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Matt Thornton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-6, 235lb (198cm, 106kg)

Born: September 15, 1976 in Three Rivers, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 27th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Centreville HS (Centreville, MI) and the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI).

High School: Centreville HS (Centreville, MI)

School: Grand Valley State University (Allendale, MI)

Debut: June 27, 2004 (Age 27-286d, 18,483rd in major league history)
vs. SDP 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 2, 2016 (Age 39-322d)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Adam Hubble

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Matthew J. Thornton

Nicknames: Thorny

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.4

ERA

3.41

748

662.2

642

WHIP

1.275

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

2014 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2014 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 2	NYY	@	HOU	L,1-3		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 4	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-3		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	7 (2)	Apr 7	NYY		BAL	W,4-2		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
4	9 (1)	Apr 9	NYY		BAL	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	12 (2)	Apr 12	NYY		BOS	W,7-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	13	Apr 13	NYY		BOS	W,3-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	15 (1)	Apr 16 (2)	NYY		CHC	W,2-0		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	17 (1)	Apr 18	NYY	@	TBR	L,5-11		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	19 (1)	Apr 20	NYY	@	TBR	W,5-1		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	21 (1)	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5		5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
11	24 (2)	Apr 26	NYY		LAA	W,4-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	27 (2)	May 1	NYY		SEA	L,2-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	28	May 2	NYY		TBR	L,5-10		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	31 (2)	May 5	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-4		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	36 (4)	May 11	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	37	May 12	NYY		NYM	L,7-9		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	42 (4)	May 18 (1)	NYY		PIT	W,4-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	43	May 18 (2)	NYY		PIT	L,3-5		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	44	May 20	NYY	@	CHC	L,1-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	45	May 21	NYY	@	CHC	W,4-2		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	48 (2)	May 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	50 (1)	May 26	NYY	@	STL	W,6-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	52 (1)	May 28	NYY	@	STL	W,7-4		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	55 (2)	Jun 1	NYY		MIN	L,2-7	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	56	Jun 2	NYY		SEA	L,2-10		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	58 (1)	Jun 4	NYY		OAK	L,4-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	65 (6)	Jun 12	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-3		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	68 (2)	Jun 15	NYY	@	OAK	L,5-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	71 (2)	Jun 19	NYY		TOR	W,6-4		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	72	Jun 20	NYY		BAL	W,5-3		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	76 (3)	Jun 24	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	77	Jun 25	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-3		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
33	78	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	80 (1)	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	L,5-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	86 (5)	Jul 5	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-2	GF	8	1.2	0	2	0	2	0
36	89 (2)	Jul 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	90	Jul 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	91	Jul 10	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-9		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
39	96 (4)	Jul 19	NYY		CIN	W,7-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	98 (1)	Jul 21	NYY		TEX	L,2-4		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	99	Jul 22	NYY		TEX	W,2-1		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
42	101 (1)	Jul 24	NYY		TEX	W,4-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	103 (1)	Jul 26	NYY		TOR	L,4-6		6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
44	105 (1)	Jul 28	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	108 (2)	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
46	111 (2)	Aug 4	NYY		DET	W,2-1		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
				Player went from New York Yankees to Washington Nationals
47	112	Aug 6	WSN		NYM	W,7-1		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
48	113	Aug 7	WSN		NYM	W,5-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	115 (1)	Aug 9	WSN	@	ATL	W,4-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	121 (5)	Aug 16	WSN		PIT	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	122	Aug 17	WSN		PIT	W,6-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
52	123	Aug 18	WSN		ARI	W,5-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	126 (2)	Aug 21	WSN		ARI	W,1-0		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	128 (1)	Aug 23	WSN		SFG	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	132 (3)	Aug 27	WSN	@	PHI	L,4-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
56	134 (1)	Aug 30	WSN	@	SEA	W,3-1		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	136 (1)	Sep 1	WSN	@	LAD	W,6-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
58	138 (1)	Sep 3	WSN	@	LAD	W,8-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
59	139	Sep 5	WSN		PHI	L,8-9		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
60	142 (2)	Sep 8	WSN		ATL	W,2-1		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	145 (2)	Sep 11	WSN	@	NYM	W,6-2		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
62	148 (2)	Sep 14	WSN	@	NYM	W,3-0		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
63	153 (4)	Sep 19	WSN	@	MIA	W,3-2		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
64	158 (4)	Sep 25 (2)	WSN		NYM	W,3-0		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
							64gm		36.0	4	6	0	10	0