Matt Thornton

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-6, 235lb (198cm, 106kg)

Born: September 15, 1976 in Three Rivers, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 27th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Centreville HS (Centreville, MI) and the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI).

High School: Centreville HS (Centreville, MI)

School: Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI)

Last Game: August 2, 2016 (Age 39-322d)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Adam Hubble

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Matthew J. Thornton

Nicknames: Thorny

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.4

ERA

3.41

748

662.2

642

WHIP

1.275

2016 Player Pitching Game Log

2016 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2016-05-21	A+-CALL	Lake Elsinore Storm		Bakersfield Blaze	8-8		1.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	27	18	6	0	1	2	2	0
2	2016-05-24	A+-CALL	Lake Elsinore Storm	@	Inland Empire 66ers	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3					2	0	0	0
3	2016-05-25	A+-CALL	Lake Elsinore Storm	@	Inland Empire 66ers	7-7	L	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	14	10	3	2	2	2	0	0
		Player Moved from A+-CALL to Maj-NL
4	2016-05-28	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	7-7		1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	18	12	1	1	1	2	1	0
5	2016-06-01	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres		Seattle Mariners	8-8		1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	12	2	0	0	4	2	0
6	2016-06-02	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres		Seattle Mariners	7-7		0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	13	11	1	3	3	1	1	0
7	2016-06-05	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres		Colorado Rockies	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	9	1	2	1	1	0	0
8	2016-06-07	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres		Atlanta Braves	9-9	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	7	1	0	2	1	1	0
9	2016-06-13	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres		Miami Marlins	8-8		1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	14	9	2	1	4	0	0	0
10	2016-06-16	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres		Washington Nationals	9-9		1.0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	19	11	3	2	2	1	1	0
11	2016-06-22	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres	@	Baltimore Orioles	7-7		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	9	5	0	0	2	1	1	0
12	2016-06-24	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres	@	Cincinnati Reds	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	9	1	2	2	0	0	0
13	2016-06-28	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres		Baltimore Orioles	8-9		2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	25	17	2	4	2	4	2	2
14	2016-07-01	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres		New York Yankees	9-9		0.0	1	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	7	2	0	1	0	0	0
15	2016-07-06	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	9-9		1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	28	18	5	2	1	5	4	0
16	2016-07-08	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	23	10	2	0	2	1	1	0
17	2016-07-18	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres	@	St. Louis Cardinals	8-8		1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	21	15	2	2	1	2	0	0
18	2016-07-24	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres	@	Washington Nationals	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	13	8	3	1	4	0	0	0
19	2016-07-25	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres	@	Toronto Blue Jays	8-8		1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14	8	1	0	3	2	0	0
20	2016-07-31	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres		Cincinnati Reds	5-5		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	1
21	2016-08-02	Maj-NL	San Diego Padres		Milwaukee Brewers	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	11	6	1	0	2	1	1	0

2016 Player Pitching Splits

2016 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	21	91	82	15	26	5	1	2	3	0	7	12	.317	.374	.476	.849	.348	39	4	1	0	1	0

Home	11	48	43	9	15	1	0	0	1	0	4	7	.349	.417	.372	.789	.417	16	2	1	0	0	0
Away	10	43	39	6	11	4	1	2	2	0	3	5	.282	.326	.590	.915	.273	23	2	0	0	1	0

May	4	19	16	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	4	.313	.368	.500	.868	.385	8	0	0	0	1	0
June	9	40	38	5	12	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	.316	.350	.342	.692	.387	13	2	0	0	0	0
July	7	29	25	7	8	3	0	2	1	0	3	1	.320	.414	.680	1.094	.273	17	1	1	0	0	0
August	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	.333	1	1	0	0	0	0

As Reliever	21	91	82	15	26	5	1	2	3	0	7	12	.317	.374	.476	.849	.348	39	4	1	0	1	0

vs RHB as LHP	21	63	58		20	4	1	1			4	4	.345	.397	.500	.897	.359	29	2	1	0	0	0
vs LHB as LHP	19	28	24		6	1	0	1			3	8	.250	.321	.417	.738	.313	10	2	0	0	1	0

Bases Empty	20	48	42		11	3	0	1			6	5	.262	.354	.405	.759	.278	17	0	0	0	0	0
Runners On	15	43	40		15	2	1	1			1	7	.375	.395	.550	.945	.424	22	4	1	0	1	0

vs. Younger Batters	21	89	80		24	5	1	2			7	12	.300	.360	.463	.822	.328	37	4	1	0	1	0
vs. Older Batters	2	2	2		2	0	0	0			0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	1	1	.500	5.85	21	0	0	20.0	26	15	13	2	7	0	12	1	0	0	91	1.650	5.4	1.71

Home	1	0	1.000	6.30	11	0	0	10.0	15	9	7	0	4	0	7	1	0	0	48	1.900	6.3	1.75
Away	0	1	.000	5.40	10	0	0	10.0	11	6	6	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	43	1.400	4.5	1.67

May	0	1	.000	4.50	4	0	0	4.0	5	3	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	19	1.750	9.0	2.00
June	1	0	1.000	3.86	9	0	0	9.1	12	5	4	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	40	1.500	6.8	3.50
July	0	0		11.12	7	0	0	5.2	8	7	7	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	29	1.941	1.6	0.33
August	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.0

As Reliever	1	1	.500	5.85	21	0	0	20.0	26	15	13	2	7	0	12	1	0	0	91	1.650	5.4	1.71

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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