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: 6-18 / in Starts: 4-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 10

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 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	4	7	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	5-7		99	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.18	9	3	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.063	1.08	0.12%	1.73	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
2	5	9	Apr 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-20	5-5		1	1.0	5	4	4	1	0	1	0	9.00	7.18	9	1	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-3.41	5b --- 0 out d13	5b 3 out d17
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	6	12	May 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-9	3-4		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.00	6.35	8	5	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.001	1.15	0.00%	0.61	3b -23 0 out d3	4b 3 out d5
4	7	17	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-10	6-6		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	6.03	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.024	2.34	-0.04%	0.01	6b 12- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d3
5	8	20	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-8	3-7		2	5.0	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	4.63	6.35	22	6	6	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	.09	0.002	.38	0.00%	0.72	3b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d8
6	9	35	May 31	CLE		CHW	L,5-12	3-GF		17	6.2	7	3	3	5	4	1	0	4.42	6.29	31	9	6	0	1	7		1	0	0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.014	.20	0.04%	1.10	3t 1-- 1 out d8	9t end d 8
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	10	37	Jun 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-12	6-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.34	6.24	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.004	.63	0.01%	0.50	6b 12- 2 out d6	6b 3 out d6
8	11	38	Jun 5(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-20	1-4		1	3.1	13	11	6	1	2	1	0	6.14	6.32	25	5	4	0	3	13		1	1	1	0	0	23	5	0	0	0	0	1	.13	-0.076	.57	-0.20%	-9.87	1b --3 2 out d4	4b 3 out d16
9	12	49	Jun 16(2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	5-7		10	3.0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.40	6.22	15	5	5	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	.48	0.059	1.63	0.12%	1.67	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
10	13	57	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	1-GF(8)		6	8.0	5	2	1	1	6	1	0	4.36	5.61	29	9	8	0	1	5		2	1	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.27	0.020	1.09	0.05%	2.36	1b 12- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
11	14	61	Jun 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	5-GF(8)		3	4.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.14	5.48	16	5	4	0	0	2		0	0	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.006	.35	-0.01%	1.40	5b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
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
12	15	66	Jul 2(1)	CLE		DET	L,2-9	1-7		4	6.2	12	4	4	5	1	0	0	4.33	5.43	34	7	10	0	3	11		1	1	0	2	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.011	.82	0.02%	-0.75	1t -2- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d9
13	16	75	Jul 11	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	8-GF		8	2.0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	4.14	5.31	9	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.07	-0.007	.17	-0.01%	0.17	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
14	17	80	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.10	5.08	31	10	8	1	0	7	49			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.046	2.27	0.06%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	18	82	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	W,15-14	9-9	BS(1)	1	0.1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	5.07	5	2	1	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.37	-0.654	8.25	-0.74%	-3.66	9t 12- 0 out a2	9t 1-3 1 out d2
16	19	87	Jul 22(2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS-3		3	2.2	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.53	5.05	15	4	2	0	0	6	29			1	0	0	12	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.230	2.00	-0.27%	-2.73	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d4
17	20	95	Jul 31(1)	CLE		DET	W,9-7	GS-5		8	4.2	5	6	6	5	3	0	0	5.07	5.06	24	6	5	0	1	5	28			2	0	0	18	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	-0.229	4.72	-0.48%	-1.74	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out tie
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
18	21	98	Aug 2	CLE		DET	L,0-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.99	5.12	4	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.011	.58	0.02%	0.58	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
19	22	114	Aug 22(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-9	4-5		19	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.88	5.05	6	2	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.00	4b 12- 2 out d6	5b 3 out d7
20	23	118	Aug 25(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-3	L(0-1)	2	2.1	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	5.26	5.17	13	3	1	0	0	6	30			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.355	.03	-0.01%	-3.34	1b start a 2	3b --3 1 out d1
21	24	122	Aug 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.10	5.14	9	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.20	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
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
22	25	135	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	L,6-9	6-8		12	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.01	5.03	13	3	6	0	2	3		2	2	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	.18	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.23	6t 12- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
23	26	139	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	W,12-5	GS-7	W(1-1)	3	6.2	9	5	5	4	4	1	1	5.17	5.13	34	8	9	2	2	8	36			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-1.47	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a1
24	27	143	Sep 18(1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GS-9		3	9.0	8	4	4	3	5	1	0	5.04	5.06	39	23	0	0	0	8	57			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	-0.041	.00	0.00%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							6-18		W-L:1-1,BSv:1	3.3	85.2	105	57	48	44	42	8	3	5.04	5.06	404	1.29		2%	7%	100	38	17	65%	8	4	0	343	20	3	1	5	0	9	.61	-1.524	1.00	-1.33%	-12.80

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