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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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	97

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	/7
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	/79
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1985	22	TOR	AL	75	-4	0	0	-1	2	-3	2	-4	-0.4	-6	-0.6	0.2	$	97

1987	24	TOR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/7
1988	25	TOR	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/79
1989	26	NYM	NL	13	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	5	0.6	3	0.3	0.3	$	/798
4 Seasons				93	-5	1	2	-1	2	-4	2	-1	0.0	-5	-0.5	0.5	$

TOR (3 yrs)				80	-5	0	0	-1	1	-4	2	-6	-0.6	-8	-0.8	0.2	$
NYM (1 yr)				13	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	5	0.6	3	0.3	0.3	$

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	E	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1985	TOR	AL	22	OF	35	16	15	185.2	46	44	2	.957	2	12	2.13	1.26	.982	2.44	2.42
1985	TOR	AL	22	RF	20	14	13	138.2	32	32	0	1.000	2	17	2.08	1.60	.980	2.17	2.15
1985	TOR	AL	22	LF	16	2	2	47.0	15	13	2	.867	-0	-5	2.49	0.81	.977	2.26	2.23
1987	TOR	AL	24	LF	4	0	0	7.0	0	0	0		-0	-51	0.00	0.00		2.06	2.08
1987	TOR	AL	24	OF	4	0	0	7.0	0	0	0		-0	-51	0.00	0.00		2.31	2.30
1988	TOR	AL	25	OF	10	0	0	14.0	1	1	0	1.000	-0	-26	0.64	0.10	.980	2.44	2.45
1988	TOR	AL	25	LF	9	0	0	13.0	1	1	0	1.000	-0	-28	0.69	0.11	.980	2.28	2.24
1988	TOR	AL	25	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1989	NYM	NL	26	OF	6	2	2	27.0	9	9	0	1.000	1	58	3.00	1.50	.981	2.33	2.32
1989	NYM	NL	26	LF	3	0	0	6.0	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	1.50	0.33	.980	2.10	2.13
1989	NYM	NL	26	RF	2	2	2	18.0	6	6	0	1.000	1	53	3.00	3.00	.978	2.10	2.10
1989	NYM	NL	26	CF	1	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	1.000	0	200	6.00	2.00	.985	2.70	2.70
1990	NYM	NL	27	OF	2	0	0	3.1	1	1	0	1.000	0	36	2.70	0.50	.980	2.43	2.35
1990	NYM	NL	27	CF	1	0	0	2.1	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
1990	NYM	NL	27	RF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	1.000	0	120	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	2.20
	5 Seasons			OF	57	18	17	237.0	57	55	2	.965	3	13	2.09	0.96	.982	2.42	2.40
	4 Seasons			LF	32	2	2	73.0	17	15	2	.882	-1	-13	1.85	0.47	.978	2.23	2.21
	4 Seasons			RF	24	16	15	158.2	39	39	0	1.000	3	22	2.21	1.63	.980	2.16	2.15
	2 Seasons			CF	2	0	0	5.1	2	2	0	1.000	0	112	3.38	1.00	.985	2.70	2.70
	5 Seasons			TOT	57	18	17	237.0	57	55	2	.965	3	13	2.09	0.96	.982	2.42	2.40

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 19th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
December 3, 1984: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the New York Mets in the 1984 rule 5 draft.
October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.
February, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
March 17, 1989: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ruben Rodriguez.
May 3, 1989: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
June 9, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
October 15, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1990	27	New York Mets	$103,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$103,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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