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Lou Thornton

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Full Name: Louis Thornton Primary Position: OF,LF,RF,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185 First Game: April 8, 1985
Birthdate: April 26, 1963 Final Game: April 24, 1990
Birthplace: Montgomery, Alabama MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Left/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

Lou Thornton (Louis Thornton) was born on April 26, 1963 in Montgomery, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on April 8, 1985 for the Toronto Blue Jays. Thornton played for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets over the course of his 5 year career.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1985 TOR A 56 72 18 17 1 8 .236 .267 .319 1 1 2 24 1 0 1 0 2
1987 TOR A 12 2 5 1 0 0 .500 .667 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
1988 TOR A 11 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NY N 13 13 5 4 0 1 .308 .308 .385 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
1990 NY N 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 16 13 5 4 0 1 .308 .308 .385 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Total AL 79 76 24 18 1 8 .237 .275 .316 1 1 3 24 1 0 1 1 3
Total 95 89 29 22 1 9 .247 .280 .326 2 1 3 25 1 0 3 1 3

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1985 TOR A DH 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 TOR A OF 35 16 185.2 44 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1985 TOR A LF 16 2 47 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .867
1985 TOR A RF 20 14 138.2 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 TOR A LF 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1987 TOR A OF 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1987 TOR A DH 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 TOR A LF 9 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 TOR A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 TOR A OF 10 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 TOR A RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1989 NY N OF 6 2 27 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1989 NY N CF 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1989 NY N LF 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1989 NY N RF 2 2 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1990 NY N RF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1990 NY N CF 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1990 NY N OF 2 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 24 16 158.2 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 32 2 73 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .882
Total CF 2 0 5.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 57 18 237 55 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .965

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by New York Mets in the 19th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1981).
  • Selected by Toronto Blue Jays from New York Mets in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 3, 1984).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 1988).
  • Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (February, 1989).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Ruben Rodriguez (March 17, 1989).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 3, 1989).
  • Signed by New York Mets (June 9, 1989).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 1990).

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