Andre Thornton
Andre Thornton
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, AL
High School: Phoenixville (Phoenixville, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1973
Final Game: August 31, 1987
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Pat Kelly
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CHC NL 23 1B 9 8 72.0 92 81 10 1 3 .989 1.6 26.7 1.6 0.9 0.8 0 11.38 10.11 .992 9.82 8.40
1974 CHC NL 24 1B 90 76 706.0 837 760 70 7 61 .992 0.9 1.5 0.9 4.4 -3.6 0 10.58 9.22 .991 9.94 8.34
1974 CHC NL 24 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1975 CHC NL 25 1B 113 107 955.2 1072 982 77 13 88 .988 -9.9 -12.4 -9.9 -2.8 -7.0 0 9.97 9.37 .990 9.42 8.52
1975 CHC NL 25 3B 2 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 100.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 3.00 1.00 .950 3.00 2.60
1976 TOT NL 26 1B 68 60 532.0 578 528 45 5 60 .991 -2.2 -5.0 -2.2 -0.3 -1.9 0 9.69 8.43 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 CHC NL 26 1B 25 22 203.0 224 202 19 3 17 .987 -2.1 -12.4 -2.1 -1.7 -0.4 0 9.80 8.84 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 MON NL 26 1B 43 38 329.0 354 326 26 2 43 .994 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 1.4 -1.5 0 9.63 8.19 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 MON NL 26 OF 11 9 82.1 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -3.1 -45.2 -2.1 -1.9 -0.2 -1 1.64 1.36 .981 2.34 2.03
1976 MON NL 26 RF 11 9 82.1 15 13 1 1 0 .933 -3.1 -45.2 -2.1 -1.9 -0.2 -1 1.53 1.27 .973 2.15 1.83
1977 CLE AL 27 1B 117 114 1021.2 1103 1026 71 6 97 .995 2.0 2.3 2.0 -0.7 2.7 0 9.66 9.38 .990 8.81 8.55
1977 CLE AL 27 DH 9
1978 CLE AL 28 1B 145 144 1248.1 1440 1327 106 7 106 .995 3.7 3.6 4.7 2.6 2.0 -1 10.33 9.88 .992 7.21 6.90 MVP-20
1979 CLE AL 29 1B 130 130 1147.1 1178 1089 82 7 100 .994 1.0 1.0 2.0 -2.6 4.6 -1 9.19 9.01 .992 7.84 7.69
1979 CLE AL 29 DH 13
1981 CLE AL 31 DH 53
1981 CLE AL 31 1B 11 8 84.0 73 67 5 1 7 .986 -1.8 -25.7 -1.8 -2.6 0.8 0 7.71 6.55 .993 10.06 8.57
1982 CLE AL 32 DH 152 AS,MVP-23
1982 CLE AL 32 1B 8 8 80.1 81 76 5 0 5 1.000 -0.6 -9.0 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 9.07 10.13 .991 9.85 8.51 AS,MVP-23
1983 CLE AL 33 DH 114
1983 CLE AL 33 1B 27 26 225.0 224 201 21 2 20 .991 -2.6 -13.9 -2.6 -1.9 -0.8 0 8.88 8.22 .992 9.90 8.24
1984 CLE AL 34 DH 144 AS,MVP-19,SS
1984 CLE AL 34 1B 11 11 96.0 97 86 9 2 11 .979 -1.4 -17.5 -1.4 -1.5 0.1 0 8.91 8.64 .991 9.75 8.25 AS,MVP-19,SS
1985 CLE AL 35 DH 122
1986 CLE AL 36 DH 110
1987 CLE AL 37 DH 21
9 Seasons DH 738
11 Seasons 1B 729 692 6168.1 6775 6223 501 51 558 .992 -9.3 -1.8 -7.3 -4.6 -2.8 -2 9.81 9.22 .991 8.72 8.02
1 Season OF 11 9 82.1 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -3.1 -45.2 -2.1 -1.9 -0.2 -1 1.64 1.36 .981 2.34 2.03
1 Season RF 11 9 82.1 15 13 1 1 0 .933 -3.1 -45.2 -2.1 -1.9 -0.2 -1 1.53 1.27 .973 2.15 1.83
2 Seasons 3B 3 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 85.7 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 2.57 0.67 .950 2.96 2.60
14 Seasons TOT 743 701 6257.2 6793 6239 502 52 558 .992 -11.9 -2.3 -8.9 -6.5 -2.5 -1 -2 9.70 9.07 .983 8.63 7.91
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 CHC NL 23 17 8 17 17 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1974 CHC NL 24 107 76 107 89 0 0 89 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
