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Andre Thornton played 14 major-league seasons (1973-1987) as a 1B (729), OF (11), 3B (3). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 24 | CHN | 17 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .200 | .619 | 80 |
| 1974 | 25 | CHN | 107 | 303 | 41 | 79 | 10 | 46 | 2 | 48 | 50 | .261 | .807 | 133 |
| 1975 | 26 | CHN | 120 | 372 | 70 | 109 | 18 | 60 | 3 | 88 | 63 | .293 | .944 | 171 |
| 1976 | 27 | CHN|MON | 96 | 268 | 28 | 52 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 48 | 46 | .194 | .696 | 104 |
| 1977 | 28 | CLE | 131 | 433 | 77 | 114 | 28 | 70 | 3 | 70 | 82 | .263 | .904 | 144 |
| 1978 | 29 | CLE | 145 | 508 | 97 | 133 | 33 | 105 | 4 | 93 | 72 | .262 | .893 | 150 |
| 1979 | 30 | CLE | 143 | 515 | 89 | 120 | 26 | 93 | 5 | 90 | 93 | .233 | .796 | 114 |
| 1981 | 32 | CLE | 69 | 226 | 22 | 54 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 37 | .239 | .675 | 94 |
| 1982 | 33 | CLE | 161 | 589 | 90 | 161 | 32 | 116 | 6 | 109 | 81 | .273 | .870 | 138 |
| 1983 | 34 | CLE | 141 | 508 | 78 | 143 | 17 | 77 | 4 | 87 | 72 | .281 | .822 | 127 |
| 1984 | 35 | CLE | 155 | 587 | 91 | 159 | 33 | 99 | 6 | 91 | 79 | .271 | .850 | 134 |
| 1985 | 36 | CLE | 124 | 461 | 49 | 109 | 22 | 88 | 3 | 47 | 75 | .236 | .711 | 93 |
| 1986 | 37 | CLE | 120 | 401 | 49 | 92 | 17 | 66 | 4 | 65 | 67 | .229 | .724 | 97 |
| 1987 | 38 | CLE | 36 | 85 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 25 | .118 | .347 | -5 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1B | 9 | 8 | 81 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| 1974 | 1B | 90 | 76 | 760 | 70 | 7 | 61 |
| 1974 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1B | 113 | 107 | 982 | 77 | 13 | 88 |
| 1975 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1B | 68 | 60 | 528 | 45 | 5 | 60 |
| 1976 | OF | 11 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1B | 117 | 114 | 1026 | 71 | 6 | 97 |
| 1978 | 1B | 145 | 144 | 1327 | 106 | 7 | 106 |
| 1979 | 1B | 130 | 130 | 1089 | 82 | 7 | 100 |
| 1981 | 1B | 11 | 8 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 1982 | 1B | 8 | 8 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1983 | 1B | 27 | 26 | 201 | 21 | 2 | 20 |
| 1984 | 1B | 11 | 11 | 86 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Andre Thornton won: Silver Slugger 1984 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1984, 1982, 1978.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 12 / 392 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 8 / 392 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 5 / 392 | 0 |
Andre Thornton ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #70 | designated hitters | 1982 | 138 OPS+ |
| #76 | designated hitters | 1984 | 134 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.