Trent Thornton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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)

Debut: March 31, 2019 (Age 25-182d, 21,832nd in major league history)
vs. DET 5.0 IP, 2 H, 8 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1.2M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 3.148 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Wasserman • Previously: Jet Sports Management

Full Name: Trent Edward Thornton

Nicknames: Butters

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.3

1.7

ERA

1.54

4.41

143

11.2

298.0

281

WHIP

0.771

1.366

Summary of 48 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 11 go ahead

2 Tms
TOR	43
SEA	5

Platoon
vs RHB	29
vs LHB	19

Home/Road
Home	26
Away	22

Outs
0	19
1	16
2	13

18 Opps
TBR	9
NYY	6
BAL	6
SEA	4
BOS	4
WSN	3
MIN	2
SFG	2
SDP	2
HOU	2
OAK	1
LAA	1
DET	1
NYM	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
CLE	1
MIA	1

43 Batters
Austin Meadows	3
DJ LeMahieu	3
Trea Turner	2
Starling Marte	1
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Cedric Mullins	1
Austin Hays	1
Bobby Dalbec	1
Rafael Devers	1
Didi Gregorius	1
Austin Hedges	1
Kevin Plawecki	1
James Outman	1
Avisaíl García	1
Riley Adams	1
Randy Arozarena	1
Joey Wendle	1
Gary Sánchez	1
Anthony Santander	1
Michael Chavis	1
Pedro Severino	1
Omar Narváez	1
C.J. Cron	1
Austin Nola	1
Martín Maldonado	1
George Springer	1
Rob Refsnyder	1
Brandon Lowe	1
Joe Panik	1
Matt Thaiss	1
Jiman Choi	1
Austin Wynns	1
Pablo Sandoval	1
Jorge Polanco	1
Willy Adames	1
Trey Mancini	1
Stephen Piscotty	1
Greg Garcia	1
Mitch Haniger	1
Pete Alonso	1
Ronald Acuña Jr.	1
J.P. Crawford	1
Niko Goodrum	1

15 Parks
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	17
Camden Yards (BAL)	5
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	5
TD Ballpark (DUN)	4
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	3
TropicanaFld (STP)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Sahlen Field (BUF)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	17
9	15
89	7
78	5
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	11
3	10
7+	7
4	6
1	5
5	5
6	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	15
123	2
--3	2
-2-	1
1-3	1

74 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	27
1 on	18
2 on	1
3 on	2
Any on	21

Inning
1	5
2	5
3	7
4	7
5	12
6	1
7	6
8	3
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	17
4-6	20
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	4
+2	7
+1	7
Tied	11
-1	1
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	23
Tied	11
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	9
0-1	7
1-1	6
2-2	6
1-2	5
0-0	5
1-0	4
2-0	3
2-1	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	9
3B	7
1B	6
RF	6
SS	6
CF	5
LF	4
2B	3
DH	2

