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Name Team Age
Ed Thornton Retired (2003, Age 38) Died (2053, Age 88)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 18
(1983)
SS R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League 0 15 years (68 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
A- B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B+ B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- B-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A- 0 4/26/1965
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
4 4 7
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (LF)
A+ (99.0 %) (65.2 %) (3.4 %)

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Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1988 SS KC 130 128 1136.0 597 175 409 13 68 -19 4.63 .978
1989 SS KC 159 159 1425.33 800 235 550 15 85 +20 4.96 .981
1990 SS KC 159 159 1429.66 790 237 534 19 92 +1 4.85 .976
1991 SS KC-NYN 156 154 1365.66 712 231 468 13 84 -8 4.61 .982
1992 SS NYN 159 159 1442.0 840 263 554 23 99 +22 5.10 .973
1993 SS NYN 159 159 1427.0 791 258 523 10 111 +17 4.93 .987
1994 SS NYN 149 146 1298.33 667 211 438 18 68 +6 4.50 .973
1995 SS NYN 144 144 1286.33 706 230 461 15 90 +12 4.83 .979
1996 SS NYN 67 55 509.66 269 82 183 4 27 +4 4.68 .985
RF NYN 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.00 .500
1997 2B NYN 111 106 950.0 547 228 316 3 54 +10 5.15 .995
SS NYN 3 2 20.0 11 3 8 0 3 +3 4.95 1.000
1998 2B NYN 10 2 34.0 25 11 14 0 4 -2 6.62 1.000
3B NYN 17 17 153.0 47 9 37 1 0 -8 2.71 .979
SS NYN 7 7 66.0 31 9 21 1 2 0 4.09 .968
LF NYN 3 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1999 1B NYN 5 5 45.0 53 53 0 0 3 +1 10.60 1.000
2B NYN 15 10 98.0 55 27 28 0 8 0 5.05 1.000
3B NYN 24 24 212.0 78 16 60 2 6 +2 3.23 .974
SS NYN 1 1 11.0 8 0 8 0 2 0 6.55 1.000
2000 1B NYN-NYA 2 2 18.0 27 26 0 1 1 0 13.00 .963
2B NYN-NYA 71 70 625.0 389 168 217 4 43 +15 5.54 .990
3B NYN-NYA 55 55 475.66 142 21 118 3 7 -1 2.63 .979
SS NYN-NYA 4 4 34.0 28 7 21 0 9 -2 7.41 1.000
2001 2B NYA 21 21 185.66 115 57 57 1 14 -4 5.53 .991
3B NYA 136 136 1229.33 430 84 336 10 25 +16 3.07 .977
2002 C NYA 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 9.00 1.000
2B NYA 33 33 295.66 177 83 89 5 20 -1 5.24 .972
3B NYA 58 58 508.66 170 31 133 6 10 -4 2.90 .965
SS NYA 3 3 25.0 18 4 14 0 1 -1 6.48 1.000
LF NYA 3 3 26.0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 0.69 1.000
2003 2B NYA 5 5 46.66 37 17 20 0 5 0 7.14 1.000
SS NYA 5 5 44.0 32 9 22 1 3 0 6.34 .969
Pos Total C 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 9.00 1.000
1B 7 7 63.0 80 79 0 1 4 +1 11.29 .988
2B 266 247 2234.98 1345 591 741 13 148 +18 5.36 .990
3B 290 290 2578.65 867 161 684 22 48 +5 2.95 .975
SS 1305 1285 11519.97 6300 1954 4214 132 744 +55 4.82 .979
LF 6 3 34.0 2 2 0 0 0 -1 0.53 1.000
RF 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.00 .500
Total 1876 1833 16441.6 8598 2790 5639 169 944 0 1 0 0.0% +78 4.61 .980
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2003-11-01Ed Thornton has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2003-06-01The New York Cannibals have waived Ed Thornton.
2003-05-13The New York Cannibals have promoted Harry Surhoff to the major league team. The New York Cannibals have designated Ed Thornton for assignment.
2000-07-23A trade has been completed between the New York jaegerbombs and the New York Cannibals. The New York Cannibals receive Ed Thornton from the New York jaegerbombs in exchange for Jeff Buddie.
1991-04-21A trade has been completed between the New York jaegerbombs and the Kansas City Killers. The Kansas City Killers receive Pep Ortiz from the New York jaegerbombs in exchange for Ed Thornton, Draft Pick - 1993 Round 1 (PHI), Draft Pick - 1993 Round 2 (KC).
1988-05-01A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Killers and the Chicago Meat Packers. The Chicago Meat Packers receive Doc Stevens, Jeff Ryan from the Kansas City Killers in exchange for Mike Appleton, Ed Thornton, Draft Pick - 1989 Round 1 (CHN).
1987-07-13A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago Meat Packers. The Chicago Meat Packers receive Rudy Lee, Erik Bredard, Ed Thornton, Draft Pick - 1988 Round 2 (BAL) from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Ace Williams, Nipsy Norelis, Jim Lomberg.