# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andre-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:05:27.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andre-thornton"
name: "Andre Thornton"
slug: "andre-thornton"
description: "André Thornton, nicknamed \"Thunder\", is an American former professional baseball player and business entrepreneur. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and designated hitter from 1973 to 1987, most prominently as a member of the Cleveland Indians where, he was a two-time All-Star player and won a Silver Slugger Award. He also played for the Chicago Cubs and the Montreal Expos."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andre_Thornton_Indians.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1949-08-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.700902666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Thornton"
    title: "Andre Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "أندريه ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اندريه ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アンドレ・ソーントン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Thornton"
    title: "Andre Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Thornton"
    title: "Andre Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2846285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump