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Billy
Thornton		  
Nickname: Bob
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 240
 
Born: December 2, 1979 in Mexico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2014    2015   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2002 22 ALB VL     0 4 2 3 8 7 7 7 7 7 3 2 2 4 3 3 4 5 4
2003 23 ALB VL     0 5 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 3 2 3 5 4 4 4 5 5
2004 24 UTI VL     4 7 5 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 5
2005 25 UTI VL $ 100,000   5 7 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 6 5
2006 26 UTI VL $ 100,000   5 7 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 6 5
2007 27 UTI VL $ 100,000   6 8 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 5 5
2008 28 UTI VL $ 100,000   6 8 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 5 5
2009 29 UTI VL $ 100,000   6 8 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 6 5
2010 30 UTI VL $ 4,500,000   7 8 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 6 5 6 5
2011 31 UTI VL $ 4,500,000   7 8 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 6 5 6 6
2012 32 UTI VL $ 4,500,000   7 8 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 6 6
2013 33 UTI VL $ 2,940,001   7 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 6 5 6 5
2014 34 UTI VL $ 2,940,001   7 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 7 6 6 6
2015 35 UTI VL $ 2,940,001   7 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 6 6 6
2016 36 UTI VL $ 3,120,001   6 7 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 5 5
2017 37 UTI VL $ 1,780,001   5 7 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
Min Ratings     0 4 2 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   7 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 22 AA   4 2 .667 6 6 0 0 0 37.7 36 11 2 14 29 2.63 .254 .321 .338 .659  
    A   7 9 .438 23 23 0 0 0 143.3 131 58 18 43 109 3.64 .242 .298 .364 .662  
2003 23 AA   9 10 .474 29 29 0 0 0 176.3 142 73 31 57 139 3.73 .215 .278 .391 .668  
2004 24 AAA   4 7 .364 25 25 0 0 0 140.3 158 77 21 52 118 4.94 .279 .340 .428 .767  
    AA   1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 26.0 27 14 5 9 16 4.85 .270 .330 .470 .800  
2005 25 UTI VL 9 6 .600 31 31 0 0 0 158.7 155 77 25 56 91 4.37 .253 .321 .417 .737 7.8
2006 26 UTI VL 11 10 .524 34 34 0 0 0 190.7 179 77 36 56 112 3.63 .241 .300 .415 .715 11.3
2007 27 UTI VL 13 10 .565 36 36 1 0 0 191.7 178 88 33 66 105 4.13 .243 .309 .419 .728 9.5
2008 28 UTI VL 11 6 .647 24 24 2 1 0 145.7 134 65 20 30 71 4.02 .238 .285 .379 .664 7.6
2009 29 UTI VL 11 7 .611 34 34 1 1 0 199.0 166 71 30 48 100 3.21 .225 .273 .373 .646 13.8
2010 30 UTI VL 13 11 .542 34 34 0 0 0 190.0 169 72 22 54 110 3.41 .233 .288 .361 .649 10.3
2011 31 UTI VL 13 9 .591 35 35 0 0 0 193.7 186 74 27 51 113 3.44 .246 .295 .380 .675 10.8
2012 32 UTI VL 7 12 .368 29 29 0 0 0 155.0 136 61 25 45 73 3.54 .232 .292 .384 .676 6.2
2013 33 UTI VL 11 11 .500 36 36 0 0 0 201.7 156 62 18 53 113 2.77 .210 .271 .306 .576 12.2
2014 34 UTI VL 15 6 .714 35 35 1 1 0 218.3 165 63 23 47 109 2.60 .206 .252 .316 .568 15.1
2015 35 UTI VL 16 4 .800 33 33 0 0 0 201.7 155 59 23 39 115 2.63 .209 .257 .325 .582 16.0
2016 36 UTI VL 3 6 .333 19 19 1 0 0 94.7 82 48 18 30 48 4.56 .232 .294 .402 .697 3.6
2017 37 UTI VL 6 5 .545 18 17 0 0 1 87.7 88 47 18 35 24 4.83 .257 .330 .439 .768 2.9
    AAA   0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 5 1 0 3 4 1.69 .238 .333 .333 .667  
13 Years Sim 139 103 .574 398 397 6 3 1 2228.4 1949 864 318 610 1184 3.49 .231 .287 .373 .660 127.0
2 Years AAA 4 8 .333 26 26 0 0 0 145.7 163 78 21 55 122 4.82 .278 .340 .424 .764  
3 Years AA 14 14 .500 39 39 0 0 0 240.0 205 98 38 80 184 3.68 .227 .290 .391 .682  
