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: 23-12 / in Starts: 22-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	227	3	Apr 17	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.25	2.53	32	12	12	0	3	7	61			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	2	.67	0.067	1.67	0.10%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
2	228	7	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.59	2.25	34	12	10	0	2	6	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.626	3.10	0.97%	3.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	229	12	Apr 29	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.38	2.55	34	13	13	7	4	7	66			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.56	0.485	4.95	0.93%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	230	16	May 3	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	GS-10		3	10.0	8	5	5	3	9	1	1	2.25	2.81	42	12	9	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	38	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.52	0.025	5.92	0.06%	0.27	1t start tie	10t 3 out d3
5	231	20	May 10	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.40	2.67	34						67						31	0	0			0
6	232	25	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	L(3-2)	5	8.0	9	6	6	4	5	2	0	3.06	3.22	35	8	10	1	1	8	41			0	0	0	31	1	2	2	1	0	0	1.11	-0.644	3.64	-1.27%	-3.63	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out d1
7	233	27	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	3.21	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.016	1.66	0.03%	0.78	9b 123 2 out a5	9b end a 5
8	234	29	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(4-2)	1	9.0	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.60	3.25	34	16	10	1	5	6	69			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.06	0.277	3.91	0.61%	2.55	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
9	235	35	May 25	CHW	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	8	3	3	5	5	2	0	2.65	3.62	38						59						33	0	0			0
10	236	40	May 30(2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	9	1	0	2.58	3.47	32	5	12	1	2	6	76			0	1	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.89	0.354	4.60	1.10%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
11	237	45	Jun 4	CHW		PHA	W,6-1	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.42	3.50	35	12	11	2	2	5	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.308	2.98	0.78%	3.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	238	50	Jun 8(2)	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	L(7-3)	3	9.0	3	3	1	4	4	0	0	2.29	3.47	34						73						29	1	0			0
13	239	52	Jun 12	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(7-4)	3	10.0	8	3	3	4	7	2	0	2.33	3.63	41	11	11	1	0	8	67			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.67	-0.004	4.66	-0.01%	2.27	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
14	240	57	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	10	2	1	4	4	1	1	2.22	3.74	39	10	10	3	0	10	61			0	1	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.57	0.478	4.47	0.82%	2.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	241	62	Jun 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(8-5)	5	8.0	10	6	4	2	2	0	0	2.37	3.69	36	13	10	1	5	9	42			0	1	1	32	3	2	0	0	0	2	.89	-0.428	1.77	-0.51%	-1.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
16	242	66	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	8	4	3	3	3	0	0	2.41	3.65	39	9	16	1	6	8	57			0	0	0	36	0	2	0	0	0	1	.99	0.113	2.08	0.14%	0.55	1b start a 2	9b 3 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
17	243	71	Jul 4(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	W(10-5)	5	9.0	5	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.39	3.61	34	21	0	0	0	4	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.733	2.16	0.67%	3.27	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
18	244	79	Jul 13(2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG(11)	L(10-6)	8	11.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.27	3.59	41	18	12	2	0	6	80			0	0	0	38	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	0.557	1.10	0.26%	4.80	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
19	245	83	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	L,4-7	GS-8	L(10-7)	3	8.0	9	6	5	2	7	1	0	2.44	3.58	36	9	10	0	4	8	47			0	0	0	34	3	2	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.211	.17	-0.02%	-1.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
20	246	90	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	W(11-7)	5	9.0	12	4	4	4	5	0	1	2.52	3.57	42	14	7	0	1	11	48			0	0	0	36	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.02	0.063	.07	0.00%	0.89	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
21	247	95	Jul 27(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	10	3	3	5	3	1	0	2.55	3.65	42	7	17	1	0	10	53			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.150	.00	0.00%	1.74	1b start tie	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	248	99	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-8	GS-5	L(12-8)	4	5.0	7	5	2	0	3	0	0	2.57	3.59	24	7	9	4	1	5	42			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	0	2	.85	-0.203	.00	0.00%	-2.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
23	249	103	Aug 6(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(13-8)	4	9.0	6	2	2	7	2	0	0	2.55	3.64	39						62						32	0	0			0
24	250	108	Aug 10(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(14-8)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.48	3.59	32	8	14	1	2	6	73			0	2	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.678	.03	0.01%	3.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	251	113	Aug 14(1)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(15-8)	3	9.0	8	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.42	3.57	38						67						35	1	0			0
26	252	119	Aug 19(1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(16-8)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.32	3.53	31	12	10	1	1	6	76			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.516	.00	0.00%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	253	126	Aug 24(2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	GS-8	L(16-9)	4	8.0	13	7	7	2	3	3	0	2.51	3.68	36	11	8	1	1	12	29			1	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.528	.00	0.00%	-2.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
28	254	129	Aug 28	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(17-9)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.42	3.62	30	16	7	2	0	4	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.362	.00	0.00%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
29	255	134	Sep 1(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	W(18-9)	3	9.0	13	5	4	3	4	0	1	2.47	3.60	45	14	11	0	3	12	44			0	0	0	40	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.206	.00	0.00%	-0.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
30	256	137	Sep 6(1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	L(18-10)	4	9.0	12	3	2	5	2	0	0	2.46	3.62	40						50						35	4	0			0
31	257	141	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	W(19-10)	3	9.0	9	4	1	2	3	0	0	2.41	3.59	37	17	6	0	4	9	60			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	2	0	1	.18	0.067	.00	0.00%	0.55	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a8
32	258	146	Sep 14(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(19-11)	3	8.0	9	5	4	3	5	2	0	2.47	3.66	35	10	9	1	1	8	48			0	0	0	32	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.06	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.65	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d4
33	259	149	Sep 20	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(20-11)	5	9.0	8	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.49	3.61	36						63						33	0	0			0
34	260	153	Sep 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(21-11)	3	9.0	2	1	1	6	2	1	0	2.44	3.68	32	19	3	2	0	2	75			0	2	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.51	0.614	.00	0.00%	3.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
35	261	156	Sep 28	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(22-11)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.37	3.65	34	14	9	0	0	6	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.622	.00	0.00%	5.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
							23-12		W-L:22-11,Sv:1	3.8	300.1	258	98	79	92	131	18	4	2.37	3.65	1224	1.24		6%	8%	197	62	3	0%	2	9	1	1113	41	16	9	15	0	13	1.15	5.282	1.79	4.66%	43.74

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