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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-16 / in Starts: 14-11
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 77 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	41 (21-13-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 77 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (26-16-9)

Most Driven In
T Piet	2
L Sewell	1
L Appling	1
M Haas	0

Most Driven In By
M Kreevich	3
R Radcliff	1

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	103	5 (4)	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.74	0.029	2.00	0.05%	0.28	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	104	8 (2)	May 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9						P
3	105	9	May 3	CHW	@	DET	L,9-12	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9						P
4	106	10	May 5	CHW		PHA	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9						P
5	107	14 (3)	May 9	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.74	-0.002	1.16	0.00%	-0.07	P
6	108	18 (3)	May 13	CHW		WSH	L,2-10	GS-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.76	0.030	1.30	0.03%	0.28	P
7	109	22 (3)	May 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.53	-0.053	1.07	-0.06%	-0.91	P
8	110	28 (5)	May 26	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.35	-0.072	2.30	-0.07%	-0.78	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	111	42 (13)	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.24	-0.068	6.11	-0.20%	-1.23	P
10	112	52 (9)	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	9	1.41	-0.006	5.64	-0.01%	-0.20	P
11	113	57 (4)	Jun 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.182	.190	.372	9	.53	-0.058	1.64	-0.11%	-1.29	P
12	114	62 (4)	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.160	.167	.327	9	1.19	-0.117	5.76	-0.34%	-1.02	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	115	69 (6)	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0		0	0	.120	.154	.160	.314	9	1.04	-0.035	4.79	-0.10%	-0.65	P
14	116	74 (4)	Jul 13	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.179	.185	.364	9	1.11	-0.034	3.08	-0.06%	-0.26	P
15	117	82 (7)	Jul 20	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.188	.194	.381	9	1.71	-0.006	4.80	-0.01%	0.41	P
16	118	85 (2)	Jul 24	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.143	.167	.171	.338	9	1.83	-0.090	8.65	-0.26%	-0.22	P
17	119	90 (4)	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.205	.237	.442	9	.88	0.120	2.26	0.19%	1.01	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	120	94 (3)	Aug 3 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.214	.244	.458	9	1.03	-0.018	6.72	-0.07%	-0.29	P
19	121	102 (7)	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.244	.295	.540	9	1.42	0.051	1.00	0.02%	0.40	P
20	122	108 (5)	Aug 15 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.217	.234	.283	.517	9	.77	-0.046	.46	-0.02%	-0.55	P
21	123	112 (3)	Aug 20	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.245	.333	.578	9	.96	0.069	.26	0.01%	0.86	P
22	124	116 (3)	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	L,5-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.240	.327	.567	9	1.54	-0.084	.44	-0.02%	-0.87	P
23	125	118 (1)	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	L,0-5	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.231	.314	.544	9	.48	-0.026	.03	0.00%	-0.47	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	126	124 (5)	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.236	.315	.551	9	.56	-0.016	.01	0.00%	-0.13	P
25	127	130 (5)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.228	.304	.532	9	1.09	-0.058	.06	0.00%	-0.54	P
26	128	135 (4)	Sep 12	CHW		DET	L,0-4	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.228	.304	.532	9						P
27	129	137 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-12	GS-8	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.220	.233	.339	.572	9	1.23	0.136	.00	0.00%	1.35	P
28	130	142 (4)	Sep 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.234	.333	.568	9	.19	0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
29	131	147 (4)	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	GS-10	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.227	.239	.333	.572	9	1.75	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.14	P
30	132	153 (5)	Oct 3 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0	0	.211	.222	.310	.532	9						P
							14-16		77	71	5	15	3	2	0	4	1	0	16	0	5		3		0	0	.211	.222	.310	.532		1.05	-0.340	2.63	-1.04%	-5.23

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