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: 13-15 / in Starts: 13-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	199	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.00	2.33	31	13	12	1	0	3	78			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.249	1.10	0.28%	3.95	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a10
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	200	13	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	W(2-0)	7	9.0	9	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.00	2.66	37	11	12	1	0	9	58			1	0	1	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	.60	0.243	.80	0.20%	1.85	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
3	201	18	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	13	7	7	2	2	2	0	3.96	3.88	36	13	7	3	0	12	23			1	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.488	2.33	-0.53%	-3.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
4	202	24	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	L(2-2)	8	9.0	11	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.71	4.11	37	11	15	4	1	10	52			1	0	0	36	2	0	1	1	0	0	.84	0.053	1.05	0.04%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
5	203	29	May 23	CHW		PHA	W,13-4	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	16	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.77	3.88	43	7	15	5	0	16	40			0	0	0	41	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.090	1.84	-0.08%	1.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
6	204	37	May 30(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(3-3)	6	8.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.71	4.10	32	9	12	0	0	6	57			1	1	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	.70	0.001	1.09	0.00%	1.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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	205	40	Jun 2(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	7-8	BS(1)	2	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.98	4.38	5	3	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	-0.189	3.64	-0.16%	-0.78	7b -2- 0 out a1	8b --- 0 out tie
8	206	43	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG(8)	L(3-4)	2	8.0	12	7	4	3	2	1	0	4.05	4.50	39	10	13	0	0	11	35			1	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.196	1.18	-0.16%	-2.69	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d5
9	207	49	Jun 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-5)	6	8.0	3	3	3	3	0	2	0	3.97	4.84	28	13	9	0	0	3	61			0	0	1	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.010	.92	0.01%	1.36	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
10	208	55	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-5)	6	9.0	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.51	4.57	36	10	12	3	2	7	76			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.55	0.759	.99	0.29%	5.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	209	60	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	CG	L(4-6)	9	9.0	10	7	4	4	5	0	0	3.56	4.43	42	15	8	0	0	10	46			0	0	0	38	2	0	2	1	0	2	.71	-0.300	.54	-0.14%	-1.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
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	210	66	Jul 4(1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	1	3.51	4.26	36	19	1	0	0	7	65			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.158	.28	0.03%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	211	74	Jul 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(5-7)	9	8.0	12	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.58	4.20	33	12	7	0	1	11	41			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	5	0	1	.59	-0.110	.22	-0.03%	0.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
14	212	79	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	W(6-7)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.38	4.10	33						74						31	1	0			0
15	213	83	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	GS-		3	7.0	12	7	7	5	2	1	0	3.71	4.24	37						22						31					0
16	214	89	Jul 28(2)	CHW		NYY	W,8-4	CG	W(7-7)	4	9.0	5	4	2	1	6	0	0	3.59	4.08	35	10	13	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	34	2	2	0	0	0	2	.50	0.149	.37	0.07%	1.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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	215	93	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,10-2	CG	W(8-7)	4	9.0	2	2	2	3	0	1	0	3.48	4.17	31	8	18	4	0	2	72			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.162	.64	0.10%	3.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
18	216	98	Aug 6(1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.33	4.09	31	15	8	1	0	2	81			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.401	.64	0.19%	4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	217	102	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG(5)	L(9-8)	3	5.0	7	5	4	1	6	1	0	3.46	4.08	23	7	2	0	0	7	40			0	1	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.247	.59	-0.08%	-2.17	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
20	218	108	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(9-9)	4	8.0	15	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.57	4.02	41	7	13	2	0	13	34			0	1	0	38	5	0	1	0	0	0	1.81	-0.308	1.26	-0.13%	-0.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	219	113	Aug 20(2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(9-10)	4	9.2	11	4	3	3	5	0	0	3.52	3.95	42	17	6	0	0	11	55			2	0	1	38	4	0	2	0	0	0	1.27	-0.198	1.25	-0.12%	0.99	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
22	220	119	Aug 25(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(9-11)	4	8.0	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.52	3.89	31	8	14	3	1	7	56			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.018	.98	-0.01%	1.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
23	221	123	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	L(9-12)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.54	3.94	39	14	12	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	2	.69	-0.029	.42	-0.01%	1.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
24	222	129	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	L(9-13)	4	9.0	10	4	3	0	5	0	1	3.51	3.86	38	13	9	2	3	10	58			1	1	0	35	3	1	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.039	.13	0.00%	1.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
25	223	134	Sep 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(10-13)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.40	3.79	31	9	13	1	0	3	79			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.54	0.730	.27	0.08%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	224	139	Sep 13(1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-2	CG	W(11-13)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.34	3.72	34	13	8	3	1	7	69			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.296	.12	0.03%	3.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	225	145	Sep 18(1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	W(12-13)	4	9.0	6	3	1	1	4	0	0	3.25	3.67	35	12	12	1	2	6	70			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	0.140	.34	0.03%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
28	226	151	Sep 25(1)	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	GS-7		6	6.1	10	7	5	3	1	1	0	3.36	3.74	32	10	8	3	0	10	27			0	0	0	28	1	1	1	2	0	2	1.20	-0.290	.00	0.00%	-2.49	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
							13-15		W-L:12-13,BSv:1	4.6	228.0	223	100	85	56	87	13	2	3.36	3.74	948	1.12		7%	2%	197	55	1	0%	10	7	3	878	43	8	9	17	0	15	.96	0.849	.81	-0.11%	27.31

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