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Lou Thornton

Louis Thornton

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 26, 1963 in Montgomery, AL
High School: Jefferson Davis HS (Hopehull, AL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 19th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1985
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Mets 1985-1990
Agents: Richard Box [*]
Final Game: April 24, 1990
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Standard Batting

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
1981	18	NYM-min	Rk	48	168	153	23	32	7	0	2	17	4	1	15	34	.209	.280	.294	.574		45		0	0	0	0		KPT · APPY
1982	19	NYM-min	Rk	57	230	210	29	44	9	2	5	29	12	1	14	36	.210	.271	.343	.614		72		4	1	1	0		KPT · APPY
1983	20	NYM-min	A	119	492	448	80	120	24	6	11	73	22	8	32	90	.268	.322	.422	.744		189		6	2	4	0		CLM · SALL
1984	21	NYM-min	A	131	543	505	78	139	25	7	6	67	28	11	29	81	.275	.324	.388	.712		196		8	0	1	5		LBG · CARL
1985	22	TOR	AL	56	75	72	18	17	1	1	1	8	1	0	2	24	.236	.267	.319	.586	58	23	2	1	0	0	0	9D7

1986	23	TOR-min	AAA	64	251	231	34	60	4	2	2	28	20	5	14	33	.260	.304	.320	.624		74		2	1	3	1		SYR · IL
1987	24	TOR-min	AAA	122	491	464	64	123	10	5	9	47	39	9	23	71	.265	.299	.366	.666		170		1	0	3	5		SYR · IL
1987	24	TOR	AL	12	3	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	215	1	1	0	0	0	1	/D7
1988	25	TOR-min	AAA	69	260	246	23	51	12	3	4	22	11	5	11	46	.207	.244	.329	.573		81		1	2	0	6		SYR · IL
1988	25	TOR	AL	11	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7D9
1989	26	NYM-PIT-min	AAA	99	342	325	42	82	13	3	3	27	9	5	12	44	.252	.278	.338	.616		110		1	0	4	1		TID,BFL · IL,AA
1989	26	NYM	NL	13	13	13	5	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	.308	.308	.385	.692	102	5	0	0	0	0	0	/798
1990	27	NYM-min	AAA	109	396	379	42	86	9	4	4	38	13	7	10	51	.227	.249	.303	.553		115		2	3	2	2		TID · IL
1990	27	NYM	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/89
5 Yrs				95	93	89	29	22	2	1	1	9	3	1	3	25	.247	.280	.326	.605	65	29	3	1	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	159	152	49	38	3	2	2	15	5	2	5	43	.247	.280	.326	.605	65	49	5	2	0	0	2

TOR (3 yrs)				79	80	76	24	18	1	1	1	8	1	1	3	24	.237	.275	.316	.591	59	24	3	1	0	0	1
NYM (2 yrs)				16	13	13	5	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	.308	.308	.385	.692	102	5	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				79	80	76	24	18	1	1	1	8	1	1	3	24	.237	.275	.316	.591	59	24	3	1	0	0	1
NL (2 yrs)				16	13	13	5	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	.308	.308	.385	.692	102	5	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1985	22	TOR	AL	56	75	-4	1	-0	2	-3	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.490	.497	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	9D7

1987	24	TOR	AL	12	3	0	-0	-0	-0	-1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/D7
1988	25	TOR	AL	11	2	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/7D9
1989	26	NYM	NL	13	13	2	1	0	1	-0	4	0.4	0	4	0.5	.534	.503	0.3	0.1	3	$	/798
1990	27	NYM	NL	3	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$103,000	/89
5 Seasons				95	93	-2	1	-0	3	-5	-4	-0.3	3	-1	-0.0	.496	.500	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$103,000

TOR (3 yrs)				79	80	-4	0	-1	1	-4	-8	-0.8	2	-5	-0.5	.490	.498	-0.7	-0.3	-6	$
NYM (2 yrs)				16	13	2	1	0	1	-0	4	0.4	0	4	0.5	.528	.501	0.3	0.1	3	$103,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1985	22	TOR	AL	75	57	6	2.8	102	.340	.236	.266	.267	.332	.319	.413	.586	.745	58	.291	-4.7	-0.5	.474	.125	.083	1.0

1987	24	TOR	AL	3	3	0	0.0	108	.500	.500	.268	.667	.336	.500	.430	1.167	.766	215	.000	0.5	0.0	.333	.000	.000
1988	25	TOR	AL	2	2	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.260	.000	.324	.000	.390	.000	.715	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1989	26	NYM	NL	13	9	2	6.0	86	.333	.308	.248	.308	.315	.385	.370	.692	.684	102	.672	-0.0	0.0	.778	.231	.077	.0
5 Yrs				93	71	8	3.0	100	.333	.247	.263	.280	.330	.326	.406	.605	.736	65	.324	-4.8	-0.5	.493	.135	.079	1.5
162 Game Avg.				159	121	14	3.0	100	.333	.247	.263	.280	.330	.326	.406	.605	.736	65	.324	-4.8	-0.5	.493	.135	.079	3

