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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1869-05-22 · Played 1889–1892 · Career WAR 1.2 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=thornjo01, LAHMAN=thornjo01, MLBAM=123314, RETROSHEET=thorj102

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1889	WS8	NL	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1891	PHI	NL	39	123	7	17	3	6	1	2	10	.138	.152	.163	.315	-0.9
1892	PHI	NL	5	13	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	.385	.385	.385	.770	-0.1
1892	SLN	NL	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total			46	143	8	22	3	9	1	2	13	.154	.166	.175	.340	-1.1

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1889	WS8	NL	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	8	5	0	7	3	5.00	1.667	-0.2
1891	PHI	NL	15	16	37	32	23	1	2	269.0	268	110	3	115	52	3.68	1.424	3.2
1892	PHI	NL	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	12.0	16	17	1	17	2	12.75	2.750	-0.7
Total			15	19	41	35	25	1	2	290.0	292	132	4	139	57	4.10	1.486	2.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1889	WS8	NL	P	1	9.0	0	1	0	0
1891	PHI	NL	OF	3	5.0	0	0	1	0
1891	PHI	NL	P	37	269.0	28	61	12	4
1892	PHI	NL	OF	2	9.0	1	0	1	0
1892	PHI	NL	P	3	12.0	2	4	1	0
1892	SLN	NL	OF	1	1.0	0	0	0	0
Total				47	305.0	31	66	15	4

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