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: 14-16 / in Starts: 14-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 2

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	103	5	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.1	9	6	6	0	2	1	0	23.14	7.06	16	1	5	0	1	8	17			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.290	2.31	-0.47%	-5.25	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d6
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
2	104	8	May 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.20	5.30	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.040	1.24	0.06%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
3	105	9	May 3	CHW	@	DET	L,9-12	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.13	4.51	7	5	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.003	.11	0.01%	1.13	7b --3 0 out d5	8b end d 5
4	106	10	May 5	CHW		PHA	L,6-7	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8.53	4.78	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.024	.64	0.03%	0.59	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	107	14	May 9	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	4	1	0	1	5	0	0	3.52	3.40	31	17	5	0	0	3	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.40	0.627	2.21	0.59%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	108	18	May 13	CHW		WSH	L,2-10	GS-6	L(1-2)	3	6.0	7	5	3	0	2	0	0	3.80	3.16	27	8	11	4	1	6	44			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	2	.84	-0.118	1.43	-0.12%	-1.44	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
7	109	22	May 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(2-2)	6	9.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	1	2.97	3.53	34	15	11	2	3	2	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.14	0.598	2.29	0.72%	4.45	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
8	110	28	May 26	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-6		5	6.0	8	5	4	4	2	0	0	3.47	3.70	30	11	5	1	0	8	36			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.216	1.50	-0.22%	-1.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
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	111	42	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	W(3-2)	12	9.0	9	4	4	0	3	2	0	3.57	4.04	36	16	10	2	0	7	56			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.246	6.36	0.73%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	112	52	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-8	W(4-2)	10	8.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.38	3.88	32	12	7	1	0	7	62			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.104	5.89	0.25%	2.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	113	57	Jun 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	11	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.18	3.83	39	16	9	3	3	8	57			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.230	2.63	0.42%	3.23	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
12	114	62	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	L(5-3)	5	9.0	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.28	3.96	36	10	15	2	0	7	55			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	1	.65	-0.033	3.14	-0.10%	1.34	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
13	115	69	Jul 5(2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-6		4	5.1	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.40	3.85	22	14	0	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.043	4.28	-0.12%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a1
14	116	74	Jul 13	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	L(5-4)	7	8.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.30	3.83	31	10	10	2	0	5	60			0	0	0	27	0	1	1	2	0	0	.93	0.183	2.60	0.31%	2.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
15	117	82	Jul 20	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(6-4)	6	10.0	10	3	2	2	8	0	0	3.14	3.66	43	16	7	3	2	10	68			0	0	0	41	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.72	0.471	4.81	0.79%	2.93	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
16	118	85	Jul 24	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG(10)	W(7-4)	3	10.0	10	5	5	3	3	2	0	3.27	3.89	42	9	17	0	0	10	52			0	0	0	38	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.54	0.344	7.27	0.98%	0.93	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
17	119	90	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.01	3.85	34	12	13	1	2	5	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.675	2.92	1.04%	5.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	120	94	Aug 3(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG(8)	L(8-5)	4	8.0	9	7	7	2	2	3	0	3.33	4.15	34	13	8	2	0	9	36			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.50	-0.189	3.28	-0.74%	-2.16	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
19	121	102	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-7		6	6.1	10	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.45	4.08	30	14	3	0	0	7	39			0	1	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.123	.64	-0.05%	-0.78	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
20	122	108	Aug 15(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	6.1	9	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.42	4.07	31	11	5	2	1	9	47			1	0	0	27	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.61	-0.061	.95	-0.02%	0.41	1b start a 1	7b 123 1 out a1
21	123	112	Aug 20	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	GS-6	L(9-6)	4	6.0	11	6	5	3	3	0	0	3.59	4.05	33	9	10	0	1	8	28			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.327	.38	-0.05%	-2.44	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
22	124	116	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	L,5-10	GS-4	L(9-7)	4	3.2	8	7	7	6	1	0	0	3.94	4.14	25	4	6	0	0	8	12			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.321	.34	-0.06%	-3.46	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d3
23	125	118	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	L,0-5	5-GF		1	4.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.81	4.12	17	9	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.047	.01	0.00%	2.98	5t 1-- 1 out d5	9t end d 5
Sep/Oct				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	126	124	Sep 2(1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(10-7)	5	9.0	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.71	4.10	34	14	11	2	2	4	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.418	.02	0.00%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	127	130	Sep 6(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-7	L(10-8)	3	7.0	6	2	1	4	0	0	0	3.61	4.14	29	9	11	2	1	5	55			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.143	.05	0.00%	2.07	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	128	135	Sep 12	CHW		DET	L,0-4	6-8		5	3.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.54	4.08	14	3	3	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.049	.00	0.00%	1.78	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
27	129	137	Sep 18(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-12	GS-7	L(10-9)	5	7.0	13	8	7	1	1	3	0	3.76	4.28	35	9	11	0	0	13	21			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.649	.00	0.00%	-3.76	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
28	130	142	Sep 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	W(11-9)	3	9.0	8	3	1	3	7	0	0	3.63	4.20	39	9	12	1	1	8	67			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	2	.46	-0.033	.00	0.00%	2.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
29	131	147	Sep 28	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG(10)	L(11-10)	5	10.0	12	7	6	3	2	3	0	3.72	4.37	45	17	11	0	2	12	41			0	0	0	42	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.35	-0.517	.00	0.00%	-1.07	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
30	132	153	Oct 3(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-10)	4	11.0	7	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.52	4.32	42						84						36	2	0			0
							14-16		W-L:12-10	4.0	204.2	209	91	80	60	81	16	1	3.52	4.32	875	1.33		6%	4%	182	52	2	50%	6	1	0	804	24	8	5	15	0	15	1.06	1.282	2.26	3.99%	22.37

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