MLB / Players

John Thornton

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 175 lb
BornMay 22, 1869 · Washington, DC, USA
MLB debutAugust 14, 1889
Final gameSeptember 15, 1892
Seasons3 (1889–1892)

Washington Nationals 1889; Philadelphia Phillies 1891–1892; St. Louis Browns 1892

Percentile snapshot

1891 season — qualified pitchers

G
37
49.1
GS
32
49.1
W
15
47.4
L
16
42.1
SV
2
91.2
CG
23
36.8
SHO
1
28.1
H
268
54.4
ER
110
42.1
BB
115
50.9
SO
52
15.8
HR
3
82.5
IP
269.0
47.4
ERA
3.68
40.4
WHIP
1.424
49.1
K/9
1.74
1.8
FIP
3.56
43.9
FIP-
106.4
19.3
ERA+
90.9
26.3
sWAR
1.1
22.8

of 58 qualified 1891 pitchers (min 138 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
0.0
45

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18891440000010100.000.000.000.000-74.1-100.0.0000.0
189139125123717300621010.138.152.163.3155.3-8.5.1521.1
1892616161500020200.313.313.313.62586.188.8.299-1.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18891101010857309.05.001.6673.004.66115.780.50.0
1891373215162231268110115523269.03.681.4241.743.56106.490.91.1
189232020101617172112.012.752.7501.507.44226.425.8-1.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
46
PA
145
AB
143
R
8
H
22
2B
3
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
9
BB
2
SO
13
SB
1
BA
.1538
OBP
.1655
SLG
.1748
OPS
.3403

Pitching

G (P)
41
GS
35
W
15
L
19
SV
2
CG
25
SHO
1
IP
290
SO (P)
57
BB allowed
139
ERA
4.097
WHIP
1.4862
K/9
1.77

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.