How Thornton Lee's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Thornton Lee posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 3.62, well below the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1947, posting 5.92, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.99 that year. The lowest point came in 1943 at 2.48, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.66 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.78 in 1946 to 5.92 in 1947 and 4.68 in 1948. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 16 seasons.
Thornton Lee Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for Thornton Lee
| Thornton Lee
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 3.62 |
| Season Avg. | 3.62 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.62 |
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Thornton Lee Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season
Thornton Lee's Strikeouts 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team
Thornton Lee's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Thornton Lee Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Thornton Lee's career Strikeouts 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Thornton Lee's seasonal Strikeouts 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Thornton Lee's MLB career with Strikeouts 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.
