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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		DET	L,0-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-10		14	3.0	1	0	1	2	0
3	9 (5)	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	L,3-6		10	3.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	13 (3)	Apr 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (5)	May 5	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	23 (3)	May 10	CLE	@	DET	W,9-7		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	30 (6)	May 20	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	GS	23	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	32 (1)	May 22	CLE		DET	L,10-13		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	33	May 23 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-13		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	36 (2)	May 26	CLE		SLB	L,5-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	42 (5)	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-14		13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	44 (1)	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	48 (3)	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2		9	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
14	53 (4)	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8		20	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	56 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-12	GF	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	58 (1)	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	GS	0	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
17	66 (7)	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,8-7		21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	69 (2)	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,12-16		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	74 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	GS	19	3.0	0	1	1	2	0
20	88 (13)	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	92 (3)	Jul 23	CLE		BOS	L,8-9		13	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
22	94 (1)	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	L,12-15		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	98 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,11-6	GS	16	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
24	99	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	GF	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	102 (2)	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GF	2	0.2	0	2	0	2	0
26	103	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	T,4-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	106 (2)	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
28	112 (5)	Aug 11	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	113	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	115 (1)	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-10	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	118 (2)	Aug 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-7	GF	21	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
32	120 (1)	Aug 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	123 (2)	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	31	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	125 (1)	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-9		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	129 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5		6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	132 (2)	Sep 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	133	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-9	GF	20	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	138 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-11		8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
39	139	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,9-12		11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	141 (1)	Sep 11	CLE		WSH	L,2-7		28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	147 (5)	Sep 17	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
42	149 (1)	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	151 (1)	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	T,8-8		33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
							43gm		127.0	3	35	2	40	0