Trent Thornton

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Team: Chicago Cubs (majors)

Born: September 30, 1993 in Charlotte, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC).

High School: Ardrey Kell HS (Charlotte, NC)

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2026 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2026): 5.148 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Wasserman • Previously: Jet Sports Management

Full Name: Trent Edward Thornton

Nicknames: Butters

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

0.6

2.1

ERA

2.51

4.25

259

28.2

429.2

392

WHIP

1.012

1.313

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2013	19	-1.5	North Carolina	ACC	NCAA		12	1	.923	1.37	2.16	29	6			0	8	91.2	69	22	14	3	19	2	81	5	0	4	369	0.960	6.8	0.3	1.9	8.0	4.26
2014	20	-0.6	North Carolina	ACC	NCAA		7	4	.636	2.73	3.10	16	14			1	1	95.2	77	33	29	2	29	2	83	13	0	7	406	1.108	7.2	0.2	2.7	7.8	2.86
2014	20	-0.1	Orleans	CCBL	Smr		3	2	.600	2.79	3.72	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	23	12	9	1	5	0	25	3	1	3	118	0.966	7.1	0.3	1.6	7.8	5.00
2015	21	0.6	North Carolina	ACC	NCAA		3	7	.300	5.08	5.52	28	4			0	6	62.0	53	38	35	3	31	3	81	2	0	12	267	1.355	7.7	0.4	4.5	11.8	2.61
2015	21	-0.3	Tri-City	NYPL	A-	HOU	4	0	1.000	3.27	3.44	15	12	0	0	0	0	55.0	62	21	20	2	10	0	48	1	1	7	232	1.309	10.1	0.3	1.6	7.9	4.80
2016	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	HOU	10	5	.667	3.52	3.85	24	21	1	1	1	0	135.2	133	58	53	19	21	0	124	2	0	10	546	1.135	8.8	1.3	1.4	8.2	5.90
2016	22	-2.4	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	3	1	.750	2.35	2.35	7	7	0	0	0	0	46.0	42	12	12	5	5	0	35	0	0	0	179	1.022	8.2	1.0	1.0	6.8	7.00
2016	22	-1.1	Lancaster	CALL	A+	HOU	7	4	.636	4.12	4.62	17	14	1	1	1	0	89.2	91	46	41	14	16	0	89	2	0	10	367	1.193	9.1	1.4	1.6	8.9	5.56
2017	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	HOU	9	6	.600	5.21	5.82	25	23	1	0	0	0	131.1	162	85	76	14	23	1	101	5	0	4	574	1.409	11.1	1.0	1.6	6.9	4.39
2017	23	-3.6	Fresno	PCL	AAA	HOU	8	4	.667	5.09	5.56	21	20	0	0	0	0	115.0	137	71	65	12	23	1	88	5	0	3	498	1.391	10.7	0.9	1.8	6.9	3.83
2017	23	-1.1	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	1	2	.333	6.06	7.71	4	3	1	0	0	0	16.1	25	14	11	2	0	0	13	0	0	1	76	1.531	13.8	1.1	0.0	7.2
2018	24	-2.6	Fresno	PCL	AAA	HOU	9	8	.529	4.42	4.85	24	22	0	0	0	0	124.1	118	67	61	13	31	2	122	5	0	4	516	1.198	8.5	0.9	2.2	8.8	3.94
2018	24	0.7	Scottsdale	AZFL	Fal		0	0		4.02	4.02	9	0	0	0	0	0	15.2	14	7	7	2	4	0	20	0	0	3	61	1.149	8.0	1.1	2.3	11.5	5.00
2019	25	-3.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	6	9	.400	4.84	5.07	32	29	0	0	0	0	154.1	156	87	83	24	61	0	149	5	0	5	677	1.406	9.1	1.4	3.6	8.7	2.44
2020	26	-2.2	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	0		11.12	11.12	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.2	15	7	7	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	33	3.176	23.8	0.0	4.8	9.5	2.00
2021	27	0.0	Buffalo	AAAE	AAA	TOR	1	0	1.000	0.00	1.74	10	0	6	0	0	3	10.1	8	2	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	40	0.968	7.0	0.0	1.7	7.0	4.00
2021	27	-1.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	1	3	.250	4.78	6.06	37	3	4	0	0	0	49.0	54	33	26	12	16	1	52	4	0	3	216	1.429	9.9	2.2	2.9	9.6	3.25
2022	28	1.0	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	2	2	.500	2.89	3.54	21	0	7	0	0	3	28.0	26	11	9	1	12	0	30	1	0	1	122	1.357	8.4	0.3	3.9	9.6	2.50
2022	28	-0.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	2	.000	4.11	4.11	32	0	6	0	0	0	46.0	40	21	21	7	17	0	37	1	0	1	189	1.239	7.8	1.4	3.3	7.2	2.18
2023	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	SEA	5	1	.833	4.03	6.21	23	0	5	0	0	0	29.0	29	20	13	4	18	0	28	0	1	1	135	1.621	9.0	1.2	5.6	8.7	1.56
2023	29		2 Teams	AL	Maj	SEA-TOR	1	2	.333	2.01	3.45	27	1	6	0	0	0	31.1	30	12	7	5	6	0	26	0	0	0	125	1.149	8.6	1.4	1.7	7.5	4.33
2023	29	2.1	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	5	1	.833	4.18	6.43	22	0	5	0	0	0	28.0	28	20	13	4	18	0	26	0	1	1	131	1.643	9.0	1.3	5.8	8.4	1.44
2023	29	1.7	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2023	29	0.3	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	0		1.69	1.69	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	22	1.500	11.8	0.0	1.7	8.4	5.00
2023	29	0.3	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	1	2	.333	2.08	3.81	23	1	6	0	0	0	26.0	23	11	6	5	5	0	21	0	0	0	103	1.077	8.0	1.7	1.7	7.3	4.20
2024	30	1.0	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	4	3	.571	3.61	3.98	71	0	16	0	0	1	72.1	63	32	29	8	19	1	77	5	0	4	294	1.134	7.8	1.0	2.4	9.6	4.05
2025	31	3.9	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.38	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	0.750	6.8	3.4	0.0	10.1
2025	31	1.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	2	0	1.000	4.68	4.89	33	0	7	0	0	0	42.1	41	23	22	6	14	2	32	4	0	1	180	1.299	8.7	1.3	3.0	6.8	2.29
2026	32	4.7	Iowa	IL	AAA	CHC	0	0		3.18	3.18	4	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	5	2	2	2	3	0	5	0	0	1	25	1.412	7.9	3.2	4.8	7.9	1.67
2026	32	2.7	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	3	2	.600	2.51	2.83	24	0	8	0	0	2	28.2	19	9	8	4	10	1	13	1	0	1	109	1.012	6.0	1.3	3.1	4.1	1.30
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		17	21	.447	4.25	4.69	259	36	47	0	0	3	429.2	418	224	203	66	146	5	392	20	0	15	1823	1.313	8.8	1.4	3.1	8.2	2.68
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		41	22	.651	4.05	4.60	148	79	20	1	1	6	522.0	545	267	235	56	120	3	469	14	2	28	2200	1.274	9.4	1.0	2.1	8.1	3.91
College (3 seasons)					College		22	12	.647	2.82	3.36	73	24			1	15	249.1	199	93	78	8	79	7	245	20	0	23	1042	1.115	7.2	0.3	2.9	8.8	3.10
Other (2 seasons)					Other		3	2	.600	3.22	3.83	15	6	0	0	0	0	44.2	37	19	16	3	9	0	45	3	1	6	179	1.030	7.5	0.6	1.8	9.1	5.00
All Levels (14 Seasons)							83	57	.593	3.84	4.36	495	145	67	1	2	24	1245.2	1199	603	532	133	354	15	1151	57	3	72	5244	1.247	8.7	1.0	2.6	8.3	3.25

