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John Thornton
John Thornton
Bats: Unknown , Throws: Right
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 22, 1869 in Washington, DC (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1889
Final Game: September 15, 1892
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1889 20 WHS NL 0 1 .000 5.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 11 5 0 7 3 0 1 0 45 79 1.667 8.0 0.0 7.0 3.0 0.43
1891 22 PHI NL 15 16 .484 3.68 37 32 5 23 1 2 269.0 268 161 110 3 115 52 0 1 8 0 93 1.424 9.0 0.1 3.8 1.7 0.45
1892 23 PHI NL 0 2 .000 12.75 3 2 1 1 0 0 12.0 16 19 17 1 17 2 0 0 2 0 26 2.750 12.0 0.8 12.8 1.5 0.12
3 Seasons 15 19 .441 4.10 41 35 6 25 1 2 290.0 292 191 132 4 139 57 0 2 10 45 84 1.486 9.1 0.1 4.3 1.8 0.41
162 Game Avg. 13 17 .441 4.10 37 31 5 22 1 2 259 261 171 118 4 124 51 0 2 9 40 84 1.486 9.1 0.1 4.3 1.8 0.41
PHI (2 yrs) 15 18 .455 4.07 40 34 6 24 1 2 281.0 284 180 127 4 132 54 0 1 10 0 84 1.480 9.1 0.1 4.2 1.7 0.41
WHS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 11 5 0 7 3 0 1 0 45 79 1.667 8.0 0.0 7.0 3.0 0.43

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1889 20 WHS NL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /1
1891 22 PHI NL 39 125 123 7 17 3 0 0 6 1 2 10 .138 .152 .163 .315 -10 20 0 1/O
1892 23 TOT NL 6 16 16 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .313 .313 .313 .625 88 5 0 /O1
1892 23 PHI NL 5 13 13 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .385 .385 .385 .769 132 5 0 /1O
1892 23 STL NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /O
3 Seasons 46 145 143 8 22 3 0 0 9 1 2 13 .154 .166 .175 .340 -2 25 0
162 Game Avg. 162 511 504 28 77 11 0 0 32 4 7 46 .154 .166 .175 .340 -2 88 0
PHI (2 yrs) 44 138 136 8 22 3 0 0 8 1 2 10 .162 .174 .184 .358 3 25 0
STL (1 yr) 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
WHS (1 yr) 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1889 WHS NL 20 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.90
1891 PHI NL 22 P 37 101 28 61 12 4 .881 2.41 .918 1.96
1891 PHI NL 22 OF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.87 1-2-0
1892 TOT NL 23 OF 3 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.33 .950 1.87 0-2-1
1892 PHI NL 23 P 3 7 2 4 1 0 .857 2.00 .900 2.17
1892 PHI NL 23 OF 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 .950 1.85 0-2-0
1892 STL NL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-0-1
3 Seasons P 41 109 30 66 13 4 .881 2.34 .917 1.97
2 Seasons OF 6 3 1 0 2 0 .333 0.17 .967 1.87 1-4-1
3 Seasons TOT 47 112 31 66 15 4 .866 2.06 .784 1.96 1-4-1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1891 NL--2--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1891 NL--.100--5th

Games Finished s c a p y
1891 NL--5--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1889 NL--born 1869-05-22--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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