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Birth Date	9-15-1976
Height	6' 6"
Weight	235 lbs

Age	48 years, 6 months, 30 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2004	SEA	MLB	19	1	32.7	1	2	0	30	25	30	2	102	8.3	6.9	0.6	8.3	0%	.308	1.68	4.41	4.13	114	5.85	120.7	-0.1
2005	SEA	MLB	55	0	57.0	0	4	0	54	42	57	13	97	8.5	6.6	2.1	9.0	0%	.273	1.68	6.22	5.21	107	4.11	88.4	0.9
2006	CHA	MLB	63	0	54.0	5	3	2	46	21	49	5	112	7.7	3.5	0.8	8.2	0%	.272	1.24	3.79	3.33	93	3.94	80.3	1.0
2007	CHA	MLB	68	0	56.3	4	4	2	59	26	55	4	102	9.4	4.2	0.6	8.8	0%	.340	1.51	3.76	4.79	88	3.65	75.4	1.2
2008	CHA	MLB	74	0	67.3	5	3	1	48	19	77	5	104	6.4	2.5	0.7	10.3	0%	.261	1.00	2.77	2.67	65	2.62	55.8	2.1
2009	CHA	MLB	70	0	72.3	6	3	4	58	20	87	5	106	7.2	2.5	0.6	10.8	0%	.298	1.08	2.50	2.74	72	2.87	61.5	1.9
2010	CHA	MLB	61	0	60.7	5	4	8	41	20	81	3	111	6.1	3.0	0.4	12.0	0%	.286	1.01	2.10	2.67	76	2.96	66.8	1.4
2011	CHA	MLB	62	0	59.7	2	5	3	60	21	63	3	104	9.1	3.2	0.5	9.5	0%	.326	1.36	2.65	3.32	82	3.14	72.9	1.1
2012	CHA	MLB	74	0	65.0	4	10	3	63	17	53	4	104	8.7	2.4	0.6	7.3	0%	.312	1.23	3.13	3.46	94	3.43	78.5	1.0
2013	BOS	0	20	0	15.3	0	1	0	22	5	9	0	103	12.9	2.9	0.0	5.3	0%	.386	1.76	2.87	3.52	109	5.09	122.0	-0.1
2013	CHA	0	40	0	28.0	0	3	0	25	10	21	4	99	8.0	3.2	1.3	6.8	0%	.266	1.25	4.71	3.86	109	4.17	99.9	0.1
2014	NYA	0	46	0	24.7	0	3	0	23	6	20	0	99	8.4	2.2	0.0	7.3	0%	.299	1.18	2.75	2.55	99	3.82	93.6	0.2
2014	WAS	0	18	0	11.3	1	0	0	10	2	8	0	101	7.9	1.6	0.0	6.4	0%	.294	1.06	2.48	0.00	99	4.27	104.8	0.0
2015	WAS	MLB	60	0	41.3	2	1	0	33	11	23	2	95	7.2	2.4	0.4	5.0	0%	.231	1.06	3.54	2.18	110	4.90	114.4	-0.1
2016	SDN	MLB	18	0	17.0	1	0	0	22	6	9	2	94	11.6	3.2	1.1	4.8	54%	.339	1.65	4.88	5.82	122	7.51	166.2	-0.5
2013	TOT	MLB	60	0	43.3	0	4	0	47	15	30	4	101	9.8	3.1	0.8	6.2	0%	.000	1.43	4.06	3.74	109	4.50	107.7	0.1
2014	TOT	MLB	64	0	36.0	1	3	0	33	8	28	0	100	8.3	2.0	0.0	7.0	0%	.000	1.14	2.67	1.75	99	3.96	97.1	0.2
Career		MLB	748	1	662.7	36	46	23	594	251	642	52	103	8.1	3.4	0.7	8.7	49%	.301	1.28	3.43	3.41	91	3.75	83.0	10.2

