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: 10-20 / in Starts: 7-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 5

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	28	17	May 11	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	5	4	1	2	1	0	5.14	4.90	31	9	11	1	2	8	44			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.149	2.98	-0.30%	-0.93	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
2	29	20	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	5-6		4	1.1	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	6.48	5.34	9	4	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.018	.47	-0.04%	-0.83	5b -23 2 out d5	6b 3 out d7
3	30	25	May 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	6-GF(8)		4	3.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	5.56	4.77	13	3	3	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.002	.23	0.00%	0.81	6b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
4	31	30	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-9	4-GF(8)		4	5.0	8	4	4	0	1	1	0	6.06	4.96	21	5	7	0	2	8		0	0	0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.018	.25	-0.04%	-1.23	4b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
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
5	32	36	Jun 1(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-7	5-7		5	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.12	4.73	11	5	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.039	.65	0.08%	1.76	5b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
6	33	46	Jun 11(2)	CLE		PHA	L,1-5	8-GF		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.64	4.21	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.016	.32	0.03%	1.16	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
7	34	54	Jun 19(1)	CLE		WSH	L,8-11	GS-8		7	7.2	9	4	4	4	5	0	0	4.66	4.01	36	13	5	0	2	9	46			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.229	3.47	0.44%	0.39	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
8	35	59	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	L(0-2)	4	9.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	4.50	3.76	36	14	9	2	2	7	55			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	0	.81	-0.085	4.21	-0.27%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
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
9	36	65	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(0-3)	6	8.0	8	4	3	3	4	0	1	4.30	3.75	37	13	8	1	1	8	53			4	0	0	32	3	1	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.062	4.18	-0.17%	0.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
10	37	68	Jul 4(1)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	11-GF(11)	L(0-4)	2	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.40	3.76	6	0	2	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.273	7.39	-0.53%	-0.42	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
11	38	72	Jul 7(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS-7		2	6.2	7	5	5	7	8	0	0	4.70	3.78	34	8	4	0	2	7	41			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.203	1.73	-0.16%	-0.76	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out tie
12	39	77	Jul 14(2)	CLE	@	BOS	T,2-2	GS-9		6	9.0	6	2	1	3	6	0	0	4.16	3.64	35	10	9	1	2	6	72			1	0	0	29	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.43	0.550	1.06	0.25%	3.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
13	40	78	Jul 17(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-13	6-7		2	2.0	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.59	3.74	14	4	2	0	2	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.226	.62	-0.12%	-2.79	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d5
14	41	81	Jul 20(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,15-3	CG	W(1-4)	2	9.0	8	3	3	3	3	1	0	4.40	3.89	37	12	11	1	2	8	59			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.017	.07	0.01%	2.08	1b start a 8	9b 3 out a12
15	42	87	Jul 26	CLE		DET	L,2-8	GS-7	L(1-5)	5	7.0	10	7	5	3	1	0	0	4.57	3.91	33	8	11	2	4	10	31			2	0	1	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.213	1.50	-0.23%	-2.93	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
16	43	90	Jul 29	CLE		DET	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.54	3.88	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.12	0.462	5.66	0.19%	1.66	9t 123 1 out a1	9t end a 1
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
17	44	93	Aug 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	W(2-5)	2	9.0	10	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.38	3.92	39	12	12	2	0	10	52			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.206	.53	0.06%	2.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
18	45	96	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	6-GF(8)		2	2.2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.26	3.93	14	5	7	0	3	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	.06	0.006	.02	0.00%	-0.34	6b 1-- 1 out d5	8b end d 7
19	46	99	Aug 7(2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	GS-10	L(2-6)	2	9.1	8	2	2	0	6	0	0	4.05	3.75	34	13	7	2	1	8	70			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.315	.27	0.04%	2.82	1t start tie	10t 12- 1 out d2
20	47	105	Aug 11(2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,7-7	GS-8		3	7.2	8	5	5	2	1	1	1	4.17	3.89	33	19	2	0	0	8	42			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	0.106	.10	0.01%	-0.66	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
21	48	107	Aug 14	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	8-GF	BW(3-6)	2	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.19	3.89	9	4	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.57	-0.359	.13	-0.01%	-0.93	8t -23 1 out a2	9t end d 1
22	49	110	Aug 17(1)	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	GS-7		2	6.1	6	6	6	4	4	1	0	4.42	4.00	29	8	7	0	0	6	37			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.383	.06	-0.01%	-2.93	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out tie
23	50	114	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	W,11-5	7-GF	W(4-6)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.31	3.98	12	9	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.214	.03	0.01%	1.74	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 6
24	51	118	Aug 22	CLE		PHA	L,0-1	CG	L(4-7)	2	9.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.08	3.94	37	12	14	3	3	7	69			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.408	.06	0.01%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
25	52	124	Aug 28(1)	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-7)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.82	3.88	30	10	10	3	3	4	81			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.703	.01	0.00%	5.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
26	53	127	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	3.92	3.90	7	1	1	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.83	-0.217	.00	0.00%	-1.78	8b -2- 0 out tie	8b end d 3
27	54	131	Sep 5(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS-5	L(5-8)	3	5.0	4	3	3	3	0	0	1	3.97	3.96	23	8	7	1	1	4	44			0	1	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.033	.00	0.00%	0.02	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
28	55	135	Sep 8(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6		2	6.0	7	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.99	4.01	28	11	3	1	1	6	48			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.055	.00	0.00%	0.25	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
29	56	140	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-6	L(5-9)	4	5.2	9	4	3	4	0	0	0	4.02	4.06	28	11	5	0	1	8	33			0	1	0	24	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.42	-0.277	.00	0.00%	-1.49	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d1
30	57	145	Sep 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	W(6-9)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.97	3.97	36	14	7	0	1	7	65			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.419	.00	0.00%	2.08	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
31	58	150	Sep 22(2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-9	GS-7	L(6-10)	4	6.0	8	6	6	4	1	0	0	4.14	4.00	29	13	3	1	0	8	29			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.227	.00	0.00%	-1.91	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d3
32	59	154	Sep 28(2)	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(7-10)	5	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.08	3.96	35	14	10	1	0	6	62			1	0	1	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.164	.00	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							10-20		W-L:7-10,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.5	180.2	179	90	82	71	81	6	4	4.08	3.96	784	1.50		5%	8%	171	52	9	33%	13	4	2	692	41	4	2	15	0	15	1.01	1.058	1.02	-0.76%	13.82

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