# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:38:39.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-thornton"
name: "Matt Thornton"
slug: "matt-thornton"
description: "Matthew J. Thornton, is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Born in Three Rivers, Michigan he grew up and attended high school in Centreville. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, and San Diego Padres. Thornton is second all-time in American League history in holds (182)."
tagline: "Baseball pitcher from the United States"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Thornton_on_August_8%2C_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1976-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.18
  momentum:             1.403508771929824
  historical:           5.487726666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Thornton_(baseball)"
    title: "Matt Thornton (baseball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مات ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مات ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マット・ソーントン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Thornton"
    title: "Matt Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Thornton"
    title: "Matt Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2747889"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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