How Thornton Lee's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Thornton Lee posted a career WHIP of 1.36, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1944, posting 1.15, below the starting pitcher average of 1.34 that year. The highest point came in 1934 at 1.74, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.43 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.43 in 1946 to 1.64 in 1947 and 1.62 in 1948. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 16 seasons.
Thornton Lee Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Thornton Lee
| Thornton Lee
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.358 |
| Season Avg. | 1.358 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.358 |
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Thornton Lee WHIP Per Season
Thornton Lee's WHIP 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 WHIP by Team
Thornton Lee's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Thornton Lee WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Thornton Lee's career WHIP 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 WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Thornton Lee's seasonal WHIP 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 WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Thornton Lee's MLB career with WHIP 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.
