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	23-12 / in Starts: 22-12
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 119 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	61 (36-18-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 119 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	78 (40-25-12)

Most Driven In
B Kennedy	2
M Tresh	1
M Hoag	1
D Lodigiani	1
M Solters	1

Most Driven In By
L Appling	2
J Kuhel	2
B Knickerbocker	1
D Philley	0

1941 Batting Game Log

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1941 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	228	3 (2)	Apr 17	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.77	-0.140	4.43	-0.21%	-1.19	P
2	229	7 (3)	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.98	-0.107	2.53	-0.17%	-0.65	P
3	230	12 (4)	Apr 29	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	1.27	-0.054	4.03	-0.10%	-0.68	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
4	231	16 (3)	May 3	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	GS-10	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	9	1.44	0.206	5.62	0.48%	1.32	P
5	232	20 (3)	May 10	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.313	.353	.313	.665	9						P
6	233	25 (4)	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.278	.350	.278	.628	9	.77	0.069	2.52	0.14%	0.77	P
7	234	27 (1)	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.350	.278	.628	9						P
8	235	29 (1)	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.227	.292	.227	.519	9	.53	-0.076	1.94	-0.17%	-1.17	P
9	236	35 (5)	May 25	CHW	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.269	.321	.269	.591	9						P
10	237	40 (4)	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.276	.323	.276	.598	9	.64	0.039	3.31	0.12%	0.07	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
11	238	45 (4)	Jun 4	CHW		PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.314	.273	.587	9	.39	0.012	1.64	0.03%	-0.64	P
12	239	50 (4)	Jun 8 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.278	.316	.278	.594	9						P
13	240	52 (1)	Jun 12	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.310	.275	.585	9	1.06	0.019	2.97	0.03%	0.38	P
14	241	57 (4)	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	9	2.04	-0.171	5.79	-0.29%	-1.46	P
15	242	62 (4)	Jun 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.306	.277	.583	9	1.06	-0.057	2.10	-0.07%	-0.48	P
16	243	66 (3)	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.302	.275	.576	9	1.06	-0.083	2.25	-0.11%	-0.37	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
17	244	71 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.281	.255	.535	9	1.04	-0.118	1.57	-0.11%	-1.29	P
18	245	79 (7)	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	GS-11	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.246	.283	.246	.529	9	1.28	-0.021	1.00	-0.01%	-0.39	P
19	246	83 (3)	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	L,4-7	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.290	.254	.545	9	.80	-0.005	.14	0.00%	0.04	P
20	247	90 (6)	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.299	.281	.580	9	.41	0.061	.02	0.00%	0.56	P
21	248	95 (4)	Jul 27 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.310	.284	.593	9	.84	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.79	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
22	249	99 (3)	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-8	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.306	.279	.585	9	.46	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
23	250	103 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.289	.264	.553	9						P
24	251	108 (4)	Aug 10 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.250	.525	9	1.62	-0.165	.04	0.00%	-1.82	P
25	252	113 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.241	.277	.253	.530	9						P
26	253	119 (5)	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.291	.280	.571	9	.66	0.122	.00	0.00%	1.12	P
27	254	126 (6)	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.292	.294	.586	9	.93	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
28	255	129 (2)	Aug 28	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.290	.292	.582	9	.29	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
Sept		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	256	134 (4)	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.258	.289	.290	.579	9	1.01	0.030	.00	0.00%	1.73	P
30	257	137 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.280	.281	.561	9						P
31	258	141 (3)	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.276	.277	.553	9	.19	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
32	259	146 (4)	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.287	.298	.585	9	.91	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.24	P
33	260	149 (2)	Sep 20	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.252	.279	.290	.569	9						P
34	261	153 (3)	Sep 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.289	.309	.599	9	.79	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.05	P
35	262	156 (2)	Sep 28	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.254	.280	.298	.578	9	1.05	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.87	P
							23-12		119	114	7	29	5	0	0	8	4	0	20	0	1		3	5	0	0	.254	.280	.298	.578		.93	-0.419	1.59	-0.43%	-4.85

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