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: 8-13 / in Starts: 5-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 4

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	343	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	1	0.00	2.56	31	14	8	1	2	1	86			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.675	3.80	1.21%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
2	344	12	May 3(1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	7	1	1	5	9	1	0	0.50	3.18	38	9	8	0	1	7	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.44	0.507	4.22	0.89%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	345	20	May 11(1)	CHW		DET	L,0-10	GS-7	L(2-1)	7	6.1	10	7	4	4	6	0	0	1.85	3.04	32	9	7	1	0	6	33			2	2	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	2	.57	-0.281	1.87	-0.55%	-4.24	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d6
4	346	25	May 17(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6		5	5.2	7	2	2	4	3	0	0	2.10	3.18	27	7	6	1	0	7	46			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.053	2.72	0.07%	0.35	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out a1
5	347	30	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-4	1-4		2	3.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.89	3.01	12	5	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.165	2.18	0.24%	1.65	1b -2- 2 out d4	4b 3 out a1
6	348	34	May 25(1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-10	GS-	L(2-2)	4	6.1	6	6	6	7	5	0	0	2.95	3.23	32						35						25					0
7	349	40	May 30(2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.81	3.23	9	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.88	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
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	350	44	Jun 4	CHW		PHA	L,3-10	11-11	L(2-3)	4	0.1	2	5	4	2	0	0	0	3.64	3.37	6	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.37	-0.488	5.43	-0.47%	-4.03	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 1-- 1 out d4
9	351	50	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	7-9		4	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.40	3.45	12	6	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.17	0.178	1.92	0.18%	1.33	7t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out tie
10	352	54	Jun 15(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7			5	1.1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.50	3.73	6												5					0
11	353	61	Jun 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-6	GS-	W(3-3)	7	8.0	7	3	3	6	3	0	0	3.48	3.80	35						53						29					0
12	354	66	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-6		5	5.1	2	2	2	4	5	1	0	3.47	3.95	22	3	8	0	0	2	57			0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	0.148	1.11	0.07%	1.07	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a2
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	355	83	Jul 17(1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	8-GF		17	2.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.50	3.89	9	1	1	1	0	4		0	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.043	.01	0.00%	-0.12	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
14	356	89	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	8-14	L(3-4)	5	6.1	4	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.44	3.84	27	16	0	0	0	3		2	0	1	0	0	21	1	0	3	0	0	0	2.98	0.399	.03	0.00%	2.26	8b 1-3 0 out tie	14b 123 1 out tie
15	357	94	Jul 27(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-6		3	5.1	3	2	2	3	6	2	0	3.44	4.07	21	3	6	0	0	3	57			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.102	.00	0.00%	0.52	1b start a 2	6b --- 1 out a2
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
16	358	109	Aug 11(2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-8	GS-6	L(3-5)	14	5.1	8	6	2	4	2	0	1	3.43	4.11	28	11	3	0	1	7	34			1	0	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	1	.88	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-1.85	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d3
17	359	112	Aug 15	CHW		DET	L,2-9	8-GF		3	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.68	4.09	11	1	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-2.12	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 7
18	360	124	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	GS-1		11	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.09	4.08	7	1	1	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.344	.00	0.00%	-3.86	1t start tie	1t -2- 2 out d4
19	361	127	Aug 31(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	4.05	5	1	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.199	.00	0.00%	1.02	8b -23 2 out a2	9b end a 2
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
20	362	131	Sep 3(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-GF	BL(3-6)	2	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.14	4.05	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.87	-0.733	.00	0.00%	-1.84	9b -2- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
21	363	146	Sep 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-4	L(3-7)	13	4.0	5	5	5	5	2	0	0	4.47	4.12	22	5	5	0	2	5	29			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.272	.00	0.00%	-3.16	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
							8-13		W-L:3-7,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.3	86.2	86	51	43	56	57	5	2	4.47	4.12	394	1.48		2%	4%	65	48	6	17%	5	4	0	329	13	1	9	5	0	4	1.22	0.055	1.60	1.64%	-4.89

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