Matt Thornton
Matthew J. Thornton
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: September 15, 1976 in Three Rivers, MI
High School: Centreville (Centreville, MI)
School: Grand Valley State University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed July 3, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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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
2004 27 SEA AL 1 2 .333 4.13 19 1 8 0 0 0 32.2 30 15 15 2 25 1 30 0 0 2 148 110 1.684 8.3 0.6 6.9 8.3 1.20
2005 28 SEA AL 0 4 .000 5.21 55 0 15 0 0 0 57.0 54 33 33 13 42 2 57 0 0 7 262 80 1.684 8.5 2.1 6.6 9.0 1.36
2006 29 CHW AL 5 3 .625 3.33 63 0 20 0 0 2 54.0 46 20 20 5 21 4 49 1 0 1 227 142 1.241 7.7 0.8 3.5 8.2 2.33
2007 30 CHW AL 4 4 .500 4.79 68 0 13 0 0 2 56.1 59 31 30 4 26 6 55 2 0 3 249 98 1.509 9.4 0.6 4.2 8.8 2.12
2008 31 CHW AL 5 3 .625 2.67 74 0 12 0 0 1 67.1 48 20 20 5 19 2 77 2 0 3 268 171 0.995 6.4 0.7 2.5 10.3 4.05
2009 32 CHW AL 6 3 .667 2.74 70 0 17 0 0 4 72.1 58 22 22 5 20 2 87 1 0 4 291 170 1.078 7.2 0.6 2.5 10.8 4.35
6 Seasons 21 19 .525 3.71 349 1 85 0 0 9 339.2 295 141 140 34 153 17 355 6 0 20 1445 123 1.319 7.8 0.9 4.1 9.4 2.32
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .525 3.71 68 0 17 0 0 2 66 57 27 27 7 30 3 69 1 0 4 281 123 1.319 7.8 0.9 4.1 9.4 2.32
CHW (4 yrs) 20 13 .606 3.31 275 0 62 0 0 9 250.0 211 93 92 19 86 14 268 6 0 11 1035 141 1.188 7.6 0.7 3.1 9.6 3.12
SEA (2 yrs) 1 6 .143 4.82 74 1 23 0 0 0 89.2 84 48 48 15 67 3 87 0 0 9 410 90 1.684 8.4 1.5 6.7 8.7 1.30

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 31 CHW AL ALDS L TBR 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 14 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 14 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 27 SEA AL 19 148 120 15 30 8 0 2 1 2 25 30 .250 .377 .367 .743 .315 44 4 0 2 1 1
2005 28 SEA AL 55 262 218 33 54 5 0 13 6 0 42 57 .248 .368 .450 .817 .275 98 6 0 1 1 2
2006 29 CHW AL 63 227 201 20 46 7 1 5 4 0 21 49 .229 .301 .348 .649 .273 70 5 1 1 3 4
2007 30 CHW AL 68 249 219 31 59 16 4 4 1 1 26 55 .269 .349 .434 .783 .340 95 7 2 0 2 6
2008 31 CHW AL 74 268 245 20 48 7 0 5 4 0 19 77 .196 .258 .286 .544 .262 70 5 2 1 1 2
2009 32 CHW AL 70 291 267 22 58 10 2 5 4 5 20 87 .217 .273 .326 .599 .301 87 3 1 2 1 2
6 Seasons 349 1445 1270 141 295 53 7 34 20 8 153 355 .232 .316 .365 .681 .293 464 30 6 7 9 17
162 Game Avg. 68 281 247 27 57 10 1 7 4 2 30 69 .232 .316 .365 .681 .293 90 6 1 1 2 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2004 27 SEA AL 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46 46 46 8 3 0 1 2.0 3.6 5.0 99 0 1 0 0 99
1 Season 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46 46 46 8 3 0 1 2.0 3.6 5.0 99 0 1 0 0 99
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2004 27 SEA AL 19 18 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 9 0.735 1 3 13 1 2 15 2 16 7 3 7 0 4.6 28
2005 28 SEA AL 55 55 15 0 4 1 0 1 0% 6 5 41 14 34% 7 0.673 9 11 32 10 5 40 27 28 16 24 17 7 3.1 20
2006 29 CHW AL 63 63 20 5 3 5 2 3 40% 24 18 48 13 27% 8 1.360 33 9 21 33 14 16 35 28 16 31 19 11 2.6 14
2007 30 CHW AL 68 68 13 4 4 7 2 5 29% 26 17 63 20 32% 8 1.238 35 10 20 34 15 19 38 30 15 38 26 16 2.5 14
2008 31 CHW AL 74 74 12 5 3 6 1 5 17% 26 20 56 21 38% 8 1.244 30 15 29 42 12 20 36 38 12 31 19 22 2.7 14
2009 32 CHW AL 70 70 17 6 3 9 4 5 44% 33 24 47 15 32% 8 1.503 34 16 20 45 15 10 25 45 19 15 25 15 3.1 17
6 Seasons 349 348 85 21 18 28 9 19 32% 115 84 259 84 32% 1.158 142 64 135 165 63 120 163 185 85 142 113 71 2.9 16