TOR (3 yrs)				80	62	6	2.6	102	.333	.237	.266	.275	.332	.316	.413	.591	.745	59	.259	-4.7	-0.5	.452	.118	.079	1.0
NYM (2 yrs)				13	9	2	6.0	86	.333	.308	.248	.308	.315	.385	.370	.692	.684	102	.672	-0.0	0.0	.778	.231	.077	.0

AL (3 yrs)				80	62	6	2.6	102	.333	.237	.266	.275	.332	.316	.413	.591	.745	59	.259	-4.7	-0.5	.452	.118	.079	1.0
NL (2 yrs)				13	9	2	6.0	86	.333	.308	.248	.308	.315	.385	.370	.692	.684	102	.672	-0.0	0.0	.778	.231	.077	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1985	22	TOR	AL	ALCS	KCR	L	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1985	22	TOR	AL	75	1.3%	32.0%	2.7%	4.0%	18%	12.00	3.0	72.0	9.0		1.43	63%

1987	24	TOR	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00						67%
1988	25	TOR	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
1989	26	NYM	NL	13	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	7.7%	25%		13.0		13.0	2.00	4.00	92%	25%	0.0%	0%
5 Yrs				93	1.1%	26.9%	3.2%	4.3%	18%	8.33	3.6	89.0	9.9	2.50	1.87	68%	21%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.9%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.73	6.0	40.0	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1985	22	TOR	AL	-4.7	-0.5	79	-0.1	1.0	-1.1	.75	-0.2	0.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.97	-3.7	0.32	3

1987	24	TOR	AL	0.5	0.0	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	2.12	-0.0	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.38	-0.1	4.99	0
1988	25	TOR	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.4	-0.0	0.74	-0.5		0
1989	26	NYM	NL	-0.0	0.0	15	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.52	0.1	-0.2	1.8	0.2	1.17	1.6	0.01	2
1990	27	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
5 Yrs				-4.8	-0.5	101	-0.2	1.1	-1.3	.76	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	1.02	-2.7	0.20	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1985	22	TOR	AL	1	0	90%	46	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	62%	8	4	4	2	1	1	3	0	3

1987	24	TOR	AL	0	0	250%	8	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1988	25	TOR	AL	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1989	26	NYM	NL	3	0	125%	15	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
5 Yrs				4	0	112%	74	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	61%	9	5	4	2	1	1	7	1	6

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1985	22	TOR	AL	75	88%	17			3	1	0	0	0.32	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		14	2	14%	8	0	0%	51	8	16%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0

1987	24	TOR	AL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0	4.99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1988	25	TOR	AL	2	100%	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		0	0		0
1989	26	NYM	NL	13	85%	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	13	1	8%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				93	88%	22	1	0	5	1	0	0	0.20	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		21	3	14%	9	0	0%	69	9	13%	6	2	33%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			73%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	25	TOR	AL	2	8	4.00	5	63%	0%	0%	60%	40%	100%	0%	63%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1989	26	NYM	NL	13	35	2.69	24	69%	8%	38%	4%	50%	92%	0%	63%	59%	69%	8%	1	0	8%	1	0	15%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				15	43	2.87	29	67%	7%	31%	14%	48%	93%	0%	63%	67%	67%	7%	1	0	7%	1	0	13%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	IBB
1985	22	56	75	72	18	17	1	1	1	8	1	0	2	24	.236	.267	.319	.586	58	23	2	1	0
1986	23	56	75	72	18	17	1	1	1	8	1	0	2	24	.236	.267	.319	.586	58	23	2	1	0
1987	24	68	78	74	23	18	1	1	1	8	1	1	3	24	.243	.282	.324	.606	63	24	3	1	1
1988	25	79	80	76	24	18	1	1	1	8	1	1	3	24	.237	.275	.316	.591	59	24	3	1	1
1989	26	92	93	89	29	22	2	1	1	9	3	1	3	25	.247	.280	.326	.605	65	29	3	1	1
1990	27	95	93	89	29	22	2	1	1	9	3	1	3	25	.247	.280	.326	.605	65	29	3	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1985	22	56	75	72	18	17	1	1	1	8	1	2	24	.236	.267	.319	.586	6	56

1987	24	12	3	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	12
1988	25	11	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
1989	26	13	14	14	6	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	.357	.357	.429	.786	2	13
4 Yrs		92	94	90	32	23	2	1	1	9	3	3	25	.256	.287	.333	.621	9	92
162 Game Avg.		162	166	158	56	41	4	2	2	16	5	5	44	.256	.287	.333	.621	16	92

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