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Matt Thornton

Age: 40
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 235 lb
Number: #37

Born: September 15, 1976 in Three Rivers, MI, United States
MLB debut: June 27, 2004

dbWAR: .4
IP: 17.0
ERA: 5.82
FIP: 4.85
K/9: 4.8
FIP−: 116

Matt Thornton was a relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2016 he struck out 9 batters over 17.0 innings across 18 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 5.82 was 39.0% higher than the league average of 4.19. Stripping out defence, his 4.85 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 15.1% of swings (7.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.7%. His -0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2016.

FIP4.85

K/94.8

WHIP1.65

WAR-.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2016	SD	18	0	17.0	1	0	0	22	11	9	6	5.82	4.85	1.65	4.8	3.2	139	116	-0.0
2015	WSH	60	0	41.1	2	1	0	33	10	23	11	2.18	3.52	1.06	5.0	2.4	55	89	0.5

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2016. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	23	20	6	1	3	5	.300	.391	.500	.389	21.7%
vs RHB	54	50	16	1	3	4	.320	.370	.460	.363	7.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Matt Thornton throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Sinker	63.6%	178	91.4	2,541	43.8%	14.1%	39	.359	.906
Cutter	22.9%	64	86.1	1,809	39.1%	15.8%	21	.190	.465
Four-Seam Fastball	7.5%	21	91.5	2,232	42.9%	22.2%	4	—	—
Slider	6.1%	17	83.5	794	23.5%	14.3%	6	—	—

Matt Thornton's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.