1975 CHC NL 25 120 107 120 114 0 0 113 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1976 MON NL 26 69 47 69 52 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 0 19 0
1976 CHC NL 26 27 22 27 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1977 CLE AL 27 131 120 131 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 1
1978 CLE AL 28 145 144 145 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 CLE AL 29 143 143 143 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
1981 CLE AL 31 69 59 69 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 8 0
1982 CLE AL 32 161 160 161 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 1 0
1983 CLE AL 33 141 139 141 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 2 0
1984 CLE AL 34 155 155 155 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0
1985 CLE AL 35 124 121 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 3 0
1986 CLE AL 36 120 108 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 12 0
1987 CLE AL 37 36 19 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 17 0
14 Seasons 1565 1428 1565 746 0 0 728 0 3 0 0 0 11 11 727 116 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 CHC NL 23 316 47% 76% 37% 23 96% 0 79 1 78 0 11 10 8 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1974 CHC NL 24 3174 56% 78% 32% 197 95% 2 764 55 696 13 72 67 47 10 2 6 7 1 6 0 5 61 2 0 1 54 3 7 2 4 18 94%
1975 CHC NL 25 4399 52% 77% 29% 220 92% 0 977 48 924 5 86 77 53 16 0 3 13 2 11 0 10 88 0 2 0 86 3 2 0 2 18 89%
1976 MON NL 26 1517 56% 76% 27% 72 96% 0 332 13 317 2 35 24 14 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 43 1 1 1 42 4 1 0 1 2 100%
1976 CHC NL 26 949 56% 80% 31% 54 93% 0 205 16 190 0 19 17 13 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1977 CLE AL 27 4565 52% 78% 25% 247 96% 3 1028 51 967 8 125 70 48 8 2 6 6 1 5 0 2 98 3 1 0 87 3 11 2 9 15 87%
1978 CLE AL 28 5597 60% 79% 26% 311 97% 1 1337 89 1234 14 123 103 70 21 0 6 7 0 7 0 6 106 2 1 2 92 4 14 4 10 26 100%
1979 CLE AL 29 5258 57% 79% 24% 271 96% 0 1088 61 1015 12 127 82 63 9 0 4 7 2 5 0 5 101 0 1 1 96 2 5 2 3 18 89%
1981 CLE AL 31 391 51% 77% 20% 16 94% 1 67 4 62 1 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 1 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 CLE AL 32 347 49% 82% 27% 15 93% 0 76 4 72 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 CLE AL 33 1008 56% 81% 24% 52 90% 0 203 10 193 0 18 21 18 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 21 0 0 0 19 1 2 0 2 2 50%
1984 CLE AL 34 429 53% 74% 24% 19 89% 0 85 3 80 2 6 8 6 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 11 1 0 0 9 1 2 0 2 1 100%
11 Seasons 27950 55% 78% 27% 1497 95% 7 6241 355 5828 57 634 489 347 78 4 29 51 7 43 1 36 561 10 6 5 517 23 44 10 33 110 92%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 MON NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 3 27.3% 8 0 0.0% 1 388 60% 77% 25% 33 39%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 3 27.3% 8 0 0.0% 1 388 60% 77% 25% 33 39%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.1% 58% 78% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 CHC NL 24 3 67% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHC NL 25 25 44% 76% 36% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 28 46% 75% 32% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 90% 71%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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