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Andre Thornton
Andre Thornton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.

MLB Debut July 28, 1973
Final Game August 31, 1987
Born August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, AL (age 75)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 23 CHN NL    1    4    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500  .500  .750 1.250   179     3   0   0   0   0   0  
 1974 24 CHN NL   65  167   26   42  10   0   6   20   0   1   24   26  .251  .354  .419  .773   110    70   1   1   3   3   4  
         BOA AL   39  137   27   38  10   5   5   16   0   0   15   21  .277  .365  .533  .898   123    73   0   2   0   5   9  
         TOT     104  304   53   80  20   5  11   36   0   1   39   47  .263  .359  .470  .829         143   1   3   3   8  13 
 1975 25 BOA AL  126  411   77  117  19   6  20   67   0   0   91   68  .285  .418  .506  .924   120   208   0   4   4   6   4  
 1976 26 MNA AL  107  200   21   31   5   2   5   26   2   3   32   27  .155  .282  .275  .557    79    55   0   2   0   4   3  
 1977 27 MNA AL  136  459   86  126  25   7  32  117   0   0   72   83  .275  .385  .569  .954   121   261   0   4   2  13  11  
 1978 28 MNA AL  153  536   81  124  28   2  36  111   3   3  101   73  .231  .360  .493  .853   121   264   3   4   7   9  10  MVP-9
 1979 29 MNA AL  157  554   90  128  34   2  27   97   3   3   92   90  .231  .344  .446  .790   106   247   1   7   0   7  23  
 1980           [Did not play]
 1981 31 MNA AL   93  289   32   79  20   0   4   34   2   2   28   45  .273  .333  .384  .717    98   111   0   4   1   0   7  
 1982 32 MNA AL   78  236   45   76  14   0  18   52   1   0   45   34  .322  .431  .610 1.041   137   144   1   1   1   1   7  
 1983 33 MNA AL  144  520   69  146  29   1  16   89   0   1   82   67  .281  .374  .433  .806   110   225   0  10   1   1  14  
 1984 34 MNA AL  132  481   70  108  14   0  22   74   2   0   76   87  .225  .330  .391  .721    99   188   0   6   0   3  12  
 1985 35 MNA AL   34  105   13   24   0   0   4   14   0   0    8   11  .229  .283  .343  .626    86    36   0   0   1   0   5  
 1986 36 MNA AL  105  320   44   72   7   0  19   51   1   1   46   61  .225  .322  .425  .747   100   136   0   1   3   0  12  
 1987 37 MNA AL    4   11    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .182  .250  .182  .432    53     2   0   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1374 4430  682 1115 216  25 214  769  14  14  713  695  .252  .359  .457  .815        2023   6  46  23  52 123
 Per 600 PA           507   78  128  25   3  24   88   2   2   82   79                                 231   1   5   3   6  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MNA     1143 3711  551  916 176  14 183  666  14  13  583  579  .247  .352  .450  .801        1669   5  39  16  38 106
   With BOA      165  548  104  155  29  11  25   83   0   0  106   89  .283  .405  .513  .918         281   0   6   4  11  13
   With CHN       66  171   27   44  11   0   6   20   0   1   24   27  .257  .357  .427  .784          73   1   1   3   3   4
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1565 5291  792 1342 244  22 253  895  48  37  876  851  .254  .360  .452  .811        2389  14  71  69  41 129
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1973 23 CHN NL  75    1  20.2   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   2e20      631   
 1974 24 CHN NL  42   25   5.2  14   5   1  .357   1   12   10  .833    0    0  .000  1B   2e13      -34   
         BOA AL  56   24   6.0   3   1   0  .333   4   10    4  .400    0    0  .000  1B   2e13       91   
         TOT                    17   6   1  .353   5   22   14  .636    0    0  .000
 1975 25 BOA AL  34   96   8.6  10   5   1  .500  16   38   19  .500    0    0  .000  1B   2e20      -20   
 1976 26 MNA AL  62   17   2.6   9   0   0  .000   9   22    6  .273    0    0  .000  1B   3e13     -140   
