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Matt Thornton

Matthew J. Thornton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 235 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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Mariners 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 5 yrs/$8M (07-11), 2 yrs/$12M (12-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.129, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:22AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #989. Jack Lynch… #990. Cal McLish… #991. Bruce Chen… #992. MATT THORNTON… #993. Scott Linebrink… #994. Shigetoshi Hasegawa… #995. Curt Leskanic… 

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 2 148 111 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 81 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 1 227 143 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 99 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 3 268 172 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 4 291 172 1.078 7.2 0.6 2.5 10.8 4.35
2010 33 CHW AL 5 4 .556 2.67 61 0 13 0 0 8 60.2 41 18 18 3 20 5 81 2 0 1 239 161 1.005 6.1 0.4 3.0 12.0 4.05 AS
2011 34 CHW AL 2 5 .286 3.32 62 0 20 0 0 3 59.2 60 34 22 3 21 5 63 0 0 2 262 128 1.358 9.1 0.5 3.2 9.5 3.00
8 Seasons 28 28 .500 3.52 472 1 118 0 0 20 460.0 396 193 180 40 194 27 499 8 0 23 1946 128 1.283 7.7 0.8 3.8 9.8 2.57
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .500 3.52 68 0 17 0 0 3 66 57 28 26 6 28 4 72 1 0 3 280 128 1.283 7.7 0.8 3.8 9.8 2.57
CHW (6 yrs) 27 22 .551 3.21 398 0 95 0 0 20 370.1 312 145 132 25 127 24 412 8 0 14 1536 142 1.185 7.6 0.6 3.1 10.0 3.24
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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2004 27 SEA AL 32.2 1 15 22 0 .7 7 0.4 $
2005 28 SEA AL 57.0 0 33 37 -1 .7 4 -0.1 $323,000
2006 29 CHW AL 54.0 0 20 38 -1 1.4 18 1.5 $355,000
2007 30 CHW AL 56.1 0 31 41 -2 1.2 10 0.5 $425,000
2008 31 CHW AL 67.1 0 20 47 -2 1.2 27 2.3 $875,000
2009 32 CHW AL 72.1 0 22 50 -2 1.6 28 2.7 $1,325,000
2010 33 CHW AL 60.2 0 18 34 -1 1.7 16 2.2 $2,250,000 AS
2011 34 CHW AL 59.2 0 34 33 0 1.5 -1 -0.1 $3,000,000
8 Seasons 460.0 1 193 302 -9 1.3 109 9.4 $8,553,000
CHW (6 yrs) 370.1 0 145 243 -8 1.4 98 9.1 $8,230,000
SEA (2 yrs) 89.2 1 48 59 -1 .7 11 0.3 $323,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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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
2004 27 SEA AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 28 SEA AL 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 29 CHW AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 30 CHW AL 68 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 31 CHW AL 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 32 CHW AL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 33 CHW AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2011 34 CHW AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 414 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (6 yrs) 340 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (2 yrs) 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
2007 30 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $425,000 1
2010 33 CHW AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,250,000 1 AS
2011 34 CHW AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,000,000 1
3 Seasons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $5,675,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2004 SEA AL 27 P 19 32.2 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.10 0.21 .948 1.65 1.65
2005 SEA AL 28 P 55 57.0 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 -2 -7 0.95 0.11 .953 1.71 1.68
2006 CHW AL 29 P 63 54.0 11 2 8 1 0 .909 -1 -4 1.67 0.16 .958 1.57 1.54
2007 CHW AL 30 P 68 56.1 13 5 8 0 2 1.000 3 11 2.08 0.19 .955 1.60 1.59
2008 CHW AL 31 P 74 67.1 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.20 0.12 .952 1.60 1.59
2009 CHW AL 32 P 70 72.1 12 2 9 1 2 .917 2 6 1.37 0.16 .953 1.53 1.51
2010 CHW AL 33 P 61 60.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1 3 0.89 0.10 .953 1.63 1.61 AS
2011 CHW AL 34 P 62 0 0 59.2 12 5 7 0 0 1.000 -3 -10 1.81 0.19 .949 1.60 1.59 13 2 13% 1
8 Seasons P 472 0 0 460.0 73 15 56 2 7 .973 0 0 1.39 0.15 .953 1.61 1.59 13 2 13% 1
8 Seasons TOT 472 0 0 460.0 73 15 56 2 7 .973 0 0 1.39 0.15 .953 1.61 1.59 13 2 13% 1
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

Games Played s c a p y
2008 AL  74 (5th)
Active  472 (41st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 AL  3.3 (9th)
2010 AL  2.9 (10th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2008 AL  74 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2010 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

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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 Notes
200528Seattle Mariners$323,000
200629Chicago White Sox$355,000
200730Chicago White Sox$425,000
200831Chicago White Sox$875,000
200932Chicago White Sox$1,325,000
201033Chicago White Sox$2,250,000
201134Chicago White Sox$3,000,000
201235Chicago White Sox$5,500,000
201336Chicago White Sox$5,500,000
201437Chicago White Sox*$6,000,000$6M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,553,000Does not include future salaries
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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