Andre Thornton

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, AL us

High School: Phoenixville HS (Phoenixville, PA)

Schools: Capital University (Bexley, OH), Cheyney University (Cheyney, PA)

Debut: July 28, 1973 (Age 23-349d, 13,393rd in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 31, 1987 (Age 38-018d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Andre Thornton

Nicknames: Thunder

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Pat Kelly

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.2

5291

1342

253

.254

792

RBI

895

OBP

.360

SLG

.452

OPS

.811

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
2	2	Apr 10	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
3	3	Apr 11	CHC	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
4	4	Apr 13	CHC		NYM	W,5-4	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
5	5	Apr 14	CHC		NYM	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
6	6	Apr 15	CHC		NYM	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
7	7	Apr 17	CHC		PHI	L,16-18	CG	56	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
8	8	Apr 18	CHC		PHI	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
9	9	Apr 19	CHC		MON	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
10	10	Apr 21 susp	CHC		MON	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
11	11	Apr 22	CHC		MON	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
12	12	Apr 23	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
13	13	Apr 24	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
14	14	Apr 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	7	0	1	8	0	1B
15	15	Apr 26	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
16	16	Apr 27	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
17	17	Apr 28	CHC	@	SDP	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
18	18	Apr 29	CHC	@	SDP	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
19	19	Apr 30	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
21	22 (1)	May 2 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	30	6.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
22	24 (1)	May 5	CHC		LAD	L,12-14	GF	15	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
23	27 (2)	May 9	CHC		CIN	L,2-14	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
24	29 (1)	May 12	CHC		SFG	W,1-0	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
25	31 (1)	May 14	CHC		SDP	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Montreal Expos
26	30	May 20	MON		CHC	W,3-0	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	31	May 21	MON		NYM	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
28	32	May 22	MON		NYM	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	33	May 23	MON		NYM	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	34	May 24	MON	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
31	35	May 25	MON	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	36	May 26	MON	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	37	May 28	MON	@	PHI	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
34	38	May 29	MON	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
35	39	May 30	MON	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	40	Jun 1	MON		STL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
37	42 (1)	Jun 3	MON		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
38	44 (1)	Jun 5	MON		ATL	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
39	45	Jun 6	MON		ATL	L,8-14	GS	50	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	1B RF
40	46	Jun 8	MON	@	SFG	W,9-4	GS	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	RF 1B
41	47	Jun 9	MON	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	48	Jun 10	MON	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	68 (19)	Jul 2	MON	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
44	69	Jul 3	MON	@	STL	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
45	70	Jul 4	MON	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
46	71	Jul 5	MON		CIN	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
47	72	Jul 6	MON		CIN	L,7-10	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
48	73	Jul 7	MON		CIN	L,3-4	GS	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
49	74	Jul 8	MON	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
50	75	Jul 9	MON	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	10	0	1	11	3	1B
51	76	Jul 10	MON	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
52	77	Jul 11	MON	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
53	78	Jul 15	MON	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
54	79	Jul 16	MON	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
55	80	Jul 17	MON	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
56	81	Jul 18 (1)	MON		HOU	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	9	3	0	12	3	1B
57	82	Jul 18 (2)	MON		HOU	L,1-14	CG	54	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
58	83	Jul 19	MON		HOU	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
59	84	Jul 20	MON		ATL	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
60	85	Jul 21	MON		ATL	W,4-3	GS	33	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
61	88 (2)	Jul 24	MON		NYM	L,4-10	CG	50	9.0	8	1	1	10	3	1B
62	89	Jul 25	MON		NYM	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
63	90	Jul 26 (1)	MON	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	91	Jul 26 (2)	MON	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	23	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
65	92	Jul 27	MON	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
66	95 (2)	Jul 31	MON	@	PIT	W,7-6		9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	96	Aug 1	MON	@	PIT	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
68	97	Aug 2	MON	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
69	98	Aug 3	MON	@	NYM	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
70	101 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	MON		CHC	L,5-6	GF	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
71	104 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	MON		CHC	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
72	110 (5)	Aug 13 (2)	MON		SDP	L,3-4		12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	113 (2)	Aug 17	MON	@	PHI	L,3-11	GS	31	5.1	5	2	0	7	2	1B
74	116 (2)	Aug 21	MON	@	SFG	L,4-5	GF	32	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	PH 1B
75	121 (4)	Aug 27	MON	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	125 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	MON		LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
77	135 (9)	Sep 8 (2)	MON	@	STL	W,8-7	GF	17	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	PH 1B
							79gm		614.1	541	46	6	593	60