK	W,4-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	90	Jul 8	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-7		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	91	Jul 9	CHW	@	KCR	W,7-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	94 (2)	Jul 12	CHW	@	TEX	W,9-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	95	Jul 13	CHW	@	TEX	L,11-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	96	Jul 18	CHW		KCR	W,9-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	98 (1)	Jul 20	CHW		KCR	L,7-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	100 (1)	Jul 22	CHW		TEX	W,10-2		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	104 (3)	Jul 27	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	106 (1)	Jul 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
47	107	Jul 30	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	108	Jul 31	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-10		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	110 (1)	Aug 2	CHW	@	KCR	L,7-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	112 (1)	Aug 5	CHW		DET	W,10-8		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	115 (2)	Aug 8	CHW		BOS	W,5-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	117 (1)	Aug 10	CHW		BOS	W,6-5		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	118	Aug 11	CHW		BOS	L,1-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	122 (3)	Aug 15	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-6		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	123	Aug 16	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	126 (2)	Aug 19	CHW		SEA	W,5-0		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	128 (1)	Aug 22	CHW		TBR	L,4-9		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	129	Aug 23	CHW		TBR	L,3-5		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	131 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	135 (3)	Aug 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	136	Aug 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	139 (2)	Sep 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	141 (1)	Sep 6	CHW		LAA	W,7-6		9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	143 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		TOR	L,1-3		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	146 (2)	Sep 11	CHW		TOR	L,4-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	147	Sep 14 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	148	Sep 14 (2)	CHW		DET	W,11-7	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
68	150 (1)	Sep 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	153 (2)	Sep 19	CHW	@	KCR	W,9-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	155 (1)	Sep 21	CHW	@	KCR	W,3-0		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
71	158 (2)	Sep 25	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
72	160 (1)	Sep 27	CHW		CLE	L,6-12		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
73	161	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	W,5-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
74	162	Sep 29	CHW		DET	W,8-2		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							74gm		67.1	1	8	0	9	1