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
1998	EVE	A-	NWN	2	0	1.3	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		6.9	20.8	0.0	0.0	0%	-.333	3.08	10.70	27.69	0	0.00	0.0
1999	WIS	A	MDW	25	1	29.3	0	0	1	39	25	34	1		12.0	7.7	0.3	10.4	0%	-.633	2.18	4.42	4.91	0	0.00	0.0
2000	WIS	A	MDW	26	17	103.3	6	9	0	94	72	88	2		8.2	6.3	0.2	7.7	0%	-.564	1.61	3.95	4.01	0	0.00	0.0
2001	SBR	A+	CLF	27	27	157.0	14	7	0	126	60	192	9		7.2	3.4	0.5	11.0	0%	-.448	1.18	3.19	2.52	0	0.00	0.0
2002	SAN	AA	TXS	12	12	62.0	1	5	0	52	29	44	3		7.5	4.2	0.4	6.4	0%	.277	1.31	3.92	3.63	0	0.00	0.0
2003	SBR	A+	CLF	2	2	9.0	0	0	0	9	4	14	2		9.0	4.0	2.0	14.0	0%	.368	1.44	5.17	4.00	0	0.00	0.0
2003	SAN	AA	TXS	4	4	25.3	3	0	0	8	9	18	0		2.8	3.2	0.0	6.4	0%	.133	0.67	3.05	0.36	0	0.00	0.0
2003	TAC	AAA	PCL	2	2	9.0	0	2	0	14	3	5	2		14.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	0%	.353	1.89	6.07	8.00	0	0.00	0.0
2003	Peo	Wnt	AFL	11	0	13.7	0	2	0	18	13	10	2		11.8	8.5	1.3	6.6	0%	-.640	2.26	7.56	9.20	0	0.00	0.0
2004	SEA	MLB	AL	19	1	32.7	1	2	0	30	25	30	2	102	8.3	6.9	0.6	8.3	0%	.308	1.68	4.41	4.13	114	5.85	120.7
2004	TAC	AAA	PCL	16	15	83.0	7	5	0	86	63	74	4		9.3	6.8	0.4	8.0	0%	.332	1.80	4.84	5.42	0	0.00	0.0
2005	SEA	MLB	AL	55	0	57.0	0	4	0	54	42	57	13	97	8.5	6.6	2.1	9.0	0%	.273	1.68	6.22	5.21	107	4.11	88.4
2006	CHA	MLB	AL	63	0	54.0	5	3	2	46	21	49	5	112	7.7	3.5	0.8	8.2	0%	.272	1.24	3.79	3.33	93	3.94	80.3
2007	CHA	MLB	AL	68	0	56.3	4	4	2	59	26	55	4	102	9.4	4.2	0.6	8.8	0%	.340	1.51	3.76	4.79	88	3.65	75.4
2008	CHA	MLB	AL	74	0	67.3	5	3	1	48	19	77	5	104	6.4	2.5	0.7	10.3	0%	.261	1.00	2.77	2.67	65	2.62	55.8
2009	CHA	MLB	AL	70	0	72.3	6	3	4	58	20	87	5	106	7.2	2.5	0.6	10.8	0%	.298	1.08	2.50	2.74	72	2.87	61.5
2010	CHA	MLB	AL	61	0	60.7	5	4	8	41	20	81	3	111	6.1	3.0	0.4	12.0	0%	.286	1.01	2.10	2.67	76	2.96	66.8
2011	CHA	MLB	AL	62	0	59.7	2	5	3	60	21	63	3	104	9.1	3.2	0.5	9.5	0%	.326	1.36	2.65	3.32	82	3.14	72.9
2012	CHA	MLB	AL	74	0	65.0	4	10	3	63	17	53	4	104	8.7	2.4	0.6	7.3	0%	.312	1.23	3.13	3.46	94	3.43	78.5
2013	BOS	MLB	AL	20	0	15.3	0	1	0	22	5	9	0	103	12.9	2.9	0.0	5.3	0%	.386	1.76	2.87	3.52	109	5.09	122.0
2013	CHA	MLB	AL	40	0	28.0	0	3	0	25	10	21	4	99	8.0	3.2	1.3	6.8	0%	.266	1.25	4.71	3.86	109	4.17	99.9
2014	NYA	MLB	AL	46	0	24.7	0	3	0	23	6	20	0	99	8.4	2.2	0.0	7.3	0%	.299	1.18	2.75	2.55	99	3.82	93.6
2014	WAS	MLB	NL	18	0	11.3	1	0	0	10	2	8	0	101	7.9	1.6	0.0	6.4	0%	.294	1.06	2.48	0.00	99	4.27	104.8
2015	WAS	MLB	NL	60	0	41.3	2	1	0	33	11	23	2	95	7.2	2.4	0.4	5.0	0%	.231	1.06	3.54	2.18	110	4.90	114.4
2016	SDN	MLB	NL	18	0	17.0	1	0	0	22	6	9	2	94	11.6	3.2	1.1	4.8	54%	.339	1.65	4.88	5.82	122	7.51	166.2
2016	LEL	A+	CAL	3	0	3.0	0	1	0	4	1	3	0		12.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	60%	.400	1.67	2.70	6.00	88	4.25	93.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	994	0.5332	0.5181	0.7165	0.6547	0.3621	0.7378	0.6726	0.2835
2009	1144	0.5122	0.5070	0.7293	0.6621	0.3441	0.7861	0.6146	0.2707
2010	954	0.5356	0.5262	0.6753	0.6732	0.3567	0.7209	0.5759	0.3247
2011	1033	0.5092	0.5015	0.7625	0.6407	0.3570	0.8101	0.6740	0.2375
2012	1000	0.4950	0.4640	0.7974	0.6182	0.3129	0.8464	0.7025	0.2026
2013	696	0.4928	0.4799	0.8114	0.6501	0.3144	0.8969	0.6396	0.1886
2014	624	0.5064	0.5064	0.8038	0.7184	0.2890	0.8370	0.7191	0.1962
2015	581	0.4768	0.4819	0.8071	0.6715	0.3092	0.8333	0.7553	0.1929
2016	280	0.5250	0.5179	0.8552	0.7075	0.3083	0.9038	0.7317	0.1448
Career	7306	0.5107	0.5001	0.7597	0.6597	0.3341	0.8058	0.6649	0.2403

