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Matt Thornton

Pitcher

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 9/15/1976 (49)
Height, Weight 6'6", 235 lb
Hometown Three Rivers, MI

2016 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify
MLB Rank MLB Average
IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
17.0 5.82 1.65 11.7% 7.8%
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Matt Thornton Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2004 SEA 19 1 32.2 1-2 4.13 1.68 - 4.32 - - 20.3% 16.9% 8.3 0.55 .315 - 76.6% - - - - - -
2005 SEA 55 0 57.0 0-4 5.21 1.68 - 6.20 - - 21.8% 16.0% 8.5 2.05 .275 - 81.0% - - - - - -
2006 CWS 63 0 54.0 5-3 3.33 1.24 - 3.76 - - 21.6% 9.3% 7.7 0.83 .273 - 78.7% - - - - - -
2007 CWS 68 0 56.1 4-4 4.79 1.51 - 3.70 - - 22.1% 10.4% 9.4 0.64 .340 - 68.8% - - - - - -
2008 CWS 74 0 67.1 5-3 2.67 1.00 - 2.75 - - 28.7% 7.1% 6.4 0.67 .262 - 79.0% - - - - - -
2009 CWS 70 0 72.1 6-3 2.74 1.08 - 2.46 - - 29.9% 6.9% 7.2 0.62 .301 - 79.2% - - - - - -
2010 CWS 61 0 60.2 5-4 2.67 1.01 - 2.13 - - 33.9% 8.4% 6.1 0.45 .286 - 76.5% - - - - - -
2011 CWS 62 0 59.2 2-5 3.32 1.36 - 2.62 - - 24.0% 8.0% 9.1 0.45 .331 - 61.2% - - - - - -
2012 CWS 74 0 65.0 4-10 3.46 1.23 - 3.19 - - 19.9% 6.4% 8.7 0.55 .314 - 72.4% - - - - - -
2013 BOS/CWS 60 0 43.1 0-4 3.74 1.43 - 4.05 - - 16.0% 8.0% 9.8 0.83 .326 - 75.3% - - - - - -
2014 WSH/NYY 64 0 36.0 1-3 1.75 1.14 - 2.66 - - 18.4% 5.3% 8.3 0.00 .303 - 80.4% - - - - - -
2015 WSH 60 0 41.1 2-1 2.18 1.06 - 3.52 - - 13.5% 6.4% 7.2 0.44 .235 - 78.2% - - - - - -
2016 SD 18 0 17.0 1-0 5.82 1.65 - 4.85 - - 11.7% 7.8% 11.6 1.06 .339 - 64.9% - - - - - -
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Career 748 1 662.2 36-46 3.41 1.28 0.00 3.41 0.00 - 22.9% 9.0% 8.1 0.71 .299 - 74.7% - - - - - -

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2004 SEA 19 1 32.2 1-2 0 0 - 607 347 260 148 30 20 8 0 2 30 25 0 2
2005 SEA 55 0 57.0 0-4 0 0 - 1,109 653 456 262 54 36 5 0 13 57 42 0 7
2006 CWS 63 0 54.0 5-3 0 2 - 851 558 293 227 46 33 7 1 5 49 21 1 1
2007 CWS 68 0 56.1 4-4 0 2 - 931 592 339 249 59 35 16 4 4 55 26 2 3
2008 CWS 74 0 67.1 5-3 0 1 - 1,039 699 340 268 48 36 7 0 5 77 19 2 3
2009 CWS 70 0 72.1 6-3 0 4 - 1,167 782 385 291 58 41 10 2 5 87 20 1 4
2010 CWS 61 0 60.2 5-4 0 8 - 982 645 337 239 41 28 9 1 3 81 20 2 1
2011 CWS 62 0 59.2 2-5 0 3 - 1,061 703 358 262 60 47 10 0 3 63 21 0 2
2012 CWS 74 0 65.0 4-10 0 3 - 1,023 665 358 266 63 44 14 1 4 53 17 3 2
2013 BOS/CWS 60 0 43.1 0-4 0 0 - 702 448 254 187 47 38 5 0 4 30 15 2 2
2014 WSH/NYY 64 0 36.0 1-3 0 0 - 637 415 222 152 33 28 4 1 0 28 8 5 0
2015 WSH 60 0 41.1 2-1 0 0 - 593 373 220 171 33 22 8 1 2 23 11 1 1
2016 SD 18 0 17.0 1-0 0 0 - 280 177 103 77 22 15 5 0 2 9 6 1 0
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Career 748 1 662.2 36-46 0 23 - 10,982 7,057 3,925 2,799 594 423 108 11 52 642 251 20 28

Matt Thornton Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2004 SEA 20.3% 16.9% .250 .367 .744 .336 .315 .330 - - - - - - - -
2005 SEA 21.8% 16.0% .248 .450 .818 .358 .275 .333 - - - - - - - -
2006 CWS 21.6% 9.3% .229 .348 .649 .280 .273 .297 - - - - - - - -
2007 CWS 22.1% 10.4% .269 .434 .783 .335 .340 .355 - - - - - - - -
2008 CWS 28.7% 7.1% .196 .286 .544 .244 .262 .284 - - - - - - - -
2009 CWS 29.9% 6.9% .217 .326 .599 .265 .301 .320 - - - - - - - -
2010 CWS 33.9% 8.4% .191 .284 .548 .241 .286 .301 - - - - - - - -
2011 CWS 24.0% 8.0% .255 .336 .649 .283 .331 .343 - - - - - - - -
2012 CWS 19.9% 6.4% .257 .371 .684 .297 .314 .328 - - - - - - - -
2013 BOS/CWS 16.0% 8.0% .285 .388 .738 .328 .326 .346 - - - - - - - -
2014 WSH/NYY 18.4% 5.3% .244 .289 .596 .267 .303 .303 - - - - - - - -
2015 WSH 13.5% 6.4% .212 .314 .580 .249 .235 .246 - - - - - - - -
2016 SD 11.7% 7.8% .314 .471 .848 .367 .339 .361 - - - - - - - -
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Career 22.9% 9.0% .238 .353 .664 .297 .299 .318 - - - - - - - 0.00

Matt Thornton Pitch › Mix

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Matt Thornton Pitch › Results

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Matt Thornton Batted Ball › Contact

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Matt Thornton Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Matt Thornton Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
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Matt Thornton Approach › Locations

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Matt Thornton Approach › Counts

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Matt Thornton PLV

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