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Walter Thornton
Walter Miller Thornton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School Cornell College

Debut July 1, 1895
Final Game October 8, 1898
Born February 18, 1875 in Lewiston, ME
Died July 14, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1895 20 CHC NL   2   0   7   2   2   0   5  1   40.0   58   50   27   3   31   13   0   4     0       0  6.08  5.11   84 2.225
 1896 21 CHC NL   2   1   5   5   2   0   0  0   23.7   30   26   15   1   13   10   0   0     0       0  5.70  4.53   79 1.817
 1897 22 CHC NL   6   7  16  16  15   0   0  0  130.3  164   91   68   4   51   55   6   2     0       0  4.70  4.48   95 1.650
 1898 23 CHC NL  13  10  28  25  21   2   3  0  215.3  226  116   80   4   56   56  18   3     0       0  3.34  3.57  107 1.310
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .561  23  18  56  48  40   2   8  1  409.3  478  283  190  12  151  134  24   9     0       0  4.18  4.06   97 1.537
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  11  36  31  26   1   5  0  267.3  312  185  124   7   98   87  15   5     0   0   0  4.18  4.06   97 1.537
 Career High     13  10  28  25  21   2   5  1  215.3  226  116   80   4   56   56  18   4     0   0   0  3.34  5.11  107 1.310

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1895 20 CHC NL   8   22    4    7   1  0   1    7   0      3   1  .318  .400  .500  125   11   0           0    
 1896 21 CHC NL   9   22    6    8   0  1   0    1   2      5   2  .364  .481  .455  143   10   0           0    
 1897 22 CHC NL  75  265   39   85   9  6   0   55  13     30      .321  .402  .400  108  106   4           6    
 1898 23 CHC NL  62  210   34   62   5  2   0   14   8     22      .295  .362  .338  101   71   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      154  519   83  162  15  9   1   77  23  0  60   3  .312  .390  .382  108  198   7   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        546   87  170  16  9   1   81  24  0  63   3  .312  .390  .382  108  208   7   0   0   6   0
 Career High     75  265   39   85   9  6   1   55  13  0  30   2  .321  .402  .400  108  106   4   0   0   6   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1895 20 CHC NL   25   15    4   6.9   118| .318  .311| .400  .378| .500  .420| .900  .798| 125  .631   0.8   0.1     
 1896 21 CHC NL   27   14    5   9.3   111| .364  .302| .481  .368| .455  .404| .936  .772| 143  .768   1.7   0.2     
 1897 22 CHC NL  305  184   41   5.8   111| .321  .304| .402  .368| .400  .404| .802  .772| 108  .584   4.3   0.4     
 1898 23 CHC NL  235  151   26   4.5    91| .295  .278| .362  .342| .338  .356| .700  .699| 101  .557   0.7   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       592  364   76   5.4   103| .312  .293| .390  .358| .382  .385| .772  .743| 108  .586   7.6   0.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1895 20 CHC NL   P    7      4    5    1    0  .900  .918  1.29  2.01  2.02  2.52    2   40.0
                 1B    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  9.90                        
 1896 21 CHC NL   P    5      1    3    1    0  .800  .909  0.80  2.20  1.52  2.73    5   23.7
                 OF    3      7    0    2    0  .778  .933  2.33  2.13                            0    2    1
 1897 22 CHC NL  OF   59     74    8   23    0  .781  .935  1.39  2.06                           48    8    3
                  P   16     11   25    1    1  .973  .921  2.25  2.10  2.49  2.55   16  130.3
 1898 23 CHC NL  OF   34     66    5   10    2  .877  .937  2.09  2.03                            2   26    6
                  P   28      8   48    7    3  .889  .918  2.00  2.25  2.34  2.65   25  215.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1895 20 CHC NL  1B    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  9.90                        

 1896 21 CHC NL  OF    3      7    0    2    0  .778  .933  2.33  2.13                            0    2    1
 1897 22 CHC NL  OF   59     74    8   23    0  .781  .935  1.39  2.06                           48    8    3
 1898 23 CHC NL  OF   34     66    5   10    2  .877  .937  2.09  2.03                            2   26    6

 1895 20 CHC NL   P    7      4    5    1    0  .900  .918  1.29  2.01  2.02  2.52    2   40.0
 1896 21 CHC NL   P    5      1    3    1    0  .800  .909  0.80  2.20  1.52  2.73    5   23.7
 1897 22 CHC NL   P   16     11   25    1    1  .973  .921  2.25  2.10  2.49  2.55   16  130.3
 1898 23 CHC NL   P   28      8   48    7    3  .889  .918  2.00  2.25  2.34  2.65   25  215.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF   96    147   13   35    2  .821  .936  1.67  2.05                           50   36   10
                  P*  56     24   81   10    4  .913  .919  1.88  2.17               48  409.3
                 1B    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  9.90                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       153    174   94   45    6  .856  .929  1.75  2.15

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1895 NL-20-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 21.0 (575) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Uniforms
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