1 Years A 7 9 .438 23 23 0 0 0 143.3 131 58 18 43 109 3.64 .242 .298 .364 .662  
6 Years Minors 25 31 .446 88 88 0 0 0 529.0 499 234 77 178 415 3.98 .246 .307 .394 .700  
Season Average 10 7 .588 30 30 0 0 0 171.4 149 66 24 46 91 3.49 .231 .287 .373 .660  
Career Highs 16 12 .800 36 36 2 1 1 218.3 186 88 36 66 115 4.83 .257 .330 .439 .768  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1722 740 269 550 1030   .239 .293 .381 .674
vs LH   227 124 49 60 154   .184 .222 .328 .550
Home 64 59 .520 189 189 3 2 0 1067.6 907 396 136 305 591 3.34 .226 .281 .359 .640
Away 75 44 .630 209 208 3 1 1 1160.6 1042 468 182 305 593 3.63 .236 .285 .386 .671
Mar/Apr 21 18 .538 62 62 1 0 0 340.3 319 137 55 74 186 3.62 .244 .284 .399 .683
May 16 21 .432 62 62 1 0 0 327.0 307 129 55 93 178 3.55 .244 .296 .406 .701
June 22 14 .611 66 66 0 0 0 378.6 342 138 45 110 199 3.28 .239 .294 .360 .653
July 26 13 .667 55 55 3 2 0 334.0 262 118 49 82 169 3.18 .211 .260 .354 .614
August 24 13 .649 66 66 1 1 0 363.6 300 147 48 112 197 3.64 .220 .279 .351 .630
Sep/Oct 30 24 .556 87 86 1 1 1 484.6 419 195 66 139 255 3.62 .229 .284 .371 .655
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2005 25 UTI VL P 31 31 158.7 10 28 3 3 .927 2.16    
2006 26 UTI VL P 34 34 190.7 8 26 6 4 .850 1.60    
2007 27 UTI VL P 36 36 191.7 12 25 2 5 .949 1.74    
2008 28 UTI VL P 24 24 145.7 8 25 2 1 .943 2.04    
2009 29 UTI VL P 34 34 199.0 10 22 2 0 .941 1.45    
2010 30 UTI VL P 34 34 190.0 7 29 0 2 1.000 1.71    
2011 31 UTI VL P 35 35 193.7 16 20 3 2 .923 1.67    
2012 32 UTI VL P 29 29 155.0 8 20 4 5 .875 1.63    
2013 33 UTI VL P 36 36 201.7 17 24 1 3 .976 1.83    
2014 34 UTI VL P 35 35 218.3 13 31 1 3 .978 1.81    
2015 35 UTI VL P 33 33 201.7 10 31 1 5 .976 1.83    
2016 36 UTI VL P 19 19 94.7 8 16 0 2 1.000 2.28    
2017 37 UTI VL P 18 17 87.7 4 18 1 1 .957 2.26    
Career Totals   398 397 2228.4 131 315 26 36 .945 1.80    
Career Highs   36 36 218.3 17 31 6 5 1.000 2.28    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2005 25 UTI VL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 1.3 6 6 1 0 2 41.54 .600 .600 .900 1.500
2006 26 UTI VL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 8.7 14 11 4 7 5 11.38 .359 .457 .667 1.123
2007 27 UTI VL 0 0 .000 3 3 0 0 0 16.0 14 4 3 0 10 2.25 .226 .226 .419 .645
2010 30 UTI VL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 7 3 1 2 9.00 .296 .321 .667 .988
2013 33 UTI VL 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 22.7 20 7 5 8 12 2.78 .230 .295 .402 .697
2014 34 UTI VL 1 1 .500 4 4 0 0 0 19.0 12 5 3 12 9 2.37 .169 .289 .310 .599
2015 35 UTI VL 2 1 .667 5 3 1 1 0 23.3 13 4 2 2 15 1.54 .157 .176 .241 .417
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 6 .455 20 18 1 1 0 98.0 87 44 21 30 55 4.04 .230 .286 .412 .698
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2009-7-3.21
2013-6-2.77
2014-5-2.60
2015-10-2.63
 Winning Pct
2015-3-.800
 Games Started
2007-2-36
2011-9-35
2013-9-36
 Shutouts
2008-9-1
 Hits per 9IP
2009-7-7.5
2013-7-7.0
2014-7-6.8
2015-6-6.9
CAR-49-7.9
 WHiP
2009-3-1.08
2013-10-1.04
2014-8-0.97
2015-9-0.96
OAVG
2009-7-.225
2013-7-.210
2014-7-.206
2015-7-.209
CAR-45-.231
 OOBP
2009-3-.273
2014-7-.252
 OSLG
2013-4-.306
2014-5-.316
2015-7-.325
 OOPS
2009-7-.646
2013-2-.576
2014-7-.568
2015-8-.582
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  6. Jamar Lopez (921)
  7. John Versace (917)
  8. Paul Parker (917)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Albany (from Philadelphia) in 2002
Earned first career win on 4/6/2005
Injured on 4/13/2010 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2011, going 3-1, 1.05
Injured on 4/2/2012 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
 
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