Matt Thornton career WHIP
1.28Career Regular Season
Matt Thornton has a career WHIP of 1.28 over 13 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1.00 in 2008.
- Most recent: 1.65 in 2016.
Average of 13 regular seasons, 2004 through 2016. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |  SEA | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4.13 | 32.2 | 30 | 25 | 1.68 | 0 |
| 2005 | SEA | 55 | 0 | 4 | 5.21 | 57.0 | 57 | 42 | 1.68 | 0 |
| 2006 |  CHW | 63 | 5 | 3 | 3.33 | 54.0 | 49 | 21 | 1.24 | 2 |
| 2007 | CHW | 68 | 4 | 4 | 4.79 | 56.1 | 55 | 26 | 1.51 | 2 |
| 2008 | CHW | 74 | 5 | 3 | 2.67 | 67.1 | 77 | 19 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 2009 | CHW | 70 | 6 | 3 | 2.74 | 72.1 | 87 | 20 | 1.08 | 4 |
| 2010 | CHW | 61 | 5 | 4 | 2.67 | 60.2 | 81 | 20 | 1.01 | 8 |
| 2011 | CHW | 62 | 2 | 5 | 3.32 | 59.2 | 63 | 21 | 1.36 | 3 |
| 2012 | CHW | 74 | 4 | 10 | 3.46 | 65.0 | 53 | 17 | 1.23 | 3 |
| 2013 |  CHW/BOS | 60 | 0 | 4 | 3.74 | 43.1 | 30 | 15 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 2014 |  NYY/WSH | 64 | 1 | 3 | 1.75 | 36.0 | 28 | 8 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 2015 | WSH | 60 | 2 | 1 | 2.18 | 41.1 | 23 | 11 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 2016 |  SD | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5.82 | 17.0 | 9 | 6 | 1.65 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV