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Andre
Thornton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 13, 1949 in Usa, AL, TUSKEGEE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1974    1978   
All-Star Selections 1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 23 SDP NL     4 4 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 10 9 9 7 6 6
1974 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6
1975 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1976 26 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1977 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 7 10 9 10 7 7 7
1978 28 CLN NL $ 2,785,714   6 6 6 8 7 8 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1979 29 DET AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 6 6
1980 30 DET AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 10 9 10 7 6 6
1981 31 DET AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 9 6 6 6
1982 32 DET AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
1983 33 BOS AL     5 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
1984 34 CLE AL     6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 8 7 8 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 23 AAA   111 409 77 127 22 0 32 92 2 2 88 70 .311 .433 .599 1.032 101.0  
    AA   26 94 13 26 3 0 6 13 0 1 18 12 .277 .393 .500 .893 18.6  
1974 24 SDP NL 142 483 67 98 13 2 23 76 0 1 52 85 .203 .279 .381 .660 53.1 5.1
1975 25 SDP NL 33 98 8 23 5 0 0 9 0 0 9 14 .235 .306 .286 .591 8.8 1.0
  TOR AL 18 54 9 11 5 0 2 7 0 0 8 10 .204 .306 .407 .714 6.9 0.7
  TOT   51 152 17 34 10 0 2 16 0 0 17 24 .224 .306 .329 .635 15.7 1.7
    AAA   22 31 7 10 1 0 4 13 0 1 6 4 .323 .432 .742 1.174 8.7  
1976 26 TOR AL 123 367 57 86 14 1 9 53 4 4 61 60 .234 .339 .351 .691 50.2 7.8
1977 27 CLN NL 156 550 77 151 27 3 19 79 0 1 75 70 .275 .364 .438 .802 83.2 19.4
1978 28 CLN NL 149 536 67 138 25 1 17 95 0 0 78 73 .257 .349 .403 .752 77.3 14.4
1979 29 DET AL 113 410 50 106 22 2 15 63 0 0 58 59 .259 .347 .432 .778 63.0 10.8
1980 30 DET AL 153 565 87 127 22 1 24 81 2 1 84 104 .225 .323 .395 .718 76.7 10.1
1981 31 DET AL 148 519 71 123 27 2 22 70 2 0 58 92 .237 .316 .424 .739 68.9 12.1
1982 32 DET AL 82 242 36 59 14 2 11 44 0 0 33 51 .244 .338 .455 .793 37.6 7.9
1983 33 BOS AL 118 212 32 51 7 4 9 22 2 0 21 40 .241 .308 .439 .746 28.2 4.6
1984 34 CLE AL 100 239 41 75 12 1 11 48 0 0 32 35 .314 .391 .510 .901 43.5 10.2
11 Years Sim 1335 4275 602 1048 193 19 162 647 10 7 569 693 .245 .333 .413 .746 597.4 104.0
2 Years AAA 133 440 84 137 23 0 36 105 2 3 94 74 .311 .434 .609 1.043 109.7  
1 Years AA 26 94 13 26 3 0 6 13 0 1 18 12 .277 .393 .500 .893 18.6  
3 Years Minors 159 534 97 163 26 0 42 118 2 4 112 86 .305 .427 .590 1.017 128.2  
162 Game Average 518 73 127 23 2 19 78 1 0 69 84 .245 .333 .413 .746 72.5  
Career Highs 156 565 87 151 27 4 24 95 4 4 84 104 .314 .391 .510 .901 83.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2690 360 622 123 10 93 377 7 5 328 464 .231 .314 .388 .702 343.5
vs LH   1585 242 426 70 9 69 270 3 2 241 229 .269 .364 .455 .819 268.7
Home 680 2100 322 544 105 10 84 342 5 4 298 328 .259 .349 .439 .788 331.0
Away 655 2175 280 504 88 9 78 305 5 3 271 365 .232 .317 .388 .705 281.2
RISP   1202 0 288 52 2 43 473 0 0 187 216 .240 .335 .394 .728 172.8
Pinch Hitting   166 23 33 3 0 4 32 2 0 25 23 .199 .306 .289 .595 17.0
Close/Late   568 62 129 28 0 14 68 0 0 80 75 .227 .324 .350 .674 68.9
Mar/Apr 232 770 106 179 30 2 24 110 4 1 101 121 .232 .322 .370 .692 97.7
