How Thornton Lee's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Thornton Lee posted a career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings of 38.6 over 16 seasons, against a starting pitcher average of 38.21 — a measure of his rotation workload across the career. His best Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season came in 1934, posting 42.02, near the starting pitcher average of 39.32 that year. The lowest point came in 1944 at 36.61, near the starting pitcher average of 38.49 that year. The per-game workload has grown over recent seasons. The figure moved from 38.84 in 1946 to 40.92 in 1947 and 41.33 in 1948. The workload profile has been consistent across 16 seasons, reflecting sustained availability at the top of the rotation.

Thornton Lee Lifetime Batters Faced Per 9 Innings

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Batters Faced Per 9 Innings
Career38.6
Season Avg.38.6
162 Game Avg.38.6
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Thornton Lee Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Per Season

Thornton Lee's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Thornton Lee Batters Faced Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Thornton Lee Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by Team

Thornton Lee's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Thornton Lee career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Thornton Lee Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Thornton Lee's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Thornton Lee Batters Faced Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Thornton Lee Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Thornton Lee's seasonal Batters Faced Per 9 Innings alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Thornton Lee Batters Faced Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Thornton Lee Batters Faced Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Thornton Lee's MLB career with Batters Faced Per 9 Innings alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Thornton Lee Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table