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Key Stats
IP	W-L	SV	ERA	Ks	BB
72.1	6-3	4	2.74	87	20

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Thornton has option picked up: The White Sox exercised the 2010 options of pitchers Freddy An. Garcia and Matt Thornton.
(Updated 10/13/2009).

Injury Report

No information available at this time (Updated 11/9/09).

Fantasy Analysis

Thornton finished the season as the closer, but he is likely to be a left-handed setup man out of spring training in 2010. Consider him nothing more than a middle reliever for the deepest of leagues that use true middle men at this point.
(Updated 10/13/2009).

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Thornton has option picked up: The White Sox exercised the 2010 options of pitchers Freddy An. Garcia and Matt Thornton.
(Updated 10/13/2009).

Injury Report

No information available at this time (Updated 11/9/09).

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CBSSports.com Player Ranking
Position	Current	Last Week	Rating
Relievers	39	39	40.00
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Situational Stats
10/4/2009 vs Detroit
Situation	IP	W	L	ERA	SV	BB	SO
vs Detroit	6.0	0	0	4.50	2	4	7
vs LHB	28.1	0	0	1.27	0	7	43
vs RHB	44.0	0	0	3.68	0	13	44

Last 6 Games

	OPP	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	Ks
09/20	KC	0	1.0	0	0	1	2
09/23	MIN	0	1.0	1	0	0	1
09/25	DET	1	1.0	0	0	1	2
09/27	DET	1	1.1	3	2	0	1
09/30	@CLE	1	1.0	0	0	0	2
10/03	@DET	0	1.0	0	0	1	1

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Two Week Schedule

SEPTEMBER /OCTOBER
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
27 Det W8-4	28 @Cle W6-1	29 @Cle	30 @Cle L1-5·W1-0	1	2 @Det W8-0	3 @Det W5-1
4 @Det L3-5	5	6	7	8	9	10
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Fantasy Points by Week

6		4		4		20		4		7		9		16		21		14		2		5		4		11		-1		19		19		21		10		5		11		4		4		10		26		16
1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		20		21		22		23		24		25		26

Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
2004	SEA	1	2	4.13	19	1	0	0	0	0	32.2	30	15	15	2	0	25	30
2005	SEA	0	4	5.21	55	0	0	0	0	1	57.0	54	33	33	13	0	42	57
2006	CHW	5	3	3.33	63	0	0	0	2	5	54.0	46	20	20	5	1	21	49
2007	CHW	4	4	4.79	68	0	0	0	2	7	56.1	59	31	30	4	2	26	55
2008	CHW	5	3	2.67	74	0	0	0	1	6	67.1	48	20	20	5	2	19	77
2009	CHW	6	3	2.74	70	0	0	0	4	9	72.1	58	22	22	5	1	20	87
Total		21	19	3.71	349	1	0	0	9	28	339.2	295	141	140	34	6	153	355

Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2004	SEA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2005	SEA	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2006	CHW	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2007	CHW	68	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2008	CHW	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
2009	CHW	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
Total		349	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats
Year	Team	Posn	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
2004	SEA	P	19	1	4	0	4	0	1	1.000
2005	SEA	P	55	0	6	0	6	0	1	1.000
2006	CHW	P	63	0	11	2	8	1	0	.909
2007	CHW	P	68	0	13	5	8	0	2	1.000
2008	CHW	P	74	0	9	1	8	0	1	1.000
2009	CHW	P	70	0	12	2	9	1	2	.917
Total			349	1	55	10	43	2	7	.964

More Pitching Stats
Year	Team	IBB	GO	AO	GO/AO	SB	CS	PK	BK	WP	AVG	PA	MB9	SLG	RPF
2004	SEA	1	26	37	0.81	1	2	0	0	2	.250	148	15.2	.367	0
2005	SEA	2	50	59	0.95	6	0	0	0	7	.248	262	15.2	.450	1
2006	CHW	4	60	50	1.30	4	0	0	0	1	.229	227	11.3	.348	3
2007	CHW	6	58	49	1.33	1	1	1	0	3	.269	249	13.9	.434	5
2008	CHW	2	71	51	1.49	4	0	0	0	3	.196	268	9.2	.286	5
2009	CHW	2	66	59	1.17	4	5	1	0	4	.217	291	9.8	.326	5
Total		17	331	305	1.18	20	8	2	0	20	.232	1445	12.0	.365	19

Postseason Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
2008	CHW	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total		0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2

Minor League Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
1998	A-Everett	0	0	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	4	4	0	0	3	0
1999	A-Wisconsin	0	0	4.91	25	1	0	0	1	29.1	39	19	16	1	0	25	34
2000	A-Wisconsin	6	9	4.01	26	17	0	0	0	103.1	94	59	46	2	6	72	88
2001	A-San Berndno	14	7	2.52	27	27	0	0	0	157.0	126	56	44	9	11	60	192
2002	AA-San Antonio	1	5	3.63	12	12	0	0	0	62.0	52	31	25	3	5	29	44
2003	AA-San Antonio	3	0	0.36	4	4	0	0	0	25.1	8	3	1	0	0	9	18
2003	A-Inl.Empire	0	0	4.00	2	2	0	0	0	9.0	9	4	4	2	1	4	14
2003	AAA-Tacoma	0	2	8.00	2	2	0	0	0	9.0	14	11	8	2	0	3	5
2004	AAA-Tacoma	7	5	5.20	16	15	1	0	0	83.0	85	58	48	4	6	63	74

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