Thornton Lee

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: September 13, 1906 in Sonoma, CA us

Died: June 9, 1997 in Tucson, AZ

School: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)

Debut: September 19, 1933 (Age 27-006d, 7,635th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 18, 1948 (Age 41-279d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Thornton Starr Lee

Nicknames: Lefty

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Relatives: Father of Don Lee

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.3

117

124

ERA

3.56

374

272

2331.1

937

WHIP

1.358

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-16 / in Starts: 17-13
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	8 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 101 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	61 (32-16-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 101 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	69 (35-22-11)

Most Driven In
Self	3
T Rensa	2
M Kreevich	1
J Hayes	1
J Kuhel	1
L Sewell	1
R Radcliff	1
J Gerlach	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
M Owen	2
M Kreevich	1
B Berger	1
G Meyer	1
G Walker	1
H Steinbacher	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	133	4 (3)	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	9	.81	0.009	2.27	0.02%	-0.36	P
2	134	8 (3)	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	9	.80	-0.014	1.86	-0.02%	-0.27	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	135	11 (2)	May 1	CHW		SLB	L,5-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	9	1.41	-0.118	3.35	-0.17%	-0.92	P
4	136	15 (3)	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-12	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	9	1.50	-0.191	3.98	-0.30%	-1.29	P
5	137	19 (3)	May 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	9	1.15	-0.103	2.01	-0.11%	-1.23	P
6	138	21 (1)	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.250	.450	9	1.25	-0.076	2.38	-0.09%	-0.52	P
7	139	30 (8)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.227	.273	.500	9	.63	0.031	.85	0.03%	0.28	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	140	33 (2)	Jun 3	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.240	.440	9	.73	-0.058	.50	-0.02%	-0.64	P
9	141	37 (3)	Jun 7	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.233	.367	.600	9	.60	0.083	.29	0.03%	0.95	P
10	142	44 (6)	Jun 14	CHW		NYY	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.219	.344	.563	9	.67	-0.035	.73	-0.02%	-0.41	P
11	143	51 (6)	Jun 21	CHW		WSH	L,0-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.212	.333	.545	9	.77	-0.021	.18	0.00%	-0.21	P
12	144	55 (3)	Jun 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-9	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.216	.324	.541	9	.94	-0.024	.15	0.00%	-0.65	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	145	59 (3)	Jul 3 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.231	.231	.333	.564	9	.83	0.060	.19	0.01%	0.34	P
14	146	63 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0	0	.214	.214	.310	.524	9						P
15	147	69 (5)	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.234	.383	.617	9	.53	0.005	.10	0.00%	0.58	P
16	148	72 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.220	.360	.580	9	1.31	-0.104	.34	-0.02%	-1.02	P
17	149	77 (4)	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.208	.340	.547	9	1.68	-0.193	.17	-0.01%	-1.55	P
18	150	80 (2)	Jul 31 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	9-GF(15)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.218	.345	.564	9	1.82	-0.023	.02	0.00%	-0.06	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	151	84 (3)	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.237	.356	.593	9	.64	0.158	.00	0.00%	2.17	P
20	152	88 (3)	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,5-12	GS-0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.250	.250	.417	.667	9						P
21	153	90 (1)	Aug 10	CHW		DET	W,8-7	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.438	.688	9	.55	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
22	154	95 (4)	Aug 13 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.254	.433	.687	9	.75	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
23	155	98 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.254	.433	.687	9						P
24	156	100 (1)	Aug 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.268	.451	.718	9	.80	0.078	.00	0.00%	1.02	P
25	157	105 (4)	Aug 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.480	.747	9	.22	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.32	P
26	158	107 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.480	.747	9						P
27	159	114 (6)	Aug 27 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.256	.462	.718	9	1.53	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-1.01	P
28	160	116 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-7	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.266	.468	.734	9	.13	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.22	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	161	119 (2)	Sep 1	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	4	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0	0	.277	.277	.482	.759	9						P
30	162	122 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.271	.471	.741	9	1.03	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
31	163	129 (6)	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.261	.455	.716	9	1.28	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-1.15	P
32	164	135 (5)	Sep 21	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.256	.256	.444	.700	9	.72	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
33	165	142 (6)	Sep 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,14-11	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.255	.255	.436	.691	9	.75	0.052	.00	0.00%	1.15	P
34	166	148 (5)	Oct 2 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.258	.258	.433	.691	9	1.40	0.171	.00	0.00%	1.35	P
							18-16		101	97	14	25	3	1	4	15	0	0	23	0	4		2		0	0	.258	.258	.433	.691		.93	-0.574	.72	-0.69%	-4.36

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