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: 5-10 / in Starts: 5-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	292	2	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-5	GS-	L(0-1)	99	7.0	6	5	5	2	1	2	0	6.43	6.97	28						44						26					0
2	293	5	Apr 27	CHW		DET	L,0-2	CG	L(0-2)	5	12.0	9	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.32	4.05	45						79						42	1	0			0
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	294	10	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-	L(0-3)	3	7.1	8	5	5	0	4	0	1	4.10	3.48	31						46						30					0
4	295	16	May 7(2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-		5	6.1	8	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.86	3.63	28						46						24					0
5	296	21	May 14(1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(0-4)	6	8.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.98	3.47	33	14	8	0	2	9	48			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.025	2.67	0.03%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
6	297	28	May 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS-6	L(0-5)	5	6.0	8	4	3	1	1	0	0	4.05	3.39	26	12	5	0	1	7	42			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	2	.89	-0.211	2.25	-0.32%	-1.31	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
7	298	34	May 28(2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	GS-8	L(0-6)	7	8.0	8	4	3	2	4	0	0	3.95	3.25	35	11	11	1	4	7	54			1	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.182	2.14	-0.19%	-0.45	1t start tie	8t 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
8	299	38	Jun 2	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(1-6)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.68	3.12	35	9	15	0	2	7	63			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.272	1.77	0.28%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	300	44	Jun 11(2)	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	L(1-7)	8	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.34	3.01	34	7	14	0	7	6	74			1	1	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	0.202	4.08	0.41%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
10	301	49	Jun 18(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS-8		6	7.1	10	6	4	3	3	0	0	3.49	3.02	33	10	7	1	1	10	38			0	0	0	30	2	2	0	3	0	1	1.08	-0.501	2.91	-0.81%	-2.99	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d1
11	302	54	Jun 23	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-8)	4	5.1	6	5	2	3	3	0	0	3.48	3.03	24	7	5	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.44	-0.304	4.84	-0.61%	-2.81	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 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	303	64	Jul 4(1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-6	L(1-9)	10	6.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.45	2.99	23	10	7	0	2	5	53			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.034	2.60	-0.07%	0.59	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
13	304	71	Jul 9(2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-8	6-GF(8)		4	3.0	3	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.53	3.03	15	2	5	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.029	.38	-0.04%	-1.68	6b --- 0 out d3	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
14	305	145	Sep 24(1)	CHW		WSH	W,9-3	CG	W(2-9)	76	9.0	5	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.40	2.99	34	15	11	1	6	5	68			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.062	.00	0.00%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
15	306	151	Sep 29	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(3-9)	4	10.0	4	3	1	0	4	0	0	3.18	2.89	36	16	12	0	4	4	80			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.05	0.302	.00	0.00%	1.44	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
							5-10		W-L:3-9	5.1	113.1	105	51	40	25	40	2	1	3.18	2.89	460	1.13		2%	14%	69	56	0	---%	4	2	0	425	8	3	1	9	0	8	1.01	-0.522	2.13	-1.32%	-1.78

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