Lou Thornton stats

Last played for the New York Mets, 1989

Center Fielder

Age 63 · 6' 0"

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Lou Thornton played 4 MLB seasons, 1985 to 1989.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
95
AB
89
R
29
H
22
HR
1
RBI
9
SB
3
AVG
.247
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1985TOR56721817181.236
1987TOR12251000.500
1988TOR11210000.000
1989NYM131354012.308

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
2
AB
0
R
1
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.000

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
93
TB
29
XBH
4
HBP
1
IBB
1
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1985TOR752331000
1987TOR3100100
1988TOR2000000
1989NYM13510000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
0.0
RC
8.3
RC/27
3.30
ISOP
.079
SECA
.135
BB/K
0.12
AB/HR
89.0
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1985TOR-0.36.23.0830.10.1720
1987TOR-0.10.45.6.0000000
1988TOR-0.1-0.2-2.7.0000000
1989NYM0.51.95.7.0770.2000

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
63 yearsApr 26, 1963
Height
6' 0"
Debut
1985
Birthplace
Montgomery, United States

What were Lou Thornton's career stats?

ESPN's season-by-season log for Lou Thornton covers 4 seasons with the Blue Jays and the Mets; its career totals count every season. He was a career .247 hitter with 22 hits, 1 home run and 9 RBI. His best season was 1987: a .500 batting average, 0 home runs and 0 RBI.

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