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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-15 / in Starts: 17-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 2

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	133	4	Apr 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-8		99	7.1	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.68	3.87	30	15	5	0	1	3	53			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	0.227	3.67	0.38%	2.33	1b start a 1	8b -23 1 out a2
2	134	8	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	7	3	2	5	3	1	2	2.76	5.13	40	14	10	3	1	6	61			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.28	0.215	2.97	0.30%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	135	11	May 1	CHW		SLB	L,5-7	GS-8		3	7.2	12	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.75	4.88	38	17	5	0	2	11	32			1	0	0	32	3	0	2	2	0	1	1.58	-0.305	3.76	-0.44%	-0.81	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out tie
4	136	15	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-11		4	11.0	8	3	2	6	2	0	0	3.09	4.71	47	22	12	2	1	5	67			1	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	2	2.08	0.389	5.52	0.62%	3.20	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
5	137	19	May 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS-8		6	7.0	8	6	6	5	1	1	0	3.86	5.05	33	11	8	2	0	8	33			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.26	-0.191	2.20	-0.20%	-0.65	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a1
6	138	21	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	L(1-1)	7	9.0	7	1	1	4	3	1	0	3.35	5.07	34	7	13	2	3	7	68			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.395	2.05	0.45%	4.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
7	139	30	May 30(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-5	L(1-2)	8	4.2	11	8	8	7	1	0	0	4.37	5.24	30	6	6	0	4	10	4			0	1	0	23	2	1	1	1	0	0	.91	-0.335	1.23	-0.27%	-5.56	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	140	33	Jun 3	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(1-3)	3	8.0	9	5	4	1	1	1	0	4.38	5.19	36	15	11	1	3	8	46			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	0	0	2	.56	-0.201	.39	-0.08%	-0.49	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
9	141	37	Jun 7	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	9	5	4	5	4	0	0	4.33	5.02	44	12	14	0	4	9	50			0	0	0	39	2	1	0	0	0	3	.75	0.198	.37	0.06%	0.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	142	44	Jun 14	CHW		NYY	L,4-7	GS-6	L(2-4)	6	6.0	6	7	0	2	2	0	0	4.00	4.89	27	8	9	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.277	1.55	-0.18%	-3.21	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
11	143	51	Jun 21	CHW		WSH	L,0-7	GS-5	L(2-5)	6	5.0	6	4	4	3	0	1	1	4.20	5.08	23	10	3	0	1	6	36			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	2	0	0	.97	-0.103	.22	-0.01%	-0.84	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
12	144	55	Jun 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-9	GS-8		6	7.1	11	6	6	3	1	0	0	4.45	5.00	34	10	9	0	1	11	30			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	-0.324	.25	-0.03%	-1.67	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	145	59	Jul 3(2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	4.05	4.68	31	10	11	3	0	3	86			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.90	0.488	.21	0.07%	5.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	146	63	Jul 8(2)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	GS-		4	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.87	4.57	29						64						26					0
15	147	69	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	W(4-5)	6	9.0	10	3	2	0	2	0	0	3.72	4.42	36	12	12	2	3	10	59			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	2	0	1	.45	0.054	.09	0.01%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
16	148	72	Jul 24(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(4-6)	8	8.0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	3.48	4.37	29	11	13	0	0	2	73			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	.62	0.128	.16	0.02%	2.90	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
17	149	77	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	L(4-7)	4	9.0	10	4	1	5	4	0	0	3.32	4.33	42	10	13	1	0	10	56			2	1	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.60	-0.024	.16	0.00%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
18	150	80	Jul 31(2)	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	9-GF(15)	L(4-8)	1	6.2	6	4	2	4	3	0	0	3.29	4.31	31	11	7	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	3	0	0	1	2.57	0.581	.03	0.00%	0.83	9t 12- 1 out tie	15t end d 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	151	84	Aug 4(1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	W(5-8)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.21	4.24	37	10	14	0	3	6	68			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.48	0.240	.00	0.00%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
20	152	88	Aug 7(2)	CHW		WSH	L,5-12	GS-	L(5-9)	2	2.0	9	7	7	0	1	0	0	3.58	4.21	15						11						15					0
21	153	90	Aug 10	CHW		DET	W,8-7	GS-8	W(6-9)	2	7.1	10	7	6	3	0	1	0	3.76	4.30	34	19	2	1	0	10	29			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-2.58	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
22	154	95	Aug 13(2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(7-9)	2	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.61	4.21	35	15	10	1	1	6	71			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.48	0.638	.00	0.00%	4.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	155	98	Aug 17(2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3			3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	4.21	1												1					0
24	156	100	Aug 19	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	W(8-9)	1	9.0	7	2	1	2	4	1	0	3.48	4.22	35	12	10	2	3	7	69			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	1	.84	0.283	.00	0.00%	3.40	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
25	157	105	Aug 23(1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	W(9-9)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.45	4.19	38	9	17	2	0	7	60			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	1	.41	0.126	.00	0.00%	2.51	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
26	158	107	Aug 24(1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.43	4.17	4	2	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.167	.00	0.00%	1.46	8b 123 2 out a3	9b end a 3
27	159	114	Aug 27(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(9-10)	2	8.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.33	4.16	31	13	7	1	2	5	66			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	0.323	.00	0.00%	4.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	160	119	Sep 1	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	9	6	4	2	0	1	0	3.36	4.21	39						47						37	2	0			0
29	161	122	Sep 5(1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	GS-6	L(10-11)	3	6.0	9	5	2	2	3	0	0	3.35	4.17	28	9	5	1	0	9	41			1	1	0	24	3	2	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-1.21	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
30	162	129	Sep 13(2)	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(11-11)	7	9.0	9	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.30	4.16	38	7	18	3	5	9	59			0	2	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.54	0.618	.00	0.00%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
31	163	135	Sep 21	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(12-11)	7	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.25	4.18	36	10	12	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.345	.00	0.00%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	164	142	Sep 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,14-11	CG	W(13-11)	6	9.0	16	11	11	6	3	2	0	3.54	4.30	49	10	15	1	2	15	8			1	0	0	43	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.189	.00	0.00%	-5.60	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a3
33	165	148	Oct 2(1)	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	CG	L(13-12)	3	9.0	12	4	3	1	7	0	0	3.52	4.20	40	11	9	0	0	12	55			0	0	0	38	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.47	-0.086	.00	0.00%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							18-15		W-L:13-12,Sv:1	4.1	245.1	251	123	96	95	77	11	3	3.52	4.20	1074	1.17		5%	7%	214	50	5	0%	8	8	0	956	47	10	8	26	0	28	1.15	3.011	.93	0.69%	32.84

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