Walter Thornton
1897–1898 · bats L / throws L · Chicago Cubs
154G
.312AVG
.390OBP
.382SLG
More career statistics
162H
1HR
77RBI
23SB
23–18W–L
409.1IP
134K
4.18ERA
48GS
1SV
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 154 | 138 |
| Batting · At bats | 519 | 474 |
| Batting · Hits | 162 | 147 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 6 | 5 |
| Batting · Home runs | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 3 | 31 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 592 | 539 |
| Batting · Runs | 83 | 73 |
| Batting · RBI | 77 | 69 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 23 | 19 |
| Batting · Triples | 9 | 8 |
| Batting · Walks | 60 | 52 |
| Pitching · Games | 56 | 44 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,834 | 1,536 |
| Pitching · p cg | 40 | 36 |
| Pitching · p er | 190 | 151 |
| Pitching · p gs | 48 | 41 |
| Pitching · p h | 478 | 390 |
| Pitching · p hr | 12 | 8 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,228 | 1,036 |
| Pitching · p k | 134 | 111 |
| Pitching · p r | 283 | 207 |
| Pitching · p w | 151 | 107 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | 592 | 519 | 83 | 162 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 77 | 60 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 198 | .312 | .390 | .382 | .772 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 409.3 | 56 | 48 | 40 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 478 | 283 | 190 | 12 | 151 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 4.18 | 1.537 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1897-09-14 to 1898-05-02
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1898-08-21 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1898-08-06 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1898-04-22 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 70 | 262 | 78 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 14 | .339 | .393 | .396 |
| Away | 68 | 277 | 69 | 0 | 32 | 27 | 17 | .283 | .347 | .357 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 11 | 48 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .452 | .500 | .619 |
| May | 32 | 132 | 34 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 7 | .286 | .326 | .345 |
| June | 18 | 69 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | .311 | .391 | .344 |
| July | 35 | 140 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 9 | .271 | .321 | .326 |
| August | 23 | 89 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | .297 | .371 | .365 |
| September | 15 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | .351 | .438 | .378 |
| October | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .417 | .462 | .583 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 17 | 73 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .328 | .356 | .403 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 15 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 5 | .255 | .361 | .294 |
| new-york-giants | 14 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .255 | .345 | .255 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 13 | 49 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .429 | .469 | .571 |
| boston-braves | 13 | 45 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .378 | .429 |
| louisville-colonels | 12 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | .300 | .356 | .300 |
| cleveland-spiders | 12 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .375 | .378 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 12 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .271 | .278 | .396 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Chicago Cubs | 76 | 264 | 85 | – | 55 | 11 | .322 | 130 | 55 |
| 1898 | Chicago Cubs | 62 | 210 | 62 | – | 14 | 8 | .295 | 215 | 56 |