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: 19-13 / in Starts: 16-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 1

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	166	2	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	L,7-8	9-GF(14)	L(0-1)	99	5.1	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	1.69	5.78	19	9	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.38	0.477	5.63	0.68%	2.44	9b --- 0 out tie	14b end d 1
2	167	5	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	8	3	2	3	2	0	0	1.88	4.13	36	13	11	1	0	7	60			0	0	1	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.168	1.66	0.21%	2.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
3	168	10	Apr 30	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-	W(2-1)	5	8.2	10	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.13	3.51	39						46						34					0
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
4	169	14	May 5	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	8	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.25	3.16	35	21	4	2	0	6	71			2	1	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.43	0.672	4.76	1.34%	4.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	170	18	May 9	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	GS-9	L(3-2)	3	8.1	16	8	7	3	5	1	0	3.35	3.34	42	14	11	2	3	9	23			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.229	4.23	-0.53%	-3.23	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out d3
6	171	22	May 14	CHW		CLE	L,4-9	GS-3	L(3-3)	4	3.0	7	6	6	1	0	2	0	4.36	3.95	17	7	2	0	0	7	20			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.298	2.84	-0.59%	-4.18	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
7	172	27	May 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-8	L(3-4)	5	7.0	7	5	5	3	2	0	1	4.65	3.92	31	15	8	1	1	2	42			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.156	3.70	-0.26%	-1.26	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 0 out d2
8	173	29	May 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.56	3.90	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.214	5.78	0.27%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
9	174	33	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	6.1	12	6	6	1	1	0	0	4.99	3.77	31	7	11	0	0	11	25			0	1	0	30	1	3	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.000	2.39	0.00%	-2.00	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d5
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
10	175	37	Jun 2	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	11	5	5	3	1	1	0	5.00	3.91	41	21	6	0	3	10	43			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.099	1.54	0.08%	0.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	176	43	Jun 7	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	GS-6	L(4-6)	4	5.1	7	5	3	3	3	0	0	5.00	3.86	27	8	8	1	2	5	38			0	0	0	23	0	1	1	0	1	1	1.16	-0.217	3.39	-0.38%	-1.69	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d3
12	177	49	Jun 15(2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(5-6)	7	9.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	1	4.67	3.78	34	17	7	0	0	5	69			0	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	2	0	1.21	0.469	1.14	0.27%	2.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
13	178	55	Jun 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-9	GS-5		5	4.2	9	5	4	2	0	0	0	4.83	3.78	23	7	5	0	2	9	26			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.135	1.05	-0.08%	-2.35	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out a1
14	179	59	Jun 29(1)	CHW		SLB	L,3-9	CG	L(5-7)	7	9.0	16	9	8	1	1	1	0	5.13	3.82	43	20	15	4	3	6	21			0	0	0	40	1	1	0	0	0	1	.48	-0.299	.09	-0.03%	-3.54	1t start tie	9t 3 out d6
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
15	180	63	Jul 1(2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.08	3.81	3	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.54	0.244	.57	0.02%	0.63	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
16	181	67	Jul 4(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-4	GS-		2	7.0	8	3	3	4	1	0	1	5.00	3.85	34						46						27					0
17	182	71	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,10-5	GS-7	W(6-7)	3	7.0	8	5	5	1	6	0	0	5.09	3.69	30	7	9	0	5	7	46			0	1	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	1	.73	-0.141	.20	-0.02%	-0.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
18	183	78	Jul 16(2)	CHW		WSH	W,6-3	CG	W(7-7)	7	9.0	11	3	2	3	1	0	0	4.85	3.66	38						53						35	2	0			0
19	184	83	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-7)	3	9.0	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.51	3.56	34	20	1	0	0	9	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	4	0	1	.78	0.345	.30	0.08%	5.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	185	90	Jul 26(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	L(8-8)	5	8.2	10	6	6	2	1	2	0	4.62	3.72	38	25	0	0	0	10	39			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.406	.39	-0.07%	-0.99	1b start a 2	9b 12- 2 out d1
21	186	94	Jul 30(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	4.33	3.65	35	15	10	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	.66	0.320	.08	0.02%	4.25	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
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
22	187	99	Aug 4	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-8		4	8.0	9	5	4	4	2	1	0	4.34	3.73	36	14	7	1	0	9	44			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	1	1	2	1.60	-0.247	.28	-0.03%	-0.66	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	188	107	Aug 13(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-8)	8	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.10	3.63	33	9	11	0	2	5	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.504	.00	0.00%	5.14	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
24	189	110	Aug 17	CHW		DET	W,2-1	8-GF	S(3)	3	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.06	3.61	6	2	2	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.54	0.374	.06	0.00%	1.29	8t 123 1 out a2	9t end a 1
25	190	112	Aug 19	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	W(11-8)	1	9.0	10	5	5	4	5	1	0	4.11	3.64	39	9	12	5	0	9	48			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.38	0.117	.01	0.00%	0.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	191	116	Aug 23(2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-16	GS-8	L(11-9)	3	7.1	16	12	11	4	3	2	0	4.49	3.77	41	8	10	2	0	16	-1			0	0	0	35	5	0	0	1	1	0	.79	-0.379	.00	0.00%	-7.91	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d9
27	192	120	Aug 27	CHW		PHA	L,0-2	GS-8	L(11-10)	3	8.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.40	3.73	30	13	8	1	0	5	64			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.198	.00	0.00%	2.85	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
Sept				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	193	126	Sep 3(1)	CHW		DET	W,8-1	CG	W(12-10)	6	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	4.24	3.65	32	9	9	0	1	6	75			0	1	1	30	2	1	0	1	0	0	.71	0.344	.00	0.00%	4.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
29	194	132	Sep 7(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	11	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.23	3.69	42	20	7	0	1	10	48			0	0	0	39	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.219	.00	0.00%	1.41	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
30	195	135	Sep 12	CHW	@	WSH	T,3-2	CG		4	9.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.14	3.65	31	23	2	0	0	4	71			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.468	.00	0.00%	2.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
31	196	141	Sep 17(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	0	4.01	3.66	33						79						29	1	0			0
32	197	148	Sep 24(1)	CHW		SLB	W,11-9	GS-8	W(15-10)	6	7.2	10	5	5	4	6	1	0	4.07	3.68	37	18	0	0	0	9	41			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.99	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a6
33	198	153	Sep 30(1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS-3	L(15-11)	5	3.0	7	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.21	3.67	15	1	4	1	0	7	26			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-3.20	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
							19-13		W-L:15-11,Sv:3	4.1	235.0	260	121	110	70	81	15	3	4.21	3.67	1008	1.92		4%	4%	195	48	3	33%	5	7	2	912	32	12	2	18	6	14	1.13	2.585	1.22	0.98%	9.03

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