Richard
Thornton
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 7, 1977 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2008   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 22 MS FF     0 0 1 0 4 5 4 9 9 9 0 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5
2001 23 KS GE     0 0 3 2 4 5 4 9 9 9 0 2 1 6 6 6 7 6 6
2002 24 KS GE     1 3 5 4 4 5 4 9 9 9 2 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 6
2003 25 KS GE     6 5 7 6 4 5 4 9 9 9 3 5 4 6 7 6 7 6 6
2004 26 KS GE $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 4 5 4 9 9 9 5 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 6
2005 27 KS GE $ 300,000   7 5 8 6 5 6 5 9 9 9 5 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 7
2006 28 KS GE $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 4 5 5 9 9 9 5 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 6
2007 29 KS GE $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 4 5 5 9 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 6 7 6 6
2008 30 KS GE $ 300,000   7 5 7 6 4 5 4 9 9 9 6 8 7 6 7 6 7 6 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 1 0 4 5 4 9 9 9 0 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 5 8 6 5 6 5 9 9 9 6 8 7 6 7 7 7 6 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 31 KS GE $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 9 8
2010 32 KS GE $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 8 7
2011 33 KS GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7
2012 34 KS GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 6 5
2013 35 KS GE $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 4 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 4 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 9 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 22 MS FF   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2001 23 KS GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2002 24 KS GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 25 KS GE   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 26 KS GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 27 KS GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 28 KS GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 29 KS GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 30 KS GE $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  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
2009 31 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 32 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 33 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 34 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 35 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2000 22 A   8 13 .381 25 25 0 0 0 151.0 165 76 24 35 123 4.53 .272 .312 .454 .766  
2001 23 AAA   1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 15 5 0 1 4 3.55 .306 .320 .347 .667  
    AA   3 8 .273 18 18 0 0 0 98.0 128 53 15 33 106 4.87 .311 .362 .502 .864  
    A   5 1 .833 9 9 0 0 0 61.7 52 13 6 9 51 1.90 .225 .254 .333 .588  
2002 24 A   8 9 .471 25 25 0 0 0 152.3 131 56 23 24 169 3.31 .227 .258 .383 .641  
2003 25 AAA   3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 31.3 28 12 4 7 35 3.45 .239 .282 .410 .693  
    AA   6 5 .545 14 14 0 0 0 94.0 65 23 7 17 105 2.20 .191 .230 .309 .539  
    A   3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 40.3 26 10 2 7 38 2.23 .179 .217 .262 .479  
2004 26 KS GE 9 7 .563 21 21 1 0 0 133.7 109 53 18 43 96 3.57 .218 .283 .387 .669 7.9
    AAA   2 3 .400 10 10 0 0 0 64.7 63 30 14 14 65 4.18 .254 .294 .492 .786  
2005 27 KS GE 14 12 .538 34 33 0 0 0 227.3 206 88 25 63 144 3.48 .239 .295 .393 .687 12.3
2006 28 KS GE 9 6 .600 28 28 2 2 0 179.3 142 63 23 49 108 3.16 .216 .275 .358 .633 10.7
2007 29 KS GE 9 13 .409 37 37 3 1 0 236.0 232 98 30 67 137 3.74 .256 .306 .403 .709 12.7
2008 30 KS GE 12 10 .545 31 31 2 0 0 199.0 182 74 15 60 111 3.35 .244 .299 .363 .663 13.2
2009 31 KS GE 9 16 .360 33 33 1 0 0 222.7 218 106 20 68 120 4.28 .255 .316 .383 .698 4.0
2010 32 KS GE 8 18 .308 35 35 0 0 0 224.0 220 97 28 59 88 3.90 .254 .301 .418 .720 5.8
2011 33 KS GE 2 14 .125 34 34 0 0 0 209.0 193 76 21 40 99 3.27 .242 .282 .358 .640 9.0
2012 34 KS GE 9 18 .333 37 37 0 0 0 208.3 213 98 28 62 78 4.23 .264 .319 .421 .740 5.4
2013 35 KS GE 2 3 .400 5 5 0 0 0 26.7 33 18 3 12 15 6.08 .311 .383 .481 .864 0.0
    AAA   5 5 .500 20 17 0 0 0 116.0 107 35 11 20 72 2.72 .243 .276 .366 .642  
10 Years Sim 83 117 .415 295 294 9 3 0 1866.0 1748 771 211 523 996 3.72 .246 .300 .390 .690 81.1
