Andre Thornton

Positions: Designated Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, AL us

High School: Phoenixville HS (Phoenixville, PA)

Schools: Capital University (Bexley, OH), Cheyney University (Cheyney, PA)

Debut: July 28, 1973 (Age 23-349d, 13,393rd in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 31, 1987 (Age 38-018d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Andre Thornton

Nicknames: Thunder

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Pat Kelly

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.2

5291

1342

253

.254

792

RBI

895

OBP

.360

SLG

.452

OPS

.811

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
2	2	Apr 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,19-9	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
3	3	Apr 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
4	4	Apr 13	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
5	5	Apr 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
6	6	Apr 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
7	7	Apr 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,10-5	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
8	8	Apr 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
9	9	Apr 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	9	1	0	10	1	1B
10	10	Apr 20	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
11	11	Apr 23	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
12	12	Apr 24 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
13	14 (1)	Apr 27	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	CG	47	12.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
14	15	Apr 28	CLE		TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
15	16	Apr 29	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
16	17	Apr 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,1-0	GS	27	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	21 (3)	May 4	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
18	23 (1)	May 7	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
19	24	May 8	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
20	25	May 10 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
21	26	May 10 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,7-4	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
22	27	May 11	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	57 (29)	Jun 18	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
24	58	Jun 19 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
25	60 (1)	Jun 20	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	46	11.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
26	61	Jun 21	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
27	62	Jun 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,7-5	GS	46	11.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
28	63	Jun 23	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
29	64	Jun 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
30	65	Jun 25	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
31	66	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
32	67	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
33	68	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
34	69	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
35	71 (1)	Jun 30	CLE		BAL	W,4-2	CG	27	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	72	Jul 1	CLE		KCR	L,2-12	GS	38	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
37	73	Jul 2	CLE		KCR	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
38	77 (3)	Jul 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	GF	21	4.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
39	81 (3)	Jul 11	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
40	82	Jul 12	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
41	83	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,7-9	CG	45	10.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
42	84	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
43	85	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
44	86	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
45	87	Jul 16	CLE	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
46	88	Jul 17	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
47	89	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
48	91 (1)	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
49	92	Jul 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
50	93	Jul 24	CLE		TEX	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
51	94	Jul 25	CLE		TEX	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
52	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
53	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	45	10.2	6	1	0	7	0	1B
54	97	Jul 29	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
55	98	Jul 30	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG	61	14.0	17	1	0	18	0	1B
56	99	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	15	1	1	17	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	101 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
58	102	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
59	103	Aug 3	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
60	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	MIN	L,10-14	CG	44	8.0	7	4	0	11	2	1B
61	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	13	3	0	16	1	1B
62	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
63	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
64	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
65	109	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
66	110	Aug 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
67	111	Aug 12 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
68	112	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
69	113	Aug 13	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
70	114	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,12-4	GS	18	5.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
71	115	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	4	1B
72	116	Aug 15	CLE		OAK	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
73	117	Aug 16	CLE		OAK	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
74	118	Aug 17	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
75	119	Aug 18	CLE		KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
76	120	Aug 19	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	4	0	12	0	1B
77	121	Aug 20	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	46	12.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
78	122	Aug 21	CLE	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
79	123	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	SEA	W,12-1	GS	21	6.0	2	2	0	4	2	1B
80	124	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
81	125	Aug 24 (1)	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
82	126	Aug 24 (2)	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
83	127	Aug 26	CLE		SEA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
84	128	Aug 27	CLE		SEA	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
85	129	Aug 28	CLE		SEA	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
86	130	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
87	131	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
88	132	Aug 31	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	133	Sep 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
90	134	Sep 2	CLE		CAL	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
91	135	Sep 3	CLE		CAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
92	136	Sep 4	CLE		CAL	L,3-7	CG	48	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
93	137	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
94	138	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
95	139	Sep 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
96	140	Sep 7	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
97	141	Sep 8	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
98	142	Sep 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
99	143	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	10.1	15	1	0	16	5	1B
100	144	Sep 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
101	145	Sep 12	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
102	146	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	8	2	1	11	1	1B
103	147	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
104	148	Sep 17 (1)	CLE		TOR	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
105	149	Sep 17 (2)	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
106	150	Sep 18	CLE		TOR	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
107	151	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
108	152	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
109	153	Sep 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
110	154	Sep 24	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
111	155	Sep 25	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
112	156	Sep 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
113	157	Sep 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	9	0	0	9	2	1B
114	158	Sep 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
115	159	Sep 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
116	160	Oct 2 (1)	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	40	10.2	10	0	0	10	2	1B
117	161	Oct 2 (2)	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
							117gm		1021.2	1026	71	6	1103	97