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-08-05	2013-08-25	15-DL	20	18	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2013-02-19	2013-02-24	Camp	5	0	Left	Elbow	Inflammation		-	-
2010-08-18	2010-09-03	15-DL	16	14	Left	Forearm	Soreness		-
2010-05-25	2010-05-28	DTD	3	3	Left	Upper Arm	Soreness	Triceps	-
2008-02-28	2008-03-04	Camp	5	0	Left	Elbow	Soreness		-
2006-04-14	2006-04-28	DTD	14	12	-	Low Back	Soreness		-	-
2003-08-15	2003-09-29	60-DL	45	41		Neck	Recovery From Surgery	Herniated Disc	-
2003-06-24	2003-08-15	Minors	52	0		Neck	Surgery	Herniated Disc	-
2003-04-01	2003-05-12	Minors	41	0	Left	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2002-06-10
2002-06-05	2002-09-10	Minors	97	0	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2002-06-10
2000-06-02	2000-06-23	Minors	21	0	Left	Arm	Tendonitis	Triceps	-	-
1998-06-30	1998-09-05	Minors	67	0	Left	Elbow	Soreness		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2016	SDN	$1,600,000
2015	WAS	$3,500,000
2014	NYA	$3,500,000
2013	CHA	$5,500,000
2012	CHA	$5,500,000
2011	CHA	$3,000,000
2010	CHA	$2,250,000
2009	CHA	$1,325,000
2008	CHA	$875,000
2007	CHA	$550,000
2006	CHA	$355,000
2005	SEA	$323,000

Years	Description	Salary
12 yr	Previous	$28,278,000
12 yr	Total	$28,278,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
11 y 129 d	Adam Hubble	1 year/$1.6M (2016)

