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: 17-12 / in Starts: 16-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	307	1	Apr 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-	W(1-0)	99	6.0	7	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.70	27						52						24					0
2	308	6	Apr 29(1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	L(1-1)	11	8.1	6	3	2	4	1	1	0	1.26	4.72	36	5	20	2	3	6	58			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.30	-0.274	4.72	-0.60%	0.91	1b start a 1	9b --- 1 out d1
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
3	309	10	May 5	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	6	2	1	3	6	0	0	1.16	3.81	36	21	0	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.89	0.185	6.20	0.37%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	310	14	May 9	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	7	4	4	1	4	0	2	1.95	3.54	37	10	13	1	3	7	60			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	0.183	3.80	0.40%	-0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
5	311	17	May 13(1)	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	10	1	1	1	2	1	1	1.74	3.72	37	11	12	3	0	10	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.292	3.93	0.61%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	312	21	May 20(1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(5-1)	6	9.0	9	2	2	1	2	1	0	1.79	3.77	35	11	12	0	3	9	62			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.213	4.20	0.49%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	313	26	May 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-13	GS-5	L(5-2)	5	5.0	9	6	6	3	0	1	1	2.60	4.13	28	7	8	0	2	9	22			1	0	0	23	0	0	2	0	0	0	.78	-0.244	3.16	-0.60%	-3.74	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
8	314	31	May 30(1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	9	0	0	2.52	3.79	37	10	8	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.313	2.78	0.53%	1.84	1b start a 1	9b 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
9	315	36	Jun 3(1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	L(6-3)	3	7.1	10	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.64	3.75	30	8	8	0	0	9	45			0	2	0	27	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.67	-0.244	4.87	-0.43%	0.38	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d1
10	316	42	Jun 8	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-6	L(6-4)	4	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.67	3.63	23	7	6	0	3	6	54			0	1	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.001	2.10	0.00%	0.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
11	317	46	Jun 12	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-4)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	13	0	1	2.39	3.37	33	8	6	1	1	2	91			0	2	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.28	0.629	2.12	0.62%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
12	318	51	Jun 17(1)	CHW		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.26	3.24	31						74						31	0	0			0
13	319	56	Jun 22(1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(8-5)	4	8.0	8	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.26	3.33	30						59						26	1	0			0
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
14	320	64	Jul 1(2)	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GS-	W(9-5)	8	8.0	7	4	4	4	7	1	0	2.42	3.38	35						55						31					0
15	321	71	Jul 6	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	L(9-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.31	3.26	30	18	0	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.80	0.267	1.06	0.21%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
16	322	76	Jul 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(9-7)	5	8.0	8	4	4	6	7	0	1	2.45	3.28	38	8	9	1	0	7	51			1	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	0	.88	-0.258	2.13	-0.37%	-0.83	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
17	323	81	Jul 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(10-7)	6	9.0	9	3	3	7	4	0	1	2.48	3.35	44						54						35	3	0			0
18	324	84	Jul 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-5		W(11-7)	2	4.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.41	3.35	15												13					0
19	325	89	Jul 31	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(11-8)	8	8.0	8	6	4	3	4	0	0	2.53	3.32	35	17	3	1	1	8	47			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	2	1.28	-0.409	2.37	-0.45%	-2.69	1b start a 3	8b 3 out d1
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
20	326	95	Aug 5(2)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	9	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.51	3.37	35	9	10	1	1	8	58			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.11	0.067	2.79	0.10%	1.38	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
21	327	100	Aug 10	CHW		WSH	W,6-3	CG	W(12-8)	4	9.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.54	3.29	34	15	11	1	0	2	67			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.224	1.71	0.31%	0.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	328	107	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	W,11-3	CG	W(13-8)	5	9.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	1	2.56	3.21	37	7	14	4	0	9	63			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.161	.85	0.22%	0.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
23	329	113	Aug 21(1)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	L(13-9)	4	8.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	1	2.60	3.23	35	11	10	1	2	8	53			0	0	0	31	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.26	-0.058	1.55	-0.04%	0.38	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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
24	330	123	Sep 1(1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(14-9)	10	9.0	7	3	0	4	6	0	0	2.48	3.20	38	9	12	1	3	7	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.315	.06	0.01%	0.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	331	131	Sep 6(1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	L(14-10)	4	8.2	10	6	4	6	2	0	1	2.55	3.27	42	18	6	2	1	9	40			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.91	-0.678	.01	0.00%	-2.56	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
26	332	138	Sep 10(1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-10	GS-1	L(14-11)	3	0.2	4	7	0	2	0	0	0	2.54	3.29	11	4	2	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.16	-0.431	.00	0.00%	-7.04	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d7
27	333	140	Sep 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS-7		0	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.50	3.28	26	7	10	1	0	5	63			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.120	.00	0.00%	1.78	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
28	334	144	Sep 16(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(15-11)	4	9.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.52	3.25	35						60						35	0	0			0
29	335	148	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(15-12)	5	10.1	10	2	2	4	1	0	0	2.48	3.27	41						62						35	2	1			0
							17-12		W-L:15-12	4.2	228.1	208	81	63	75	108	7	10	2.48	3.27	951	1.23		5%	6%	142	58		---%	4	5	0	850	28	6	8	18	0	15	1.13	0.372	2.48	1.38%	5.78

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