#8 Walter Thornton, Starting Pitcher, 22 yrs, Cleveland Spiders Wednesday, 10/25/1897 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Walter Thornton
2/18/1875 22 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) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Average Suffers Normal 1.0 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 1897 (Automatic) 1 Year(s), 133 Days (305 total Days) 172 Day(s) 2 Year(s), 25 Days (369 total Days) 2 Year(s) Not eligible 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 2 | 5 | 9 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
Talent | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 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 | | | | |
8/2 | PHA | W 4-2 | * | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
8/11 | @BAL | L 1-2 | * | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
8/15 | @BOS | W 5-4 | * | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | W | | | | |
8/19 | IND | L 2-6 | * | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | L | | | | |
8/27 | @LOU | L 7-8 | * | 9.2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | L | | | | |
8/31 | PHA | L 1-2 | * | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | L | | | | |
9/4 | @COL | W 6-2 | * | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
9/12 | @BOS | W 6-3 | * | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
9/19 | LOU | W 4-3 | * | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
9/24 | WAS | W 5-4 | * | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | W | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 29 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3.69 | 249.0 | 275 | 121 | 102 | 57 | 89 | 24 | 82.8 | 0 | 12 | 41.4 |
Projected | 29 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3.69 | 249.0 | 275 | 121 | 102 | 57 | 89 | | | | | |
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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 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.44 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 190 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .253 | .301 | .363 | .665 |
vs. RHB | 790 | 227 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 84 | 93 | 44 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .287 | .319 | .351 | .670 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3.81 | 127.2 | 142 | 65 | 54 | 27 | 61 |
Road | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3.56 | 121.1 | 133 | 56 | 48 | 30 | 28 |
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 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.91 | 44.0 | 53 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 12 |
May | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.45 | 28.1 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 14 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.80 | 61.0 | 60 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 22 |
July | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | 34.2 | 40 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 9 |
August | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.80 | 45.0 | 54 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 18 |
Sept./Oct. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 36.0 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
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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 |
1897 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3.69 | 249.0 | 275 | 121 | 102 | 6 | 57 | 89 | 24 | 0 | 1.33 | .304 | CLE |
Total | 54 | 54 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 4.25 | 445.0 | 517 | 242 | 210 | 10 | 108 | 152 | 41 | 3 | 1.40 | .315 | |
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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 |
1897 | 29 | 97 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .258 | .255 | .268 | .523 | CLE |
Total | 54 | 166 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | .283 | .292 | .307 | .600 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 29 | 29 | 14 | 50 | 5 | 67 | 3 | .955 | 249.0 | 2.42 | | | | |
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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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