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Andy
Thornton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, AL, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978    1980    1983   
Gold Glove Award 1979   
All-Star Selections 1985   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 24 CHC   107 303 41 79 16 4 10 46 2 1 48 50 .261 .362 .439 .801 49.4  
1975 25 CHC   120 372 70 109 21 4 18 60 3 2 88 63 .293 .428 .516 .944 82.8  
1976 26 MON   96 268 28 52 11 2 11 38 4 1 48 46 .194 .316 .373 .690 35.8  
1977 27 CLE AL 159 564 121 130 31 3 24 104 10 2 128 76 .230 .383 .424 .807 100.0 18.1
1978 28 MIN AL 157 539 96 139 30 1 23 94 5 3 98 96 .258 .376 .445 .822 90.2 16.2
1979 29 MIN AL 161 578 108 163 34 2 32 99 3 2 111 86 .282 .407 .514 .921 117.7 22.7
1980 30 MIN AL 160 576 116 153 30 4 27 108 2 1 110 79 .266 .390 .472 .862 105.5 20.0
1981 31 MIN AL 158 540 114 150 17 2 22 68 1 0 106 92 .278 .407 .439 .846 99.7 15.5
1982 32 MIN AL 158 549 102 153 31 2 19 73 1 1 86 123 .279 .381 .446 .827 95.4 17.9
1983 33 MIN AL 156 571 86 150 22 4 22 90 0 0 82 141 .263 .363 .431 .794 89.8 17.6
1984 34 MIN AL 158 575 98 156 22 4 29 109 0 0 73 123 .271 .355 .475 .830 97.3 26.3
1985 35 MIN AL 53 183 22 47 9 3 6 31 0 0 31 46 .257 .377 .437 .814 30.7 6.7
  BAL AL 108 399 51 100 17 6 15 53 0 0 45 93 .251 .342 .436 .778 59.9 15.3
  TOT   161 582 73 147 26 9 21 84 0 0 76 139 .253 .353 .436 .790 90.6 22.1
1986 36 BAL AL 162 590 70 125 22 9 11 50 1 0 89 129 .212 .328 .336 .664 71.0 8.8
1987 37 BAL AL 82 177 15 28 3 3 2 15 0 2 18 40 .158 .245 .243 .488 10.4 0.0
11 Years Sim 1672 5841 999 1494 268 43 232 894 23 11 977 1124 .256 .371 .436 .806 967.5 185.1
14 Years Pro 1995 6784 1138 1734 316 53 271 1038 32 15 1161 1283 .256 .364 .438 .802 1135.5  
162 Game Average 565 96 144 25 4 22 86 2 1 94 108 .256 .371 .436 .806 93.7  
Career Highs 162 590 121 163 34 9 32 109 10 3 128 141 .282 .407 .514 .921 117.7  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 27 CLE AL 1B 158 152 1361.0 1704 122 14 176 .992 12.07   1.1
1978 28 MIN AL 1B 156 150 1348.0 1850 131 9 197 .995 13.23   1.4
1979 29 MIN AL 1B 161 158 1409.7 1975 132 8 172 .996 13.45   2.8
1980 30 MIN AL 1B 159 155 1392.7 1917 138 20 191 .990 13.28   1.2
1981 31 MIN AL 1B 157 153 1332.3 1764 137 12 191 .994 12.84   2.2
1982 32 MIN AL 1B 157 154 1367.3 1769 144 12 173 .994 12.59   1.5
1983 33 MIN AL 1B 155 150 1359.7 1720 132 17 163 .991 12.26   1.2
1984 34 MIN AL 1B 156 148 1341.7 1703 154 14 160 .993 12.46   1.3
1985 35 MIN AL 1B 53 52 452.8 553 43 4 57 .993 11.85   0.2
  BAL AL 1B 107 107 944.8 1154 90 9 118 .993 11.85   1.1
  TOT   1B 160 159 1397.6 1707 133 13 175 .993 11.85   1.3
1986 36 BAL AL 1B 162 161 1470.7 1925 152 17 166 .992 12.71   2.6
1987 37 BAL AL 1B 61 37 381.0 464 35 4 46 .992 11.79   0.5
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1642 1577 14161.6 18498 1410 140 1810 .993 12.65   17.3
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1643 1577 14162.6 18498 1410 140 1810 .993 12.65   17.3
Career Highs   162 161 1470.7 1975 154 20 197 .996 13.45    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 28 MIN AL 9 33 5 8 3 0 1 6 0 0 4 4 .242 .342 .424 .766
1979 29 MIN AL 8 32 5 6 1 0 3 6 0 0 2 6 .188 .257 .500 .757
1980 30 MIN AL 16 58 11 13 3 0 2 8 1 0 9 14 .224 .357 .379 .736
1981 31 MIN AL 4 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1982 32 MIN AL 11 43 6 15 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 10 .349 .404 .419 .823
1983 33 MIN AL 17 57 14 17 1 1 2 5 0 0 11 18 .298 .429 .456 .885
1984 34 MIN AL 3 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167
Career Post-Season Batting 68 250 42 63 8 1 9 30 1 0 30 55 .252 .348 .400 .748
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1979-2-.407
1980-5-.390
1981-1-.407
1982-9-.381
 Slugging Pct
1979-7-.514
1984-10-.475
 OPS
1979-4-.921
1980-9-.862
1984-10-.830
 XR
1979-5-117.7
1980-8-105.5
1981-9-99.7
1984-7-97.3
 Games
1981-7-158
1984-8-158
1985-5-161
1986-1-162
 Runs
1977-4-121
1979-9-108
1980-3-116
1981-4-114
1982-4-102
1984-4-98
Total Bases
1984-8-273
 Homeruns
1979-6-32
1980-8-27
1983-8-22
1984-2-29
1985-7-21
 RBIs
1980-6-108
1984-1-109
 Walks
1977-2-128
1978-3-98
1979-1-111
1980-2-110
1981-2-106
1982-3-86
1984-9-73
1985-10-76
1986-1-89
CAR-41-977
 Strikeouts
1982-7-123
1983-1-141
1984-8-123
1985-6-139
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 74    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Otto Velez (926)
  2. Mark Whiten (911)
  3. Jeff Burroughs (903)
  4. Sixto Lezcano (896)
  5. J.T. Snow (882)
  6. Oscar Gamble (880)
  7. Cliff Johnson (879)
  8. Phil Plantier (873)
  9. Phil Nevin (870)
  10. John Olerud (868)
History
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/15/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Traded from Cincinnati to Minnesota on 5/13/1978
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/21/1978
Won World Championship with Minnesota in 1978
Drove in 6 runs against Boston on 7/13/1980
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1980, hitting .315 with 11 HR, 25 RBI
Won World Championship with Minnesota in 1980
Won World Championship with Minnesota in 1983
 
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