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2004 27 SEA AL 148 71% 1.4% 20.3% 16.9% 6.8% 33% 0.64 0.74 60% 22% 4.7% 22% 34 4 12%
2005 28 SEA AL 262 53% 5.0% 21.8% 16.0% 6.9% 33% 0.83 0.97 57% 11% 16.7% 11% 68 6 9%
2006 29 CHW AL 227 63% 2.2% 21.6% 9.3% 5.7% 28% 0.97 1.33 66% 15% 7.5% 12% 44 5 11%
2007 30 CHW AL 249 58% 1.6% 22.1% 10.4% 9.6% 41% 0.84 1.31 65% 20% 4.9% 9% 47 7 15%
2008 31 CHW AL 268 53% 1.9% 28.7% 7.1% 4.5% 25% 1.15 1.42 61% 17% 7.8% 18% 54 5 9%
2009 32 CHW AL 291 63% 1.7% 29.9% 6.9% 5.8% 29% 0.87 1.14 60% 20% 6.3% 16% 48 3 6%
6 Seasons 1445 59% 2.4% 24.6% 10.6% 6.5% 32% 0.89 1.16 62% 17% 8.2% 14% 295 30 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 27 SEA AL 148 603 4.07 345 57% 24% 17% 32% 27% 76% 2% 43% 77% 55% 12% 18 12 24% 35 17 2 27% 3 5 0 0 0
2005 28 SEA AL 262 1109 4.23 653 59% 25% 20% 30% 25% 75% 1% 44% 74% 50% 8% 20 9 21% 56 31 1 21% 14 9 0 0 0
2006 29 CHW AL 227 851 3.75 558 66% 21% 18% 33% 28% 79% 5% 52% 77% 58% 5% 11 4 29% 65 37 2 16% 11 3 0 0 0
2007 30 CHW AL 249 931 3.74 592 64% 26% 18% 28% 28% 74% 7% 47% 76% 66% 5% 13 2 31% 78 38 3 27% 11 5 0 0 0
2008 31 CHW AL 268 1040 3.88 700 67% 23% 21% 32% 24% 77% 2% 52% 72% 63% 3% 9 5 31% 84 53 3 23% 11 2 0 0 0
2009 32 CHW AL 291 1170 4.02 784 67% 24% 20% 32% 23% 76% 2% 51% 73% 63% 3% 10 6 32% 93 49 1 25% 22 2 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1445 5704 3.95 3632 64% 24% 19% 31% 26% 76% 3% 49% 75% 60% 6% 81 38 28% 411 225 12 23% 72 26 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2004 27 SEA AL 148 30 2 1 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 5 2 1 40% 2 2 0 65 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005 28 SEA AL 262 54 7 1 13 1 12 6 7 7 6 20 9 3 45% 1 7 4 122 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
2006 29 CHW AL 227 46 6 0 5 0 5 4 1 4 1 13 9 0 69% 1 1 1 97 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007 30 CHW AL 249 59 5 0 4 1 14 3 1 2 2 23 9 5 39% 1 3 1 102 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
2008 31 CHW AL 268 48 3 0 5 0 15 3 2 3 2 13 8 4 62% 3 3 0 103 4 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2009 32 CHW AL 291 58 3 0 5 1 9 3 2 3 2 17 6 6 35% 2 4 0 109 4 5 44% 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 5 0
6 Seasons 1445 295 26 2 34 3 60 20 14 19 15 91 43 19 47% 10 20 6 598 20 8 71% 13 5 7 3 0 0 2 1 44 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2004 27 1 2 .333 4.13 19 1 8 0 0 0 32.2 30 15 15 2 25 1 30 0 0 2 148 110 1.684 8.3 0.6 6.9 8.3 1.20 110
2005 28 1 6 .143 4.82 74 1 23 0 0 0 89.2 84 48 48 15 67 3 87 0 0 9 410 90 1.684 8.4 1.5 6.7 8.7 1.30 90
2006 29 6 9 .400 4.26 137 1 43 0 0 2 143.2 130 68 68 20 88 7 136 1 0 10 637 105 1.517 8.1 1.3 5.5 8.5 1.55 105
2007 30 10 13 .435 4.41 205 1 56 0 0 4 200.0 189 99 98 24 114 13 191 3 0 13 886 103 1.515 8.5 1.1 5.1 8.6 1.68 103
2008 31 15 16 .484 3.97 279 1 68 0 0 5 267.1 237 119 118 29 133 15 268 5 0 16 1154 114 1.384 8.0 1.0 4.5 9.0 2.02 114
2009 32 21 19 .525 3.71 349 1 85 0 0 9 339.2 295 141 140 34 153 17 355 6 0 20 1445 123 1.319 7.8 0.9 4.1 9.4 2.32 123

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2004 27 1 2 .333 4.35 31.0 30 17 15 2 25 28 0 1.774 8.7 7.3 8.1 1.12 0.6 19
2005 28 2 4 .333 5.67 54.0 56 38 34 13 44 54 0 1.852 9.3 7.3 9.0 1.23 2.2 55
2006 29 3 2 .600 3.23 53.0 45 21 19 5 21 48 1 1.245 7.6 3.6 8.2 2.29 0.8 63
2007 30 3 3 .500 4.42 55.0 56 30 27 4 25 54 2 1.473 9.2 4.1 8.8 2.16 0.7 68
2008 31 5 2 .714 2.42 67.0 47 20 18 5 19 77 2 0.985 6.3 2.6 10.3 4.05 0.7 74
2009 32 5 2 .714 2.66 71.0 57 23 21 5 20 85 1 1.085 7.2 2.5 10.8 4.25 0.6 70
6 Seasons 19 15 .559 3.64 331.0 291 149 134 34 154 346 6 1.344 7.9 9.4 2.25 0.9 349

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2008 AL--74--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  8. Pedro Feliciano (963)
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  10. Don Gross (960)
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  3. Graeme Lloyd (970)
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  5. Dave Tomlin (964)
  6. Jim Poole (964)
  7. Scott Downs (963)
  8. Pedro Feliciano (963)
  9. Tony Castillo (960)
  10. Jim Mecir (957)
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