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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Matt Thornton 2026 Season · SD

Matt Thornton is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +5.9, #395 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2009 (+1.5). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 36-46, 3.41 ERA, 642 K in 662.2 IP.

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Matt Thornton

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+5.9Career NUT

+2.1 to Great

Career

3.41ERA1.28WHIP36W642K662.2IP23SV

Career · season grades

L/L · 6' 6", 235 lb · b. Sep 15, 1976 · Three Rivers, MI · Draft 1998 (1st Rd, #22)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2004	27	SEA	+0.1	1	2	4.13	19	1	8	0	0	0	0	148	32.2	30	15	25	0	30	1.68
2005	28	SEA	-1.2	0	4	5.21	55	0	15	0	5	1	1	262	57.0	54	33	42	0	57	1.68
2006	29	CWS	+0.4	5	3	3.33	63	0	20	2	18	3	5	227	54.0	46	20	21	1	49	1.24
2007	30	CWS	+0.5	4	4	4.79	68	0	13	2	17	5	7	249	56.1	59	30	26	2	55	1.51
2008	31	CWS	+1.2	5	3	2.67	74	0	12	1	20	5	6	268	67.1	48	20	19	2	77	1.00
2009	32	CWS	+1.5	6	3	2.74	70	0	17	4	24	5	9	291	72.1	58	22	20	1	87	1.08
2010	33	CWS	+1.4	5	4	2.67	61	0	13	8	21	2	10	239	60.2	41	18	20	2	81	1.01
2011	34	CWS	+0.9	2	5	3.32	62	0	20	3	20	4	7	262	59.2	60	22	21	0	63	1.36
2012	35	CWS	+0.6	4	10	3.46	74	0	18	3	26	4	7	266	65.0	63	25	17	3	53	1.23
2013	36	CWS	-0.3	0	3	3.86	40	0	3	0	18	1	1	116	28.0	25	12	10	2	21	1.25
2013	36	BOS	—	0	1	3.52	20	0	3	0	1	0	0	71	15.1	22	6	5	0	9	1.76
2013	36	TOT	-0.1	0	4	3.74	60	0	6	0	19	1	1	187	43.1	47	18	15	2	30	1.43
2014	37	NYY	—	0	3	2.55	46	0	6	0	12	4	4	107	24.2	23	7	6	4	20	1.18
2014	37	WSH	—	1	0	0.00	18	0	2	0	6	0	0	45	11.1	10	0	2	1	8	1.06
2014	37	TOT	+0.5	1	3	1.75	64	0	8	0	18	4	4	152	36.0	33	7	8	5	28	1.14
2015	38	WSH	+0.2	2	1	2.18	60	0	12	0	18	1	1	171	41.1	33	10	11	1	23	1.06
2016	39	SD	—	1	0	5.82	18	0	8	0	0	0	0	77	17.0	22	11	6	1	9	1.65
Career	—	13 yrs	+5.9	36	46	3.41	748	1	170	23	206	35	58	2799	662.2	594	251	251	20	642	1.28

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Thornton's career NUT of +5.9

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

1.5

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NUT by Season

+0.1

-1.2

+0.4

+0.5

+1.2

+1.5

+1.4

+0.9

+0.6

-0.1

+0.5

+0.2

Awards

2010AL All-Star

2013World Series Champion*

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	GF	SV	HLD	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1999	22	A	0	0	4.91	25	1	0	3	1	0	154	29.1	39	16	25	0	34	2.18
2000	23	A	6	9	4.01	26	17	0	3	0	0	465	103.1	94	46	72	6	88	1.61
2001	24	A+	14	7	2.52	27	27	0	0	0	0	650	157.0	126	44	60	11	192	1.18
2002	25	AA	1	5	3.63	12	12	0	0	0	0	258	62.0	52	25	29	5	44	1.31
2003	26	A+	0	0	4.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	40	9.0	9	4	4	1	14	1.44
2003	26	AA	3	0	0.36	4	4	0	0	0	0	87	25.1	8	1	9	0	18	0.67
2003	26	AAA	0	2	8.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	44	9.0	14	8	3	0	5	1.89
2004	27	AAA	7	5	5.20	16	15	1	0	0	0	393	83.0	85	48	63	6	74	1.78
2016	39	A+	0	1	6.00	3	0	0	0	0	1	14	3.0	4	2	1	0	3	1.67

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