OrderPos
1st	10
5th	7
2nd	6
9th	5
6th	5
7th	4
4th	4
8th	4
3rd	3

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2019-04-05	Kevin Plawecki	CLE		TOR	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	7,(3-2) BSBBSFX	1	7	2	11%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2019-04-12	Austin Meadows	TBR	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	7,(3-2) CBBSFBX	1	1	DH	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	2	2019-04-12	Austin Meadows	TBR	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	1	DH	10%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
4	4	4	3	2019-04-12	Brandon Lowe	TBR	@	TOR	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	3,(1-1) C*B1X	2	5	4	15%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Y. Díaz Scores
5	5	5	1	2019-04-23	Joe Panik	SFG	@	TOR	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	4	9%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	6	1	2019-05-08	Jorge Polanco	MIN	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	8,(3-2) 1FCBBF*BFX	2	2	6	17%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Kepler Scores
7	7	7	2	2019-05-08	C.J. Cron	MIN	@	TOR	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	9%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Rosario Scores
8	8	8	1	2019-05-14	Pablo Sandoval	SFG		TOR	behind 0-3	b 3	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	3	5	17%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Panik Scores
9	9	9	1	2019-05-24	Austin Hedges	SDP	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) CBBFX	1	9	2	11%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	10	2	2019-05-24	Greg Garcia	SDP	@	TOR	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	5	9%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	11	1	2019-06-05	Gary Sánchez	NYY	@	TOR	behind 0-3	t 4	2	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	3	2	8%	23%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	2019-06-26	Didi Gregorius	NYY		TOR	behind 0-5	b 2	1	---	7,(3-2) BTFBFBX	1	6	6	5%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	13	2	2019-06-26	DJ LeMahieu	NYY		TOR	behind 3-5	b 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) 1SBX	2	1	5	21%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); G. Torres Scores
14	14	14	1	2019-07-02	Rafael Devers	BOS	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	5	15%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Betts Scores
15	15	15	1	2019-07-15	Michael Chavis	BOS		TOR	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	123	7,(3-2) CBS*BBFX	4	6	3	17%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); X. Bogaerts Scores; J. Martinez Scores; A. Benintendi Scores
16	16	16	1	2019-07-20	Niko Goodrum	DET		TOR	tied 1-1	b 2	1	1--	6,(3-2) 1B*BCBFX	2	7	7	17%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); B. Dixon Scores
17	17	17	1	2019-08-06	Avisaíl García	TBR		TOR	behind 0-6	b 4	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	9	7%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Sogard Scores
18	18	18	2	2019-08-06	Willy Adames	TBR		TOR	behind 2-6	b 4	1	1--	4,(1-2) 1BSFX	2	9	6	14%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Duffy Scores
19	19	19	3	2019-08-06	Austin Meadows	TBR		TOR	behind 4-6	b 4	2	1--	6,(2-2) BCCFBX	2	3	7	23%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. d'Arnaud Scores
20	20	20	1	2019-08-17	Austin Nola	SEA	@	TOR	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	5,(1-2) CBCFX	1	5	3	12%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
21	21	21	1	2019-08-23	Omar Narváez	SEA		TOR	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	2	10%	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
22	22	22	2	2019-08-23	J.P. Crawford	SEA		TOR	tied 3-3	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	6	14%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
23	23	23	1	2019-08-30	George Springer	HOU	@	TOR	tied 1-1	t 5	1	1-3	2,(0-1) FX	3	1	8	23%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Chirinos Scores; J. Reddick Scores
24	24	24	1	2019-09-22	DJ LeMahieu	NYY		TOR	ahead 4-0	b 2	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Romine Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2021-04-27	Trea Turner	WSN	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(0-2) FCX	1	1	6	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
26	26	2	2	2021-04-27	Trea Turner	WSN	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	1	6	10%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	3	1	2021-05-01	Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	@	TOR	ahead 4-2	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	1	9	9%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
28	28	4	1	2021-05-24	Joey Wendle	TBR	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	7	5	24%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Margot Scores/unER; J. Choi Scores/unER; T. Walls Scores/unER; J. Wendle Scores/unER
29	29	5	1	2021-06-02	Starling Marte	MIA	@	TOR	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	8	9%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
30	30	6	1	2021-06-13	Bobby Dalbec	BOS		TOR	behind 3-16	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) ...BFBX	1	7	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
31	31	7	1	2021-06-20	Pedro Severino	BAL		TOR	behind 1-6	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	2%	3%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
32	32	8	2	2021-06-20	Trey Mancini	BAL		TOR	behind 2-6	b 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) *BX	2	2	3	7%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Valaika Scores
33	33	9	1	2021-06-30	Mitch Haniger	SEA	@	TOR	tied 4-4	t 5	0	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	2	9	17%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Crawford Scores
34	34	10	1	2021-07-06	Anthony Santander	BAL		TOR	ahead 5-1	b 5	1	--3	5,(2-2) SBSB.X	2	5	9	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Mountcastle Scores
35	35	11	1	2021-08-17	Riley Adams	WSN		TOR	ahead 7-1	b 4	0	---	7,(3-2) .BFBCFBX	1	8	2	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
36	36	12	1	2021-09-12	Austin Wynns	BAL		TOR	behind 5-22	b 7	0	---	8,(2-2) .BCCFBFFX	1	9	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2022-06-17	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	4	9	17%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. Rizzo Scores
38	38	2	2	2022-06-17	DJ LeMahieu	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	5	6%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
39	39	3	1	2022-06-28	Rob Refsnyder	BOS	@	TOR	behind 2-4	t 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) *BX	2	1	8	30%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Arroyo Scores
40	40	4	1	2022-07-03	Jiman Choi	TBR	@	TOR	ahead 4-1	t 5	2	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	4	3	6%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
41	41	5	2	2022-07-03	Randy Arozarena	TBR	@	TOR	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	1--	3,(1-1) *SBX	2	6	7	6%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); I. Paredes Scores
42	42	6	1	2022-07-05	Stephen Piscotty	OAK		TOR	ahead 4-3	b 5	2	---	6,(3-2) BSBFBX	1	5	9	12%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	7	1	2022-08-08	Austin Hays	BAL		TOR	ahead 5-2	b 6	2	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	6	7	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	2023-08-06	Matt Thaiss	LAA		SEA	behind 1-2	b 7	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	2	24%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	2	1	2023-08-13	Cedric Mullins	BAL	@	SEA	tied 3-3	t 10	1	--3	6,(3-2) CBBF.BX	2	4	8	31%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Henderson Scores/unER
46	46	3	1	2023-09-03	Pete Alonso	NYM		SEA	ahead 5-3	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	3	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
47	47	4	1	2023-09-15	James Outman	LAD	@	SEA	ahead 5-3	t 9	1	---	4,(1-2) SCBX	1	8	8	4%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
48	48	5	1	2023-09-27	Martín Maldonado	HOU	@	SEA	ahead 7-3	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .SX	1	9	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)