4 Years AAA 11 9 .550 37 34 0 0 0 224.7 213 82 29 42 176 3.29 .249 .285 .407 .692  
2 Years AA 9 13 .409 32 32 0 0 0 192.0 193 76 22 50 211 3.56 .257 .303 .415 .718  
4 Years A 24 24 .500 65 65 0 0 0 405.3 374 155 55 75 381 3.44 .240 .275 .392 .667  
10 Years Minors 44 46 .489 134 131 0 0 0 822.0 780 313 106 167 768 3.43 .246 .284 .402 .686  
Season Average 8 11 .421 29 29 0 0 0 186.6 174 77 21 52 99 3.72 .246 .300 .390 .690  
Career Highs 14 18 .600 37 37 3 2 0 236.0 232 106 30 68 144 6.08 .311 .383 .481 .864  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   928 402 103 257 596   .232 .278 .359 .637
vs LH   820 369 108 266 400   .265 .323 .430 .753
Home 45 55 .450 147 147 4 1 0 935.6 883 393 112 257 483 3.78 .248 .298 .393 .691
Away 38 62 .380 148 147 5 2 0 930.3 865 378 99 266 513 3.66 .245 .298 .387 .685
Mar/Apr 13 18 .419 43 43 2 1 0 278.6 267 114 30 77 158 3.68 .250 .300 .393 .693
May 10 25 .286 51 51 1 0 0 316.0 304 147 43 83 175 4.19 .252 .300 .416 .716
June 13 22 .371 51 50 1 0 0 322.0 308 135 37 98 176 3.77 .254 .310 .400 .710
July 20 17 .541 50 50 3 1 0 325.0 282 116 38 97 167 3.21 .233 .290 .373 .663
August 7 23 .233 49 49 0 0 0 300.6 293 149 44 77 167 4.46 .248 .294 .425 .719
Sep/Oct 20 12 .625 51 51 2 1 0 323.7 294 110 19 91 153 3.06 .241 .294 .334 .628
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 26 KS GE 21 41 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .122 .143 .122 .265 -0.7 0.0
2005 27 KS GE 34 71 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 31 .099 .179 .127 .306 0.6 0.0
2006 28 KS GE 28 60 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 25 .100 .129 .133 .262 -1.1 0.0
2007 29 KS GE 37 66 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 31 .061 .127 .061 .187 -1.7 0.0
2008 30 KS GE 31 62 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 21 .016 .076 .016 .092 -3.6 0.0
2009 31 KS GE 33 79 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .063 .075 .089 .164 -4.2 0.0
2010 32 KS GE 35 63 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 23 .111 .164 .159 .323 0.7 0.0
2011 33 KS GE 34 51 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 15 .078 .093 .137 .230 0.3 0.0
2012 34 KS GE 37 58 3 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 21 .069 .115 .190 .304 0.3 0.0
2013 35 KS GE 5 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.1 0.0
10 Years Sim 295 559 25 44 11 0 3 19 1 0 28 208 .079 .122 .114 .237 -9.3 0.0
162 Game Average 306 13 24 6 0 1 10 0 0 15 114 .079 .122 .114 .237 -5.1  
Career Highs 37 79 4 7 3 0 2 4 1 0 7 31 .125 .179 .250 .375 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   401 17 30 8 0 3 13 0 0 17 153 .075 .112 .117 .229 -10.3
vs LH   158 8 14 3 0 0 6 1 0 11 55 .089 .147 .108 .255 -2.2
Home 147 265 13 20 6 0 1 10 0 0 13 92 .075 .118 .109 .228 -6.8
Away 148 294 12 24 5 0 2 9 1 0 15 116 .082 .126 .119 .245 -5.7
RISP   137 0 7 2 0 0 16 0 0 3 53 .051 .070 .066 .136 -7.5
Close/Late   25 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .120 .154 .120 .274 -0.3
Mar/Apr 43 87 4 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 5 35 .057 .109 .103 .212 -2.3
May 51 97 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 33 .062 .108 .082 .190 -3.6
June 51 99 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 33 .081 .142 .081 .222 -2.4
July 50 93 6 8 2 0 1 7 0 0 5 33 .086 .131 .140 .271 -1.1
August 49 87 4 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 39 .057 .098 .080 .178 -3.6
Sep/Oct 51 96 6 12 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 35 .125 .143 .198 .341 0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 26 KS GE P 21 21 133.7 9 32 2 4 .953 2.76    
2005 27 KS GE P 34 33 227.3 16 36 2 2 .963 2.06    
2006 28 KS GE P 28 28 179.3 14 36 2 3 .962 2.51    
2007 29 KS GE P 37 37 236.0 11 46 0 3 1.000 2.17    
2008 30 KS GE P 31 31 199.0 16 44 2 3 .968 2.71    
2009 31 KS GE P 33 33 222.7 20 39 2 4 .967 2.38    
2010 32 KS GE P 35 35 224.0 13 47 1 4 .984 2.41    
2011 33 KS GE P 34 34 209.0 17 41 1 2 .983 2.50    
2012 34 KS GE P 37 37 208.3 25 45 3 6 .959 3.02    
2013 35 KS GE P 5 5 26.7 1 11 0 0 1.000 4.05    
Career Totals   295 294 1866.0 142 377 15 31 .972 2.50    
Career Highs   37 37 236.0 25 47 3 6 1.000 4.05    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2009-6-16
2010-5-18
2011-9-14
2012-2-18
Games Started
2007-7-37
2010-8-35
2012-3-37
Shutouts
2006-6-2
Hits Allowed
2012-8-213
Homeruns Allowed
2010-10-28
2012-3-28
Hits per 9IP
2006-7-7.1
OAVG
2006-7-.216
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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