Erik
Thornton
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 220
 
Born: November 7, 1871 in Rivar
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Laseron Championships Won 1901   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won King of the Mound or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1900 28 AAA   10 7 .588 20 20 1 1 0 136.3 138 61 6 56 115 4.03 .259 .329 .366 .695  
1901 29 GEO NL 5 6 .455 24 11 2 0 2 102.0 84 33 3 33 63 2.91 .223 .293 .289 .582 8.4
    AAA   2 0 1.000 2 2 1 1 0 17.0 12 1 0 3 12 0.53 .200 .238 .250 .488  
1902 30 KNL NL 7 8 .467 30 18 0 0 0 133.7 131 57 8 54 94 3.84 .253 .325 .356 .681 5.0
1903 31 KNL NL 10 12 .455 31 31 3 0 0 217.7 194 75 7 76 133 3.10 .242 .307 .329 .637 14.3
1904 32 KNL NL 10 13 .435 32 32 3 2 0 203.3 196 77 4 72 147 3.41 .254 .317 .349 .666 7.4
1905 33 KNL NL 10 10 .500 31 31 3 1 0 198.7 215 90 6 74 103 4.08 .279 .344 .375 .719 7.1
1906 34 EDL SL 1 3 .250 36 3 0 0 1 47.7 75 41 1 20 32 7.74 .361 .416 .447 .863 0.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 5 5 0 0 0 34.7 31 4 0 13 33 1.04 .233 .301 .286 .587  
1907 35 EDL SL 0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 7.7 18 12 1 5 3 14.10 .474 .545 .632 1.177 0.0
    AAA   8 2 .800 20 20 0 0 0 129.0 128 43 6 43 148 3.00 .259 .318 .356 .675  
1908 36 SAR SL 8 15 .348 31 31 0 0 0 184.7 217 88 8 73 100 4.29 .293 .356 .392 .748 4.3
1909 37 BAL NL 3 2 .600 44 0 0 0 0 56.7 59 25 2 22 35 3.97 .276 .346 .350 .696 3.2
1910 38 BAL NL 3 5 .375 52 0 0 0 7 75.0 91 33 1 34 15 3.96 .314 .390 .366 .756 4.5
1911 39 SB NL 0 8 .000 65 0 0 0 2 81.0 127 75 6 54 16 8.33 .359 .441 .486 .927 0.0
11 Years Sim 57 84 .404 379 160 11 3 12 1308.0 1407 606 47 517 741 4.17 .277 .345 .369 .714 54.2
4 Years AAA 21 10 .677 47 47 2 2 0 317.0 309 109 12 115 308 3.09 .253 .318 .348 .665  
Season Average 5 7 .417 34 14 1 0 1 118.9 127 55 4 47 67 4.17 .277 .345 .369 .714  
Career Highs 10 15 .600 65 32 3 2 7 217.7 217 90 8 76 147 14.10 .474 .545 .632 1.177  
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   841 385 30 312 430   .272 .339 .367 .706
vs LH   566 221 17 205 311   .284 .351 .372 .723
Home 26 42 .382 188 81 3 0 4 675.3 726 315 23 269 395 4.20 .277 .344 .371 .715
Away 31 42 .425 191 79 8 3 8 632.6 681 291 24 248 346 4.14 .277 .343 .367 .710
Mar/Apr 6 10 .375 49 16 1 0 3 150.0 137 52 6 60 69 3.12 .251 .326 .330 .656
May 8 12 .400 71 27 1 1 1 211.6 264 147 11 114 114 6.25 .312 .394 .428 .822
June 10 14 .417 65 27 2 1 4 227.0 240 93 5 70 138 3.69 .268 .322 .360 .682
July 14 12 .538 72 30 3 1 1 254.0 255 105 7 103 148 3.72 .264 .335 .359 .693
August 6 16 .273 69 26 1 0 2 229.3 264 118 10 99 120 4.63 .290 .359 .384 .744
Sep/Oct 13 20 .394 53 34 4 0 1 236.0 247 91 8 71 152 3.47 .268 .321 .342 .663
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Rick Blast Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1901 29 GEO NL 24 28 1 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .250 .250 .357 .607 2.5 0.0
1902 30 KNL NL 30 41 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .024 .070 .024 .094 -2.7 0.0
1903 31 KNL NL 31 68 0 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .118 .129 .147 .276 -0.1 0.0
1904 32 KNL NL 32 61 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 .033 .078 .049 .127 -2.9 0.0
1905 33 KNL NL 31 65 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 .092 .092 .108 .200 -1.9 0.0
1906 34 EDL SL 36 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1907 35 EDL SL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1908 36 SAR SL 31 56 2 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .214 .357 0.6 0.0