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		26	15	.634	4.31	4.97	105	43	18	0	0	6	315.0	325	174	151	33	89	3	284	11	1	10	1346	1.314	9.3	0.9	2.5	8.1	3.19
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		4	3	.571	3.32	3.75	11	10	1	0	0	0	62.1	67	26	23	7	5	0	48	0	0	1	255	1.155	9.7	1.0	0.7	6.9	9.60
A+ (1 season)					Minors		7	4	.636	4.12	4.62	17	14	1	1	1	0	89.2	91	46	41	14	16	0	89	2	0	10	367	1.193	9.1	1.4	1.6	8.9	5.56
A- (1 season)					Minors		4	0	1.000	3.27	3.44	15	12	0	0	0	0	55.0	62	21	20	2	10	0	48	1	1	7	232	1.309	10.1	0.3	1.6	7.9	4.80
Fal (1 season)					Other		0	0		4.02	4.02	9	0	0	0	0	0	15.2	14	7	7	2	4	0	20	0	0	3	61	1.149	8.0	1.1	2.3	11.5	5.00
NCAA (3 seasons)					College		22	12	.647	2.82	3.36	73	24			1	15	249.1	199	93	78	8	79	7	245	20	0	23	1042	1.115	7.2	0.3	2.9	8.8	3.10
NCAA (3 seasons)					College		22	12	.647	2.82	3.36	73	24			1	15	249.1	199	93	78	8	79	7	245	20	0	23	1042	1.115	7.2	0.3	2.9	8.8	3.10
Smr (1 season)					Other		3	2	.600	2.79	3.72	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	23	12	9	1	5	0	25	3	1	3	118	0.966	7.1	0.3	1.6	7.8	5.00