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Historical player · 1895–1898

Walter Thornton

B/T L/L · HT 73 · WT 180 · Born 2/18/1875 · From Peoria, IL USA · Debut 1895-07-01 · Final 1898-10-08

Career · batting

154

519

162

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.312 · 0.772

Career · pitching

409.3

W-L

23-18

134

ERA

4.18

WHIP

1.54

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago Orphans · 1895–1898

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#675 on the Orphans

↑ 1 B. Anderson

Hits

162

#291 on the Orphans

↑ 1 R. Barnes

↓ 1 N. McMillan

RBI

#275 on the Orphans

↑ 1 P. Alexander

↓ 1 B. Sturgeon

#153 on the Orphans

↑ 1 D. Darling

↓ 1 W. Contreras

Runs

#284 on the Orphans

↑ 1 J. Burnitz

↓ 1 E. Bouchee

#261 on the Orphans

↑ 1 T. Bosley

↓ 1 M. Byrd

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#7,639 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Abreu

↓ 1 T. Zych

Hits

162

#5,138 all-time MLB

↑ 1 D. Cooper

↓ 1 L. Salazar

RBI

#4,890 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Berres

↓ 1 D. Young

#2,929 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Allen

↓ 1 K. Abbott

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1895	Colts	NL	8	22	4	7	1	0	1	7	0	3	1	0.318	—	0.500
1896	Colts	NL	9	22	6	8	0	1	0	1	2	5	2	0.364	—	0.455
1897	Colts	NL	75	265	39	85	9	6	0	55	13	30	16	0.321	—	0.400
1898	Orphans	NL	62	210	34	62	5	2	0	14	8	22	14	0.295	—	0.338
Career			154	519	83	162	15	9	1	77	23	60	33	0.312	0.390	0.382

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1895	Colts	NL	2	0	7	2	1	40.0	58	27	31	13	6.08	2.23
1896	Colts	NL	2	1	5	5	0	23.7	30	15	13	10	5.70	1.82
1897	Colts	NL	6	7	16	16	0	130.3	164	68	51	55	4.70	1.65
1898	Orphans	NL	13	10	28	25	0	215.3	226	80	56	56	3.34	1.31
Career			23	18	56	48	1	409.3	478	190	151	134	4.18	1.54

Fielding by position

Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	96	779.0	147	13	35	2
P	56	409.0	24	81	10	4
1B	1	4.0	3	0	0	0