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

Summary of 52 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 4 walk-off, 5 tying, 16 go ahead

4 Tms
CHW	33
SEA	15
SDP	2
WSN	2

Platoon
vs RHB	30
vs LHB	22

Home/Road
Home	29
Away	23

Outs
1	27
2	14
0	11

21 Opps
NYY	7
DET	6
CLE	6
TBD/TBR	5
OAK	4
KCR	4
CHW	3
ARI	2
MIN	2
STL	2
TEX	1
LAA	1
SEA	1
BAL	1
ATL	1
PHI	1
BOS	1
WSN	1
HOU	1
FLA	1
TOR	1

51 Batters
Jason Giambi	2
Mark Teahen	1
Jhonny Peralta	1
Johnny Damon	1
Carlos Peña	1
Víctor Martínez	1
Welington Castillo	1
Jake Lamb	1
Casey Blake	1
Bobby Crosby	1
Willie Harris	1
Ben Zobrist	1
Paul Konerko	1
Tino Martinez	1
Travis Hafner	1
Adam LaRoche	1
Nick Swisher	1
Miguel Olivo	1
Brandon Inge	1
Kurt Suzuki	1
Dan Johnson	1
Melky Cabrera	1
Jim Thome	1
Carl Everett	1
Jason Michaels	1
Stephen Piscotty	1
Marcus Thames	1
Jason Castro	1
Felipe López	1
Brennan Boesch	1
Kelly Shoppach	1
Adam Rosales	1
Dan Uggla	1
Gary Sheffield	1
Michael Saunders	1
Gabe Gross	1
Paul Phillips	1
Derek Jeter	1
Dioner Navarro	1
Grady Sizemore	1
Cameron Maybin	1
Aaron Rowand	1
Sal Fasano	1
Plácido Polanco	1
Jonny Gomes	1
Shin-Soo Choo	1
Timo Pérez	1
José Molina	1
Eric Hinske	1
Jacque Jones	1
David Dellucci	1

16 Parks
Guaranteed (CHI)	22
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	7
TropicanaFld (STP)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Nationals Pk (WAS)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	14
8	7
89	3
78	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	14
3	14
4	8
2	6
5	6
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	49
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	9
-2-	8
1-3	6
123	3
12-	2

94 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	24
1 on	17
2 on	8
3 on	3
Any on	28

Inning
2	1
4	1
5	3
6	6
7	7
8	16
9	11
Extra	7

1-3	1
4-6	10
7-end	41

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	2
+2	5
+1	8
Tied	9
-1	9
-2	1
-3	5
-4..	7

Ahead	21
Tied	9
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	14
1-1	9
1-2	7
0-1	5
0-2	4
2-2	4
2-0	3
3-2	2
2-1	2
1-0	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	8
DH	8
RF	7
1B	5
CF	5
3B	5
LF	4
SS	4
PH	3
2B	3

