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John Thornton
John Thornton

Bats Unknown, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 14, 1889
Final Game September 15, 1892
Born May 22, 1869 in Washington, DC

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1889 20 WHS NL   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0    8   11    5   0    7    3   0   0    45       1  5.00  3.94   79 1.667
 1891 22 PHI NL  15  16  37  32  23   1   5  2  269.0  268  161  110   3  115   52   0   8     0       1  3.68  3.41   93 1.424
 1892 23 PHI NL   0   2   3   2   1   0   1  0   12.0   16   19   17   1   17    2   0   2     0       0 12.75  3.25   26 2.750
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .441  15  19  41  35  25   1   6  2  290.0  292  191  132   4  139   57   0  10    45       2  4.10  3.42   84 1.486
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  17  36  31  22   0   5  1  259.3  261  170  118   3  124   51   0   8    40   0   1  4.10  3.42   84 1.486
 Career High     15  16  37  32  23   1   5  2  269.0  268  161  110   3  115   52   0   8    45   0   1  3.68  3.41   93 1.424

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1889 20 WHS NL   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    1   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
 1891 22 PHI NL  39  123    7   17   3  0   0    6   1      2  10  .138  .152  .163  -10   20               0    
 1892 23 TOT NL   6   16    1    5   0  0   0    2   0      0   2  .313  .313  .313   88    5               0    
         PHI NL   5   13    1    5   0  0   0    2   0      0   0  .385  .385  .385  132    5               0    
         STL NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       46  143    8   22   3  0   0    9   1  0   2  13  .154  .166  .175   -2   25   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        504   28   77  11  0   0   32   4  0   7  46  .154  .166  .175   -2   88   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     39  123    7   17   3  0   0    6   1  0   2  10                          20   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1889 20 WHS NL    4    4    0   0.0    91| .000  .265| .000  .336| .000  .362| .000  .698|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
 1891 22 PHI NL  125  106    3   0.8    90| .138  .263| .152  .338| .163  .358| .315  .696| -10  .046 -17.7  -1.9     
 1892 23 TOT NL   16   11    2   4.8    82| .313  .253| .313  .326| .313  .338| .626  .664|  88  .621  -0.3  -0.1     
         PHI NL   13    8    2   6.6    81| .385  .252| .385  .325| .385  .337| .770  .662| 132  .746   0.4   0.0     
         STL NL    3    3    0   0.0    85| .000  .257| .000  .331| .000  .344| .000  .676|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       145  121    5   1.1    89| .154  .262| .166  .336| .175  .356| .341  .693|  -2  .087 -19.1  -2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1889 20 WHS NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.90 1.00 2.20 1 9.0 1891 22 PHI NL P 37 28 61 12 4 .881 .915 2.41 1.96 2.98 2.29 32 269.0 OF 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.87 1 2 0 1892 23 TOT NL OF 3 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.33 1.87 0 2 1 PHI NL P 3 2 4 1 0 .857 .896 2.00 2.17 4.50 2.48 2 12.0 OF 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 1.85 0 2 0 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1891 22 PHI NL OF 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.87 1 2 0 1892 23 TOT NL OF 3 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.33 1.87 0 2 1 PHI NL OF 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 1.85 0 2 0 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1889 20 WHS NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.90 1.00 2.20 1 9.0 1891 22 PHI NL P 37 28 61 12 4 .881 .915 2.41 1.96 2.98 2.29 32 269.0 1892 23 PHI NL P 3 2 4 1 0 .857 .896 2.00 2.17 4.50 2.48 2 12.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 41 30 66 13 4 .881 .913 2.34 1.97 35 290.0 OF 6 1 0 2 0 .333 .909 0.17 1.87 1 4 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 47 31 66 15 4 .866 .913 2.06 1.96
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Saves
1891 NL-2-3

Games Finished
1891 NL-5-8

Youngest Player
1889 NL-20-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1600) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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