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Matt Thornton

White Sox Career team 2006–2013
Number #46
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 49
Height 6' 6"
Weight 235 lbs
Birth Place Centreville, MI
Born Sep 15, 1976

Key Insights

2016
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Thornton has struck Shin-Soo Choo out 7 times in 11 plate appearances, 63.6% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The CLE lineup has hit .385 and slugged .846 against Thornton across 58 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

20 hits, 5 home runs and 12 strikeouts, against a .344 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Nick Markakis has hit .400/.500/.800 against Thornton over 12 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

4 for 10 with 0 home runs and 3 strikeouts, against a .719 OPS median across his matchups.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Robinson Cano squares Thornton up like nobody else: 101.8 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 92.7 across the hitters he has faced.

13 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Thornton throws than Curtis Granderson: 46.7% of the swings between them come up empty.

20 plate appearances between them. 93rd percentile of the 18 matchups on his own record.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Ichiro Suzuki gets nothing on it against Thornton: 74.9 mph off the bat, against a median of 92.7 across the hitters he has faced.

12 plate appearances with tracked contact.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 15, 1976
Birth Place Centreville, MI
Height 6' 6"
Weight 235 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Grand Valley State