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

Leverage
High Lev	21
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2004-07-10	Paul Konerko	CHW		SEA	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	10%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	2004-09-04	Willie Harris	CHW		SEA	ahead 7-2	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2005-04-05	Jacque Jones	MIN	@	SEA	ahead 5-4	t 5	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	9	19%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Hunter Scores
4	4	2	1	2005-04-10	David Dellucci	TEX	@	SEA	behind 5-6	t 7	1	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	7	33%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); M. Teixeira Scores
5	5	3	1	2005-05-11	Tino Martinez	NYY		SEA	behind 6-9	b 4	1	12-	5,(2-2) CSBBX	3	6	3	27%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Matsui Scores; A. Rodriguez Scores
6	6	4	2	2005-05-11	Derek Jeter	NYY		SEA	tied 9-9	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	14%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	5	3	2005-05-11	Gary Sheffield	NYY		SEA	ahead 10-9	b 5	0	-2-	3,(1-1) C>B.X	2	3	9	12%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); T. Womack Scores
8	8	6	1	2005-05-17	Jason Giambi	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 5-0	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	DH	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	7	1	2005-06-30	Bobby Crosby	OAK		SEA	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	4	6	8%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Chavez Scores
10	10	8	1	2005-07-15	Sal Fasano	BAL	@	SEA	ahead 5-3	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	9	2	6%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	2005-07-19	Eric Hinske	TOR		SEA	ahead 10-9	b 6	1	-2-	6,(3-2) CB.BSBX	2	8	3	14%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Zaun Scores
12	12	10	1	2005-08-17	Paul Phillips	KCR	@	SEA	behind 1-11	t 9	2	123	3,(1-1) BCX	4	8	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Sweeney Scores; M. Teahen Scores; D. Hocking Scores
13	13	11	1	2005-08-27	Carl Everett	CHW	@	SEA	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	DH	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	12	1	2005-08-29	Jason Giambi	NYY	@	SEA	behind 2-4	t 6	1	12-	3,(1-1) .CBX	3	5	3	36%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Sheffield Scores; A. Rodriguez Scores
15	15	13	1	2005-09-24	Carlos Peña	DET		SEA	ahead 5-1	b 8	1	-2-	1,(0-0) .X	2	5	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Monroe Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2006-05-10	José Molina	LAA	@	CHW	ahead 10-5	t 9	2	-2-	6,(1-2) CFFBFX	2	8	2	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Quinlan Scores
17	17	2	1	2006-06-01	Jason Michaels	CLE		CHW	tied 5-5	b 6	1	1--	3,(1-1) CB1X	2	2	7	25%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Boone Scores
18	18	3	1	2006-06-10	Víctor Martínez	CLE	@	CHW	tied 2-2	t 11	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	2	37%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	4	1	2006-06-21	Timo Pérez	STL	@	CHW	behind 4-13	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
20	20	5	1	2006-08-31	Dioner Navarro	TBD	@	CHW	behind 2-3	t 8	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	5	2	24%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2007-04-04	Grady Sizemore	CLE	@	CHW	behind 6-7	t 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) .>X	2	1	8	36%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Marte Scores
22	22	2	1	2007-06-13	Aaron Rowand	PHI		CHW	ahead 4-3	b 7	2	123	3,(0-2) CSX	4	9	8	18%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Bourn Scores; A. Núñez Scores; R. Barajas Scores
23	23	3	1	2007-06-19	Dan Uggla	FLA	@	CHW	tied 5-5	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	2	4	32%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
24	24	4	1	2007-08-16	Kurt Suzuki	OAK		CHW	tied 5-5	b 10	2	1-3	1,(0-0) >X	3	9	2	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Ellis Scores; M. Scutaro Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2008-04-22	Johnny Damon	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 6-4	t 8	2	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	1	7	12%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Canó Scores; M. Cabrera Scores
26	26	2	1	2008-06-01	Gabe Gross	TBR		CHW	tied 3-3	b 10	0	---	4,(0-2) .SCFX	1	9	9	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
27	27	3	1	2008-07-01	Casey Blake	CLE	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 10	1	---	5,(2-2) BSCBX	1	5	5	37%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
28	28	4	1	2008-08-02	Miguel Olivo	KCR		CHW	ahead 8-7	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	8%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
29	29	5	1	2008-08-05	Plácido Polanco	DET	@	CHW	tied 6-6	t 14	1	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	2	4	41%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); É. Rentería Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2009-04-17	Ben Zobrist	TBR		CHW	behind 2-5	b 6	2	123	3,(1-1) ..SBX	4	7	PH	49%	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); E. Longoria Scores; P. Burrell Scores; D. Navarro Scores
31	31	2	1	2009-06-08 (2)	Marcus Thames	DET	@	CHW	behind 0-6	t 9	1	---	5,(2-2) .SFBBX	1	1	PH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	3	1	2009-06-29	Shin-Soo Choo	CLE		CHW	behind 0-6	b 9	1	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	4	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	4	1	2009-07-30	Nick Swisher	NYY	@	CHW	behind 1-2	t 9	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	9	35%	39%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
34	34	5	1	2009-08-19	Mark Teahen	KCR	@	CHW	behind 1-4	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) .BCSX	1	6	5	7%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2010-06-08	Brennan Boesch	DET	@	CHW	ahead 3-2	t 7	1	1-3	9,(3-2) BSBSFFF*BX	3	5	9	17%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Raburn Scores; M. Cabrera Scores
36	36	2	1	2010-08-13	Brandon Inge	DET	@	CHW	behind 3-7	t 8	2	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	6	5	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	3	1	2010-08-17	Jim Thome	MIN		CHW	behind 5-6	b 10	0	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	7	DH	67%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Young Scores
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2011-04-08	Dan Johnson	TBR	@	CHW	behind 6-7	t 9	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	4	5	54%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Damon Scores/unER; B. Upton Scores/unER; D. Johnson Scores/unER
39	39	2	1	2011-04-18	Felipe López	TBR		CHW	ahead 4-0	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) .CFX	1	4	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
40	40	3	1	2011-08-12	Melky Cabrera	KCR	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 9	0	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	2	8	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Escobar Scores/unER; A. Gordon Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	2012-05-02	Travis Hafner	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 4-3	t 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	13%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Cabrera Scores
42	42	2	1	2012-05-04	Jhonny Peralta	DET		CHW	behind 3-4	b 9	1	1--	4,(0-2) .FFFX	2	7	6	79%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Laird Scores
43	43	3	1	2012-07-17	Kelly Shoppach	BOS		CHW	behind 3-7	b 8	2	1--	4,(2-1) .F*BBX	2	6	PH	7%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Middlebrooks Scores
44	44	4	1	2012-08-11	Jonny Gomes	OAK	@	CHW	behind 6-7	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	DH	25%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2013-04-06	Michael Saunders	SEA	@	CHW	behind 1-4	t 8	0	1--	4,(2-1) .CBBX	2	1	8	14%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Ryan Scores
46	46	2	1	2013-04-09	Adam LaRoche	WSN		CHW	ahead 7-5	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	5	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
47	47	3	1	2013-06-06	Adam Rosales	OAK	@	CHW	tied 4-4	t 10	2	---	4,(1-2) FTBX	1	9	6	41%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
48	48	4	1	2013-06-16	Jason Castro	HOU		CHW	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	-2-	5,(1-2) .>S.C*BFX	2	3	DH	13%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Altuve Scores
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	2015-06-23	Cameron Maybin	ATL	@	WSN	behind 0-3	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	2	8	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
50	50	2	1	2015-08-05	Welington Castillo	ARI	@	WSN	ahead 5-2	t 8	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	4	2	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); E. Inciarte Scores; P. Goldschmidt Scores
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	2016-07-06	Jake Lamb	ARI		SDP	behind 4-13	b 9	1	-2-	5,(1-2) CBCFX	2	4	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. Goldschmidt Scores
52	52	2	1	2016-07-18	Stephen Piscotty	STL		SDP	ahead 9-2	b 8	1	---	8,(2-2) CBFFFBFX	1	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)