How John Thornton's Assists Compares to Similar Players

John Thornton totaled 66 career Assists, well below the league average of 329.5 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 3 seasons, the Assists arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the Assists arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Assists profile — ranging from 1 to 61 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

John Thornton Lifetime Assists

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John Thornton Assists Per Season

John Thornton's Assists for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
John Thornton Assists per season line chart

John Thornton Assists by Team

John Thornton's career Assists totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
John Thornton career Assists by team bar chart

John Thornton Cumulative Assists — Career Progression

A running total of John Thornton's career Assists, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
John Thornton Assists year-over-year waterfall chart

John Thornton Assists Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes John Thornton's seasonal Assists alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
John Thornton Assists distribution box chart versus comparable players

John Thornton Assists — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of John Thornton's MLB career with Assists alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
John Thornton Assists season-by-season breakdown table