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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

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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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 28 SEA AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 29 CHW AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 30 CHW AL 5 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 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 32 CHW AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 23 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 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (4 yrs) 17 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) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 SEA AL 27 P 19 1 32.2 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.10 0.21 .950 1.65 0.45
2005 SEA AL 28 P 55 0 57.0 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.95 0.11 .950 1.69 0.46
2006 CHW AL 29 P 63 0 54.0 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.67 0.16 .964 1.57 0.41
2007 CHW AL 30 P 68 0 56.1 13 5 8 0 2 1.000 2.08 0.19 .954 1.60 0.42
2008 CHW AL 31 P 74 0 67.1 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.20 0.12 .944 1.60 0.42
2009 CHW AL 32 P 70 0 72.1 12 2 9 1 2 .917 1.37 0.16 .958 1.53 0.40
6 Seasons P 349 1 339.2 55 10 43 2 7 .964 1.40 0.15 .955 1.60 0.42
6 Seasons TOT 349 1 339.2 55 10 43 2 7 .964 1.40 0.15 .918 1.60 0.42

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

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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 27th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 1998.

March 20, 2006: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Chicago White Sox for Joe Borchard.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2005Seattle Mariners$323,000
2006Chicago White Sox$355,000
2007Chicago White Sox$425,000
2008Chicago White Sox$875,000
2009Chicago White Sox$1,325,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,303,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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