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Thornton Lee
Thornton Starr Lee (Lefty)

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 13, 1906 in Sonoma, CA
School: California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1933
Final Game: June 18, 1948
Died: June 9, 1997 in Tucson, AZ
Relatives: Father of Don Lee
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1933	26	CLE	AL	3	8	8	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.625	1.000	156	5		0	0			/1
1934	27	CLE	AL	24	22	21	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.095	.136	.143	.279	-28	3		0	0			1
1935	28	CLE	AL	32	68	61	6	12	2	0	0	7	0	0	3	17	.197	.246	.230	.476	23	14		1	3			1
1936	29	CLE	AL	43	44	41	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.122	.182	.122	.304	-25	5		0	0			1
1937	30	CHW	AL	30	77	71	5	15	3	2	0	4	0	0	1	16	.211	.222	.310	.532	33	22		0	5			1
1938	31	CHW	AL	34	101	97	14	25	3	1	4	16	0	0	0	23	.258	.258	.433	.691	69	42		0	4			1
1939	32	CHW	AL	33	95	91	8	15	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	18	.165	.200	.198	.398	1	18	2	0	0			1
1940	33	CHW	AL	28	93	84	7	23	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	30	.274	.307	.321	.628	62	27	2	0	5			1
1941	34	CHW	AL	35	119	114	7	29	5	0	0	8	0	0	4	20	.254	.280	.298	.578	54	34	4	0	1			1	AS,MVP-4
1942	35	CHW	AL	11	30	30	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.200	.200	.267	.467	32	8	2	0	0			1
1943	36	CHW	AL	19	43	42	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.071	.071	.071	.143	-58	3	0	0	1			1
1944	37	CHW	AL	15	43	42	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.095	.095	.095	.190	-45	4	3	0	1			1
1945	38	CHW	AL	29	85	78	6	14	1	0	0	6	0	0	5	15	.179	.229	.192	.421	24	15	7	0	2			1
1946	39	CHW	AL	7	15	15	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.267	.267	.267	.533	52	4	1	0	0			/1
1947	40	CHW	AL	21	31	29	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.207	.258	.207	.465	32	6	0	0	0			1
1948	41	NYG	NL	11	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	2	0	0			1
16 Seasons				375	885	835	63	167	24	4	4	66	0	0	27	208	.200	.226	.253	.479	26	211	23	1	22
162 Game Avg.				162	382	361	27	72	10	2	2	29	0		12	90	.200	.226	.253	.479	26	91		0	10
CHW (11 yrs)				262	732	693	50	144	21	3	4	54	0	0	20	163	.208	.230	.264	.494	31	183	21	0	19
CLE (4 yrs)				102	142	131	12	22	3	1	0	12	0	0	7	42	.168	.216	.206	.422	7	27		1	3
NYG (1 yr)				11	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	2	0	0
AL (15 yrs)				364	874	824	62	166	24	4	4	66	0	0	27	205	.201	.228	.255	.483	27	210	21	1	22
NL (1 yr)				11	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	2	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1933	26	CLE	AL	8	5	2	10.8	110	.500	.375	.287	.375	.359	.625	.413	1.000	.772	156	.816	0.4	0.0	1.000	.250	.250
1934	27	CLE	AL	22	19	0	0.0	112	.200	.095	.288	.136	.362	.143	.415	.279	.777	-28	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.211	.095	.048
1935	28	CLE	AL	68	52	3	1.6	113	.273	.197	.290	.246	.363	.230	.419	.476	.782	23	.104	-7.2	-0.7	.367	.082	.033
1936	29	CLE	AL	44	36	1	0.7	124	.172	.122	.302	.182	.379	.122	.444	.304	.823	-25	.025	-8.5	-0.8	.222	.073	.000
1937	30	CHW	AL	77	61	5	2.2	117	.273	.211	.290	.222	.365	.310	.432	.532	.797	33	.164	-7.9	-0.7	.411	.113	.099
1938	31	CHW	AL	101	76	11	3.8	120	.300	.258	.293	.258	.372	.433	.436	.691	.808	69	.355	-5.9	-0.5	.583	.175	.175	.0
1939	32	CHW	AL	95	78	4	1.4	116	.205	.165	.290	.200	.366	.198	.429	.398	.795	1	.083	-14.2	-1.4	.282	.077	.033
1940	33	CHW	AL	93	68	8	3.1	112	.426	.274	.280	.307	.354	.321	.425	.628	.779	62	.300	-4.7	-0.4	.492	.095	.048
1941	34	CHW	AL	119	90	10	3.0	106	.309	.254	.274	.280	.351	.298	.404	.578	.755	54	.299	-7.8	-0.8	.427	.079	.044
1942	35	CHW	AL	30	26	2	2.1	93	.300	.200	.263	.200	.337	.267	.368	.467	.706	32	.220	-2.8	-0.3	.308	.067	.067
1943	36	CHW	AL	43	40	0	0.0	87	.088	.071	.256	.071	.330	.071	.353	.143	.684	-58	.000	-8.5	-1.0	.077	.000	.000
1944	37	CHW	AL	43	42	0	0.0	91	.118	.095	.267	.095	.334	.095	.364	.190	.698	-45	.000	-8.0	-0.9	.098	.000	.000
1945	38	CHW	AL	85	73	3	1.1	86	.222	.179	.258	.229	.330	.192	.351	.421	.680	24	.091	-7.6	-0.8	.282	.077	.013
1946	39	CHW	AL	15	12	1	2.2	92	.364	.267	.259	.267	.333	.267	.372	.533	.705	52	.242	-1.0	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1947	40	CHW	AL	31	23	2	2.3	93	.333	.207	.258	.258	.337	.207	.371	.465	.708	32	.255	-2.7	-0.3	.348	.069	.000
1948	41	NYG	NL	11	12	0	0.0	103	.125	.091	.270	.091	.345	.091	.400	.182	.744	-51	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.083	.000	.000
16 Seasons				885	713	52	1.9	107	.262	.200	.279	.226	.354	.253	.406	.479	.760	26	.163	-92.9	-9.2	.346	.085	.053	.0
162 Game Avg.				382	308	22	1.9	107	.262	.200	.279	.226	.354	.253	.406	.479	.760	26	.163	-92.9	-9.2	.346	.085	.053
CHW (11 yrs)				732	589	46	2.1	105	.266	.208	.276	.230	.351	.264	.402	.494	.753	31	.185	-71.1	-7.2	.356	.085	.056	.0
CLE (4 yrs)				142	112	6	1.4	116	.247	.168	.293	.216	.367	.206	.426	.422	.793	7	.087	-19.4	-1.8	.321	.092	.038
NYG (1 yr)				11	12	0	0.0	103	.125	.091	.270	.091	.345	.091	.400	.182	.744	-51	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.083	.000	.000
AL (15 yrs)				874	701	52	2.0	107	.263	.201	.279	.228	.354	.255	.406	.483	.760	27	.167	-90.5	-9.0	.351	.086	.053	.0
NL (1 yr)				11	12	0	0.0	103	.125	.091	.270	.091	.345	.091	.400	.182	.744	-51	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.083	.000	.000

