King Bailey vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

King Bailey
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and King Bailey 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 5.63 and 1.625 for King Bailey. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for King Bailey and Thornton Lee

King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
1.44
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
1.05
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.6
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.63
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
14.63
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.63
14.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
41.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.625
1.625
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
40.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for King Bailey and Thornton Lee

King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
King Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for King Bailey and Thornton Lee

King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
254.24
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.385
1.385
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
204.61
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
203.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
King Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA