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Name Team Age
Deke Thornton Retired (1993, Age 38) Died (2040, Age 85)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3
(1974)		 CF B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Robin Roberts League 0 13 years (126 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B+ C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B- B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- B  C 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B- 0 8/17/1955
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1979 BAL 142 505 66 132 24 5 16 82 39 98 21 17 2 .739 .315 .424 .261
1980 BAL 149 572 70 137 11 11 22 88 48 119 22 8 2 .709 .296 .413 .240
1981 BAL 126 490 68 154 16 4 16 78 47 88 35 9 4 .836 .375 .461 .314
1982 BAL 158 388 59 101 17 4 12 50 30 79 25 5 2 .733 .316 .418 .260
1983 BAL 156 302 45 62 13 3 7 36 26 53 13 6 0 .612 .275 .338 .205
1984 BAL 149 611 87 163 27 9 29 73 45 119 29 14 3 .801 .319 .483 .267
1985 BAL 149 497 77 140 18 7 24 76 53 96 25 7 5 .842 .351 .491 .282
1986 BAL 149 497 71 140 17 2 22 71 38 103 20 6 2 .788 .331 .457 .282
1987 BAL 149 565 94 170 22 9 23 92 68 109 25 7 5 .875 .381 .494 .301
1988 BAL 127 512 68 138 19 5 20 81 38 101 24 8 5 .762 .318 .443 .270
1989 BAL-NYA 148 560 83 152 18 6 26 92 61 102 16 9 1 .808 .344 .464 .271
1990 NYA 148 545 97 161 17 8 24 87 65 94 20 11 4 .858 .370 .488 .295
1991 NYA 120 433 70 115 27 1 15 73 34 89 15 3 2 .756 .320 .436 .266
1992 NYA 141 460 62 128 18 3 20 54 45 109 20 12 3 .801 .341 .461 .278
1993 DET-CHN 16 21 3 5 0 0 1 4 2 7 0 0 0 .673 .292 .381 .238
Total 2027 6958 1020 1898 264 77 277 1037 639 1366 310 122 40 .787 .335 .452 .273
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1993-11-01Deke Thornton has retired from the Chicago Storm
1993-10-23The Chicago Storm have acquired Deke Thornton from the waiver wire.
1993-09-24The Detroit Delvers have waived Deke Thornton.
1993-08-10The Detroit Delvers have designated Deke Thornton for assignment.
1993-04-20Deke Thornton of the Detroit Delvers is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1992-04-01The New York Bay Bombers have removed Deke Thornton from the trade block.
1991-08-30Deke Thornton of the New York Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1991-06-08The New York Bombers have placed Deke Thornton on the trade block.
1989-08-16A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Tornados and the New York Bombers. The New York Bombers receive Deke Thornton, Taylor Swift, Draft Pick 1991 Round 2 BAL (Darrell Johnson) from the Baltimore Tornados in exchange for Draft Pick 1991 Round 1 NYA (Dave Pyznarski), Draft Pick 1991 Round 2 NYA (Frank Arlin), Draft Pick 1990 Round 1 NYA (John Kinney). Protest This Trade.
1989-08-10The Baltimore Tornados have placed Deke Thornton on the trade block.
1988-06-19Deke Thornton of the Baltimore Snapping Turtles is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1981-07-16Deke Thornton of the Baltimore Snapping Turtles is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1979-04-27The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have promoted Deke Thornton to the major league team. The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have sent Cajun Carson to the minors.
1979-04-20The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have promoted Cajun Carson to the major league team. The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have sent Deke Thornton to the minors.
1979-04-01The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have promoted Deke Thornton to the major league team. The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have designated Francis Marion for assignment.
1974-04-01The Baltimore Snapping Turtles have renamed Brian Durham to Deke Thornton.