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1941	CHW	AL	34		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1945	CHW	AL	38		DNP

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1933	26	3	8	8	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.625	1.000	156	5		0	0
1934	27	27	30	29	3	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	13	.172	.200	.276	.476	22	8		0	0
1935	28	59	98	90	9	17	3	1	0	11	0	0	4	30	.189	.232	.244	.476	22	22		1	3
1936	29	102	142	131	12	22	3	1	0	12	0	0	7	42	.168	.216	.206	.422	7	27		1	3
1937	30	132	219	202	17	37	6	3	0	16	0	0	8	58	.183	.218	.243	.461	16	49		1	8
1938	31	166	320	299	31	62	9	4	4	32	0	0	8	81	.207	.231	.304	.535	33	91		1	12
1939	32	199	415	390	39	77	12	4	4	36	0	0	12	99	.197	.223	.279	.503	26	109	2	1	12
1940	33	227	508	474	46	100	16	4	4	41	0	0	16	129	.211	.238	.287	.525	32	136	4	1	17
1941	34	262	627	588	53	129	21	4	4	49	0	0	20	149	.219	.246	.289	.535	36	170	8	1	18
1942	35	273	657	618	53	135	23	4	4	51	0	0	20	159	.218	.244	.288	.532	36	178	10	1	18
1943	36	292	700	660	54	138	23	4	4	54	0	0	20	167	.209	.233	.274	.508	31	181	10	1	19
1944	37	307	743	702	56	142	23	4	4	56	0	0	20	175	.202	.225	.264	.489	27	185	13	1	20
1945	38	336	828	780	62	156	24	4	4	62	0	0	25	190	.200	.226	.256	.482	26	200	20	1	22
1946	39	343	843	795	62	160	24	4	4	65	0	0	25	194	.201	.227	.257	.483	27	204	21	1	22
1947	40	364	874	824	62	166	24	4	4	66	0	0	27	205	.201	.228	.255	.483	27	210	21	1	22
1948	41	375	885	835	63	167	24	4	4	66	0	0	27	208	.200	.226	.253	.479	26	211	23	1	22

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1933	26	3	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	3
1934	27	25	23	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.000	.043	.000	.043	0	24
1935	28	34	68	64	6	12	2	0	0	7	0	3	18	.188	.235	.219	.454	3	32
1936	29	45	48	44	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	13	.136	.208	.136	.345	1	43
1937	30	31	73	72	4	14	3	2	0	3	0	1	17	.194	.205	.292	.497	4	30
1938	31	36	103	103	12	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	24	.000	.000	.000	.000	10	34
1939	32	35	98	94	7	14	3	0	0	4	0	4	19	.149	.184	.181	.365	3	33
1940	33	29	90	86	6	22	4	0	0	4	0	4	31	.256	.289	.302	.591	7	28
1941	34	36	121	117	7	29	5	0	0	8	0	4	21	.248	.273	.291	.563	9	35
1942	35	12	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	11
1943	36	20	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
1944	37	16	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
1945	38	31	90	84	7	16	1	0	0	7	0	6	16	.190	.244	.202	.447	4	29
1946	39	7	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	7
1947	40	22	33	31	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	11	.226	.273	.226	.499	2	21
1948	41	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
16 Seasons		393	903	873	54	120	18	2	0	58	0	29	218	.137	.166	.163	.329	48	375
162 Game Avg.		162	372	360	22	49	7	1	0	24	0	12	90	.137	.166	.163	.329	20	375

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1941 * 1945

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1941-AL-4-43% 0.43 Career Shares (471st)

Oldest s c a p y 1946 AL--born 1906-09-13--9th 1947 AL--born 1906-09-13--6th 1948 NL--born 1906-09-13--2nd

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