 1977 27 MNA AL  21  103   8.1  14   6   2  .429   8   42   28  .667    0    0  .000  1B   2e9        49   
 1978 28 MNA AL  37  100   6.3   5   2   1  .400   7   43   31  .721    0    0  .000  1B   2e8       -40   
 1979 29 MNA AL  39   84   5.0   4   0   0  .000   6   55   40  .727    0    0  .000  1B   2e9        -6   
 1980           [Did not play]
 1981 31 MNA AL  62   36   4.5  15   4   0  .267   4   11    4  .364    0    0  .000  1B   3e17       43   
 1982 32 MNA AL  64   63  10.2  14   2   0  .143   0    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  DH             172   
 1983 33 MNA AL  37   87   5.9   2   1   0  .500   0    3    1  .333    0    0  .000  DH             -16   
 1984 34 MNA AL  34   65   4.5   4   1   0  .250   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH            -128   
 1985 35 MNA AL  64    9   2.8   7   0   0  .000   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   5e30      -85   
 1986 36 MNA AL  27   42   4.4  15   5   3  .333   1    3    1  .333    0    0  .000  1B   5e30       22   
 1987 37 MNA AL   0    0    .5   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              84   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          758   5.8 116  32   8  .276  57  243  145  .597    0    0  .000                 -10   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1973 23 CHN NL  1B     1     3     0    0    1  1.000     1     8.0   3.38
 1974 24 TOT     LF     4     0     0    0    0   .000     0    11.2   0.00
         CHN NL  1B    45   336    34    1   34   .997    40   362.1   9.19
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     8.0   0.00
         BOA AL  1B    37   311    20    4   37   .988    35   318.0   9.37
 1975 25 BOA AL  1B    75   624    61    8   77   .988    69   619.0   9.96
                 3B    35    37    62    8    2   .925    33   293.1   3.04
 1976 26 MNA AL  RF    40    52     3    5    0   .917    34   285.1   1.73
                 1B    67   232    22    4   22   .984    15   231.2   9.87
 1977 27 MNA AL  1B   124   999   102    8  103   .993   116  1035.0   9.57
 1978 28 MNA AL  1B   150  1315   115    7  115   .995   147  1318.0   9.76
 1979 29 MNA AL  1B   151  1371   118    6  159   .996   150  1317.1  10.17
 1980           [Did not play]
 1981 31 MNA AL  1B    29   217    16    4   24   .983    28   241.0   8.70
 1982 32 MNA AL  1B    10    83     5    0    9  1.000     9    83.0   9.54
 1983 33 MNA AL  1B     3    24     4    0    3  1.000     3    25.1   9.95
 1984 34 MNA AL  1B     3    19     2    1    0   .955     2    18.0  10.50
 1985 35 MNA AL  1B    11    78     6    0    7  1.000    10    80.0   9.45
 1986 36 MNA AL  1B    15   130     8    1    7   .993    15   129.0   9.63
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B   721  5742   513   44  598   .993   640  5785.2   9.73
                 3B    36    37    62    8    2   .925    33   301.1   2.96
                 RF    40    52     3    5    0   .917    34   285.1   1.73
                 LF     4     0     0    0    0   .000     0    11.2   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1974 ALCS  BOA OAA   W    3   7  0  1  0  1  0   0  2  2  .143  .333  .429  0
      WS    BOA CIN   L    3   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  1  .167  .375  .167  0
 1975 ALCS  BOA OAA   L    5  17  0  2  1  0  0   0  4  5  .118  .286  .176  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1973  CHN   74-88   Alan Bosslet
 1974  CHN   61-101  Alan Bosslet
 1974  BOA   93-69   Mike Tomeo
 1975  BOA  107-55   Mike Tomeo
 1976  MNA   75-87   James Taglia
 1977  MNA   68-94   James Taglia, Tom Austad
 1978  MNA   81-81   Tom Austad
 1979  MNA   74-88   Tom Austad
 1981  MNA   50-112  Tom Austad
 1982  MNA   63-99   Tom Austad
 1983  MNA   65-97   Tom Austad
 1984  MNA   71-91   Tom Austad
 1985  MNA   73-89   Tom Austad
 1986  MNA   84-78   Tom Austad
 1987  MNA   86-76   Tom Austad

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