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: 3-8 / in Starts: 1-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 7, Entered with runners on base: 4

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	364	3	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.0	8	5	4	3	2	0	0	7.20	3.76	26	9	7	2	0	5	32			0	1	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.21	-0.279	2.92	-0.41%	-2.09	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out d2
2	365	10	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-17	1-2	L(0-2)	6	1.2	4	4	4	3	1	1	0	10.80	6.51	12	3	4	3	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.62	-0.381	5.80	-0.82%	-3.81	1b 1-- 0 out tie	2b 1-- 2 out d3
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	366	15	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	2-7		5	5.2	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	6.57	5.92	20	9	6	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.016	.48	0.03%	1.94	2b 1-- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d5
4	367	25	May 21	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	6-6		15	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.08	5.53	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.23	0.01%	0.51	6t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d6
5	368	28	May 26	NYG		STL	W,10-7	6-7		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.28	5.11	7	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.073	2.43	0.18%	1.01	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
6	369	31	May 29	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(1-2)	2	9.0	7	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.70	4.40	33	14	7	0	0	5	74			0	2	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.238	2.35	0.50%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
7	370	39	Jun 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-4	L(1-3)	6	3.2	6	4	1	2	2	0	0	3.54	4.26	20	5	5	0	0	6	39			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.286	5.77	-0.75%	-2.49	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d3
8	371	45	Jun 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS-3		4	2.2	6	4	4	1	0	0	1	4.40	4.32	16	4	4	0	1	6	29			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.308	4.28	-0.76%	-3.00	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d3
9	372	48	Jun 13(1)	NYG	@	STL	W,8-7			2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.55	4.27	5												5	1	0	0		0
10	373	51	Jun 16	NYG		PIT	L,5-11	7-7		2	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.55	4.27	2	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.138	5.23	-0.38%	-2.67	7t 123 2 out d2	7t 12- 2 out d5
11	374	53	Jun 18	NYG		STL	L,8-12	5-5		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.41	4.10	5	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.002	.12	0.00%	-0.11	5t 1-- 0 out d9	5t 3 out d10
							3-8		W-L:1-3	3.6	32.2	41	20	16	12	17	3	1	4.41	4.10	150	1.27		6%	1%	31	44	6	83%	1	4	0	135	6	0	3	0	0	2	.86	-1.062	3.06	-2.39%	-7.14

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