May 242 797 118 190 34 4 29 126 1 1 111 132 .238 .329 .400 .730 111.2
June 238 758 114 197 26 3 32 110 2 2 107 117 .260 .349 .429 .778 118.2
July 215 701 105 190 33 4 33 110 0 2 84 108 .271 .346 .471 .817 114.3
August 209 645 83 157 36 4 20 94 1 0 93 102 .243 .339 .405 .743 92.3
Sep/Oct 199 604 76 135 34 2 24 97 2 1 73 113 .224 .310 .406 .716 78.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 24 SDP NL 1B 138 136 1198.7 1496 117 10 139 .994 12.11   2.7
1975 25 SDP NL 1B 25 20 182.1 212 22 1 25 .996 11.57   0.2
    CF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
  TOR AL 1B 14 11 103.6 121 12 1 14 .993 11.55   0.3
    CF 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 39 31 285.7 333 34 2 39 .995 11.56   0.5
      CF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
1976 26 TOR AL 1B 117 104 922.0 1058 96 9 118 .992 11.26   2.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 27 CLN NL 1B 155 145 1307.0 1640 125 12 148 .993 12.15   2.2
1978 28 CLN NL 1B 149 145 1266.0 1697 115 11 166 .994 12.88   2.6
1982 32 DET AL 1B 14 12 106.0 127 14 0 7 1.000 11.97   0.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1983 33 BOS AL 1B 12 1 33.0 52 2 1 3 .982 14.73   0.1
1984 34 CLE AL 1B 57 43 396.7 510 29 3 47 .994 12.23   1.0
  1B 681 617 5515.0 6913 532 48 667 .994 12.15   11.3
  CF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   684 617 5521.7 6914 533 48 667 .994 12.14   11.3
Career Highs   155 145 1307.0 1697 125 12 166 1.000 14.73    
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
1974 24 SDP NL 7 22 5 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 5 .227 .346 .409 .755
1977 27 CLN NL 6 24 2 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 4 .208 .296 .458 .755
1978 28 CLN NL 4 16 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .250 .333 .500 .833
1980 30 DET AL 17 60 6 13 4 0 0 4 0 0 8 8 .217 .304 .283 .588
1981 31 DET AL 16 53 5 17 4 0 2 8 0 0 2 13 .321 .345 .509 .855
1982 32 DET AL 4 10 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .200 .333 .200 .533
1984 34 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 55 186 21 46 10 0 6 28 0 0 21 33 .247 .322 .398 .720
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.
Games
1977-5-156
 Homeruns
1980-8-24
 RBIs
1978-8-95
 Walks
1978-10-78
1980-4-84
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by San Diego in 1973
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1974, off Alan Foster (KCR)
Drove in 7 runs against Toronto on 5/3/1974
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1974
Traded from San Diego to Toronto on 7/31/1975 (Going to TOR: 1B Andre Thornton. Going to SDP: P Ron Cook)
Traded from Toronto to Cleveland (N) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLN: 1B Andre Thornton. Going to TOR: P Reggie Cleveland)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1977, hitting .476 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
7/1/1978: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1978, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1978
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Detroit on 4/3/1979 (Going to CLN: SS Dale Berra, 2B Julio Cruz, P Kip Young. Going to DET: RF Rick Monday, 1B Andre Thornton, C Earl Williams, P Pedro Borbon)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1979, hitting .353 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
Injured on 8/13/1979 with a Ruptured Achilles Tendon, out for full season
 
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