How Matt Thornton's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Matt Thornton posted a career Batting Average of .000, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 2007, posting .000, well below the league average of .269 that year. The lowest point came in 2007 at .000, well below the league average of .269 that year. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 13 seasons.

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Matt Thornton Batting Average Per Season

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

Matt Thornton Batting Average by Team

Matt Thornton's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Matt Thornton Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Matt Thornton's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Matt Thornton Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Matt Thornton Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Matt Thornton's seasonal Batting Average 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.
Matt Thornton Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Matt Thornton Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Matt Thornton's MLB career with Batting Average 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.
Matt Thornton Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table