Tom Baker vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton Lee built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Baker 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 4.73 and 1.659 for Tom Baker. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Baker and Thornton Lee

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.47
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.45
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.47
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.48
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.55
48.55
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.24
13.24
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
4.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
10.14
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.31
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.47
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
4.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.24
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
3.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
3.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.867
0.867
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.52
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
41.15
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.87
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.67
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
1.659
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
36.21
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9118
35.2
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.15
41.15
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Thornton Lee

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Thornton Lee

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
688.52
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
61
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
570.49
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
835
566.1
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.73
0.73
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
177.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
113.22
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
137.7
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
91.53
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
16.27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
21.69
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
70.71
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.79
29.69
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
216.39
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
143.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
206.56
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
132.2
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.724
0.724
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
42.71
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
44.75
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
98.36
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
84.75
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.11
79.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.01
27.13
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
29.51
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.31
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
59.02
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
208
141.02
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.92
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA