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Andre Thornton

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Full Name: Andre Thornton Primary Position: 1B,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200 First Game: July 28, 1973
Birthdate: August 13, 1949 Final Game: August 31, 1987
Birthplace: Tuskegee, Alabama MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Andre Thornton (Andre Thornton) was born on August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on July 28, 1973 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1974, his rookie year, he hit .261 with 10 home runs and 46 RBI. Thornton played for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Andre Thornton's best season was 1982, when he slugged 32 home runs and knocked in 116 runs.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1973 CHI N 17 35 3 7 0 2 .200 .333 .286 3 0 7 9 0 0 0 0 1
1974 CHI N 107 303 41 79 10 46 .261 .368 .439 16 4 48 50 4 1 2 4 6
1975 CHI N 120 372 70 109 18 60 .293 .428 .516 21 4 88 63 4 3 3 12 6
1976 MON N 69 183 20 35 9 24 .191 .304 .388 5 2 28 32 3 1 2 0 1
1976 CHI N 27 85 8 17 2 14 .200 .361 .341 6 0 20 14 2 0 2 1 0
1976 TOT N 96 268 28 52 11 38 .194 .323 .373 11 2 48 46 5 1 4 1 1
1977 CLE A 131 433 77 114 28 70 .263 .378 .527 20 5 70 82 11 1 3 1 9
1978 CLE A 145 508 97 133 33 105 .262 .377 .516 22 4 93 72 6 2 4 4 17
1979 CLE A 143 515 89 120 26 93 .233 .347 .449 31 1 90 93 4 1 5 2 8
1981 CLE A 69 226 22 54 6 30 .239 .303 .372 12 0 23 37 0 2 3 1 15
1982 CLE A 161 589 90 161 32 116 .273 .386 .484 26 1 109 81 2 3 6 18 21
1983 CLE A 141 508 78 143 17 77 .281 .383 .439 27 1 87 72 2 0 4 14 10
1984 CLE A 155 587 91 159 33 99 .271 .366 .484 26 0 91 79 2 0 6 11 9
1985 CLE A 124 461 49 109 22 88 .236 .304 .408 13 0 47 75 0 0 3 1 14
1986 CLE A 120 401 49 92 17 66 .229 .333 .392 14 0 65 67 1 0 4 0 11
1987 CLE A 36 85 8 10 0 5 .118 .206 .141 2 0 10 25 0 0 1 0 1
Total NL 340 978 142 247 39 146 .253 .378 .445 51 10 191 168 13 5 9 17 14
Total AL 1225 4313 650 1095 214 749 .254 .355 .453 193 12 685 683 28 9 39 52 115
Total 1565 5291 792 1342 253 895 .254 .360 .452 244 22 876 851 41 14 48 69 129

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1973 CHI N 1B 9 8 72 81 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1974 CHI N 1B 89 76 706 760 70 7 61 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1974 CHI N 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 CHI N 3B 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CHI N 1B 113 107 955.2 982 77 13 88 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1976 MON N RF 11 9 82.1 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1976 MON N OF 11 9 82.1 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1976 MON N 1B 43 38 329 326 26 2 43 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1976 CHI N 1B 25 22 203 202 19 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1976 TOT N 1B 68 60 532 528 45 5 60 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1977 CLE A DH 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 CLE A 1B 117 114 1021.2 1026 71 6 97 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1978 CLE A 1B 145 144 1248.1 1327 106 7 106 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1979 CLE A 1B 130 130 1147.1 1089 82 7 100 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1979 CLE A DH 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1981 CLE A 1B 11 8 84 67 5 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1981 CLE A DH 53 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 CLE A DH 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 CLE A 1B 8 8 80.1 76 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CLE A DH 114 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 CLE A 1B 27 26 225 201 21 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1984 CLE A 1B 11 11 96 86 9 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1984 CLE A DH 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 CLE A DH 122 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1986 CLE A DH 110 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1987 CLE A DH 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total DH 738 727 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 1B 728 692 6168.1 6223 501 51 558 0 0 0 0 0 .992
Total OF 11 9 82.1 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
Total 3B 3 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total RF 11 9 82.1 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (August 6, 1967).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Joe Hoerner to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Jim Nash and Gary Neibauer (June 15, 1972).
  • Traded by Atlanta Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Joe Pepitone (May 19, 1973).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to Montreal Expos in exchange for Steve Renko and Larry Biittner (May 17, 1976).
  • Traded by Montreal Expos to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jackie Brown (December 10, 1976).
  • Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 4, 1984).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (November 30, 1987).

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