Jack Thornton

Roy Jack Thornton

Born Roy Lee Thornton
Born: November 29, 1909 in Athens, GA
Died: November 4, 2002 in Chicago, IL
(92 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 175

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• College: Atlanta University (Atlanta, GA) , Morris Brown College (Atlanta, GA)
• Buried: Burr Oak Cemetery (Alsip, IL)

Compared to Contemporary First Basemen (Top 50)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Mule Suttles	1B	22	1923-1944	✔	38.3	40.9	1.6	-0.1	-3.8
2	Buck Leonard	1B	16	1933-1948	✔	34.4	33.9	3.4	0.0	-2.9
3	George Giles	1B	11	1927-1938		11.8	11.1	2.8	0.0	-2.0
4	Jim West	1B	18	1930-1948		4.8	8.7	-1.1	0.0	-2.7
5	Dave Thomas	1B	15	1929-1946		3.4	4.0	2.1	-0.4	-2.3
6	Joe Scott	1B	7	1927-1936		1.7	2.1	0.2	0.0	-0.6
7	Henry Henderson	1B	2	1932-1935		0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
8	George Gill	1B	3	1931-1937		0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
9	Nat Trammell	1B	2	1930-1941		0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
10	Curtis Harris	1B	10	1931-1940		0.1	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.3
11	Bill Carter	1B	4	1930-1938		0.1	0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.1
12	Jack Thornton	1B	2	1932-1937		-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
13	Fred McBride	1B	2	1931-1940		-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
14	José Pérez	1B	15	1922-1937		-0.5	0.2	0.7	0.0	-1.3
15	Jim Starks	1B	14	1927-1946		-0.9	2.0	-2.2	0.0	-0.7
16	Zack Clayton	1B	8	1932-1945		-1.4	-1.4	0.7	-0.2	-0.4
17	Granville Lyons	1B	7	1932-1942		-1.6	0.2	-0.7	-0.5	-0.5
18	Salvador Massip	1B	8	1925-1936		-1.9	-1.1	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1