1909 37 BAL NL 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1910 38 BAL NL 52 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0
1911 39 SB NL 65 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0
11 Years Sim 379 343 8 34 11 0 0 12 0 0 7 106 .099 .117 .131 .248 -5.2 0.0
162 Game Average 146 3 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 45 .099 .117 .131 .248 -2.2  
Career Highs 65 68 2 8 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 25 .250 .250 .357 .607 2.5  
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   215 5 24 8 0 0 8 0 0 6 70 .112 .135 .149 .284 -2.5
vs LH   128 3 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 36 .078 .085 .102 .187 -5.3
Home 167 169 3 15 7 0 0 8 0 0 6 52 .089 .120 .130 .250 -3.7
Away 191 174 5 19 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 54 .109 .114 .132 .246 -4.2
RISP   95 0 4 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 40 .042 .042 .063 .105 -6.3
Close/Late   14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.5
Mar/Apr 39 35 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .057 .057 .057 .114 -2.2
May 44 54 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .093 .125 .130 .255 -1.1
June 49 60 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19 .067 .109 .067 .176 -2.4
July 61 68 1 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 31 .118 .118 .176 .294 -0.9
August 53 57 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .088 .088 .105 .193 -2.3
Sep/Oct 43 69 5 10 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 17 .145 .169 .203 .372 0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Nix Lawngreech Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1901 29 GEO NL P 24 11 102.0 8 12 0 1 1.000 1.76    
1902 30 KNL NL P 30 18 133.7 7 29 0 3 1.000 2.42    
1903 31 KNL NL P 31 31 217.7 6 36 1 2 .977 1.74    
1904 32 KNL NL P 32 32 203.3 9 32 0 3 1.000 1.81    
1905 33 KNL NL P 31 31 198.7 14 43 0 5 1.000 2.58    
1906 34 EDL SL P 36 3 47.7 0 10 1 1 .909 1.89    
1907 35 EDL SL P 3 3 7.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35    
1908 36 SAR SL P 31 31 184.7 13 38 1 1 .981 2.49    
1909 37 BAL NL P 44 0 56.7 3 11 1 2 .933 2.22    
1910 38 BAL NL P 52 0 75.0 3 21 0 2 1.000 2.88    
1911 39 SB NL P 65 0 81.0 3 17 1 3 .952 2.22    
Career Totals   379 160 1308.0 66 251 5 23 .984 2.18    
Career Highs   65 32 217.7 14 43 1 5 1.000 2.88    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1901 29 GEO NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 15.0 17 9 0 7 5 5.40 .283 .358 .417 .775
1904 32 KNL NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.7 11 5 0 2 1 7.95 .423 .464 .500 .964
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 3 3 1 0 0 20.7 28 14 0 9 6 6.10 .326 .389 .442 .831
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1901 29 GEO NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
1904 32 KNL NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1903-10-12
1904-9-13
1908-4-15
Saves
1910-10-7
Complete Games
1904-4-3
1905-5-3
Shutouts
1904-2-2
1905-7-1
Hits Allowed
1904-10-196
1905-4-215
1908-3-217
Walks Allowed
1903-6-76
1904-8-72
1905-9-74
1908-10-73
OSLG
1903-5-.329
1904-9-.349
OOPS
1903-10-.637
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 34)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 200)
 
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