How Walter Thornton's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Walter Thornton totaled 1,834 career Batters Faced, well above the relief pitcher average of 1,243.7 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 4 seasons, the Batters Faced arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Batters Faced arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 111 to 918 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Walter Thornton Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Walter Thornton
| Walter Thornton
Batters Faced | Walter Thornton
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 1834 | 40.32 |
| Season Avg. | 458.5 | 40.32 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5305.5 | 40.32 |
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Walter Thornton Batters Faced Per Season
Walter Thornton's Batters Faced 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.
Walter Thornton Batters Faced by Team
Walter Thornton's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Walter Thornton Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Walter Thornton's career Batters Faced, 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.
Walter Thornton Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Walter Thornton's seasonal Batters Faced 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.
Walter Thornton Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Walter Thornton's MLB career with Batters Faced 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.
