Jose Alvarez vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Alvarez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Alvarez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.99 and WHIP 1.441 compared to 3.56 and 1.358 for Thornton Lee. By the career numbers, Jose Alvarez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Thornton Lee

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
3.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2327
8.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
38.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9999
38.6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
4.27
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Thornton Lee

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Thornton Lee

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA