Walter Thornton Stats

Walter Thornton was born on Thursday, February 18, 1875, in Peoria, Illinois. Thornton was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 1, 1895, with the Chicago Colts. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Walter Thornton baseball stats page.
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Walter Thornton
 
 
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Birth Name:   Walter Miller Thornton
Nickname:   None
Born On:   02-18-1875
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Peoria, Illinois
Zodiac:   Aquarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-14-1960
Place of Death Data Died In:   Los Angeles, California
Cemetery:   Cremated
College:   Cornell College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   07-01-1895 (Age 20)
Last Game:   10-08-1898
Draft:   Not Applicable
Walter Thornton

Walter Thornton Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1895 Colts 7 2 5 2 0 1.000 6.08 2 0 1 40.0 0 58 27 50 3 31 - 13 4 0 0 -
1896 Colts 5 5 0 2 1 .667 5.70 2 0 0 23.2 0 30 15 26 1 13 - 10 0 0 0 -
1897 Colts 16 16 0 6 7 .462 4.70 15 0 0 130.1 0 164 68 91 4 51 - 55 2 6 0 -
1898 Orphans 28 25 3 13 10 .565 3.34 21 2 0 215.1 0 226 80 116 4 56 - 56 3 18 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
4 Years 56 48 8 23 18 .561 4.18 40 2 1 409.1 0 478 190 283 12 151 - 134 9 24 0 -
Walter Thornton

Walter Thornton Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1895 Colts 8 22 4 7 1 0 1 0 7 3 - 1 0 - 0 - .318 .400 .500
1896 Colts 9 22 6 8 0 1 0 0 1 5 - 2 0 - 0 - .364 .481 .455
1897 Colts 75 265 39 85 9 6 0 0 55 30 - - 4 - 6 - .321 .402 .400
1898 Orphans 62 210 34 62 5 2 0 0 14 22 - - 3 - 0 - .295 .362 .338
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
4 Years 154 519 83 162 15 9 1 0 77 60 - 3 7 - 6 - .312 .390 .382
Walter Thornton

Walter Thornton Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1895 Colts 1B 1 - - 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1895 Colts P 7 2 120 10 1.4 9 4 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 2.03 -
1896 Colts OF 3 - - 9 3.0 7 7 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .778 0.00 -
1896 Colts P 5 5 71 5 1.0 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 1.52 -
1897 Colts OF 59 - - 105 1.8 82 74 8 23 0 n/a n/a n/a .781 0.00 -
1897 Colts P 16 16 391 37 2.3 36 11 25 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.49 -
1898 Orphans OF 34 - - 81 2.4 71 66 5 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .877 0.00 -
1898 Orphans P 28 25 646 63 2.3 56 8 48 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .889 2.34 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 96 0 0 195 2.0 160 147 13 35 2 n/a n/a n/a .821 0.00 --
P Totals 56 48 1,228 115 2.1 105 24 81 10 4 n/a n/a n/a .913 2.31 --
1B Totals 1 0 0 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
4 Years 153 48 1,228 313 2.0 268 174 94 45 6 n/a n/a n/a .856 5.89 --
Walter Thornton

Walter Thornton Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1895 Colts 0 - - - - n/a 22.0 22.0 3.1 0.42 2.93 6.98
1896 Colts 2 - - - - n/a 0.0 11.0 22.0 0.77 3.80 4.94
1897 Colts 13 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 4.8 1.08 3.80 3.52
1898 Orphans 8 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 15.0 1.00 2.34 2.34
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
4 Years 23 - - - - n/a 519.0 173.0 6.7 0.89 2.95 3.32
Walter Thornton

Walter Thornton Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1895 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Chicago Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Chicago Orphans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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