#8 Walter Thornton, Starting Pitcher, 21 yrs, Cleveland Spiders Tuesday, 10/24/1896 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Walter Thornton
2/18/1875 21 USA,ME,LEWISTON 6"1 180
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Prospect rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Average Suffers Normal 1.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 250,000 1896 (Automatic) 0 Year(s), 133 Days (133 total Days) 108 Day(s) 1 Year(s), 25 Days (197 total Days) 1 Year(s) Not eligible 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 2 | 7 | 10 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 7 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 2 | 7 | 10 | |
Talent | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 10 46 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 9 3 2 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .960 (Fielding Pct.) 1B : 4 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/15 | BOS | L 7-8 | * | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
8/19 | @WAS | W 7-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
8/27 | COL | L 4-8 | * | 9 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | L | | | | |
8/31 | @PHA | W 6-4 | * | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | W | | | | |
9/4 | LOU | L 0-2 | * | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
9/10 | BOS | L 1-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/16 | @IND | L 4-5 | * | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | L | | | | |
9/22 | WAS | L 5-12 | * | 6.1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | L | | | | |
9/28 | LOU | L 4-5 | * | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | L | | | | |
10/3 | COL | L 3-5 | * | 9 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 20 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4.95 | 160.0 | 195 | 98 | 88 | 37 | 53 | 14 | 70.0 | 1 | 10 | 50.0 |
Projected | 20 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4.95 | 160.0 | 195 | 98 | 88 | 37 | 53 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.05 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 156 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .239 | .269 | .508 |
vs. RHB | 484 | 160 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 78 | 83 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .331 | .367 | .434 | .801 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 12 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4.62 | 97.1 | 122 | 56 | 50 | 22 | 32 |
Road | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5.46 | 62.2 | 73 | 42 | 38 | 15 | 21 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
June | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 25.0 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 9 |
July | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.00 | 36.0 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 14 |
August | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.29 | 48.2 | 67 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 14 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.11 | 50.1 | 60 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 16 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1895 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.00 | 36.0 | 47 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1.69 | .331 | CLE |
1896 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4.95 | 160.0 | 195 | 98 | 88 | 3 | 37 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 1.45 | .329 | CLE |
Total | 25 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 4.96 | 196.0 | 242 | 121 | 108 | 4 | 51 | 63 | 17 | 3 | 1.49 | .329 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1895, AAA | 32 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2.86 | 267.2 | 268 | 91 | 85 | 5 | 83 | 235 | 15 | 3 | 1.31 | .334 |
1896, AAA | 15 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2.93 | 123.0 | 129 | 43 | 40 | 4 | 33 | 129 | 9 | 2 | 1.32 | .363 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1895 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .308 | .286 | .308 | .593 | CLE |
1896 | 20 | 56 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .321 | .356 | .375 | .731 | CLE |
Total | 25 | 69 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .319 | .342 | .362 | .705 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 20 | 20 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 160.0 | 1.91 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1895... Had first career hit on 9/10/1895, off Charlie Sweeney (BOS)... Earned first career win on 9/10/1895...
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