#8 Walter Thornton, Reliever, 34 yrs, New York (N) Giants Thursday, 10/26/1909 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Walter Thornton
2/18/1875 34 USA,ME,LEWISTON 6"1 195
Reliever L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) Average Suffers Normal 4.0 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 $ 750,000 1909 10 Year(s), 31 Days (1751 total Days) 172 Day(s) 14 Year(s), 11 Days (2419 total Days) 14 Year(s) Not eligible Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 7 | 93-96 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Talent | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 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 | | | | |
6/28 | @PHI | W 5-4 | | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | SV | | | | |
7/14 | @CIN | L 2-5 | | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | L | | | | |
7/22 | CHN | L 2-3 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | L | | | | |
7/23 | CHN | W 2-1 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | W | | | | |
7/27 | PIT | L 7-8 | | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
8/1 | BRO | L 4-11 | | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | L | | | | |
8/16 | PIT | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
8/20 | CIN | W 4-0 | * | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
8/25 | @BSN | W 5-4 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
9/20 | @BSN | W 5-2 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 18 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2.68 | 53.2 | 50 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 4 | 100.0 |
Projected | 18 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2.68 | 53.0 | 50 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 30 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 14 | 11 | 11.7 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 3.07 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 90 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .311 | .300 | .611 |
vs. RHB | 107 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .319 | .299 | .618 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.83 | 28.2 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
Road | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.52 | 25.0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 13 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 3.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
May | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.82 | 22.0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
June | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.40 | 1.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
July | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 5.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
August | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.15 | 20.0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Sept./Oct. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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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 |
1898 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .400 | CLE |
1899 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.47 | 5.2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.71 | .429 | CLE |
1903 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 8.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .345 | CLE |
1904 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.80 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | .333 | CLE |
1905 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.20 | 15.0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 | .281 | CLE |
1906 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 6.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .333 | CLE |
1907 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12.96 | 8.1 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.40 | .452 | CLE |
1908 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2.92 | 52.1 | 49 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1.45 | .288 | NYG |
1909 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2.68 | 53.2 | 50 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1.30 | .295 | NYG,NL |
Total | 135 | 61 | 40 | 48 | 5 | 4.19 | 601.2 | 691 | 319 | 280 | 16 | 177 | 229 | 47 | 4 | 1.44 | .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 |
1899, AAA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.16 | 8.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.20 | .267 |
1900, AAA | 55 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 3.07 | 44.0 | 40 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | .328 |
1901, AAA | 31 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3.19 | 67.2 | 67 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 1.42 | .317 |
1902, AAA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8.22 | 7.2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.22 | .444 |
1903, AAA | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 | 19.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.84 | .163 |
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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 |
1898 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
1899 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
1903 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
1904 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
1905 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
1906 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | CLE |
1907 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
1908 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .375 | .444 | .375 | .819 | NYG |
1909 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .154 | .167 | .321 | NYG,NL |
Total | 135 | 190 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | .279 | .289 | .300 | .589 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 18 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | .923 | 53.2 | 2.18 | | | | |
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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... 1/31/1900: Gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1901: Gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration... Injured on 8/1/1901 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks... 1/31/1902: Gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1905: Gets a new one-year contract worth $300,000 through salary arbitration... 10/25/1905: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $600,000 per year, for 3 years. Won World Series with Cleveland in 1906... Released by Cleveland on 8/28/1907... Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/10/1908 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year... Was selected to the 1909 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1909, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA...
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