Bio
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Debut
- 2004
- Draft
- 1998Rd 1, Pk 22
- College
- Grand Valley State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Debut
- 2004
- Draft
- 1998Rd 1, Pk 22
- College
- Grand Valley State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 748
- W
- 36
- L
- 46
- ERA
- 3.41
- IP
- 662.2
- K
- 642
- BB
- 251
- WHIP
- 1.28
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | SEA | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4.13 | 32.2 | 30 | 25 | 1.68 |
| 2005 | SEA | 55 | 0 | 4 | 5.21 | 57.0 | 57 | 42 | 1.68 |
| 2006 | CHW | 63 | 5 | 3 | 3.33 | 54.0 | 49 | 21 | 1.24 |
| 2007 | CHW | 68 | 4 | 4 | 4.79 | 56.1 | 55 | 26 | 1.51 |
| 2008 | CHW | 74 | 5 | 3 | 2.67 | 67.1 | 77 | 19 | 1.00 |
| 2009 | CHW | 70 | 6 | 3 | 2.74 | 72.1 | 87 | 20 | 1.08 |
| 2010 | CHW | 61 | 5 | 4 | 2.67 | 60.2 | 81 | 20 | 1.01 |
| 2011 | CHW | 62 | 2 | 5 | 3.32 | 59.2 | 63 | 21 | 1.36 |
| 2012 | CHW | 74 | 4 | 10 | 3.46 | 65.0 | 53 | 17 | 1.23 |
| 2013 |  CHW/BOS | 60 | 0 | 4 | 3.74 | 43.1 | 30 | 15 | 1.43 |
| 2014 |  NYY/WSH | 64 | 1 | 3 | 1.75 | 36.0 | 28 | 8 | 1.14 |
| 2015 | WSH | 60 | 2 | 1 | 2.18 | 41.1 | 23 | 11 | 1.06 |
| 2016 | SD | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5.82 | 17.0 | 9 | 6 | 1.65 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 1.59
- IP
- 5.2
- K
- 3
- BB
- 4
- WHIP
- 1.59
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 8.7
- GB
- 927
- FB
- 955
- G/F
- 1.00
- WP
- 28
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 38 | 55 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2005 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 74 | 89 | 0.8 | 7 |
| 2006 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 78 | 78 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 76 | 90 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2008 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 91 | 79 | 1.2 | 3 |
| 2009 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 86 | 96 | 0.9 | 4 |
| 2010 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 58 | 78 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2011 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 87 | 89 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 107 | 85 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 2013 | CHW/BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 73 | 67 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 2014 | NYY/WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 63 | 48 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2015 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 63 | 73 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2016 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 33 | 28 | 1.2 | 0 |
What were Matt Thornton's career stats?
Matt Thornton played 13 seasons for the Mariners, the White Sox, the Nationals and the Padres. He had 36 wins and 642 strikeouts with a 3.41 ERA over 662.2 innings. His best season was 2009: 6 wins, a 2.74 ERA and 87 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2004 to 2016
Championships
- 2013 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
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