Details

1 year (2016). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 3/3/16 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.6M in majors. May earn additional $1.9M in performance bonuses based on games. Contract selected by San Diego 3/30/16. DFA by San Diego 8/6/16. Released 8/11/16. Retired 11/16.
2 years/$7M (2014-15). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 12/17/13. 14:$3.5M, 15:$3.5M. Claimed by Washington off waivers from NY Yankees 8/5/14.
2 years/$12M (2012-13), plus 2014 club option. Signed extension with Chicago White Sox 3/6/11. 12:$5.5M, 13:$5.5M, 14:$6M club option ($1M buyout). Acquired by Boston in trade from Chicago White Sox 7/13/13. (White Sox pay $0.75M to Boston as part of the deal.) Boston declined 2014 option 11/2/13.
3 years/$3.25M (2007-09), plus 2010-11 club options. Signed extension with Chicago White Sox 4/07. 07:$0.55M, 08:$0.875M, 09:$1.325M, 10:$2.25M club option, $0.25M buyout, 11:$3M club option $0.25M buyout. White Sox exercised '10 option 10/6/09 and '11 option 10/26/10.
1 year/$0.425M (2007). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 2/07.
1 year/$0.355M (2006). Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Seattle 3/06.
1 year/$0.323M (2005). Re-signed by Seattle 2/05 (split contract paying $150,000 in minors).
1 year/$0.3M (2004). Re-signed 2/04 (Split contract paying $90,000 in minors). Recalled 4/04, optioned 4/04, recalled 6/04, optioned to Triple-A 7/04, recalled 8/04.
1 year (2003). Re-signed 1/03. Optioned to Triple-A 3/03.
1 year (2002). Signed 2/02. Optioned to Double-A 3/02.
Drafted by Seattle 1998 (1-22) (Grand Valley State). $925,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	L	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	2.2	3	68	51.2	44	21	35	6	.251	1.27	4.04	4.27	-7.7	-0.8
80^o	1.8	2.5	59	44.5	42	20	30	6	.267	1.38	4.48	4.73	-9.0	-1.0
70^o	1.5	2.1	53	39.9	40	19	27	5	.279	1.47	4.80	5.07	-9.7	-1.1
60^o	1.3	1.9	48	36.1	38	18	25	5	.289	1.54	5.08	5.36	-9.9	-1.1
50^o	1.1	1.6	43	32.6	36	17	22	5	.299	1.62	5.35	5.65	-10.1	-1.1
40^o	0.9	1.4	39	29.2	34	16	20	4	.308	1.70	5.62	5.94	-10.0	-1.1
30^o	0.8	1.2	34	25.7	31	15	18	4	.319	1.78	5.92	6.25	-9.7	-1.1
20^o	0.6	1	29	21.8	28	13	15	4	.331	1.89	6.28	6.63	-9.2	-1.0
10^o	0.4	0.7	22	16.5	23	11	11	3	.348	2.04	6.80	7.17	-8.0	-0.9
Weighted Mean	1.1	1.6	42	31.7	35	16	22	5	.296	1.60	5.30	5.6	-9.6	-1.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2013-07-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	While I'm trying to get a handle on Rick Hahn as a trader, I was wondering what you thought of the respective hauls for Matt Thornton and Francisco Rodriguez. Given Thornton's declining ability, I was pleased to see the Sox get some salary relief and a prospect, but that haul needs to be contextualized in this particular market for relievers. Did Hahn do me proud in his first deadline deal? Thanks. (GrinnellSteve from Iowa)	I wish I had a stronger opinion on the deals, but I really don't. They aren't that significant, and I don;t see enough to really evaluate Hahn as a deadline trader. (Jason Parks)
2012-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Derek, Was it wise to draft Addison Reed with the last pick in my 5x5 and H2H league (I drafted two solid closers earlier in both drafts)? Will Reed start the season in the majors or, should I have taken a wait-and-see approach? (JKries from Chicago)	Oh, he should start the season in the majors, but Matt Thornton appears to have the inside track on the closing gig. If it's a deep league he's fine to roster, especially with the last pick, but if we're looking at a 12-team mixed league and there are other closers on the wire, you may be able to do better than Reed. (Derek Carty)
2012-02-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How quickly does Addison Reed get the closer gig for the Sox, mid-May? (Tony from Chicago's Southside)	If Matt Thornton starts the year with the job, as Ventura has suggested, the best money is on 2013. Obviously it could happen sooner than that--closers lose their jobs every year--but a quality pitcher starting the year with the closer's role should be expected to keep it for the majority of the season. Of course Ventura is a huge wild card being a first-time manager with zero coaching experience, but I wouldn't bet on Reed getting it by mid-May. The best bets for him are either right out of the gate in April or, failing that, April of 2013. (Derek Carty)
2010-08-17 14:45:00 (link to chat)	How would you approach the White Sox closer situation, both in the short term and 2011? Seems like there are some pretty useful assets, this weekend's implosion notwithstanding. (ChuckR from Addison, IL)	Matt Thornton. Hands down. No questions. No ifs, ands or butts. (Eric Seidman)
2010-06-07 18:30:00 (link to chat)	Kevin, was this a signability pick? Should we expect the Cubbies to take a guy with big money demands in the 2nd or 3rd ala Samardzija? (J.P. from Chicago)	I don't know what it was. Just totally dying here on that one. Biggest first round shocker since Matt Thornton? Wow, as if the Rays needed a break here, they get the best high school hitter in the draft at 17. Teams with previous picks with regret this one. (Kevin Goldstein)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-07-13 16:30:00	All-Star Game	You know how everyone snorted and chuckled last month when the Cubs took Hayden Simpson and the Yankees took Cito Culver? Well, in 1998, Matt Thornton was THAT guy. The 22nd pick in the draft out of tiny Grand Valley State in Michigan, NOBODY had him in the 1st-round mix that year, and here we are an he's an All-Star. That's why you can't get too worked up the day of. Man, I was too serious there for a second. (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-07-13 16:30:00	All-Star Game	Matt Thornton is warming and I'm officially giddy to be watching this. (Tommy Bennett)

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Matt Thornton threw 7,981 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Sinker (92mph), also mixing in a Splitter (86mph), Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Slider (84mph).