Lou Thornton
Louis Thornton
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 26, 1963 in Montgomery, AL
High School: Jefferson Davis (Hopehull, AL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 19th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1985
Final Game: April 24, 1990
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1985 TOR AL 22 OF 35 16 185.2 46 44 0 2 0 .957 1.8 11.6 1.8 1.6 0.3 0 2.13 1.26 .983 2.44 2.10
1985 TOR AL 22 RF 20 14 138.2 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 17.3 2.0 1.4 0.7 0 2.08 1.60 .978 2.17 1.82
1985 TOR AL 22 DH 16
1985 TOR AL 22 LF 16 2 47.0 15 13 0 2 0 .867 -0.2 -5.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 2.49 0.81 .980 2.26 1.77
1987 TOR AL 24 DH 6
1987 TOR AL 24 LF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 0.00 0.00 2.06 1.72
1987 TOR AL 24 OF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.00
1988 TOR AL 25 OF 10 0 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -25.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 0 0.64 0.10 1.000 2.44 2.14
1988 TOR AL 25 LF 9 0 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -27.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 0 0.69 0.11 1.000 2.28 1.86
1988 TOR AL 25 DH 1
1988 TOR AL 25 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1989 NYM NL 26 OF 6 2 27.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 57.8 1.3 1.2 0.1 0 3.00 1.50 .978 2.33 1.97
1989 NYM NL 26 LF 3 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 1.50 0.33 1.000 2.10 1.73
1989 NYM NL 26 RF 2 2 18.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 53.3 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .983 2.10 1.70
1989 NYM NL 26 CF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 200.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
1990 NYM NL 27 OF 2 0 3.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 36.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.70 0.50 1.000 2.43 2.00
1990 NYM NL 27 CF 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1990 NYM NL 27 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
5 Seasons OF 57 18 237.0 57 55 0 2 0 .965 2.6 13.2 2.6 2.5 0.0 0 2.09 0.96 .982 2.42 2.08
4 Seasons LF 32 2 73.0 17 15 0 2 0 .882 -0.8 -13.2 -0.8 -0.2 -0.8 0 1.85 0.47 .982 2.23 1.78
4 Seasons RF 24 16 158.2 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.9 21.9 2.9 2.2 0.8 0 2.21 1.63 .979 2.16 1.81
3 Seasons DH 23
2 Seasons CF 2 0 5.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 112.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 3.38 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.35
5 Seasons TOT 57 18 237.0 57 55 0 2 0 .965 2.6 13.2 2.6 2.5 0.0 0 2.09 0.96 .947 2.42 2.08
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1985 TOR AL 22 56 16 56 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 20 35 0 4 23
1987 TOR AL 24 12 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 8
1988 TOR AL 25 11 0 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 10 0 0 2
1989 NYM NL 26 13 2 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 0 2 7
1990 NYM NL 27 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1
5 Seasons 95 18 95 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 2 24 57 0 7 41
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 -- LF*

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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%
1985 TOR AL 22 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 204 39% 77% 28% 15 87%
1987 TOR AL 24 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 0 0 27 44% 63% 19% 0
1988 TOR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 56 52% 68% 32% 4 25%
1989 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 29 52% 69% 41% 3 33%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 316 43% 73% 29% 22 68%
MLB Averages 59.2% 2.6% 56% 77% 34% 54%

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%
1985 TOR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 590 55% 74% 27% 33 97%
1988 TOR AL 25 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 0 0 4 50% 75% 25% 0
1989 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 69 51% 61% 36% 7 86%
1990 NYM NL 27 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 0 0 5 20% 100% 60% 1 100%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 668 55% 73% 29% 41 95%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.7% 56% 77% 34% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1989 NYM NL 26 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 0 0 10 70% 80% 40% 2 100%
1990 NYM NL 27 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 0 0 7 43% 29% 29% 0
2 Seasons 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 0 0 17 59% 59% 35% 2 100%
MLB Averages 41.2% 1.8% 56% 77% 34% 60%

* 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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