Manny Acosta vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Manny Acosta
MillenialPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Manny Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Thornton Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.358 compared to 3.99 and 1.456 for Manny Acosta. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Manny Acosta and Thornton Lee

Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
8.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
3.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
744
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
8.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
7.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.95
7.95
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.51
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1070
38.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.83
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
4.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.94
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.415
1.415
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
931
33.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Manny Acosta and Thornton Lee

Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
8.46
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.03
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Manny Acosta and Thornton Lee

Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
233
19971.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-28.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA